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Frankie Kazarian

February 27, 2024

"Kaz (wrestler)" redirects here. For the American wrestler born 1953, see Bill Kazmaier. For the Japanese wrestler, see Kaz Hayashi.

Frank Benedict Gerdelman[1][7] (born August 4, 1977)[2] is an American professional wrestler and musician currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), performing under the ring name Frankie Kazarian. He is also known for his work in Ring of Honor (ROH) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), as well as several independent promotions, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he has won multiple tag-team and singles championships.

Frankie Kazarian
Kazarian in March 2008
Birth nameFrank Benedict Gerdelman[1]
Born (1977-08-04) August 4, 1977 (age 46)[2]
Palm Springs, California, U.S.[2]
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2010)​
Children1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Frankie[3]
Frankie Gerdelman[3]
Frankie Kazarian[4][5]
Kaz[5]
Kazarian[3]
Suicide[3]
Billed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[6]
Billed weight210 lb (95 kg)[6]
Billed fromAnaheim, California[6]
"Beautiful" Southern California
Yucca Valley, California
Trained byKiller Kowalski[2]
Jesse Hernandez
Bill Anderson
Ultimate Pro Wrestling
DebutMay 15, 1998[3]

Kazarian began his career in 1998 and performed on several independent promotions. During the 2000s, he worked for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where he became the inaugural and two-time PWG World Champion. From 2003 until 2014, he wrestled for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He began a tag team with Michael Shane known as Shazarian. In 2007, he shortened his name to Kaz and briefly worked under the Suicide character between 2008 and 2010. After returning to the Kazarian name, he joined the Fourtune stable, where he stayed until 2012. In 2012, he began to work with Christopher Daniels as a tag team named Bad Influence, winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice. With a total of 4 reigns as X Division champion (one as co-champion with Shane and one as Suicide) and three as World Tag Team Champion, he left the company in 2014.

After leaving TNA, Daniels and Kazarian reunited in Ring of Honor, where they stayed until 2018. They changed the name of the tag team to The Addiction and later, they were joined by Scorpio Sky as SoCal Uncensored. He won the ROH Tag Team Championship twice with Daniels and once with Sky and the trio won the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. During this time, Daniels and Kazarian appeared in international promotions, such as New Japan Pro-Wrestling. After leaving ROH, the trio joined the new promotion All Elite Wrestling, where Kazarian and Sky became the first AEW World Tag Team Champions. In 2022, Kazarian also worked with Impact Wrestling, where he won his fifth X Division Championship (becoming the title’s 100th champion in the process), later signing with the company in 2023, after being granted his release from AEW.

Early life edit

Frank Benedict Gerdelman was born on August 4, 1977, in Palm Springs, California.[2][1][7]

Professional wrestling career edit

Kazarian began training with Killer Kowalski in Malden, Massachusetts in 1998, and 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 and began wrestling on the independent circuit, primarily in the Empire Wrestling Federation,[2] where he continued his training and teamed with Josh Galaxy as "Bad Influence".

Impact Wrestling commentator Mike Tenay revealed in a late 2007 shoot interview that during a World Championship Wrestling event in San Diego, California 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.

Independent circuit (1998–2004) edit

In 2000, Kazarian joined Ultimate Pro Wrestling, and in March 2001 he formed a tag team with Nova known as "Evolution".[2] On March 10, 2001, he became the first Millennium Pro Wrestling (MPW) World Champion by defeating Christopher Daniels and Adam Pearce in a three-way dance.[8] On May 30, 2001, Evolution won the vacant Ultimate Pro Wrestling Tag Team title.[2] He travelled to Japan as part of the Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) roster in 2002, where he faced Steve Corino, and also as part of Evolution he and Nova were defeated by Edge and Christian. 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.

He toured the UK, 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.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla edit

PWG Champion (2003–2004) edit

Kazarian worked for the upstart Southern Californian promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla from the very beginning, headlining its first event on July 26, 2003 against AJ Styles in a losing effort. The following month, Kazarian participated in the Bad Ass Mother 3000 tournament to determine the first-ever PWG Champion. He defeated Scott Lost in the opening round on August 29 and Lil Cholo in the quarterfinals, Christopher Daniels in the semifinals and Joey Ryan in the final to win the tournament and become the inaugural PWG Champion on August 30.[2][9] Kazarian successfully defended the title against Styles and Daniels in a three-way match at Are You Adequately Prepared To Rock? and American Dragon at An Inch Longer Than Average.

Kazarian began his first major feud as champion with Adam Pearce after Pearce pinned Kazarian in a six-man tag team match at Pimpin' In High Places. Pearce earned a title shot against Kazarian on the night one of Tango & Cash Invitational, which ended in a time limit draw, resulting in Kazarian retaining the title. Kazarian successfully defended the title against Babi Slymm, Jonny Storm and M-Dogg 20 in a four-way elimination match on the second night of the tournament. Kazarian lost the title to Pearce at Taste The Radness on February 22, 2004.[10]

Kazarian spent the next few months, feuding with Pearce and his Hardkore Inc. stablemates. He received a title shot against Pearce in a four-way dance, also involving Babi Slymm and Jardi Frantz at Rocktoberfest, where Pearce retained the title via disqualification. At the company's first anniversary show, The Reason for the Season on July 10, Kazarian became the first two-time PWG Champion by defeating Pearce in a "Loser Leaves PWG" steel cage match.[11] He would hold the title for the next four months, retaining it against Colt Cabana, Samoa Joe and Ricky Reyes until Free Admission! (Just Kidding on November 13, when he was defeated by Super Dragon.[12]

Various feuds and championship pursuits (2005–2008) edit

In early 2005, Kazarian feuded with Arrogance (Chris Bosh and Scott Lost), with the rivalry beginning after Arrogance cost Kazarian, a match against Tony Stradlin at All Nude Revue. Kazarian began pursuing the PWG Tag Team Championship, with Kazarian and a mystery partner set to challenge Arrogance for the Tag Team Championship at The Ernest P. Worrell Memorial. Kazarian revealed his tag team partner to be Lost's former X Foundation tag team partner Joey Ryan. Kazarian and Ryan lost after Kazarian prevented him from using a steel chair. Ryan turned on Kazarian by attacking him after the match and joined Arrogance. Kazarian teamed with The Aerial Express (Quicksilver and Scorpio Sky) to defeat the Arrogance trio on the first night of All Star Weekend. On the night two, Kazarian teamed with Chris Sabin to unsuccessfully challenge Bosh and Lost for the Tag Team Championship.

