Tyler Black

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Colby Lopez
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Tyler Black Gixx God
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Born	May 28, 1986 (1986-05-28) (age 22) Buffalo, Iowa, United States
Resides	Buffalo, Iowa
Billed from	Buffalo, Iowa Davenport, Iowa
Trained by	Danny Daniels
Debut	2005
Website	Tyler Black at MySpace

Colby Lopez (born May 28, 1986 in Buffalo, Iowa), better known by his ring name Tyler Black, is an American professional wrestler who competes in North American independent promotions and has competed in Scott County Wrestling, IWA Mid South, the National Wrestling Alliance, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Wrestling Society X and Ring of Honor. In several promotions, Black is the tag team partner of Jimmy Jacobs, competing under the names Doin' It For Her (WSX)^[1], Kiss 2 Kill (PWG) and, along with Necro Butcher, Lacey, Allison Wonderland, Joey Matthews, Zach Gowen, and Rain , The Age of the Fall (ROH & FIP).

1 Career
- 1.1 Early career
- 1.2 Ring of Honor
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Making his debut in the early 2000s, Black started out with Scott County Wrestling (further referred to in article as SCW), the federation in which he would hone his skills under the name Gixx. He also began wrestling for Ian Rotten's IWA Mid South and later entered the Ted Petty Invitational tournament defeating Vito Thomaselli before being eliminated by Matt Sydal in the quarter-finals in Hammond, Indiana on September 23, 2005. ^[2] He would also win the SCW heavyweight title and would then spraypaint the belt black christening "The Black Era" in SCW and would also hold the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight title as well.

He soon joined NWA Midwest winning the promotion's tag team titles with Marek Brave. The two would successfully defend the titles against Ryan Boz & Danny Daniels, Brett Wayne & Hype Gotti and Jayson Reign & Marco Cordova several times in early 2006. ^[3] He also faced Eroc Priest and A.J. Styles in singles matches.

Later that year, he briefly appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and teamed with Jeff "lazy eye" Luxson losing to LAX (Homicide and Hernandez) on Impact in October 2006. ^[4]

On May 25, while in a match with FIP Tag Team Champions The Briscoes in Melbourne, Florida, Brave would suffer a severe back injury that would sideline him for several weeks. Although agreeing to a later rematch, ^[5] During this time Black pursued a singles career competing in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla facing Joey Ryan on June 10 ^[6] and former mentor Danny Daniels at the supercard “Point of No Return ‘07” on June 16. ^[7]

[edit] Ring of Honor

For months leading into the ROH return to Chicago there were cryptic messages on a blog of a stable entering ROH that was code named "Project 161". Jimmy Jacobs was one of the names mentioned who could be behind this along with Adam Pearce and a few other Chicago based ROH wrestlers. At one point, posts related to Project 161 flooded the ROH Message Board, but ROH Booker Gabe Sapolsky has claimed these were actually fans doing.

After making a successful return to ROH, Jimmy Jacobs, the returning Necro Butcher and the debuting Tyler Black violently attacked the Briscoe Brothers right after their ladder match against Kevin Steen and El Generico at Man Up. This meant Jimmy Jacobs was indeed behind Project 161. The day after their debut, their website revealed that all the blog entries had been written by Tyler Black.In an interview with a German website Jacobs reveals, there will be more people involved, as this is not a four person wrestling stable. Jay Briscoe was hung upside from the rigging that was used to hoist the titles from the ladder match. This was a disgusting scene as the blood of Jay Briscoe dripped onto Jimmy Jacobs as he announced the beginning of the Age of the Fall. Later on in the event Tyler Black and Jack Evans faced off in a dark match until both Jimmy Jacobs and Necro Butcher got involved. The Irish Airborne entered the ring to save Jack Evans which lead to a six-man tag between Project 161 and the make shift six-man team of Jack Evans and the Irish Airborne. The match battled to a no-contest as Necro Butcher punched out the referee during the middle of the match.

The angle was so controversial that ROH decided to remove the footage from the pay-per view that was being taped at the event. However, the footage was also heavily requested by ROH fans, so it was shown on the ROH Videowire for the week of September 15. ^[8]

Teaming with Jimmy Jacobs and Necro Butcher against The Vulture Squad (Jack Evans & Ruckus) in several handicap matches during early October, ^[9] he team with The Age of the Fall to against Jack Evans, Ruckus and Jigsaw in a 6-man tag team match the following month at the 2-day PPV Glory by Honor VI on November 1, 2007. The following night, Black would defeat Alex "Sugerfoot" Payne however he was attacked by The Briscoes following the match. ^[10] He would appear with The Age of the Fall in their match against The Briscoes during the main event. ^[11]

At Final Battle 2007, Black and Jacobs defeated the Briscoes to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship. They would lose the titles one month later on January 26 to Davey Richards and Rocky Romero of the No Remorse Corps when competing in an Ultimate Endurance match also involving Brent Albright and BJ Whitmer of The Hangmen 3, and Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson.

At the 6th ROH pay per view, Black earned the opportunity to challenge Nigel McGuinness for the ROH World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort..