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| Born | Jack Edward Miller[3] (1982-04-02)April 2, 1982 (age 43)[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Blitzkrieg II[1] Jack Edwards[2] Jack Evans[1] Tom Cody[1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 165 lb (75 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Parkland "P-Town", Washington[1] |
| Trained by | Bryan Alvarez[1] Bruce Hart[1] Ross Hart[1] Tim Flowers[1] |
| Debut | 2000[1] |
Jack Edward Miller (born April 2, 1982), better known by thering nameJack Evans, is an Americanprofessional wrestler. Throughout his career, he has wrestled for numerous promotions around the world, includingCalgary'sStampede Wrestling,Ring of Honor,Dragon Gate,Combat Zone Wrestling,Lucha Underground,Pro Wrestling Guerrilla,Pro Wrestling Noah,Wrestling Society X andAll Elite Wrestling. He is a formerPWG World Tag Team Champion and winner of the2008 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (withRoderick Strong).[4]
Evans made his debut in September 2000 againstTiger Redding.[1] He then began wrestling in theMatratspromotion, which was set up byEric Bischoff.[4] In mid-2003, Evans broke his ankle, before competing forStampede Wrestling after recovering.[4] He also wrestled forMajor League Wrestling (MLW) in 2003 and early 2004.[4] He challenged for theMLW Junior Heavyweight Championship, losing asingles match to the championSonjay Dutt, and also unsuccessfully participating in afour-way match, also involving Dutt,Puma and Chasyn Rance.[5][6] During his time in MLW, he also wrestled under amask as "Dark Fuego" to team with Pete Wilson.[5]
Evans made hisRing of Honor debut on November 1, 2003, atMain Event Spectacles, where he wrestled in aScramble Cage match with Teddy Hart, won byThe Backseat Boyz, and which also included Special K,The S.A.T., andThe Carnage Crew.[4][7] The match was highly praised, and featuring Evans performing a720° moonsault off the top of the cage, making him one of the first people to do a moonsault with two full rotations.[4] Following the match, Evans was involved in an altercation withSamoa Joe.[4]
On May 22, 2004, Evansturned into avillainous character by joiningGeneration Nextfaction withAlex Shelley,Austin Aries, andRoderick Strong.[8][9] Generation Next felt that they were the top athletes in ROH, and they were going to take the top spots in the company any way they could. For the rest of 2004, Generation Next feuded with the likes of theSecond City Saints andRicky Steamboat, as well as others in the ROH roster. AtFinal Battle, Aries confronted Shelley after he lost a tag match with Strong toCM Punk andSteve Corino. Aries told Shelley to step down as the leader of Generation Next, and then attacked him before Shelley could answer. Strong pulled Aries off Shelley, but then turned around and helped in the beat down. Evans was not present for the event and did not return for the next several shows, leaving into questioning if he would side with Shelley or Aries and Strong. He returned at part one of theThird Anniversary Show on February 19, 2005, teaming up with Strong to face The Ring Crew Express,The Carnage Crew, and Special K (Izzy and Deranged) in a Scramble Cage match.[10] On February 26, Evans lost in a match against Alex Shelley.[11] Following the match, all three members of Generation Next attacked Shelley.
On December 12, 2004,Blitzkrieg gave hisgimmick andmask to Evans. Since then, Evans competes on occasion as Blitzkrieg II.[1]
On March 5, Generation Next competed in the Trios Tournament. They won their first two matches, defeating the team of Davey Andrews, Shane Hagadorn, and Anthony Franco (students of the Ring of Honor wrestling school) in the first round, and the team of the Second City Saints (CM Punk andColt Cabana) and Steve Corino in the second round. Generation Next lost in the finals, however, againstThe Rottweilers (Homicide,Ricky Reyes andRocky Romero).[12]
Generation Next spent most of 2005 feuding with Alex Shelley. Shelley, due to his actions while he was the leader of Generation Next, was unable to find many allies in the ROH locker room and was left to defend himself against Generation Next. Eventually,Prince Nana offered him a spot inThe Embassy, but he refused, although he soon changed his mind. Shelley joining the Embassy turned Generation Next into faces and the two factions continued to wage war on each other for the rest of the year. On August 12, Generation Next addedMatt Sydal to the group, as well as his valetDaizee Haze. Generation Next soon had another valet whenJade Chung, tired of the way she was being abused by Prince Nana, turned on the Embassy. On November 5, Haze betrayed Generation Next and joined the Embassy. The Generation Next/Embassy feud ended on December 3, in a steel cage elimination match, with Generation Next emerging victorious.[13]
In 2004, wrestling promoter and personality "Coach"Scott D'Amore brought together fellowCanadians to form his own incarnation ofTeam Canada inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) for 2004American andWorld X-Cup Tournaments. Evans, despite being American, was added to the team, which was composed ofTeddy Hart as team captain and bothJohnny Devine andPetey Williams as his teammates.[14] When the World X-Cup was announced, the team was revamped to add power to the speed and agility in the previous incarnation of the team, with Hart and Evans being replaced byEric Young andBobby Roode.[15] The team made it to the finals, which was anUltimate X match, but lost toTeam USA (Jerry Lynn,Chris Sabin,Christopher Daniels andElix Skipper).
