Tim Fischer (wrestler)
Encyclopedia
Timothy "Tim" Frank Fisher (born November 7, 1967) is an American musician, comedian, writer and professional wrestler
, known by his ring name "The Real Deal" Damien Steele, Fisher competed in WWE,WCW,XPW,WWC, and UPW, between 1995-2007. After his first stint as 2 time XPW Heavyweight Champion, Fisher accepted a Job as Head Coach and as talent at Ultimate University in 2000-2001, Fisher trained several promising wreslters including future Champion and WWE superstar John Cena, (who wrestled his first ever "dark match" with Fisher at the Arco Arena Sacramento California in 2000) and a large stable of Pro Football Players, MMA fighters and Bodybuiders, more than a dozen under developmental contract with WWE. After the unexpected closing of WCW, Fisher's pending contractual negotions were scrapped along with 100 other similarily conrtacted athletes. After WWE expressed no interest to renegotiate any affiliation, Fisher toured Puerto Rico
extensivley with the World Wrestling Council
, twice winning the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship
and competing in over 600 matches in Puerto Rico alone. As a member of "La Familia Nuevo Millenium" Fisher, known in Puerto Rico as "Muchacho Malo" Damien Steele, fueded extensively with Carlos, Eddie and Carly Colon, Known in WWE as Carlos Primo & Carlito respectively. Fisher was known as a "comic heel" and rarely had the opportunity to work as a fan favourite, though it was always his intention before an unexpected two story fall onto concrete pavement, which resulted in 18 cranial and facial fractures, 3 tibial fractures, optic nerve cupping, torn miniscus and LCL as well as multiple contusions and lacerations on the face chest shoulders and arms. The anticipated return to the ring after a 1 year hiatus for Puerto Rico's IWA was ultimately scrapped and retirement was eminent. Other notable feuds included Chris Candido, Big Dick Dudley John Kronus, and more limited programs with Sabu, John Cena, "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels, Vampiro, Konaan and Kid Kash.
Fisher currently resides in Huntington Beach, California and is in the rewrite phase his autobiographical sreenplay "A Night at the Dahlia" which although written in 2006 was deemed "too similar" in theme and lead charactor description as "The Wrestler" which starred Mickey Roarke (who according to a post on The Wrestling Observer, "Even Looked Like Damien Steele's Twin Brother.) Fisher is also currently in the final draft edit of his screenplay "The Locket" described by Fisher as a "Low budget webcam Stoner Horror Comedy" due to enter Pre Production in Summer 2012, and slated to begin filming in spring in the UK to coincide with "LGH Festival 2013" presented by L.G.H. Establishment, An International social network and roundtable of cultural, philosopchical and topical discussion. (LGFHCH1)
Fisher lists his current hobbies as music, film, MMA, gardening and is a supporter and member of The ASPCA, The National Democratic Party, The Colbert Nation, The Cauliflower Alley Club and current Social Chairman of the L.G.H. Establishment International, and Seargent of Arms L.G.H. U.S. Chapter.
Returning to his early DJ and Hiphop muscial influences, Fisher is currently remixing earlier SFD recordings with "mashups" of various previously recorded material such as The Beastie Boys, Amy Winehouse, Toots and The Maytals, Nicki Minage, The Doors and Fiona Apple, and plans to launch his new Youtube channel "Schmokes" in February 2012.
under the name Nick Beat. He became a regular for the United Independent Wrestling Alliance and Southern California Championship Wrestling as well as toured the Eastern United States
with the World Wrestling Association
and World Xtreme Wrestling
during the late 1990s.
While wrestling for Verne Langdon's Slammer's Wrestling Gym as Buddy West, he became part of Dynamite D's Dynamite World Order. Initially a parody of the New World Order
, it was the last major storyline before the promotion closed.
On July 31, 1999, Fisher was attacked by Big Dick Dudley in his XPW debut which led to a feud during the summer. Teaming with Kristi Myst
and Nicole Bass
, Steele would eventually defeat Dudley in a steel cage match. During the match, Dudley's manager Jasmine St. Claire turned on him allowing Steele to defeat Dudley while Steele abandoned Myst for St. Claire. As "The Real Deal" Damien Steele, Fischer and St. Claire would continue feuding with Dudley and Myst facing Dudley in a series of three way dance matches with Johnny Webb during September. On November 26, Steele became the first XPW World Heavyweight Champion
when he won a battle royal
eliminating John Kronus to claim the title at the promotion's first supercard Halloween In Hell in Reseda, California. He would lose the XPW Heavyweight title to Dudley at the next XPW supercard Merry X-Mas at the Hollywood's Vogue Theatre on December 18, 1999.
