| Scott D'Amore | |
|---|---|
 D'Amore in 2015 | |
| Birth name | Scott Francis D'Amore |
| Born | (1974-08-08)August 8, 1974 (age 50) Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Windsor |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Chip Birdy Coach D'Amore Masked Super Warrior #2 Nightmare Scott D'Amore Scott Hunter Bluto |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Billed weight | 253 lb (115 kg) |
| Billed from | Windsor,Ontario,Canada |
| Trained by | Al Snow Denny Kass Doug Chevalier Mickey Doyle WCW Power Plant |
| Debut | June 14, 1992 |
| Retired | July 15, 2023 |
Scott Francis D'Amore (born August 8, 1974) is a Canadianprofessional wrestling manager,promoter,booker and retiredprofessional wrestler, best known for his time withTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he served as thepresident and an on-screen personality.
D'Amore began training with Doug Chevalier in 1991 at the age of sixteen. He debuted on June 14, 1992, defeating Otis Apollo inAmherstburg, Ontario. In 1993 he underwent further training under "Irish" Mickey Doyle, Denny Kass andAl Snow. He went on to work forWorld Championship Wrestling and theWorld Wrestling Federation as anenhancement talent from June 1993 to early 1996. While working for WCW, he frequently trained at theWCW Power Plant.D'Amore worked for a range ofindependent promotions.In 1995 D'Amore touredGermany with the World Cup of Wrestling. In 1996 he touredJapan withWrestle Association R andEngland with the English Wrestling Federation. Later that year he formed atag team with Dave Clark as "Scott Hunter" known as "Gross Misconduct", with the duo depictingice hockey players. In 1996 he briefly traded hishockey stick for agolf club and became "Chip Birdy", agolfer.
D'Amore began working as abooker and producer for promotions throughout Canada.
D'Amore foundedBorder City Wrestling in 1993 along with Doug Chevalier and Chuck Fader. He beganbooking in 1994 when Chevalier left the area, and took over the promotion of the company when Fader resigned in 2000, leaving D'Amore as the sole owner.
In February 2000, D'Amore formed astable known asThe Syndicate when he allied himself withRhyno to defeatD'Lo Brown. The Syndicate eventually expanded to include "Arrogant" Otis Apollo,Johnny Swinger, Fantasy andDon Callis.
BCW ceased operations for several months in late 2000, before coming back in 2001. The first show of 2001 was held on March 7, and featured formerExtreme Championship Wrestling talent includingTommy Dreamer, Johnny Swinger,Mikey Whipwreck,Sabu, Don "Cyrus" Callis andNova (D'Amore had a tryout match with ECW in 1998, and befriended many ECW employees). All the aforementioned held titles in BCW.
In addition to promoting and wrestling, D'Amore operates the Can-AmWrestling School and trained dozens of wrestlers. He laterturnedface and began a heatedfeud with one of his students,A-1, in January 2005 after A-1 interrupted aHall of Fame ceremony.
After being mostly inactive from 2005 to 2007, D'Amore started running events again regularly under the Border City Wrestling banner in 2008. During that time BCW was still in operation, with less of a presence from D'Amore.
BCW took a hiatus in 2010-2011 but returned with small shows in 2012. D'Amore then turned heel again by betraying one of his students of the CAN-AM Wrestling School and BCW Champion, Phil Atlas. At this time,The Syndicate re-emerged with a new group featuringJon Bolen,Tyson Dux,Moose, and eventuallyKongo Kong.
BCW still runs shows in Windsor and Michigan and is partnered withImpact Wrestling. D'Amore very occasionally wrestles for the promotion, but is often seen in a managers role forThe Syndicate.
D'Amore began working withTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling, TNA, as aroad agent in 2003, and brought inChris Sabin, one of his former pupils. In 2004, D'Amore took an onscreen role as the coach ofTeam Canada. The propensity of the TNA character of "Coach D'Amore" to interfere on Team Canada's behalf led to commentatorMike Tenay often referring to him as a "big fat load" and "Canadian bacon". D'Amore led Team Canada to numerous victories, feuding withJerry Lynn,Dusty Rhodes andDustin Rhodes. He also began working backstage as a creative team member andtrainer, operating the TNA Academy along withTerry Taylor.
On December 12, 2004, D'Amore organised a benefit show for Sabu, who was incapacitated with a serious back injury. "A Night of Appreciation for Sabu" was held inBelleville, Michigan and featured wrestlers from TNA, BCW and ECW.
