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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1972-09-05)September 5, 1972 (age 53)[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Shane The Glamour Boy[1] Glamour Boy Shane[1] Shane Sewell[1] Shane[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 230 lb (100 kg) |
| Billed from | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Debut | 1989[1] |
Shane Sewell (born September 5, 1972) is a Canadianprofessional wrestler andreferee. He has worked for theWorld Wrestling Council, theInternational Wrestling Association andTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling as both a referee and wrestler. Sewell is a fourteen-time World Heavyweight Champion, having won theIWA Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship ten times, theWWC Universal Heavyweight Championship three times, and theWWL World Heavyweight Championship one time. By winning the IWA, WWC, and WWL World Heavyweight Championships, Sewell won the three world titles from three top promotions in Puerto Rico.
During the mid 1990s Sewell formed a tag team withGlamour Boy Sean they were known as the Canadian Glamour Boys. Together they won theWWC World Tag Team Championships twice before going their own way. Sewell also became a three timeWWC Television Champion on separate occasions. After two years out of the tag team division Sewell won the vacant WWC World Tag Team Championships for a third time teaming withRicky Santana.
Sewell debuted in the IWA days after leaving WWC in a run-in to helpSavio Vega as he was being double-teamed byMiguel Perez and Jesus Castillo inCarolina, Puerto Rico. He became the company's firstWorld Heavyweight Champion on October 28, 2000 inBayamon, Puerto Rico. He started a notable feud in December 2001 when Vega returned and unified with Starr Corporation and attacked both Sewell andRicky Banderas forming Los Hermanos en Dolor (Brothers in Pain). In December 2004, Sewell turnedheel with Vega after he won the Heavyweight title from Ray Gonzalez atChristmas in Puerto Rico. He lost the title toChicano at Juicio Final on April 2, 2005 inCaguas, Puerto Rico and after that teamed withJean-Pierre Lafitte part-time. Sewell returned to theIWA in 2008 with formerTNA starsRicky Vega andThe Naturals as well as veteran stalwartBig Vito. Sewell tagged with Vega for a time before Vega turnedheel and became undisputed IWA heavyweight champion. The two former partners would meet several times after, with Sewell falling short of the title he helped make famous.
Sewell wrestled part-time in then-new Puerto Rican federation New Wrestling Stars. During his time in the company, as part of a talent exchange with the WWC, he won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship title from "La Amenaza" Bryan inMayagüez, Puerto Rico on November 5, 2005, which made Sewell the first wrestler to win both the top titles in both IWA and WWC in a calendar year. He lost the Universal title to Bryan on February 12, 2006 and split his time with both companies. Sewell later feuded withTim Arson over the NWS Heavyweight title until June 3, 2006 when he lost a Title vs. Leave The Company match.
When the New Wrestling Stars promotion folded, he made his IWA return onImpacto Total on August 19, 2006 in an angle with Miguel Perez Jr. in his office saying the Glamour Boy is ready to return. Later that night in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Sewell, under the masked gimmick Mr. GPR ran in and helped Perez Jr., Ray Gonzalez,Thunder and Lightning clear of the ring of Savio Vega's La Compania before Sewell unmasked himself. Sewell won the Heavyweight title in a three-way match from Gonzalez and Lightning atIWA Christmas in Puerto Rico on December 9, 2006 for a record ninth time. He has been making part-time appearances for WWC since 2008.
Sewell began working forTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling to help develop and train upcoming wrestlers while (at the time) also appearing as a referee onImpact!. He first made a mark in TNA by defending himself afterSheik Abdul Bashir took exception to being defeated after a restart in a match againstConsequences Creed. Sewell quickly clotheslined Bashir over the top rope to the floor and had to be calmed down by refereeEarl Hebner. Since the altercation, he had a number of brawls with wrestlers who shoved him while he was working as a referee.
On the November 13 episode ofImpact! during anX Division Championship match betweenEric Young and champion Sheik Abdul Bashir, Sewell stopped a three-count in noticing an illegal action on the part of Bashir, then asking the audience if Bashir had done so. Bashir then shoved Sewell to the mat, causing him to remove his referee shirt and begin attacking Bashir. As a result, Young hit aDeath Valley Driver on Bashir and won the match, becoming the new X Division Champion. However, the decision was reversed one week later byJim Cornette due to Sewell's interference. A similar incident occurred atFinal Resolution, where Bashir shoved Sewell and he retaliated by kicking Bashir's feet off the top rope, thus causing him to be pinned by Young. Bashir then attacked Sewell and busted him open in the process.
On January 8, 2009, Sewell was (kayfabe) fired as an official after another confrontation with Bashir. However, as part of the confrontation, Cornette announced that Sewell would be hired as a wrestler and face Bashir at TNA'spay-per-view eventGenesis, which Sewell won.[2] Sewell apparently was allowed to officiate matches again, as on theImpact! following Genesis, he officiatedHernandez's disqualification loss againstSting. After having a number of confrontations withBooker T, Cornette announced that atAgainst All Odds, Booker would defend hisLegends Championship against Sewell. At Against All Odds, Sewell was defeated in his first and only championship match in TNA.[2] On the March 26 episode ofImpact!, Sewell took part in a Captain's Gauntlet match, but was quickly eliminated byKurt Angle. On May 22, 2009, it was confirmed that Sewell had been released from the company.[3]
After being released from TNA, Sewell worked the June 25 tapings ofFlorida Championship Wrestling,[4] before returning to WWC. Soon after returning, Sewell competed in several matches for thePuerto Rico Heavyweight andUniversal Heavyweight Championships, but was unable to win either title.[2] On August 8, Sewell defeatedIdol Stevens for the Puerto Rico Title.[2] After two successful title defenses, Sewell lost the title to Orlando Colón on September 29.[2] On September 27, Sewell defeated Noriega, BJ and Orlando Colón to win the Unified Universal Title for the third time. Sewell continued hisfeud with Colón by defeating him in a match for the Universal Title on October 17.[2] He would go on to lose the title to Noriega on November 28, 2009. Sewell returned to the promotion thirteen months later, interfering in a match betweenCarly Colón and Ricky Banderas, costing Colón the Universal Heavyweight Championship and reformingLos Hermanos en Dolor.[5]
Shane Sewell returned to the IWA for their Christmas in PR event, but left after Juicio Final to appear in the PRWA (Puerto Rico Wrestling Association) in April 2010. On October 18, 2014, at WWL Insurrection, Sewell defeated Monster Pain to win the WWL World Heavyweight Championship.[6] He lost the title toAlberto el Patron in January 2015 at WWL's Three Kings Day holiday event in a three-way match that also included Ricky Banderas.[7]
Sewell owns and operates awrestling school inCaguas, Puerto Rico.[1]