As part of the working agreement between AAA and TNA, Evans made his return to TNA on June 28, 2011, at the tapings of the edition of July 7 ofImpact Wrestling, defeatingJesse Sorensen andTony Nese in a three-way match to advance to a four-way match for a TNA contract atDestination X.[16][17] At the pay-per-view, Evans was defeated in the finals by Austin Aries.[18]
That same month, Evans andRoderick Strong touredJapan with the Dragon Gate promotion. Starting in April 2006, Evans moved to Japan for three months to train and wrestle with the Dragon Gate promotion. In Dragon Gate, Evans became a member ofCIMA's Blood Generation faction. 2006 brought changes for Evans and ROH, as Austin Aries and Roderick Strong were the tag team champions while Evans and Matt Sydal began to work more in Japan. On March 30, Generation Next lost to the Dragon Gate stable Blood Generation.[19] With Sydal and Evans touring in Japan,Roderick Strong andAustin Aries announced at the June 3 Ring of Honor show that there was no longer a need for Generation Next. Evans teamed with Aries, Strong, and Sydal one last time on July 29 atGeneration Now, losing to the team ofDavey Richards, Jerelle Clark, andThe Irish Airborne.[20] Following with match, Evans, Aries, Strong, and Sydal laid down their Generation Next shirts in the middle of the ring, officially ending Generation Next. Evans stayed in Japan for the rest of 2006, wrestling for Dragon Gate. He returned to ROH on January 26, 2007, inBraintree, Massachusetts, defeatingEddie Edwards.[21]
After returning to ROH, Evans began feuding with Roderick Strong and hisNo Remorse Corps faction. In order to combat the numbers of the No Remorse Corps, Evans enlistedRuckus,Jigsaw andJulius Smokes to form his own faction known as The Vulture Squad. Evans announced Ruckus and Smokes as members on August 25, atManhattan Mayhem II after competing against Austin Aries and Strong in atriple threat match, won by Aries, and Jigsaw joined a few weeks later.[22][23] On December 20 atFinal Battle 2007,Mercedes Martinez joined The Vulture Squad, and Evans named her "The Booty Vulture".[24] The Vulture Squad was scheduled to face TheBriscoe Brothers atBreakout in January 2008, but Evans suffered a severe facial injury in Dragon Gate due to a kick fromHuman Tornado prior to the event while Ruckus missed the show due to pneumonia. They were instead replaced with Vulture Squad member Jigsaw andMatt Cross.
In 2006, Evans taped episodes onWrestling Society X, which aired onMTV in 2007.[1] In the company's first televised match on the inaugural episode, Evans defeated Matt Sydal.[25] On the following episode, he defeatedEl Hombre Blanco Enmascarado.[26] In a later episode he defeatedScorpio Sky.[27] His most notable feud was with the Human Tornado. The two tied in a "dance off" and had a 10-minute time limitdraw on the ninth episode of the show.[27]
In 2008, Evans joinedAAA as a member of the villainous groupLa Legión Extranjera (The Foreign Legion), led byKonnan. Upon joining AAA, Evans began re-teaming with Teddy Hart asThe Hart Foundation 2.0. During this time, Evans along with Hart came close to winning theAAA World Tag Team Championships on several occasions.
