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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sean Michael Waltman (1972-07-13)July 13, 1972 (age 53) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The 1–2–3 Kid[1][2] 6-Pac[3] The Cannonball Kid[1] The Kamikaze Kid[1] The Kid The Lightning Kid[1] Pac Sean Waltman Syxx[1][2] Syxx-Pac X X-Pac[1] "X-Pac" Sean Waltman |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 212 lb (96 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Minneapolis, Minnesota[1] |
| Trained by | Eddie Sharkey[4] Boris Malenko[4] |
| Debut | 1989[5] |
| Retired | March 31, 2022 |
Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13, 1972) is an American retiredprofessional wrestler. He is signed toWWE under a legends contract. He is best known for his appearances for theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under thering names1–2–3 Kid andX-Pac;World Championship Wrestling (WCW) asSyxx; andNWA Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) asSyxx-Pac and under his real name.
Waltman began his career in the WWF in 1993, where he performed under several monikers as ajobber, until he was branded the 1-2-3 Kid after an upset victory overRazor Ramon onRaw. As 1-2-3 Kid, he held theWWF Tag Team Championship twice. During this time, he was part ofThe Kliq, a backstage group that was known for their influence on WWF storylines in the 1990s.
During theMonday Night War, Waltman left the WWF in 1996 to join Kliq membersKevin Nash andScott Hall (formerly known as Diesel and Razor Ramon) as Syxx in WCW, and held theWCW World Tag Team Championship with them as part of theNew World Order (nWo), as well as becoming a one-timeWCW Cruiserweight Champion. After being released from WCW in 1998, he returned to the WWF during itsAttitude Era, where he was re-branded asD-Generation X (DX) member X-Pac and held theWWF Light Heavyweight Championship andWWF European Championship twice each, while also holding the WWF Tag Team Championship two more times while paired withKane. After WCW went out of business in 2001, X-Pac held the WCW Cruiserweight and WWF Light Heavyweight Championships simultaneously duringThe Invasion, before departing the company after a brief nWo reunion the following year. He subsequently performed sporadically for several promotions, notably TNA (where he became a one-timeTNA X Division Champion and was a member ofThe Band), and on theindependent circuit.
Waltman has won a dozen championships between WWE, WCW, and TNA, the majority being cruiserweight and tag team titles. He is the only wrestler to have held the TNA X Division Championship, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, and the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. He was the final WWF Light Heavyweight Champion before the title was retired in favor of the Cruiserweight Championship he simultaneously held. He is recognized by WWE as the only wrestler to have been "an active member of both the nWo and DX during their heydays" in the 1990s.[6] Additionally, he is a two-timeWWE Hall of Fame inductee and the only inductee to be inducted two years in a row (2019 and2020) as a member of DX and the nWo respectively.
Sean Michael Waltman was born inMinneapolis on July 13, 1972.[4] He had a self-described troubled childhood. He was raised by a single mother and has called himself "unsupervised from age five". He claimed he was molested several times as a child. He joined his school wrestling team in ninth grade, but quickly quit when they told him he needed to cut his hair in order to wrestle.[7] He soon dropped out of school entirely. A love of professional wrestling and limited career opportunities led to him working in local wrestling promotions for free, setting up rings and doing other odd jobs before eventually wrestling himself.[7]
