Delirious

Delirious

Professional wrestling career[]

Gateway Championship Wrestling (2002-2004; 2006)[]

Delirious started his career in this promotion in January 2002 and he wrestled mainly in it until January 2004; he made a short return in 2005, defeatingDingo on March 3 and was defeated by Dingo in a rematch on March 10. He challenged several times for theGCW Heavyweight Championship but never won it.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003-2005)[]

Delirious made his debut on TNA (While TNA was associated with theNational Wrestling Alliance (NWA) on theFebruary 22, 2003 episode of TNA Xplosion losing toShark Boy in a singles match. During all of his appearances in TNA Delirious worked as ajobber and didn't win any of his matches. His last match in the promotion was in a losing effort toSamoa Joe on theJune 24, 2005, episode of iMPACT!.

Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (2003-2008)[]

Delirious had his debut match in IWA Mid-South on October 23, 2003, at theRevenge Served Cold event, losing toJaimy Coxxx in a singles match. Delirious unsuccessfully challengedMatt Sydal for theIWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship twice (First in a singles match on January 31, 2004, and the second time in a 2 out of 3 falls match on March 6) before finally defeating Sydal for the title on June 26. He successfully defended the championship againstAJ Styles before losing it on August 21 after a double pin between Delirious andJimmy Jacobs in a championship match making the title vacant. A rematch to determine the champion happened on September 17 in a ladder match that Jacobs won to become the Light Heavyweight title. On November 5 in a shared event between IWA Mid-South and NWA, Delirious unsuccessfully challengedPetey Williams for theTNA X-Division Championship. On November 20 Jimmy Jacobs defeated Delirious in aFirst Blood Match for the Light Heavyweight Championship; but on December 12 Delirious defeated Jacobs in a mask vs title match to win the Light Heavyweight title for the second time in his career. The rematch between the two happened on February 4, 2005, in asteel cage match, whit Delirious winning and retaining his championship, thus ending the feud whit Jacobs. He held the title for 182 days and defended it successfully against numerous opponents (Arik Cannon,Vito andBrandon Thomaselli andCM Punk) before losing it toJosh Abercrombie on June 11; Delirious was unsuccessful in recapturing the championship in their rematch on June 1. The following day he and CM Punk wrestled in a match that ended in a 1-hour limit draw. On September 9 Delirious unsuccessfully challenged Jimmy Jacobs for theIWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship. The following day Delirious and Matt Sydal teamed up in atournament to determine the new IWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions; they defeated Arik Cannon andFrankie The Face in the semi-finals but lost toThe Iron Saints (Vito andSal Thomaselli) in the finals. On September 23 Delirious entered theTed Petty Invitational 2005 defeating Brandon Thomaselli in the first round but losing to Arik Cannon in the quarterfinals the next day. Delirious then teamed up whit Matt Sydal again to unsuccessfully challenge The Iron Saints for the Tag Team titles on two occasions (One on November 18 and the other on January 26, 2006). At this point, Delirious was not wrestling in this promotion so frequently. He entered theTed Petty Invitational 2006 on September 29, 2006, defeatingScott Lost in the first round but losing toRoderick Strong in the quarterfinals the next day. On September 7, 2007, Delirious unsuccessfully challengedChuck Taylor for the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship. Delirious last match at IWA Mid-South happened on May 5, 2008, when he andClaudio Castagnoli defeated Dingo andJaysin Strife in a tag team match.

NWA Wildside (2003-2005)[]

Delirious debuted on this promotion on June 7, 2003, losing to Matt Sydal in a singles match. Delirious unsuccessfully challenged for theNWA Wildside Junior Heavyweight Championship on July 19 in a singles match against the ChampionSeth Delay and on September 6 in a six-way elimination match that was won byRay Gordy. Delirious continued to appear on this promotion during 2004 and, in 2005, he was unsuccessful in capturing the Junior Heavyweight Title in a four-way ladder match that involved the championSlim J,Jay Fury andNick Halen. Delirious' last match at NWA Wildside happened on November 22, being on the losing side of a six-man tag team match.

Ring of Honor (2004-2021)[]

