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Frankie Kazarian (KAZ) Career Highlights
Frankie Kazarian is an American professional wrestler who currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Kaz. He has worked for numerous promotions, including World Wrestling Entertainment in its cruiserweight division.
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Californian independent circuit (1998–2004)
Nationally Armenian, Frankie Kazarian began training with Killer Kowalski in Malden, Massachusetts in 1998. Kazarian wrestled his debut match after one month's training, facing Freight Train Dan. After remaining at Kowalski's school for eight months, Kazarian returned to Southern California. There he began wrestling on the independent circuit, primarily in the Empire Wrestling Federation, where he continued his training and teamed with Josh Galaxy as Bad Influence.
In 2000, Kazarian joined Ultimate Pro Wrestling, and in March 2001 he formed a tag team with Nova known as Evolution. Evolution won the vacant UPW Tag Team Championships on May 30, 2001. He travelled to Japan as part of the UPW roster in 2002, where he faced Steve Corino.
He toured Australia and New Zealand with the now defunct World Wrestling All-Stars promotion in May 2003, where he met Glenn Gilberti and Scott D'Amore, leading to his being offered a job by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Kazarian also worked for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and won a tournament to become the first ever PWG Heavyweight Champion on August 30, 2003. He held the title until February 22, 2004 when he was defeated by Adam Pearce. However he became their first (and to date) only 2-time champion when he regained the title from Adam Pearce in a "Loser Leaves PWG" match.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003–2005)
Kazarian joined TNA in the summer of 2003, and quickly began pursuing the TNA X Division Championship. He was part of the first ever Ultimate X Match, on August 20, 2003 along with Michael Shane and Chris Sabin, which was won by Shane. Kazarian did not appear with TNA between October 2003 and March 2004.
After Chris Sabin was stripped of the title while sidelined with a knee injury, Kazarian eventually won the X-Division title on March 31, 2004, defeating The Amazing Red in a match for the vacant title. He lost the belt to A.J. Styles on June 9, 2004.
In June 2004 he and Shane formed a tag team (informally known as Shazarian) managed by Traci Brooks. They claimed to resent the fact that A.J. Styles had held the TNA X-Division Championship, then the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, then had won the X-Division Championship once more. This was purportedly illegal according to a previously unknown bylaw of the TNA rulebook, which stated that an X-Division competitor who participated for the Heavyweight Championship could not return to the X Division.
On July 28, 2004 he and Shane faced Styles in an Ultimate X match. Kazarian and Shane were declared co-champions when both took possession of the title belt at the same time. On August 11 they defended the title in a twenty two man Gauntlet for the Gold Match. Kazarian started at number one and was one of the final three participants, but was eliminated by The Amazing Red, who in turn was eliminated by Petey Williams.
Kazarian was put in the same situation at November's Victory Road where he entered number one in a 20-man X Division Gauntlet and was the last man eliminated.
Throughout late 2004 and early 2005, Kazarian and Shane competed in the TNA tag division. Kazarian's contract with TNA expired in September 2004 and was not renewed, but he continued working with the company on a per appearance basis. The duo eventually began a feud with the 3Live Kru and Jeff Hammond, a NASCAR analyst who was working with TNA as a commentator. This led to a match at the Against All Odds pay-per-view on February 13, 2005 between Hammond and Kru member B.G. James and Shane and Kazarian. Kazarian was pinned by Hammond after Shane miscued on a superkick and knocked him out.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2005)
On February 15, 2005, Kazarian left TNA on good terms and signed with World Wrestling Entertainment. He was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling, the primary developmental territory of WWE. He made his WWE television debut during an episode of Velocity on July 16, 2005, defeating Nunzio, and remained undefeated throughout July and into August. During this time, he picked up victories against Scotty 2 Hotty, Funaki, and Paul London respectively.
On August 15, Kazarian announced on his website that he had left WWE two days earlier. The reasons for the departure were said to be that many of WWE's writers still did not know who he was after over a month in the company. Many believe Kazarian left because WWE wanted him to cut his long hair much shorter. Kazarian remained undefeated during his stint in WWE. During his short stint with WWE, Kazarian became the first former TNA X Division champion to be on WWE's active roster.