Starting in May and throughout the beginning of June 2009, Evans and Hart began to have issues as a team. After a match in a tournament for theCruiserweight Championship against Xtreme Tiger, the team finally broke up. After the breakup, many members of La Legión assaulted Evans before ousting him from the group. Following his departure from the group, Evans joined Team AAA and thus became a fan favorite, representing the named owner of AAA who was fighting Konnan for control of the company. AtTriplemania XVII Evans and Team AAA defeated La Legión Extranjera to win control of AAA and force Konnan out of the company.[28] Evans returned to Ring of Honor on December 19, 2009, at the company's first live pay-per-view,Final Battle 2009, where he defeated his AAA nemesis, Teddy Hart.[29]
On June 6, 2010, atTriplemania XVIII Evans defeated Christopher Daniels,Extreme Tiger andNosawa in a four-way elimination match to win theAAA Cruiserweight Championship.[30] On March 21, 2011, Evans teamed with Extreme Tiger to defeatLos Maniacos (Silver King andÚltimo Gladiador) for theAAA World Tag Team Championship, making Evans a double champion.[31] Evans and Tiger made their first successful defense of the title on June 18 atTriplemanía XIX, defeating the TNA team ofAbyss andMr. Anderson in a steel cage match.[32] On September 16, the 467th day of his reign as the AAA Cruiserweight Champion, Evans made his first title defense, defeatingEscoria.[33] On October 9 atHéroes Inmortales, Evans and Tiger lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to Abyss andChessman in aTables, Ladders, and Chairs match.[34] Afterwards, Evans began feuding withLos Perros del Mal leaderEl Hijo del Perro Aguayo, pinning him in back-to-back tag team matches on November 14 and 26.[35][36] On December 16 atGuerra de Titanes, Evans and Aguayo continued their rivalry in a six-man tag team match, during which they busted each other open. Eventually, Aguayo's team won the match, whenHéctor Garza pinnedFénix.[37] On March 18, 2012, atRey de Reyes, Evans faced Aguayo and two otherPerros del Mal, Garza andL.A. Park, in the finals of theRey de Reyes. Despite managing to outlast both Park and Garza, Evans was eventually pinned by Aguayo for the win.[38] On May 19, Evans lost the AAA Cruiserweight Championship toJuventud Guerrera in a four-way hardcore match, which also includedPsicosis and Teddy Hart, ending his reign at 713 days.[39] On August 5 atTriplemanía XX, Evans reunited with Hart for one night to take part in aParejas Suicidas steel cage match, featuring three other former tag teams. However, both Evans and Hart managed to escape the cage and avoid having to face each other in aLucha de Apuestas Hair vs. Hair match.[40]
In early 2013, Evans formed theLos Güeros del Cielo ("The Sky Blondes") tag team withSouth African wrestlerAngélico.[41] On October 18 atHéroes Inmortales VII, Evans and Angélico won a four-way match to become the new AAA World Tag Team Champions.[42] On December 7, 2014, atGuerra de Titanes Angélico and Evans lost the AAA World Tag Team Championships toJoe Líder andPentagón Jr. in a three-way tag team match that also includedFénix andMyzteziz.[43] Evans and Ángelico then entered a feud withDark Cuervo and Dark Escoria, which culminated on June 14, 2015, atVerano de Escándalo, where Evans and Ángelico were victorious in a steel cageLucha de Apuestas. As per stipulation, Cuervo and Escoria were forced to have their heads shaved following the match.[44] On October 4, 2015, atHéroes Inmortales IX, Evans and Angélico regained the AAA World Tag Team Championship from Líder and Pentagón Jr. in a three-way match, also involvingDaga andSteve Pain.[45] They vacated the title on January 22, 2016, due to Angélico suffering a leg injury.[46] On July 17, 2016, Evans and Angélico won the AAA World Tag Team Championship for the third time.[47] On September 29, 2016, Evans criticized AAA and fellow wrestler La Parka during an interview withSolowrestling.com.[48] A few days later, AAA removed him from all shows. On October 22, 2016, Evans left AAA.
