Glen Osbourne

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1 Early Career
2 Independent Circuit
3 Profile
- 3.1 Previous managers
- 3.2 Wrestlers trained by Glen Osbourne
4 Championships and Accomplishments
5 External links

[edit] Early Career

Glen Osbourne has been a fixture on the U.S. East Coast independent wrestling scene since 1990. He got his start in the Philadelphia-based Tri-State Wrestling Alliance (TWA), run by radio personality Joel Goodhart, and became an early contributor to the city's hardcore wrestling style. The TWA was unique for its time due to the fact that they regularly booked big-name talent to work with their homegrown stars. During this time, Osbourne attended West Chester University, majoring in English.

Although its shows drew well, the TWA ceased operations suddenly in 1992. The gap was soon filled by Eastern Championship Wrestling, precursor to Extreme Championship Wrestling, helmed by Tod Gordon. The team of Osbourne and Max Thrasher, known as Nightbreed, were entered into a tournament to crown the first holders of the ECW Tag Team Championship. They defeated The Flames in the first round, but eventually lost to The Super Destroyers in the finals. After this, Thrasher turned on Osbourne. After a violent feud, Osbourne set out to pursue a singles career. In September 1992, he defeated The Sandman in a match for the vacant ECW Television Championship, becoming the youngest wrestler in history to hold the honor. He was forced to vacate the belt in early 1993, but was entered into a tournament to determine a new champion. He defeated Johnny Hotbody and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert before losing to "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka in the finals. Osbourne left ECW later that year.

[edit] Independent Circuit

Osbourne ventured out onto the independent circuit in 1993. After brief stints in the NWA and ACW, he joined the Delaware-based East Coast Wrestling Association that summer. During this run he wrestled stars such as Tito Santana, Cheetah Master, Ace Darling, Blue Thunder, Viper, and The Bushwhackers. In 1996, Osbourne joined the Maryland-based Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation (MEWF), and formed a tag-team with Rockin' Rebel known as Darkside. Together they dominated their division, winning the MEWF tag-team titles 5 times between 1996 and 1997. They also won the Virginia-based International Pro Wrestling Association tag titles twice. During this time, Osbourne and Rebel were being scouted by the World Wrestling Federation. They worked for the company on-and-off in singles and tag matches between 1994 and 2001. They also appeared regularly for the NWA.

Glen Osbourne was inducted into the ECWA Hall of Fame in 1996. On February 22, 1997 he won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship in Wilmington, Delaware, defeating Cheetah Master in a classic 30-minute match. He defended the title against stars such as Mick Foley, Andrew Martin, and Christian Cage. He would later win the ECWA Mid-Atlantic Championship from Ty Street in 2000.

In 1998, Osbourne won the Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling Tag Team Titles with Ace Darling. While in PCW, he feuded with stars such as Edge, Mike Barton, Simon Diamond, and Julio Dinero. In 1999, he defeated Michael Modest for the PCW Heavyweight Championship. He won the King of PCW Tournament later that year.

Osbourne would also team with Derek Domino as The Natural Born Killers and Kevin Sullivan as The Dark Shadows.

In 2001 and 2002 Osbourne appeared occasionally with Combat Zone Wrestling, feuding with John Zandig.

In 2003 Osbourne pinned Christian York in a tournament final match to become the first Dynamite Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion, and formed a stable with Riptide, The Bouncer and Johnny Thunder called The Pain Syndicate. He also reunited with Rockin' Rebel to win the POW Tag Team Championships, and toured Central America.

In August 2004 Glen won the Unlimited World Championship in the Susquehanna Wrestling Organization. Osbourne's pursuit of the belt lasted nearly nine months and culminated in a three way match with (then-champion) "Luscious" Johnny Graham and "Sexy" Shane Shadows.

In January 2005 Osbourne toured Costa Rica. He then spent late February and early March wrestling on the Florida circuit before returning to Pennsylvania to wrestle for the SWO, Pro Wrestling Entertainment and the World Wide Wrestling Alliance (he was the Heavyweight Champion in each promotion).

In the Spring of 2006, Osbourne won the World Professional Wrestling Tag Team Titles with his partner The Cremator. They defended the belts against former ECW rivals The Super Destroyers and former CZW Tag Team Champions Danny Rose and Adam Flash- The Rachies.

September 2006 saw Osbourne return to his home-base of many years, Delaware's East Coast Wrestling Association. He was greeted enthusiastically by the fans and immediately began feuding with Easton's Army, a rulebreaking group led by manager E.S. Easton. He also debuted in Pennsylvania's Blackball'd Wrestling Organization and continued to appear for U.S. promotions such as Dynamite Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Entertainment, Devastation Wrestling Federation, New Age Wrestling, WPW, and the World Wide Wrestling Alliance. He was ranked in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 issue for 11 straight years (1994-2005).

[edit] Profile

Height: 6'1" (185.4 cm)
Weight: 260lbs (118 kg)
Birthday: June 5, 1971
Hometown: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Billed from: The Badlands
Trained by: Larry Winters, Ron Shaw and D.C Drake
Debut: June 14, 1990
Previous identities: "The Madman from the Badlands", "Madman" Glen Osbourne, The Mosh Master, "Terminator" Glen Osbourne, "The Beast"
Finishing and signature moves: Chokeslam, High dropkick
Signature illegal weapon(s): Chain