Zane Morris

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Zane Morris
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Ring name(s) Zane Morris / Zane Morris
Violent Z
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight 210 lb (95 kg/15 st)
Born May 5, 1977 (1977-05-05) (age 31)
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Resides Colorado Springs, Colorado
Trained by "Bonecrusher" Bobby Burns, The Great Bolo 2nd
Debut 1995

Zane Morris (born May 5, 1977) is an American professional wrestler. He currently lives and works as an advertising artist in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[citation needed]

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[edit] Early years

Zane began training for wrestling at the United Wrestling Federation - Oklahoma camp in a suburb of Tulsa in May of 1994 and had his first match for Power Pro Wrestling, in Council Hill, Oklahoma in March of 1995.[citation needed]

[edit] Career

[edit] Independent circuit / United States and Canada (1995-2005)

Zane began wrestling as a singles competitor before forming a tag-team with fellow newcomer Ian St. James. As a tag-team Morris and St. James began wrestling throughout Oklahoma, winning the Oklahoma Pro Tag Team Titles[1], then in Texas (with the NWA Southwest) where they won the reestablishing NWA-Texas Tag Team Titles[2] via tournament finals over Texas mainstay Iceman King Parsons and his partner Bobo. Zane and Ian St. James lost the titles to Kit Carson and Khris Germany, however.

Zane Morris and Ian St. James continued their feud with Carson and Germany throughout Texas, Kansas, New Mexico and Nebraska with Bridgeport, Texas based Bad Boys of Wrestling. Zane and Ian St. James would also venture to Ontario, Canada to challenge for the Renegade Wrestling Tag Team Championship.

Zane transitioned into a singles competitor as he entered and won the eight-man tournament to establish the first ever NWA Texas Jr. Heavyweight Title, [3] which Zane would hold twice. Zane continued to compete in the Texas independent circut winning another eight-man tournament to establish the Professional Championship Wrestling - Texas Light Heavyweight Championship, then spending time with Texas All-Star Wrestling in Houston, Texas and XCW Wrestling in Denton, Texas.

Zane would go on to develop the character "Violent Z" with the help of the writers and staff of Professional Championship Wrestling - Texas with which he found much success wrestling as a heel for the first time on a full time basis.

In 2005 Zane reunited with his good friends and wrestling partners Joey Corman and Samir, who dubbed themselves "The Overboyz" with fellow wrestler Kevin Douglas during a road trip to wrestle each other for NWA Wildside. They took the name because during the match, even though they were unknowns in the area, they had gotten "over". The reunion match was on a benefit card to help offset the medical bills incured from Joey Corman's recent emergency orchiectomy surgery.[citation needed]

[edit] God Can't Give You What You Don't Already Have (2008)

April 21, 2008 Zane Morris published his first book, God Can't Give You What You Don't Already Have, A New Approach To Getting What You Want. ISBN 978-0978870508.

[edit] In wrestling

  • Managers
  • Mike Paige
  • Lance Romance
  • Rick Vovk
  • Paul Lewis

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • NWA Southwest
  • NWA Texas Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 Time)[4]
  • NWA Southwest
  • Professional Championship Wrestling
  • PCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Mike Paige's Southwest Premier Wrestling
  • SPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • New Age Wrestling Alliance
  • Southern Championship (1 time)
  • Bad Boys of Wrestling
  • BBOW Tag Team Championship (3 time)
  • Oklahoma Pro Wrestling
  • OPW Tag Team Championship (3 time) [6]
  • Southern States Super 8 Tournament
  • 2002 Semi-finalist [7]
  • PCW Fight Win Survive Tournament
  • 2002 Semi-finalist

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Pro Wresting title history", Oklahomafan.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  2. ^ "WCCW Texas Tag Team Championship title history", Solie.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  3. ^ "WCCW Texas Junior Heavyweight Championship title history", nwa-southwest.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  4. ^ "WCCW Texas Junior Heavyweight Championship title history", Solie.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  5. ^ "WCCW Texas Tag Team Championship title history", Solie.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  6. ^ "Oklahoma Pro Wresting title history", Oklahomafan.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  7. ^ "OCW Card Results Aug. 17, 2002", Oklahomafan.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 

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NAME Morris, Zane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1977 (1977-05-05) (age 31)
PLACE OF BIRTH Tulsa, Oklahoma
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH