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74-741: The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation (MEWF) Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship was the second highest ranking singles title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation , one of three in the promotion. The title was created when "Hollywood" Bob Starr defeated C.C. Danger at an event held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on March 6, 1993. In 2003, the title was merged with the MCW Rage Television Championship when Maryland Championship Wrestling held its final show as an interpromtional event with

148-604: A Lethal Lockdown match . Nash and Page left TNA to focus on acting afterwards. At Hard Justice in 2005, Waltman replaced Jeff Hardy , who no-showed , and lost to Raven in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match after being back body dropped through the steel cage. On June 19, at Slammiversary , Waltman wrestled a five-man King of the Mountain match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. He lost, but cost defending champion A.J. Styles

222-568: A cage match at No Mercy . During the feud, X-Pac sustained a neck injury when Jericho gave him a powerbomb, side-lining him for three months. After returning from his neck injury in February 2001, X-Pac continued his feud with Chris Jericho over the WWF Intercontinental Championship, culminating in a fatal four-way match with Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero at No Way Out in February, which Jericho won to retain

296-473: A ladder match to win the vacant TNA X Division Championship . He held the title for two weeks before losing to A.J. Styles in a No Disqualification match . He abruptly left TNA after defeating Lawler in the first round of an NWA World Heavyweight Championship number one contender tournament on November 6. Waltman, as Syxx-Pac, returned to TNA for a single night on June 18, 2003, at their first anniversary pay-per-view, as A.J. Styles 's mystery partner in

370-922: A suicide dive and landed on Waltman's head, driving it to the concrete and causing a blood clot near his brain. He was hospitalized for three days, could not work for four months, and was advised to give up wrestling completely. In March 1993, he won the MEWF Light Heavyweight Title . He also appeared in New Japan Pro-Wrestling 's Top of the Super Juniors in 1993, facing the likes of Chris Benoit , Eddie Guerrero and Jushin Liger . As The Lightning Kid, Waltman had his WWF tryout match in Phoenix, Arizona , in April 1993,

444-457: A championship rematch when Triple H betrayed him, and hit him with his Pedigree finisher. X-Pac then sided with Road Dogg against Triple H, Chyna and Billy Gunn , after the temporary demise of DX. X-Pac and Road Dogg wanted a reformed DX to be about rebellion, while the others wanted it to be about making money. X-Pac befriended Kane , a mute, angry loner whom he partially socialized and encouraged to speak, through an electrolarynx . They won

518-476: A four-way elimination match to make it to the next day's Rey de Voladores tournament final. There, he lost to El Generico . After the match, Waltman said he believed 2011 would be his last year in professional wrestling, praising Chikara as the "future of wrestling" and thanking them for a memorable weekend. In October 2011, X-Pac teamed with Billy Gunn wrestled the Full Blooded Italians in

592-519: A four-way match at Jerry Lynn 's retirement show in Minneapolis , X-Pac tore his anus by performing his signature Bronco Buster onto the exposed turnbuckle . Afterward, he went back to his hotel room, where he discovered a lot of blood coming out of his clothes and went to the hospital. He underwent a sphincteroplasty and was released the following morning. On November 9, 2013, X-Pac and Lance Storm lost to Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk in

666-773: A loss to Jeff Jarrett and Sting . In between during his time in TNA, X-Pac worked in the independent circuit. His first match in the indies as Syxx-Pac was when he defeated Sabu . at 3PW in Philadelphia on September 21, 2002. Afterwards, he feuded with Sabu. On November 23, 2002, he lost to Sabu for the 3PW Heavyweight title. On November 30, 2002, Syxx-Pac defeated Curt Hennig at IPW Hardcore/NWA Florida Independent Armageddon event in Pinellas Parks, Florida. On April 16, 2004, X-Pac lost to American Dragon at NJPW Inoki Dojo Best Of American Super Juniors 2004 tournament in

740-521: A month at Dundalk's North Point Flea Market and held a memorial show for Dino Casanova on June 20, 2002. The following year, Burke promoted a show with Ring of Honor in Glen Burnie, Maryland on January 29 and World Wrestling Entertainment in Fair Hill, Maryland on July 31. The promotion was unable to keep the fanbase of Maryland Championship Wrestling, however, and, within several months,