Delirious debuted at ROH on April 23, 2004, at theROH Reborn: Stage One losing to Matt Sydal in a singles match; Delirious would continue to make appearances for the promotion during 2004. On February 25, 2005, he teamed whit Jimmy Jacobs to unsuccessfully challengeBJ Whitmer andDan Maff for theROH World Tag Team Championships. Delirious continued to wrestle at ROH but was yet to pick up a singles victory; he got his first victory atROH Better Than Our Best on April 1, 2006, defeatingRicky Reyes. On April 22, at theROH The 100th Show event, Delirious won a four corner survival match, after the matchROH World ChampionBryan Danielson, who defended his championship earlier, challenged Delirious to a title match that ended in a referee stoppage. The next month, on May 13 at theRing of Homicide event, he got his rematch against Danielson for the world championship but was unsuccessful in capturing the title. On June 3 at theDestiny event, Delirious participated in a number #1 contender for the World Championship four corner survival match that also involvedJason Blade,Adam Pearce andColt Cabana, and was won by the latter. On August 4 at theTime to Man Up event, Delirious unsuccessfully challengedNigel McGuinness for theROH Pure Championship. On October 6, Delirious defeatedJimmy Rave in a singles match to qualify for theSurvival of the Fittest 2006 Fatal Five Way Elimination match, that also involvedAustin Aries, Matt Sydal andthe Briscoes (Jay andMark Briscoe); Delirious eliminated Matt Sydal at the end to win the match and earn a ROH World Title match that he used on November 3 at theHonor Reclaims Boston event against Bryan Danielson; despite Delirious' best efforts he was once again unsuccessful at defeating Danielson. On December 23 Delirious made hisFinal Battle debut teaming whit Austin Aries andRoderick Strong in a losing effort against the team ofCIMA,SHINGO and Matt Sydal in a Six Man Tag Team whit Dragon Gate Rules. During most of 2007, Delirious feuded whit Adam Pearce and his stablemates fromThe Hangmen 3; this led to many brutal matches, including a six-man tag team match where tables were legal on December 30 atFinal Battle 2007 between Pearce and his stablemates BJ Whitmer andBrent Albright and Delirious,Kevin Steen and El Generico, with Pearce's team getting the win. It was around this time that Delirious became the head trainer of the Ring of Honor Wrestling School. From August 2008 to March 2009 Delirious was a part ofThe Age of the Fall stable using aheel character; he joined it due to the fact that he couldn't get the attention ofDaizee Haze. Delirious teamed whit fellow stablemate Jimmy Jacobs very frequently, including in matches for the ROH World Tag Team Championships in two occasions (Both times against the champions Kevin Steen and El Generico, on theEscalation event andFinal Battle 2008). After Delirious left the stable he had several matches against Jacobs, including a mixed match where Delirious and Daize Haze teamed up to get the victory against the team of Jacobs andMsChif on theMay 9, 2009 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling. Delirious defeated Jacobs in a fight without honor on theJune 27, 2009 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling and was involved in the end of The Age of the Fall after Jacobs was unsuccessful in attackingTyler Black after a match and the stable was declared dead. On theMarch 15, 2010 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling Delirious was defeated byDavey Richards in a first round singles match for the tournament to determine the firstROH World Television Champion. During most of the rest of 2010 Delirious feuded whit Austin Aries and his allies fromThe All-Night ExpressRhett Titus andKenny King. On August 2010 Delirious become the headbooker of Ring of Honor. On theSeptember 20, 2010 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling he defeated Austin Aries in a steel cage match to end their feud; after this Delirious started to make fewer appearances at Ring of Honor TV due to his position as head booker for the promotion, he continued to make sporadic appearances at non televised events and shared events whit other promotions. On February 26, 2017, at thefirst night of the Honor Rising Japan 2017 tour he teamed whitJushin Thunder Liger andTiger Mask IV to unsuccessfully challengeLos Ingobernables de Japón (BUSHI,EVIL andSANADA) for theNEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championships. On March 6, atWCPW's eventExit Wounds, Delirious was defeated bySilas Young in a Ring of Honor showcase match. On August 18, atthe first night of the War Of The Worlds UK tour Delirious teamed whit Jushin Thunder Liger andMistico to unsuccessfully challengeDalton Castle and his boyzBrandon andBrent for theROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships. On December 15, atFinal Battle 2017 Delirious teamed whitCheeseburger in a losing effort againstThe Dawgs (Rhett Titus andWill Ferrara).

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2018)[]

On January 4, 2018, atWrestle Kingdom 12, Delirious was part of the New Japan Rumble match in the preshow of the PPV; he was unsuccessful in winning the match and at the endMasahito Kakihara was victorious.

Wrestling facts[]

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Cobra Stretch
  • Chemical Imbalance II
  • Shadows Over Hell
  • Panic Attack
  • Bizarro Driver
  • Neverending Story
  • Banana Phone

• Tag teams and stables
  • The Age of the Fall
  • Die Bruderschaft des Kreuzes
  • DP Associates
  • Flood
  • Incoherence withHallowicked
  • Ministry of Hate
  • Order Of The Neo Solar Temple

• Managers
  • Daizee Haze

• Wrestlers trained
  • Alexander Bird
  • Andy Ridge
  • Camera Man Gator
  • Celso Rivera
  • Chaz Wesson
  • Cheeseburger
  • Christian Merino
  • Daizee Haze
  • Ernie Osiris
  • Hania The Howling Huntress
  • Harlem Bravado
  • J-Red Pink
  • Jenny Rose
  • Kieran Kurupt
  • Lancelot Bravado
  • Mandy Leon
  • Marker Dillinger
  • Milo Shizo
  • Rob Wolf
  • Sly Stetson
  • Thomas Sharp
  • Veda Scott

• Theme music
  • "Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy" byDimmu Borgir
  • "Tearing The Veil From Grace byCradle of Filth

Championships and accomplishments[]

• CHIKARA
  • CHIKARA Campeonatos de Parejas (1 time) withHallowicked

• International Wrestling Cartel
  • IWC Super Indy Championship (2 times)

• IWA Mid-South
  • IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• NWA Midwest
  • NWA Midwest X-Division Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #88 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in thePWI 500 in 2008
  • PWI ranked him #269 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in thePWI 500 in 2013

• Ring of Honor
  • Survival of the Fittest Winner (2006)

• Other championships
  • ICW-ICWA Tex-Arkana Television Championship (5 times)

External links[]

• Profile
• Delirious profile at Wrestling Data.com
• Twitter profile