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| Delirious | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1982 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Delirious |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | [undue weight? – discuss] |
| Billed from | The Edge of Sanity (ROH) The Swamps of Florida (FIP) |
| Trained by | Kid Kash Tracy Smothers Gateway Championship Wrestling |
| Debut | July 19, 2001 |
Delirious is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling on the independent circuit, most notably in Ring of Honor. He is known for his outrageous antics, such as running around aimlessly and screaming wildly when the opening ring bell sounds, and speaking in a rambling fashion.
Career
Early career
He got his start in Gateway Championship Wrestling, an independent wrestling promotion based out of St. Louis. He trained Daizee Haze as a wrestler while they were both in Southeast Missouri State University. He made several appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2003 to 2005, his last in a match with Samoa Joe on TNA Impact![1].
IWA Mid-South
Delirious started working for Ian Rotten and IWA Mid–South during the latter part of 2003. He quickly won over fans with his antics. In November, he wrestled Matt Sydal, a fellow St. Louis wrestler in Sydal's first IWA match. The two quickly developed a rivalry, wrestling several times over the next few months. Eventually, Delirious was able to beat Sydal at the second night of the 2004 King of the Death Match Tournament and won the IWA-MS Light-Heavyweight title.
After that, Delirious began a feud with Jimmy Jacobs. The two exchanged in several matches with the title trading hands. Jimmy won the belt in early August on a Coliseum Championship Wresling event in Evansville, Indiana. Two weeks later in Highland, Indiana, they wrestled to a double pin for the title. The belt was declared vacant.
On the first night of the 2004 Ted Petty Invitational weekend, Jacobs won a vicious Ladder Match to win the vacant title. After that, Delirious went to Japan for a tour. When he returned, he won the belt on December 12, 2004 in Highland. Delirious then finished the feud with a win in a Steel Cage match in Valparaiso, Indiana on February 4, 2005.
Delirious held the Light-Heavyweight title until June 11, 2005, when he lost it to Josh Abercrombie in Philadelphia. Delirious then wrestled several unique matches over the fall, against the likes of Roderick Strong, Ace Steel, and Brandon Thomaselli. He also formed a team with old rival Sydal. They challenged The Iron Saints for the IWA-MS Tag Team titles on a couple of occasions.
Delirious started to appear less in 2006. He beat El Generico in April. He also beat Hallowicked, a sometimes partner in other promotions, during the 2006 Ted Petty Invitational.
Ring of Honor
Delirious debuted in the Philidelphia based promotion Ring of Honor, at Reborn: Stage One on April 23, 2004 in a losing effort against rival Matt Sydal[2]. Delirious would continue to work for Ring of Honor sporadically throughout the next few years, gaining a cult following despite never winning a match. At Better Than Our Best on April 1, 2006, ROH's commissioner Jim Cornette said that he would face a wrestler of his chosing, and if he did not win he would be dropped from the roster. Delirious chose and defeated Ricky Reyes with the Cobra Stretch, retaining his spot on the roster [3].
The following show Delirious would defeat Jimmy Rave, Jimmy Yang and Jimmy Jacobs in Four Corner Survival[4]. Later in the show Bryan Danielson granted Delirious shot at the ROH World Championship after Danielson had retained it in five minutes against Colt Cabana. Danielson would retain the belt when the referee stopped the match, Delirious' hand would also be sliced on the ring post and his mask was torn by Danielson during the match.
Delirious would go on to earn a shot at the ROH Pure Championship against Nigel McGuinness, but subsequently lost. Throughout the rest of the year Delirious would continue to impress with matches against Matt Sydal and McGuinness. On October 6th Delirious defeated Jimmy Rave qualifying for the Survival of the Fittest final later on in the evening. Austin Aries would be the first eliminated in the finals leaving The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark), Delirious and Matt Sydal. Sydal and Delirious would work together to eliminate the Briscoes. They would put on a tough performance with Delirious eventually coming out on top [5].