814-688: A parody of D-Generation X, with Rocky Romero and Alex Koslov . He later feuded with one of AAA's top stars, El Zorro . On August 8, 2009, at GLCW Slamfest, X-Pac became the new GLCW Heavyweight Champion by defeating Skull Crusher, who had replaced champion Al Snow when he failed to show. On a special live, three-hour Monday night episode of Impact! on January 4, 2010, Waltman (as Syxx-Pac) and Scott Hall returned to TNA. That night, fellow former nWo member Hulk Hogan debuted in TNA. Kevin Nash, Hall and Waltman quickly reformed an alliance called The Band , but Hogan stayed away, saying times had changed. On

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888-866: A self-described troubled childhood. He was raised by a single mother and has called himself "unsupervised from age five". He claimed he was molested several times as a child. He joined his school wrestling team in ninth grade, but quickly quit when they told him he needed to cut his hair in order to wrestle. He soon dropped out of school entirely. A love of professional wrestling and limited career opportunities led to him working in local wrestling promotions for free, setting up rings and doing other odd jobs before eventually wrestling himself. After training under Boris Malenko , Joe Malenko, Masami Soronaka, and Karl Gotch , Waltman began his career as "The Lightning Kid". He worked his way through various independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling America (PWA) in Minnesota and

962-843: A shot at the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas . They lost the title match on December 2, at the Under the Hood internet pay-per-view, to defending champions The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson). In early 2013, The Kliq/DX reunited for an episode of NXT . In March 2013, Waltman signed a WWE Legends contract (a long-term contract which gives WWE merchandising rights to a wrestler's name and likeness, requires occasional appearances and prevents them from working for competing major promotions, but allows for independent appearances). Waltman, under his real name, returned to Chikara on March 8, 2013, losing to Hallowicked . On March 23, 2013, in

1036-486: A shot at the NWA World Tag Team Championship at Unbreakable , which Waltman no-showed. He was not seen again until a one-night return at Final Resolution on January 15, 2006, brought in by Larry Zbyszko to defeat his rival, Raven. In February 2006, Waltman joined MTV 's newly formed Wrestling Society X (WSX) promotion, as "6-Pac". At their inaugural tapings on February 9, 6-Pac had

1110-583: A six-man tag match at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate show in Long Island, New York . A week later, X-Pac defeated UIW Lightweight Champion Stupid in a non-title match. On April 2, 2011, Waltman returned to WWE television to celebrate, with Kevin Nash and Triple H , their longtime friend Shawn Michaels ' induction into the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame . He later worked backstage as a scout and evaluator in Florida Championship Wrestling ,

1184-508: A ten-man hardcore battle royal ladder match , which both he and Vampiro won by climbing the ladder to retrieve WSX contracts. 6-Pac lost a WSX Championship title match to Vampiro the following week. He challenged Vampiro in episode four, as a ruse to introduce Ricky Banderas , who attacked Vampiro from behind. He later defeated Human Tornado and Scorpio Sky in singles matches, and teased an affair with Lizzy Valentine (the valet and girlfriend of Matt Sydal ), though WSX folded before

1258-604: Is best known for his appearances for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring names 1–2–3 Kid and X-Pac ; World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Syxx ; and NWA Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) as Syxx-Pac and under his real name. Waltman began his career in the WWF in 1993, where he performed under several monikers as a jobber , until he was branded the 1-2-3 Kid after an upset victory over Razor Ramon on Raw . As 1-2-3 Kid, he held

1332-668: The 2014 King of Trios . On the January 19, 2015, episode of Raw , labelled Raw Reunion, Damien Mizdow appeared with Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels, Scott Hall and Triple H dressed as X-Pac, only for X-Pac to confront him (finding the impersonation funny), until The Miz interrupted them to tell them that Mizdow was only his stunt double, and that the party was over. He appeared again with Hall and Nash, being interrupted by The Ascension , who were attempting to attack them, only to be joined by The APA and The New Age Outlaws in fending off The Ascension. At WrestleMania 31 , X-Pac along with

