The Barbarian (wrestler): Difference between revisions

In March 2004, The Barbarian won the NWA Virginia Heavyweight Championship, and feuded with [[David Flair]] for the title, until he was ruled ineligible to compete due to a lack of a valid [[Virginia]] wrestling license. In 2005, The Barbarian again teamed with The Warlord in Gladiator Championship Wrestling, and renewed his feud with [[Road Warrior Animal]]. In 2007, at the Annual Championship Wrestling/IRW Fun Fest Slam in [[Kingsport, Tennessee]], The Barbarian wrestled 'Big' Steve Fury, the CW Heavyweight Champion, in front of 1,100 people. He also made an appearance in [[IWA Mid South]], at the April Bloodshowers 2007 event, where he wrestled [[Jimmy Jacobs]]. In 2008, The Barbarian teamed with Demolition Ax (Bill Eadie), and managed by [[Ted DiBiase]], in Seagrove North Carolina, defeating Cowboy Willie Watts and Leroy Greene. In 2009, The Barbarian teamed with the Iron Chief in the Ivan Koloff's tag team tournament in the Allied Independent Wrestling Federation (AIWF). In August 2012, [[Chikara (professional wrestling)|Chikara]] announced that The Barbarian would be making his debut for the promotion in the following month's [[King of Trios#2012|2012 King of Trios tournament]], where he will reunite with The Warlord and Meng as '''The Faces of Pain''' in reference to their previous team names [[Faces of Fear]] and [[Powers of Pain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chikarapro.com/sept-14-2012.php|title=Chikara}}</ref> On September 14, the team was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Team [[Ring of Honor|ROH]] ([[Mike Bennett (wrestler)|Mike Bennett]], [[The Young Bucks|Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson]]).<ref name=ChikaraResults>{{cite web|url=http://www.chikarapro.com/results.php|title=Past results|work=[[Chikara (professional wrestling)|Chikara]]|accessdate=2012-09-14|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624172045/http://www.chikarapro.com/results.php|archivedate=2013-06-24|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1347717623|title=9/14 Chikara "King of Trios: Night 1" Results: Easton, PA|last=Namako|first=Jason|date=2012-09-15|accessdate=2012-09-15|work=WrestleView}}</ref> Two days later, on the final day of the tournament, The Barbarian and The Warlord took part in a tag team [[Professional wrestling match types#Gauntlet match|gauntlet match]], from which they eliminated their old WWF rivals, Demolition, before being eliminated themselves by [[Sean Waltman|1-2-3 Kid]] and [[Marty Jannetty]].<ref name=ChikaraResults/>