Matt Bentley

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Ring name Matt Bentley
Michael Shane
Pit Bull
Omega Griffon
Maverick Matt
Martyr
Additions to names Future Heartbreaker
Maverick
The New Franchise
Showstoppa
height 183 cm
Fighting weight 99 kg
birth December 10, 1979
Clinton , Iowa
Trained by Shawn Michaels
debut 1999
retirement 2008

Matthew Bentley (born December 10, 1979 in Clinton , Iowa , USA , better known as Martyr , Matt Bentley or Michael Shane ) is a former American wrestler and current musician . He is a nephew of Shawn Michaels . Today Bentley is the bass player for the band Lost in Chaos .

Wrestling career

Beginnings (1999-2001)

Bentley got into the wrestling business through his uncle Shawn Michaels . He trained for a few years in his wrestling school and made his debut in 1999 in an Indy promotion under the name Michael Shane , which follows on from Shawn Michaels. From October 2000 to January 13, 2001 Bentley was employed by Extreme Championship Wrestling . In 2001 he won his first title, the TWA Television Championship , which he held for 48 days until he lost it to The Tornado .

2001-2004

After the ECW closed, Bentley was signed to Main Event Championship Wrestling (MECW) and became MECW Light Heavyweight Champion at their one-time ECW reunion event . In 2002 he became a member of the Stables "Group", which was founded with Samoa Joe , CW Anderson and Steve Corino in the Wrestling League Ring of Honor that same year . However, this stable remained without much success.

In 2003 Bentley competed for Major League Wrestling and took part in a tournament for this promotion on July 26th, which took place in Orlando (Florida): He competed there with CM Punk as a tag team against Norman Smiley and Raven . In 2004 he was hired for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where Bentley founded a stable called "New Franchisen", which also included Shane Douglas and Traci . It was an unsuccessful stable that on the one hand failed in a "Tag Team Title Tournament" in 2004 in the first round to Christopher Daniels and Low Ki and was later defeated in a "No. 1 Challenger Match" for the Tag Team title. Between 2003 and 2004 Bentley was able to achieve major successes for the first time by winning the NWA TNA X title (now TNA X-Division Championship ) twice . Michael Shane won his first reign in a "Triple Threat Ultimate X Match" against Chris Sabin (c) and Frankie Kazarian . He lost the title to Chris Sabin in a second "Ultimate X Match" in 2004. The second time Shane and Kazarian won an "Ultimate X Match" against champion AJ Styles and both were declared double champions. 14 days later they lost their titles in a Gauntlet for the Gold match.

Name change

In 2004 Bentley lost the name "Michael Shane" due to a name dispute to Mike Shane , who was employed by the competitive league WWE . At first he called himself Matt Bentley until 2006 when he was named Maverick Matt .

2007 – today

Since 2007, he has the Martyr - gimmick held. For a short time he was active in the Serotonin stable with Havok , Kaz and leader Raven , which was a new edition of Raven's Flock and was supposed to build on old successes. However, the stable flopped and after Kaz sought his fortune as a single wrestler, it finally broke up. In August 2007, Bentley's contract with TNA expired and was not renewed. In 2008 he announced his retirement from wrestling in favor of a career as a musician. Since then, Matt Bentley has played bass in the band Lost in Chaos, which u. a. The opening act for Sum 41 was.

successes

title

  • CyberSpace Wrestling Federation
    • 1 × CSWF Cruiser X Champion
  • Florida Professional Wrestling Association
    • 1 × FPWA Heavyweight Champion
  • Southern Tennessee Wrestling Federation
    • 1 × STWF Tag Team Champion with Greg Buchanan
  • Texas Wrestling Alliance
    • 1 × TWA Television Champion
  • Total non-stop action wrestling

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Major League Wrestling: Rise of the Renegades , Highspots Home Video 2003

Web links

Commons : Matt Bentley  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
personal data
SURNAME Bentley, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bentley, Matthew (real name); Martyr; Shane, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Clinton, Iowa , USA