1406-646: The Christian York winning the Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup as well as the MCW/MEWF Cruiserweight Championship defeating Joey Matthews , Reckless Youth, Qenaan Creed , Jay Briscoe and Crash Holly in a six-way elimination match. The event also featured Headbanger Thrasher , Gillberg and Van Hammer . In early 2002, Tim's wife, Donna Burke took over day-to-day running began promoting shows twice

1480-1087: The Global Wrestling Federation (GWF) in Texas, winning the PWA Light Heavyweight title , the PWA Iron Horse TV Title and the GWF Light Heavyweight Championship . During this time, Waltman worked extensively with Jerry Lynn in North America and Japan. They often wrestled each other, but also teamed up to win the PWA Tag Team titles twice in 1993. While working for Larry Sharpe and Dennis Coralluzzo 's WWA Promotion on November 28, 1992, in Clementon, New Jersey , his opponent "The Kamikaze Kid" Bill Wilcox overshot

1554-679: The NWA stopped working with TNA . They lost the match to Karl Anderson and Joey Ryan . On the May 14, 2008, episode of NWA Wrestling Showcase , Waltman challenged Pearce for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . The match ended prematurely after Waltman legitimately injured his knee five minutes in. He was attacked by The Real American Heroes and Pearce, so won by disqualification. As wrestling titles can generally only change hands by pinfall or submission, Pearce retained

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1628-652: The WCW World Tag Team Championship with them as part of the New World Order (nWo), as well as becoming a one-time WCW Cruiserweight Champion . After being released from WCW in 1998, he returned to the WWF during its Attitude Era , where he was re-branded as D-Generation X (DX) member X-Pac and held the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship and WWF European Championship twice each, while also holding

1702-655: The WWF Championship on July 11, 1994, on Raw and had another brief (one-day) tag title reign in January 1995, with Bob Holly beating Bam Bam Bigelow and Tatanka at the Royal Rumble before losing to The Smoking Gunns the next day on Raw . After Kid and Razor failed to win the Tag Team Championship from Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn in October 1995, Kid attacked the face Gunns after

1776-890: The WWF Tag Team Championship twice and challenged Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in July 1994 in what was ranked by WWE as the third-best match ever aired on Raw . During this time, he was part of The Kliq , a backstage group that was known for their influence on WWF storylines in the 1990s. During the Monday Night War , Waltman left the WWF in 1996 to join Kliq members Kevin Nash and Scott Hall (formerly known as Diesel and Razor Ramon) as Syxx in WCW, and held

1850-447: The WWF Tag Team Championship twice together. After DX reunited in late 1999 as a heel group, X-Pac led Kane to believe he would be inducted into DX, but instead betrayed him and eventually stole his new girlfriend, Tori . The rivalry between X-Pac and Kane culminated in a tag team match pitting X-Pac and Road Dogg against Kane and Rikishi at WrestleMania 2000 . Following WrestleMania, X-Pac continued to team with Road Dogg, with

1924-632: The angle could go on any further. Waltman, under his real name, defeated Adam Pearce for the NWA Heritage Championship in El Paso, Texas , on April 21, 2007. He defended it against El Sicodelico Jr. on April 27, and lost it to Pearce two days later. On July 8, 2007, Waltman teamed with Billy Kidman in a three-way tag match in McAllen, Texas , for the NWA World Tag Team Championship , which had been vacated by Team 3D after

1998-451: The Clown . He quickly became "The Cannonball Kid", losing to Mr. Hughes. He then became simply "The Kid", scoring an upset pinfall on Razor Ramon on the May 17, 1993, episode of Monday Night Raw , thus becoming "The 1–2–3 Kid". Razor challenged him to a rematch, wagering $ 2,500, then $ 5,000 and finally $ 10,000 of his own money. Kid accepted the challenge, but grabbed the money and ran from