After Dudley was stripped of the title at XPW's Abuse Of Power on January 29, 2000, Steele interfered in a match between Jake Lawless and Mike Modest for the vacant title. After Steele hit Mike Modest with a steel chair, Lawless became the new champion but sold the title to Steele, making Steele the only two time champion in the history of XPW. Steele later lost the title to Chris Candido
in a Falls Count Anywhere match at My Bloody Valentine on February 26. His matches with both Dudley and Candido were later featured in several dvd
s released by the promotion, most notably, XPW: Baptized in Blood and After the Fall.
The next month Steele accepted a job with Southern California's UPW. As head instructor for the WWE subsidized wrestling school (which was home to several up and coming wrestling stars such as John Cena) Steele also wrestled for UPW and was crowned the first UPW Internet Champion, which he voluntarily vacated six months later for a chance at Christopher Daniels' UPW title. After losing a hard fought title match, described by The Wrestling Observer as a "classic heavyweight bout" Steele left for Puerto Rico in January 2001 for the World Wrestling Council
.
While in the WWC, Steele won the vacant WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship
in a 5-way tornado match with Eddie Colón
, Richie Santiago, Black Boy, and Rockero in Ponce, Puerto Rico
on January 5, 2001. Steele lost the title to Colon in Carolina
one month later, the two feuded over the title during the next few months. Steele won the title back from Colon defeating him in Manati
on February 17 but lost the title back to him in Morovis, Puerto Rico
some months later.
Back in XPW, Steele had a series of matches with Konnan
. While wrestling Konnan at a November 3 television taping, Konnan's valet Lady Victoria
spat mist in his face allowing Steele the victory. At an interpromotional show between XWF and WWC, Steele appeared at the WWC's 29th Anniversary Show where he faced Tommy Diablo, Frankie Capone and Kid Romeo in a "four corners" match at the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
in Bayamon, Puerto Rico
on September 14, 2002. He also toured with Carlos Colón's IWA Puerto Rico before returning to UPW in early-2002 where he became a part-time instructor at the promotion's Ultimate University wrestling school while head instructor Tom Howard toured Japan.
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 by his ring name "The Real Deal" Damien Steele, Fisher competed in WWE,WCW,XPW,WWC, and UPW, between 1995-2007. After his first stint as 2 time XPW Heavyweight Champion, Fisher accepted a Job as Head Coach and as talent at Ultimate University in 2000-2001, Fisher trained several promising wreslters including future Champion and WWE superstar John Cena, (who wrestled his first ever "dark match" with Fisher at the Arco Arena Sacramento California in 2000) and a large stable of Pro Football Players, MMA fighters and Bodybuiders, more than a dozen under developmental contract with WWE. After the unexpected closing of WCW, Fisher's pending contractual negotions were scrapped along with 100 other similarily conrtacted athletes. After WWE expressed no interest to renegotiate any affiliation, Fisher toured Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
extensivley with the World Wrestling Council
World Wrestling Council
The World Wrestling Council is one of Puerto Rico's two main professional wrestling promotions, the other one being the International Wrestling Association....
, twice winning the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship
WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship
The WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a secondary championship contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council. For a time, the title was defended in the Wrestling International New Generations promotion in Japan as the W*ING/WWC World...
and competing in over 600 matches in Puerto Rico alone. As a member of "La Familia Nuevo Millenium" Fisher, known in Puerto Rico as "Muchacho Malo" Damien Steele, fueded extensively with Carlos, Eddie and Carly Colon, Known in WWE as Carlos Primo & Carlito respectively. Fisher was known as a "comic heel" and rarely had the opportunity to work as a fan favourite, though it was always his intention before an unexpected two story fall onto concrete pavement, which resulted in 18 cranial and facial fractures, 3 tibial fractures, optic nerve cupping, torn miniscus and LCL as well as multiple contusions and lacerations on the face chest shoulders and arms. The anticipated return to the ring after a 1 year hiatus for Puerto Rico's IWA was ultimately scrapped and retirement was eminent. Other notable feuds included Chris Candido, Big Dick Dudley John Kronus, and more limited programs with Sabu, John Cena, "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels, Vampiro, Konaan and Kid Kash.
Fisher currently resides in Huntington Beach, California and is in the rewrite phase his autobiographical sreenplay "A Night at the Dahlia" which although written in 2006 was deemed "too similar" in theme and lead charactor description as "The Wrestler" which starred Mickey Roarke (who according to a post on The Wrestling Observer, "Even Looked Like Damien Steele's Twin Brother.) Fisher is also currently in the final draft edit of his screenplay "The Locket" described by Fisher as a "Low budget webcam Stoner Horror Comedy" due to enter Pre Production in Summer 2012, and slated to begin filming in spring in the UK to coincide with "LGH Festival 2013" presented by L.G.H. Establishment, An International social network and roundtable of cultural, philosopchical and topical discussion. (LGFHCH1)
Fisher lists his current hobbies as music, film, MMA, gardening and is a supporter and member of The ASPCA, The National Democratic Party, The Colbert Nation, The Cauliflower Alley Club and current Social Chairman of the L.G.H. Establishment International, and Seargent of Arms L.G.H. U.S. Chapter.
