Joker (wrestler)
Joker | |
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Birth name | William Posada |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | October 10, 1983
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Colt Cabunny[1] Insayashi Joker |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Billed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Billed from | Chicago, Illinois (as Colt Cabunny)[1] |
Trained by | Jon Dahmer Mike Quackenbush |
Debut | 2000 |
William Posada (born October 10, 1983) is an American independent professional wrestler best known under the ring name Joker. He worked for the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion, IWA Mid-South, Chikara and UWA Hardcore Wrestling.
Career
Dangerously Intense Wrestling (2000–2002)
Joker started his wrestling career in Dangerously Intense Wrestling where he was formally trained by Jay Tee Wilcoxson who helped him develop his unique and intense wrestling style. Joker went on to team with Sabian and Karnage to form The Dark Karnavil. They held the DIW Tag Team Champions and were one of the most intense wrestling groups in the Philadelphia wrestling community.
Combat Zone Wrestling (2002–2012, 2014)
Joker began his CZW wrestling career in
Joker returned to
Upon joining Pro Wrestling Unplugged, Joker formed a successful tag team with Ricky Reyes. Their union came about during The Pitbull/Public Enemy Tag Team Tournament which Ricky Reyes entered with partner Homicide, who form part of The Rottweilers stable in Ring of Honor. Homicide and Ricky Reyes faced Jay Briscoe and Joker (who was acting as replacement for Mark Briscoe who was injured in the first round) in the second round. Homicide and Ricky Reyes won the match when Joker turned on his partner. Joker and Ricky Reyes would later win the PWU Tag Team Championship at the PWU vs. JCW event, Cuffed & Caged on January 20, 2007.[3] The team would lose the titles two months later.
On July 14, 2007, Joker returned to CZW and won the
At CZW Night of Infamy on November 10, 2007, Joker defeated
On September 13, 2008 he wrestled during a double show held by CZW to honor Chri$ Ca$h. On the first show he, alongside Team BLKOUT, lost to Team Ca$h (B-Boy, Nate Webb, Derek Frazier and Nick Gage). On the second show, Joker teamed with Sabian to defeat B-Boy and Derek Frazier. Shortly after Joker announced that it was his final wrestling match as he was being ordered to return to active duty in the Iraq war.
On July 10, 2010, Joker returned to
It was shortly after CZW Redemption that Joker announced his retirement.
Joker returned on May 10 at CZW at Proving Ground 2014, and defeated Azrieal via the Shining Wizard.
Championships and accomplishments
- Combat Zone Wrestling
- CZW Iron Man Championship (1 time)[8]
- Sabian (2)[7]
- Best of the Best 7[9]
- Dangerously Intense Wrestling
- DIW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sabian and Karnage
- Independent Championship Wrestling
- ICW Pure X Championship (1 time)
- Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
- Pro Wrestling Unplugged
- PWU Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ricky Reyes
- UWA Hardcore Wrestling
- UWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sabian
- World Xtreme Wrestling
References
- ^ a b CHIKARA Tag World Grand Prix 2006 Night 1. Smart Mark Video.
- ^ Blackout Interview[usurped]
- ^ PWU Cuffed & Caged Results
- ^ "CZW Roster Page". Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ "CZW Night of Infamy results" (in German). CageMatch.de. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- ^ "CZW New Year's Resolutions results" (in German). CageMatch.de. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ a b "CZW Proving Grounds 2011 Results". Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved on 05.16.2011.
- ^ CZW Title History Archived 2009-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vetter, Chris (2007-09-11). "DVD Review: CZW "Best of the Best 7" (7-14-07) w/ Ruckus, Human Tornado, Joker, Thomasellis, B-Boy". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 2010-03-27.