Arik Cannon

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Arik Cannon
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Cannon in April 2010.
Born (1981-12-23) December 23, 1981 (age 39)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Arik Cannon[1]
Bryan Kendrick
Billed height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1][2]
Billed weight210 lb (95 kg)[1]
Trained byMidwest Pro Wrestling
Eddie Sharkey
Sheik Adanan Al-Kaisey
Mike Quackenbush
Skayde
Chris Hero

Arik Cannon (born December 23, 1981) is an American professional wrestler known for competing in companies such as Chikara, Dragon Gate USA, IWA Mid-South, All American Wrestling and Wrestling Society X. Cannon also runs the Minneapolis-based wrestling promotion F1RST Wrestling,[3] and is also the only wrestler officially sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon.[4]

Professional wrestling career[]

IWA Mid-South (2002–2004)[]

Arik Cannon was trained at Midwest Pro Wrestling and is known for wrestling in IWA Mid-South. There, he became the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion by defeating Petey Williams in the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament. He defended it against Roderick Strong and Austin Aries, but was forced to give it up due to injury in 2004.

Chikara (2005–2006)[]

Cannon in May 2009

He returned to wrestling in 2005 and entered Chikara's Tag World Grand Prix 2005 with partner Claudio Castagnoli and made it to the finals to face Superfriends, Chris Hero and Mike Quackenbush. That night, Hero turned on Quackenbush and joined Cannon and Castagnoli, leading Cannon and Castagnoli to win the Tag World Grand Prix. The three began calling themselves The Kings of Wrestling. The began feuding with Quackenbush, but Cannon left the group in 2005. Cannon competed in the Tag World Grand Prix 2006 with Jigsaw as his partner, but lost in the second round. During June 2006, Arik Cannon wrestled in Chikara's fourth annual Young Lions Cup tournament. In the final round, he defeated Cheech to win the tournament. At Chikara's Cibernetico Forever event in October 2006, however, Max Boyer managed to beat him for the Cup.

Wrestling Society X (2006–2007)[]

In November 2006, Arik Cannon partook in the Wrestling Society X promotion's first season of television tapings, which later aired on MTV.

Dragon Gate (2007–2008)[]

In October 2007, Cannon went to Japan for a tour with Dragon Gate and was brought into the Muscle Outlawz faction by Naruki Doi along with fellow gaijins Kevin Steen and Jimmy Rave.

Dragon Gate USA (2009–2015)[]

On September 6, 2009, Cannon made his debut for Dragon Gate USA at the tapings of the promotion's second pay-per-view titled Untouchable. He would wrestle in an eight-way dark match, which was won by Johnny Gargano.[5] After making several appearances for the promotion in 2010, Cannon was entered into the Breakout Challenge tournament on April 1, 2011. After defeating AR Fox, Facade and Shiima Xion in his first round match, Cannon defeated Jimmy Rave in the finals to win the tournament.[6] Two days later at , Cannon and Sami Callihan wrestled in a six–way match, before deciding to walk out on the match. Later in the event, Cannon and Callihan announced they would be forming a tag team named the D.U.F. (Dirty Ugly Fucks) and defeated the Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis and Kory Chavis) in their first match together.[7][8] On June 5 at Enter The Dragon 2011, Cannon and Callihan were joined by , before picking up a major win over the tag team of Open the Dream Gate Champion Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Yokosuka.[9]

F1RST Wrestling (2007–present)[]

In 2007, Cannon founded the Minneapolis-based promotion F1RST Wrestling, which hosts its flagship "Wrestlepalooza" events at Minneapolis' First Avenue nightclub.[10] In more recent years, the promotion has expanded to host events at an eclectic assortment of locations throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area, including the James Ballentine VFW [11] and Temple of Aaron Synagogue.[12] Several performers from F1RST Wrestling have found later success in larger promotions, such as Seth Rollins, the Top Flight tag team of brothers Darius Martin and Dante Martin, and Ariya Daivari.[13]

WWE (2017)[]

In 2017, Cannon appeared on the March 7 episode of 205 Live. He was introduced by Brian Kendrick as Bryan Kendrick and lost to Akira Tozawa.

Personal life[]

Cannon was an assistant coach at The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling, a training facility led by WWE alumni Shawn Daivari and Ken Anderson.[14]

Championships and accomplishments[]

  • 3X Wrestling
    • 3XW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[15]
    • 3XW Pure Wrestling Championship (1 time)
  • All American Wrestling
  • Chikara
  • Dragon Gate USA
    • Breakout Challenge (2011)[6]
  • Dreamwave Wrestling
    • Dreamwave Alternative Championship (1 time)
    • Dreamwave Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Darin Corbin
  • F1RST Wrestling
    • WrestlePalooza Championship (1 time)[16]
  • Fully Loaded Wrestling
    • FLW Cup (2017)
  • Heavy on Wrestling
    • HOW Undisputed Championship (1 time, current)
  • Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
  • Midwest Pro Wrestling
    • MPW Cruiserweight Championship (3 times)
    • MPW Universal Championship (1 time)[15]
    • MPW Universal Championship Tournament (2004)
  • Northern Impact Wrestling
    • NIW Impact Championship (1 time)[15]
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • PWI ranked him #200 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011[18]
  • Pro Wrestling Phoenix
    • PWP Heavyweight Championship (1 time[19]
  • Steel Domain Wrestling
    • SDW Tag Team Championships (1 time) - with AJ LaRock

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "WSX bio". MTV. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
  2. ^ "Arik Cannon profile". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  3. ^ http://www.citypages.com/music/arik-cannon-on-combining-punk-and-wrestling-at-first-avenue-6650013
  4. ^ https://www.hometownsource.com/forest_lake_times/free/forest-lake-grad-to-be-featured-in-pro-wrestling-event/article_c16f7b98-8e8c-5145-a7aa-70baada3586a.html
  5. ^ Radican, Sean (2009-12-17). "Ongoing DGUSA "Open The Untouchable Gate" PPV Taping Results (Jacobs debuts)". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  6. ^ a b McNeill, Charles (2011-04-04). "4/1 DGUSA in Burlington, N.C.: Live report on CIMA vs. Gargano standout match, PAC & Ricochet vs. Taylor & Tozawa, Helms, Fairplay, Rave". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  7. ^ Tylwalk, Nick (2011-04-05). "Austin Aries pulls a swerve at Dragon Gate USA's Open the Ultimate Gate 2011". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  8. ^ "News alerts". Dragon Gate USA. Archived from the original on 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  9. ^ Devries, Eric (2011-06-03). "6/5 DGUSA in New York City: Live perspective on Internet PPV event with technical issues – DGUSA Title match, six-man tag, Fray!". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  10. ^ https://first-avenue.com/performer/f1rst-wrestling
  11. ^ http://www.fultonbeer.com/content/f1rst-wrestling-live-uptown-vfw-1#
  12. ^ https://www.discusspw.com/event/hanukkah-havok/
  13. ^ https://bringmethenews.com/news/people-cant-get-enough-of-wrestlepalooza-at-first-avenue
  14. ^ "Staff". The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling.
  15. ^ a b c d e "Chikara Fans profile". Chikara Fans. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  16. ^ "1/15 WrestlePalooza in Minneapolis at First Avenue: Ariya Daivari vs. Ari Daivari, Chuck Taylor vs. Cabana vs. Joey Ryan vs. Kikutaro, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  17. ^ "Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South Heavyweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  18. ^ ""PWI 500": 101–200". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  19. ^ "PWP Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved 2016-01-29.

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