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Buck Quartermain
Birth nameJason Seguine
Born (1967-07-24) July 24, 1967 (age 57)
Tampa, Florida
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Buck Quartermain
Buck Quartermaine
Buck Q
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Trained byJimmy Del Ray
Dory Funk, Jr.
Debut1991

Jason Seguine (born July 24, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and former football player, known by his ringname Buck Quartermain, who competes in Southeastern regional promotions including Independent Pro Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated NWA Florida. He had also had brief stints in the World Wrestling Council, World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as the tag team partner of Lex Lovett during the early 2000s.

As of 2007, Quartermain began negotiating to appear on WWE's Extreme Championship Wrestling brand as well as touring Japan with Osamu Nishimura's Muga World promotion. He is also a current instructor at Steve Keirn's Pro Wrestling School of Hard Knocks.

Early life and career

Born in Tampa, Florida, Seguine attended Westmore College playing college football, basketball and baseball becoming a three sport letterman before his graduation. He later played as a defensive back for Jacksonville State University before making the third round draft by the Toronto Argonauts.

Following his retirement from the Canadian Football League, Seguine began training under Jimmy Del Ray making his professional debut in 1991 as Buck Quartermain. A mainstay on the Florida independent circuit, Seguine competed for Independent Pro Wrestling and NWA Florida during much of his early career.

During early 1995, he had a brief stint in the World Wrestling Federation and although having little success against opponents such as Jeff Jarrett and Hunter Hearst Helmsley wrestling on Monday Night Raw he did defeat The Brooklyn Brawler in a dark match at the 1995 Royal Rumble in his hometown of Tampa on January 22, 1995.[1]

Training under Dory Funk, Jr. at the Funking Conservatory for a brief time in 1999, he returned to the WWF appearing on Sunday Night Heat in January 2000 and on Jakked in January 2001. He also wrestled for World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling before their close during early 2001.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment

In 2004, Quartermain began wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling losing and, while initially a preliminary wrestler during his first few months with the promotion, he eventually formed a successful tag team with Lex Lovett and manager Johnny Fairplay (substituting for an injured Roderick Strong, the two would face each other in a match for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship at NWA Florida's supercard Rage in the Cage 7 on February 26, 2005).[2]

After losing to The Naturals at Destination X 2005 on March 13,[3] however, the tag team would eventually be phased out from TNA PPV events during the next year and, after Lovett's retirement in June 2005, Seguine returned to the independent circuit defeating Bruce Steele, Steve Madison and Roderick Strong to win Elite Wrestling Entertainment's Florida's Strongest Tournament on July 22, 2005. Teaming with Roderick Strong only one week later, they fought to a double disqualification against Steve Madison and Chris Kanyon on July 30, 2005.

The following month, with Lovett in his corner, Quartermain defeated Glacier at a Coastal Championship Wrestling event becoming the number one contender for the CCW heavyweight title on August 13 and defeated Steve Madison, Chris Kanyon and Erick Stevens for EWE in a no disqualification match with The Market Crashers on August 19, 2005.

He also made a one-time appearance on Monday Night Raw as Buck Quartermaine teaming with Steve Madison to lose to The Big Show in a handicap match in Tampa on August 29, 2005.[4] He would also appear on SmackDown in a tag team match with Antonio Banks against The Shane Twins in a dark match on September 1. He and Steve Madison would also make in appearance at the debut show of the Japan promotion Big Mouth Loud facing Riki Choshu and Takashi Uwano at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on September 11, 2005.[5]

Back on the independent circuit, he lost to Mike Sullivan in a four way match with Bruce Steel and his former tag team partner Lex Lovett at an IPW Hardcore event on September 17, 2005. Defeating Tom Lawler and J.P. Ace in a tag team match with The Saint while in Pro Wrestling Warfare the following month, he finally made he and Lovett made their return to TNA losing to The Naturals on TNA Impact on October 29.

At TNA Turning Point 2005, he lost a 6-man tag team match to Lance Hoyt and The Naturals with Joe Doering and Jon Bolen on December 11 and, in Elite Wrestling Entertainment, he wrestled Mike Sullivan to a no contest on December 17, 2005.

Appearing in TNA in a part-time capacity, he and Lovett appeared on TNA Impact! during early 2006 losing to Team 3D on January 7 and the James Gang on January 21, 2006;[6] they were also defeated by The Naturals at an Elite Wrestling Entertainment event that same night.

Defeating Tom Lawlor and J.P. Ace at a Pro Wrestling Warfare event on February 25, he would lose to Jeff Jarrett, Abyss and AMW in an 8-man tag team match with Shark Boy, Norman Smiley and Cassidy Riley on March 4, 2006.

Independents

Throughout 2006 and into 2007, Segunie would continue wrestling in independent promotions. Although defeating the tag team Black Market in a handicap match four days later while in Elite Wrestling Entertainment, he and Lovett lost to Tom Lawlor and J.P. Ice at a Pro Wrestling Warfare on March 11. He also lost to “Classy” Chris Nelson on April 1 and, with The Sandman, lost to Black Market in a tables match on April 28.

Losing to Scott Davis in a 3-way match with Steve Madison at a Pro Wrestling World 1 event on July 1, he defeated Octavio Olivieri on August 31 in Elite Wrestling Entertainment and "The Marquee" Bruce Santee in AWA World 1 South on January 14, 2007.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Further reading

  • McNeill, Pat. The Tables All Were Broken: McNeill's Take On The End Of Professional Wrestling As We Know It. Lincoln: iUniverse, 2002. ISBN 0-595-22404-0

References

  1. ^ "Royle Rumble 1995". ProWrestlingHistory.com. 2006.
  2. ^ Wojcik, Alan J. (2005-02-28). "NWA FL (2/26): Rage in the Cage 7!". Prowrestlingdaily.com.[dead link]
  3. ^ Schultz, Chris (2005-03-13). "TNA Destination X Results 03/13/05". TNAwrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Obal, Alex (2005-08-29). "411's LIVE Raw Coverage 08.29.05 - Big Show Vs Buck Quartermain & Steve Madison". 411mania.com.
  5. ^ Wojcik, Alan (2005-09-06). "Indy News: Madison & Quartermain vs. Choshu & Uwano in BML's "Illusion" September 11th". ImpactWrestling.com.
  6. ^ "Quick Results Archive: Weekly PPV's - 2006". TNAwrestling.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  8. ^ "Future of Wrestling Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories. 2002.
  9. ^ Westcott, Brian; Kriss Knights (2003). "Independent Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories.
  10. ^ "N.W.A. Florida Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  11. ^ "N.W.A. Florida Junior Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
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