Ricochet (wrestler)

Ricochet

Ricochet, as Helios, in Chikara
Ring name(s) Ricochet[1]
Helios[1]
Cameron Locke[1]
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1][2]
Billed weight 163 lb (74 kg)[2]
Born 1988 (age 23–24)[1]
Paducah, Kentucky[1][3]
Billed from Paducah, Kentucky[2]
Trained by Brandon Walker[3]
Chuck Taylor[3]
Debut October 11, 2003[1]

Trevor Mann[4] (born 1988) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Ricochet. He currently performs mainly for the American promotion Dragon Gate USA and its parent promotion, Japanese Dragon Gate. In both promotions he is a member of the Blood Warriors stable. He is the currently the Open the Brave Gate Champion, and one half of the Open the United Gate Champions with CIMA. Mann is also known for his time in Chikara, where he mainly worked under a mask as Helios.

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Professional wrestling career

After making his professional debut in 2004 under the ring name Ricochet, he began competing on the independent circuit until he made his first major outing on February 6, 2006 at Insanity Pro Wrestling's Sacrifice event, where he took part in a five-man elimination match involving future long-time rival Chuck Taylor, DieHard, Tony Galloway and Ty Blade.[5] Ricochet was the final wrestler eliminated as Taylor pinned him to win the match. A few weeks later on February 18, Ricochet took part in his first major championship match as he, Chuck Taylor, Jeff Jameson, Brian Sterling and Cabana Man Dan took part in another five-man elimination match at Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South's Xtreme Warfare event for the vacant Deep South Heavyweight Championship, which Cabana Man Dan won.[6] A few months later at IWA Mid-South's event We're No Joke! on April 1, Ricochet took part in a nine-man Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to determine the one contender for the Light Heavyweight Championship, also involving his rival Chuck Taylor.[7] Although he lost the match to Darin Corbin, he was involved in an infamous spot in which he performed his finishing move, a double rotation moonsault, off of a ladder to the outside of the ring and onto the other eight competitors. On that same day, Ricochet also competed at Insanity Pro Wrestling's event Mischief, Mayhem and Revenge, where he lost to Taylor for the promotion's Junior Heavyweight Championship.[7]

Chikara (2006–2010)

Debut

On June 24, Ricochet made his Chikara debut as he lost in the first round of the fourth Young Lions Cup tournament against Chuck Taylor.[8] The following day, he teamed with Player Uno in a losing effort to Taylor and Cloudy.[9] A few months later on November 17 at the event Brick, Ricochet picked up his first win as a member of the Chikara roster after he, Cloudy and Mike Quackenbush defeated Cheech, Retail Dragon and Shane Storm.[10] The following day, Ricochet again lost to Taylor at the event Talent Borrows; Genius Steals.[11]

Singles and tag team competition

On February 16, 2007 at the King of Trios event, Ricochet made his first challenge for the Young Lions Cup, but was unable to defeat Max Boyer for the title.[12] Two days later, he lost to Claudio Castagnoli.[13] On April 22, Ricochet took part in the semi-finals of the first-ever Rey de Voladores tournament, where he lost in a fatal four-way elimination match involving Retail Dragon, PAC and long-time rival Chuck Taylor, the latter of whom would go on to win the tournament.[14] On June 23, Ricochet won his first round match of the fifth Young Lions Cup tournament after he defeated Chrisjen Hayme.[15] Later on in the day, Ricochet won a six-way elimination match in the semi-finals to advance to the finals.[15] The next day, Ricochet lost to Chuck Taylor for the vacant Young Lions Cup.[16] On August 18 at the event Here Come The International Invaders, Ricochet faced and lost to Taylor in a Young Lions Cup vs. Career match, resulting in Ricochet being forced to leave Chikara.[17]

Helios and Young Lions Cup

On October 27 at New Star Navigation, Ricochet, sporting a new haircut, new attire and a wrestling mask, returned to Chikara under the ring name Helios, where he finally defeated Taylor for the Young Lions Cup.[18] However, Taylor disputed Helios' win by claiming that Helios was actually Ricochet in disguise.[19] Despite Taylor's claims, Helios' win was still ruled as valid and was thus still the official new champion. On November 16 at Battle Of Who Could Care Less, Helios retained his Young Lions Cup title after defeating Hydra.[20] The following day at The Sordid Perils Of Everyday Existence, Helios again retained his title, this time against Fire Ant.[21]

