Christian York
Encyclopedia
Jason Spence is an American
professional wrestler
, better known by his ring name
, Christian York.
and Jimmy Z in the IPWA Training School and had his in ring debut at the age of 19 on December 7, 1996 in Middleport, Ohio
in a 30-minute Hardcore Ironman match against Joey Matthews
. Adopting the name "Christian York", Spence wrestled for the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts
(OMEGA), Southern Championship Wrestling
, Steel City Wrestling, and numerous other independent promotions across the country. In OMEGA, York formed a stable known as the "Badstreet Boys", with Joey Matthews, as well as Shannon Moore
and Shane Helms
. The group had a boy band
gimmick to capitalize on the bubble gum boy bands of pop culture. Eventually, all four members of the group signed three-year contracts with Ted Turner
's World Championship Wrestling
(WCW) after try-outs on Monday Night Nitro in the early summer of 1999. They stayed under contract until April 2000 when budget cuts were in order and management changed hands.
York and Matthews went on to wrestle for numerous independent
promotions
, winning several tag team championships. In April, they went to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation
(WWF) for try-outs in Baltimore on Raw
and Richmond the following night for SmackDown!. The office was impressed with their ability but asked if they could send them to Paul Heyman's Extreme Championship Wrestling
(ECW) for more seasoning. Following that date, they were signed to contracts by ECW and aligned themselves with Tommy Dreamer
, Joey Styles
, and Joel Gertner
.
After ECW declared bankruptcy
in April 2001, York and Matthews were offered a contract from former employer WCW, and were written into the shows for the whole month. They then signed a three-year deal with the WWF. Upon signing the deal, they had to report to Memphis, Tennessee
to work for WWF's farm league, Memphis Championship Wrestling
, until being called up to the main roster. During their stay, they feuded with Eddie Fatu
, Matt Anoa'i
, Joey Abs, Lance Cade
, Spanky
, Bryan Danielson
, and The Haas Brothers
(Russ
and Charlie
). During their stay, Vince McMahon
purchased WCW and Memphis guys were later let go.
By January 2002, York was able to return to wrestling full-time on the independent circuit. York and Matthews wrestled for companies such as Ring of Honor
and Xtreme Pro Wrestling
. In June 2002, they were signed to contracts by the newly formed Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
promotion, after appearing on their inaugural pay-per-view
against The Dupps
. They were released later that year. In November 2002, York tore ligaments in his left ankle that kept him on the sidelines for three months. In 2003, the tag team separated. York decided to get out of the wrestling business for awhile to take care of life outside of wrestling after marrying his high-school sweetheart.
.
On December 18, 2006, York worked "Bone Crusher" Fred Sampson in the opening match for World Wrestling Entertainment
's (formerly the WWF) Raw at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Starting in May 2007, York started working dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment. York also worked The Miz
on SmackDown and Chuck Palumbo
and Carlito
on WWE Heat
. He was then asked to report to Louisville, Kentucky
's Ohio Valley Wrestling
(OVW), to form a team with Johnny Jeter
. York reported to OVW in September 2007, although still not under contract with WWE.
On the December 26, 2007 edition of Maryland Championship Wrestling's Season's Beatings event, York won a number one contendership tag team match with his former tag team partner and then MCW Heavyweight Champion
, Joey Matthews after they defeated Tom Brandi
and Adam Flash
of the Creative Control stable. York later defeated Matthews to win his first MCW Heavyweight Championship.
On November 5, 2010, Christian York defeated Robert Roma to become the new SCWA Mindshock Television champion
United States
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professional wrestler
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...
, better known by his ring name
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...
, Christian York.
