Arik Cannon
Encyclopedia
Arik Cannon is a professional wrestler
known for competing in companies such as Chikara, Dragon Gate USA
, IWA Mid-South
, All American Wrestling and Wrestling Society X
.
. There, he became the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion
by defeating Petey Williams
in the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament. He defended it against Roderick Strong
and Austin Aries
, but was forced to give it up due to injury in 2004.
He returned to wrestling in 2005 and entered Chikara's Tag World Grand Prix 2005 with partner Claudio Castagnoli
and made it to the finals to face Superfriends, Chris Hero and Mike Quackenbush. That night, Hero turned on Quackenbush and joined Cannon and Castagnoli, leading Cannon and Castagnoli to win the Tag World Grand Prix. The three began calling themselves the Kings of Wrestling
. The began feuding with Quackenbush, but Cannon left the group in 2005. Cannon competed in the Tag World Grand Prix 2006 with Jigsaw
as his partner, but lost in the second round. During June 2006, Arik Cannon wrestled in Chikara's fourth annual Young Lions Cup tournament. In the final round, he defeated Cheech
to win the tournament. At Chikara's Cibernetico
Forever event in October 2006, however, Max Boyer
managed to beat him for the Cup.
In November 2006, Arik Cannon partook in the Wrestling Society X
promotion's first season of television tapings, which later aired on MTV
.
In the Spring of 2007 Arik began his own promotion known as F1rst Wrestling. Most cards for F1rst Wrestling are held at First Avenue. in Minneapolis, Minnesota
. F1rst Wrestling has also partnered with the Duluth based promotion Heavy on Wrestling
which Cannon has also wrestled for in several of their events.
In October 2007, Cannon went to Japan for a tour with Dragon Gate
and was brought into the Muscle Outlawz faction by Naruki Doi along with fellow gaijins Kevin Steen and Jimmy Rave. April 26, 2009 Arik was at Anarchy Championship Wrestling he was in a six man elimination match for the ACW/IWA Texas Young Guns Championship where he was last eliminated by Super Electro.On October 15, 2009 Cannon was pinned by Benny Blades in a match for the Northern Outlaw Wrestling T.V Title.On November 15, 2009 Cannon competed in the 2009 "Lone Star Classic" for Anarchy Championship Wrestling, but was eliminated in the first round by Matthew Palmer. On May 22, 2010 Cannon defeated Hype Gotti at the Pro Wrestling Phoenix 5th Anniversary show. On that same card he filled in for Mark Sterling in a 5 on 5 War Games
Cage match with Jayden Draigo, #1 Brett Young, Joey Daniels and Jeremy Wyatt in a losing effort to the team of Jaysin Strife, Chris Havius, Donnie Peppercricket, Abu Colussus, and PWP Heavyweight Champion "Babyface" Tony Cortez.
with his tag team partner Darrin Corbin. The first match with the company they wrestled in a 4 way tag team match but lost. Arik Cannon and his partner set up the match for Bushwacker Luke to wrestle "The Human Massacre" Keith Walker
.
at the tapings of the promotion's second pay-per-view
titled Untouchable
. He would wrestle in an eight-way dark match, which was won by Johnny Gargano
. After making several appearances for the promotion in 2010, Cannon was entered into the Breakout Challenge tournament on April 1, 2011. After defeating AR Fox, Facade and Shiima Xion
in his first round match, Cannon defeated Jimmy Rave
in the finals to win the tournament. Two days later at Open the Ultimate Gate
, Cannon and Sami Callihan
wrestled in a six–way match, before deciding to walk out on the match. Later in the event, Cannon and Callihan announced they would be forming a tag team named the D.U.F. (Dirty Ugly Fucks) and defeated the Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis
and Kory Chavis
) in their first match together. On June 5 at Enter The Dragon 2011
, Cannon and Callihan were joined by Pinkie Sanchez, before picking up a major win over the tag team of Open the Dream Gate Champion
Masaaki Mochizuki
and Susumu Yokosuka
.
