.jpg) Jigsaw at an independent wrestling show in July 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edward McGuckin[7] (1983-12-16)December 16, 1983 (age 42)[3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jigsaw Rubix[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2][3] |
| Billed weight | 189 lb (86 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | TheBermuda Triangle[2] The Bronx,New York[2] |
| Trained by | Chikara Wrestle Factory Mike Quackenbush[4] Reckless Youth[4] Jorge Rivera[4] Chris Hero[5] Marty Jannetty[4] Ted DiBiase[4] |
| Debut | November 16, 2002[3][6] |
Edward McGuckin[7] (born December 16, 1983)[3] is an Americanprofessional wrestler, better known by thering nameJigsaw. He is best known for his work on theindependent circuit for promotions such asChikara,Combat Zone Wrestling,Dragon Gate USA,Full Impact Pro, andRing of Honor and has also made appearances forTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he worked under the ring nameRubix.[3] He is currently working most notably in theUnited Kingdom, where he predominantly appears for HOPE Wrestling.
Jigsaw was originally trained as aprofessional wrestler at theChikara Wrestle Factory byMike Quackenbush.[2][4][5]
Jigsaw made his Chikara debut in late 2002, forming arudo tag team named The Conundrum with Rorschach, while also occasionally teaming withEddie Kingston and BlackJack Marciano as a member of The Toxic Trio.[2] On May 22, 2004, at Aniversario 3: Dodging the Sophomore Jinx The Toxic Trio facedMike Quackenbush,Gran Akuma andIcarus in an Ultimate Jeopardy match. During the match, which The Toxic Trio lost, Kingston and Marciano turned on Jigsaw, effectively turning him into atecnico.[8] In July 2004, Jigsaw reached the finals of Chikara'sYoung Lions Cup tournament, but was defeated byLarry Sweeney after outside interference from Rorschach, who then joined Sweeney's Sweet 'n' Sour International stable.[2] On October 30 Jigsaw led an eight man team to face Sweet 'n' Sour International in the annualtorneo cibernetico match. Jigsaw won the match by pinning Sweeney, after one of Sweeney's stable mates, named Spyrazul, turned on him and then unmasked himself to reveal Mike Quackenbush.[2][4] At the following show Fear of Music on November 19, 2004, Jigsaw defeated Sweeney to win the Young Lions Cup.[2]
Jigsaw successfully defended his title for a year and was forced to vacate it for the 2005 edition of the Young Lions Cup tournament.[2] Jigsaw feuded the rest of the year with fellow Chikara veteranHallowicked and defeated him in a two out of three falls match on November 13, 2005.[2] In early 2006 Jigsaw entered theTag World Grand Prix teaming withArik Cannon, but the team were eliminated in the second round of the tournament byOsamu Nishimura and Katsushi Takemura.[2] Jigsaw would then enter a feud with Icarus, whom he would defeat on July 22, 2006, in amask vs. hair match.[2] The remainder of the year Jigsaw spent teaming with Mike Quackenbush andShane Storm.[2] 2007 started off with Jigsaw, Quackenbush and Storm winning the inauguralKing of Trios tournament.[2] Afterwards the trio went on a losing streak and on October 27, 2007, Jigsaw turned on Storm and pinned him in a tag team match to end the union for good.[2] After competing in a trios match on November 16, 2007, Jigsaw left Chikara, in order to concentrate on his work withRing of Honor.[2]
In 2006, he competed inCombat Zone Wrestling's annualBest of the Best tournament, losing toAustin Aries andB-Boy in the opening round. He, however, defeatedSonjay Dutt on September 9, 2006 at Expect the Unexpected for theWorld Junior Heavyweight Championship.[9] He held the championship until Out with the Old, In with the New in April 2007, when he lost it to Scotty Vortekz.[9]
Jigsaw joinedRing of Honor in 2007, forming The Vulture Squad alliance withJack Evans,Ruckus,Julius Smokes to combatThe Age of the Fall alliance. The Vulture Squad teamed together in a six-man tag team match against The Age of the Fall at Glory by Honor VI on November 1, 2007. The following month, female wrestlerMercedes Martinez also joined The Vulture Squad on December 20 at Final Battle 2007.[10]
At Breakout in January 2008, Jigsaw teamed withMatt Cross to take onThe Briscoe Brothers. After Jigsaw and Ruckus failed to win theWorld Tag Team Championship from theNo Remorse Corps (Davey Richards andRocky Romero), Jigsaw removed his mask as he had promised to do before the match.[3] At aDragon Gate/ROHsupercard in March, Jigsaw and Ruckus defeated the team ofKenny King andSal Rinauro by pinfall.[11] On April 11, 2008 at Bedlam In Beantown, Jigsaw was defeated byEddie Edwards. In May at the pay-per-view eventTake No Prisoners, Ruckus and Jigsaw defeatedAdam Pearce andB. J. Whitmer in adark match. Later in the pay-per-view, however, they competed in a World Tag Team Championship match against the champions No Remorse Corps, but were defeated.[12] In September atDriven, The Briscoe Brothers defeated Ruckus and Jigsaw, The YRR (Jason Blade andKenny King), andNecro Butcher in a Tag Team Scramble match.
