 Lorcan in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christopher Girard (1985-12-21)December 21, 1985 (age 39)[3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Biff Busick[1] The Carolina Panther Christopher Girard Frank O'Rourke Girard St. Christopher Oney Lorcan[2] Vortex |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[2] |
| Billed weight | 190 lb (86 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | Boston, Massachusetts[2] |
| Trained by | Chaotic Wrestling Lance Storm WWE Performance Center[3] |
| Debut | 2008[3] |
| Retired | 2023 |
Christopher Girard (born December 21, 1985) is an American retired[4]professional wrestler. He is signed toWWE as a coach at thePerformance Center as well as aproducer forNXT, having previously performed on saidbrand under thering nameOney Lorcan.[2] He is a formerNXT Tag Team Champion withDanny Burch. He has worked frequently forindependent promotions includingCombat Zone Wrestling (CZW),Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG),Top Rope Promotions (TRP), andChaotic Wrestling (CW) under the ring nameBiff Busick. He is aone-timeCZW World Heavyweight Champion.[3] In addition, he has appeared in notable independent promotions likeWestside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw),Evolve, andDragon Gate USA (DGUSA).[3]
Christopher Girard was born on December 21, 1985, inBoston,Massachusetts.[3][1]
Girard began training at theChaotic Training Center in August 2008. After two years of training and working forChaotic Wrestling, he moved toCalgary,Alberta,Canada and Lorcan enrolled in theStorm Wrestling Academy in September 2010. After training withLance Storm for three months, he moved toDallas, Texas, and received additional training fromSho Funaki.
Using thering name Biff Busick, he debuted in Combat Zone Wrestling atCZW Cerebral, on October 13, 2012, in adark match and he joined The Front. Busick gained exposure in 2014 at theCZW Best of the Best XIII tournament, where Busick defeated Azrieal,Caleb Konley, andChuck Taylor to advance to the finals. However, Busick was defeated byDrake Younger.[5] Next, Busick feuded with theCZW World Heavyweight ChampionDrew Gulak. AtCZW To Infinity, on April 27, 2014, Busick was defeated by Gulak in a title match.[6] The following month, atCZW Proving Grounds, Busick defeated Gulak to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.[7] Over 161 days, Busick defended the title against wrestlers includingDanny Havoc,[8] Mike Bailey,[9] andDave Crist.[10] AtCZW Tangled Web 7, Bussick defeated Chris Dickinson to retain the title. After the match, his stablemate Sozio turned on him and challenged him to a match. Sozio defeated Busick to win the title.[11] On November 11, 2014, atCZW Cerebral, Busick challenged Sozio for the title in a No Rope Barbed Wire match, but he was defeated.[12] AtCZW Cage of Death XVI, Busick participated in a four-way Cage of Death match for the title against Sozio,BLK Jeez, and Drew Gulak, but the match was won by Jeez.[13]
Busick made his debut inEvolve at "Evolve 23" winning a four-way elimination match againstGreen Ant,Josh Alexander, and Maxwell Chicago advancing in the "Style Battle 2013 Tournament". At "Evolve 24" Busick was defeated by Drew Gulak in the finals of the "Style Battle 2013 Tournament". At "Evolve 28", Busick defeated Drew Gulak. From November 10 to 16, 2014, Evolve's parent company,WWNLive, held four events in a ten-day tour of China. Busick ended the tour with a record of 2 wins (againstTimothy Thatcher and Jody Kristofferson) and 2 losses (toJohnny Gargano and Thatcher).
On August 29, 2014, Busick made his debut forPro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), participating in their annualBattle of Los Angeles tournament losing toRoderick Strong in the first round. He also wrestled the following night teaming with Drew Gulak coming up short againstReDRagon. He returned the following show atUntitled II losing toTommaso Ciampa andBlack Cole Sun losing a four-way toBrian Cage which also involvedUhaa Nation and Ciampa. On February 27, 2015, atFrom Out of Nowhere, Busick picked up his first win in PWG by defeating old rival "Speedball" Mike Bailey, before losing to Brian Cage atDon't Sweat the Technique. He also reunited with Gulak to compete inDDT4 losing in the first round toRicochet andRich Swann. He appeared atMystery Vortex III defeating Timothy Thatcher before getting into a confrontation with the newly formed Mount Rushmore 2.0 and specificallySuper Dragon before gettingsuperkicked byThe Young Bucks. He then participated in the 2015 Battle of Los Angeles defeatingAndrew Everett in the first round. The following night, he would team with Everett andTrevor Lee in a losing effort against Super Dragon and The Young Bucks in the first six-man tag team Guerilla Warfare match. He would then wrestle his final PWG match losing toChris Hero the next night in the second round.
