Iceberg (wrestler)

Iceberg
Birth name Edward Chastain
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Edward Chastain
Iceberg
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight 385 lb (175 kg)[1]
Billed from "Places Men Fear to Tread"
Trained by Abdullah the Butcher

Edward Chastain is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Iceberg. Iceberg has competed for several professional wrestling promotions, including Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING) in Japan.[2] He later wrestled as part of The Extreme Freebird alliance. He has also held the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship.

Professional wrestling career

Chastain was mentored by Abdullah the Butcher, who inspired him to use a fork as a foreign object during matches.[1] Early in his career, Chastain faced and defeated such wrestlers as Mr. Pogo and Abdullah the Butcher.[3] In TNA Wrestling, he was brought in by manager Don Callis to feuded with The Sandman.[4][5] At TNA's fifty-third weekly pay-per-view event, Chastain defeated Norman Smiley.[2] Chastain later lost a pay-per-view match against The Sandman. After the match, Callis ended his business arrangement with Chastain, putting on a rubber glove and then shaking his hand.[6]

In 2003, he was one third of the alliance The Extreme Freebirds, with Tank and Ray Gordy.[7]

After winning the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship, he defended it against Mikael Judas and Phill Shatter at the NWA 60th Anniversary Show. In NWA in September 2009, he wrestled in a match which carried a stipulation that he would be forced to retire if he lost. Iceberg lost the match but then wrestled one final match under his real name, Edward Chastain, claiming that only the Iceberg character had to retire.[3] During this match, he wore a dress shirt and tie, and the fans chanted "You're a legend!" after Chastain won the match.[3][8]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • CCW Heavyweight Championship
  • CCW Brass Knuckles Championship
  • EWA Heavyweight Championship
  • EWA United States Championship
  • IWA-Deep South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - With Tank
  • NWF Heavyweight Championship
  • NEWA Hardcore Champion Championship
  • SCWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • SCWA Heavyweight Championship
  • SCWA Tag Team Championship (4 times)
  • UEW Tag Team Championship
  • W*ING Hardcore Championship

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Jarvis, Jenny (2008-01-07). "Georgia wrangles over rules for pro wrestling". SFGate.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  2. 1 2 Abreu, Donnie (2003-07-17). "TNA: Blood, masks and many happy returns". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  3. 1 2 3 "NWA News & Notes". NWA Wrestling. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  4. 1 2 Baines, Tim (2003-07-13). "Hart attack still felt in Montreal". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  5. ↑ Abreu, Donnie (2003-07-10). "TNA: Legend makes an impact, Callis debuts". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  6. ↑ Abreu, Donnie (2003-07-31). "TNA: The Fallen Angel returns". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  7. ↑ Renwick, Meredith (September 16, 2003). "Ray Gordy's a Freebird too". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  8. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (2009-11-09). "Mon. Update: Huge TV Night, DX VS. JeriShow; Danielson; Couture; Angle Legal; Hogan vs. Flair". Wrestling Observer Newsletter/Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2010-03-19. Edward Chastain (Iceberg wrestling in a dress shirt for his final match) & Truitt Fields b Phil Shatter & Shaun Tempers. When the show was over, all the babyfaces surrounded the ring and fans chanted "You're a legend" at Chastain.
  9. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=857864177618376&id=835725516498909

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