After training underBoris Malenko, Joe Malenko, Masami Soronaka, andKarl Gotch,[7] Waltman began his career as "The Lightning Kid". He worked his way through various independent promotions, includingPro Wrestling America (PWA) in Minnesota and theGlobal Wrestling Federation (GWF) in Texas, winning thePWA Light Heavyweight title,[8] thePWA Iron Horse TV Title[9] and theGWF Light Heavyweight Championship.[10] During this time, Waltman worked extensively withJerry Lynn in North America and Japan. They often wrestled each other, but also teamed up to win thePWA Tag Team titles twice in 1993.[11][12] While working forLarry Sharpe andDennis Coralluzzo's WWA Promotion on November 28, 1992, inClementon, New Jersey, his opponent "The Kamikaze Kid" Bill Wilcox overshot asuicide dive and landed on Waltman's head, driving it to the concrete and causing a blood clot near his brain. He was hospitalized for three days, could not work for four months, and was advised to give up wrestling completely.[7]
He appeared inNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)'sTop of the Super Juniors in 1993, facing the likes ofChris Benoit,Eddie Guerrero andJushin Liger.[13]
As The Lightning Kid, Waltman had his WWF tryout match inPhoenix, Arizona, in April 1993, the day afterWrestleMania IX, losing toLouie Spicolli. After earning a contract, he made his television debut as "The Kamikaze Kid" onMonday Night Raw on May 3 (taped April 26), losing toDoink the Clown. He quickly became "The Cannonball Kid", losing to Mr. Hughes.[14] He then became simply "The Kid", scoring an upset pinfall onRazor Ramon on the May 17 episode ofMonday Night Raw, thus becoming "The 1–2–3 Kid".[4][12] Razor challenged him to a rematch, wagering $2,500, then $5,000 and finally $10,000 of his own money. Kid accepted the challenge, but grabbed the money and ran from the arena during the match.Ted DiBiase taunted him over losing to a nobody and losing his $10,000. This angered Kid, and led to a match in which he upset DiBiase as well. Razor, who turnedface shortly before, took Kid under his wing.[4]
The 1–2–3 Kid made his pay-per-view debut atSummerSlam on August 30, losing to DiBiase's tag partnerIrwin R. Schyster.[15] AtSurvivor Series on November 23, Kid was on Razor's team in a four-on-four elimination match, in which he andMarty Jannetty were the sole survivors.[16] This led to them forming a tag team and holding theWWF Tag Team Championship for a week in January 1994 after beatingThe Quebecers.[17] The 1–2–3 Kid competed in theKing of the Ringtournament, losing toOwen Hart in the semi-finals on June 19.[18] On July 11, he wrestledBret Hart in an unusually long (for the time) and competitive match for theWWF Championship onRaw, which was ranked by WWE as the third-best match ever aired onRaw.[19] He had another brief (one-day) tag title reign on January 22, 1995, withBob Holly, defeatingBam Bam Bigelow andTatanka at theRoyal Rumble before losing toThe Smoking Gunns (Billy andBart) the next day onRaw.[20] AtSummerSlam on August 27, he lost toHakushi.[21]
After Kid and Razor failed to win the Tag Team Championship from the Smoking Gunns on October 22 atIn Your House 4, Kid attacked the face Gunns after the match to tease aheelturn.[22] On theRaw beforeSurvivor Series in November, he was theguest referee in a match between Ramon andSycho Sid. As Razor attempted his finisher,The Razor's Edge, Kid pulled Sid down from Razor, allowing Sid to hit Razor with his Powerbomb, and Kid fast-counted the pinfall, turning heel. He was the sole survivor of his team atSurvivor Series on November 19, besting rivalMarty Jannetty with assistance from Sid.[23] Kid and Jannetty traded victories over one another, culminating in a tag team match where Kid and Sid lost to Razor and Marty on December 17 atIn Your House 5.[24]
After Survivor Series, Kid joined Ted DiBiase'sMillion Dollar Corporation faction.[12] He lost a "Crybaby match" to Ramon on February 18 atIn Your House 6.[25] The 1–2–3 Kid's final WWF match, which saw him lose toSavio Vega, aired on the May 20 episode ofMonday Night Raw. Notably, Waltman was the only Kliq member not involved in the infamous"Curtain Call" that took place atMadison Square Garden the night before his final match from his first WWF run aired, as he was indrug rehab at the time.[26]
