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169-607: Peter Williams III (born August 26, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler . He is signed to WWE as a backstage producer. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling , where he is a two-time X Division Champion . He is also known for his time in Lucha Libre USA (LLUSA), where he held the Tag Team Championship with Jon Rekon . He is known by his nickname "The Canadian Destroyer",
338-576: A Border City Wrestling event to win the championship. On the October ;1 episode of TNA's television program TNA Impact! , Jarrett announced a partnership with AMW and D'Amore before the 3Live Kru ( Konnan , Ron Killings , and B.G. James) interrupted them. Team 3D ( Brother Devon and Brother Ray ) then made their TNA debut, followed by the TNA return of Kevin Nash , who challenged Jarrett to
507-435: A bona fide athletic contest or competition. Professional wrestling is not a combative sport. Wrestling constituting bona fide athletic contests and competitions, which may be professional or amateur combative sport, shall not be deemed professional wrestling under this Part. Professional wrestling as used in this Part shall not depend on whether the individual wrestlers are paid or have been paid for their performance in
676-526: A four-way match for the vacant title later on in the event, but was unable to win the championship. On July 16, 2010, Williams made his debut for Collective League Of Adrenaline Strength And Honor (CLASH) in the first round of the NPCI 2010 Tag Team Tournament where he teamed up with Zach Gowen to lose to Gavin Quinn and Tommy Treznik. Williams made his return on February 26, 2011, when he took on Gavin Quinn for
845-517: A hockey stick , Williams was pinned by Roode after a Payoff to win the match. He later competed in the Ultimate X match at Victory Road , but was the second competitor eliminated from the match. Soon after, he remained completely unseen on television. On the October 25 edition of Impact! , he participated in a fatal four way X Division style match against Havok , Sonjay Dutt and Shark Boy, but
1014-415: A performing art evolved from the common practice of match-fixing among American wrestlers in the 19th century, who later sought to make matches shorter, more entertaining, and less physically taxing. As the public gradually realized and accepted that matches were predetermined, wrestlers responded by increasingly adding melodrama, gimmickry, and outlandish stunt work to their performances to further enhance
1183-415: A professional wrestling exhibition. All engagements of professional wrestling shall be referred to as exhibitions, and not as matches. In the industry's slang, a fixed match is referred to as a worked match, derived from the slang word for manipulation, as in "working the crowd". A shoot match is a genuine contest where both wrestlers fight to win and are therefore "straight shooters", which comes from
1352-543: A six-man mayhem match , which was won by Austin Aries at Violent Tendencies , and the second being a singles match at End of an Age , which he lost to Kenny King . On September 18, Williams returned to Ring of Honor where he and Colt Cabana defeated Austin Aries and Rhett Titus . The next day, Williams defeated Titus in a singles match. On September 25, Williams wrestled in a four-corner survival match involving El Generico , Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli , which
1521-548: A triple threat match after Bashir pinned Consequences Creed. Upon losing his title, Williams had a face turn when he was attacked by Bashir as well as Rock 'n Rave Infection . Williams would then participate in the Steel Asylum Match at Bound for Glory IV , but came up short as Jay Lethal won. On the October 30 edition of Impact! , Williams along with A.J. Styles, Samoa Joe, Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Eric Young, O.D.B. and The Motor City Machine Guns formed
1690-404: A "nice change of pattern with just one fall during the match, but ultimately the first two-thirds wasn't particularly exciting or engrossing enough to top their previous Iron Man match." He went on to say that Styles and Daniels "were great in the final minutes at conveying sheer exhaustion mixed with desire to win" and that they "had a tough act to follow with the stunt filled Monsters Ball." As for
1859-651: A 6-man tag match. later on in the main event Williams took part in the lucha roulette elimination number one contenders match for the LLUSA Heavyweight Championship , which was won by Charly Malice. On May 28, 2011, Williams and Jon Rekon defeated Jay Lethal & Magno in a Number one contenders match for the Vacant Tag Tag Championships. On June 18, 2011, Williams and his stablemate in The Right, Jon Rekon , defeated
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#17328022369602028-580: A Captain vs. Captain semifinal match, but won the Gauntlet Match final to tie the points with Team USA . On the following edition of Impact! , he lost to Team USA captain Chris Sabin in a tiebreaker singles match. On the June 29 episode of Impact! , Jim Cornette announced that Team Canada would be disbanded immediately. However, they were given one last chance to stay intact if they won a match
2197-427: A Gauntlet match are as follows: two wrestlers start the match with another entering at 2-minute intervals. The objective of the match is to eliminate opponents by throwing them over the top rope and down to the floor. The last wrestler left in the ring is the winner of the contest. The last two wrestlers were Abyss and Rhino. Rhino won the match after lifting Abyss over the top rope and down to the floor. The main event
2366-449: A Simmulator. On June 6 at House of Hardcore 4 Williams defeated Tony Nese and Alex Reynolds in a Three-way match. On June 7 at House of Hardcore 5 Williams teamed with Tony Nese in a losing effort over Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian). After returning to the US on May 1, Williams wrestled two shows for Ring of Honor on June 26 and 27, respectively, the first being
2535-413: A background in authentic wrestling no longer mattered. After this time, matches became more outlandish and gimmicky and any semblance professional wrestling had to catch wrestling faded. The personas of the wrestlers likewise grew more outlandish. Gorgeous George , who performed throughout the 1940s and 1950s, was the first wrestler whose entrance into the arena was accompanied by a theme song played over
2704-515: A beer bottle, permanently disbanding AMW. After AMW's dissolution, their former manager Gail Kim became Williams' valet. The two later faced and were defeated by James Storm and Jacqueline Moore at Against All Odds . Petey soon split from Kim and then became involved in a storyline with former Team Canada partners Eric Young and Robert Roode as Williams' tried to help Young get out of a contract that Roode had Young signed to. The feud continued until Lockdown , where Williams faced Roode. Despite using
2873-532: A carny term for a shooting gallery gun whose sights were not deliberately misaligned. Wrestling in the United States blossomed in popularity after the Civil War , with catch wrestling eventually becoming the most popular style. At first, professional wrestlers were genuine competitive fighters, but they struggled to draw audiences because Americans did not find real wrestling to be very entertaining, so
3042-519: A central authority. Nor could any of them stomach the idea of leaving the NWA themselves to compete directly with McMahon, for that would mean their territories would become fair game for the other NWA members. McMahon also had a creative flair for TV that his rivals lacked. For instance, the AWA's TV productions during the 1980s were amateurish, low-budget, and out-of-touch with contemporary culture, which lead to
3211-585: A champion that Curley put forth: Dick Shikat . The National Wrestling Association shut down in 1980. In 1948, a number of promoters from across the country came together to form the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The NWA recognized one "world champion", voted on by its members, but allowed member promoters to crown their own local champions in their territories. If a member poached wrestlers from another member, or held matches in another member's territory, they risked being ejected from
3380-453: A degree. Vince Russo, the boss of WCW in 2000, completely disregarded kayfabe by routinely discussing business matters and office politics in public, which alienated fans. I watch championship wrestling from Florida with wrestling commentator Gordon Solie . Is this all "fake"? If so, they deserve an Oscar . Bound for Glory (2005) The 2005 Bound for Glory was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by
3549-404: A distinct vernacular . It has achieved mainstream success and influence within popular culture , with many terms, tropes , and concepts being referenced in everyday language as well as in film , music , television , and video games . Likewise, numerous professional wrestlers have become national or international icons with recognition by the broader public. In the United States, wrestling
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#17328022369603718-647: A faction of younger wrestlers, known as The Frontline , to oppose The Main Event Mafia ( Sting , Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash , Booker T and Sharmell ). Later that night, Scott Steiner returned from his injury, attacked Williams' allies and joined the Main Event Mafia. Unlike the rest of the MEM, Steiner spared Williams from a beating. On the November 13 edition of Impact! , after seemingly being in-between