Music Career
Tim Fisher was the lead singer of SFD, a Ska band formed in Orange County, California in 1990. SFD released one CD It Came from Six Feet Deep and disbanded in 1999 before releasing 8 unrecorded tracks. SFD played a ten year reunion show in 2007 at The Orange County International Street fair, and further reunion shows and recordings are planned for 2012. Several songs from It Came From Six Feet Deep are being featured in the upcoming low budget indie drama Rudeboy set in the 1980's Orange County Ska, Rudeboy and Scooterboy Subculture, written and produced by former SFD trumpet player and vocalist Oliver Zavala.Returning to his early DJ and Hiphop muscial influences, Fisher is currently remixing earlier SFD recordings with "mashups" of various previously recorded material such as The Beastie Boys, Amy Winehouse, Toots and The Maytals, Nicki Minage, The Doors and Fiona Apple, and plans to launch his new Youtube channel "Schmokes" in February 2012.
Wrestling Career
Fisher debuted in August 1995 and spent much of his early career wrestling on the local independent circuit in southern CaliforniaSouthern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
under the name Nick Beat. He became a regular for the United Independent Wrestling Alliance and Southern California Championship Wrestling as well as toured the Eastern United States
Eastern United States
The Eastern United States, the American East, or simply the East is traditionally defined as the states east of the Mississippi River. The first two tiers of states west of the Mississippi have traditionally been considered part of the West, but can be included in the East today; usually in...
with the World Wrestling Association
World Wrestling Association
The World Wrestling Association is a lucha libre promotion based in the Tijuana-area of Mexico. It was founded in 1986 by Benjamin Mora, Jr....
and World Xtreme Wrestling
World Xtreme Wrestling
World Xtreme Wrestling is a Northeastern-based independent professional wrestling promotion which has held events across the United States and have toured in Japan, the Middle East and South Pacific region including American Samoa and Guam....
during the late 1990s.
While wrestling for Verne Langdon's Slammer's Wrestling Gym as Buddy West, he became part of Dynamite D's Dynamite World Order. Initially a parody of the New World Order
New World Order (professional wrestling)
The New World Order was a professional wrestling stable that originally wrestled for World Championship Wrestling . The group later appeared in the World Wrestling Federation after the purchase of WCW by the WWF...
, it was the last major storyline before the promotion closed.
On July 31, 1999, Fisher was attacked by Big Dick Dudley in his XPW debut which led to a feud during the summer. Teaming with Kristi Myst
Kristi Myst
Kristi Myst is a former American pornographic actress. Kristi Myst is a native of Simi Valley, California.- Entrance into porn :...
and Nicole Bass
Nicole Bass
Nicole Bass-Fuchs is an American bodybuilder, actress, pornographic dominatrix actress, professional wrestler and valet previously working for companies such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, XPW, and the National Wrestling Alliance.-Bodybuilding career:Nicole Bass...
, Steele would eventually defeat Dudley in a steel cage match. During the match, Dudley's manager Jasmine St. Claire turned on him allowing Steele to defeat Dudley while Steele abandoned Myst for St. Claire. As "The Real Deal" Damien Steele, Fischer and St. Claire would continue feuding with Dudley and Myst facing Dudley in a series of three way dance matches with Johnny Webb during September. On November 26, Steele became the first XPW World Heavyweight Champion
XPW World Heavyweight Championship
The XPW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Xtreme Pro Wrestling promotion.XPW's first World Champion was crowned in a Battle Royal match that saw Damien Steele and John Kronus as the last two remaining wrestlers compete in a single fall...
when he won a battle royal
Battle royal (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...
eliminating John Kronus to claim the title at the promotion's first supercard Halloween In Hell in Reseda, California. He would lose the XPW Heavyweight title to Dudley at the next XPW supercard Merry X-Mas at the Hollywood's Vogue Theatre on December 18, 1999.
After Dudley was stripped of the title at XPW's Abuse Of Power on January 29, 2000, Steele interfered in a match between Jake Lawless and Mike Modest for the vacant title. After Steele hit Mike Modest with a steel chair, Lawless became the new champion but sold the title to Steele, making Steele the only two time champion in the history of XPW. Steele later lost the title to Chris Candido
Chris Candido
Christopher Raul Candito was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Chris Candido...
in a Falls Count Anywhere match at My Bloody Valentine on February 26. His matches with both Dudley and Candido were later featured in several dvd
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
s released by the promotion, most notably, XPW: Baptized in Blood and After the Fall.
