| Jerry Lynn | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Dynamic Jerry Lynn Gorgada Cross Jerry Lynn Mr. J. L. Sultan Gargola |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1. 75 m) |
| Weight | 184. 5 lb (83. 7 kg) |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1. 80 m) |
| Billed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Born | June 12, 1963 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Resides | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Billed from | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Trained by | Francisco Abarca Brad Rheingans Eddie Sharkey |
| Debut | 1988 |
Jeremy "Jerry" Lynn (born June 12, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Brad Rheingans is a former Greco-Roman and professional wrestler Eddie Sharkey is an American Professional wrestling trainer Often called "The Trainer of Champions" Sharkey has been instrumental in training some Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA) is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett
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Lynn started wrestling in 1988 in various independent promotions in the Minnesota area one being Pro Wrestling America and a brief stop in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. In Professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised A professional wrestling promotion (also federation or fed) is a company or Business that performs regular shows involving Professional Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers
After the AWA folded, Lynn wrestled for the Global Wrestling Federation based in Dallas, Texas. Global Wrestling Federation was a Professional wrestling promotion based in Dallas Texas. While in GWF, Lynn captured the GWF Light Heavyweight Championship. The GWF Light Heavyweight Championship was secondary title in the Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. Lynn also engaged in a two year feud with The Lightning Kid which gave both men considerable exposure. A Professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or factions of wrestlers Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13 1972) is an American professional wrestler.
Lynn first became known to a larger wrestling audience in World Championship Wrestling as the masked Mr. Lucha libre ( Spanish for "free wrestling" is a term used in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking areas to refer to a certain form of Professional wrestling J. L. The high-flying Lynn joined the WCW cruiserweight division, where he competed against the Mexican luchadores and a variety of wrestlers from around the world such as Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho and Alex Wright. In Professional wrestling, a cruiserweight is a wrestler weighing below 220 lb (100 kg sometimes 215 The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Lucha libre ( Spanish for "free wrestling" is a term used in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking areas to refer to a certain form of Professional wrestling Christopher Michael Benoit (bə'nwɑ (May 21 1967—June 24 2007 was a Canadian professional wrestler who in 2007 received extensive media coverage as a Dean Simon (born August 4 1960 World Wrestling Entertainment was previously known as World Wrestling Federation (WWF Eduardo "Eddie" Gory Guerrero Llanes Along with Barr Konnan, Chicano Power and Madonna’s Boyfriend, Guerrero formed Los Gringos Locos Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9 1970 better known by his Ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian Television and stage Alex Wright (born May 17 1975 is a German former professional wrestler. He also wrestled a couple of matches on Saturday Night as himself, most notably wrestling Lex Luger. While he was injured, Eric Bischoff fired him from WCW. Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27 1957) is an American Entrepreneur and former Professional wrestling booker, producer
After leaving WCW, Lynn joined Extreme Championship Wrestling. Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by Upon arriving, Lynn was involved in a "Respect" feud with Justin Credible, resulting in the two being involved in a Summer Series of matches, which Credible winning the rubber match at The Heatwave 1998 PPV. After this, Lynn was involved in a feud with Lance Storm & Mikey Whipreck, a feud that was shortened when whipreck left for WCW. Once the feud with Lance Storm was ended, Lynn was booked in a Television Title match with Rob Van Dam at the 1999 Living Dangerously PPV. Robert "Rob" Alexander Szatkowski Another venture that Van Dam produces is RVDTV reality based programming looking at the life of Rob Van Dam The finish saw Lynn win the Title from Van Dam (When The Time Limit Expired And Lynn Being Awarded the title by Referre Decision, Not By A Pinfall or Submission. )Lynn then asked for 5 more minutes with Van Dam, enough time for Van Dam To Defeat Lynn Via Pinfall after a Five Star Frog Splash. Though Lynn Did Not Win The Match, He from then on began referring to himself as "The New F'n Show", mocking Van Dam's nickname, "The Whole F'N Show", as well as claiming he would be the wrestler to dethrone Van Dam of The ECW Television Title. Though Lynn received several more title opportunities with Van Dam, Lynn was not successful in winning the Television Title from Van Dam before Van Dam was Stripped of the Title after suffering a Broken Leg. Around the same time of Van Dam's injury, Lynn suffered a broken ankle, taking him out of action roughly as long as Van Dam (However, not receiving quite the publicity Van Dam's Injury did) On his return to ECW TV, Lynn challenged Van Dam to one more match at Hardcore Heaven 2000, Beating Van Dam after interference from Scotty Anton and "The Network". After Lynn's victory over Van Dam, Their feud was put in a on again, off again status (With Van Dam feuding with Rhino over the Television title and Jerry Lynn feuding with Steve Corino, Cyrus, and Later Tajiri. ) Lynn would however, earn a victory over Van Dam again in August of 2000 in a tag match during the ECW Tag Team Title Tournament (After Interference again, from The Network, and Justin Credible) After this, Lynn would go onto win most of his matches until October with unwanted Network interference Until the October 1, 2000 Anarchy Rules 2000 PPV, where Lynn defeated Justin Credible for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Peter Joseph (" PJ " Polaco (born October 16 1973) is an American professional wrestler. The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW Championship is a Professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. Lynn Would Hold the Title for a Month (Defending it successfully against Steve Corino and ECW Referre Danny Daniels) Until Losing the Title At the 2000 November To Remember To Steve Corino in a Double Jeopardy Match. Lynn from Here, would continue to feud over the Title with Credible and Corino, and eventually, Turn Heel, claiming that he was "no longer a Star Maker, but a Star" and at one point Threatening to Walk Out On ECW if he was ever booked in another Match that was not in the Main Event. At the Last ECW PPV, Guilty as Charged 2001, Jerry Lynn Was in the Main Event, Losing To Rob Van Dam via the Van Terminator.