York and Matthews
Spence trained under Cueball CarmichaelCueball Carmichael
Chris Jackson is an American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter, known by his ringname Cueball Carmichael, who competes in the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast independent circuit...
and Jimmy Z in the IPWA Training School and had his in ring debut at the age of 19 on December 7, 1996 in Middleport, Ohio
Middleport, Ohio
Middleport is a village in Meigs County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,525 at the 2000 census.Middleport was the home of Walter "Mother" Watson, a Major League Baseball pitcher.-Geography:...
in a 30-minute Hardcore Ironman match against Joey Matthews
Adam Birch
Adam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment , and training in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, as Joey Mercury...
. Adopting the name "Christian York", Spence wrestled for the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts
Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts
The Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, also known as OMEGA, is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in central North Carolina....
(OMEGA), Southern Championship Wrestling
Southern Championship Wrestling
Southern Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Southeastern United States, especially in eastern and central North Carolina, from November 1994 to November 2004, when it was run by Greg Mosorjak...
, Steel City Wrestling, and numerous other independent promotions across the country. In OMEGA, York formed a stable known as the "Badstreet Boys", with Joey Matthews, as well as Shannon Moore
Shannon Moore
Shannon Moore is an American professional wrestler, who is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling between 1999 and 2001 and with World Wrestling Entertainment for several years in the 2000s.Moore befriended Matt and Jeff Hardy...
and Shane Helms
Gregory Helms
Gregory Shane Helms is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment where he wrestled as The Hurricane and Gregory Helms. He is also known for his time with World Championship Wrestling where he wrestled as "Sugar" Shane Helms...
. The group had a boy band
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
gimmick to capitalize on the bubble gum boy bands of pop culture. Eventually, all four members of the group signed three-year contracts with Ted Turner
Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...
's World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
(WCW) after try-outs on Monday Night Nitro in the early summer of 1999. They stayed under contract until April 2000 when budget cuts were in order and management changed hands.
York and Matthews went on to wrestle for numerous independent
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
promotions
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
, winning several tag team championships. In April, they went to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWF) for try-outs in Baltimore on Raw
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
and Richmond the following night for SmackDown!. The office was impressed with their ability but asked if they could send them to Paul Heyman's Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...
(ECW) for more seasoning. Following that date, they were signed to contracts by ECW and aligned themselves with Tommy Dreamer
Tommy Dreamer
Thomas James "Tom" Laughlin is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is currently working for various promotions on the independent circuit. He is best known for his time spent with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment...
, Joey Styles
Joey Styles
Joseph Carmine Bonsignore better known by his ring name Joey Styles, is an American professional wrestling play-by-play commentator and former professional in the field of advertising sales...
, and Joel Gertner
Joel Gertner
Joel Gertner is an American Professional wrestling announcer and manager best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling.-Early career:...
.
After ECW declared bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
in April 2001, York and Matthews were offered a contract from former employer WCW, and were written into the shows for the whole month. They then signed a three-year deal with the WWF. Upon signing the deal, they had to report to Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
to work for WWF's farm league, Memphis Championship Wrestling
Memphis Championship Wrestling
Memphis Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion run by Terry Golden, based in Memphis, Tennessee. The promotion's first event was on February 20, 2000, and it remained active up until mid-2001...
, until being called up to the main roster. During their stay, they feuded with Eddie Fatu
Eddie Fatu
Edward Smith "Eki" Fatu was a Samoan-American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Umaga...
, Matt Anoa'i
Matt Anoa'i
Matthew "Matt" Anoa'i is a professional wrestler, best known for his time on the independent circuit under numerous ring names, and his time in World Wrestling Entertainment , where he competed as Rosey....
, Joey Abs, Lance Cade
Lance Cade
Lance Kurtis McNaught was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment where he performed under the ring names Garrison Cade and Lance Cade....
, Spanky
Brian Kendrick
Brian David Kendrick is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under his real name. Before joining TNA he spent several years wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, where he wrestled under his name, as Spanky, and finally as "The" Brian Kendrick...
, Bryan Danielson
Bryan Danielson
Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Daniel Bryan, and currently holds the SmackDown Money in the Bank briefcase, which enables him to have a World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of his choosing...