On September 16, 1996, Waltman was shown sitting in the front row for a live episode ofNitro.[27] Later that night, he used a remote control to releaseNew World Order (nWo) propaganda from the ceiling, revealing himself as the newest member of the recently formed faction.[27] He was called "Syxx", because he was the sixth member of the nWo, and six is the sum of numbers in "1–2–3 Kid".[12] His first match with WCW was on September 23 when he defeatedJim Duggan onNitro. AtHalloween Havoc on October 27, he lost toChris Jericho.[28] In his first major angle, Syxx stoleEddie Guerrero'sWCW United States Heavyweight Championship belt, leading to aladder match for the title on January 25, 1997, atSouled Out, which Syxx lost.[12] AtSuperBrawl VII on February 23, Syxx pinnedDean Malenko for theWCW Cruiserweight Championship, after hitting him with the title belt, which he had grabbed from Guerrero at ringside.[12][29] In June, he lost the championship toChris Jericho at awebcasthouse show inLos Angeles, California, minutes after successfully defending againstRey Mysterio Jr.[4]
Syxx then started a feud withRic Flair and lost to him atRoad Wild on August 9.[30] He disparagingly portrayed Flair as part of an nWo segment parodying hisFour Horsemen group.[12] This segment led to aWarGames match atFall Brawl on September 14, where Syxx,Kevin Nash,Buff Bagwell andKonnan defeated The Four Horsemen (Flair,Steve McMichael,Chris Benoit andCurt Hennig) after Hennig betrayed the Horsemen and joined the nWo.[12] In mid-1997, the nWo invoked"Wolfpac Rules", allowing Syxx to replace the injured Kevin Nash in defending theWCW World Tag Team Championship with Scott Hall, but they lost the titles on October 13 toThe Steiner Brothers (Rick andScott).[12]
During October 1997, a neck injury sidelined Waltman from wrestling, but he continued to appear on television for several weeks after.[4] While later recuperating at home, he was fired viaFederal Express by WCW PresidentEric Bischoff. Waltman claims this was a power play aimed at his friends Hall and Nash, whose backstage influence was felt as a threat.[12] Bischoff later said Waltman was a competent performer when sober, but sober periods were "few and far between", and "in many ways, Sean was lucky to even have a job".[31]
Waltman returned to WWF television on the March 30, 1998 episode ofMonday Night Raw, the night afterWrestleMania XIV and days after his firing from WCW.[12][2] WithShawn Michaels beginning a four-year retirement after a WWF World Heavyweight Championship loss and back injury,Triple H was now the leader ofD-Generation X (DX). He said he was forming a DX army and "when you start an army, you look to your blood... you look to your buddies... you look to your friends... you look toThe Kliq."[2] Waltman appeared on the stage with a beard, commented on Bischoff andHollywood Hogan, and said if they weren't contracted to WCW, Hall and Nash would have also returned to the WWF.[12][2] Bischoff responded onNitro the next week by telling Waltman to "bite me".[32]
He subsequently became known as "X-Pac" and lost toD'Lo Brown on July 26 atFully Loaded: In Your House.[33] He feuded withJeff Jarrett and defeated him in a hair-vs-hair match on August 30 atSummerSlam.[34] On September 21, X-Pac defeated Brown onRaw to win theWWF European Championship. He lost the title to Brown two weeks later, then won it again atJudgment Day: In Your House on October 18.[12][35] AtSurvivor Series on November 15, he competed in a tournament for the vacant WWF Championship, but foughtSteven Regal to a double countout.[36] He failed to win the title fromThe Rock on December 6 atCapital Carnage.[37] X-Pac lost the European Championship toShane McMahon on the February 15, 1999 episode ofRaw.[38] AtWrestleMania XV on March 28, he failed to regain the title when Triple H betrayed him and hit him with hisPedigree finisher.[4]
X-Pac then sided withRoad Dogg against Triple H,Chyna andBilly Gunn, after the temporary demise of DX. X-Pac and Road Dogg wanted a reformed DX to be about rebellion, while the others wanted it to be about making money.[4] X-Pac befriendedKane, a mute, angry loner whom he partially socialized and encouraged to speak, through anelectrolarynx. They won theWWF Tag Team Championship from Jarrett andOwen Hart on the April 5 episode ofRaw.[39] AtBacklash on April 25, X-Pac lost to Triple H.[40] He and Kane successfully defended the titles against Brown andMark Henry atOver the Edge on May 23,[41] before losing them to theAcolytes (Bradshaw andFaarooq) on the May 31 episode ofRaw. X-Pac competed in the King of the Ringtournament, losing to Gunn in the finals on June 27.[42] They regained the titles on the August 9 episode ofRaw but lost them toBig Show andThe Undertaker on August 22 atSummerSlam.[43][44]