The Future is Now

On February 29, 2008, Helios teamed with Incoherence (Hallowicked and Delirious) and the three became "The Golden Trio" in order to participate in the 2008 King of Trios tournament.[22][23] After receiving a bye in the first round, The Golden Trio defeated Team IPW:UK (Martin Stone, Terry Frazier and Sha Samuels) and The Fabulous Three (Larry Sweeney, Mitch Ryder and Shayne Hawke) in the second and quarterfinal rounds, respectively, before losing to The BLKOUT in the semi-finals.[23] On April 19 at Deuces Wild, Helios successfully retained the Young Lions Cup against Lince Dorado.[24] At Grit And Glory on May 15, Helios advanced to the finals of the Rey de Voladores tournament but ultimately lost to Incognito.[25] On June 15, Helios lost his Young Lions Cup after Fire Ant defeated Vin Gerard in the finals of the sixth Young Lions Cup tournament.[26] On September 6, Helios teamed up with Tim Donst to take part in the first-ever La Lotería Letal tournament, where they lost to Icarus and Ultimo Breakfast in the first round.[27] On November 11 at Cibernetico Begins, Helios was a part of Team Equinox (Equinox, Fire Ant, Soldier Ant, Worker Ant, Hydra, Tim Donst and Mike Quackenbush) as they defeated Team Vin Gerard (Gerard, STIGMA, Lince Dorado, UltraMantis Black, Crossbones, Amasis, Ophidian and Eddie Kingston) in a 16-man elimination tag team match.[28] At Face With A View on December 12, Helios formed The Future is Now with Equinox and Lince Dorado and they defeated The UnStable (Vin Gerard, Colin Delaney and STIGMA).[29]

On January 1, 2009, The Future is Now (Helios and Dorado) lost their first match together against Team F.I.S.T. (Icarus, Gran Akuma).[30] At the 2009 King of Trios tournament, The Future is Now defeated Team DDT (Kota Ibushi, KUDO and Michael Nakazawa)[31] and The Osirian Portal (Amasis, Ophidian and Escorpion Egipcio)[32] in the first and quarterfinal rounds, respectively, before losing to Team F.I.S.T. (Icarus, Gran Akuma and Chuck Taylor)[33] in the semi-finals. Following the tournament, The Future is Now then began a feud with The Osirian Portal, resulting in Helios defeating Escorpion Egipcio in a singles match at Behind The 8 Ball on April 25[34] and The Future is Now defeating The Osirian Portal at The Bobliographon event the following day.[35] On the first show of 2010, Lince Dorado turned on Equinox and left the Future is Now to join the new heel stable Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (BDK).[36] In May 2010, during the Aniversario weekend, Helios and Equinox first defeated Dorado and his BDK team mate Tim Donst in a tag team match and then won a four-team elimination match to earn the three points needed in order to challenge for the Campeonatos de Parejas.[37][38] Helios and Equinox received their title shot on June 27 at Faded Scars and Lines, but were defeated by the defending champions BDK (Ares and Claudio Castagnoli) in two straight falls, after a pre–match assault.[39] The Future is Now came to its end on September 19, 2010, when Olsen left the stable to re–form his old tag team with Colin Delaney.[40] This event also marked Helios' final appearance for Chikara as he began working regularly for both Dragon Gate and Dragon Gate USA.

Evolve (2010)

On January 16, 2010, Ricochet would make his debut for Evolve at the company's debut show Evolve 1: Ibushi vs Richards in a winning effort against Arik Cannon.[41] However Ricochet would lose at the next event on March 13, 210 at Evolve 2: Hero vs Hidaka to Chuck Taylor and again via countout on May 1, 2010 at Evolve 3: Rise Or Fall to Johnny Gargano.[42][43] After being defeated by Drake Younger in a four-way match on July 23, Ricochet ended his losing streak on September 11, by defeating Kyle O'Reilly.[44][45]

Dragon Gate USA (2010–present)