On the first night of the 2nd Annual PWG Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza, Kazarian challenged AJ Styles for the PWG Championship, with the match ending in a double count-out. At Smells Like Speen Spirit, Kazarian teamed with Petey Williams to challenge 2 Skinny Black Guys (El Generico and Human Tornado) for the Tag Team Championship in a losing effort.[13] In September, Kazarian participated in the inaugural Battle of Los Angeles tournament, where he lost to Rocky Romero in the first round. On the first night of All Star Weekend 3, Kazarian defeated Jimmy Yang in a tournament to determine the #1 contender for the PWG World Championship, thus qualifying to the fatal four-way tournament final on night two against B-Boy, Chris Sabin and Kevin Steen. B-Boy won the match.

At Please Don't Call It (The O.C.), Kazarian joined B-Boy as his mystery tag team partner against the World Champion Joey Ryan and Scorpio Sky. Kazarian pinned Ryan for the win and demanded a title shot against Ryan, which resulted in Ryan and Sky attacking Kazarian and B-Boy after the match and Sky cut off Kazarian's ponytail. While in WWE the previous year, Kazarian had gotten in trouble with company management after refusing to cut his hair and this was one of the reasons he had asked for his release.[14] This marked the beginning of a lengthy feud between Kazarian and the newly formed faction Dynasty, specifically Sky. Kazarian unsuccessfully challenged Ryan for the World Championship at Fear of a Black Planet. Kazarian defeated Sky via disqualification in the first round of the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles after Sky's manager Jade Chung hit him with a pair of scissors.[15] Kazarian was attacked by the Dynasty before his scheduled quarterfinal match against Super Dragon, thus knocking him out. He was carried out on a stretcher and was eliminated from the tournament via forfeit.[16]

At Self-Titled, Kazarian lost a handicap first blood match to Sky and Chung.[17] After facing off Sky and his Dynasty stablemates in a series of tag team matches over the next few months, Kazarian defeated Sky in a Loser Leaves PWG match at Based on a True Story on January 13, 2007, to end the feud, just as he did with Adam Pearce.[18] With Sky gone from PWG (in storyline), Kazarian continued his feud with Dynasty as he took on Joey Ryan in a match at Guitarmageddon II: Armoryageddon, which Kazarian lost after an interference by Karl Anderson. This led to a match between Kazarian and Anderson at Holy Diver Down, which Kazarian lost after a man wearing Scorpio Sky's mask interfered in the match. At Album of the Year, Kazarian challenged Disco Machine for the latter's ownership of PWG, which Kazarian lost after a distraction by commissioner Dino Winwood and referee Rick Knox.

On the first night of All Star Weekend V, Kazarian teamed with T.J. Perkins, Ronin and Top Gun Talwar against Dynasty and Karl Anderson in a losing effort. Kazarian left PWG in May 2007, when TNA Wrestling pulled all of their talent from the company.[19] He made a one night return to the promotion, nine months later, on February 24, 2008, to participate in the ¡Dia de los Dangerous! tournament for the vacant PWG World Championship, where he lost to Karl Anderson in the opening round.[20]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003–2005) edit

Kazarian knew Impact Wrestling President Jeff Jarrett and Scott D'Amore during a World Wrestling All-Stars tour and they invited him to a tryout.[21] Kazarian joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (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.[22] Kazarian did not appear with TNA Wrestling 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.[23]

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 by law of the Impact Wrestling 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.[24] Kazarian and Shane were declared co-champions when both took possession of the title belt at the same time.[24] On August 11 they defended the title in a twenty two man Gauntlet for the Gold match.[25] 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.[25]

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.[26]

Throughout late 2004 and early 2005, Kazarian and Shane competed in the TNA tag team division. Kazarian's contract with TNA Wrestling expired in September 2004 and was not renewed,[27] 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 Impact Wrestling 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.[28] Kazarian was pinned by Hammond after Shane miscued on a superkick and knocked him out.[28]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2005) edit

 
Kazarian and Shannon Moore after winning a match at a taping of Velocity

On February 25, 2005, Kazarian left Impact Wrestling and signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[2] 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, under the name "The Future" Frankie Kazarian 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. On August 15, Kazarian announced on his website that he had left WWE two days earlier.[2] He later revealed that he had asked for his release after realizing that the company had no plans to revamp its cruiserweight division.[14]

Return to TNA edit

Serotonin (2006–2007) edit

Main article: Serotonin
 
Kazarian at the Walter "Killer" Kowalski Memorial Show in Malden, Massachusetts on October 26, 2008

Kazarian returned to TNA on July 16, 2006, at Victory Road, in a Championship match loss to TNA X Division Champion Senshi.[2][29] Afterwards he and his old tag team partner Michael Shane (now known as "Maverick" Matt Bentley due to name trademark issues) resumed in their tag team, before disappearing from television for weeks.[5] 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.[5] As part of Serotonin, his name was shortened to the simple and supposedly cryptic "Kaz".[5] Kaz eventually became the first Serotonin member to become very rebellious towards Raven. Kaz turned on Raven on June 21, 2007, by attacking fellow members of Serotonin, Havok and Martyr, costing him a match against Chris Harris.[30]

Kaz (2007–2008) edit

After his split with Serotonin, he began using his old ring attire and entrance video which both said the full "Kazarian" - though it was all later changed to only say the simple Kaz 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.[5] 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.[31] On the Impact! following Genesis, Kurt Angle barely defeated Kaz to retain the TNA World Championship.[32]