, and The Haas Brothers
The Haas Brothers
The Haas Brothers was a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of real life brothers Charlie Haas and Russ Haas. The team was very successful in the independent wrestling circuit, but Russ's death on December 15, 2001 led to the end of the tag team shortly after the brothers signed a contract...
(Russ
Russ Haas
Thomas Russell "Russ" Haas was a professional wrestler. He is best known for his work alongside his brother Charlie in Memphis Championship Wrestling and Jersey All Pro Wrestling....
and Charlie
Charlie Haas
Charles "Charlie" Doyle Haas II is an American professional wrestler and former collegiate amateur wrestler. He competes on the independent circuit, and is signed to Ring of Honor , where he is one-half of the reigning ROH World Tag Team Champions with Shelton Benjamin...
). During their stay, Vince McMahon
Vince McMahon
Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon is an American professional wrestling promoter, announcer, commentator, film producer, actor and former occasional professional wrestler. McMahon is the current Chairman, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of professional wrestling promotion WWE...
purchased WCW and Memphis guys were later let go.
By January 2002, York was able to return to wrestling full-time on the independent circuit. York and Matthews wrestled for companies such as Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
and Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Xtreme Pro Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion formerly owned by Extreme Associates CEO and director Rob Zicari, who appeared on shows under the name Rob Black. Zicari appeared on-camera as owner alongside his wife Lizzy Borden. The promotion focuses on hardcore wrestling,...
. In June 2002, they were signed to contracts by the newly formed Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
promotion, after appearing on their inaugural 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...
against The Dupps
The Dupps
The Dupps were a professional wrestling tag team in southern independents and ECW during the late 1990s composed of Bo Dupp and Jack Dupp. They feuded with Amish Roadkill & Danny Doring over who should have a shot at the ECW Tag-Team Titles...
. They were released later that year. In November 2002, York tore ligaments in his left ankle that kept him on the sidelines for three months. In 2003, the tag team separated. York decided to get out of the wrestling business for awhile to take care of life outside of wrestling after marrying his high-school sweetheart.
Return to wrestling
On July 22, 2006, however, York returned to the business to wrestle for Maryland Championship WrestlingMaryland Championship Wrestling
Maryland Championship Wrestling is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Dundalk, Maryland, and has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s as well as participating in numerous fundraising events throughout the state.Rivaling other east coast independent...
.
On December 18, 2006, York worked "Bone Crusher" Fred Sampson in the opening match for World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
's (formerly the WWF) Raw at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Starting in May 2007, York started working dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment. York also worked The Miz
Mike Mizanin
Michael "Mike" Gregory Mizanin is an American professional wrestler and reality television personality better known by his nickname and ring name The Miz. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand...
on SmackDown and Chuck Palumbo
Chuck Palumbo
Charles "Chuck" Palumbo is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Nu-Wrestling Evolution . Palumbo is best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment...
and Carlito
Carly Colon
Carlos Edwin "Carly" Colón, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler better known internationally by his ring name Carlito. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Entertainment , but was released from his contract on May 21, 2010. In his native Puerto Rico, he is known as both...
on WWE Heat
WWE HEAT
WWE Heat was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment...
. He was then asked to report to Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
's Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...
(OVW), to form a team with Johnny Jeter
Johnny Jeter
John "Johnny" Jeter is an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment as Spirit Squad member Johnny on the Raw brand in 2006....
. York reported to OVW in September 2007, although still not under contract with WWE.
On the December 26, 2007 edition of Maryland Championship Wrestling's Season's Beatings event, York won a number one contendership tag team match with his former tag team partner and then MCW Heavyweight Champion
MCW Heavyweight Championship
The MCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling promotion. The title was created and debuted on October 11, 1998 at a MCW live event...