On July 24, 2010, Ricochet made his debut for Dragon Gate USA at Enter the Dragon 2010, being defeated by Chuck Taylor in a four–way match, which also included Arik Cannon and Adam Cole.[46] At the following event on September 25, Ricochet teamed with CIMA to defeat Speed Muscle (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) in a tag team match. After the match CIMA gave Ricochet a spot in his Warriors International stable.[47] The following day Ricochet defeated Gran Akuma in a singles match.[48] On October 29 at Dragon Gate USA's first live pay-per-view, Bushido: Code of the Warrior, Ricochet wrestled in a four–way match, which was won by Chuck Taylor and also included Arik Cannon and Johnny Gargano.[49] At the following day's tapings of Freedom Fight 2010, Ricochet teamed with his Warriors International stable mate Genki Horiguchi and Austin Aries in a six man tag team match, where they were defeated by Ronin (Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann).[50] When Dragon Gate USA returned on January 29, 2011, Ricochet now represented heel stable Blood Warriors and teamed with new stable mate Naruki Doi in the tournament to determine the first ever Open the United Gate Champions. In their first tournament match, Ricochet and Doi were defeated by Ronin representatives Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano.[51] The following day Ricochet and Doi were defeated in the main event of the evening by the World–1 team of Masato Yoshino and PAC.[52] On April 2 at Mercury Rising 2011, Ricochet, CIMA and Naruki Doi defeated Ronin (Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann) in the main event six man tag team match.[53] During the match Ricochet suffered an ankle injury, which forced him out of the following day's match for the Open the United Gate Championship.[54] On September 11 at Way of the Ronin 2011, Ricochet and CIMA defeated Masato Yoshino and PAC to win the Open the United Gate Championship in a match, where Ricochet's and CIMA's Open the Twin Gate Championship was also on the line.[55]

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2010–present)

On September 5, 2010, Ricochet made his debut for Southern California promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, losing to Claudio Castagnoli in the first round of the 2010 Battle of Los Angeles, in what was called a "star making performance".[56] The following day Ricochet participated in a six man tag team match, where he, Johnny Goodtime and Rocky Romero were defeated by Brian Cage, Chuck Taylor and Ryan Taylor, when Ricochet was pinned by his old rival, Chuck Taylor.[57] At the following event on October 9, Ricochet picked up a major victory over PWG World Tag Team Champion El Generico.[58] Ricochet returned to PWG on April 9, 2011, when he filled in for Paul London, who was unable to appear at the event, and teamed with El Generico in a match, where they lost their PWG World Tag Team Championship to The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson).[59] Even though El Generico blamed Ricochet for the loss, the two teamed up once again on May 27, during the first night of All Star Weekend 8, when they were defeated by the Nightmare Violence Connection (Akira Tozawa and Kevin Steen).[60]

Dragon Gate (2010–present)

Through his work in Dragon Gate USA, Ricochet got to make his first tour of Japan with its parent promotion Dragon Gate, making his debut on December 10, 2010, in Toyama, where he teamed with his Warriors stable mate CIMA and Masaaki Mochizuki in a six tag team match, where they defeated Gamma, Kzy and Naruki Doi.[61] Ricochet's first tour of Japan ended on December 26, when he, CIMA and Dragon Kid defeated Naoki Tanisaki, Takuya Sugawara and Yasushi Kanda in Fukuoka at Final Gate 2010 to win the Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship.[62] Ricochet turned heel on January 14, 2011, along with the rest of Warriors, attacking Masato Yoshino and World–1, and joining forces with Naruki Doi's group.[63] On January 18 the new group was named Blood Warriors.[63] On February 10 CIMA, Naruki Doi and Gamma defeated World–1 representatives Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk and Susumu Yokosuka in a six man tag team match and as a result, PAC was forced to leave World–1 and join Blood Warriors. However, Ricochet blocked the move as he felt that he, not PAC, was the top high flyer in the world and instead challenged him to a match for his Open the Brave Gate Championship.[64] The title match between PAC and Ricochet took place on March 1 and ended with PAC retaining his title.[65] On May 15, the rest of Blood Warriors turned on Dragon Kid and kicked him out of the group, despite the fact that he still held the Open the Triangle Gate Championship with Ricochet and CIMA. As a result, the title was declared vacant.[66] On July 17, Ricochet and CIMA defeated Dragon Kid and Pac of rival group Junction Three to win the Open the Twin Gate Championship.[67] On November 19, Ricochet defeated PAC for the Open the Brave Gate Championship.[68] After their third successful defense of the Open the Twin Gate Championship on November 30, Ricochet and CIMA vacated the title in order for Ricochet to concentrate on defending the Open the Brave Gate Championship and CIMA to concentrate on chasing the Open the Dream Gate Championship.[69]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

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