Nigel McGuinness is the ring name of an English professional wrestler, currently working for Ring of Honor in the United States, where he is the current ROH World Champion, and Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan. McGuinness was the longest reigning ROH Pure Champion, holding the title for 350 days. is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Louisville redirects here. ... Robert Edward Brooks is an English professional wrestler, who wrestles under the ring name of Robbie Brookside, and is nicknamed Wildcat. Brooks has toured all over the world during his career including such countries as America, Japan, Germany, and Mexico. ... Leslie Alan Malady was born on October 28, 1940 in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... David Steven Taylor (born May 1, 1957) is an English professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its SmackDown brand. ... For other uses, see September (disambiguation). ... This article is about the year. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For the video game, see Pro Wrestling (video game). ... For other uses, see Ring of Honor (disambiguation). ... The ROH World Championship The Ring of Honor (ROH) World Championship, originally named the ROH Title, is the top title contested for the independent professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. ... Pro Wrestling NOAH is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000. ... The Pure Championship is a title contested for in the North Americian independent professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. ...

Career

Nigel McGuinness was a wrestling fan from the age of twelve, particularly enjoying The Hart Foundation and The British Bulldogs, and attended SummerSlam 1992 while wearing Ultimate Warrior face paint. After attending Les University, McGuinness relocated to America in the 1990s in order to attend Kent State University, and graduated in 1997 with a degree in chemistry. This article is about the Hart Foundation in professional wrestling. ... The British Bulldogs Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith British Bulldogs were the team of Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid in Stampede Wrestling & WWE (then WWF). ... SummerSlam 1992 was the fifth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Link titleBold textMedia:Example. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... For the events of May 4, 1970, see Kent State shootings Kent State University (also known as Kent, Kent State or KSU) is one of America’s largest university systems, the third largest university in Ohio after Ohio State University (57,748) and the University of Cincinnati (35,364), and... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ... For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). ...

In September 1998 McGuinness began training under Les Thatcher in the Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) in Cincinnati, Ohio, incurring large debts in the process. After debuting in September 1999, defeating GQ Masters III in a match that was featured on ABC's 20/20, he spent a year wrestling in the mid west. McGuinness returned to England where he worked two full time jobs to earn enough money to be able to return to the U.S. to wrestle, and wrestled for All Star promotions between September and December 2001, where he learned from wrestlers such as Robbie Brookside. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Heartland Wrestling Association is a Midwestern independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Cincinnati redirects here. ... For other uses, see Debt (disambiguation). ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the American broadcast network. ... This article is about the television show. ... This article is about the Midwestern region in the United States. ... September 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events September 4 - Google is awarded U.S. Patent 6,285,999, for the PageRank search algorithm used in the Google search engine September 5 - Perus attorney general files homicide charges against ex-President Alberto... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: December 2 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy canceled a US$8. ... Robert Edward Brooks is an English professional wrestler, who wrestles under the ring name of Robbie Brookside, and is nicknamed Wildcat. Brooks has toured all over the world during his career including such countries as America, Japan, Germany, and Mexico. ...

Heartland Wrestling Association

McGuinness developed a heel character which he described as "a punk rock soccer hooligan...Billy Idol meets Johnny Saint." In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Hooligan redirects here. ... Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad) is an British musician and singer. ... Johnny Saint (born in Manchester) is a retired English professional wrestler who worked around English during the World Of Sport era. ...

On July 10, 2001, McGuinness defeated Dean Jablonski in a singles match with the HWA Tag Team Championship on the line (the co-holder of the title, Chet Jablonski, was indisposed), claiming the title for himself and his partner, The Human Time Bomb. McGuinness and The Bomb held the title until August 7, when the Jablonski brothers regained the title. McGuinness and The Bomb would become champions for a second time on July 23, 2002, defeating the Jablonski brothers once more. They lost the title to Southern Breeze later that year. is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

In 2003 McGuinness introduced the HWA European Championship to HWA. He held the title until September 30, 2003, when he lost to Hoss. He regained the title on November 4 and promptly retired it. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

McGuinness won the HWA Heavyweight Championship on September 6, 2003 in Batavia, Ohio, defeating Chad Collyer, He held the title until January 3, 2004, when he lost the title to Hoss. McGuinness defeated Hoss to begin a second heavyweight title reign on January 6, and held the title until March 17, 2004, when he lost to El Temor. is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Batavia is a village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States. ... Chad Collyer (born December 12, 1974 in Liberty, Indiana) is an American professional wrestler. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ring of Honor