3887-410: A fee, a visitor could challenge the wrestler to a quick match. If the challenger defeated the champion in a short time frame, usually 15 minutes, he won a prize. To encourage challenges, the carnival operators staged rigged matches in which an accomplice posing as a visitor challenged the champion and won, giving the audience the impression that the champion was easy to beat. This practice taught wrestlers
4056-403: A guitar for a two-count. AMW then came to ringside to distract Ortiz and slide Jarrett another guitar. As Jarrett attempted to hit Rhino with the guitar, Rhino countered by crashing into Jarrett with his Gore maneuver for the pinfall victory at 5 minutes and 30 seconds to become the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion. After the contest, AMW, Jarrett, and Team Canada attacked Rhino and placed him in
4225-569: A higher rating by the Canadian Online Explorer than WWE's WrestleMania 21 PPV event held on April 3, 2005, which had been given a 5 out of 10 by Dale Plummer and Nick Tylwalk. In March 2005, it was reported that TNA's then-September PPV event titled Bound for Glory was to be the promotion's equivalent to the rival World Wrestling Entertainment's WrestleMania . On June 19, 2005, at TNA's Slammiversary PPV event, TNA commentators Mike Tenay and Don West announced that
4394-405: A legitimate sport. Firstly, wrestling was more entertaining when it was faked, whereas fakery did not make boxing any more entertaining. Secondly, in a rigged boxing match, the designated loser must take a real beating for his "defeat" to be convincing, but wrestling holds can be faked convincingly without inflicting injury. This meant that boxers were less willing to "take dives"; they wanted to have
4563-626: A losing effort against Chris Sabin at an XICW event. On August 17, 2017, at Destination X , Williams returned to Impact, interfering in an Impact X Division Championship ladder match between Sonjay Dutt and Trevor Lee . Williams executed the Canadian Destroyer on the interfering Caleb Konley . On the August 31 episode of Impact Wrestling, Williams defeated Konley. At Victory Road , Williams lost to Trevor Lee in an X Division Championship match. At Bound for Glory , Williams competed in
4732-510: A major PPV title match." "Just a highspot fest with a lousy ending. The highspots were good, but it was far from a standout Ultimate X match. The "can't miss" match just missed based on not fulfilling high expectations," is what Keller had to say regarding the Ultimate X match. As for Jushin Liger versus Samoa Joe, Keller believed it was an "above average match of below average length," but that it
4901-799: A match against Gus Sonnenberg in January 1929. Bowser then broke away from the trust to form his own cartel, the American Wrestling Association (AWA), in September 1930, and he declared Sonnenberg to be the AWA champion. This AWA should not be confused with Wally Kadbo's AWA founded in 1960. Curley reacted to this move by convincing the National Boxing Association to form the National Wrestling Association , which in turn crowned
5070-517: A match to determine the number-one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Genesis. This was announced via TNA's official website after Bound for Glory. Brown won the bout at the event. Abyss and Sabu continued their rivalry heading into Genesis, where they fought in a No Disqualification match . There, Abyss defeated Sabu to win the encounter. Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels went on to compete in
5239-595: A match with the other Feast or Fired winners for an opportunity to trade his unopened case with someone else choosing Williams' case and when his new case was opened it contained the World Heavyweight Title match. Later he was defeated by Steiner to win both cases. Steiner later gave back his original briefcase. Professional wrestling 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling , or simply, wrestling )
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5408-424: A more literal meaning in those places. A notable example is India's Pro Wrestling League . In numerous American states, professional wrestling is legally defined as a non-sport. For instance, New York defines professional wrestling as: Professional wrestling means an activity in which participants struggle hand-in-hand primarily for the purpose of providing entertainment to spectators and which does not comprise
5577-440: A new city, attendance was high because there was a waiting fanbase cultivated in advance by the cable TV shows. The NWA's traditional anti-competitive tricks were no match for this. The NWA attempted to centralize and create their own national cable television shows to counter McMahon's rogue promotion, but it failed in part because the members of the NWA, ever protective of their territories, could not stomach submitting themselves to
5746-467: A perfect 10 out of 10 from Kapur, his highest rating of the review. The Ultimate X match and Monster's Ball II were both given the same rating, a 9 out of 10. The NWA World Tag Team Championship match and Jushin Liger versus Samoa Joe were both given a 7 out of 10. The Diamonds in the Rough versus Apolo, Shark Boy, and Sonny Siaki was given the lowest rating of Kapur's review, a 5 out of 10. Wade Keller of
5915-591: A reference to Doug Chevalier (Scott D'amore's original mentor) and also the name of his front flip piledriver finishing move. Williams was trained alongside Chris Sabin by Scott D'Amore at the Can-Am Wrestling School . Williams debuted in D'Amore's Windsor, Ontario -based Border City Wrestling promotion in 2001. He spent the next four years working on the independent circuit in Canada for Border City Wrestling; Blood, Sweat and Ears ; and in
6084-440: A rivalry for an undisclosed reason, leading to a match at Unbreakable. Sabu had also been involved in a minor feud with Rhino, by teaming with Raven to face the team of Rhino and Jarrett in a match at TNA's Sacrifice PPV event on August 14. The Ultimate X match was announced at Unbreakable after a bout pitting Chris Sabin against Petey Williams . There, Matt Bentley returned to TNA and issued an Ultimate X open challenge to
6253-575: A six-way match for the Impact X Division Championship, but failed to win the match. On the November 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, Williams was defeated by L. A. Knight in an Impact World Championship match. On the March 15, 2018, episode of Impact Wrestling, Williams competed in Feast or Fired match where he got a case that revealed he got an X Division Championship match. At Redemption , Willams would use
6422-453: A table with his signature Gore maneuver. Afterwards, Rhino drove Hardy's head into the mat with his signature Rhino Driver maneuver from the second ring rope and followed with a pin to win the match at 12 minutes and 20 seconds. After this match, Larry Zbyszko announced that a Ten-Man Gauntlet match would be held later in the show to determine who would face Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The TNA X Division Championship
6591-620: A three-way match but lost in a rematch on November 9, 2013, at House of Hardcore 3 . On May 9, 2014, at Border City Wrestling 's East Meets West event Williams teamed with Brent B in a losing effort over Time Splitters ( Alex Shelley & Kushida ) in Match 2 of BCW vs. NJPW Series. Later in May 2014, Petey was defeated by JP Simms in a match for the IFWA Heavyweight Championship at a WrestleCentre Voltage taping, following
6760-535: A three-way match to become the number one contender for the X Division Championship. Williams received his title shot on the April 18 episode of Impact Wrestling , but was defeated by the defending champion Kenny King in a three-way match that also involved Zema Ion . On May 23 episode of Impact Wrestling , Williams faced Joey Ryan and Suicide in a number one contender's match for an X Division Championship match at Slammiversary, which Suicide won after pinning Ryan. At
6929-454: A title defense at Bound for Glory. Jarrett and Nash previously fought at TNA's Against All Odds PPV event on February 13, which Jarrett won to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. On the October 8 episode of Impact! , NWA Championship Committee member Larry Zbyszko announced that the match between Nash and Jarrett was official and set for Bound for Glory with an added stipulation. Mixed martial arts fighter Tito Ortiz
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7098-414: A title match. On December 12, 2010, Williams made his debut for Lucha Libre USA , forming a heel, anti-illegal immigration tag team named "The Right" with R. J. Brewer . On February 19, 2011, Williams was defeated by LA Park , This episode aired on tape delay on October 15, 2011. On March 19, 2011, Williams along with R. J. Brewer & Jon Rekon defeated Rocky Romero , Super Nova , & Magno in
7267-552: A triple threat tag team match. At Under Siege , Williams and TJP competed in a four-way tag team match to determine the number one contender for the Impact World Tag Team Championship which was won by Ace Austin and Madman Fulton . At Against All Odds , Williams competed in a five-way match to determine the #1 contender for the Impact X Division Championship which ended in a no contest. At Slammiversary , Williams competed in an Ultimate X match for
