Sean Waltman
Shawn Michael Waltman ( born July 13, 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota ) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name X -Pac.
Waltman was mainly in the organizations World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under contract.
He currently works for the American Wrestling promotion based in Ireland Rampage and is used in some cases in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, the Waltman performs well in their current roster.
Career
Waltman debuted in 1992 in Independent leagues, where he had fast success. He was Light- Heavyweight title holder of the leagues Pro Wrestling America and the Global Wrestling Federation, Pro Wrestling in America twice tag team title holder with his partner Jerry Lynn.
World Wrestling Federation I
1993 signed him the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Waltman was introduced in the WWF shows as jobbers, who lost permanently. He was sold as an underdog, who surprisingly became a star by winning twice on the established WWF Heel Razor Ramon. Waltman now got the gimmick of the 1-2-3 Kid and joined now also as a tag team wrestler. Twice he was for a short time WWF tag team win the belt.
World Championship Wrestling
In 1996, Waltman together with his friends Scott Hall and Kevin Nash to World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) where he as this occurred in the Stable nWo. Waltman, now under the ring name Syxx antretend, denied in the WCW title match more, but could only once by Dean Malenko WCW Cruiserweight take over the title. In October 1997, Waltman was while he was recovering from a neck injury, dismissed by WCW President Eric Bischoff.
World Wrestling Federation II
In March 1998, Waltman appeared with the ring name X -Pac back in the WWF. There he became a member of the Stables D- Generation X, which played an important role in the struggle of competing promotions WWF and WCW to the audience share and the market leader in the wrestling business. Waltmans return to the WWF was sold by this as the turning point of a development in the more stars the WWF had left in the direction of the supposedly financially stronger WCW. In addition to the D- Generation X storyline X -Pac had a long debate over the WWF European Championship belt with the wrestler D' Lo Brown, in which the title changed partially week until Waltman was allowed to hold him at least for five months in a row. During the decay of the D- Generation X you wrote Waltman a storyline in which he feuded with former members of the Stables, this storyline had to be dropped, however, after Waltman turned out with a neck injury for months due to a botched powerbomb by Chris Jericho.
After his return Waltman received no major storyline more. He won at this time the WWF Light Heavyweight and WCW Cruiserwight title and was the first wrestler, who held the title at the same time what had happened only through the purchase of WCW by the competition possible. 2002 Waltman was entlassuen from the WWE after he refused to lose to Booker T, which was built by the promotion to the Main Eventer; Moreover, he had collapsed from " unknown reasons " at an airport.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Independent
Waltman joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where to November 2002, he was active but only from September. Although Waltman received in the promotion in October for two weeks the TNA X Division Championship, TNA but soon left after the promotion had committed the Booker Vince Russo, against the Waltman since his time in the WWE, had an aversion. After a brief involvement in the wrestling promotions Xtreme Pro Wrestling, which ceased operation in April 2003, and the departure of Russo in TNA, Waltman returned to TNA back in February 2005. He was there until January 2006 under contract and appeared regularly in the pay- per-views of the doctorate, but received except a memory tournament for Chris Candido no titles.
Following Waltman worked for the wrestling show Wrestling Society X, which was produced for the music channel MTV. The show was canceled due to poor ratings after ten shipments.
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
In June 2007, Waltman began an engagement with the Mexican Asistencia Asesoría y Administración as X-Pack.
American Wrestling Rampage / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Waltman is currently based in Ireland in the American Wrestling Rampage promotion under contract in November 2009 and took part in their European tour. He was also seen as an active wrestler in some German cities. Through his participation in the Australian tour Hulk Hogan in December of the same year 2010, Waltman came to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, as these Hogan promised to give all participants of his Australian tour and performance opportunities for TNA. So Waltman is also performed in the current roster of the league.
Achievements
- Global Wrestling Federation
- 2x GWF Junior Heavyweight Champion
- Mid -Eastern Wrestling Federation
- National Wrestling Alliance Pro Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling America
- 2x PWA Light Heavyweight Champion
- 1x PWA Iron Horse Television Champion
- 1x PWA Tag Team Champion ( with Jerry Lynn )
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- World Championship Wrestling
- 2x WCW Cruiserweight Champion
- World Wrestling Federation
- 2x WWF European Champion
- 2x WWF Light Heavyweight Champion
- 4x WWF World Tag Team Champion (1x with Marty Jannetty, Bob Holly with 1x, 2x with Kane )
- Xtreme Pro Wrestling