McGuinness debuted in Ring of Honor (ROH) on August 9, 2003, wrestling Chet Jablonski. He wrestled for ROH throughout 2004 but had limited success. In March 2005, McGuinness and Colt Cabana teamed together to challenge for the ROH Tag Team Championship, but lost to the incumbents, Dan Maff and B.J. Whitmer. Cabana and McGuinness then began fighting one another, with McGuinness defeated Cabana for a shot at the ROH Pure Championship. He challenged the champion, Samoa Joe, on June 12, 2005, but was defeated. He faced Joe once more on August 27, and defeated him to win the Pure Championship. He would become the longest reigning Pure Champion in the title's two year history. For other uses, see Ring of Honor (disambiguation). ... is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ← - 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in March • 31 – Terri Schiavo • 30 – Mitch Hedberg • 29 – Johnnie Cochran • 27 – Wilfred Bigelow • 26 – Paul Hester • 26 – James Callaghan • 21 – Jeff Weise • 21 – Bobby Short • 19 – John De Lorean • 18 – Gary Bertini • 17 – George F... Scott Colton (born May 6, 1980 in Deerfield, Illinois), better known under his ring name Classic Colt Cabana, is a professional wrestler, currently working in Ring of Honor and on the independent circuit. ... A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... The ROH World Tag Team Championship The ROH World Tag Team Championship is the tag team title contested for in the independent professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Benjamin Whitmer (born January 25, 1978), usually abbreviated to B.J. Whitmer, is the ring name of an American independent professional wrestler. ... The Pure Championship is a title contested for in the North Americian independent professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. ... Nuufolau Joel Joe Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Samoa Joe, and currently performing for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

For several months after becoming champion, McGuinness was engaged in a feud with Claudio Castagnoli, instigated by a non-title match on October 14 where Claudio was able to use his knowledge of Nigel's European wrestling style to score a pinfall on the champion. This led to a series of matches for the title, with Nigel using underhanded tactics to avoid losing the belt. On March 25, 2006, Nigel defeated Claudio in a match billed as Claudio's last chance to win the belt as long as Nigel was champion. Claudio Castagnoli (born December 27, 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. ... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nigel was mostly uninvolved in the war between ROH and CZW, instead developing a new gimmick where he would win his matches by countout by using (often unfair) methods of preventing them from returning to the ring. McGuinness received a shot at the ROH World Championship against Bryan Danielson with his own Pure Championship on the line and contested under Pure Championship rules on April 29. McGuinness again won by countout, meaning that he did not win the title, but the victory was enough to earn a rematch under regular rules on July 29, in which Danielson narrowly managed to retain his title. However, McGuinness lost his Pure Championship in a unification match with Danielson conducted under pure rules in Liverpool on August 12, 2006. In professional wrestling, a gimmick is a wrestlers personality, behavior, attire and/or other distinguishing traits while performing. ... The ROH World Championship The Ring of Honor (ROH) World Championship, originally named the ROH Title, is the top title contested for the independent professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. ... Bryan Danielson (born May 22, 1981 in Aberdeen, Washington)[1] is an American independent professional wrestler, known as the American Dragon. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Chris Jericho as WWF Undisputed Champion, holding the WWF Championship and World Championship belts Championship unification or championship consolidation are terms which mean the act of combining two or more separate championships into a single title. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In ROH, McGuinness regularly carries an iron (decorated with the Union Jack) to ringside. When asked, the typical story given is that a group of men once broke into his home to attack him, but he was able to defend himself with the iron. In reality, he began carrying the iron after a girlfriend's mother asked him why some wrestlers carried weapons to ringside, and then enquired as to whether anyone had ever carried an iron before. ^[1] An iron Ironing or smoothing is the work of using a heated tool to remove wrinkles from washed clothes. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 Union Jack is the commonly used name for the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ...

McGuinness also had a gimmick in ROH of mispronouncing words. An example would be at Survival of the Fittest 2005 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, when he said the fans appreciated him as much as "their beloved Boston Red Stockings". 1888 German map of Boston Harbor showing Dorchester in the lower left hand corner. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Other nicknames The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team, The Sox Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds...

At Undeniable on October 6, 2007, McGuinness defeated Takeshi Morishima to win the ROH World Championship. Undeniable is a professional wrestling pay-per-view promoted by Ring of Honor that took place on October 6, 2007 and will air on PPV in January 2008[1] from the Inman Sports Club in Edison, New Jersey. ... is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Takeshi Morishima ) is a Japanese professional wrestler. ... The ROH World Championship The Ring of Honor (ROH) World Championship, originally named the ROH Title, is the top title contested for the independent professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. ...