After DX reunited as a heel group, X-Pac led Kane to believe he would be inducted into DX, but instead betrayed him and eventually stole his new girlfriend,Tori.[12] X-Pac lost to Kane atSurvivor Series on November 19 and in a steel cage match atArmageddon on December 12, but defeated him in a No Holds Barred match atNo Way Out on February 27, 2000.[45][46][47] AtWrestleMania 2000 on April 2, X-Pac and Road Dogg lost to Kane andRikishi, ending their feud.[48]
AtKing of the Ring on June 25, X-Pac, Road Dogg, and Tori defeatedthe Dudley Boyz in adumpster match; during the bout, Tori waspowerbombed through a table by the Dudley Boyz, marking the end of her affiliation with X-Pac.[49] Growing dissension between X-Pac and Road Dogg led to a match atSummerSlam on August 27, which X-Pac won after alow blow; after the match, Road Dogg attacked X-Pac, marking the end of their tag team and the dissolution of DX.[50] X-Pac then began feuding with Chris Jericho, but lost to him atUnforgiven on September 24 and in a cage match atNo Mercy on October 22.[51][52] During the feud, X-Pac sustained a neck injury when Jericho gave him a powerbomb, side-lining him for three months.[4]
After returning from his neck injury in February 2001, X-Pac failed to win Jericho'sWWF Intercontinental Championship in a fatal four-way match withChris Benoit andEddie Guerrero on February 25 atNo Way Out.[53] X-Pac formed a new stable calledX-Factor withJustin Credible andAlbert, defeating the Dudley Boyz on April 29 atBacklash.[12][54] AtKing of the Ring on June 24, X-Pac failed to win theWWF Light Heavyweight Championship fromJeff Hardy, but won the title in a rematch the next night onRaw.[55][56] He won his secondWCW Cruiserweight Championship by defeatingBilly Kidman on July 30.[4] Despite the reign occurring during theWCW Invasion angle, where the WWF side was mostly portrayed as faces, the fans were vocal in their disapproval of Waltman during his reign; this was known as "X-Pac heat".[57] When Credible joined theECW/WCW Alliance, X-Factor broke up. AtSummerSlam on August 19, X-Pac defeated Tajiri to win his second Light Heavyweight Championship,[58] but lost the Cruiserweight Championship to Kidman on the October 11 episode ofSmackDown!.[59] After this, he took time off to recover from another injury, and the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was abandoned upon his return to television in March 2002.[4]
Hall, Nash and Hogan returned to the WWF in 2002 as theNew World Order (nWo), brought in by Vince McMahon. Hogan was kicked from the group after losing to The Rock atWrestleMania X8. X-Pac returned on the March 21 episode ofSmackDown!, rejoined the nWo and attacked Hogan. He said he had been waiting four years to do so, because Hoganshot onWCW Thunder after Waltman's firing, saying he could not "cut the mustard".[4][12] The storyline was dropped after the firstWWF draft, when the nWo went to Raw and Hogan to SmackDown!. On the July 8 episode ofRaw, X-Pac wrestled in a ten-man tag team match, which marked his last WWE match.[60] This match was also the end of the nWo angle, as Nash tore his quadriceps, and Vince McMahon disbanded the group a week later. In August,Raw commentatorJim Ross announced WWE and Waltman had parted ways.[4][61]
Waltman, as "Syxx-Pac", debuted forNWA Total Nonstop Action on September 18, 2002, losing agauntlet match.[62][63] Rejoining his WWF tag partnersScott Hall andB.G. James, he feuded withJeff Jarrett andBrian Lawler.[12] On October 9, Syxx-Pac made hisX Division debut, defeating eight other wrestlers in aladder match to win the vacantTNA X Division Championship.[64] He held the title for two weeks before losing toA.J. Styles in aNo Disqualification match.[65] He abruptly left TNA after defeating Lawler in the first round of anNWA World Heavyweight Championship number one contender tournament on November 6.[66][67]