2072-524: The Cruiserweight Championship he simultaneously held. He is recognized by WWE as the only wrestler to have been "an active member of both the nWo and DX during their heydays" in the 1990s. Additionally, he is a two-time WWE Hall of Fame inductee and the only inductee to be inducted two years in a row ( 2019 and 2020 ) as a member of DX and the nWo respectively. Sean Michael Waltman was born in Minneapolis on July 13, 1972. He had

2146-528: The Horsemen and joined the nWo. In mid-1997, the nWo invoked "Wolfpac Rules" , allowing Syxx to replace the injured Kevin Nash in defending the WCW World Tag Team Championship with Scott Hall. On October 13, 1997, Hall and Syxx lost the title to The Steiner Brothers ( Rick and Scott ). During October 1997, a neck injury sidelined Waltman from wrestling, but he continued to appear on television for several weeks after. While later recuperating at home, he

2220-417: The January 14 episode of Impact! , The Band attacked Robert Roode and James Storm with led to a tag team match at Genesis. At Genesis on January 17, Syxx-Pac replaced Hall and teamed with Nash to lose to Beer Money, Inc. ( Robert Roode and James Storm ). On the next Impact! Hogan, disgusted by The Band's actions, had security eject Syxx-Pac and Hall, saying they weren't contracted to TNA. They appeared

2294-720: The MEWF held a fundraiser for the North Carroll High School in Hampstead, Maryland to help purchase computer software for its business department. The card included stars such as "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert , A.C. Golden , Morgus the Maniac , Axl Rotten , The Cream Team ( Dino Casanova & Rip Sawyer ), female wrestlers Rusty "The Fox" Thomas and MEWF Women's Champion Heidi Lee Morgan , and midget wrestler Haiti Kid . Max Thrasher wrestled The Honky Tonk Man in

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2368-730: The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation creating the MEWF Unified Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship . The championship has been known as: There have been a total of 31 recognized champions who have had a combined 45 official reigns. Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Among its roster included Extreme Championship Wrestling regulars such as Raven , Stevie Richards , The Blue Meanie , Damien Kane , Pit Bull #2 , referee "Judge" Jeff Jones, and The Bad Breed ( Ian and Axl Rotten ) as well as some of

2442-848: The Missouri Athletic Commission barred Waltman from wrestling, due to his hepatitis C . On the April 26 Impact! , Waltman was written off of TV when Team 3D found Syxx-Pac on a backstage floor in a pool of blood; Eric Young took his place in The Band. In June 2010, TNA released Waltman and Hall. On February 26, 2011, Waltman was inducted into the Legends Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in Wheeling, West Virginia , by Jack Blaze at their "LPW X-Factor 2011" event. On March 5, 2011, Waltman reunited with former D-Generation X members Road Dogg and Billy Gunn for

2516-646: The New Age Outlaws and Shawn Michaels helped Triple H win his match against Sting . They were backstage at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn in August 2015. On 22 July 2016, Waltman, as X-Pac reunited with Billy Gunn in the Scotland, defeating The New Age Kliq (Chris Renfrew & BT Gunn ) for the first night of Pro Wrestling Elite's anniversary weekend ( PWE: Five Year Anniversary: Break It Down! ). The following night, Waltman teamed with Grado and Kenny Williams in

2590-512: The WWE developmental territory . On April 15, 2011, Waltman, as The 1–2–3 Kid, debuted for Chikara by entering their King of Trios tournament , teaming with Arik Cannon and Darin Corbin (Team Minnesota). They were eliminated in the first round by Team Michinoku Pro ( Dick Togo , Great Sasuke and Jinsei Shinzaki ). The day after, Waltman defeated Amazing Red , Frightmare and Obariyon in

2664-649: The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship for the second time while WCW Cruiserweight Champion at the same time. X-Pac then feuded with Kidman and Tajiri . After losing the WCW Cruiserweight title to Kidman, he took time off for another injury. The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was abandoned upon his return to television in March 2002, though he defended it at several house shows shortly prior. Hall, Nash and Hogan returned to

