Jack Evans

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Jack Evans
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Ring name(s) Jack Evans
"Jumping" Jack Evans
Blitzkrieg II
Billed height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Billed weight 165 lbs (75 kg)
Born April 2, 1982
Parkland, Washington
Trained by Bryan Alvarez
Bruce Hart
Ross Hart
Stu Hart
Teddy Hart
Debut 2000

Jack Evans (born April 2, 1982 in Parkland, Washington) is a professional wrestler who currently competes in the American-based promotion Ring of Honor, and the Japanese based promotion Dragon Gate. Evans also wrestles in Calgary's Stampede Wrestling, and used to wrestle in the now-defunct Major League Wrestling.

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[edit] Career

On December 12, 2004 high-flyer Blitzkrieg gave his gimmick and mask to Evans. Since then, Evans competes on occasion as Blitzkrieg II.

In December 2005, Evans & Roderick Strong toured Japan with the Dragon Gate promotion. Starting in April 2006, Jack moved to Japan for three months to train and wrestle with the Dragon Gate promotion. In Dragon Gate, Evans became a member of CIMA's Blood Generation stable.

[edit] Ring of Honor

He made his Ring of Honor debut on November 1, 2003 at Main Event Spectacles. He wrestled in a Scramble Cage Match with Teddy Hart against The Backseat Boyz, Special K, The S.A.T., and The Carnage Crew. He shocked the crowd at the beginning of the match by performing his Ode to Blitzkrieg, a standing corkscrew 360° shooting star press followed by a standing corkscrew senton. Later in the match, Teddy Hart gave a hurricanrana to his own partner off one of the wooden platforms onto two opponents. Then to top it all off, he did a double backflip off the top of the cage to opponents below.

On May 22, 2004 Evans turned heel by joining the team Generation Next with Alex Shelley, Austin Aries, and Roderick Strong. Generation Next felt that they were the top athletes in ROH, and they were going to take the top spots in the company any way they could. For the rest of 2004, Generation Next feuded with the likes of the Second City Saints and Ricky Steamboat, as well as others in the ROH roster. At Final Battle 2004, Aries confronted Shelley after he lost a tag match with Strong to CM Punk and Steve Corino. Aries told Shelley to step down as the leader of Generation Next, and when Shelley refused he was attack by Aries and Strong. Evans was not present for the event and would not return for the next several shows, leaving into questioning if he would side the Shelley or Aries and Strong. He returned at the 3rd Anniversary Show: Part 1 on February 19, teaming up with Strong to face the Ring Crew Express, the Carnage Crew, and Special K (Izzy and Deranged in a Scramble Cage match. On February 26, Evans lost in a match against Alex Shelley. Following the match, all three members of Generation Next attacked Shelley.

On March 5, Generation Next competed in the Trios Tournament. They won their first two matches, defeating the team of Davey Andrews, Shane Hagadorn, and Anthony Franco (students of the Ring of Honor wrestling school) in the first round, and the team of the Second City Saints (CM Punk and Colt Cabana) and Steve Corino in the second round. However, Generation Next lost in the finals against the Rottweilers (Homicide and the Havana Pitbulls).

Generation Next would spend most of 2005 feuding with Alex Shelley. Shelley, due to his actions while he was the leader of Generation Next, was unable to find many allies in the ROH locker room, and was left to defend himself against Generation Next. Eventually, Prince Nana offered him a spot in The Embassy, but he refused, though he soon changed his mind. Shelley’s joining the Embassy turned Generation Next into faces and the two factions continued to wage war on each other for the rest of the year. On August 12, Generation Next added Matt Sydal to the group, as well as his valet Daizee Haze. Generation Next soon had another valet when Jade Chung, tired of the way she was being abused by Prince Nana, turned on the Embassy. On November 5, Daizee Haze betrayed Generation Next and joined the Embassy. The Generation Next/Embassy feud ended on December 3 in a steel cage elimination match, with Generation Next emerging victorious.

2006 brought new changes for Jack Evans and ROH. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong were the tag team champions while Evans and Matt Sydal began to work more in Japan. On March 30, Generation Next faced the Dragon Gate stable Blood Generation.

With Matt Sydal and Jack Evans touring in Japan, Roderick Strong and Austin Aries announced at the June 3 Ring of Honor show that there was no longer a need for Generation Next. Evans teamed with Aries, Strong, and Sydal one last time on July 29 at Generation Now, losing to the team of Davey Richards, Jerelle Clark, and Irish Airborne. Following with match, Evans, Aries, Strong, and Sydal laid down their Generation Next shirts in the middle of the ring, officially ending Generation Next.

Evans confirmed that he will not return to the states for the rest of the 2006 year. Instead he will be in Japan wrestling for the Dragon Gate Promotion, but said that he will be back in January and the rest of the 2007 year. He said, "I'm coming back bigger, better and badder, because there is no fooling around with Jack Evans no more, and I'm coming for some gold, and you knooow this, maaan!"

Jack Evans is scheduled to return to Ring of Honor on January 26, 2007 in Braintree, MA.

[edit] In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves
  • Quotes
  • Managers

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • 1-time Open The Triangle Gate Champion (with CIMA & BxB Hulk)
  • Pro Wrestling Unplugged
  • 1-time PWU Junior Heavyweight Champion
  • Other titles
  • 1-time AWA Pinnacle Heavyweight Champion

[edit] External links

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