Return to the independent circuit (2006–2007)
Kazarian returned to the Californian independent circuit shortly after his release. He wrestled on the August 19, 2006 Pro Wrestling Guerrilla show in Los Angeles, Smells Like Steen Spirit, where he teamed with Petey Williams to (unsuccessfully) challenge El Generico and Human Tornado for the PWG Tag Team Championships. During Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's (Please Don't Call it) The O.C.on May 6, 2006, Kazarian's signature ponytail was cut off by Scorpio Sky, who he was feuding with at the time.
This would begin a nine month rivalry. During which Scorpio Sky would defeat Frankie in a "First Blood" match. In September, Frankie beat Scorpio Sky in the first round of the Battle Of Los Angeles Tournament by disqualification. When Scorpio's manager Jade Chung attacked Frankie with scissors While Frankie was pinning Scorpio. The feud ended on January 13, 2007 when Frankie beat Scorpio in a "Loser Leaves PWG" match just as he did with Adam Pearce.
Return to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007–Current)
Kazarian returned to TNA (with much shorter hair, making his departure from WWE seem even stranger) on July 16, 2006 at Victory Road, in a Championship match loss to X-Division champion Senshi. Afterwards he and his old Shazarian partner Michael Shane (now known as "Maverick" Matt Bentley due to name copyright issues) resumed in their tag team, before disappearing from television for weeks. Later resurfacing with a new goth look, the duo would be joined by Johnny Devine and all became subservient to Raven, forming the stable Serotonin. As part of Serotonin, his name was shortened to the simple and supposedly cryptic Kaz.
Kaz eventually became the first Serotonin member to become very rebellious towards Raven. Kaz turned on Raven on June 21, 2007 by jolting to the Impact Zone and attacking fellow members of Serotonin, Havok and Martyr, costing him a match against Chris Harris. Since he split up with Serotonin, he has gone back to using his old ring attire and titantron which both said the full "Kazarian" - though it was all later changed to only say the simple Kaz (which remains his ring name) except for a few references on the TNA website.
Shortly after this, he engaged in a brief feud with Robert Roode over his treatment of Ms. Brooks. Kaz would next be entered in the 2007 Fight For The Right Tournament, which he won by defeating Christian Cage at Genesis in the finals in a ladder match. On the Impact following Genesis, Kaz was defeated by Kurt Angle to retain his TNA World Title.
At the 2007 Turning Point PPV, he was partnered with Booker T against Christian Cage and Robert Roode, with Kaz and Booker T winning. Since then he has been attacking Dustin Rhodes because Rhodes alter ego Black Reign (with his rat, Misty) attacked Kaz after a match between Rellik and Kaz on Impact that Kaz had won by pinning Rellik. Kaz is scheduled to face Black Reign in a match at the January 2008 Final Resolution PPV. He defeated Black Reign at Final Resolution with the Wave Of The Future. Kaz left the ring with Misty, the rat, leaving Black Reign alone and screaming for Kaz to come back. Kaz faced Senshi on iMPACT and after winning the match, Kaz was attacked from behind by Black Reign.
Since then he has been attacking Dustin Rhodes, and stealing things from Black Reign. Kaz and Black Reign competed in a Four Corner Mouse Trap match were Kaz won but Black Reign ended up getting his things back from Kaz after hitting Kaz with his Darkness Falls weapon. On February 23, Kaz defeated Rellik. After the match, Black Reign and Rellik attacked Kaz. Eric Young ran out to help but got too scared to do anything.
At Destination X, Kaz and Eric Young defeated Black Reign and Rellik. The week after, Kurt Angle defeated Kaz on Impact!. Kaz and Eric Young (now 'Super Eric') have become a tag team. On April 13, at TNA Lockdown 2008, he and Eric Young won The Cuffed In A Cage Match. On the April 17th version of TNA iMPACT!, following TNA Lockdown, Kaz and Eric Young defeated the holders of the TNA World Tag Team Championship, AJ Styles and Tomko and LAX in a triple threat tag team match for the titles atfer Young's alter ego, "Super Eric" pinned Styles with a bridging suplex. Later in the night, Styles complained to Jim Cornette that Young and his alter ego were two different people. Cornette would vacate the titles near the end of the show. The Tag Team Titles would be up for grabs in the Dueces Wild Tournament. Kaz and Eric Youbg would face LAX in their Dueces Wild Tournament qualifying match, with LAX winning. "Super Eric" went on to qualify for the Dueces Wild tournament in a team with AJ Styles.