 
Kazarian posing on the turnbuckle before his match at a PWG show

At the 2007 Turning Point pay-per-view, he was partnered with Booker T against Christian Cage and Robert Roode, with Kaz and Booker winning.[33] He then began attacking Dustin Rhodes, and stealing things from Rhodes' alter ego "Black Reign". He defeated Black Reign at Final Resolution.[34] After defeating 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 Young defeated Black Reign and Rellik leading to Kaz and Young (now 'Super Eric') becoming a tag team.[35] On April 13, at Lockdown 2008, they won the Cuffed in a Cage match.[36] On the April 17 episode of TNA Impact!, following Lockdown, Kaz and Young defeated the holders of the TNA World Tag Team Championship, AJ Styles and Tomko and The Latin American Xchange (LAX) in a triple threat tag team match for the titles after Young's alter ego, "Super Eric" pinned Styles with a bridging suplex.[37] Later in the night, Styles complained to Jim Cornette that since Young was signed to the match, not Super Eric, and Young claimed that he and Super Eric are different people, Super Eric's involvement was outside interference.[37] When Eric refused to admit that he was Super Eric, Cornette vacated the titles.[37]

Following Kaz and Young's loss to LAX in a Deuces Wild Tournament qualifying match, Kaz competed in and won the Terror Dome Match at Sacrifice, becoming number one contender to the X Division Championship, and also taking Kurt Angle's place in the triple threat match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.[38] The match was won by Samoa Joe, who retained the title.[38] On the June 5 episode 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.[39] He then failed to win the X Division championship at Slammiversary, losing to the X Division Champion Petey Williams.[40] He then challenged Joe the following Thursday on Impact! for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort.[41] He led Team TNA in the 2008 World X Cup and was in the final round at Victory Road, but lost after he pulled off a huge leg drop on Daivari off the top of the Ultimate X structure.[42] On July 21, 2008, TNA's official website announced that Kaz had been released, but it was revealed to be a storyline.[43] He was later interviewed by Karen Angle to further the storyline, and claimed that after failing to beat Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and letting down his company in the finals of the World X Cup, he had fallen out of love with wrestling and, so, had made the decision to leave.[44][45]

Suicide (2008–2010) edit

 
Kazarian as Suicide in January 2010

In late 2008 Kazarian made his return to TNA Wrestling as a masked wrestler named Suicide,[46] who was featured in Midway's TNA Impact! video game. He debuted at Final Resolution in December 2008 as a face, swinging to the ring on a cable, attacking the Motor City Machine Guns.[47] At Destination X Suicide won the TNA X Division Championship, in his debut match, in the Ultimate X match. Because of an injury to Kazarian, Suicide was portrayed for several weeks by Christopher Daniels, who was in the costume when the character won the X Division Championship.[48] Afterwards, Daniels began feuding with the Motor City Machineguns of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, who on the April 30 episode of Impact! accused him of being Suicide. On the May 7 episode of Impact!, Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed joined the accusations by also accusing Daniels of being Suicide. On the May 14 episode of Impact! the Motor City Machineguns and Lethal Consequences were trying to unmask Suicide in an attempt to prove that they were right about his true identity, but Daniels made the save and helped Suicide clear the ring of Shelley, Sabin, Lethal, and Creed. At Slammiversary, Suicide retained the TNA X Division Championship against Shelley, Sabin, Lethal, and Creed, in a King of the Mountain match. On the July 16 episode of Impact! Suicide lost his X Division title to Homicide after he cashed in his "Feast or Fired" briefcase.[49]

After not being seen for a few weeks, Suicide made his return at Hard Justice to compete in the Steel Asylum match, which he lost because of D'Angelo Dinero.[50] On the August 20 episode of Impact! Suicide attacked Dinero after his match with Consequences Creed sparking a feud between the two.[51] On the September 17 episode of Impact! Dinero defeated Suicide in a grudge match.[52] At No Surrender Dinero defeated Suicide again, this time in a Falls Count Anywhere match.[53] The following week on Impact! Suicide finally defeated Dinero, by pinning him in a street fight.[54] On the October 15 episode of Impact! Homicide stole Suicide's costume and claimed to now know his true identity.[55] On the December 3 episode Impact! Suicide made peace with Dinero and joined him, Matt Morgan and Hernandez in their war with Rhino, Team 3D and Jesse Neal.[56] At Final Resolution Morgan, Hernandez, Dinero and Suicide defeated Neal, Team 3D and Rhino in an eight-man elimination tag team match.[57] On the February 11, 2010, episode of Impact! Gerdelman made his final TV appearance as Suicide, losing to Matt Morgan in an 8 Card Stud Tournament qualifying match.[58]

Fortune (2010–2012) edit

Main article: Fortune

On the February 18, 2010, episode of Impact!, Gerdelman made his return as Kazarian, teaming up with Amazing Red and Generation Me (Jeremy Buck and Max Buck) in an eight-man tag team match, where they defeated X Division Champion Doug Williams, Brian Kendrick and the Motor City Machineguns, after Kazarian pinned Williams.[59] The following week he defeated Kendrick to earn himself a match for the X Division Championship at Destination X.[60] However, instead of waiting for the pay-per-view, Kazarian was given his title shot on the March 8 Monday night episode of Impact in a three-way match, which also included Daniels. In the end Williams was able to retain his title by pinning Daniels.[61] At Destination X Kazarian defeated Daniels, Kendrick and Amazing Red in a four-way ladder match to earn another shot at the X Division Championship.[62] At Lockdown Kazarian defeated Homicide and Shannon Moore in a three-way steel cage match to win the vacant TNA X Division Championship for the fourth time (counting his reign as Suicide), after Douglas Williams was stripped of the title due to being unable to attend the event.[63] Upon Williams' return to TNA two weeks later, he refused to hand the X Division Championship belt over to Kazarian, unless he was able to defeat him for it.[64] At Sacrifice Kazarian lost the X Division Championship to Williams without ever actually holding the physical belt.[65]