In May 2005, D'Amore was appointed head of the TNA booking team.[citation needed] As a result of his increased offscreen workload, D'Amore opted to reduce his onscreen appearances. To explain his absence, D'Amore was attacked byLance Hoyt at theSlammiversary PPV. Hoyt choke-slammed D'Amore and then hit him with a moonsault. D'Amore was taken on a stretcher as Team Canada spent weeks afterward talking about him being in the hospital. He came back as an on-screen force, however, when he used his BCW promotion in a plot to getJeff Jarrett back theNWA World Heavyweight Championship. After that, he andTeam Canada became fixtures in thePlanet Jarrett stable.
On November 13 atGenesis, D'Amore tried to get the premieringChristian Cage, a longtime friend, to join Team Canada, and gave him a T-shirt to signify membership. At the end of the night, when Team Canada came out to help Jeff Jarrett beat downTeam 3D, Christian came down. Under his Captain Charisma jacket, he was wearing the Team Canada shirt. After hugging D'Amore, however, he gave him theUnprettier and helped Team 3D put Jarrett through a table, doublecrossing his former friend.
An all-or-nothing 8-man tag team match happened on the July 13 edition with them going againstRhino,Team 3D, andJay Lethal, with a stipulation that the disbanding order would be null and void if Team Canada won; Jay Lethal pinned A-1, ending Team Canada's run as a group in TNA. Afterwards atVictory Road, D'Amore would say goodbye to the team once and for all, saying his farewells to all 4 members while blaming Young saying it was his fault they were disbanded. D'Amore had not been seen onImpact! until two years later on June 19, 2008, billed simply as a TNA Road Agent discussingGail Kim. D'Amore then appeared on the July 17 episode ofImpact!, only to get whipped byJames Storm andRobert Roode. In July 2008 D'Amore's contract with TNA expired and he left to work in Border City Wrestling. However, in August 2009 D'Amore was hired back to TNA as the primary road agent for theKnockouts division. D'Amore left TNA on February 3, 2010, just as it was announced that BCW would be merging withBSE Pro to form Maximum Pro Wrestling.[1]
In 2014, D'Amore became the Vice President of International Relations[2] with Jeff Jarrett's newGlobal Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion. On August 10, D'Amore and Jarrett made an appearance forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), taking part in a ceremony, where Jarrett signed a working agreement between GFW and NJPW.[3]
Following the purchase of Impact Wrestling,Anthem Sports & Entertainment appointedJeff Jarrett to run the promotion. Jeff brought back many former members of the TNA backstage personnel, includingDutch Mantel,Bruce Prichard and Scott D'Amore. Jarrett appointed D'Amore with the position he had been working inGlobal Force Wrestling: Vice President of International Relations. After Impact Wrestling terminated its relationship with Jarrett, D'Amore took on the role as Head of Creative with Impact. On December 5, D'Amore andDon Callis were announced as Impact Wrestling's new executive vice presidents.[4] From May 2021, D'Amore held this role alone after Callis left his position. On the January 5, 2023 episode of Impact Wrestling, Bully Ray powerbombed D' Amore through a table, injuring him. On January 13, 2023, at the Hard to Kill PPV, Santino Marella became the Director of Authority replacing D' Amore.[5] On March 13, 2023, D'Amore was promoted to President of Impact Wrestling.[6]
On February 7, 2024, Anthem Sports & Entertainment announced that D'Amore's contract wasterminated.[7] D'Amore was thus fired from his position as President of TNA and was replaced by Anthony Cicione.[8] Following his release, D'Amore received praise by wrestlers he worked with includingMoose,Josh Alexander, andJordynne Grace.
On August 8, D’Amore announced a relaunch of theMaple Leaf Wrestling brand dubbedMaple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP). Its inaugural two-night event, "Forged in Excellence", is scheduled for October 19 and 20 atSt. Clair College inWindsor, Ontario, and will stream live onTriller TV.[9] The promotion has plans to upload archival footage of Maple Leaf Wrestling on its newYouTube and social media platforms.[10]
D'Amore is ofItalian descent. He holds adegree incommunication studies from theUniversity of Windsor, where he played football for theLancers.[11] He has owned various bars and restaurants inWindsor, Ontario and his family owns D'Amore Construction, also based in Windsor.[citation needed]
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