| Firebreaker Chip | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Curtis Thompson Firebreaker Chip Archangel The White Knight U.S. Male |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg)[1] |
| Born | January 20, 1963[1] Charlotte, North Carolina[1] |
| Billed from | Charlotte WCW Special Forces[2] |
| Debut | 1987[1] |
Curtis Thompson (born January 20, 1963) is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling as Firebreaker Chip.
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Curtis Thompson started wrestling in 1987. He wrestled in Stampede Wrestling (as the masked Archangel), South Atlantic Pro Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling and Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council. He formed a tag team with Ricky Santana called the "US Males" in PNW.[3]
Thompson also worked under a mask as a heel in Puerto Rico for Carlos Colon's WWC in the late 80's as The White Knight.[1] In 19901991 Thompson would use the "US Male" gimmick where he wore a mailman uniform to the ring in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) and South Atlantic Pro Wrestling (SAPW) in the Carolina's as a member of Robert Fuller's Stud Stable. Thompson would eventually free himself from the Stud Stabe, turning face in the process at the end of 1990 while wrestling in SAPW.
In 1991 he joined World Championship Wrestling. He became Firebreaker Chip and teamed with Todd Champion as "The Patriots". He had the gimmick of being a Fireman while teaming with Todd Champion who had the gimmick that he'd returned from Desert Storm and were billed as being from "WCW Special Forces".[2] They feuded with the Fabulous Freebirds and won the United States Tag Team Titles. They next feuded with Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers who beat them for the titles.[4]
Thompson left WCW in early 1992 and wrestled in the independent promotions. He turned up in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic promotion in a tag team with Drake Dawson called "Triple X". He also wrestled briefly for Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the mid 1990s. As of 2005, Thompson is still wrestling in the Mid-Atlantic area independent promotions.[1]
1This promotion, while operating out of the same area and having began using some of the same championships, is not the same Mid-Atlantic promotion once owned by Jim Crockett, Jr.. That promotion was sold to Ted Turner in November 1988 and was renamed World Championship Wrestling.