Beer City Bruiser

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Beer City Bruiser
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States[2]
Trained byTrevor Adonis
Harley Race[3]
DebutMay 2000[3]

Matthew Dearth (born July 21, 1978), is an American

professional wrestler he is best known for his time with Ring of Honor
under the ring name Beer City Bruiser.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2000-present)

On the November 1, 2004 episode of Monday Night Raw, Winchester was planted in the audience to be called into the ring by debuting Simon Dean. Winchester would go on to shove Dean before being suplexed to the ground and placed into a chicken wing hold.

Ring of Honor (2015-2021)

After a non-televised match in 2013, Winchester debuted in Ring of Honor on January 3, 2015, participating in the 2015 Top Prospect Tournament. He defeated Mikey Webb before being eliminated in the semi-finals by Will Ferrara.[4]

Soon thereafter, Winchester formed his now long-standing tag team with Silas Young.[5] Bruiser lost to Dalton Castle on September 12[6] and a week later, he and Silas Young defeated The Boys, the former 'servants' of Dalton Castle.[5]

Bruiser made his

Rowe).[8]

At ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds 2016 on May 9, BCB and Young lost to A. C. H. and Matt Sydal. On June 12, they won the 2016 Tag Wars tournament, defeating the All-Night Express and the Briscoe Brothers,[9] becoming number one contenders to the ROH Tag Team titles. On June 25, they lost to defending champions The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian).[10]

In September 2016 BCB was injured, forcing the cancellation of his ROH and independent commitments.

The Motor City Machine Guns.[13]

On March 4, 2017 at Manhattan Mayhem VI, Bruiser participated in an ROH World title number one contendership 20-man battle royal.[14] On April 1 at Supercard of Honor XI, he and Silas Young defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia.[15]

On May 10 - the second day of

TV title number one contendership match, which was won by Cheeseburger. On July 29, Bruiser lost against Jay Lethal in a no disqualification match. In 2018 Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas formed the tag team called The Bouncers after a falling out with Silas Young. On ROH television, Silas Young defeated Beer City Bruiser in a no disqualification match to end their feud.[16]

Championships and accomplishments

  • Allied Independent Wrestling Federations
  • Brew City Wrestling
    • BCW Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[1]
    • BCW Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Brandon Tatum (1) and Nick Colucci (3)[1]
    • BCW Legacy Championship (1 time)
  • ComPro
    • ComPro X Division Championship (1 time)[17]
  • Insane Championship Wrestling (USA)
    • ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[18]
    • ICW West Central Championship[1]
    • ICW Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Brandon Blaze [1]
  • National Wrestling Alliance
    • NWA Heartland States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • Ranked No. 318 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017[19]
  • Ring of Honor
  • UPW Pro Wrestling
    • UPW International Championship (1 time)[1]
  • Wisconsin Pro Wrestling/All-Star Championship Wrestling
    • ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
    • ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nick Colucci [1]
    • WPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nick Colucci [1]
    • NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
    • NWA Wisconsin Team Championship (3 times) - with Jose Guerrero (1), Nick Colucci (2)[1]
    • NWA Unleashed Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
  • World League Wrestling

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Beer City Bruiser". Online World of Wrestling.
  2. ^ a b c d Milwaukee, W. I. (January 31, 2018). "Beer City Bruiser". www.rohwrestling.com.
  3. ^ a b "Beer City Bruiser « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  4. ^ "News - ROH Wrestling". www.rohwrestling.com.
  5. ^ a b "Ring of Honor TV Tapings *Spoilers* (9/19): Takaaki Watanabe vs. Jay Lethal for the TV Title, Adam Page vs Jay Briscoe in a No Holds Barred Match and More". Wrestlezone. September 20, 2015.
  6. ^ Taigermen (September 15, 2015). "RISULTATI: ROH Reloaded Tour 11-12/09/2015 - Zona Wrestling".
  7. ^ "ROH 10/24/15 Glory by Honor XIV Results". Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "ROH Supercard of Honor X Day 2 Results – 04/02/16 – Daily Wrestling News".
  9. ^ "411MANIA". ROH Tag Wars Night Two Results 6.12.16 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  10. ^ "ROH on SBG #251 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  11. ^ "Severe Injury To The Beer City Bruiser Creates Card Changes - CWE".
  12. ^ "ROH Results: Glory By Honor XV Night 1 – Chicago, IL (10/14)". www.wrestling-news.net. October 15, 2016.
  13. ^ "ROH Glory By Honor XV - Tag 2 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  14. ^ "ROH Manhattan Mayhem VI results: The Hardys & Bully Ray appear". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results. March 5, 2017.
  15. ^ Rueter, Sean (March 31, 2017). "ROH Supercard of Honor results: Hardys vs. Bucks". Cageside Seats.
  16. ^ "ROH War of the Worlds live results: Chaos vs. Bullet Club in Dearborn". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results. May 11, 2017.
  17. ^ "ComPro Oklahoma X Division Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on March 3, 2021.
  18. ^ "ICW Heavyweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on August 11, 2016.
  19. ^ "Internet Wrestling Database - Beer City Bruiser: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ratings". www.profightdb.com.

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