7436-580: A twenty-two man Gauntlet for the Gold match , entering at number eleven and pinning the Amazing Red to win the bout. Early in his title reign, Williams claimed that the Canadian Destroyer could not be countered. According to Williams, Bully Ray told him to focus the entire match in his finishing move. However, after Williams successfully retained the title in a match with A.J. Styles at Victory Road on November 7, 2004, Chris Sabin began claiming that he
7605-503: A typical American household only received four national channels by antenna, and ten to twelve local channels via UHF broadcasting . But cable television could carry a much larger selection of channels and therefore had room for niche interests. The WWF started with a show called All-American Wrestling airing on the USA Network in September 1983. McMahon's TV shows made his wrestlers national celebrities, so when he held matches in
7774-586: A victory for all the pain to which they subjected themselves. In the 1910s, promotional cartels for professional wrestling emerged in the East Coast (outside its traditional heartland in the Midwest ). These promoters sought to make long-term plans with their wrestlers, and to ensure their more charismatic and crowd-pleasing wrestlers received championships, further entrenching the desire for worked matches. The primary rationale for shoot matches at this point
7943-587: A week later against Jay Lethal , Rhino , and Team 3D . Team Canada lost the match when Lethal pinned A-1 , officially disbanding Team Canada once and for all. On the July 27 edition of Impact! , Williams won an X Division four-way match by defeating Sonjay Dutt , Johnny Devine , and Shark Boy after hitting Shark Boy with the Canadian Destroyer. On the following week's Impact! , he defeated Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Kazarian and Alex Shelley and became
8112-508: A winning effort over Joe Doering and Tyson Dux with Kurt Angle as the special guest referee. Williams made his debut for Capital City Championship Combat on November 21, where he reformed Team Canada with Johnny Devine in a winning effort over The Untouchables (Dan Paysan and Jimmy Stone). On February 7, 2010, Williams debuted in Canadian Wrestling's Elite at their Collision Course event. He defeated Bobby Jay to qualify for
8281-532: A wrestling match or series of matches. The main storyline heading into Bound for Glory revolved around the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . At TNA's previous PPV event Unbreakable on September 11, then-champion Raven retained the title in a Raven's Rules match against Rhino. On September 15, Jeff Jarrett defeated Raven with help from America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm; AMW) and Scott D'Amore at
8450-436: Is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama , with the premise that the performers are competitive wrestlers. Professional wrestling is distinguished by its scripted outcomes and emphasis on entertainment and showmanship . The staged nature of matches is an open secret , with both wrestlers and spectators nonetheless maintaining the pretense that performances are bona fide competitions, which
8619-410: Is a true sport. Wrestlers would at all times flatly deny allegations that they fixed their matches, and they often remained in-character in public even when not performing. When in public, wrestlers would sometimes say the word kayfabe to each other as a coded signal that there were fans present and they needed to be in character. Professional wrestlers in the past strongly believed that if they admitted
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#17328022369608788-427: Is generally practiced in an amateur context. No professional league for competitive wrestling exists due to a lack of popularity. For example, Real Pro Wrestling , an American professional freestyle wrestling league, dissolved in 2007 after just two seasons. In other countries, such as Iran and India , wrestling enjoys widespread popularity as a genuine sport, and the phrase "professional wrestling" therefore has
8957-470: Is likened to the suspension of disbelief employed when engaging with fiction . Professional wrestlers perform as characters and usually maintain a " gimmick " consisting of a specific persona , stage name , entrance theme , and other distinguishing traits. Matches are the primary vehicle for advancing storylines, which typically center on interpersonal conflicts, or feuds , between heroic " faces " and villainous " heels ". A wrestling ring , akin to
9126-510: Is remembered for Nash being removed from the main event and for Rhino's impromptu championship victory. Rhino becoming champion was ranked by TNA as the 21st greatest moment in the company's history. The event was dedicated to Reggie Lisowski , who died the night prior. Bob Kapur of the professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer rated the show a 9 out of 10, higher than the 2006 edition . It also received
9295-628: The Border Toss . AMW would then come out to make the save and then steal the Mexican flag . At Turning Point , Williams came out to help AMW in their flag match against LAX. During the match, he attempted the Canadian Destroyer on Konnan, but he was stopped by Hernandez. On the December 14 edition of Impact! , the LAX defeated AMW in a title vs. team match after James Storm hit Chris Harris with
9464-536: The American flag during the November 16 edition of Impact! , but he would make his first face turn after refusing to torch the flag. Williams was then involved in the feud between America's Most Wanted and the Latin American Xchange. At Genesis , Homicide had Gail Kim set up for Da Gringo Killa , but Williams came in with a lead pipe to make the save. On the following Impact! , Williams
9633-648: The Junior League , where he only won one match. Upon his return to the US, Williams participated in the PWS King Of The Ring 2009 and reached the finals before losing to Aden Chambers. On November 7, Williams made his debut for Pro Wrestling Xtreme and defeated Matt Burns in a singles match. He made his second and final appearance for the promotion exactly one month later, where he defeated Michael Elgin . On November 13, Williams redebuted for Border City Wrestling and reunited with Scott D'Amore in
9802-624: The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board that professional wrestling is not a real sport because its matches have predetermined outcomes. Shortly thereafter, New Jersey deregulated professional wrestling. The WWF then rebranded itself as a " sports entertainment " company. In the early years of the 20th century, the style of wrestling used in professional wrestling matches was catch wrestling . Promoters wanted their matches to look realistic and so preferred to recruit wrestlers with real grappling skills. In
9971-615: The Northern United States for promotions such as NWA Cyberspace and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla . Williams debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on February 25, 2004, a member of Team Canada . He and the remainder of Team Canada took part in the TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament , but were defeated by Team Mexico and Team USA . On August 11, 2004, Williams won the X Division Championship in
10140-562: The Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter reviewed the show. He felt that Rhino versus Jeff Jarrett was "not much of a main event, but it followed the old rule of having the replacement babyface wrestler in a main event always win so fans don't feel ripped off." As for the Iron Man match for the TNA X Division Championship between A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels, Keller expressed that it was a "very good match" that had
10309-710: The Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion that took place on October 23, 2005 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida . It was the first event under the Bound for Glory name and tenth event in the 2005 TNA PPV schedule. The show was promoted as TNA's premiere PPV event and their equivalent to the rival World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) WrestleMania . Ten professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match were featured on
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#173280223696010478-557: The independent circuit , to internationally broadcast events at major arenas. The largest and most influential promotions are in the United States , Mexico , Japan , and northwest Europe (the United Kingdom , Germany/Austria and France ), which have each developed distinct styles, traditions, and subgenres within professional wrestling. Professional wrestling has developed its own culture and community , including
10647-431: The spectacle . By at least the early 20th century, professional wrestling had diverged from the competitive sport to become an artform and genre of sports entertainment . Professional wrestling is performed around the world through various " promotions ", which are roughly analogous to production companies or sports leagues . Promotions vary considerably in size, scope, and creative approach, ranging from local shows on
10816-481: The "Cuffed in the Cage" match at Lockdown , but lost to the eventual winner Eric Young. On the April 17 edition of Impact! , Steiner gave him the X Division title shot briefcase. Later in the same episode, after Jay Lethal 's match against Johnny Devine, Williams attacked Lethal from behind, cashed in the title shot and won his second X Division Championship. Two weeks later at a taping of Impact! , Williams' orbital bone