Waltman returned to TNA for a single night on June 18, 2003, at their first anniversary pay-per-view, as Styles's mystery partner in a loss to Jarrett andSting.[12]
In between during his time in TNA, X-Pac worked in the independent circuit, including for3PW, where, as Syxx-Pac, he defeatedSabu on September 21, 2002.[68] On November 23, he lost to Sabu in a match for the 3PW World Heavyweight Championship.[69] Waltman, as "X", debuted inXtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) on February 28, 2003, winning theXPW Television Championship from Kaos, a title which he held until the promotion closed in March.[12]
On April 16, 2004, X-Pac lost toAmerican Dragon in the first round of the NJPW Inoki Dojo Best Of American Super Juniors tournament.[70]
On October 7, 2005, Waltman made his debut forFull Impact Pro (FIP), defeatingJimmy Rave atX-Factor.[71] He engaged in a feud with DP Associates, facing members Rave,Austin Aries,Adam Pearce, Bryan Danielson and Shane Hagadorn.[72][73][74]
Under his real name, Waltman returned to TNA atAgainst All Odds on February 13, 2005, attacking Jeff Jarrett during hisNWA World Heavyweight Championship match with Kevin Nash.[75] Nash, Waltman andDiamond Dallas Page formed an alliance and feuded withPlanet Jarrett (Jarrett,The Outlaw andMonty Brown). AtLockdown on April 24, Waltman, B.G. James and Page defeated Planet Jarrett in aLethal Lockdown match.[76]
AtHard Justice on May 15, Waltman replacedJeff Hardy, whono-showed, losing toRaven in aClockwork Orange House of Fun match.[4] On June 19, atSlammiversary, Waltman lost a five-manKing of the Mountain match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. He cost defending champion A.J. Styles the title by delivering anX-Factor off a ladder, turning heel.[12][77] AtNo Surrender on July 17, Waltman lost to Styles after guest referee Jerry Lynn prevented him from cheating.[78] Waltman challenged Lynn to a match atSacrifice on August 14, which he lost, then attacked Lynn in an attempt to reinjure his shoulder.[79][80] Waltman then partnered withAlex Shelley to win theChris Candido Cup, earning them a shot at theNWA World Tag Team Championship atUnbreakable on September 11.[81] However, Waltman no-showed the event.[82][83]
He was not seen again until a one-night return atFinal Resolution on January 15, 2006, being brought in byLarry Zbyszko to defeat his rival, Raven.[84]
In February 2006, Waltman joinedMTV's newly formedWrestling Society X (WSX) promotion, as "6-Pac". At their inaugural tapings on February 9, 6-Pac had a ten-manhardcorebattle royalladder match, which both he andVampiro won by climbing the ladder to retrieve WSX contracts. 6-Pac lost aWSX Championship match to Vampiro the following week.[12] He challenged Vampiro in episode four, as a ruse to introduceRicky Banderas, who attacked Vampiro from behind. He teased an affair withLizzy Valentine (the valet and girlfriend ofMatt Sydal), though WSX folded before theangle could go on any further.[12]
Waltman returned to Full Impact Pro on January 20, 2006, defeatingTony Mamaluke.[85] He defeatedAdam Pearce for theNWA Heritage Championship on April 21, 2007, but lost it in a rematch a week later.[86] On July 8, 2007, Waltman teamed withBilly Kidman in a three-way tag match inMcAllen, Texas, for theNWA World Tag Team Championship, which had been vacated byTeam 3D after theNWA stopped working withTNA. They lost the match toKarl Anderson andJoey Ryan.[87]
In June, Waltman, as X-Pac, began working regularly forAAA, initially a member of Konnan'sLa Legión Extranjera (Foreign Legion) and managed by girlfriendAlicia Webb.[12] After leaving for rehab in mid-2008, he returned atVerano de Escándalo (Summer of Scandal) that September, turning on the Foreign Legion and forming D-Generation Mex, a parody of D-Generation X, withRocky Romero andAlex Koslov.[88] He later feuded with one of AAA's top stars,El Zorro.[89]
On August 8, 2009, at GLCW Slamfest, X-Pac became the new GLCW Heavyweight Champion by defeating Skull Crusher, who had replaced championAl Snow when he failed to show.