, Joey Matthews after they defeated Tom Brandi
Tom Brandi
Tom Brandi is a professional wrestler known for his work in World Wrestling Federation as Salvatore Sincere. He is also known for his current work as The Patriot, working for such companies as Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1, National Wrestling Superstars, and other independent promotions on the East...
and Adam Flash
Adam Flash
Douglas Adam Becker in York, Pennsylvania is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Adam Flash. Over his career, he has worked for various independent promotions, including Maryland Championship Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, and Combat Zone...
of the Creative Control stable. York later defeated Matthews to win his first MCW Heavyweight Championship.
On November 5, 2010, Christian York defeated Robert Roma to become the new SCWA Mindshock Television champion
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Frog splash
- Rebel Yelp (Diving knee drop)
- Signature moves
- BackbreakerBackbreakerA backbreaker refers to professional wrestling moves which see a wrestler dropping an opponent so that the opponent's back impacts or is bent backwards against a part of the wrestler's body, usually the knee...
- Diving corkscrew somersault into either a leg drop or senton
- Gutwrench suplex
- Northern lights suplex
- Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver
- Rebel Bomb (Inverted facelock lifted and dropped into a sitout scoop slam piledriver)
- Reverse tornado DDT
- Senton
- Shoulder jawbreaker
- Slingshot into either a leg dropLeg dropA leg drop or legdrop refers to an attack used in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler will jump and land his leg across a fallen opponent's chest, throat, face or head or in some cases, the groin/lower-abdominal area...
or a double knee gutbuster - Snap DDT
- Wheelbarrow bulldog
- Backbreaker
- With Joey MatthewsAdam BirchAdam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment , and training in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, as Joey Mercury...
- Finishing moves
- Double Rebel Yelp (Frankensteiner by Matthews followed by a diving elbow drop by York)
- Full Effect (Double Facebreaker)
- Future Shock (Double powerbomb)
- Signature moves
- Double enzuiguri
- Finishing moves
- Managers
- Joel GertnerJoel GertnerJoel Gertner is an American Professional wrestling announcer and manager best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling.-Early career:...
- LitaAmy DumasAmy Christine Dumas , known by her primary stage name Lita, is the lead singer for the band The Luchagors as well as a retired professional wrestler and WWE Diva active from 1999 to 2006....
- "The Duke of New York" Al Dukes
- Count GrogCount GrogGreg Mosorjak , better known as Count Grog, is an American professional wrestling manager, referee, ring announcer, commentator, promoter, and booker...
- Marcus "King Kong" Dowling
- Joel Gertner
Championships and accomplishments
- Atlantic Terror Championship Wrestling
- ACTW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Joey MatthewsAdam BirchAdam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment , and training in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, as Joey Mercury...
- Delaware Championship Wrestling
- DCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Joey Matthews
- East Coast Wrestling AssociationEast Coast Wrestling AssociationEast Coast Wrestling Association is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by promoter Jim Kettner in 1967. It is home to the annual Super 8 Tournament, one of the longest-running independent wrestling tournaments in the country...
- ECWA Tag Team ChampionshipECWA Tag Team ChampionshipECWA Tag Team Championship are the tag team titles contested in the independent professional wrestling promotion, East Coast Wrestling Association.- Title history :...
(1 time) - with Mark SchraderMark ShraderMark "The Shark" Shrader is a retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter who competed in numerous independent promotions throughout the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s...
- Far North Wrestling
- FNW Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
- FirstState Championship Wrestling
- 1CW Heavyweight Champion (1 time; current)
- Independent Professional Wrestling AllianceIndependent Professional Wrestling AllianceThe Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance was an American independent professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States, especially in the Carolinas and Virginia, from October 1995 to February 2001, when it was run by Cueball Carmichael and...
- IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- KYDA Pro Wrestling
- KYDA Pro Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Maryland Championship WrestlingMaryland Championship WrestlingMaryland Championship Wrestling is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Dundalk, Maryland, and has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s as well as participating in numerous fundraising events throughout the state.Rivaling other east coast independent...
- MCW Heavyweight ChampionshipMCW Heavyweight ChampionshipThe MCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling promotion. The title was created and debuted on October 11, 1998 at a MCW live event...
