Jimmy Rave

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James Guffey
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Mr. XTC. Jimmy Rave
Billed height	6 ft (183 cm)
Billed weight	200 lb (90.71 kg)
Born	December 8, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia
Billed from	The Underground Ghana, West Africa by way of Atlanta, GA
Trained by	Murder One
Debut	October 1999

James Guffey (born December 8, 1982) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jimmy Rave. Rave currently works on the independent circuit, most notably for Ring of Honor.

1 Career
2 Wrestling facts
3 Personal life
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Career

Trained by wrestler Murder One, Jimmy Rave debuted in 1999 as masked wrestler "Mr. XTC " and has had notable feuds with such wrestlers as Tony Mamaluke, Shark Boy, AJ Styles and CM Punk. Rave wrestles for Ring of Honor and is a former member of The Embassy, a stable led by Prince Nana. He has also wrestled for the now defunct NWA Wildside promotion, Combat Zone Wrestling, Full Impact Pro and has made sporadic appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Rave has gained notoriety for receiving excessive heel heat from ROH fans. In ROH it is common for fans to throw streamers over the wrestlers they support. Jimmy Rave, however, has become a sort of cult recipient as nearly all the fans throw rolls of toilet paper at him. ROH announced on November 6, 2006, that the throwing of toilet paper had been banned from all ROH shows after Jimmy Rave tried to attack a fan who threw a roll at him after his match ^[1]

Rave has developed a habbit of stealing other wrestlers finishers and claiming them as his own. An example would be when he began to use the Rave Clash, and said he invented it and AJ Styles stole it from him. After losing a match to Styles in ROH where the stipulation was the loser could no longer use the Rave/Styles Clash, Rave began to use the Greetings from Ghana as a finisher.

On January 14, 2006 in Philadelphia, Rave and Alex Shelley of The Embassy attacked ROH World Heavyweight champion Bryan Danielson after a successful title defense. Shelley was set to face Danielson at the 4th Anniversary Show, but lost the title shot after Rave used his title shot earned at the Tag Wars 2006, coming up short in his match with Danielson.

In 2006, Rave had sporadically been tagging with Alex Shelley in search of the ROH Tag Team Titles, but after Shelley left the company in mid-year, Rave returned to singles action briefly. He found himself on the losing side of several encounters with Davey Richards. Soon Nana brought in a new tag partner, Sal Rinauro, and the two began working through the tag ranks.

In September 2006, Prince Nana announced his departure from Ring of Honor, ending The Embassy. Jimmy Rave would then go on a losing streak, until he scored a major upset by pinning Homicide. It now looks as though Rave has gotten away from his Embassy days, and will be a dominant force in Ring of Honor.

Rave has also worked two tours for the Dragon Gate promotion.