Kaz competed against 9 other wrestlers in the Terror Dome Match at the Sacrifice PPV on May 11th. At the start of the TerrorDome match, Jim Cornette announced that the winner would also take Kurt Angle's place in the triple threat match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in the main event at Sacrifice. Kaz was able to be the first to escape the Terror Dome and in doing so he became the number one contender to the X Division Championship! Kaz went on to face Samoa Joe and Scott Steiner in the Triple Threat match where Samoa Joe retained the title when he pinned Steiner. Kaz is scheduled to face Petey Williams for the X Division Title on June 8th at the Slammiversary PPV. On the June 5 edition of iMPACT! Kaz won a future title match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in the first ever X Division King of the Mountain match.
Championships and accomplishments
Big Time Wrestling
BTW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jason Styles
California Wrestling Coalition
CWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Iron Eagle
CWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Cauliflower Alley Club
Future Legends Award (2005)
Empire Wrestling Federation
EWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
EWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Josh Galaxy
International Wrestling Coalition
IWC United States Championship (1 time)
Jersey All Pro Wrestling
JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
JAPW New Jersey State Championship (1 time)
Millennium Pro Wrestling
MPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
First MPW Heavyweight Champion
Phoenix Championship Wrestling
PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nova
PCW Television Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
PWG Championship (2 times)
First PWG Champion
First (and so far the only) Two Time PWG Champion
BAM3000 Tournament Winner
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
TNA X Division Championship (2 times)
Second time was co-champ with Michael Shane (Matt Bentley) Fight for the Right Tournament Winner (2007)
Ultimate Pro Wrestling
UPW Lightweight Championship (1 time)
UPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nova
United States Xtreme Wrestling
UXW Xtreme Championship (1 time)
West Coast Wrestling Alliance
WCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Zero-One Japan Wrestling
Zero-One International Junior Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
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Myspace Backgrounds
Frankie Kazarian Finishing and signature moves
Wave of the Future (Swinging spike reverse STO)
Flux Capacitor (Moonsault side slam)
Back to the Future (Wristlock electric chair drop bridged backwards into a pin)
Half-nelson choke with bodyscissors (PWG)
Corner dropkick followed by a kipup
Bicycle kick
Leg hook suplex
Springboard into a dropkick to an opponent seated in the corner
Springboard into a revolving leg drop
Springboard into a back elbow smash
Slingshot into a DDT
Slingshot into a leg drop
Slingshot into a double knee facebreaker
German suplex
Swinging neckbreaker
Belly to belly suplex
Hangman's neckbreaker followed into a DDT
Jumping high kick
Spin kick
Dropkick
The Wave of the Future
GIF Credit: THE-SHARP-EDGE
The Flux Capicator
GIF Credit: THE-SHARP-EDGE
Back to the Future
GIF Credit: REN
Finishing and signature moves with Matt Bentley
Modern Art - Superkick (Bentley) followed into a bridging German suplex pin (Kazarian) combination
Xtreme Domination - Legsweep (Kazarian) / Superkick (Bentley) combination
Kazarian with Traci
Managers
Jade Chung
Looney Lane
Melina
So Cal Val
Traci
C. Edward Vander Pyle
Other Media - Movies and Television
Kazarian made a cameo appearance on an episode of The Man Show where Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla learned how to wrestle.
He also appeared in the film Backyard Dogs in 2000 as "Snake Duggan"
Kazarian was on an episode of Distraction with fellow wrestlers, Curry Man and Samoa Joe.
Kazarian was also referenced in Mike Vallely's documentary, Mike V's Greatest Hits, in which one part of it involved the pro skater spending part of his time as a wrestler.
Trivial Information
He used to freestyle rap along with his close friends John Cena and Samoa Joe while the three of them were on the road in UPW.
His finishing moves are named after quotes from the movie Back to the Future.
Kaz is an avid fan of the band Metallica.
The Kazarian / Kaz entrance attire logos are written in the same font as the logos of the band Metallica.
TNA commentator Mike Tenay revealed in a late 2007 shoot interview that during a WCW show in San Diego in 2000, a fan appeared to him and boldly declared that "someday, [Tenay] will be calling one of [his] matches". That fan was none other than Kazarian himself.