(1 time) - MCW Cruiserweight ChampionshipMCW Cruiserweight ChampionshipThe MCW Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling cruiserweight championship owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling promotion...
(2 times) - MCW Tag Team ChampionshipMCW Tag Team ChampionshipThe MCW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling promotion. The title was created and debuted on August 18, 1998 at a MCW live event....
(2 times) - with Joey Matthews - Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup (1999, 2003, 2010)
- Mid-Eastern Wrestling FederationMid-Eastern Wrestling FederationThe Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation was a Mid-Atlantic independent professional wrestling promotion based in Essex, Maryland. Founded by promoter Dennis Wippercht and wrestler Tim "Lucifer" Burke in 1991, the MEWF was one of the leading independent promotions on the East Coast during the 1990s...
- MEWF Cruiserweight ChampionshipMEWF Cruiserweight ChampionshipThe Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Cruiserweight Championship was the primary Cruiserweight singles title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation....
(1 time) - MEWF Tag Team ChampionshipMEWF Tag Team ChampionshipThis is a chronological list of MEWF tag team champions. The MEWF Tag Team Championship is the oldest championship title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation having been established when the Lords of Darkness defeated Cream Team at the MEWF's first show in Pasadena, Maryland on August 2, 1991...
(1 time) - with Joey Matthews
- National Wrestling AllianceNational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
- NWA World Tag Team ChampionshipNWA World Tag Team ChampionshipThe National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Championship is the professional wrestling world tag team championship within the NWA framework.-History:...
(1 time) - with Joey Matthews
- Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling ArtsOrganization of Modern Extreme Grappling ArtsThe Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, also known as OMEGA, is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in central North Carolina....
- OMEGA Light Heavyweight ChampionshipOMEGA Light Heavyweight ChampionshipThe OMEGA Light Heavyweight Championship was the top light heavyweight title in the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts independent professional wrestling promotion. The title lasted from 1997 to 1999.-Title history:-See also:...
(1 time)
- Phoenix Championship WrestlingPhoenix Championship WrestlingPhoenix Championship Wrestling was a short-lived American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Toms River, New Jersey. It was founded by twin brothers Don and Mike Bucci in 2001 and promoted by Don Bucci until its close two years later...
- PCW Tag Team ChampionshipPCW Tag Team ChampionshipThe PCW Tag Team Championship was the primary tag team title for Phoenix Championship Wrestling. It was the second championship introduced by the promotion and first won by The Backseat Boyz from Combat Zone Wrestling's Ric Blade & Nicky Benz in Stanhope, New Jersey on March 3, 2001...
(1 time) - with Joey Matthews
- 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 # 128 of the Top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2001.
- Real Championship WrestlingReal Championship WrestlingReal Championship Wrestling is an independent wrestling promotion based in Baltimore, Maryland, formed in June 2009 by talents, such as, Ruckus, Derek Frazier, Steve Diaz, and others from Maryland Championship Wrestling and Eastern Wrestling Alliance.-History:RCW hosted their first show on June...
- RCW Heavyweight ChampionshipRCW Heavyweight ChampionshipThe RCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Real Championship Wrestling promotion...
(1 time)RCW Heavyweight ChampionshipThe RCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Real Championship Wrestling promotion...
- Southern Championship WrestlingSouthern Championship WrestlingSouthern Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Southeastern United States, especially in eastern and central North Carolina, from November 1994 to November 2004, when it was run by Greg Mosorjak...
- SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Squared Circle Wrestling Alliance
- SCWA Mindshock Television Championship (1 time; current)
- Steel City Wrestling
- SCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- SCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Joey Matthews
- Universal Wrestling Council
- UWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Vanguard Championship Wrestling
- VCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with John Kermon
- Virginia Championship Wrestling
- VCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Joey Matthews
External links
- Christian York at Bodyslamming.com
- Christian York at Cagematch.de
- Christian York at Gerweck.net
- UWC