10985-584: The 1920s, a group of wrestlers and promoters known as the Gold Dust Trio introduced moves which have since become staples of the mock combat of professional wrestling, such as body slams, suplexes , punches, finishing moves, and out-of-ring count-outs. By the early 1930s, most wrestlers had adopted personas to generate public interest. These personas could broadly be characterized as either faces (likeable) or heels (villainous). Native Americans, cowboys, and English aristocrats were staple characters in
11154-400: The 1930s and 1940s. Before the age of television, some wrestlers played different personas depending on the region they were performing in. This eventually came to an end in the age of national television wrestling shows, which forced wrestlers to stick to one persona. Wrestlers also often used some sort of gimmick, such as a finishing move, eccentric mannerisms, or out-of-control behavior (in
11323-509: The 1990s, WCW became a credible rival to the WWF, but by end it suffered from a series of creative missteps that led to its failure and purchase by the WWF. One of its mistakes was that it diminished the glamor of its World Heavyweight Championship . Between January 2000 and March 2001, the title changed hands eighteen times, which sapped fan enthusiasm, particularly for the climactic pay-per-view matches. In professional wrestling, two factors decide
11492-653: The Atlantic Athletic Corporation (AAC). The AAC shut down in 1960. In 1958, Omaha promoter and NWA member Joe Dusek recognized Verne Gagne as the world champion without the approval of the NWA. Gagne asked for a match against the recognized NWA champion Pat O'Connor. The NWA refused to honor the request, so Gagne and Minneapolis promoter Wally Karbo established the American Wrestling Association in 1960. This AWA should not be confused with Paul Bowser's AWA, which ceased operations just two months prior. Gagne's AWA operated out of Minnesota . Unlike
11661-573: The CLASH Championship and lost. He received another shot at the title in August and once again lost. On January 21, 2012, Williams defeated Quinn in a three-way match for the CLASH Championship which also included J. Miller. Afterwards, Williams went on a singles winning streak which included multiple championship defences against the likes of Alex Shelley. He lost the title to J. Miller on January 17, 2013. On June 22, 2013, at House of Hardcore 2 Williams defeated Alex Reynolds and Tony Nese in
11830-576: The Canadian Destroyer as finishers, such as Adam Cole , which he calls the "Panama Sunrise". He appeared in the video game TNA Impact! as a downloadable character . Williams plays guitar and harmonica in a band called The High Crusade, which also includes former TNA wrestlers Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin and their friends Adam Tatro and Chris Plumb. The band released their debut album, It's Not What You Think , on September 7, 2010. Petey has been married and divorced twice and has children from both marriages (three in total). Scott Steiner won
11999-465: The Impact X Division Championship which was won by Josh Alexander . At Homecoming , Williams and Jordynne Grace lost to Matt Cardona and Chelsea Green in a first round match in the Homecoming tournament. At Emergence , Williams lost to Steve Maclin . At Victory Road , Williams lost to Steve Maclin in a 3 Way match that also involved TJP. He left Impact in November 2021. In January 2022, it
12168-496: The Latin Liberators ( Rocky Romero and Super Nova ) to win the vacant LLUSA Tag Team Championship . On January 22, 2011, Williams defeated Charly Malice due to an interference from the leader of "The Right" R. J. Brewer , This episode aired on tape delay on October 22, 2011. On April 21, 2012, Williams announced he had parted ways with Lucha Libre USA . On January 12, 2013, Williams returned to TNA to take part in
12337-561: The Monster's Ball match, Keller said it was a "good one" but it was "tough to go to four stars for a match that includes so many huge spots and little long-term selling, but it's also hard not to rate it this high when there's a potential "big spot of the year" and a crowd chanting "That was awesome!" afterward." Meanwhile, Keller felt the World Tag Team Championship match was "average" and that it "just didn't feel like
12506-439: The NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the show. The TNA X Division Championship was defended in a Thirty-Minute Iron Man match by champion A.J. Styles against the challenger Christopher Daniels at the event. Styles defeated Daniels one fall to zero falls to retain the championship. Monster's Ball II was held at Bound for Glory, in which Rhino defeated Abyss , Jeff Hardy , and Sabu . The NWA World Tag Team Championship
12675-510: The NWA World Heavyweight Championship was scheduled for the November ;3 episode of Impact! . Jarrett defeated Rhino on the respective episode to reclaim the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Prior to this, TNA began promotion of a Six Man Tag Team match at their Genesis PPV event on November 13 pitting Rhino and Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) against Jarrett and America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm). This
12844-408: The NWA, at which point his territory became fair game for everyone. The NWA would blacklist wrestlers who worked for independent promoters or who publicly criticized an NWA promoter or who did not throw a match on command. If an independent promoter tried to establish himself in a certain area, the NWA would send their star performers to perform for the local NWA promoter to draw the customers away from
13013-488: The NWA, which only allowed faces to be champions, Gagne occasionally allowed heels to win the AWA championship so that they could serve as foils for him. In August 1983, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), a promotion in the north-east , withdrew from the NWA. Vince K. McMahon then took over as its boss. No longer bound by the territorial pact of the NWA, McMahon began expanding his promotion into
13182-453: The October 8 episode of Impact! , Daniels issued a challenge to Styles to pick three wrestlers on the roster and he would defeat all of them in fifteen minutes or less. Styles accepted the challenge and chose Shark Boy, Sonjay Dutt, and himself. Daniels defeated both Shark Boy and Dutt before the time-limit expired, but did not defeat Styles in time on the October 15 episode of Impact! . There were several other matches promoted for
13351-473: The X Division on July 17, 2005, at No Surrender , unsuccessfully challenging X Division Champion Christopher Daniels. Williams, along with the rest of Team Canada , would go on to join Planet Jarrett upon TNA 's debut on Spike TV in October 2005. After winning an Ultimate X match at Bound for Glory on October 23, Williams received a title shot against A.J. Styles at Genesis on November 13, but
13520-401: The arena's loudspeakers, his being Pomp and Circumstance . He also wore a costume: a robe and hairnet, which he removed after getting in the ring. He also had a pre-match ritual where his "butler" would spray the ring with perfume. In the 1980s, Vince McMahon made entrance songs, costumes, and rituals standard for his star wrestlers. For instance, McMahon's top star Hulk Hogan would delight
13689-418: The art of staging rigged matches and fostered a mentality that spectators were marks to be duped. The term kayfabe comes from carny slang. By the turn of the 20th century, most professional wrestling matches were "worked" and some journalists exposed the practice: American wrestlers are notorious for the amount of faking they do. It is because of this fact that suspicion attaches to so many bouts that
13858-561: The audience by tearing his shirt off before each match. The first major promoter cartel emerged on the East Coast, although up to that point, wrestling's heartland had been in the Midwest. Notable members of this cartel included Jack Curley , Lou Daro, Paul Bowser and Tom and Tony Packs. The promoters colluded to solve a number of problems that hurt their profits. Firstly, they could force their wrestlers to perform for less money. As
14027-461: The bout by using his Koji Clutch submission hold. Later on, Daniels earned a two-count after landing on Styles with his signature B.M.E. aerial maneuver. Styles also gained a near-fall by holding Daniels on his shoulders before twisting him off and slamming him to the mat for what he calls a Rack Bomb . With only 13 seconds left in the match and the score still tied zero to zero, Styles performed his signature Styles Clash maneuver and followed with
14196-494: The briefcases in the Feast or Fired match. Scott Steiner , who also won one of the briefcases, would later trade cases with Williams, which unintentionally gave Petey a World Heavyweight Championship shot in the process. In subsequent matches, Williams would bring down the briefcase to the ring and place it near the turnbuckle. During one of his matches, Steiner entered the arena and switched Petey's world title match briefcase with
14365-498: The card, three of which involved championships. The main event was for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , in which champion Jeff Jarrett fought the challenger Rhino with Tito Ortiz as Special Guest Referee . The match was originally Jarrett versus Kevin Nash with Ortiz as referee, however Nash was not cleared to wrestle due to a medical emergency. A Ten-Man Gauntlet match was held to determine Nash's replacement, which Rhino won. Rhino then went on to defeat Jarrett to win