On May 13, 2015, Evans made his Lucha Underground debut where he was defeated byAero Star. On June 3 Evans got his first win againstArgenis. On May 25, 2016, Evans teamed withJohnny Mundo andP. J. Black, forming a group known as "Worldwide Underground", to defeatDragon Azteca Jr.,Prince Puma andRey Mysterio for theLucha Underground Trios Championship. On July 20 atUltima Lucha Dos Part 3 The Worldwide Underground were defeated by Aero Star,Drago andFénix for the Lucha Underground Trios Championship. On October 12 Evans was unsuccessful at winning theLucha Underground Gift Of The Gods Championship againstSexy Star. On 5 April 2018 at the Impact Wrestling vs Lucha Underground show, Evans loses againstMatanza Cueto in a 6-man match. On April 10, 2018, Evans officially announced his departure from Lucha Underground.
Evans returned to Pro Wrestling Guerilla at PWG Treemendous IV on July 24, 2015, teaming with Angelico unsuccessfully challenging theYoung Bucks for thePWG World Tag Team Championship.[49] Evans then entered to the Battle Of Los Angeles 2015, defeating Angelico in the first round,Brian Cage in the second but losing to Chris Hero in the Semi Final.[50]At PWG Lemmy event on January 2, 2016, he was defeated byDrew Galloway.[51][unreliable source] Evans returned atPWG Bowie Event on February 12, 2016, where he defeatedSami Callihan.[52][unreliable source]
On July 13, 2018, Evans made his return to the AAA asRudo teaming withJuventud Guerrera and Taurus defeatingLos Nuevos Mosqueteros del Diablo (La Máscara &La Máscara) andAero Star. He wrestled throughout 2018, into 2019. On March 16, 2019, he wrestled atRey de Reyes (2019) in scramble match that was won byAerostar.[53][54] He was scheduled to wrestle in an Ultimate X match in his return to TNA now known asImpact Wrestling, representing AAA through their partnership with Impact.[55] This match took placeWrestleMania 35 weekend in April 2019. However, Evans was replaced by Impact'sAce Austin without given reason.[56]
On May 9, 2019, it was announced that Evans signed a contract withAll Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he would reformLos Güeros del Cielo withAngélico, now being billed as The Hybrid2.[57] The team made their debut at AEW's inaugural pay-per-view eventDouble or Nothing on May 25, losing toBest Friends (Trent Beretta andChuck Taylor).[58] AtFight for the Fallen on July 13, The Hybrid2 competed in athree-way tag team match against Jungle Boy andLuchasaurus andThe Dark Order (Evil Uno andStu Grayson), which the Dark Order won.[59] At theAll Out "Buy In" pre-show on August 31, The Hybrid2 lost toPrivate Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen).[60] Evans obtained his first win in AEW on the October 8 episode ofAEW Dark, teaming with Angélico and theLucha Brothers (Fénix andPentagón Jr.) to defeat Best Friends and Private Party in aneight man tag team match.[61] On the November 26 episode ofDark, Evans unsuccessfully challengedKenny Omega for theAAA Mega Championship.[62] On April 19, 2022, Evans announced that his contract would expire at the end of April, and that it would not be renewed.[63]
Evans has appeared in the video gameLucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring.
Evans streams on Twitch and spends time in his Discord server hanging out with fans.
Evans citesHayabusa,Great Sasuke, andBlitzkrieg as his main inspirations while growing up.[4]
In November 2003, at ROH'sMain Event Spectacles event, Evans was involved in a backstage altercation withSamoa Joe.[4] In March 2009, Evans was involved in a backstage fight with Juventud Guerrera. The fight started when Guerrera was involved in a confrontation withKonnan, and Guerrera claimed that Evans had been workingstiff during the match that he and Evans had competed in earlier that night.[citation needed]
Evans is married to a woman named Sandy, who gave birth to their first child, a daughter, on October 21, 2014, and their second, a son, on November 14, 2018.[64]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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| Jack Evans (hair) andAngélico (hair) | Dark Cuervo (hair) andDark Escoria (hair) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Verano de Escándalo | June 14, 2015 | [44][Note 1] |
| Bestia 666 (hair) | Jack Evans (hair) | Tijuana, Baja California | The Crash 6th Anniversary show | November 4, 2017 | [75][Note 2] |
| Orange Cassidy (hair) | Jack Evans (hair) | Rochester, New York | AEW Rampage | October 1, 2021 |
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