Jerry Tuite

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Jerry Tuite
Birth nameMichael Jerome Tuite
Born(1966-12-27)December 27, 1966[1]
Ocean Grove, New Jersey, U.S.[2]
DiedDecember 6, 2003(2003-12-06) (aged 36)[3][4]
Tokyo, Japan[3]
Cause of deathMyocardial infarction
Spouse(s)Julia Scheel was engaged to be married at time of death.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Big John[1]
Gigantes[1]
Hell Raiser[1]
Sgt. A.W.O.L.[1][3]
Malice[1][3][4]
Sgt. A-Wall[2]
Snuff[1]
The Wall[1][3][4]
Billed height6 ft 8 in (203 cm)[1]
Billed weight320 lb (145 kg)[1]
Trained byMike Sharpe[4]
Bam Bam Bigelow[1]
Debut1994[2]
RetiredDecember 6, 2003

Michael Jerome Tuite[3][4][5] (December 27, 1966 – December 6, 2003) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1999 to 2001 under the ring names The Wall and Sgt. A.W.O.L., as well as his appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2002 and 2003 as Malice.[3][4]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1994–1999)

Born in the

NWA Wrestling
, facing JR Ryder, in a losing effort. Tuite finished up on the independent circuit on December 12, 1998, at the Diamond Dallas Page Benefit Show, defeating JL Superstar.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1997-1998)

On July 12, 1997, Hellraiser made his ECW Debut facing

Little Guido and Big Guido
).

World Championship Wrestling

The Wall (1999–2000)

Tuite debuted in World Championship Wrestling in 1999 as a bodyguard for Berlyn, then later moved to the singles division.[3] The Wall and Berlyn had a feud with Vampiro and Jerry Only of the Misfits.[6] The feud led to WCW Mayhem where Berlyn and Vampiro fought in a chain match, which Berlyn lost after The Wall walked out.[7]

The Wall vanished for a while until returning to Souled Out where he defeated Billy Kidman in a cage match.[6] For a while The Wall had an ongoing feud with Kidman and Vampiro. The Wall took on The Demon at SuperBrawl where The Wall beat The Demon.[8] The Wall then feuded with Bam Bam Bigelow, who was angry after The Wall developed a sadistic streak and attacked younger wrestlers, including David Flair and Crowbar.[6] This led to Uncensored where Wall and Bigelow fought in a match where The Wall put Bigelow through a table.[9] Crowbar and Flair tried to get revenge on The Wall, but he gave Crowbar a chokeslam off a 20-foot-high platform, sending Crowbar through the stage.[9]

In April 2000,

WCW United States Championship tournament, and at Spring Stampede he faced Scott Steiner. He lost, however, when he accidentally chokeslamed a referee through a table and another referee came and disqualified The Wall.[10] He entered into a short feud with Shane Douglas that led to a tables match between them at The Great American Bash, which Douglas won.[11]

Misfits in Action (2000–2001)

Main article: Misfits in Action

The Wall then disappeared again for a while until returning with a new look. Joining the stable

The Natural Born Thrillers and Team Canada.[3]

At the start of 2001 The MIA had issues involving Gen. Rection and Lt. Loco, and they led the group to break up. Then Sgt. A.W.O.L. went back to his old character The Wall. The Wall and Hugh Morrus then had a short feud which led into SuperBrawl Revenge where Morrus defeated The Wall.[12] After the feud with Morrus, The Wall appeared sporadically in WCW, and wasn't involved in the final episode of Nitro.

World Wrestling Federation (2001)

After WCW was bought out by

World Wrestling Federation in March 2001. He was later given his release so he could deal with personal issues.[4]

Independent Circuit (2001–2003)

After being released from the WWF, Tuite would reprise his role as The Wall on the independent circuit. On July 12, 2001, The Wall returned at NWA New Jersey defeating Simon Diamond to win the NWA New Jersey Hardcore Championship. Then on August 9, 2001, The Wall faced