14534-424: The cartel grew, there were fewer independent promoters where independent wrestlers could find work, and many were forced to sign a contract with the cartel to receive steady work. The contracts forbade them from performing at independent venues. A wrestler who refused to play by the cartel's rules was barred from performing at its venues. A second goal of the wrestling cartels was to establish an authority to decide who
14703-593: The case for a title shot against Matt Sydal , but would lose the match. At Slammiversary XVI , Williams competed in a four-way match that was won by Johnny Impact . At Rebellion (2019) , Williams competed in a six-way match which was won by Ace Austin . At Unbreakable , Williams, Scott Steiner and Jordynne Grace defeated Dicky Mayer, Gentleman Jervis and Ryan Taylor . On the November 5 episode of Impact Wrestling, Williams lost to Bhupinder Singh. At Hardcore Justice , Williams and Josh Alexander defeated TJP and Fallah Bahh , and Ace Austin and Madman Fulton in
14872-418: The case of heels). The matches could also be gimmicky sometimes, with wrestlers fighting in mud and piles of tomatoes and so forth. The most successful and enduring gimmick to emerge from the 1930s were tag-team matches. Promoters noticed that matches slowed down as the wrestlers in the ring tired, so they gave them partners to relieve them. It also gave heels another way to misbehave by double-teaming. Towards
15041-405: The casket. Team 3D came to his defense, as well as the 3LiveKru. A brawl between all the wrestlers took place, with Eric Young of Team Canada ending up in the casket and Rhino standing on top of it holding the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt as the event came to a close. A total of 900 people attended Bound for Glory, while 800 people attended the fanfest. It was reported that tickets for
15210-436: The center of the "X". In this case, the object was a giant red "X". Sabin scaled the ropes above the ring midway through the match, before Bentley jumped up and tackled him to the mat below. The result of this impact caused the "X" to fall off the ropes. TNA officials then had to re-hang it while the match continued. Later, Bentley and Sabin attempted to retrieve the "X" again, only to cause it to fall once more. This time Williams
15379-423: The character in shows must be considered fictional, wholly separate from the life of the performer. This is similar to other entertainers who perform with a persona that shares their own name. Some wrestlers also incorporate elements of their real-life personalities into their characters, even if they and their in-ring persona have different names. Kayfabe is the practice of pretending that professional wrestling
15548-461: The commission. The Commission did on very rare occasions hand out such authorizations, such as for a championship match between Jim Londos and Jim Browning in June 1934. This decree did not apply to amateur wrestling, which the commission had no authority over. Wrestling fans widely suspected that professional wrestling was fake, but they did not care as long as it entertained. In 1933, a wrestling promoter named Jack Pfefer started talking about
15717-540: The current fashion of wrestling is the universal discussion as to the honesty of the matches. And certainly the most interesting phrase of this discussion is the unanimous agreement: "Who cares if they're fixed or not—the show is good." Newspapers tended to shun professional wrestling, as journalists saw its theatrical pretense to being a legitimate sport as untruthful. Eventually promoters resorted to publishing their own magazines in order to get press coverage and communicate with fans. The first professional wrestling magazine
15886-405: The end of the 1930s, faced with declining revenues, promoters chose to focus on grooming charismatic wrestlers with no regard for their skill because it was charisma that drew the crowds, and wrestlers who were both skilled at grappling and charismatic were hard to come by. Since most of the public by this time knew and accepted that professional wrestling was fake, realism was no longer paramount and
16055-492: The end of the day." He called the NWA World Tag Team Championship match "ridiculous" and the TNA X Division Champion number-one contender the "worst Ultimate X match in TNA history." He did, however, praise the Iron Man match stating it was "definitely the match of the night with some good wrestling holds and believable nearfalls." He also enjoyed the Liger versus Joe bout, say it was a "good start to
16224-573: The event sold very quickly. Canadian Online Explorer writer Bob Kapur rated the entire event a 9 out of 10, which was higher than the 2006 edition with a 7 out of 10 from Chris Sokol. Bound for Glory's ranking was higher than Unbreakable's rating, which received an 8 out of 10 by Corey David Lacroix. Bound for Glory also ranked higher than TNA's next event, Genesis , which also received an 8 out of 10 from Lacroix. Compared to rival World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) No Mercy and Taboo Tuesday PPV events, Bound for Glory out-performed both. No Mercy
16393-420: The event was released prior by TNA on In Demand featuring the tagline "A Time for Greatness" as well as Raven, Brown, Hardy, Jarrett, Rhino, Styles, and Abyss. A thirty-minute pre-show was advertised to take place prior to the telecast. TNA promoted the debut of Japanese wrestler Liger for the event. Samoa Joe was later advertised as Liger's opponent. Hurricane Wilma 's course was set toward Florida during
16562-603: The facade of kayfabe as best as they could. In 1989, Vince McMahon testified before the New Jersey government that professional wrestling was not a true sport and therefore should be exempted from sports-related taxes. Many wrestlers and fans resented McMahon for this, but Lou Thesz accepted it as the smart move as it gave the industry more freedom to do as it pleased, and because by that point professional wrestling no longer attempted to appear real. The demise of WCW in 2001 provided some evidence that kayfabe still mattered to
16731-633: The festivities weekend, but TNA did not expect it to interfere with the events. Bound for Glory was dedicated to Reggie Lisowski , also known as "The Crusher", who died the night before. Bound for Glory was scheduled to feature nine professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match, however, due to a medical emergency TNA was forced to change the main event of the show, resulting in ten overall matches. Each of these matches involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines portraying villains , heroes , or less distinguishable characters ; these scripted events built tension and culminated in
16900-958: The first Bound for Glory event would take place on October 23, 2005. A fanfest, similar to the one held at TNA's Victory Road PPV event, was also planned. The fanfest, promoted as Total Nonstop InterAction, was set for October 22 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Several TNA wrestlers were scheduled to appear at the event, such as Raven , A.J. Styles , Jushin Liger , Christopher Daniels , Jeff Hardy , Jeff Jarrett , Chris Sabin , Monty Brown , Jimmy Hart , Lance Hoyt , Rhino , Abyss , Kip James , Shark Boy , Chris Harris , James Storm , B.G. James , Elix Skipper , Sonjay Dutt , Sonny Siaki , James Mitchell , Apolo , Bobby Roode , Eric Young , A-1 , and Petey Williams of Team Canada , among others. On August 19, tickets went on sale for Bound for Glory. A promotional poster for
17069-470: The first place. "Double-crosses", where a wrestler agreed to lose a match but nevertheless fought to win, remained a problem in the early cartel days. At times a promoter would even award a victorious double-crosser the title of champion to preserve the facade of sport. But promoters punished such wrestlers by blacklisting them, making it quite challenging to find work. Double-crossers could also be sued for breach of contract, such as Dick Shikat in 1936. In
17238-530: The forehead throughout. The Naturals got a two-count on Harris after they performed AMW's signature Death Sentence maneuver on him by slamming him back-first into the mat while jumping on his throat. Kim interfered in the bout by distracting The Naturals, which allowed Storm to bash Douglas over the head and then handcuff him to the ring-barrier. AMW followed by performing the Death Sentence on Stevens and pinning him to remain champions. Monster's Ball II
17407-610: The game is not popular here. Nine out of ten bouts, it has been said, are pre-arranged affairs, and it would be no surprise if the ratio of fixed matches to honest ones was really so high. The wrestler Lou Thesz recalled that between 1915 and 1920, a series of exposés in the newspapers about the integrity of professional wrestling alienated a lot of fans, sending the industry "into a tailspin". But rather than perform more shoot matches, professional wrestlers instead committed themselves wholesale to fakery. Several reasons explain why professional wrestling became fake whereas boxing endured as
17576-460: The government. They pledged to stop allocating exclusive territories to its promoters, to stop blacklisting wrestlers who worked for outsider promoters, and to admit any promoter into the Alliance. The NWA would flout many of these promises, but its power was nonetheless weakened by the lawsuit. Paul Bowser's AWA joined the NWA in 1949. The AWA withdrew from the Alliance in 1957 and renamed itself