Following the bankruptcy of ECW in April 2001, Lynn was hired by the World Wrestling Federation. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Lynn made his TV debut on the April 29, 2001 episode of Sunday Night HEAT, where he defeated Crash Holly for the Light Heavyweight Championship in his debut match. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. WWE Heat (formerly known as WWE Sunday Night Heat and capitalized as WWE HEAT) was a Professional wrestling show for Michael John Lockwood (August 25 1971 - November 6 2003 At No Mercy, they defeated the New Age Outlaws ( Mr The World Wrestling Federation (WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was a Professional wrestling championship. After suffering a knee injury in August, which required major reconstruction surgery, Lynn was released by the WWF on February 22, 2002, appearing on a pay-per-view for World Wrestling All-Stars 24 hours later. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event During his time in the WWA, he won the WWA International Cruiserweight title.
In 2002, Lynn signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, taking part in the first ever TNA match as part of a six-man tag match against the Flying Elvises. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA) is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett He won the TNA X Division Championship twice, as well as the NWA World Tag Team Championship. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA World Tag Team Championship is the premier Tag team title within the NWA framework He feuded with A.J. Styles and Don Callis, and was an X Division mainstay. Alan Jones (born June 2 1978 (TNA where he is a three-time TNA Triple Crown Champion. "The Jackyl" redirects here For, see Jackal (disambiguation}}}. The X Division is a high-flying high-risk style of Professional wrestling seen originally in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and since then in various NWA member promotions However, in February 2004 he suffered a severe shoulder injury, tearing the tendon from the bone in his rotator cuff, when Juventud Guerrera botched a Juvi Driver. A tendon (or sinew) is a tough band of Fibrous connective tissue that usually connects Muscle to Bone and is capable of withstanding tension The rotator cuff (rotor cuff is an anatomical term given to the group of Muscles and their Tendons that act to stabilize the Shoulder. Juventud Guerrera (born Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández on November 23, 1974 in Mexico City, D A botch in Professional wrestling is an attempted maneuver that is not executed as the performer intended Professional wrestling throws are the application of techniques that involve lifting the opponent up and throwing or slamming him or her down which makes up most of the action of Lynn became a TNA road agent, planning matches and coaching younger talent.
Lynn made his return to the ring on June 10, 2005 when he faced Justin Credible at Hardcore Homecoming, an ECW reunion show organized by ECW alumnus Shane Douglas. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Joseph (" PJ " Polaco (born October 16 1973) is an American professional wrestler. Hardcore Homecoming was a series of Professional wrestling events which were advertised as a reunion of talent from the defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling Troy Shane Martin (born November 21 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his Ring name On July 17 at No Surrender 2005, Lynn refereed a match between Sean Waltman and A.J. Styles, refusing to allow Waltman to cheat in the course of the match. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians No Surrender is an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13 1972) is an American professional wrestler. Alan Jones (born June 2 1978 (TNA where he is a three-time TNA Triple Crown Champion. This led to a match between Lynn and Waltman at Sacrifice on August 14, which Lynn won. Sacrifice is an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of May Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures After the match, Waltman initially celebrated with Lynn before attacking his former partner. The following week on TNA iMPACT!, it was announced that Lynn had reinjured his shoulder (this is believed to be an angle designed to fuel the feud between Lynn and Waltman rather than a legitimate aggravation of the existing injury). TNA Impact! (official typeset " TNA iMPACT! " is a Professional wrestling Television program produced by Total
In January 2006, he began making on-screen appearances once more as a road agent. He came out at Final Resolution to watch a match which was Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Matt Bentley taking on the team of Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong and Austin Aries. Joshua Harter (born February 4 1982) better known by his ring name Chris Sabin, is an American professional wrestler, currently working Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982 in Washington DC) better known by his Ring name, Sonjay Dutt, is an Indian American Matthew James "Matt" Bentley. Later in 2003 Bentley formed a stable with Shane Douglas and Traci known as The New Franchise. Patrick Martin (born May 23 1983 better known by the ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for Total Chris Lindsey (born July 26, 1983 in Wisconsin) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Dan Solwold He wrestled in the midwest for several years before his east coast wrestling career was jumpstarted after he progressed to the finals of the 2004 Lynn continued to make several other appearances throughout the rest of 2006, and even faced Bobby Roode in a losing effort during TNA's first house show in Detroit. Robert "Bobby" Roode (January 1 1977 is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling A house show is a short Professional wrestling show run by a major promotion (such as WWE or TNA) that is not televised or taped
On January 14, 2007, Lynn made his return to regular in ring competition returning to TNA to compete for the TNA X Division Championship against Chris Sabin and then-champion Christopher Daniels at Final Resolution, in which he delivered his trademark cradle piledriver to Christopher Daniels and subsequently got pinned by Chris Sabin. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Daniel Christopher Covell (born December 24, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name Lynn carried on to feud with Sabin over the X Division title.
