| Billy Suede | |
|---|---|
| Born | East Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Billy Suede |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 167 lb (76 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | East Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Trained by | Storm Wrestling Academy |
| Debut | February 24, 2007 |
Billy Suede is aprofessional wrestler based out of Western Canada. He is best known for working forNWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, but has competed forindependentpromotions in Canada and the United States, as well as in the Philippines.
Suede is one of a few wrestlers who came to ECCW after training in Alberta withLance Storm.
Suede made his professional debut on February 24, 2007 with PZW, losing to JR Trinidad inMedicine Hat, Alberta. He appeared on a few more shows before returning to BC.[2]
Billy Suede debuted forNWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling on April 21, 2007 inPort Coquitlam in a loss toKyle O'Reilly. A few weeks later, Suede teamed with O'Reilly to defeatBryan Danielson and Sid Sylum for his first victory in wrestling.[3]A month after winning the Pacific Cup, on July 5, 2008 Suede won theNWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship from O'Reilly.[3] On October 3, 2009, Suede defeatedMemphis to win theNWA/ECCW Heavyweight Championship for the first time.[4]
Even as a champion already, Suede teamed with Kenny Lush in a tournament to decide new ECCW Tag Team Champions. The tournament stretched out over multiple shows, with Suede and Lush beating Egos & Icons to win theECCW Tag Team Championship on November 7 in Vancouver.[3]
Having made an impact in the tournament since his rookie year, Suede made it to the semi-finals of the 2007 Pacific Cup before losing toTony Kozina. However, Billy would not be denied and won the tournament in 2008, beating CJ Strongheart and Danni Deeds before winning the three-way final againstEl Phantasmo and Kyle O'Reilly.[5] 2009 saw Suede lose to Rick the Weapon X in the second round, continuing his streak of winning at least the first round match in every year he has participated in the tournament. The streak continued in 2010, as Billy lost in the second round to O'Reilly.[6]
On February 26, 2017, Suede moved to the Philippines and competed in thePhilippine Wrestling Revolution.[7] He debuted against Chilly Willy who wrestled under the name Blackzilla.[7] In July 2017, he defeated defending champion Chris Panzer to win the PWR Championship.[8] Suede however lost the title back to Panzer during a triple threat match involving Ralph Imbayashi at PWR: Sugod.[9] Suede then faced fellow Canadian Zayden Trudeau atOktoberplex in a match which he dubbed theAll-Canadian Classic. The two wrestled an intense match, exchanging enzuigiris and submissions to send the crowd into a frenzy but Trudeau came up victorious in the end.[10]In September 22, 2019, Suede returned in PWR Live: Beautiful (named after his moniker) and faced Mike Madrigal in a winning effort.[11]