2738-508: The WWF Tag Team Championship two more times while paired with Kane . After WCW went out of business in 2001, X-Pac held the WCW Cruiserweight and WWF Light Heavyweight Championships simultaneously during The Invasion , before departing the company after a brief nWo reunion the following year. He subsequently performed sporadically for several promotions, notably TNA (where he became a one-time TNA X Division Champion and

2812-416: The WWF in 2002 as the New World Order , brought in by Vince McMahon. Hogan was kicked from the group after losing to The Rock at WrestleMania X8 . X-Pac, who had been out with an injury, returned on the March 21 episode of SmackDown! , rejoined the nWo and attacked Hogan. He said he had been waiting four years to do so, because Hogan shot on WCW Thunder after Waltman's firing, saying he could not "cut

2886-453: The WWF. He lost a "Crybaby match" to Razor Ramon at In Your House 6 . The 1–2–3 Kid's final WWF match aired on the May 20 episode of Monday Night Raw ; he lost to Savio Vega . Notably, Waltman was the only Kliq member not involved in the infamous "Curtain Call" that took place at Madison Square Garden the night before his final match from his first WWF run aired, as he was in drug rehab at

2960-412: The arena during the match. Ted DiBiase , taunted him over losing to a nobody and losing his $ 10,000. This angered Kid, and led to a match in which he upset DiBiase as well. Razor who turned face shortly before took Kid under his wing. The 1–2–3 Kid made his pay-per-view debut at SummerSlam , losing to DiBiase's tag partner Irwin R. Schyster after Razor had defeated DiBiase. At Survivor Series , Kid

3034-545: The belt. In June 2007, Waltman, as X-Pac, began working regularly for AAA , initially a member of Konnan's La Legión Extranjera (Foreign Legion) and managed by girlfriend Alicia Webb . He usually used the D-Generation X entrance music. After leaving for rehab in mid-2008, he returned at Verano de Escándalo ( Summer of Scandal ) that September, turning on the Foreign Legion and forming D-Generation Mex,

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3108-614: The championship to Chris Jericho at a webcast house show in Los Angeles, California , minutes after successfully defending against Rey Mysterio Jr. During a feud with Ric Flair , and a loss to him at Road Wild in August, Syxx disparagingly portrayed Flair as part of an nWo segment parodying his Four Horsemen group. This segment led to a WarGames match at Fall Brawl , where Syxx, Kevin Nash , Buff Bagwell and Konnan defeated The Four Horsemen (Flair, Steve McMichael , Chris Benoit and Curt Hennig ) after Hennig betrayed

3182-508: The day after WrestleMania IX , lost to fellow hopeful Louie Spicolli (soon known as Rad Radford in the WWF). He reminisced that he was lucky to have an opponent with a vested interest in an impressive match, rather than (as was then typical) a disinterested WWF veteran jobber like Virgil or Jim Powers . After earning a contract, he made his television debut as "The Kamikaze Kid" on Monday Night Raw on May 3 (taped April 26), losing to Doink

3256-605: The debut of Pat Patterson, Jr. (the kayfabe "son" of Pat Patterson ); the card was the first professional wrestling event ever held in Annapolis. Expanding outside the Baltimore-area, the promotion regularly appeared at the Secret Cove , a popular restaurant and bar in southern Fairfax County, Virginia . During the next several years, some of the top lightheavyweight wrestlers appeared in televised matches for

3330-623: The duo competing against other tag teams including Edge and Christian , the Hardy Boyz , and Too Cool . In June 2000, X-Pac competed in the King of the Ring tournament, losing to Chris Benoit in the first round. At King of the Ring , X-Pac, Road Dogg, and Tori defeated the Dudley Boyz in a dumpster match ; during the bout, Tori was powerbombed through a table by the Dudley Boyz, marking

3404-427: The end of her affiliation with X-Pac. In August 2000, growing dissension between X-Pac and Road Dogg saw the two face one another at SummerSlam , with X-Pac winning the bout following a low blow ; after the match, Road Dogg attacked X-Pac, marking the end of their tag team and the dissolution of DX. In September 2000, X-Pac began feuding with Chris Jericho , with Jericho defeating X-Pac at Unforgiven and then again in