On an episode of Impact, Lynn won a ladder match to become the #1 contender for the TNA X Division Championship. At Destination X, Lynn was defeated by Chris Sabin in a two out of three falls match. After the match, a masked man (later found to be Christopher Daniels) hit The Angel's Wings on Sabin, but also hit Lynn with the title belt.
At Lockdown, Daniels defeated Lynn in a Six Sides of Steel match. Lockdown (2007 was the third annual Lockdown Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing
At Sacrifice 2007, Jerry Lynn won a four way X-Division battle between himself, Alex Shelley, Senshi, and Tiger Mask IV (New Japan Pro Wrestling star also making his TNA debut). Sacrifice is an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of May
On June 17, 2007 at the TNA 5th anniversary Pay Per View, Slammiversary, Jerry Lynn teamed up with former NFL tight end Frank Wycheck to defeat the team of James Storm and Ron Killings. Slammiversary (2007 was the third annual Slammiversary Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The tight end ( TE) is a position in American football on the Offensive team. Francis John Wycheck (born October 14, 1971 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is a former American football Tight end in the NFL James Allan Black (born June 1, 1975) In wrestling Finishing and signature moves * Ron Killings (born January 19 1972 is an American professional wrestler and rapper. Wycheck pinned Storm after using Lynn's signature move, the cradle piledriver. A piledriver is a Professional wrestling driver move in which the wrestler grabs his opponent turns him upside-down and drops into a sitting or kneeling position
On July 15, 2007 at Victory Road, Jerry Lynn teamed up with former WWF Champion Bob Backlund against the tag team of "The Motor City Machine Guns", Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, with Kevin Nash in their corner. Victory Road is a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. This article is about the championship that is currently defended on the SmackDown brand of WWE Robert Lee "Bob" Backlund (born August 14 1949) is an American professional wrestler and Actor with an in ring career Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9 1959 is an American professional wrestler and Actor. Lynn wrestled the majority of the match and was knocked out cold by an interfering Kevin Nash, followed by a pinfall by Chris Sabin.
In August 2007, Lynn asked for and received his release from TNA.
Lynn participated in the East Coast Wrestling Association's 11th-annual Super 8 Tournament, which he won, defeating Sonjay Dutt in the finals on November 10, 2007 in Newark, Delaware. East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jim Kettner on August 27 1967. The Super 8 Tournament is an annual Professional wrestling tournament held by the East Coast Wrestling Association. Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982 in Washington DC) better known by his Ring name, Sonjay Dutt, is an Indian American Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Newark is a City in New Castle County, Delaware, USA, 12 miles (19 km west-southwest of Wilmington.
One of Amarillo's independent promotions, West-Texas Wrestling Association, announced January 12th, 2008 at their second anniversary show that Jerry Lynn would face Kaos "The Rock Superstar" at WWA's Collision Course 3 on April 12th, 2008, at The Nat "Brawl Room", hyping the fact they have two nationally known names facing off in a one-on-one match for Indy supremacy. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Joseph Anthony Muñoz (born January 20, 1979) is an American Professional wrestler better known by his ring name Kaos (sometimes Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
Lynn defeated Shawn Shultz on February 21, 2008 to become the UWA Heavyweight Champion in Seymour, TN.
Lynn wrestled in Next Era Wrestling in Rochester, NY on March 29, 2008. Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. [1]
On April 25, 2008, Lynn defeated Jason Gory, Shiima Xion, and Davey Richards to win the Super Indy VII Tournament that is held by International Wrestling Cartel. David Richards (born March 1 1983 in Othello Washington) is an American Professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Traditionally, the winner of the tournament is awarded the IWC Super Indy Championship. However, Lynn refused to accept the belt and instead challenged the champion Larry Sweeney to a title match at the next show. Larry Sweeney (born Lawrence Swencil February 15, 1982 in Redondo Beach California) is an American professional wrestler and On May 17, 2008, Lynn defeated Sweeney to officially become IWC Super Indy Champion. In June 14 2008, Jerry Lynn will compete in three way dance against Mike Di Biase and Mr. Showtime Scott Summers For Southern Championship Wrestling
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