On January 20, 2012, Jigsaw returned to ROH at an event inPhiladelphia, where he and Hallowicked, supported by several Chikara wrestlers including Mike Quackenbush and UltraMantis Black, defeated the Briscoe Brothers to earn a shot at theROH World Tag Team Championship.[13] Jigsaw and Hallowicked received their title opportunity on April 28, but were unable to dethrone the Briscoe Brothers in a rematch.[14]
Jigsaw made a return to Chikara, sans mask, in September 2008, saving his trainer Mike Quackenbush from a violent assault at the hands of the UnStable (Vin Gerard, STIGMA (the former Shane Storm), andColin Delaney).[2] Despite his help, Quackenbush refused to accept him back into the promotion.[2] The following month, Gerard attempted to recruit Jigsaw to the UnStable, noting that the two had a lot in common regarding their former identities under masks and their rejections from the Chikara locker room.[2] Jigsaw refused to accept the spot and superkicked STIGMA, with Quackenbush aiding him in chasing the rudos away.[2] On December 14, 2008, Quackenbush andTim Donst were slated to face Delaney and STIGMA in a tag team match.[2] However, during the match Donst suffered an injury, which led to Jigsaw entering the match with his mask back on. The match ended with Jigsaw pinning STIGMA with the Jig 'n' Tonic.[15]
In early 2009, Jigsaw and Quackenbush scored their third win in a row, which meant that they could now challenge for theCampeonatos de Parejas.[2] The championship match took place on April 25, but Jigsaw and Quackenbush were unable to defeat the reigning championsThe Osirian Portal (Amasis andOphidian).[2] With Quackenbush out with a knee injury, he positioned Jigsaw as the mentor for the stable of younger wrestlers, called The Future Is Now, which consisted ofEquinox,Helios andLince Dorado.[2] During the rest of the year, he also feuded with Gran Akuma, whom he would defeat in the main event on November 21.[16] On October 23, 2010, Jigsaw represented Chikara in thetorneo cibernetico match, where the company's originals facedBruderschaft des Kreuzes (BDK). He was eliminated from the match by BDK's Tim Donst.[17] After several attempts and failures at getting their third point, Jigsaw and Quackenbush finally earned their title match by winning a four–way elimination match on November 22, during which they made all three eliminations.[18] On December 12, 2010, at the season nine finaleReality is Relative Jigsaw and Quackenbush cashed in their points and defeated Ares and Castagnoli two falls to one to win the Campeonatos de Parejas for the first time.[19] For the2011 King of Trios, Jigsaw and Quackenbush formed a trio with Japanesejoshi legendManami Toyota and on April 15 defeatedAmazing Red,Joel Maximo and Wil Maximo in their first round match.[20] The following day, the trio was eliminated from the tournament in the quarterfinal stage by TeamMichinoku Pro (Dick Togo,Great Sasuke andJinsei Shinzaki).[21] On September 18, Jigsaw and Quackenbush lost the Campeonatos de Parejas to F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor andJohnny Gargano) in their third defense.[19] In November and December 2011, Jigsaw represented Chikara inOsaka Pro Wrestling, making his first tour ofJapan in the process. The tour, which lasted from November 27 to December 18, saw Jigsaw take part in the annual Tenno-zan tournament, where he made it all the way to the semifinals, before losing to Kuuga.[22] On May 20, 2012, during Chikara's tenth anniversary weekend, Jigsaw received his first shot at theChikara Grand Championship, but was unable to dethrone Eddie Kingston.[23] On September 14, Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush reunited with Manami Toyota for the2012 King of Trios, defeating combatAnt, deviAnt and Soldier Ant in their first round match.[24][25] The following day, the team was eliminated from the tournament, after losing to TeamSendai Girls (Dash Chisako,Meiko Satomura andSendai Sachiko).[24][26]
During the second half of 2012, Jigsaw began having problems with Mike Quackenbush, who had started to eliminate members of therudo stable Gekido from Chikara, showing a new mean streak.[27] On November 18, as Quackenbush was set to attack Gekido member The Shard, Jigsaw turned on him bysuperkicking him and then left the arena with The Shard.[28] On December 2 at Chikara's third iPPV,Under the Hood, Jigsaw led Gekido to a win over Chikara in an eight man tag team match.[29] Afterwards, Jigsaw and The Shard broke away from the rest of Gekido, forming a tag team named "Pieces of Hate".[30] Jigsaw's rivalry with Mike Quackenbush built to a special tag team match on April 6, where he and The Shard were defeated by Quackenbush and his surprise tag team partner,Jushin Thunder Liger.