 
Kazarian celebrating with A.J. Styles in July 2010

On the following episode of Impact! Kazarian started showing signs of a heel turn, when he won an X Division battle royal to earn spot number ten in the TNA rankings for a World Title shot, impressing Ric Flair in the process.[66] The heel turn was completed the following week, when Flair interfered in his match with Jay Lethal, which led to Kazarian scoring the roll-up victory, while grabbing a hold of his opponent's tights. After the match, Flair's other associate A.J. Styles, trying to impress his mentor, attacked Lethal, which led to an argument between him and Kazarian, who wanted to finish Lethal off himself. The distraction was enough for Lethal to dropkick both of them out of the ring.[67] At Slammiversary VIII Kazarian lost his spot in the rankings to Kurt Angle.[68]

On the following episode of Impact! Ric Flair, who had aligned himself with Kazarian, Styles, Desmond Wolfe, Robert Roode and James Storm, announced that he would reform the Four Horsemen under the new name Fourtune, stating that each of them would have to earn their spots in the group and in order for Kazarian to earn his spot, he needed to become the Barry Windham of the group.[69][70] Flair, wanting peace between Kazarian and Styles, booked them in a tag team match against Samoa Joe and Rob Terry at Victory Road.[71] The plan seemed to work as Kazarian and Styles were victorious due to outside interference from Desmond Wolfe and in the process earned themselves spots in Fourtune.[72] On the July 22 episode of Impact! Kazarian helped Styles defeat Rob Terry to win the TNA Global Championship.[73] The following week Fourtune's lineup was seemingly completed with the addition of Robert Roode and James Storm as the final two members of the group.[74] However, on the August 12 episode of Impact! Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan were added to Fourtune, as the stable attacked EV 2.0, a stable consisting of former Extreme Championship Wrestling performers.[75] In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory, the stable's name was tweaked to Fortune to represent the expansion in the number of members in the group.[76][77] At Bound for Glory Kazarian, Styles, Morgan, Roode and Storm were defeated in a Lethal Lockdown match by EV 2.0 members Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Rhino, Sabu and Stevie Richards.[78] On the following episode of Impact! Fortune formed an alliance with Hulk Hogan's and Eric Bischoff's new stable, Immortal.[79] The following week Kazarian was given the objective of ending Mr. Anderson's World Heavyweight title aspirations in an Ultimate X match. Though Kazarian managed to win the match, with help from Fortune, Anderson survived and thus earned himself a title match against Immortal's Jeff Hardy.[80] The following week tensions rose between former rivals and Fortune stable mates Kazarian and Douglas Williams, when Williams claimed he had not been given a chance to spotlight his talent, after joining Fortune, while Kazarian claimed Williams had a bad attitude and dubbed himself, Styles, Roode and Storm the "Core Four" of Fortune.[81][82] On the November 4 episode of Impact!, Flair ordered Kazarian and Williams to settle their differences in the ring. Kazarian won the match between the members of Fortune, after a miscommunication between Williams and James Storm. After the match Flair made Kazarian and Williams shake hands.[83] At Turning Point the seemingly re–united Fortune defeated EV 2.0 in a ten-man tag team match and, as a result, EV 2.0's Sabu was released from TNA.[84] However, on the November 18 episode of Impact! Williams turned on Fortune and joined Matt Morgan, who had been kicked out of the group the previous month, reigniting the feud between Kazarian and Williams.[85] This was followed by Williams scoring back–to–back pinfall victories over Kazarian, first in an eight-man elimination tag team match on the November 25 episode of Impact! and then in a singles match on the December 2 episode of Impact!.[86][87] On the December 23 episode of Impact! Kazarian defeated Jeremy Buck, Max Buck and Robbie E in a four-way match to become the number one contender to the X Division Championship, held by Jay Lethal.[88] On January 9, 2011, at Genesis Kazarian defeated Lethal to win the X Division Championship for the fifth time.[89]

On January 31 at the tapings of the February 3 episode of Impact!, Fortune turned face by attacking Immortal, when they interfered in a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match between Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy.[90][91] Ric Flair, who did not take part in Fortune's turn due to being out with a torn rotator cuff, returned at the February 14 tapings of the February 17 episode of Impact!, turning on Fortune and jumping to Immortal.[92][93] On March 13 at Victory Road, Kazarian successfully defended the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match against Jeremy Buck, Max Buck and Robbie E.[94] On April 17 at Lockdown, Kazarian, Roode, Storm and Christopher Daniels, who replaced an injured A.J. Styles, defeated Immortal representatives Ric Flair, Abyss, Bully Ray and Matt Hardy in a Lethal Lockdown match.[95] On May 16 at the tapings of the May 19 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian lost the X Division Championship to Abyss.[96][97] On June 12 at Slammiversary IX, Kazarian failed to regain the title from Abyss in a three-way match with Brian Kendrick.[98] In September, Kazarian began feuding with Jeff Jarrett over his and his wife Karen's treatment of her newly appointed assistant, Traci Brooks.[99] In late 2011, Fortune disbanded, after both Christopher Daniels and Bobby Roode turned on their stablemates.[100][101]