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
known for competing in companies such as Chikara, Dragon Gate USA
Dragon Gate USA
Dragon Gate USA is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2009 as an international expansion of the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.Gabe Sapolsky, former head booker of Ring of Honor, serves as the promotion's Vice President....
, IWA Mid-South
Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky.- History :...
, All American Wrestling and Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X was a short-lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world...
.
Career
Arik Cannon was trained at Midwest Pro Wrestling and is known for wrestling in IWA Mid-SouthIndependent Wrestling Association Mid-South
Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky.- History :...
. There, he became the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion
IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship
The IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship was the major title in the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South based in Louisville, Kentucky...
by defeating Petey Williams
Petey Williams
Peter "Petey" Williams III is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time X Division Champion and a former captain of Team Canada. Williams Currently Wrestles for Lucha Libre USA...
in the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament. He defended it against Roderick Strong
Roderick Strong
Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian...
and Austin Aries
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy "Dan" Solwold, Jr. better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is the current X Division Champion...
, but was forced to give it up due to injury in 2004.
He returned to wrestling in 2005 and entered Chikara's Tag World Grand Prix 2005 with partner Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Antonio Cesaro...
and made it to the finals to face Superfriends, Chris Hero and Mike Quackenbush. That night, Hero turned on Quackenbush and joined Cannon and Castagnoli, leading Cannon and Castagnoli to win the Tag World Grand Prix. The three began calling themselves the Kings of Wrestling
Kings of Professional Wrestling
The Kings of Wrestling is a professional wrestling stable that wrestles on the independent circuit, formed in Chikara, but also appearing in other promotions. It originally included Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Larry Sweeney, Arik Cannon, Mitch Ryder, Max Boyer, Chuck Taylor, Icarus, Gran Akuma...
. The began feuding with Quackenbush, but Cannon left the group in 2005. Cannon competed in the Tag World Grand Prix 2006 with Jigsaw
Jigsaw (wrestler)
Jigsaw is an American professional wrestler currently competing in the Chikara and Dragon Gate USA professional wrestling promotions...
as his partner, but lost in the second round. During June 2006, Arik Cannon wrestled in Chikara's fourth annual Young Lions Cup tournament. In the final round, he defeated Cheech
The Miracle Ultraviolence Connection
The Miracle Ultraviolence Connection is an American professional wrestling stable consisting of Cheech, Cloudy, and Brodie Lee. The team has gone by several names and are known for their work in Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Chikara and other independent promotions.-In wrestling:*Brodie...
to win the tournament. At Chikara's Cibernetico
Torneo cibernetico
A Torneo Cibernetico is a type of elimination tag-team match that frequently appears in Lucha Libre promotions.The match is a 16-man elimination tag team match consisting of 2 teams of 8. It uses standard Lucha Libre tag-team rules with elimination occurring with a pinfall, submission,...
Forever event in October 2006, however, Max Boyer
Max Boyer
Maxime "Max" Boyer is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his time in the Chikara and International Wrestling Syndicate professional wrestling promotions...
managed to beat him for the Cup.
In November 2006, Arik Cannon partook in the Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X was a short-lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world...
promotion's first season of television tapings, which later aired on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
.
In the Spring of 2007 Arik began his own promotion known as F1rst Wrestling. Most cards for F1rst Wrestling are held at First Avenue. in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
. F1rst Wrestling has also partnered with the Duluth based promotion Heavy on Wrestling
Heavy on Wrestling
Heavy On Wrestling is a professional wrestling promotion located in Duluth, Minnesota which was founded by Dave Sabick in 2007.-History:Twenty-two-year-old Dave Sabick from Duluth, Minnesota founded Heavy On Wrestling in 2007 in order to support a variety of causes in the Midwest area of the United...
which Cannon has also wrestled for in several of their events.
