Petey Williams

Petey Williams
Petey Williams
Born	August 26, 1981 (age 42); Windsor, Ontario
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Petey Williams
Billed height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Billed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Billed from	Windsor, Ontario; Detroit, Michigan
Trained by	Scott D'Amore
Debut	2002

Peter "Petey" Williams (born August 26, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently working in the United States for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a competitor in the X Division, and the former captain of Team Canada. He is referred to by the nickname "The Canadian Destroyer", a reference to his flip piledriver finisher of the same name.

Career

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 2002. He spent the next four years working on the independent circuit in Canada and the Northern United States.

In addition to wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Williams works on the independent circuit in Canada for Border City Wrestling, where he is the reigning Can-Am Television Champion, and in the United States for promotions such as NWA Cyberspace and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. He made a one-time appearance in Ring of Honor on June 18, 2005 at Death Before Dishonor III as the mystery opponent of the returning A.J. Styles.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Williams debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on February 25, 2004, replacing Teddy Hart as the "captain" 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 TNA X Division Championship in 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. However, after Williams successfully retained the title in a match with A.J. Styles at Victory Road 2004 on November 7, 2004, Chris Sabin began claiming that he 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 2004 on December 5, 2004. Williams's five month, five day title reign (the longest X Division Championship reign until his record was surpassed by Christopher Daniels in 2005) ended on January 16, 2005 at Final Resolution 2005, where he was defeated by A.J. Styles in an Ultimate X match that also featured Sabin.

At Lockdown 2005 on April 24, 2005, Williams and fellow Team Canada member "Showtime" Eric Young unsuccessfully challenged America's Most Wanted for the NWA World Tag Team Championship. They challenged then-champions The Naturals at Slammiversary 2005 on June 19, 2005, but were once again defeated.

Williams returned to the X Division on July 17, 2005 at No Surrender 2005, unsuccessfully challenging TNA X Division Champion Christopher Daniels. Williams, along with all of Team Canada would go onto join Planet Jarrett upon TNA's debut on Spike TV in September of 2005.After winning Ultimate X8 at Bound for Glory 2005 on October 23, 2005, Williams received a title shot against A.J. Styles at Genesis 2005 on November 13, 2005, but was once again defeated. Williams would resume wrestling in the X Division and battle in a losing effort against Chris Sabin, Elix Skipper, Shark Boy, Puma and Chase Stevens in an Xscape Match at Lockdown 2006. Williams and Sabin were left at the end after all of the eliminations, however, he lost after Sabin was able to climb over the cage and land before him.

Williams again acted as the captain of Team Canada in the TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament. He lost to Jushin Liger at Sacrifice 2006 in a Captain vs. Captain semifinal match, but won the Gauntlet Match final to tie points with Team USA. The next Thursday, May 18, in 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 is now disbanded. They then were given one last chance in a match 2 weeks later, against Jay Lethal, Rhino, and Team 3D with the stipulation that if they lost, they are disbanded without any more chances. Unfortunately for Team Canada, Jay Lethal pinned A1, officially disbanding Team Canada once and for all. On the July 27 edition of iMPACT!, Williams won an X Division Four Way 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 the number one contender to the X Division Championship.

At Hard Justice 2006, Williams challenged the X-Division Champion Senshi in a Triple Threat match involving Jay Lethal. Williams debuted a new look this night, wearing tights that departed from the Team Canada theme and focused on his infamous finishing move. In the match, Williams used the Canadian Destroyer on Lethal, guaranteeing victory, until Senshi dropkicked Williams out of the ring and pinned Lethal to retain his championship.

Williams was invited to watch the Latin American Exchange burn the American flag during the November 16th edition of iMPACT!, but Williams would make his first face turn after refusing to torch the flag. Williams was involved in the AMW and Latin American Exchange. Williams was held on the shoulders of Chris Harris and James Storm holding the American flag. At TNA Genesis, Homicide had Gail Kim setup for Da Gringo Killa but Williams came in with a lead pipe to make the save.

Petey Williams was meant to be Kurt Angle's partner to face LAX for the NWA World Tag team Championship belts, but he was ambushed before the match by LAX. Samoa Joe would then be Angle's partner. In an episode of iMPACT, Petey Williams would go one on one against Homicide defeating him via roll up. After the match though, all three members of LAX started to beat down Petey and Hernandez gave him The Border Toss. America's Most Wanted would then come out to make the save and then steal the Mexican flag. At Turning Point 2006, Petey would come to help America's Most Wanted in their flag match against LAX. During the match he tried to use The Canadian Destroyer on Konnan, but he was stopped by Hernandez. Sometime later, Gail Kim became his valet. The two were defeated by James Storm and Jacqueline Moore at TNA Against All Odds 2007. Petey became involved in a storyline with former partners Eric Young & Robert Roode as Eric's friend trying to help him out of a contract. It continued until TNA Lockdown where Petey faced Roode in the cage. Petey had the advantage after using a hockey stick on Roode. However Roode hit him with a vicious fisherman suplex to win the match. He also competed in the Ultimate X match at Victory Road alongside Sunjay Dutt, but was eliminated 2nd by Homicide.