17745-473: The independent. By 1956, the NWA controlled 38 promotions within the United States, with more in Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. The NWA's monopolistic practices became so stifling that the independents appealed to the government for help. In October 1956 the US Attorney General's office filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NWA in an Iowa federal district court. The NWA settled with
17914-480: The industry was anything but a competitive sport. The first wrestling promoter to publicly admit to routinely fixing matches was Jack Pfefer . In 1933, he started talking about the industry's inner workings to the New York Daily Mirror , resulting in a huge exposé. The exposé neither surprised nor alienated most wrestling fans, although some promoters like Jack Curley were furious and tried to restore
18083-496: The industry's inner workings to the New York Daily Mirror , maintaining no pretense that wrestling was real and passing on planned results just before the matches took place. While fans were neither surprised nor alienated, traditionalists like Jack Curley were furious, and most promoters tried to maintain the facade of kayfabe as best they could. Not the least interesting of all the minor phenomena produced by
18252-404: The interview duties during the show. Besides employees who appeared in a wrestling role, Cassidy Riley , New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) president Simon Inoki, TNA president Dixie Carter , two Polynesian dancers, Scott D'Amore, Traci , James Mitchell , Gail Kim , and Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) all appeared on camera, either in backstage or in ringside segments. The first bout
18421-445: The mat with a spinebuster . Monty Brown was pitted against Lance Hoyt in the next encounter. Hoyt gained a two-count early on by landing on Brown with a moonsault aerial maneuver from the top rope. This followed with Brown slamming Hoyt against the mat with his signature Alpha Bomb maneuver for a near-fall. Brown won the contest at 6 minutes and 29 seconds after tackling Hoyt with his signature Pounce maneuver. The fourth match
18590-490: The match Steiner showed Williams respect. Following this, Williams formed a team with Steiner and acquired the managerial services of Rhaka Khan in the process. Upon forming their alliance, Steiner and Khan put Williams through numerous initiations to prove himself worthy of their team. Williams and Steiner faced the Motor City Machine Guns in a tag team match, Petey won after pinning Alex Shelley. After
18759-562: The match and the title at the event. This led to TNA promoting a Thirty-Minute Iron Man match between Styles and Daniels for the title at Bound for Glory. This was a rematch between the two that took place at Against All Odds. Other events that lead to this match included the 2005 TNA Super X Cup Tournament , which caused the Three Way match at Unbreakable, and Daniels defeating Styles in an Ultimate X Challenge match at TNA's Destination X PPV event on March 13 to become champion. On
18928-428: The match went to a no-contest after Team 3D interfered and put both Williams and Havok through tables. On the November 1 edition of Impact! , Williams and the entire X Division attacked Team 3D. After the feud between the X Division and Team 3D died down, Williams began talking about bodybuilding and was often working out during interviews and referring to himself as "Little Poppa Pump". At Turning Point , he won one of
19097-449: The match with a missile dropkick leading to AJ Styles hitting the Pelé on Steiner for the win. Williams and AJ embraced after the match. Williams would go on to lose to Steiner at Against All Odds, and once again on the following Impact! in a "Head Dress on a Pole" match, effectively ending their feud. In January 2009, TNA informed Williams that the company would not renew his contract that
19266-428: The match, Williams had one more initiation to complete. Rhaka Khan brought out a black bag that contained a pair of scissors and a shaver. Steiner then cut and shaved Williams' hair, and gave him a chainlink headdress similar to Steiner's, cementing Williams' heel turn in the process. This also gave emphasis to the nickname "Little Petey Pump", a variation of Steiner's "Big Poppa Pump" nickname. Williams later competed in
19435-498: The members of wrestling cartels as the champion drew big crowds wherever he performed, and this would occasionally lead to schisms. By 1925, this cartel had divided the country up into territories which were the exclusive domains of specific promoters. This system of territories endured until Vince McMahon drove the fragmented cartels out of the market in the 1980s. This cartel fractured in 1929 after one of its members, Paul Bowser , bribed Ed "Strangler" Lewis to lose his championship in
19604-419: The mid 2000s, it was viewed as a powerful and popular move; the devastation of the piledriver combined with the acrobatics of the flip appeared like an animation from a video game. In the 2010s, several wrestlers adopted the Canadian Destroyer as a transition move. Williams has complained about this fact as his move was intended to be a finishing maneuver. In the later part of the 2010s, many wrestlers began to use
19773-414: The move, though there is evidence of Amazing Red performing it in the 1990s. According to Williams, the move was suggested to him in 2003 while travelling to an IWA Mid-South show along with Chris Sabin and Truth Martini . Williams and Sabin originally planned to use the move in their match together but decided against it. The next month, Williams debuted the move in a match against Matt Sydal . During
19942-413: The new champions. This led to a rematch at Hard Justice, where The Naturals retained the title. On the October 15 episode of Impact! , Zbyszko declared that The Naturals would defend the NWA World Tag Team Championship against AMW the following week. AMW reclaimed the championship from The Naturals on the October 22 episode of Impact! . Afterwards, TNA added a rematch between the two teams for
20111-510: The number one contender to the X Division Championship. At Hard Justice , Williams challenged the X Division Champion Senshi in a triple threat match also involving Jay Lethal. During the match, Williams used the Canadian Destroyer on Lethal and was about to attempt a pinfall until Senshi dropkicked Williams out of the ring and pinned Lethal to retain his championship. Williams was invited to watch Latin American Xchange burn
20280-465: The original X Division Championship match briefcase. During a tag team match with Williams and Steiner against Rock 'n Rave Infection , Steiner stole both cases and left him to be pinned by Jimmy Rave . Williams and Steiner faced off at Against All Odds with the winner getting both briefcases. Steiner would go on to win the match and officially claim both briefcases. On the following Impact! , Williams once again came up short against Steiner, but after
20449-465: The pair to take place at Bound for Glory. TNA later scheduled the match, with the winner becoming number-one contender to the TNA X Division Championship. After this, the three promoted the encounter by interfering in each other's Impact! matches. On the April ;29 episode of Impact! , The Naturals ( Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens ) defeated then-NWA World Tag Team Champions AMW to become
20618-454: The pin. As time ran out, Styles had the most falls thus retaining the TNA X Division Championship. TNA then held an impromptu Ten-Man Gauntlet match to determine Kevin Nash's replacement in the main event. This was the ninth match of the show with a duration of 14 minutes and 12 seconds. The participants for the match were Abyss, A.J. Styles, Jeff Hardy, Kip James , Lance Hoyt, Monty Brown, Rhino, Ron Killings, Sabu, and Samoa Joe. The rules for
20787-437: The platform used in boxing , serves as the main stage ; additional scenes may be recorded for television in backstage areas of the venue, in a format similar to reality television . Performers generally integrate authentic wrestling techniques and fighting styles with choreography , stunts , improvisation , and dramatic conventions designed to maximize entertainment value and audience engagement. Professional wrestling as
20956-497: The preceding 24 hours without food or water. In the very beginning, Sabu started bleeding from his right eye, while Hardy had blood coming out of a cut on his arm. Midway through the bout, Rhino also started to bleed. Hardy laid Abyss on a table and then ascended to the top of the Bound for Glory set. He then jumped off in a somersault and landed on Abyss. Eventually both Abyss and Hardy recovered, leading to Rhino tackling Abyss through
21125-717: The promotion's closing in 1991. In the spring of 1984, the WWF purchased Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW), which had been ailing for some time due to financial mismanagement and internal squabbles. In the deal, the WWF acquired the GCW's timeslot on TBS . McMahon agreed to keep showing Georgia wrestling matches in that timeslot, but he was unable to get his staff to Atlanta every Saturday to fulfill this obligation, so he sold GCW and its TBS timeslot to Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). JCP started informally calling itself World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In 1988, Ted Turner bought JCP and formally renamed it World Championship Wrestling. During
21294-399: The referee to lift and drop Liger's arm three times, resulting in the knock-out victory for Joe. The Diamonds in the Rough ( Simon Diamond , David Young , and Elix Skipper ) versus Apolo, Sonny Siaki, and Shark Boy in a Six Man Tag Team match followed. The duration of this contest was 7 minutes and 3 seconds. Young pinned Siaki to win the encounter for his team after forcing Siaki against