In October 2007, Cannon went to Japan for a tour with Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion formerly known as Toryumon Japan. Most of Dragon Gate's wrestlers are graduates from Último Dragón's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion is based on a Junior Heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers, flashy technical grappling,...
and was brought into the Muscle Outlawz faction by Naruki Doi along with fellow gaijins Kevin Steen and Jimmy Rave. April 26, 2009 Arik was at Anarchy Championship Wrestling he was in a six man elimination match for the ACW/IWA Texas Young Guns Championship where he was last eliminated by Super Electro.On October 15, 2009 Cannon was pinned by Benny Blades in a match for the Northern Outlaw Wrestling T.V Title.On November 15, 2009 Cannon competed in the 2009 "Lone Star Classic" for Anarchy Championship Wrestling, but was eliminated in the first round by Matthew Palmer. On May 22, 2010 Cannon defeated Hype Gotti at the Pro Wrestling Phoenix 5th Anniversary show. On that same card he filled in for Mark Sterling in a 5 on 5 War Games
WarGames match
The WarGames match was a gimmick match used originally in the National Wrestling Alliance and later held annually in World Championship Wrestling , usually at their Fall Brawl pay-per-view event in September.-History:...
Cage match with Jayden Draigo, #1 Brett Young, Joey Daniels and Jeremy Wyatt in a losing effort to the team of Jaysin Strife, Chris Havius, Donnie Peppercricket, Abu Colussus, and PWP Heavyweight Champion "Babyface" Tony Cortez.
WFX Wrestling
Arik Cannon wrestled for WFX WrestlingWFX Wrestling
Wrestling Fan Xperience is a Canadian Professional wrestling promotion that was established in 2007. WFX specializes in producing live pro wrestling events that strive to provide a distinctive fan interactive experience as well as innovative concepts...
with his tag team partner Darrin Corbin. The first match with the company they wrestled in a 4 way tag team match but lost. Arik Cannon and his partner set up the match for Bushwacker Luke to wrestle "The Human Massacre" Keith Walker
Keith Walker
Keith Walker is an American professional wrestler who competes in North American and international promotions including Ring of Honor, Harley Race's World League Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah....
.
Dragon Gate USA (2009-Present)
On September 6, 2009, Cannon made his debut for Dragon Gate USADragon Gate USA
Dragon Gate USA is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2009 as an international expansion of the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.Gabe Sapolsky, former head booker of Ring of Honor, serves as the promotion's Vice President....
at the tapings of the promotion's second pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
titled Untouchable
DGUSA Untouchable
Untouchable featured six professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches.As...
. He would wrestle in an eight-way dark match, which was won by Johnny Gargano
Johnny Gargano
John Anthony Nicholas "Johnny" Gargano is an American professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Absolute Intense Wrestling, Chikara, Dragon Gate USA, Evolve Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Ohio professional wrestling promotions. He has also made appearances for World Wrestling...
. After making several appearances for the promotion in 2010, Cannon was entered into the Breakout Challenge tournament on April 1, 2011. After defeating AR Fox, Facade and Shiima Xion
Shiima Xion
Michael Paris is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Shiima Xion. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he competes as Zema Ion, while also working both on the American independent circuit and in Mexico.-Early career:Michael Paris claims that...
in his first round match, Cannon defeated Jimmy Rave
Jimmy Rave
James Guffey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Jimmy Rave. He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
in the finals to win the tournament. Two days later at Open the Ultimate Gate
Open the Ultimate Gate
Open the Ultimate Gate is a series of professional wrestling pay-per-view events produced by Dragon Gate USA.-2010:-2011:-External links:*...