Girard appeared on January 1, 2010, episode ofSmackDown under thering name The Carolina Panther, losing toThe Great Khali.[14] He also appeared on the October 10, 2011 episode ofRaw[15] and October 28, 2011, episode ofSmackDown, as a paper bags assistant duringCody Rhodes' undashing gimmick.[16]
On September 1, 2015, it was reported that Girard had signed a developmental contract withWWE and would be reporting toNXT the following month.[17] He made his debut at an NXThouse show on October 30, in a Halloweenbattle royal, which was won byBayley.[18] On January 9, 2016, he made his singles match debut under his real name, losing toRich Swann.[19] At a set of television tapings held on January 22, he made his televised debut (which aired on February 24), in a losing effort againstApollo Crews. He then wrestled in a dark match beforeNXT TakeOver: Dallas, where he lost toManny Andrade.[20] In June, Girard debuted the new ring name Oney Lorcan.[21]
From August, Lorcan feuded withDanny Burch; after the two traded victories, they formed a tag team and feuded withRiddick Moss andTino Sabbatelli. In early 2018, they took part in theDusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated in the first round by team ofRoderick Strong andPete Dunne.[22] Lorcan suffered anorbital bone fracture during his tag team match with Burch againstThe Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) atNXT Takeover: Chicago, requiring facial surgery.[23] Lorcan returned two months to the day of his injury on August 16, losing toWar Raiders at an NXT live event.[24] Lorcan spent the latter part of 2018 bouncing between the NXT andNXT UK brands. In February 2019, Lorcan and Burch were participants in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, but were eliminated in the first round by The Forgotten Sons.[25]
In March 2019, Lorcan took part in a tournament on205 Live to name a challenger for theWWE Cruiserweight Championship atWrestleMania 35.[26] He defeatedHumberto Carrillo in the first round, but lost toCedric Alexander in the second round.[27] On March 26, 2019, it was announced that he was moving to the 205 Live brand, but would still wrestle for NXT.[28] He then redebuted on that night's episode of205 Live, costing Alexander a match againstAriya Daivari and attacking him after the match, establishing himself as aheel in the process.[27][29] On the April 16 episode of205 Live, he defeated Alexander in Alexander's final match on 205 Live. After the match, Lorcan shook Alexander's hand as a sign of respect, turning Lorcanface in the process.[30]
On the September 18 episode ofNXT, Lorcan was defeated byLio Rush in a number one contender's match for the Cruiserweight Championship.[31] On December 6, 2019, Oney Lorcan announced on his Twitter that he signed a multi-year contract with WWE. On the February 13, 2020 episode ofNXT UK, Lorcan teamed up withDanny Burch in a tag team match defeating The Hunt (Primate andWild Boar).[32] They then teamed up again on the February 13 episode of NXT UK in a non-title match against the NXT UK Tag Team ChampionsGallus (Mark Coffey andWolfgang) but failed to beat them.[33] On the May 20 episode of NXT, Lorcan and Burch defeatedEver-Rise and proceeded to call out the NXT Tag Team ChampionsImperium (Marcel Barthel andFabian Aichner) afterwards by mocking their signature pose. The following week, they challenged them for the NXT Tag Team Championship, but were defeated by Breezango (Tyler Breeze andFandango) in a number one contender's match.
On the October 21 episode ofNXT, after Undisputed Era membersBobby Fish and Roderick Strong were taken out, Lorcan and Burch replaced them in anNXT Tag Team Championship match.[34] They won the titles by defeating Breezango (Tyler Breeze andFandango) with help fromPat McAfee, turning heel for the second time in hisWWE career.[35][34][36] On March 23, 2021,William Regal vacated the NXT Tag Team Championship after Burch suffered a shoulder injury in a title defense vsFinn Balor andKarrion Kross on the March 17, 2021 edition of NXT.[37] They failed to reclaim the titles against new champions, MSK, on the September 7 edition of NXT. After "NXT 2.0" debuted the following week, Burch was taken off television, ending the team with Lorcan. Lorcan wrestled his final match in a losing effort against Xyon Quinn in October, before being released in November.[38]
On 8 October 2022, it was announced that Lorcan returned to WWE as a coach at theirPerformance Center. In 2023, Girard confirmed that he had retired from in-ring competition.
As Oney Lorcan, he made hisvideo game debut as a playable character inWWE 2K19 and also appears inWWE 2K20 andWWE 2K22.[39][40] TheNHL'sWashington Capitals used his WWE song "Combative" byCFO$ as its official goal song from 2017 to 2019.[41]
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