21463-413: The show even if it was shorter than expected." TNA released a DVD counting down the top 50 moments in their history in 2007, with several moments from Bound for Glory making it on the list. Liger's debut was ranked at number 42, Jeff Hardy's jump from the entrance stage marked in at number 27, and Rhino winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship was ranked at number 21 on the compilation. Kevin Nash
21632-429: The show. The most significant of these were a Four Way Monster's Ball match , a Three Way Ultimate X match , and an NWA World Tag Team Championship bout. The Monster's Ball match, promoted as Monster's Ball II, was announced in late-September. The participants advertised for the bout were Abyss, Rhino, Jeff Hardy, and Sabu . The only recent storylines connected to this bout included Abyss and Sabu being involved in
21801-509: The special Destination X episode of Impact Wrestling on July 18, Williams wrestled in a three-way match against Homicide and Sonjay Dutt for a chance to compete for the vacant X Division Championship, which was ultimately won by Dutt. On April 12, 2014 (aired August 1) at X-Travaganza 2014 . Williams was defeated by Tigre Uno and this was his final match in TNA. On July 3, 2014, Williams announced he would be retiring from professional wrestling. His final match took place two days later in
21970-440: The stamina for an hours-long fight. Audiences also preferred short matches. Worked matches also carried less risk of injury, which meant shorter recovery. Altogether, worked matches proved more profitable than shoots. By the end of the 19th century, nearly all professional wrestling matches were worked. A major influence on professional wrestling was carnival culture. Wrestlers in the late 19th century worked in carnival shows. For
22139-503: The tapings of the One Night Only: X-Travaganza special, teaming with Sonjay Dutt in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Bad Influence ( Christopher Daniels and Kazarian ). On March 17, Williams also took part in the tapings of the 10 Reunion pay-per-view, during which he wrestled in a three-way match, where he and Sonjay Dutt were defeated by Kenny King. The following day, Williams teamed with Dutt for
22308-593: The tapings of the TNA Tag Team Tournament pay-per-view, though they were eliminated in their first round match by Generation Me (Max and Jeremy Buck). On December 6 tapings of the World Cup of Wrestling pay-per-view, Williams teamed with Funaki as part of Team International but lost to Team Aces & Eights ' D.O.C. and Knux . Williams returned to television on the March 28 episode of Impact Wrestling , defeating Mason Andrews and Sonjay Dutt in
22477-426: The territories of his former NWA peers, now his rivals. By the end of the 1980s, the WWF would become the sole national wrestling promotion in the U.S. This was in part made possible by the rapid spread of cable television in the 1980s. The national broadcast networks generally regarded professional wrestling as too niche an interest, and had not broadcast any national wrestling shows since the 1950s. Before cable TV,
22646-567: The title in 2005), before ending on January 16, 2005, at Final Resolution , where he was defeated by A.J. Styles in an Ultimate X match that also featured Sabin. At Lockdown on April 24, 2005, Williams and fellow Team Canada member Eric Young unsuccessfully challenged America's Most Wanted for the NWA World Tag Team Championship . They challenged then-champions The Naturals at Slammiversary on June 19, 2005, but were once again defeated. Williams returned to
22815-410: The title shot more than Raven. Bound for Glory featured employees other than the wrestlers involved in the matches. Mike Tenay and Don West were the commentators for the telecast. Jeremy Borash (for the main event only) and David Penzer were ring announcers for the event. Andrew Thomas, Rudy Charles , and Mark "Slick" Johnson participated as referees for the encounters. Shane Douglas handled
22984-417: The title to the Bound for Glory card. Prior to Bound for Glory, TNA held a thirty-minute pre-show. During the broadcast, Mike Tenay announced that Kevin Nash had been hospitalized over the weekend and was not cleared to wrestle in the main event. Tenay stated that a replacement would be determined later in the night. A Four Way match between Sonjay Dutt, Alex Shelley , Austin Aries , and Roderick Strong
23153-519: The trial, witnesses testified that most of the "big matches" and all of the championship bouts were fixed. By the 1930s, with the exception of the occasional double-cross or business dispute, shoot matches were essentially nonexistent. In April 1930, the New York State Athletic Commission decreed that all professional wrestling matches held in the state had to be advertised as exhibitions unless certified as contests by
23322-471: The truth, their audiences would desert them. Today's performers don't "protect" the industry like we did, but that's primarily because they've already exposed it by relying on silly or downright ludicrous characters and gimmicks to gain popularity with the fans. It was different in my day, when our product was presented as an authentic, competitive sport. We protected it because we believed it would collapse if we ever so much as implied publicly that it
23491-430: The two sides, Williams suffered a beating at the hands of the Main Event Mafia, which included Steiner tossing Williams off a ladder and busting him open and as a result, ended his affiliation with Williams thus turning Williams into a face character. Williams returned on the January 15 edition of Impact! attacking Scott Steiner while referee Earl Hebner was distracted by guest enforcer Mick Foley . Williams cost Steiner
23660-494: The vacant Heavyweight Championship . Tyson Dux ultimately won the match and the title. On April 17, Williams began wrestling for All Japan Pro Wrestling during their newly introduced Junior Tag League with Phil Atlas as his tag team partner. On April 29, the final night of the Tag League, Williams and Atlas defeated F4 ( Hiroshi Yamato and Kai ) to claim third place. Williams returned to AJPW in late August to compete in
23829-535: The way of proceedings: the "in-show" happenings, presented through the shows; and real-life happenings outside the work that have implications, such as performer contracts, legitimate injuries, etc. Because actual life events are often co-opted by writers for incorporation into storylines of performers, the lines between real life and fictional life are often blurred and become confused. Special discern must be taken with people who perform under their own name (such as Kurt Angle and his fictional persona ). The actions of
23998-420: The wrestlers quietly began faking their matches so that they could give their audiences a satisfying spectacle. Fixing matches was also convenient for scheduling. A real ("shoot") match could sometimes last hours, whereas a fixed ("worked") match can be made short, which was convenient for wrestlers on tour who needed to keep appointments or share venues. It also suited wrestlers who were aging and therefore lacked
24167-425: Was Wrestling As You Like It , which printed its first issue in 1946. These magazines were faithful to kayfabe . Before the advent of television, professional wrestling's fanbase largely consisted of children, the elderly, blue-collar workers and minorities. When television arose in the 1940s, professional wrestling got national exposure on prime-time television and gained widespread popularity. Professional wrestling
24336-589: Was "disappointing they didn't go longer." James Caldwell, also of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter, reviewed the show. He felt differently from both Keller and Kapur, as he stated that Bound for Glory overall was a "bad PPV." He believed the main event was a "cluster," the Gauntlet match was "pointless," and the Monster's Ball match was the "same ole' carwreck match with no long-term selling and too many highspots that didn't mean much at
24505-529: Was again defeated. Williams would resume wrestling in the X Division and faced off against Chris Sabin, Elix Skipper , Shark Boy , Puma and Chase Stevens in an Xscape Match at Lockdown . Williams and Sabin were the final two competitors, but Williams lost after Sabin was able to climb over the cage and escape. Williams again acted as the captain of Team Canada in the 2006 World X Cup Tournament . He lost to Jushin Thunder Liger at Sacrifice in
24674-411: Was announced on the October 29 episode of Impact! . It was held on the November 3 episode of Impact! , which Williams also won to remain number-one contender to the TNA X Division Championship. Williams versus Styles for the title was promoted for Genesis after this by TNA. Styles retained the championship at the event. After Bound for Glory, Monty Brown and Jeff Hardy went on to compete in
24843-406: Was another Six Man Tag Team match, this time between Team Canada ( Bobby Roode , Eric Young , and A-1 ) and the 3Live Kru (Konnan, Ron Killings, and B.G. James). Team Canada were accompanied by Scott D'Amore. At 6 minutes and 8 seconds, Young gained the pinfall victory for his team on James, after Roode hit James with a hockey stick while the referee was preoccupied. The Three Way Ultimate X match