Alliance with Christopher Daniels (2012–2014) edit

Main article: Bad Influence
 
Daniels and Kazarian, dressed as Bravehart, mocking fans in Scotland

On the January 5, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian and A.J. Styles were defeated in the finals of the Wild Card Tournament by the team of Magnus and Samoa Joe, when Kazarian abandoned Styles and left the ringside area with Christopher Daniels, turning heel in the process.[102] Over the next few weeks it became apparent that Daniels was holding something over Kazarian, with Kazarian being reluctant to do his bidding.[103] On February 12 at Against All Odds, Kazarian defeated Styles in a singles match.[104] On the February 23 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian attacked Styles during his Television Championship match with Robbie E, allowing Robbie to retain the championship.[105] On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian defeated Styles in a gauntlet match; had Styles been successful, Kazarian would have to explain his alliance with Daniels.[106] On March 18 at Victory Road, Kazarian and Daniels were defeated in a tag team match by Styles and Mr. Anderson.[107] The rivalry continued on April 15 at Lockdown, where the two duos were on opposing teams in the annual Lethal Lockdown match. Styles' and Anderson's team, led by Garett Bischoff, ended up defeating Kazarian's and Daniels' team, led by Eric Bischoff.[108] During Styles' absence from Impact Wrestling, Kazarian and Daniels set their sights on the TNA World Tag Team Championship, attacking champions Magnus and Samoa Joe on the April 26 episode.[109] On the May 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian revealed that he originally aligned himself with Daniels to keep him from revealing Styles' secret, but changed his mind after learning what the secret was. Daniels then revealed the secret, a series of photographs insinuating a relationship between Styles and TNA president Dixie Carter.[110] Three days later at Sacrifice, Kazarian and Daniels defeated Magnus and Samoa Joe to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship, starting Kazarian's second reign with the title.[111] Later in the event, Kazarian and Daniels cost A.J. Styles his match with Kurt Angle, who afterwards turned on the two, saving Styles from a beatdown.[111] On June 10 at Slammiversary, Kazarian and Daniels lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Styles and Angle.[112] On the June 21 episode of Impact Wrestling, Styles and Carter proved that Kazarian and Daniels had been lying about their relationship by producing a pregnant woman named Claire Lynch, whom they had been helping overcome her addictions.[113] The following week, Kazarian teased dissension with Daniels, claiming that he had been lied to. However, in the main event of the evening, Kazarian revealed that he was still on Daniels' side, when the two defeated Styles and Angle, after Kazarian hit Styles with a steel chair, to regain the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Following the win, Daniels admitted that Styles and Carter had told the truth about Claire, but claimed that they had left out the part about Styles being the father of her unborn baby.[114] The team, billed as "The World Tag Team Champions of the World",[115] made their first televised title defense on the August 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, defeating Devon and Garett Bischoff.[116] Three days later at Hardcore Justice, Kazarian unsuccessfully challenged Devon for the TNA Television Championship.[117] On the August 23 episode of Impact Wrestling, the storyline involving Claire Lynch was concluded, when she revealed that she was not pregnant after all, while also revealing Daniels' and Kazarian's plot to blackmail Styles through her fake pregnancy.[118] On September 6 as part of the first "Championship Thursday", Kazarian and Daniels successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez.[119] Three days later at No Surrender, Kazarian and Daniels made another successful title defense against previous champions, A.J. Styles and Kurt Angle.[120] On October 14 at Bound for Glory, Kazarian and Daniels lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez in a three-way match, which also included A.J. Styles and Kurt Angle.[121] Kazarian and Daniels received their rematch on November 11 at Turning Point, but were again defeated by Guerrero and Hernandez.[122]

On December 9 at Final Resolution, Kazarian was defeated by James Storm in a singles match,[123] and again on the January 3, 2013, episode of Impact Wrestling, beginning a rivalry between the newly christened Bad Influence and Storm.[124] On March 10 at Lockdown, Bad Influence unsuccessfully challenged Austin Aries and Bobby Roode for the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, also involving Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez.[125] In April, Kazarian and Daniels began teasing a Fortune reunion to battle the Aces & Eights stable, however, this plan was foiled by A.J. Styles and Bobby Roode both turning down offers to join them.[126][127] Bad Influence faced Austin Aries and Bobby Roode in a number one contenders match on the May 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, however, the match ended in a no contest after special guest referee James Storm superkicked Aries and Daniels and walked out on the match.[128] On June 2 at Slammiversary XI, Bad Influence failed to capture the TNA World Tag Team Championship from Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez in a fatal four-way elimination match, which also included Austin Aries and Bobby Roode and was won by Gunner and James Storm.[129] On the June 13 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian and Daniels defeated Gunner and Storm in a non-title match to qualify for the 2013 Bound for Glory Series.[130] Kazarian would begin the BFG series by losing to the likes of Magnus and A.J. Styles.[131][132] On the July 11 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian and Bobby Roode defeated Austin Aries and Christopher Daniels in a tag team match, with Kazarian pinning his Bad Influence partner for the win, to qualify for the BFG series gauntlet match later in the evening. During the match, however, Kazarian was the first man eliminated by A.J. Styles.[133] On the August 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian and Daniels faced off in a BFG series match, but despite teasing tension earlier in the night, got themselves intentionally counted out to gain two points in the tournament. Afterwards, Kazarian and Daniels allied themselves with Bobby Roode to form a new force, and so that one of them would win the Bound for Glory series.[134] The following week at Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice, Kazarian defeated A.J. Styles, Austin Aries, and Jeff Hardy in a ladder match, following interference from Daniels and Roode, to capture twenty points in the BFG Series.[135] On the August 8 Impact Wrestling, Daniels and Kazarian faced off in a BFG series match. Despite teasing tension earlier in the night, they both intentionally got counted out to gain two points each. Afterward, they allied with Bobby Roode, in hopes it would help one of them win the tournament.[136]

At the Bound for Glory (2013) pre-show, Bad Influence were defeated by the tag team of Eric Young & Joseph Park in a tag team gauntlet match to determine the number one contenders to face the TNA World Tag Team Champions, James Storm & Gunner, during the Bound For Glory PPV later that night. Following their elimination, Bad Influence attacked Park causing him to bleed from the mouth. The same night, during the PPV, Bad Influence interrupted the show to petition TNA management to place themselves into the TNA World Tag Team Championship match later that night between James Storm & Gunner and challengers The BroMans. However, before they got an answer Abyss appeared and attacked them. Over the following few weeks, Bad Influence would mock Park and try to reveal his true identity. On the November 5 edition of Impact Wrestling, Bad Influence revealed that Park's law firm (Park, Park & Park) had closed 15 years ago and consequently Park had been lying about being a lawyer. On December 12, Bad Influence were defeated by Park & Young when Young caused his own partner to bleed resulting in Park transforming into Abyss, as a result of seeing his own blood, and gaining the victory. On December 26, Bad Influence were defeated again by Park in a Monster's Ball Handicap match. On March 2, 2014, Bad Influence were part of a group of TNA wrestlers that took part in Wrestle-1's Kaisen: Outbreak event in Tokyo, Japan, defeating Junior Stars (Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka) in a tag team match. On March 9, 2014, at TNA Lockdown, Bad Influence along with Chris Sabin were defeated by Wrestle-1's The Great Muta, Sanada, and Yasu in a six-man interpromotional tag team steel cage match. On April 12, 2014, at TNA One Night Only's X-Travaganza 2 event Bad Influence were defeated by The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) in the EC3 Invitational Ladder match where the winners received $25,000. On April 23 Daniels announced his departure from TNA thus dissolving the team. On May 11, it was reported that Kazarian had also worked the final dates of his contract with TNA.[137]

