Don Callis is a Canadian former professional wrestler and manager, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling as color commentator Cyrus the Virus. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Professional wrestling is a form of performance art in which the performers act out a scripted wrestling match. ... In professional wrestling, a manager is a character who is paired with a wrestler. ... Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon, and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001. ... A color commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ...

Career

Don Callis became a wrestler after looking for a sport to play while attending the University of Manitoba, where he earned a Degree in Political Studies. He was trained by local wrestling promoter Tony Condello and debuted in 1989. Wrestling under the name Don Casablancas, Callis formed a tag team with Rick Martel known as "The Supermodels". He also teamed with The Psycho as "The Mercenaries of Mayhem" under the tutelage of their manager The Golden Sheik. The University of Manitoba is the largest university of the province of Manitoba, most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. ... It has been suggested that Professional degree be merged into this article or section. ... Political science is the field of the social sciences concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... In professional wrestling, a manager is a character who is paired with a wrestler. ...

In 1990 Callis debuted with the West Four Wrestling Alliance, where he became a five time Heavyweight Champion. This article is about the year. ...

Callis began a heated feud with former partner Rick Martel in June, 1994. He also toured in Japan, South Africa and Lebanon. He received a tryout match with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1996, and was eventually hired as a manager. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... In professional wrestling, a manager is a character who is paired with a wrestler. ...

On September 20, 1997, Callis debuted in the WWF as "The Jackyl", the leader of a group of wrestlers known as the "Truth Commission" (a take on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission). An article in WWF Magazine claimed that he was a lower-level WWF employee during the early 1990s, and that he developed a messianic complex when he led a group of WWF superstars out of Kuwait when they were stranded there during the Gulf War. The stable was not particularly successful, with their biggest achievement being their victory over the "Disciples of Apocalypse" at the 1997 Survivor Series. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. ... Combatants UN Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf Saddam Hussein Strength 660,000 360,000 Casualties 378 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 dead, 75,000 wounded The Gulf War ( 2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991 ) was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations... In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet... Official Survivor Series logo. ...

Callis returned to television in 1998, forming a stable known as "The Parade of Human Oddities". The group consisted of "freakish" wrestlers, including "Golga" (a masked John Tenta ("Earthquake"), and Howard Stern Show regular Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, and had entrance music performed by the Insane Clown Posse. The stable did not last long, and Callis eventually became the manager of Hell's Henchmen. He requested and was granted a release from the WWF later that year. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Oddities were a professional wrestling stable in the WWF (now the WWE). ... John Tenta (June 22, 1963 – June 7, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake. ... Howard Allen Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor and author. ... Wack Packer Beetlejuice The Wack Pack is the name given to a wide assortment of regular guests of the Howard Stern Show. ... The Insane Clown Posse (ICP) is an American horrorcore/hip hop/rapcore duo originally from Wayne, Michigan, consisting of Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler). ... Bradshaw (left) with Faarooq as The Acolytes The Acolytes Protection Agency (A.P.A), also known as Hells Henchmen and The Acolytes, was a professional wrestling tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment, active between October 1998 and March 2004. ...

In late 1999, Callis debuted in ECW as "Cyrus", a commentator who was presented as working for TNN, the TV network that was broadcasting ECW. His character represented many of the real problems between ECW and TNN at that point, as he constantly criticised the violent nature of ECW programming. Callis teamed with the anti-hardcore Steve Corino, and eventually formed a stable with Corino, Yoshihiro Tajiri and Rhyno known as The Network. He engaged in a long-term feud with commentator Joel Gertner, which culminated in a match on October 1, 2000 at the "Anarchy Rulz" event, in which Gertner was triumphant. ECW would declare bankruptcy soon after. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Steven Eugene (Steve) Corino (born May 29, 1973 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX and numerous independent promotions. ... Yoshihiro Tajiri (born September 29, 1970 in Yokohama), better known simply as Tajiri, is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in the United States of America with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Terrence (Terry) Gerin (born October 7, 1975) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Rhino and Rhyno. ... The Network was a professional wrestling stable that was formed in 1999 as a result of when ECW began to broadcast nationally on TNN. History TNN did not give ECW much money to produce their program yet, expected ECW to have high-quality production values like WCW Monday Nitro and... Joel Gertner was a manager/broadcaster of Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

With ECW gone and World Championship Wrestling purchased by the WWF, Callis returned to university, eventually earned a Master of Business Administration. He also briefly operated the No Holds Barred Wrestling Camp, a Winnipeg based wrestling training camp. It has been suggested that List of WCW programming be merged into this article or section. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a masters degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. ...

In 2003 Callis debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as a "Management Consultant". During this time he claimed credit for the Ultimate X match, which he said he devised to settle the dispute over who was X champion once and for all. He engaged in a power struggle with then Director of Authority Erik Watts, and used his power to make life difficult for Jerry Lynn, repeatedly fining and suspending him. On January 28, 2004 Callis succeeded in ousting Watts from TNA when he defeated him in a match for control of TNA. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002. ... Management consulting (sometimes also called strategy consulting) refers to both the practice of helping companies to improve performance through analysis of existing business problems and development of future plans, as well as to the firms that specialize in this sort of consulting. ... Petey Williams and Chris Sabin (L to R) competing in Ultimate X6 An Ultimate X Match is a type of professional wrestling match popularized by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ... Erik Watts (born December 19, 1967 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American professional wrestler. ... Jeremy Jerry Lynn (born June 12, 1963) is an American professional wrestler. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Callis departed TNA on good terms later that year, having been offered a job in International trade that made use of his MBA. Callis is all but retired from professional wrestling, although he made an appearance at the ECW reunion show Hardcore Homecoming on June 10, 2005. International trade is the exchange of goods and services across international boundaries or territories. ... Hardcore Homecoming was a professional wrestling promotion that was booked by Shane Douglas, a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Callis also wrote weekly wrestling columns for the Sun media group, and co-hosted a local Winnipeg radio show called "No Holds Barred" with Joe Aiello on 92 CITI FM.

Wrestling facts

Finishing and signature moves

• Claw
• Superkick
• Figure Four Leglock
• Football Tackle

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Quotes

• "Don't you K-5 me."
• "Excuse me... Excuse me..."
• "Cut...Cut...Cut"
• "The Network is not very happy..."
• "It's only wrestling, Joey Styles!"
• "If God were a wrestler, he would be Rob Van Dam."
• "I'm the Canadian Caesar!"
• "Tremendous!"
• "Paul bring me the ECW TV Title and while you're at it get me a cup of coffee!"
• "Paul you're gonna give me the ECW TV Title and you're gonna like it and me, I'm gonna love it!"

In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced KAY-fayb; IPA: ) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as real, that is the portrayal of professional wrestling as not staged or worked. ...

Championships and accomplishments

• Border City Wrestling

• 1-time BCW Can-Am Tag Team Champion (with Terry Taylor)

• West Four Wrestling Alliance

• 5-time WFWA Canadian Heavyweight Champion

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Personal life

Don Callis has expressed an interest in participating in Canadian politics, and worked as a Media Relations Specialist for the Canadian House of Commons in the early 1990s. Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm (see Monarchy in Canada) with a federal system of parliamentary government, and strong democratic traditions. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ...

External link

• Don Callis's columns at Canoe.ca