3478-405: The end, Nash turned on Young and helped The Band win the match and full TNA contracts. On the March 29 Impact! , The Band lost a six-man steel cage tag match to Eric Young, Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam . on the April 12 episode of Impact, Waltman, Hall and Nash defeated Team 3D and Jesse Neal in a Street Fight. Syxx-Pac was scheduled for a tag match at Lockdown , but was replaced by Nash after

3552-963: The first Round in Santa Monica, California. In 2005, he worked for IWA Puerto Rico . Waltman, as "X", debuted in Xtreme Pro Wrestling on February 28, 2003, winning the XPW Television Championship from Kaos. He retained the title in a bout with Juventud Guerrera on March 1, and held it until the promotion closed in March 2003. Under his real name, Waltman returned to TNA on February 13, 2005, at Against All Odds , attacking Jeff Jarrett during his NWA World Heavyweight Championship match with Kevin Nash. Nash, Waltman and Diamond Dallas Page formed an alliance and feuded with Planet Jarrett (Jarrett, The Outlaw and Monty Brown ) and at Lockdown , Waltman, B.G. James and Diamond Dallas Page defeated Planet Jarrett in

3626-445: The group a week later. At SummerSlam , Raw commentator Jim Ross announced WWE and Waltman had parted ways. After WWE, Waltman, as "Syxx-Pac", debuted for NWA Total Nonstop Action on September 18, 2002, losing a gauntlet match . Rejoining his WWF tag partners Scott Hall and B.G. James , he feuded with Jeff Jarrett and Brian Lawler . On October 9, 2002, Syxx-Pac made his X Division debut, defeating eight other wrestlers in

3700-572: The leading independent wrestlers such as Cueball Carmichael , Johnny Gunn , Max Thrasher , Devon Storm , Morgus the Maniac , Boo Bradley , Jimmy Cicero , Hollywood Bob Starr , Ruckus , Dino Casanova , Corporal Punishment , The Bad Crew and Darkside (Glen Osborne and Rockin' Rebel ). Former World Wrestling Federation wrestlers such as Barry Horowitz , Road Warrior Hawk , Jim Neidhart , The Honky Tonk Man and The Headbangers as well as World Championship Wrestling veterans "Jumping" Joey Maggs and Disco Inferno also had short stints in

3774-400: The main event of House of Hardcore 3. On April 5, 2014, the night before WrestleMania XXX, Waltman joined Shawn Michaels, Triple H, and Kevin Nash at Scott Hall's WWE Hall of Fame induction, reuniting The Kliq. On June 14, 2014, X-Pac and Rikishi defeated Gangrel and Matt Striker at House of Hardcore 6. In September 2014, Waltman returned to Chikara to do commentary during the first round of

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3848-794: The main event on a Caribbean Pro Wrestling show in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. In March 2012, Waltman attended the Hall of Fame again, with The Kliq . On July 23, he, Billy Gunn and Road Dogg returned to join Shawn Michaels and Triple H for a D-Generation X reunion on the 1000th episode of Raw . In September 2012, the 1–2–3 Kid returned to Chikara for the 2012 King of Trios tournament , this time teaming with Aldo Montoya and Tatanka as Team WWF. On September 14, they lost their first-round match to The Extreme Trio (Jerry Lynn, Tommy Dreamer and Too Cold Scorpio ). The next day, The 1–2–3 Kid

3922-518: The main event. During its early years, the promotion featured such wrestlers as Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart , Road Warrior Hawk and Jake "The Snake" Roberts , however, their cruiserweight division gained a considerable following with The Lightning Kid and Jimmy Jannetty feuding over the Light Heavyweight Championship during early 1993. On July 8, 1995, the promotion held an event at the National Guard Armory in Annapolis, Maryland which featured Corporal Punishment, Axl Rotten, Mad Dog O'Malley and

3996-451: The match to tease a heel turn. On the Raw before Survivor Series in November, he was the guest referee in a match between Razor Ramon and Sycho Sid . As Razor attempted his finisher, The Razor's Edge , Kid pulled Sid down from Razor, allowing Sid to then hit Razor with his Powerbomb, and Kid fast-counted the pinfall, thus turning heel . At SummerSlam , he lost to Hakushi but won a rematch in November after Ted DiBiase interfered. He