Other promotions (2014–2015) edit

While Bad Influence were in TNA, they appeared in other promotions. On January 24, 2014, Bad Influence appeared at Big Time Wrestling's Battle Royal, where they defeated The Ballard Brothers (Shane Ballard & Shannon Ballard).[138] On April 5, Bad Influence appeared in two events. First, they defeated The Bravado Brothers (Harlem Bravado & Lancelot Bravado) at Dragon Gate USA's Mercury Rising.[139] After, they defeated The Irish Airborne (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) at WrestleCon.[140] On June 6, 2014, Bad Influence made their debuts in Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore, defeating Outlaw Inc. (Eddie Kingston and Homicide).[141] On June 7, 2014, Bad Influence returned to House of Hardcore at HOH 5, defeating Petey Williams and Tony Nese.[142] In November and December 2015, The Addiction took part in New Japan Pro-Wrestling's 2015 World Tag League, where they finished with a record of three wins and three losses, failing to advance from their block.[143]

Ring of Honor (2014–2018) edit

 
Daniels and Kazarian, known as The Addiction, answering fan questions in San Antonio, Texas, immediately prior to Glory By Honor XIII

After his TNA contract expired on June 1, 2014, Kazarian was announced to debut in Ring of Honor.[144][145] at Best in the World, Kazarian made his ROH debut, teaming with Christopher Daniels to challenge reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship in a losing effort. At Supercard of Honor IX Kazarian was defeated by Michael Elgin. On April 25, 2015, The Addiction defeated reDRagon to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship with the help from Chris Sabin. At Field of Honor Kazarian was involved in a nine-way gauntlet match for an ROH World Television Championship shot, which was won by Takaaki Watanabe. At All Star Extravaganza VII The Addiction lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to The Kingdom in a triple threat tag team match involving The Young Bucks. At Survival of the Fittest Kazarian was involved in a Survival of the Fittest tournament match which was won by Jay Briscoe also Raymond Rowe and Rhett Titus was in the match.

On May 9, 2016, at War of the Worlds, The Addiction defeated War Machine to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the second time.[146] At Death Before Dishonor XIV The Addiction defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón and Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin in a Three-way Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. On September 30 at All Star Extravaganza VIII, The Addiction lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to The Young Bucks in a three-way ladder match, which also included The Motor City Machine Guns.[147] Kazarian would face and was defeated by Jay Lethal and Kyle O'Reilly.

In early 2017, The Addiction began feuding with Bullet Club, turning face in the process. On February 11, 2017, during Ring of Honor tapings, Kazarian turned on Daniels and joined Bullet Club.[148] On March 10 at the ROH 15th Anniversary Show Kazarian defeated Cheeseburger, Chris Sabin, Punisher Martinez, Hangman Page and Silas Young in a six-man mayhem match number one contender for the ROH World Television Championship. Later that same event, Kazarian turned on Adam Cole and Bullet Club, revealing his betrayal of Daniels to have been a ruse and helping Daniels win the ROH World Championship.[149] On ROH TV taping Kazarian was unsuccessful at winning the ROH World Television Championship against Marty Scurll. During the match Hangman Page got involved and caused distractions and ended up hitting Kaz with a chair. After the match, Matt Sydal made his return to lay out Scurll and even the odds.

On the Ring of Honor Tapings, Kazarian would win the Honor Rumble last eliminated Jay Lethal. Later that night, Kazarian was unsuccessful at winning the ROH World Championship against Cody. On March 9, 2018, at ROH 16th Anniversary Show, SoCal Uncensored defeated The Hung Bucks to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. At War of the Worlds: Lowell, they lost the Six-Man Tag Team Title against The Kingdom.

On October 14, 2018, Kazarian and SoCal Uncensored teammate Scorpio Sky won a triple threat tag team match to become ROH World Tag Team Champions, marking Kazarian's third reign with those titles. At Final Battle, they lost the Tag Team title against The Briscoe Brothers in a Ladder War. The next day, SoCal Uncensored left ROH.[150]

All Elite Wrestling (2019–2023) edit

SoCal Uncensored and various feuds (2019–2021) edit

In January 2019 it was revealed that Kazarian would be one of the first signees to All Elite Wrestling, a new wrestling promotion started by wrestlers Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks.[151][152][153] SCU made their debut at Double or Nothing defeating Strong Hearts (CIMA, El Lindaman, and T-Hawk) in a six-man tag team match. On the October 30th 2019 episode of AEW Dynamite, Kazarian and SoCal Uncensored teammate Scorpio Sky became the inaugural All Elite Wrestling Tag Team Champions. Kazarian and Sky would lose the Tag Team Championship to Kenny Omega and "Hangman" Adam Page at Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea Part Deux: Second Wave. Following this, SCU would start a feud with The Dark Order. On the March 18, 2020 episode of Dynamite (first show with no crowd), Kazarian and Daniels would be attacked by The Exalted One of The Dark Order, Brodie Lee. Kazarian then returned to teaming with his longtime tag team partner Christopher Daniels, as Scorpio Sky would distance himself from SCU. Kazarian would also try out singles competition for himself, facing and losing to Jon Moxley on the May 6, 2020 episode of Dynamite.[154] On the September 30 episode of Dynamite, Kazarian and Scorpio Sky would team once again, losing to FTR for the AEW World Tag Team Championships.[155] On December 2, 2020, at Winter is Coming, Kazarian would lose to Jericho in a singles match.[156] At AEW Blood and Guts, Kazarian and Daniels would defeat The Varisity Blondes (Brian Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison), The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster), and Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) to earn a shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championships. On May 14, 2021, Kazarian and Daniels would fail to defeat The Young Bucks for the titles, thus forcing the team to disband.

