Gary Wolfe (wrestler)
Gary Wolfe | |
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![]() Wolfe making his entrance at a show in March 2013 | |
Born | Hammonton, New Jersey, U.S. | March 11, 1967
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Gary Wolf Gary Wolfe The Pitbull Pitbull #1 Pitbull Spike Wolfe Job Brute Force[1] |
Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Trained by | Larry Sharpe |
Debut | January 2, 1988 |
Gary Wolfe (born March 11, 1967) is an American
Professional wrestling career
Early career
Wolfe made his professional wrestling debut on January 2, 1988 by teaming with Johnny Hotbody to form a tag team called The Gladiators, who lost their first match to Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner.[2] Wolfe formed a tag team with Anthony Durante, who competed in World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as enhancement talents in 1989.[3] Wolfe and Durante formed a tag team called American Bulldogs, which would later be renamed The Pitbulls and Mad Bull Busters. The team competed in many promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), South Atlantic Pro Wrestling and Tri-State Wrestling Alliance (TWA). Wolfe would compete under the ring name Pitbull Spike.
Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling
The Pitbulls and Television Champion (1992–1994)
The Pitbulls debuted in
Gary Wolf returned to ECW, making his debut as a singles competitor at
The Pitbulls reunion (1994–1997)
On the June 7 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Pitbull would face Tazmaniac in a dog collar match at
Pitbulls defeated
Francine would become the manager of Pitbulls. Pitbulls began feuding with Jason's next tag team The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) after Jason confronted Francine.[24] The two teams traded wins with each other at November to Remember and December to Dismember.[25][26] At the 1996 CyberSlam event, Francine and the Pitbulls defeated Stevie Richards and Eliminators in a dog collar match. After the match, Eliminators attacked Pitbulls.[27] Pitbulls challenged Eliminators for the World Tag Team Championship at Big Ass Extreme Bash on March 8, but failed to win the titles, thus ending the feud.[28]
At
Pitbulls returned to ECW at
Independent circuit (1997–2000)
Pitbulls competed in various independent promotions after leaving ECW. Their most notable stint was with National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory NWA New Jersey, where they captured the NWA United States Tag Team Championship by defeating Lance Diamond and Steve Corino on August 22, 1998. During this time, they also made an appearance in World Wrestling Federation on the August 29 episode of Shotgun Saturday Night, losing to The Headbangers.[34] They appeared at the NWA 50th Anniversary Show, where they teamed with defending champion Stevie Richards and Dead Man Walking against Steve Corino, Lance Diamond, Doug Gilbert and Rik Ratchett in a steel cage match for the NWA National Heavyweight Championship, in which Richards lost the title to Gilbert.[35] Pitbulls lost the United States Tag Team Championship to The Misfits (Derek Domino and Harley Lewis) on November 13. They toured many promotions including Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and World Wrestling Council (WWC).
Return to ECW (2000)
Gary Wolfe returned to ECW at a
Return to independent circuit (2000–present)
Wolfe appeared regularly for Tod Gordon's Pro Wrestling Unplugged promotion as 'The Pitbull' Gary Wolfe. He also made many appearances in Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling (3PW), during his time there winning both their World Heavyweight Championship (being first to do so), and their Tag Team Championship, with Mike Kruel. Wolfe appeared at WWE's ECW One Night Stand 2005 to introduce the "ECW Remembers" video honoring "extreme" wrestlers who had died. His own partner Anthony Durante, died on September 25, 2003, from a homemade OxyContin overdose.[37]
He has appeared in Pro Wrestling Unplugged, leading a group called Team PIT featuring wrestlers, Aramis and former Women's Champion, Annie Social. after PWU was sold to Atomic Championship Wrestling (ACW) Wolfe became one of the head trainers for the
Gary Wolfe previously co-hosted a wrestling radio show on the internet called False Count Radio.
Championships and accomplishments
- Allied Powers Wrestling Federation
- APWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Pitbull #2[38]
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- Occidental Tag Team Championship (1 time)[39]
- Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling
- Grande Wrestling Alliance
- GWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Pitbull #2
- High Risk Championship Wrestling
- HRCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Pitbull #2
- Independent Pro Wrestling
- IPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Pitbull #2[41]
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version) (2 times) - with Pitbull #2
- NWA Midwest Tag Team Championship - The Sandman[42]
- Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
- 3PW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times, first champion)[43]
- 3PW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mike Kruel[44]
- 3PW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2002)[45]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
References
- ^ Hunter, Jay (August 30, 2019). "Exposed! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets – OSW Review 82" (Podcast). OSW Review. Event occurs at 12:50.
Hunter: Brute Force! Not Ed Leslie, but a dirty chested frayed affair with a mini Thunderdome cage on his head...Pitbull Gary!
Steve (V1): He is! He's Pitbull Gary!
Steve (OOC): Wow. - ^ "MACW results - January 2, 1988". Cagematch. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
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- ^ "December to Dismember 1995 results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ Kyle. "ECW Cyberslam 1996 2/16/1996". Wrestling Recaps. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Big Ass Extreme Bash results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ Arnold Furious. "ECW Heatwave 1996 7/13/1996". Wrestling Recaps. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "House Party 1997 results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Hostile City Showdown 1997 results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "ECW As Good As It Gets 1997 9/20/1997". Wrestling Recaps. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "ECW Ring Results 1997". The History of WWE. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "Shotgun Saturday Night - August 29, 1998". PWWEW.net. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "NWA 50th Anniversary Show results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ Bob Colling. "ECW on TNN 7/7/2000". Wrestling Recaps. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ Poole, Robert Jr. (2003-11-07). "Wrestling Deaths Becoming Serious Concern: What can the sport do to save itself from tragedy?". AllSports.com. Archived from the original on 2006-04-26. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ "Gary Wolfe « Wrestler-Datenbank « CAGEMATCH". Archived from the original on 2012-10-03.
- ^ "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database".
- ^ Solie's Title Histories: ECW
- ^ "Pitbulls « Tag Teams Database « CAGEMATCH". Archived from the original on 2012-10-08.
- ^ "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database".
- ^ Solie's Title Histories: 3PW - Pro Pain Pro Wrestling
- ^ Solie's Title Histories: 3PW - Pro Pain Pro Wrestling
- ^ "Pro Wrestling History".
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1996". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
External links
- The official website of Gary Wolf
- Gary Wolfe's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database