Petey Williams
| Petey Williams | |
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| File:Petey-williams.jpg | |
| Born | August 26, 1982 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 |
Petey Williams (born August 26, 1982 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently working in the United States of America for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he was formally the captain of Team Canada and a competitor in the X Division. 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 continues to wrestle 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 rare 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 TNA 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 TNA 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 TNA Final Resolution 2005, where he was defeated by A.J. Styles in an Ultimate X match that also featured Sabin.
At TNA 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 TNA Slammiversary 2005 on June 19, 2005, but were once again defeated.
Williams returned to the X-Division on July 17, 2005 at TNA 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 TNA Bound For Glory 2005 on October 23, 2005, Williams received a title shot against A.J. Styles at TNA 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, "Primetime" Elix Skipper, Sharkboy, Puma and Chase Stevens in an Xscape Match at TNA 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 "Thunder" Liger at Sacrifice 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 29th 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) 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.
Finishing and signature moves
- Canadian Destroyer (Flip piledriver)
- Sharpshooter
- O Canada nut squash (places opponent in a tree of woe, then gets up on the second rope and steps on their crotch while singing "O Canada")
- Diving huracanrana
- Spinning DDT
- Russian Legsweep (Petey Williams performs the Russian legsweep after a tilt-a-whirl huracanrana)
Manager(s)
Championships and accomplishments
- 1-time BCW Can-Am Television Champion
- 1-time BCW Can-Am Tag Team Champion (with Bobby Roode)
- ECWA Super 8 Tournament winner (2005)
- 2-time EWR Heavyweight Champion
- Independent Wrestling Association
- 1-time NWA Upstate No Limits Champion
- 1-time TNA X Division Champion
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 2004 Rookie of the Year
- 2005 Best Wrestling Maneuver