Gangrel. The next day, The Wall appeared on WWF Jakked/Metal, in a dark match facing D-Von Dudley
, in a losing effort. On May 17, 2002, The Wall defeated Harley Lewis in a TLC match for the PCW Championship. The next day at NWA Jersey, The Wall lost a triple threat match against Danny Doring and JL Superstar, for the NWA Championship. On June 8, 2002, at USPW at the Big Dick Dudley Memorial, The Wall Defeated Norman Smiley. On June 15, 2002, at MLW, The Wall faced Taiyo Kea in a losing effort. On August 17, 2002, at USA Pro, The Wall defeated Chris Chetti. On October 5, 2002, at XPW Show (wrestling as SNUFF) he was defeated by Chris Chetti. On November 3, 2002, The Wall defeated Devon Storm in an Anything Goes match to retain the PCW Championship. On November 9, 2002, at NEW Malice defeated Tiger Khan, the next day Malice defeated Norman Smiley, Kevin Northcutt and Joe Kane to win the AWW Championship. On November 16, 2002, at Xtreme Pro Wrestling, Malice defeated Chris Hamrick. On November 22, 2002, at USPW 8th Anniversary Show, The Wall defeated Devon Storm. On December 21, 2002, at All Access Wrestling, Malice defeated Jim Duggan. The next week at National Wrestling Superstars, Malice faced Simon Diamond in a losing effort. On January 17, 2003, at Xtreme Pro Wrestling, Malice faced Super Crazy in a losing effort. The next day, Malice defeated Devon Storm. Then on his final match on the independent circuit on April 19, 2003, Malice faced AJ Styles at All Access Wrestling, in a No Disqualification match for the AWW Heavyweight Title, in a losing effort.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2003)

In 2002, Tuite began wrestling in

James Mitchell's Disciples of the New Church and on numerous occasions nearly won the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship. His last TNA appearance was on November 20, 2002, when he beat Kory Williams.[3]
He came back on March 19, 2003, to help Slash and Brian Lee to combat Triple X in an even 3 on 3 battle. However, Slash and Lee were disqualified.

Tuite began wrestling on the independent circuit after leaving TNA, appearing for promotions such as XPW as Snuff, and also held the NWA New Jersey Hardcore Championship.[3][13] He also won the AAW Heavyweight Championship Tournament in November 2002.[6]

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2003)

In February 2003, Tuite wrestled for

Justin Credible to defeat Nobutaka Araya, Tomoaki Honma and Kazushi Miyamoto in Tokyo.[3][4]

Death

On December 6, 2003, Tuite was found unconscious in his hotel room by

NOSAWA and La Parka.[3][4] He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.[4] The cause of death was later identified as a heart attack by the medical examiner assigned to the case.[citation needed] There is no physical, toxicological or other evidence that illicit substances were an immediate or remote cause of death.[citation needed
]

Championships and accomplishments

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Jerry Tuite". Cagematch.net. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mooneyham, Mike (2003-12-14). "Jerry "The Wall" Tuite Dies In Japan". The Wrestling Gospel According to Mike Mooneyham. Archived from the original on 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  5. ^ "Obituaries". News Transcript. 2003-12-24. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "The Wall". Accelerator Wrestling Rollercoaster. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  7. ^ Powell, John (1999-11-22). "Hart executes sixth world title reign". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved 2009-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ Powell, John (2000). "Super Brawl equals Super Bore". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved 2009-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ a b Powell, John (2000-03-20). "Uncensored elevates WCW". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved 2009-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ Powell, John. "2000-04-17". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved 2009-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Great American Bash 2000". Online World of Wrestling. 2000-06-11. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  12. ^ Powell, John (2001-02-19). "Main event mess hurts SuperBrawl". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2009-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ a b "NWA Jersey Hardcore Title". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  14. ^ AJPW Excite Series 2003 - Tag 7 Cagematch.net retrieved May 1, 2019
  15. ^ Champion Carnival 2003 Purolove.com retrieved May 1, 2019
  16. ^ AJPW Super Power Series 2003 - Tag 8 Cagematch.net retrieved May 1, 2019
  17. ^ AJPW Summer Action Series - Tag 9 Cagematch.net retrieved May 1, 2019
  18. ^ Summer Action Series II 2003 - Tag 13 Cagematch.net retrieved May 1, 2019
  19. ^ Real World Tag League 2003 Purolove.com retrieved May 1, 2019
  20. ^ Malice Cagematch.net retrieved May 1, 2019
  21. ^ "CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.

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