On a special live, three-hourMonday night episode ofImpact! on January 4, 2010, Waltman (as Syxx-Pac) and Scott Hall returned to TNA. That night, fellow formernWo memberHulk Hogan debuted in TNA. Kevin Nash, Hall and Waltman quickly reformed an alliance calledThe Band, but Hogan stayed away, saying times had changed.[90] On the January 14 episode ofImpact!, The Band attackedBeer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode andJames Storm), losing to them atGenesis on January 17 (with Syxx-Pac replacing Hall and teaming with Nash).[91][92] On the nextImpact! Hogan, disgusted by The Band's actions, had security eject Syxx-Pac and Hall, saying they weren't contracted to TNA.[93] Despite this, they appeared the next week, attackingKurt Angle.[94] A week later, they betrayed Nash and beat him down.[95] AtDestination X on March 21, Syxx-Pac and Hall wagered their TNA jobs in a match against Nash andEric Young. Nash turned on Young and helped The Band win the match and full TNA contracts.[96] On the March 29 episode ofImpact!, The Band lost a six-man steel cage tag match to Young,Jeff Hardy andRob Van Dam.[97]
Syxx-Pac was scheduled for a tag team match atLockdown on April 18, but was replaced by Nash[98] after the Missouri Athletic Commission barred Waltman from wrestling, due to hishepatitis C.[99][100] On the April 26 episode ofImpact!, Waltman was written off of TV whenTeam 3D found Syxx-Pac on a backstage floor in a pool of blood; Eric Young took his place in The Band.[101][102] In June, TNA released Waltman and Hall.[103]
On March 5, 2011, Waltman reunited with former D-Generation X members Road Dogg and Billy Gunn for a six-man tag match at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate show inLong Island, New York. A week later, X-Pac defeated UIW Lightweight Champion Stupid in a non-title match.[104] On April 2, Waltman returned to WWE television to celebrate, with Kevin Nash and Triple H, their longtime friendShawn Michaels' induction into the 2011WWE Hall of Fame.[105] He later worked backstage as a scout and evaluator in WWE'sdevelopmental territoryFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW).[106]
On April 15, Waltman, as The 1–2–3 Kid, debuted forChikara by entering theirKing of Trios tournament, teaming withArik Cannon and Darin Corbin (Team Minnesota).[107][108] They were eliminated in the first round by TeamMichinoku Pro (Dick Togo,Great Sasuke andJinsei Shinzaki).[109] The day after, Waltman defeatedAmazing Red,Frightmare andObariyon in a four-way elimination match to make it to the next day'sRey de Voladores tournament final, losing toEl Generico. After the match, Waltman said he believed 2011 would be his last year in professional wrestling, praising Chikara as the "future of wrestling" and thanking them for a memorable weekend.[110][111]
On July 23, 2012, he,Billy Gunn andRoad Dogg returned to join Shawn Michaels and Triple H for aD-Generation X reunion on the1000th episode ofRaw.[112]
In September 2012, the 1–2–3 Kid returned to Chikara for the2012 King of Trios tournament, this time teaming withAldo Montoya andTatanka as Team WWF.[113] On September 14, they lost their first-round match to The Extreme Trio (Jerry Lynn,Tommy Dreamer andToo Cold Scorpio).[114][115] The next day, The 1–2–3 Kid was low-blowed and pinned byMark Angelosetti.[114][116] On the final day of the tournament weekend, The 1–2–3 Kid and Marty Jannetty won the annual tag teamgauntlet match.[114][117] On November 18, he and Jannetty defeated The Heart Throbs (Antonio Thomas andRomeo Roselli) to earn their third point (for three consecutive wins) and a shot at theChikara Campeonatos de Parejas.[114] They lost the title match to defending championsThe Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) on December 2 at theUnder the Hood internet pay-per-view.[114]
In January 2013, The Kliq/DX reunited for an episode ofNXT.[118] In March, Waltman signed a WWE Legends contract (a long-term contract which gives WWE merchandising rights to a wrestler's name and likeness, requires occasional appearances and prevents them from working for competing major promotions, but allows for independent appearances).[119]
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Waltman, under his real name, returned to Chikara on March 8, 2013, losing toHallowicked.[114] On March 23, in a four-way match atJerry Lynn's retirement show inMinneapolis, X-Pac tore hisanus by performing his signatureBronco Buster onto the exposedturnbuckle. Afterward, he went back to his hotel room, where he discovered a lot of blood coming out of his clothes and went to the hospital.[120] He underwent asphincteroplasty and was released the following morning.[121] On November 9, X-Pac andLance Storm lost toTommy Dreamer andTerry Funk in the main event of House of Hardcore 3.[122] On June 14, 2014, X-Pac and Rikishi defeated Gangrel and Matt Striker at House of Hardcore 6.[123] In September, Waltman returned to Chikara to do commentary during the first round of the2014 King of Trios.[124]