His victory meant he'd receive his second shot at the ROH World Championship against Bryan Danielson. On November 3 the match took place, and once again Danielson retained despite Delirious' best efforts.
Delirious would go onto team with Davey Richards, challenging eventual Tag Team Champions Matt Sydal and Christopher Daniels in a Number One Contenders match.
Following his loss Sydal and Daniels he went onto feud with "Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce. Pearce defeated Delirious earlier on in the year with help form Shane Hagadorn. His first match in this new feud saw Delirious team with "Crazy" Ace Steel to take on Hagadorn and Pearce, Delirious and Steel would come out on top, but this feud was far from over. The following night Delirious would put his problems with Pearce aside to challenge Danielson. The two captains put a team of four together for an eight-man elimination tag match. Delirious chose Nigel McGuinness, Colt Cabana and BJ Whitmer as his partners to face the team of Danielson, Jimmy Rave, Jimmy Jacobs and Shingo. Delirious would end up becoming the sole survivor for his team, winning the match when he made Danielson tap to the Cobra Stretch.
Delirious would go onto lose to Adam Pearce on December 22[6], as well as losing the following night in a Dragon Gate rules match against CIMA, Shingo and Matt Sydal[7].
Delirious would continue his feud with Pearce into 2007 defeating him in the first of six Fifth Year Fesitval events. He via won pin fall after placing brass knuckles in his mask and head butting Pearce.
The following night the newly turned heel Roderick Strong would destroy Delirious after shoving him off the ropes. Delirious' head would smack against the mat and he appeared to be unconscious. Strong would take advantage of Delirious hitting a Gibson Driver both in the ring and on a barricade at ringside. Strong looked to do more damage but Roderick's former tag team partner Austin Aries ran him off.
CHIKARA
In CHIKARA, Delirious teamed with Hallowicked throughout 2006 under the team moniker Incoherence (also nicknamed Halirious by the fans). The team came about at CHIKARA's Tag World Grand Prix 2006, when Hallowicked's original partner, Ultramantis Black, was unable to compete due to injury. A random draw to determine Hallowicked's partner took place, and Delirious was the first chosen wrestler to be present, after The Rockin' Rebel and Roderick Strong. After defeating the team of Rorschach and Crossbones, the Team of Up In Smoke (Cheech and Cloudy), and Team DDT (KUDO and MIKAMI), the team went onto the semifinals in the tournament, where they lost to the Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli)[8]. The team has been moderately successful, although they have so far been unable to win CHIKARA's Campeones De Parejas.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Cobra Stretch (Bridging cobra clutch)
- Chemical Imbalance II (Double pumphandle reverse piledriver)
- Shadows Over Hell (Top rope splash to the back of an opponent on hands and knees)
- Invitro Fertilization (Yokosuka cutter)
- Bizarro Driver (Inside leg hook fisherman driver)
- Panic Attack (Running knee to head of an opponent seated in the corner)
- Neverending Story (Repeated striking lariats to an opponent in the corner)
- Diving hurricanrana
- Bam! (Leaping lariat)
- Hybrid Stigmata - Dimmu Borgir
Championships and accomplishments
- Central States Wrestling
- CSW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- International Wrestling Cartel
- IWC Super Indy Championship (1 time)[9]
- 2004 NWA Wildside Super Indy Champion
- 2006 Survival of the Fittest winner [11]
- Other Titles
- ICW ICWA TexArcana Television Champion (4 times)
References
- ^ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnaimpact/050624.html
- ^ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/roh/040423.html
- ^ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/roh/060401.html
- ^ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/roh/060422.html
- ^ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/roh/061006.html
- ^ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/roh/061222.html
- ^ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/roh/061223.html
- ^ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/chikara.html
- ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/sitiwc2.html
- ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/mwstxnwa.html
- ^ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/titles/roh/sotf.html