The Elite Hunter (2021–2023) edit

On the June 11 episode of Dynamite, Kazarian would return and attack members of The Elite, aiding Eddie Kingston, Pac, and Penta el Zero M. He would label himself as ‘The Elite Hunter’ and over the upcoming weeks he would attack members of The Elite usually when they attempted to cheat in matches.[157] This would lead to match on Fyter Fest (Night 2), where Kazarian would lose to Elite member Doc Gallows. In 2022, Kazarian engaged in a feud with his former tag team partner Scorpio Sky over the TNT Championship, which led to Sky turning on Kazarian by hitting him with the TNT Championship belt after defeating him on the May 13, 2022 episode of AEW Rampage.[158][159] At Double or Nothing on May 29, 2022, Sky, Paige Van Zant and Ethan Page defeated Kazarian, Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti at in a six-person tag team match after Sky pinned Kazarian, with Kazarian and Guevara losing the right to further challenge Sky for the TNT Championship as a result.[160][161] At the Impact Wrestling Hard to Kill pay-per-view, Kazarian cut a promo saying he was done with AEW and he had signed a contract with Impact Wrestling. Reportedly, Kazarian had asked for his release from AEW in November, and it was later granted. His last match for the promotion took place on the December 26, 2022 episode of AEW Dark: Elevation, losing to Konosuke Takeshita. It was noted that Kazarian was well liked by AEW officials and fellow talent, and that he "did business the right way" by losing to Takeshita before leaving. Sources also stated that Kazarian would be welcomed back to AEW if he chose to return in the future.[162][163]

Second return to Impact / TNA (2021–present) edit

On the July 29, 2021 episode of Impact, Kazarian made his return to TNA, now known as Impact Wrestling, attacking The Elite (Kenny Omega, Doc Gallows, and Karl Anderson).[164][165] The following week on Impact!, Kazarian teamed with Eddie Edwards and Sami Callihan to defeat The Elite.[166][167] In May 2022, he would make another appearance, wrestling Chris Sabin.[168] Kazarian would later return at Victory Road as part of the X Division Triple Threat Revolver match to determine the number 1 contender for Mike Bailey's title at the Bound For Glory pay-per-view. Kazarian would defeat Bailey to win the X-Division Championship for the fifth time in his career. On the October 20, 2022 episode of IMPACT, Kazarian announced that he was going to invoke Option C and vacated the X Division Championship in exchange for an opportunity to wrestle Josh Alexander for the Impact World Championship, though he was defeated. At Hard To Kill, Kazarian made his first appearance since losing to Alexander, cutting a promo saying he is officially signed to Impact.[169]

On March 24 at Sacrifice, Kazarian teamed with Rich Swann and Steve Maclin losing to Time Machine (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Kushida).[170] On April 16, at Rebellion, Kazarian fought for Team Dreamer and won a 10-wrestler Hardcore War against Team Bully.[171] On June 9 at Against All Odds, Kazarian defeated Eddie Edwards.[172] On July 15 at Slammiversary, Kazarian was defeated Eddie Edwards.[173] On August 27 at Emergence, Kazarian was defeated Eddie Edwards in a "Back to School" match.[174]

On January 13, 2024 at the "Countdown to TNA Hard to Kill", Kazarian teamed with Eric Young losing to The System (Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers).[175] On January 18 episode of TNA Wrestling, Kazarian and Young was defeated by the Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson). Following the match, Kazarian turned heel by attacking Young, exclaiming that 2024 was to be "his year".[176] Two weeks later, Kazarian explained his actions in the ring, saying he saved TNA when he resigned in 2023, but after a career of simply being a "soldier" for the promotion, he vowed to be remembered as a "king," which is what he called Young.[177] On February 23 at No Surrender, Kazarian was defeated by Young.[178]

Personal life edit

Gerdelman became a fan of wrestling due in large part to Hulk Hogan's role in Rocky III and also watching WrestleMania I. His favorite wrestler was The Ultimate Warrior, followed by Shawn Michaels, Ricky Steamboat, Tito Santana and The British Bulldogs.[21]

Gerdelman married fellow professional wrestler Tracy Brookshaw on January 7, 2010.[179] On October 18, 2012, Gerdelman and Brookshaw welcomed their first child, a son, which was confirmed in early 2013. Gerdelman is known to be a massive fan of the heavy metal band Metallica. He plays bass guitar and is in a band called VexTemper.[180]

Other media edit

Kazarian made a cameo appearance on an episode of The Man Show where Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla learned how to wrestle. He also appeared in the film Backyard Dogs in 2000 as "Snake Duggan" and was on an episode of Distraction with 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. He also made a cameo appearance in MTV's Made when The Motor City Machine Guns were making a Michigan choir boy into a professional wrestler.

He is also the bass guitarist of the band VexTemper, whose song "Get Addicted" was used as his and Christopher Daniels' entrance theme in ROH.

Championships and accomplishments edit

 
Kazarian is a five-time X Division Champion in TNA/Impact Wrestling

Notes edit

1Kazarian and Michael Shane were declared co-champions after defeating A.J. Styles in an Ultimate X match at the weekly pay-per-view #104 by grabbing the belt at the same time. This co-reign was the second time that both men had won the championship.

2Won as Suicide.