25012-448: Was between Samoa Joe and Jushin Liger. It lasted 7 minutes and 27 seconds. Joe was accompanied by two Polynesian dancers during his entrance, who performed for the crowd. Liger gained a near-fall on Joe at 6 minutes. Afterwards, Joe slammed Liger in the mat back-first with his signature Muscle Buster maneuver. He then followed by applying his Coquina Clutch submission hold. As the referee waited for Liger to submit, he became limp, causing
25181-452: Was capable of countering the move. He went on to counter the Canadian Destroyer into his own finishing move, the " Cradle Shock ", on three occasions in the month following Victory Road. However, Sabin was unable to defeat Williams for the X Division Championship at Turning Point on December 5, 2004. Williams's reign would last for five months and five days, (which would become the longest X Division title reign until Christopher Daniels won
25350-488: Was challenges from independent wrestlers. But a cartelized wrestler, if challenged, could credibly use his contractual obligations to his promoter as an excuse to refuse the challenge. Promotions would sometimes respond to challenges with "policemen": powerful wrestlers who lacked the charisma to become stars, but could defeat and often seriously injure any challenger in a shoot match. As the industry trend continued, there were fewer independent wrestlers to make such challenges in
25519-436: Was confirmed on the October 29 episode of Impact! . Rhino and Team 3D won the contest at Genesis. Following the contest, Christian Cage , who made his TNA debut earlier in the show, came to Rhino and Team 3D's defense while they were being assaulted by AMW and Jarrett. TNA officials were unhappy with the turnout of the Ultimate X match at Bound for Glory, this was due to the technically difficulties involved. A rematch
25688-435: Was defended by A.J. Styles against Christopher Daniels in a Thirty-Minute Iron Man match. In an Iron Man match, a time-limit is set for a particular amount, in this case thirty-minutes. The match will continue until time runs out and the competitor who gained the most falls when time runs out by pinfall, submission, count-out, or disqualification is the overall winner of the bout. Daniels attempted to get Styles to submit early in
25857-656: Was expiring later that month. Williams wrestled his last match for the company on February 10, at the tapings of the February 19 edition of Impact! , when he teamed with former Team Canada partner Eric Young to take on Beer Money, Inc. for the World Tag Team Title. He was pinned in the match, and due to a previous stipulation, was banished from TNA. After departing from TNA, Williams made a one-night return to Border City Wrestling on March 28 to compete in an eight-man gauntlet match to determine who would claim
26026-400: Was for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in which then-champion Jeff Jarrett was pitted against Rhino with Tito Ortiz as Special Guest Referee. Jarrett was accompanied to the ring by Gail Kim. A casket was positioned by the ring, as in storyline Jarrett planned to bury his opponent after defeating them. During the match, Kim distracted Ortiz allowing Jarrett to bash Rhino over the head with
26195-462: Was fractured during a match. However, Williams recovered from his injury and returned at Slammiversary to successfully defend his title against Kaz and again on the Impact! after Slammiversary. At Hard Justice , Williams retained his X Division Championship against Consequences Creed due to interference from Sheik Abdul Bashir . At No Surrender on September 14, he lost the X Division title in
26364-421: Was given a 5 out of 10 while Taboo Tuesday received a 7 out of 10. Bound for Glory was also rated higher than WWE's WrestleMania 21 , which took place on April 3, 2005. While Bound for Glory received a 9 out of 10, WrestleMania was only given a 5 out of 10 by Dale Plummer and Nick Tylwalk. Kapur rated the main event an 8 out of 10, while he gave the Gauntlet match a 7 out of 10. The Iron Man match received
26533-405: Was held at Bound for Glory. Rhino, Abyss, Sabu, and Jeff Hardy all participated in the match. James Mitchell accompanied Abyss to the ring. In a Monster's Ball match, pinfalls and submissions count anywhere. There are no disqualifications or count-outs and weapons are supplied and welcomed. It is called Monster's Ball because in the storyline each wrestler has supposedly been locked in a dark room for
26702-487: Was held during the pre-show. Dutt won the match at 12 minutes and 7 seconds after performing his signature Bombay-Rana aerial maneuver on Strong into a pin attempt. A segment with Raven took place where he demanded to be placed in the main event for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Larry Zbyszko disagreed, resulting in Raven attacking him before security pulled Raven off. Rhino then came out and stated that he deserved
26871-437: Was later named as Kurt Angle 's tag team partner to face LAX for the NWA World Tag Team Championship , but he was ambushed before the match by LAX. Samoa Joe would then replace Williams as Angle's partner. On the following week, Williams would go one on one against Homicide and defeated him via roll-up . After the match though, Homicide, Hernandez and Konnan started to beat down Williams followed by Hernandez hitting him with
27040-409: Was next to determine the number-one contender to the TNA X Division Championship. Petey Williams, Chris Sabin, and Matt Bentley were the participants in this encounter, which spanned 13 minutes and 13 seconds. Bentley was accompanied by Traci to the ring. In an Ultimate X match, ropes are hung above the ring in a manner to form an "X", in which the objective is to climb the ropes and retrieve an object at
27209-650: Was previously considered a niche interest, but the TV networks at the time were short on content and thus were willing to try some wrestling shows. In the 1960s, however, the networks moved on to more mainstream interests such as baseball, and professional wrestling was dropped. The core audience then shrunk back to a profile similar to that of the 1930s. In 1989, Vince McMahon was looking to exempt his promotion (the World Wrestling Federation ) from sports licensing fees. To achieve this, he testified before
27378-431: Was released from the hospital following Bound for Glory. Medical personnel stated he had what appeared to be a minor heart attack or was on the verge of having one when he called 9-1-1 . The original plan was to have Nash and Raven start a rivalry after Bound for Glory, but due to the circumstances this was changed. Jeff Jarrett announced on the October 29 episode of Impact! that a rematch between Rhino and he for
27547-406: Was reported Williams had signed with WWE as a producer. He appeared on the December 5, 2022 edition of Raw breaking up the brawl alongside various WWE officials between Bobby Lashley and Seth "Freakin" Rollins only for him to get accidentally speared by Lashley. Having popularised the sunset flip piledriver, which he called the Canadian Destroyer , Williams has been credited as the inventor of
27716-415: Was something other than what it appeared to be. I'm not sure now the fear was ever justified given the fact that the industry is still in existence today, but the point is no one questioned the need then. "Protecting the business" in the face of criticism and skepticism was the first and most important rule a pro wrestler learned. No matter how aggressive or informed the questioner, you never admitted
27885-429: Was standing below and caught it; the referee declared Williams the winner, thus becoming the number-one contender to the TNA X Division Championship. The NWA World Tag Team Championship was defended by AMW, who were accompanied by Gail Kim, against The Naturals in the sixth bout on the card. The duration of the contest was 10 minutes and 37 seconds. Douglas' head was busted open during the match, causing him to bleed from
28054-421: Was successfully defended by America's Most Wanted ( Chris Harris and James Storm ) against The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens ) at the show. Chris Sabin , Matt Bentley , and Petey Williams competed in a Three Way Ultimate X match to determine the number-one contender to the TNA X Division Championship also on the card. Williams won the encounter to earn a future title match. Bound for Glory
28223-417: Was the "world champion". Before the cartels, there were multiple wrestlers in the U.S. simultaneously calling themselves the "world champion", and this sapped public enthusiasm for professional wrestling. Likewise, the cartel could agree on a common set of match rules that the fans could keep track of. The issue over who got to be the champion and who controlled said champion was a major point of contention among
28392-514: Was then revealed as the Special Guest Referee for the bout. This was Ortiz's second time refereeing an NWA World Heavyweight Championship match in TNA, with his first being the NWA World Heavyweight Championship bout at TNA's Hard Justice PPV event on May 15. At Unbreakable, the TNA X Division Championship was defended in a Three Way match by then-champion Christopher Daniels against A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe. Styles won
28561-679: Was won by Castagnoli. The next day at Glory by Honor VIII , he competed against Aries for the World Championship , but lost. On October 9, Williams lost another four-corner survival match to Castagnoli. The next day, he lost to Castagnoli in a qualifying match for the Survival of the Fittest elimination match. On March 19, 2010, at Gold Rush , he returned to ROH in a losing effort to Austin Aries. On March 20 at Epic Encounter III , he lost to World Television Champion Eddie Edwards in
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