The next month Steele accepted a job with Southern California's UPW. As head instructor for the WWE subsidized wrestling school (which was home to several up and coming wrestling stars such as John Cena) Steele also wrestled for UPW and was crowned the first UPW Internet Champion, which he voluntarily vacated six months later for a chance at Christopher Daniels' UPW title. After losing a hard fought title match, described by The Wrestling Observer as a "classic heavyweight bout" Steele left for Puerto Rico in January 2001 for the World Wrestling Council
World Wrestling Council
The World Wrestling Council is one of Puerto Rico's two main professional wrestling promotions, the other one being the International Wrestling Association....
.
While in the WWC, Steele won the vacant WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship
WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship
The WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a secondary championship contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council. For a time, the title was defended in the Wrestling International New Generations promotion in Japan as the W*ING/WWC World...
in a 5-way tornado match with Eddie Colón
Eddie Colon
Edwin "Eddie" Carlos Colón is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is currently signed by WWE wrestling on its Raw brand as Primo. He is the son of Carlos Colón, Sr. and the younger brother of wrestlers Stacy and Carly Colón, better known as Carlito in WWE...
, Richie Santiago, Black Boy, and Rockero in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
on January 5, 2001. Steele lost the title to Colon in Carolina
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Carolina is a city located in the northern part of Puerto Rico, bordering the Atlantic Ocean; it lies north of Gurabo and Juncos; east of Trujillo Alto and San Juan; and west of Canóvanas and Loíza. Carolina is spread over 12 wards plus Carolina Pueblo...
one month later, the two feuded over the title during the next few months. Steele won the title back from Colon defeating him in Manati
Manatí, Puerto Rico
Manatí is a municipality of Puerto Rico in the northern coast, north of Morovis and Ciales; east of Florida and Barceloneta; and west of Vega Baja. Manatí is spread over 8 wards and Manatí Pueblo...
on February 17 but lost the title back to him in Morovis, Puerto Rico
Morovis, Puerto Rico
Morovis is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Orocovis, south of Manatí, Vega Baja and Vega Alta; east of Ciales, and west of Corozal. Morovis is spread over 13 wards and Morovis Pueblo...
some months later.
Back in XPW, Steele had a series of matches with Konnan
Konnan
Carlos Santiago Espada Moises , also known as Charles Ashenoff and better known by his ring name, Konnan, is a Cuban professional wrestler and rapper of Puerto Rican descent...
. While wrestling Konnan at a November 3 television taping, Konnan's valet Lady Victoria
Lady Victoria
Victoria Ann Moreno , better known by her ring name Lady Victoria, is a Mexican American female professional wrestler/luchadora, manager/valet, and actress. She began training to wrestle in 1991 and made her American professional wrestling debut on January 16, 1993...
spat mist in his face allowing Steele the victory. At an interpromotional show between XWF and WWC, Steele appeared at the WWC's 29th Anniversary Show where he faced Tommy Diablo, Frankie Capone and Kid Romeo in a "four corners" match at the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
The Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium is a 12,500 seat stadium at Route 2 and Route 5, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The stadium has easy access with one metro station on premises.-Early life:...
in Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Bayamón is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas and Comerío; south of Toa Baja and Cataño; west of Guaynabo; and east of Toa Alta and Naranjito. Bayamón is spread over 11 wards and Bayamón Pueblo...
on September 14, 2002. He also toured with Carlos Colón's IWA Puerto Rico before returning to UPW in early-2002 where he became a part-time instructor at the promotion's Ultimate University wrestling school while head instructor Tom Howard toured Japan.
Championships and accomplishments
- 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 # 354 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1999.
- PWI ranked him # 252 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2000.
- PWI ranked him # 222 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2001.
- Ultimate Pro Wrestling
- UPW Internet Championship (1 time)
- Xtreme Pro WrestlingXtreme Pro WrestlingXtreme 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,...
- XPW World Heavyweight ChampionshipXPW World Heavyweight ChampionshipThe XPW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Xtreme Pro Wrestling promotion.XPW's first World Champion was crowned in a Battle Royal match that saw Damien Steele and John Kronus as the last two remaining wrestlers compete in a single fall...
(2 times)
- World Wrestling CouncilWorld Wrestling CouncilThe World Wrestling Council is one of Puerto Rico's two main professional wrestling promotions, the other one being the International Wrestling Association....
- WWC World Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipWWC World Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipThe WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a secondary championship contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council. For a time, the title was defended in the Wrestling International New Generations promotion in Japan as the W*ING/WWC World...
(2 times)