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'''Ronald William "Ronnie" Arniell'''<ref name=OWOW>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/shawn-spears.html|title=OWOW profile|accessdate=2009-04-29|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> (born February 19, 1981) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], better known by his ring name as '''Shawn Spears'''. He is best known for his stint with [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] on its [[ECW (WWE)|ECW]] brand, where he briefly performed under the ring name '''Gavin Spears'''.
'''Ronald William "Ronnie" Arniell'''<ref name=OWOW>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/shawn-spears.html|title=OWOW profile|accessdate=2009-04-29|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> (born February 19, 1981) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], better known by his ring name as '''Shawn Spears'''. He is perhaps best known for his stint with [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] on its [[ECW (WWE)|ECW]] brand, where he briefly performed under the ring name '''Gavin Spears'''.


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 16:40, 4 October 2010

Ronnie Arniell
Born (1981-02-19) February 19, 1981 (age 43)[1]
St. Catharines, Ontario[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Gavin Spears[1]
Shawn Spears[1]
Billed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Billed weight235 lb (107 kg)[1]
Billed fromNiagara Falls, Ontario[1]
Trained byEric Young[1]
Debut2001[2][unreliable source]

Ronald William "Ronnie" Arniell[1] (born February 19, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name as Shawn Spears. He is perhaps best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand, where he briefly performed under the ring name Gavin Spears.

Early life

Born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario, Arniell was an avid hockey fan during his childhood but eventually chose wrestling over hockey at the age of five.[2][unreliable source] During his childhood, he was a fan of Jimmy Snuka and emulated him by jumping around on his couch.[3]

In 2001, he made his decision to study wrestling with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestler Eric Young at the Wrestleplex training school.

Career

Upon wrestling his debut match in March 2002, Arniell began wrestling for some of the biggest independent wrestling promotions throughout Ontario and the United States, including Border City Wrestling and World Xtreme Wrestling, and Blood Sweat and Ears. In February 2005, Arniell made an appearance on an edition of WWE Heat in a tag team match against Rosey and The Hurricane.

On January 21, 2006, he signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and reported to Ohio Valley Wrestling. He wrestled his last match in Ontario for Great Canadian Wrestling May 11, 2006, taking part in a three way dance for the GCW National Championship in a match involving the GCW National Champion Michael Elgin and TNA's Shark Boy.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2006–2009)

Ohio Valley Wrestling

Arniell made his Ohio Valley Wrestling television debut as "The Canadian Sensation" Shawn Spears, where he defeated then-SmackDown! superstar Simon Dean. After his victory, Dean attacked Spears until Spears was saved by Al Snow, who fended off Dean with a chair. After his debut, Spears quickly made an impact in OVW career with a short undefeated streak that was soon ended by Aaron "The Idol" Stevens when Stevens made Spears submit. After this, Spears formed a tag team with Cody Runnels and they feuded with The Throwbacks for the Southern Tag Team Championship. On December 15, 2006, Spears and Runnels won the title from The Throwbacks.

On March 17, 2007, Spears won the Television Championship from Boris Alexiev, his first singles title in OVW. Soon after winning the title, he became more focused on championships and even began trying to steal Runnels' Heavyweight Championship opportunity. Spears' greediness peaked after the team lost the Tag Team Title, leaving Spears with only the Television Title. During Runnels' Heavyweight Title match, Spears interfered and performed a piledriver to Runnels, preventing him from winning the Heavyweight Championship and thus finally becoming a villain. Spears then began feuding with Runnels and eventually lost the Television Championship to him on July 6, 2007 before winning it back one week later. He once again lost the title on September 19 to the debuting Ted "Manbeast" McNailer. Spears later regained the TV Title, only to lose it to Colt Cabana. Spears then began feuding with Cabana and the pair would go on to win the vacant Tag Team Title with on November 7 after defeating Paul Burchill and Stu Sanders. On December 19, Cabana and Spears' feud culminated in a ladder match in which the winner would claim the Tag Team titles for themselves and choose a new partner. Spears lost to Cabana, who then chose Charles "The Hammer" Evans as his new tag team partner.

Florida Championship Wrestling

After OVW split with WWE, Spears debuted in WWE's new development territory Florida Championship Wrestling and teamed up with Nic Nemeth to defeat the The Puerto Rican Nightmares for the Florida Tag Team Championship on August 17.[1] Nearly a month later, Nemeth and Spears lost the titles to Joe Hennig and Heath Miller on September 11.[1]

ECW and departure

On the August 19 edition of ECW, Spears made his WWE television debut as a heel under the name Gavin Spears as part of Theodore Long's "New Superstar Initiative" in a losing effort to Ricky Ortiz.[1] After his ECW debut, Spears began splitting time between ECW and FCW. On the September 2 edition of ECW, Spears was defeated by Super Crazy.[1] After over three months of inactivity due to competing in FCW, Spears returned to television on the December 16 edition of ECW, where he lost to Finlay in what turned out to be his last match for the company. One month later on January 19, 2009, Arniell was released from his contract, only having three televised matches with the company.[1]

Independent circuit (2009–present)

On May 27, 2009, Spears wrestled and lost to fellow WWE alumni Elijah Burke in a tryout dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at their Impact! television tapings.[4] On June 12, Arniell wrestled at a Ring of Honor show, where he defeated Alex Payne. On August 15, he teamed up with Idol Stevens to capture the WWC World Tag Team Championship after defeating Thunder and Lighting. On October 31, Spears and Stevens lost the Tag Team Championship back to Thunder and Lightning. On May 16, 2010, Arniell, under his Gavin Spears ring name, teamed up with El Hijo de L.A. Park in a losing effort to Dr. Wagner III and Gigante Extassis on an Extreme Air Wrestle show in Mexico, marking his first tour of Mexico.[5]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • Adrenaline Live Wrestling
    • ALW Georgian Bay Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
  • American Combat Wrestling
    • ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[6]
  • Canadian Independent Wrestling Alliance
    • CIWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
  • Ground Breaking Pro Wrestling
    • GBPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time - current)
  • Great Lakes Championship Wrestling
    • GLCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Flexx Falcone
  • Neo Spirit Pro Wrestling
    • NSPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with J.T. Playa[1]
  • New Star Wrestling
    • NSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Pure Wrestling Association
    • PWA Pure Wrestling Championship (1 time)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "OWOW profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  2. ^ a b c "Cagematch profile".
  3. ^ "Ronnie Arniell topic on WWE.com".
  4. ^ http://www.impactwrestling.com/Content.aspx?ID=26755
  5. ^ Boutwell, Jason (May 21, 2010). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView.com. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "American Combat Wrestling news".
  7. ^ "FCW Florida Tag Team Championship history".
  8. ^ "OVW Southern Tag Team Championship history". Ohio Valley Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  9. ^ "OVW Television Championship history". Ohio Valley Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  10. ^ ""PWI 500": 201–300". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  11. ^ "WWC World Tag Team Championship history".

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