4070-448: The mustard". The storyline was dropped after the first WWF draft , when the nWo went to Raw and Hogan to SmackDown!. During the nWo's feud with Booker T and Goldust a botched spinebuster injured him and kept him from participating in the feud. On the July 8, 2002, episode of Raw , Waltman wrestled in his last WWE match, a ten-man tag. This match was also the end of the nWo angle, as Nash tore his quadriceps, and Vince McMahon disbanded

4144-407: The next Raw . X-Pac feuded with Jeff Jarrett , ultimately defeating him in a hair-vs-hair match at SummerSlam , then with WWF European Champion D'Lo Brown , whom he dethroned on September 21, 1998. He lost the title to Brown two weeks later, then won it again at Judgment Day: In Your House in October. Waltman lost the title to Shane McMahon on February 15, 1999. At WrestleMania XV , he lost

4218-415: The next week anyway, attacking Kurt Angle from behind. They returned a week later, betraying Nash and beating him down. on the February 11 episode of Impact!, Waltman and Hall attacked Kurt Angle until Hogan made the save. on the February 18 episode of Impact!, Waltman and Hall brawled with Nash and Young and a week later on the February 25 episode of Impact!, Waltman and Hall brawled with Nash and Young in

4292-438: The night after WrestleMania XIV and days after his firing from WCW. With Shawn Michaels beginning a four-year retirement after a WWF World Heavyweight Championship loss and back injury, Triple H was now the leader of D-Generation X (DX). He said he was forming a DX army and "when you start an army, you look to your blood... you look to your buddies... you look to your friends... you look to The Kliq ." Waltman appeared on

4366-405: The parking lot and left them laying. on the March 8 episode of Impact, Nash and Young brought out a contract to wrestle Waltman and Hall on PPV. on the March 15 episode of Impact, Nash and Hall had a 5-Min $ 25,000 challenge when Waltman attacked Nash and handcuffed him to the rope. At Destination X on March 21, Syxx-Pac and Hall wagered their TNA jobs in a tag match against Nash and Eric Young . In

4440-413: The promotion became inactive after its last card at Hunter's Sail Barn in Rising Sun, Maryland on October 30, 2004; this was the first wrestling event ever held in the building. The Lightning Kid Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler , martial artist, and former adult movie star. He is currently signed to WWE under a legends contract. He

4514-447: The promotion including Mark "the Shark" Shrader , Earl the Pearl , Steve Corino , Danny Doring , Quinn Nash , Adam Flash and Joey Mercury , with whom Christian York feuded with The Hardy Boyz , as well as participated in the ECWA's Super 8 Tournament during the late 1990s. In 1998, following a dispute with MEWF management and wrestlers over creative control and payment disagreements, Corporal Punishment and Mark Shrader left

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4588-455: The promotion taking half of its roster with them to form Maryland Championship Wrestling . After a nearly 5-year rivalry, the two promotions began working together in October 2002 and eventually co-hosted Maryland Championship Wrestling's final event at Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, Maryland on July 16, 2003. During this interpromotional card, the MCW Championship titles were merged with Mid-Eastern Championship Wrestling most notably

4662-411: The promotion. Dennis Wippercht, after promoting several wrestling events during 1990, joined Tim Burke in establishing the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation holding its first card in Pasadena, Maryland on August 2, 1991; during the event, the Lords of Darkness ( Pain and Agony ) would defeat Cream Team ( Dino Casanova and Rip Sawyer ) to become the first MEWF Tag Team champions. Three months later,

4736-432: The reign occurring during the WCW Invasion angle , where the WWF side was mostly portrayed as faces, the fans were vocal in their disapproval of Waltman during his reign. This fan disapproval, later known as " X-Pac heat ", was acknowledged on-screen by both Alliance member Billy Kidman and, later by WWF member Edge. When Credible joined the ECW/WCW Alliance , X-Factor broke up. At SummerSlam , X-Pac defeated Tajiri to win