On the January 19, 2015 episode ofRaw,Damien Mizdow appeared with Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels,Scott Hall and Triple H dressed as X-Pac, only for X-Pac to confront him, untilThe Miz interrupted them to tell them that Mizdow was only his stunt double, and that the party was over. He appeared again with Hall and Nash, being interrupted byThe Ascension, who were attempting to attack them, only to be joined byThe APA andThe New Age Outlaws in fending them off.[125] AtWrestleMania 31 on March 29, X-Pac along with the New Age Outlaws and Michaels helped Triple H win his match against Sting.[126]
In July 2016, X-Pac reunited with Billy Gunn in Scotland for Pro Wrestling Elite (PWE)'s fifth anniversary weekend.[127] On September 4, Waltman made a surprise return to Chikara, again representing DX alongside Gunn in a tag team gauntlet match. The two entered the match as the final team and scored the win over Prakash Sabar and The Proletariat Boar of Moldova.[128] In January 2018, Waltman returned atWWE Raw 25 Years and reunited with DX and Scott Hall.[129]
In2019, Waltman, as X-Pac was inducted into theWWE Hall of Fame as a member ofD-Generation X alongside Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn and the lateChyna.[130] DuringWrestleMania 35 weekend in April 2019, X-Pac,Hurricane Helms andJushin Thunder Liger won a six-man tag team match against Revolt! (Caleb Konley, Jake Manning, and Zane Riley) at the WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow.[131] Later in July, he claimed that the match would be his last and that he was retired.[131] On December 9, it was announced that Waltman, under his real name, would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame a second time as part of theclass of 2020, this time as a member of the New World Order, together with fellow former nWo stablemates Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall; this made him the first person to be inducted two years in a row, and the first to be inducted twice as part of teams or groups.[132]
Waltman came out of retirement on February 25, 2022, debuting inGame Changer Wrestling (GCW) at Welcome to Heartbreak as the tag team partner ofJoey Janela, defeating theMajor Players (Matt Cardona andBrian Myers).[133] On March 31, atJoey Janela's Spring Break 6, Waltman lost to Janela.[134]
In 2004, Waltman co-starred with then-girlfriendChyna in the now-infamous amateur adult film1 Night in China.[135] On September 1, 2016, Waltman began hosting the weeklypodcastX-Pac 1, 2, 360.[136]
Waltman has been a playable character in video games includingWWF Raw,WCW vs. nWo: World Tour,WCW Nitro,WWF Attitude,WWF Smackdown!,WWF WrestleMania 2000,WWF No Mercy,WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role,WWF With Authority!,WWF Road to WrestleMania,WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth,WWF Raw,WWE '13, downloadable content inWWE 2K14 as Syxx-Pac,WWE 2K16,WWE 2K20,WWE 2K22,WWE 2K23,WWE 2K24 andWWE 2K25.
In the mid-2000s, Waltman was in a relationship withJoanie Laurer, who competed as Chyna in the WWF.[12] They were engaged on November 1, 2002, but eventually split up.[137][138] In March 2005, Waltman appeared on theVH1 reality showThe Surreal Life, in which he visited Laurer in an attempt to reconcile with her. After Laurer refused to reconcile, he was eventually ejected from the house by the other guests.[139]
In 2008, Waltman attempted suicide in hisMexico City apartment. He later said he was so overcome with shame and guilt after a physical altercation with his then-girlfriendAlicia Webb that he consumed a mixture of pills and alcohol and hanged himself from his apartment balcony. Webb found him hanging and was able to get him down, reviving him until an ambulance arrived.[140] Following this incident, he was placed in WWE-sponsored rehab and began his recovery.[141]
On April 30, 2017, Waltman was arrested at theLos Angeles International Airport while allegedly possessing methamphetamine.[142] On May 26, the charges were dropped after lab results determined the pills he had were not methamphetamine nor any form of narcotic.[143]
On September 24, 2018, Waltman announced the death of his ex-wife and the mother of his two children, Terry Waltman, to whom he was married from 1994 to 2002, stating she had "lost her battle with mental illness and addiction".[144] He began dating authorAngela Nissel in 2018.[145] In 2022, Waltman became a grandfather.[146]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Crossing the Bridge | High School Senior #3 | |
| 2004 | 1 Night in China | Himself | |
| 2016 | The Chris Gethard Show | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Table for 3 | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Movie Trivia Schmoedown | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Swerve | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Verotika | Counter Person | Segment: "Change of Face" |
1 –Following an injury to Nash, the nWo invoked"Wolfpac Rules" and named Syxx as co-champion
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-Pac (hair) | Jeff Jarrett (hair) | New York, New York | SummerSlam (1998) | August 30, 1998 | [34] |
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