ROH recently confirmed that Nigel McGuinness will be out of action until Final Battle 2007 due to a torn bicep, however he will not be stripped of the ROH World Championship. [1] However on November 2, the first night of ROH's Glory by Honor VI event in Philadelphia, Chris Hero and his agent Larry Sweeney complained of Nigel's injury, calling him a fluke champion. Sweeney felt that Hero's victory of the Survival of the Fittest in Las Vegas earned him a title shot any time he wanted. Nigel, in street clothes, accepted the challenge. He successfully retained the title against Hero, despite first losing the match due to the referee failing to notice McGuinness' foot on the rope while Hero made him tap out to submission. is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other promotions

While still in ROH, McGuinness continued to compete in various other independent promotions like IWA Mid-South, New Era Pro Wrestling, and Italian Championship Wrestling as well as tour various countries. Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, or IWA Mid-South, is a professional wrestling promotion. ...

McGuinness would also make appearances for some major promotions. On the September 3, 2005, McGuinness competed in Ohio Valley Wrestling (WWE's training territory) on episode of its OVW TV, losing to Elijah Burke. He would go on to wrestle Danny Basham on the September 11, 2005, episode of WWE's Sunday Night HEAT, losing after Basham hit an inverted DDT. is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. ... Elijah Samuel Burke[1] (born May 24, 1978) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its ECW brand. ... Danny Holly (born October 3, 1979) better known as Danny Basham is a professional wrestler. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... WWE Heat (formerly known as WWE Sunday Night Heat and capitalized as WWE HEAT) is a professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment, showcasing talent from the Raw roster with lower-card matches. ... In professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler falls down or backwards to drive a held opponents head into the mat. ...

McGuinness later appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling debuting on November 13, 2005 at Genesis in a losing effort to Shark Boy before leaving America to tour Japan with Pro Wrestling NOAH in November and December 2005. He wrestled nine matches in total, seven of which he won, and teamed with fellow gaijin Doug Williams, 2 Cold Scorpio and Bison Smith. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Genesis is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ... Dean M. Roll (born January 28, 1975) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Shark Boy. ... Pro Wrestling NOAH is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000. ... Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... The characters for Gaikokujin, lit: Outside country person. Gaikokujin (外国人 Foreigner lit: Outside country person) is a Japanese word used to refer to foreigners or people not of Japanese nationality. ... Douglas Clayton Durdle (born September 1, 1972 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English professional wrestler best known by his stage name, Doug Williams. ... Charles Charlie Scaggs (born October 25, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, 2 Cold Scorpio or Too Cold Scorpio and Flash Funk. ...

In 2007, McGuinness represented Ring of Honor in the King of Europe Cup. He made his way through to the final and, in his home country, defeated fellow Brit and tag-team partner Doug Williams to win the 2007 tournament final. The King of Europe Cup (KOE cup) is a European professional wrestling tournament in the style of the King of Indies and Super 8 tournaments of the United States[1]. The inagural event is to be hosted in Liverpool, England on the last weekend of April 2007 and is the...

Just recently McGuiness represented the Australian annual supershow International Assault, he faced Bryan Danielson for the World Series Wrestling title in a match at the UNSW roundhouse in Sydney and then wrestled in two other events in Melbourne and Newcastle.

Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

• Jawbreaker Lariat / Rebound Lariat (Running lariat to an opponent draped on the top rope or caught between the top and middle ropes)
• Tower of London (Rope hung elevated cutter)
• Thames Barrier (Modified wrist lock)
• Divorce Court (Hammerlock single arm DDT)
• Guvnor's Crumpet (Double hammerlock facebuster)
• Artful Dodger (Dodge sequence into roll-up)
• European uppercut, sometimes to an opponent in the corner
• Multiple lariats
• Cobra clutch, sometimes transitioned into a lariat
• Top rope handstand evasion into a double foot mule kick
• Kick to the back of a cornered opponent followed up with a Lariat to their neck

• Theme music

• I Fought the Law – The Clash
• Roll On – The Living End
• Fucking in the Bushes – Oasis
• God Save – Dale Oliver

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Championships and accomplishments

• Heartland Wrestling Association

• HWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• HWA European Championship (2 times)
• HWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with the Human Time Bomb

• New Breed Wrestling Association

• New Breed Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Ring of Honor

• ROH World Championship (1 time, current)
• ROH Pure Championship (1 time)

• Other

• King of Europe Cup winner (2007)

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References

• Nigel McGuinness at IWCwrestling.com
• Interview at Twnpnews.com
• Interview with Harold Williams
• Solie's title histories

External links

• NigelMcGuinness.com (Official Website)
• Pick My Brain interview with Nigel McGuinness