Wifebeater (wrestler)

Wifebeater

Wifebeater in August 2002.
Birth name Matt Prince
Born Dallas, Texas
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Matt Martini
Wifebeater
Billed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Billed weight 245 lb (111 kg)
Billed from Trailer Trash, Texas
Trained by The Pitbulls
Debut 1998

Matt Prince is an American retired Marine and semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Wifebeater. He is best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling from 1999 to 2004. He is known for his ring attire (a wifebeater and jeans) and a weed whacker that he brought to the ring with him, and sometimes used on his opponents.

Professional wrestling career

Wifebeater debuted in Combat Zone Wrestling in August 1999, on the show that was called "Pyramid of Hell" in a match against Trent Acid. In September 1999 Wifebeater defeated Nick Gage to win his first World Heavyweight Championship. Wifebeater held the title until December 1999, when he lost it to John Zandig. Wifebeater went on to win the World Heavyweight Title two more times and the Iron Man Championship four times. He would also team up with Justice Pain to form the H8 Club and win the World Tag Team Championship. Wifebeater and Justice Pain lost the titles to Nick Gage and Nate Hatred, who later also referred to themselves as the hate club. After this, Wifebeater and Justice Pain broke up and began feuding. This feud ended at Cage of Death III inside the Cage of Death for the world title where Pain defeated Wifebeater. During one period in 2001 he was a member of the stable "Big Dealz" along with John Zandig, Nick Mondo, Jun Kasai, Z-Barr and Trent Acid.[1]

In 2002, Wifebeater won the first-ever CZW Tournament of Death after defeating Nick Mondo in the finals. He wrestled his retirement match in November 2002, but made a return a year later in the same month to join Zandig's team for Cage of Death V. In 2004, he won the third Tournament of Death after defeating Necro Butcher in the finals. Later in the year, Justice Pain returned and rejoined Wifebeater to reform the H8 Club. They targeted the H8 Club of Gage and Hatred and wrestled in what would be his final "official" CZW match in December 2004 at Cage Of Death 6. That night, Justice Pain turned on Wifebeater. Since then, Prince has made some appearances back in the Combat Zone. One was a run in on the ROH wrestlers during a big brawl between CZW and ROH at ROH's "Arena Warfare" in early 2006. His next appearance was at CZW's event Trapped in August 2006, filling in for a vacant J.C. Bailey. In this contest, Wifebeater went up against Danny Havoc in a match with the Cage of Death surrounding the ring.

In wrestling

Wifebeater (left) attacking Nick Mondo with a weed whacker.

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ WrestlingZone.ru : Wifebeater (Russian)
  2. ↑ "B.J.W. Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
  3. ↑ "B.J.W. Death Match Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved 2007-05-07.

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