, Cannon and Sami Callihan
Sami Callihan
Sam Johnston is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "The New Horror" Sami Callihan. He competes for promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, Dragon Gate USA, NWA Force One Pro Wrestling, EVOLVE Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Absolute Intense Wrestling, and Insanity Pro...
wrestled in a six–way match, before deciding to walk out on the match. Later in the event, Cannon and Callihan announced they would be forming a tag team named the D.U.F. (Dirty Ugly Fucks) and defeated the Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis
Jon Davis (wrestler)
Jon Davis is an American professional wrestler, working for independent promotions including Dragon Gate USA, Full Impact Pro, and Evolve.- Professional wrestling career :...
and Kory Chavis
Kory Chavis
Kory Chavis is a professional wrestler, also known by the ring name Rainman. He currently works for several independent promotions, including Dragon Gate USA, Full Impact Pro, and Evolve.- Professional wrestling career :...
) in their first match together. On June 5 at Enter The Dragon 2011
Enter The Dragon 2011
Enter The Dragon 2011 is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Dragon Gate USA that is the sixth live internet pay-per-view from the company.-Matches:...
, Cannon and Callihan were joined by Pinkie Sanchez, before picking up a major win over the tag team of Open the Dream Gate Champion
Dragon Gate Open the Dream Gate Championship
The Open the Dream Gate Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. The wrestler who holds it is considered the top singles wrestler in Dragon Gate. It was created on July 4, 2004 when CIMA was awarded the title as a result of being the last Último Dragón...
Masaaki Mochizuki
Masaaki Mochizuki
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently performing for Dragon Gate, where he is the current Open the Dream Gate Champion in his second reign and the leader of the Junction Three stable...
and Susumu Yokosuka
Susumu Mochizuki
Susumu Mochizuki , better known by his ring name Susumu Yokosuka is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing for the Dragon Gate professional wrestling promotion...
.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Anarchist Hammer (Inverted Death Valley driver)
- Glimmering Warlock (Step–up enzuigiri to the back of a kneeling opponent's head) – innovated
- Total Anarchy (Sitout spinning side slam or a snap swinging neckbreaker to a rope hung or apron hung opponent)
- Signature moves
- Fallaway slam
- Inverted facelock neckbreaker
- Lifting sitout double underhook facebuster
- Multiple suplexSuplexA suplex is an offensive move used in professional sport wrestling . The move consists of one wrestler picking up his or her opponent off the ground and then using a large portion of his or her own body weight to drive the opponent down on the mat. Nearly all suplexes have the attacker going down...
variations- Exploder
- German
- Saito
- Savate kick
- Scoop brainbuster
- Springboard dropkick
- Suicide senton
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- The Anarchist
- Entrance themes
- "Anarchy in the UK" by The Sex Pistols
Championships and accomplishments
- 3X Wrestling
- 3XW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- All American Wrestling
- AAW Heritage Championship (2 times)
- Chikara
- Young Lions Cup IVChikara Young Lions CupThe Young Lions Cup is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Chikara.-History:...
- Tag World Grand PrixTag World Grand PrixThe Tag World Grand Prix was a tag team professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Chikara wrestling promotion.-2003:Tag World Grand Prix 2003 was the first Tag World Grand Prix tournament held by Chikara. The tournament ran over two nights, with the preliminary rounds being held on July 5,...
(2005) – with Claudio CastagnoliClaudio CastagnoliClaudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Antonio Cesaro...
- Dragon Gate USADragon Gate USADragon Gate USA is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2009 as an international expansion of the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.Gabe Sapolsky, former head booker of Ring of Honor, serves as the promotion's Vice President....
- Breakout Challenge (2011)
- Independent Wrestling Association Mid-SouthIndependent Wrestling Association Mid-SouthIndependent Wrestling Association Mid-South is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky.- History :...
- IWA Mid-South Heavyweight ChampionshipIWA Mid-South Heavyweight ChampionshipThe IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship was the major title in the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South based in Louisville, Kentucky...
(2 times)
- Midwest Pro Wrestling
- MPW Cruiserweight Championship (3 times)
- MPW Universal Championship (1 time)
- Northern Impact Wrestling
- NIW Impact Championship (1 time)
- Northern Outlaw Wrestling
- N.O.W Champion (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him #200 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011