Wifebeater (wrestler)

Matt Prince
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Born	Dallas, Texas
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Matt Martini Wifebeater
Billed height	6 ft (183 cm) 4
Billed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Billed from	Trailer Trash, Texas
Trained by	The Pitbulls
Debut	1998

Matt Prince, better known as ring name Wifebeater, is a former U.S. Marine and a semi-retired pro wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling. Wifebeater has worked for Combat Zone Wrestling from 1999 to 2004. He is known for his ring attire (a wifebeater and blue jeans), and a weed whacker that he brought to the ring with him, and sometimes used on his opponents.

Career

Wifebeater debuted in Combat Zone Wrestling in August 1999, on the show that was called "Pyramid of Hell" in a match against Trent Acid. In September 1999 Wifebeater defeated Nick Gage to win his first CZW World Heavyweight Championship. Wifebeater held the title until December 1999, when he lost it to John Zandig. Wifebeater went on to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship two more times and the CZW Iron Man Championship 4 times. He would also team up with Justice Pain to form the H8 Club and win the CZW World Tag Team Championship. Around this time, a new team of Nick Gage and Nate Hatred formed and began using the H8 Club name. Wifebeater and Justice Pain lost the titles to them. After this, Wifebeater and Justice Pain broke up and began feuding. This feud ended at Cage of Death III inside the Cage of Death for the world title where Pain defeated Wifebeater.

In 2002 Wifebeater won the first CZW Tournament of Death after defeating Nick Mondo in the finals. He wrestled his retirement match in November 2002, but made a return a year later in the same month to join Zandig's team for Cage of Death V. In 2004 he won the CZW tournament of Death after defeating Necro Butcher in the finals. Later in the year, Justice Pain returned and rejoined Wifebeater to reform the H8 Club. They targeted the H8 Club of Gage and Hatred and wrestled in what would be his final "official" CZW match in December 2004 at Cage Of Death 6. That night, Justice Pain turned on Wifebeater. Since then Matt Prince has made some appearances back in the Combat Zone. One was a run in on the ROH wrestlers during a big brawl between CZW and ROH at ROH's "Arena Warfare" in early 2006. His next appearance was at CZW's Trapped in August 2006 filling in for a no-showing J.C. Bailey. In this contest Wifebeater went up against Danny Havoc in a stiff match with the Cage Of Death surrounding the ring.

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Chokebomb
  • Trailer Park Slam (Spinning or a swinging side slam)
  • Bear hug
  • Death Valley driver
  • Fallaway slam
  • Fireman's carry dropped into a backbreaker
  • Low blow
  • Powerbomb
  • Pumphandle slam
  • Sidewalk slam
  • Swinging neckbreaker

• Signature weapon
  • Weed whacker

• Managers
  • Big Mack Smack

• Entrance themes
  • Talk Like Sex by Kool G Rap and DJ Polo

Championships and accomplishments

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Wifebeater hits Nick Mondo with a weed whacker.

• Big Japan Pro Wrestling

• BJPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Justice Pain

• Combat Zone Wrestling

• CZW Death Match Championship (1 time)
• CZW Iron Man Championship (4 times)
• CZW World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
• CZW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Justice Pain
• CZW Tournament of Death
• CZW Tournament of Death III
• CZW Match of the Year (2002) vs. Nick Mondo

External links

• Other Superstars - Wifebeater
• Wifebeater at Online World of Wrestling