Keith Walker (wrestler)
Keith Walker | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, United States | May 15, 1978
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Keith Walker Keith Samson Mike Venom |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Billed weight | 280 lb (130 kg) |
Billed from | Chicago, Illinois |
Trained by | Eric Priest |
Debut | 2003 |
Keith Walker (born May 15, 1978) is an American professional wrestler who competes in North American and international promotions including
In November 2006, he signed a
Professional wrestling career
Early life and career (2003–2005)
Born and raised in
In 2003, he began training to become a professional wrestler. His trainer Eric Priest was himself trained by independent wrestlers Danny Dominion and
World League Wrestling (2005–2006)
Walker joined
Walker also toured Japan with Pro Wrestling Noah in April. A month later, with manager Johnny Gold, he defeated Wade Chism for the WLW Heavyweight Championship in St. Joseph on May 13 although he lost it to Chism two days later. In mid-June, he teamed with Shane Hagadorn against
On November 2, Walker was signed to a developmental contract with
World Wrestling Entertainment
Deep South Wrestling (2006–2007)
A month after signing with WWE, Walker was assigned to its developmental territory
Florida Championship Wrestling (2007)
Two months later, he was assigned to another WWE developmental territory,
On August 4, he and
Return to WLW (2007)
On October 27, Walker made his return to World League Wrestling defeating Derek McQuinn for the WLW Heavyweight title in
National Wrestling Alliance and AWA Superstars of Wrestling / Wrestling Superstars Live (2008–2010)
At an event for Brew City Wrestling, he and Skullkrusher fought to a double-countout on January 12, 2008. He lost the WLW Heavyweight title a little over three months later to
Pro Wrestling Noah (2010)
On April 14, 2010, the team of Keith Walker and Bison Smith defeated Takeshi Rikio and Muhammad Yone to become the GHC Tag Team Champions in Osaka.[5] On August 31, however, Walker's father died. He later chose not to immediately return to Japan, and on September 10 he and Bison Smith were stripped of the GHC Tag Team Championship.
Championships and accomplishments
- All American Wrestling
- Brew City Wrestling
- BCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[7]
- BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rasche Brown
- Mid American Wrestling
- MAW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Midwwestern States Pro Wrestling
- MSPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rasche Brown
- Pro Wrestling Epic
- PWE Championship (1 time)[8]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- World League Wrestling
- World Wrestling Zone
- WWZ Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Buddha
References
- ^ a b "WLW Profile: Keith Walker". HarleyRace.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21.
- ^ "NOAH Meets WLW." NOAH TV. Pro Wrestling Noah. 9 Oct. 2005.
- ^ "A.W.A. Fighting World Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
- ^ "A.W.A. United States Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
- ^ a b "/14 ..... Osaka Furitsu Gym #2 (Attendance: 1000)". Pro Wrestling Noah. Archived from the original on 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
- ^ "AAW Heavyweight Title History". AAW Title Histories. 2007. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17.
- ^ Roelfsema, Eric (2008). "BCW Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Epic - Title Histories". Archived from the original on 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ ""PWI 500": 201–300". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
- ^ "W.L.W. Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.