[31] On May 18, Jigsaw and The Shard took part in the2013 Tag World Grand Prix. After wins overDa Soul Touchaz (Acid Jaz andMarshe Rockett) and AC/DC (Arik Cannon and Darin Corbin), the two defeatedThe Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) to win the tournament, earn three points and a shot at the Campeonatos de Parejas.[24][32][33] On June 2 atAniversario: Never Compromise, Pieces of Hate defeated3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews) to become the new Campeones de Parejas.[19][34] Following the event, Chikara went on a break, which lasted until May 2014.[35] On July 20, Pieces of Hate lost the Campeonatos de Parejas to the Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield andMark Angelosetti) in their first defense.[36] In September, Jigsaw represented Gekido in the2014 King of Trios, alongside The Shard and 17. The team made it to the second round before losing toArchibald Peck, Shane Matthews and Scott Parker. Following the loss, Jigsaw turned on Gekido by superkicking The Shard, but also turned down an offer by Mike Quackenbush to re-join Chikara.[37]
On September 2, 2016, Jigsaw returned to Chikara as part of Hallowicked's team in the2016 King of Trios tournament. Therudo team, which also included Icarus, defeated Bullet Ant, Missile Assault Man and Worker Ant in their first round match.[38] The following day, Jigsaw, Hallowicked and Icarus defeated Major League Moustache (Dasher Hatfield,Trent Seven andTyler Bate) to advance to the semifinals of the tournament.[39] On the third and final day of the tournament, Jigsaw, Hallowicked and Icarus were eliminated after being disqualified in their semifinal match against TeamJWP (Command Bolshoi, Hanako Nakamori andManami Katsu).[40]
In 2009, Jigsaw began making appearances forDragon Gate USA, the American counterpart of the Japanese professional wrestling promotionDragon Gate. At their first pay-per-view eventEnter the Dragon on September 4, Jigsaw teamed withThe Colony (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant) and Mike Quackenbush to defeatF.I.S.T. (Icarus and Gran Akuma), Amasis and Hallowicked in aneight-man tag team match.[41] At the following pay-per-view,Untouchable on November 6, 2009, Jigsaw and Quackenbush once again teamed together to defeatYAMATO and Gran Akuma.[42] On November 28 atFreedom Fight, he defeatedEddie Kingston in a singles match.[43] On January 23, 2010, atFearless, Jigsaw and Quackenbush defeated the team ofCIMA andSuper Crazy in a tag team match.[44] At the two following shows,Open the Ultimate Gate andMercury Rising, on March 26 and 27, Jigsaw and Quackenbush lost toGenki Horiguchi andSusumu Yokosuka and defeated The Young Bucks in tag team matches.[45][46] On May 7 atOpen the Northern Gate Jigsaw and Quackenbush defeated Kamikaze USA representatives Gran Akuma andAkira Tozawa in a tag team match and were then assaulted by their teammates YAMATO andShingo.[47] At the following day's tapings of theUprising pay-per-view, Jigsaw and Quackenbush were defeated by the team ofNaruki Doi andPAC.[48] After the match Quackenbush challenged YAMATO to a tag team match, before he and Jigsaw were once again jumped by the members of Kamikaze USA.[48] On July 24 at the tapings of theEnter the Dragon 2010 pay–per–view, Jigsaw, Quackenbush and Hallowicked teamed up with theOpen the Dream Gate ChampionMasato Yoshino to defeat Kamikaze USA's YAMATO, Gran Akuma, Akira Tozawa andJon Moxley in an eight man elimination tag team match.[49] On the January 28, 2011,United: NYC, live pay-per-view, Jigsaw was defeated by Moxley in a grudge match.[50]
On June 28, 2012, McGuckin, working under the ring name Rubix, made his debut forTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), losing to Sonjay Dutt in aTNA X Division Championshiptournament qualifying match onImpact Wrestling.[1] On July 8 atDestination X, Rubix got another opportunity to earn his way back into the tournament, but was defeated byMason Andrews in a four-way Last Chance match, which also includedDakota Darsow and Lars Only.[51] McGuckin, once again working as Rubix, returned to TNA on January 12, 2013, to take part in the tapings of the One Night Only: X-Travaganza special, wrestling in anUltimate X match, which was won byKenny King and also included Mason Andrews andZema Ion.[52] Rubix returned to TNA on July 18 to take part in theDestination X episode ofImpact Wrestling. Entering a tournament to determine the new X Division Champion, he was defeated byGreg Marasciulo in a first round three-way match, which also includedRockstar Spud.[53] Rubix returned to TNA on April 12, 2014, for another One Night Only taping, losing to Kenny King.[54]
McGuckin's brother is also a wrestler and Chikara alumni, using the ring names Tyler Murphy and Jolly Roger.
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jigsaw (mask) | Icarus (hair) | Hellertown, Pennsylvania | The Crushing Weight of Mainstream Ignorance | July 22, 2006 | [63] |