4810-408: The stage with a beard, commented on Bischoff and Hollywood Hogan , and said if they weren't contracted to WCW, Hall and Nash would have also returned to the WWF. Bischoff responded on Nitro the next week by telling Waltman to "bite me". Initially called "The Kid" on the WWF website, he became known as "X-Pac" (which originated from his nickname "Syxx-Pac" based on his ring name "Syxx" in WCW) by

4884-429: The time. On September 16, 1996, Waltman was shown sitting in the front row for a live episode of Nitro . Later that night, he used a remote control to release New World Order (nWo) propaganda from the ceiling, revealing himself as the newest member of the recently formed faction. He was called "Syxx", because he was the sixth member of the nWo, and six is the sum of numbers in "1–2–3 Kid". His first match with WCW

4958-432: The title by delivering an X-Factor off a ladder. This turned him heel and led to a grudge match at No Surrender , which Styles won after guest referee Jerry Lynn prevented Waltman from cheating. Waltman challenged Lynn to a match at Sacrifice . After losing by victory roll , Waltman attacked Lynn and tried to reinjure his shoulder. Waltman then partnered with Alex Shelley to win the Chris Candido Cup . This earned them

5032-406: The title. In February, X-Pac formed a new stable called X-Factor with Justin Credible and Albert . During this time, he usually teamed with Credible, but also appeared in singles matches. He won the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship from Jeff Hardy on June 25, then won the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the second time in his career when he defeated Billy Kidman on July 30. Despite

5106-422: Was a member of The Band ), and on the independent circuit . Waltman has won a dozen championships between WWE, WCW, and TNA, the majority being cruiserweight and tag team titles. He is the only wrestler to have held the TNA X Division Championship, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, and the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. He was the final WWF Light Heavyweight Champion before the title was retired in favor of

5180-446: Was fired via Federal Express by WCW President Eric Bischoff . Waltman claims this was a power play aimed at his friends Hall and Nash, whose backstage influence was felt as a threat. Bischoff later said Waltman was a competent performer when sober, but sober periods were "few and far between", and "in many ways, Sean was lucky to even have a job". Waltman returned to WWF television on the March 30, 1998, episode of Monday Night Raw ,

5254-597: Was low-blowed and pinned by Mark Angelosetti . On the final day of the tournament weekend, The 1–2–3 Kid and Marty Jannetty won the annual tag team gauntlet match . On October 8 and 9, 2012, he wrestled in a Bad Boys of Wrestling Federation tournament to crown the BBWF Caribbean Champion. He defeated Krimson in the semi-final and Daivari in the final, winning the title. On November 18, 2012, The 1–2–3 Kid returned to Chikara, when he and Marty Jannetty defeated The Heart Throbs ( Antonio Thomas and Romeo Roselli ) to earn their third point (for three consecutive wins) and

5328-411: Was on Razor's team in a four-on-four elimination match. He and Marty Jannetty were the sole survivors, which led to them forming a tag team and holding the WWF Tag Team Championship for a week in January 1994 after beating The Quebecers . For the next two years, The 1–2–3 Kid was a natural underdog and fan favorite. He wrestled Bret Hart in an unusually long (for the time) and competitive match for

5402-558: Was on September 23 when he defeated Jim Duggan on Nitro. In his first major angle, Syxx stole Eddie Guerrero 's WCW United States Heavyweight Championship belt, leading to a ladder match for the title at Souled Out in January 1997, which Syxx lost. The next month, at SuperBrawl VII , Syxx pinned Dean Malenko for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship , after hitting him with the title belt, which he had grabbed from Guerrero at ringside. In June 1997, he lost

5476-427: Was the sole survivor of his team at Survivor Series , besting rival Marty Jannetty with assistance from Psycho Sid. Kid and Jannetty had a singles feud, with the two trading victories over one another. Razor and Marty would team up to beat Kid and Sid at In Your House 5 . After Survivor Series, Kid joined Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation faction. He remained with the group until May 1996 when Waltman left

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