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Erik Watts (born December 19, 1967) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Amarillo redirects here. ... Bill Watts, (born May 5, 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), is a former American professional wrestler and promoter. ... is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... ... For the Australian professional wrestling promotion, see World Championship Wrestling (Australia). ...

Career

Watts attended the University of Louisville, where he was a quarterback for the Louisville Cardinals. Watts later trained as a wrestler under his father, Bill Watts, and debuted in 1992. After wrestling for three months, he was hired by World Championship Wrestling. While in WCW, Watts feuded with Arn Anderson. His constant pushes were controversial in that his father was at the time the WCW booker, leading to accusations of nepotism. The University of Louisville (also known as U of L) is a public, state-supported university located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. ... Navy quarterback Aaron Polanco sets up to throw. ... For University of Louisvilles independent weekly student newspaper, see The Louisville Cardinal. ... Bill Watts, (born May 5, 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), is a former American professional wrestler and promoter. ... For the Australian professional wrestling promotion, see World Championship Wrestling (Australia). ... A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... In professional wrestling, a push is an attempt by the booker to make the wrestler win more matches and become more popular with the fans. ... A booker, as the term is used in professional wrestling, is a person who puts matches together and determines basics about their content, such as relative overall length, who the eventual victor will be, and many of the moves which will be made during the match; in other words, the... Look up nepotism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 1995, Watts followed his father to the World Wrestling Federation. In the WWF, Watts was renamed "Troy" while Chad Fortune was renamed "Travis" and put in a tag team known as "Tekno Team 2000". Wearing silver smocks and tight zubaz, their gimmick was that they represented the cutting edge of cyberculture. Their tag team made its debut on the May 27, 1995 episode of Superstars in a victorious effort against Brooklyn Brawler and Barry Horowitz. They wrestled two more matches on TV the following month before disappearing from television until July 1995 for the In Your House Pay-Per-View acting as lumberjacks for the main event. After the Pay-Per-View they disappeared off of television for a year, only to resurface back on WWF television in 1996. They still failed to achieve any success and both men were released from the WWF. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Chad Fortune (born August 13, 1967) is a monster truck driver, former professional football player and former professional wrestler in both WWF and WCW. // Fortune played tight end at the University of Louisville from 1986-1989[1]. Following his college career he signed an undrafted free agent contract with the...

After several years of relative obscurity, Watts joined the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion in 2000, losing to Spike Dudley in his ECW Arena debut. He remained with the promotion for several months before departing. Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... This article is about the independent promotion from 1992-2001. ... Matthew Johnathan Hyson (born August 13, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his performances in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Spike Dudley and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Brother Runt. He is currently employed under the Combat Zone... The ECW Arena, a bingo hall on the south side of Philadelphia served as the home of the seminal wrestling federation Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1992 until the federations demise in 2001. ...

In 2002, Watts joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He eventually formed a heel stable with David Flair and Brian Lawler (two other second generation wrestlers whose careers were overshadowed by those of their famous fathers, Ric and Jerry) known as "The Next Generation". After the stable disbanded, Watts turned face. He acted as the TNA Director of Authority from July 23, 2003 to January 28, 2004, before being ousted by Don Callis. Watts then feuded with his on-screen girlfriend, Goldy Locks, throughout 2004. In late 2004, he feuded with Raven, defeating him at TNA Final Resolution 2005 before leaving the promotion in February 2005. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. ... 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... David Fliehr (born March 6, 1979 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) better known by his ring name David Flair, is the son of Ric Flair and is a professional wrestler. ... Brian Christopher Lawler (born January 10, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a professional wrestler currently performing for Memphis Wrestling and other independent promotions, and the son of professional wrestling legend Jerry The King Lawler. ... Richard Morgan Fliehr[2] (born on February 25, 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota[2]) better known by his ring name Ric Flair , is a legendary American professional wrestler of iconic staus signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! brand. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In professional wrestling, a face or babyface is a character who is portrayed as heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analagous to villains. ... // This is a list of authority figures, people who have (kayfabe) power, in selective professional wrestling promotions or brands within North America. ... is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... Moon Shadow (born March 28 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a musician and professional wrestling personality who uses the stage name Goldylocks or Goldy Locks. ... Scott Anthony Levy (born September 8, 1964) better known by his ring name Raven, is an American professional wrestler. ... Final Resolution is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of January. ... February 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ...

After leaving TNA, Watts began working primarily for the Georgia-based Great Championship Wrestling promotion. He also appeared with AWA Superstars of Wrestling, defeating Diamond Dallas Page for the vacant AWA International Heavyweight Championship on February 4, 2005 in Tucson, Arizona in a match refereed by Mick Foley. The title was retired by the AWA Board of Directors later that year. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tucson (pronounced ) is the seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles (98 km) north of the U.S.-Mexico border. ... Michael Francis Mick Foley, Sr. ...

Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

• Lights Out (Snap STO)
• E-Bomb (Turnbuckle powerbomb or a spin-out powerbomb)
• Chokeslam
• STF
• Diving knee drop
• Dropkick
• Modified inverted facelock submission
• Double knee backbreaker

• Managers

• Lou E. Dangerously
• Desire
• Goldy Locks

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Championships and accomplishments

• AWA Superstars of Wrestling

• AWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Great Championship Wrestling

• GCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• GCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with John Bogie

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI Rookie of the Year award in 1992

• Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling

• TCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Scotty Anton

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic - WCW - The Push Of Erik Watts in 1992
• Most Overrated Wrestler in 1992

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References

• Erik Watts at Accelerator3359.com
• Erik Watts at Bodyslamming.com
• Erik Watts at Online World of Wrestling
• Watts talks about giving motivational speeches, celebrities

External links

• Erik Watts at the Internet Movie Database