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Max thrasher is currently(2008) a vice principal at Dover Area Intermediate School. He is an awesome vice principal!
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| Phil Livelsberger | |
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| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Max Thrasher Bounty Hunter The Original Bounty Hunter |
| Billed height | 6'0" |
| Billed weight | 256 lbs. |
| Billed from | Paradise Knife & Gun Club, Bronx, New York |
| Debut | 1987 |
Phil Livelsberger is an American professional wrestler, known by his ringname Max Thrasher, who has competed on East Coast independent promotions throughout the 1990s as a mainstay of the Mid-Eastern Wresting Federation, Maryland Championship Wrestling as well as a short stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling as one half of Nightbreed with Glen Osbourne. [1]
He has also trained many top independent wrestlers including Morgus the Maniac, Adam Flash and Kevin Featherstone.
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[edit] Eastern Championship Wrestling
Competing for Extreme Championship Wrestling (then Eastern Championship Wrestling) in early 1992, he appeared at ECW's first ever event Market Street Mayhem loosing to Jeff Royal on February 5, 1992. After a brief loosing streak following losses to King Kalhua and Larry Winters, he and Glenn Osbourne were successful in the tag team division in early-1992 as Nightbreed. In June 1992, they advanced to the finals of an 8-man tag team tournament to crown the first ECW Tag Team Championship, defeating The Flames in the opening round although Thrasher was pinned in a match against the Super Destroyers in the finals. [2]
During this time, he would also compete for the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation winning the promotions vacant heavyweight title after defeating A.C. Golden in a tournament final in Pasadena, Maryland on July 11, 1992.
After losing a rematch to then ECW Tag Team Champions the Super Destroyers on July 14 [3], the team fell victim to a month long loosing streak including defeats by Super Ninja & Scott Sommers and The Hellriders eventually resulting in their breakup and subsequent fued by the end of the summer. Although allied with the Super Destroyers, Osbourne dominated their encounters through disqualification victories with Thrasher eventually loosing to Osborne in a 6-man tag team match with The Super Destroyers against Osbourne, Rip Sawyer and Dave Casanova October 3 and, in a singles match, failing to win the ECW Television Championship from Osbourne on October 24, 1992; Thrasher would also lose his MEWF Heavyweight title to Lucifer on February 5, 1993.
Briefly feuding with J.T. Smith in December 1992, he began teaming with Smith in May 1993 briefly fueding with Eddie Gilbert and Jimmy Snuka before Thrasher attacked his partner during a match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 18, 1993. He and Smith would fight each other during the next month and a half before leaving the promotion by the end of June.
[edit] Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
Returning to the MEWF, Thrasher would later team with Duane Gill, Tommy Lee Manson and Bob Starr in an "elimination match" against Mike Khoury, Joe Thunder, Max Moon and Tommy Dreamer at a show at Essex, Maryland on November 14, 1993 resulting in the sole survivor, Mike Khoury, being awarded the MEWF Mid-Atlantic Championship according to a pre-match stipulation.
In 1998, Thrasher defeated Adam Flash for the MEWF Mid-Atlantic Championship before loosing it to Steve Corino.
In October 1999, he and Lucifer would defeat the Bad Crew for the Mid-Eastern Tag Team Championship before loosing the titles to Ricky Blues and the New Patriot on November 13, 1999.
After MWEF Heavyweight Champion Patch was stripped of the title, Thrasher would advance in a tournament to fill the vacant title loosing to Lucifer in the tournament finals on April 29, 2000 (the match being refereed by former WWF wrestler "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan).
In September 2000, Thrasher defeated MEWF Heavyweight and Mid-Atlantic Champion Buzz Stryker during a Four Way match against Morgus the Manaic and Dino Casanova regaining the title after seven years. During the next three months, he and Dino Casanova would fight over both titles with Thrasher regaining the Heavyweight Cahmpionship at Hampstead, Maryland on November 11, 2000 although he would lose the Mid-Atlantic Championship to Cassanova on January 27, 2001). His third reign lasted only several months before being forced to vacate the title on March 17, 2001.
Thrasher would again reunite with Lucifer to regain the MEWF Tag Team Championship defeating KPA on June 9, 2002. However, after a five-month reign, Thrasher and Bob Starr (substituting for Lucifer) lost the titles during a match against Dino Casanova and Chad Bowman on November 24, 2002.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- PWI ranked him # 372 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1995
- PWI ranked him # 378 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1994
- PWI ranked him # 220 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1993
- PWI ranked him # 260 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992
- PWI ranked him # 444 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1991
- Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
[edit] References
- ^ "Phil Livelsberger, Biology Teacher And Pro Wrestler; Wrapping up one career and taking off in another, he's gone from 'bad, bad guy' to teacher". York Daily Record 17 Sep 2001
- ^ Extreme Championship Wrestling April-June 1992. Prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
- ^ Extreme Championship Wrestling July-September 1992. Prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
- ^ Westcott, Brian; Eric Roelfsema (2004). MEWF Heavyweight Title History. Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
- ^ Westcott, Brian; Eric Roelfsema (2004). MEWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title History. Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
- ^ Westcott, Brian; Eric Roelfsema (2004). MEWF Tag Team Title History. Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
