Chase Owens

Chase Owens

Owens in August 2014
Born March 7, 1990[1]
Bristol, Tennessee, United States[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Chase Owens[2]
Kevin Bendl[2]
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Billed weight 205 lb (93 kg)[1]
Trained by Ricky Morton[3]
Debut 2007[1]

Chase Owens (born March 7, 1990)[1] is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a former three-time NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Owens is mainly an independent wrestler and has worked for promotions including National Wrestling Alliance Smoky Mountain (NWA Smoky Mountain), Pro-Wrestling Federation (PWF), and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW).

Professional wrestling career

National Wrestling Alliance (2007–present)

Owens made his debut at CWA's Snowed the F Out, where he was defeated by Tony Givens.[4] Owens participated in the 2007 Best of the Best tournament, but he was defeated in the first round by The Jin.[5] On November 14, 2008, Owens had his first title match, but was defeated by the AWA World Heavyweight Champion Tony Givens.[6] Owens spent the following years in various NWA territories. He participated in the 2009 and 2010 editions of the Best of the Bes tournament, but was unsuccessful.[7][8]

Owens lying across the top rope prior to a match in 2014

On February 26, 2011, Owens defeated Sigmon to win his first title, the NWA Mid-Atlantic Junior Heavyweight Championship.[9] The following month, he defeated Jason Kincaid in a ladder match to win the NWA Mountain Empire Championship.[10] On April 1, Owens won the Smokey Cup tournament, and later competed in the Chikara Young Lions Cup IX, but he was defeated by Jakob Hammermeier.[11][12] On October 7, Owens participated in a tournament for the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated in the final by Kevin Douglas.[13]

On October 13, 2012, Owens won a tournament for the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[14] Owens retained the title for 301 days until he lost it to Jason Kincaid.[15] Two months later, Owens regained the title.[16] On January 4, 2014, Owens lost the title to Ricky Morton, but won it back from Morton two months later.[17][18]

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2014–present)

On October 13, Owens made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) at King of Pro-Wrestling, successfully defending the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Bushi. After the match, Owens challenged Jushin Thunder Liger.[19] On November 8 at Power Struggle, Owens lost the title to Liger.[20] Owens returned to NJPW on February 11, 2015, at The New Beginning in Osaka, where he and Rob Conway defeated Liger and Hiroyoshi Tenzan in a tag team match.[21] Three days later at The New Beginning in Sendai, Owens unsuccessfully challenged Liger for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[22]

WWE (2012)

On the May 25, 2012 episode of WWE SmackDown, Owens competed in a handicapped match along with Ricky Reyes on the losing end of a two-man team versus Ryback. Owens worked Under the Ring Name Kevin Bendl.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "【10.13両国全カード決定!】年内最後の"IWGPヘビー選手権"AJvs棚橋！"権利証戦"オカダvs内藤！勝者同士が1.4東京ドームで激突!!" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Chase Owens Cagematch profile". Cagematch. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Axel Saalbach. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". wrestlingdata.com.
  4. ↑ "CWA Snowed the F Out Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-09-23".
  5. ↑ "CWA Best of the Best 2007 Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-09-23".
  6. ↑ "SSW Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-09-23".
  7. ↑ "CWA Best of the Best 2009 Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-09-23".
  8. ↑ "CWA Best of the Best 2010 Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-09-23".
  9. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=60987
  10. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "NWA Smoky Mountain TV". cagematch.net.
  11. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=59581
  12. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=61784
  13. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=68432
  14. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=85925
  15. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=101744
  16. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=102435
  17. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=102661
  18. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=106784
  19. ↑ "King of Pro-Wrestling" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Power Struggle" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "The New Beginning in Osaka" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  22. ↑ "The New Beginning in Sendai" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  23. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/205336072868587/photos/a.205956709473190.45794.205336072868587/765961293472726/?type=1&permPage=1
  24. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2014". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 2, 2014.

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