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Kaz wrestler redirects here For the American wrestler born 1953 see Bill Kazmaier For the Japanese wrestler see Kaz Hayashi Frank Benedict Gerdelman 1 7 born August 4 1977 2 is an American professional wrestler and musician currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA performing under the ring name Frankie Kazarian He is also known for his work in Ring of Honor ROH and All Elite Wrestling AEW as well as several independent promotions most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla PWG where he has won multiple tag team and singles championships Frankie KazarianKazarian in March 2008Birth nameFrank Benedict Gerdelman 1 Born 1977 08 04 August 4 1977 age 46 2 Palm Springs California U S 2 Spouse s Traci Brooks m 2010 wbr Children1Professional wrestling careerRing name s Frankie 3 Frankie Gerdelman 3 Frankie Kazarian 4 5 Kaz 5 Kazarian 3 Suicide 3 Billed height6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 6 Billed weight210 lb 95 kg 6 Billed fromAnaheim California 6 Beautiful Southern CaliforniaYucca Valley CaliforniaTrained byKiller Kowalski 2 Jesse HernandezBill AndersonUltimate Pro WrestlingDebutMay 15 1998 3 Kazarian began his career in 1998 and performed on several independent promotions During the 2000s he worked for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla where he became the inaugural and two time PWG World Champion From 2003 until 2014 he wrestled for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA He began a tag team with Michael Shane known as Shazarian In 2007 he shortened his name to Kaz and briefly worked under the Suicide character between 2008 and 2010 After returning to the Kazarian name he joined the Fourtune stable where he stayed until 2012 In 2012 he began to work with Christopher Daniels as a tag team named Bad Influence winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice With a total of 4 reigns as X Division champion one as co champion with Shane and one as Suicide and three as World Tag Team Champion he left the company in 2014 After leaving TNA Daniels and Kazarian reunited in Ring of Honor where they stayed until 2018 They changed the name of the tag team to The Addiction and later they were joined by Scorpio Sky as SoCal Uncensored He won the ROH Tag Team Championship twice with Daniels and once with Sky and the trio won the ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship During this time Daniels and Kazarian appeared in international promotions such as New Japan Pro Wrestling After leaving ROH the trio joined the new promotion All Elite Wrestling where Kazarian and Sky became the first AEW World Tag Team Champions In 2022 Kazarian also worked with Impact Wrestling where he won his fifth X Division Championship becoming the title s 100th champion in the process later signing with the company in 2023 after being granted his release from AEW Contents 1 Early life 2 Professional wrestling career 2 1 Independent circuit 1998 2004 2 2 Pro Wrestling Guerrilla 2 2 1 PWG Champion 2003 2004 2 2 2 Various feuds and championship pursuits 2005 2008 2 3 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 2003 2005 2 4 World Wrestling Entertainment 2005 2 5 Return to TNA 2 5 1 Serotonin 2006 2007 2 5 2 Kaz 2007 2008 2 5 3 Suicide 2008 2010 2 5 4 Fortune 2010 2012 2 5 5 Alliance with Christopher Daniels 2012 2014 2 6 Other promotions 2014 2015 2 7 Ring of Honor 2014 2018 2 8 All Elite Wrestling 2019 2023 2 8 1 SoCal Uncensored and various feuds 2019 2021 2 8 2 The Elite Hunter 2021 2023 2 9 Second return to Impact TNA 2021 present 3 Personal life 4 Other media 5 Championships and accomplishments 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editFrank Benedict Gerdelman was born on August 4 1977 in Palm Springs California 2 1 7 Professional wrestling career editKazarian began training with Killer Kowalski in Malden Massachusetts in 1998 and 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 and began wrestling on the independent circuit primarily in the Empire Wrestling Federation 2 where he continued his training and teamed with Josh Galaxy as Bad Influence Impact Wrestling commentator Mike Tenay revealed in a late 2007 shoot interview that during a World Championship Wrestling event in San Diego California 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 Independent circuit 1998 2004 edit In 2000 Kazarian joined Ultimate Pro Wrestling and in March 2001 he formed a tag team with Nova known as Evolution 2 On March 10 2001 he became the first Millennium Pro Wrestling MPW World Champion by defeating Christopher Daniels and Adam Pearce in a three way dance 8 On May 30 2001 Evolution won the vacant Ultimate Pro Wrestling Tag Team title 2 He travelled to Japan as part of the Ultimate Pro Wrestling UPW roster in 2002 where he faced Steve Corino and also as part of Evolution he and Nova were defeated by Edge and Christian 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 He toured the UK 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 Pro Wrestling Guerrilla edit PWG Champion 2003 2004 edit Kazarian worked for the upstart Southern Californian promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla from the very beginning headlining its first event on July 26 2003 against AJ Styles in a losing effort The following month Kazarian participated in the Bad Ass Mother 3000 tournament to determine the first ever PWG Champion He defeated Scott Lost in the opening round on August 29 and Lil Cholo in the quarterfinals Christopher Daniels in the semifinals and Joey Ryan in the final to win the tournament and become the inaugural PWG Champion on August 30 2 9 Kazarian successfully defended the title against Styles and Daniels in a three way match at Are You Adequately Prepared To Rock and American Dragon at An Inch Longer Than Average Kazarian began his first major feud as champion with Adam Pearce after Pearce pinned Kazarian in a six man tag team match at Pimpin In High Places Pearce earned a title shot against Kazarian on the night one of Tango amp Cash Invitational which ended in a time limit draw resulting in Kazarian retaining the title Kazarian successfully defended the title against Babi Slymm Jonny Storm and M Dogg 20 in a four way elimination match on the second night of the tournament Kazarian lost the title to Pearce at Taste The Radness on February 22 2004 10 Kazarian spent the next few months feuding with Pearce and his Hardkore Inc stablemates He received a title shot against Pearce in a four way dance also involving Babi Slymm and Jardi Frantz at Rocktoberfest where Pearce retained the title via disqualification At the company s first anniversary show The Reason for the Season on July 10 Kazarian became the first two time PWG Champion by defeating Pearce in a Loser Leaves PWG steel cage match 11 He would hold the title for the next four months retaining it against Colt Cabana Samoa Joe and Ricky Reyes until Free Admission Just Kidding on November 13 when he was defeated by Super Dragon 12 Various feuds and championship pursuits 2005 2008 edit In early 2005 Kazarian feuded with Arrogance Chris Bosh and Scott Lost with the rivalry beginning after Arrogance cost Kazarian a match against Tony Stradlin at All Nude Revue Kazarian began pursuing the PWG Tag Team Championship with Kazarian and a mystery partner set to challenge Arrogance for the Tag Team Championship at The Ernest P Worrell Memorial Kazarian revealed his tag team partner to be Lost s former X Foundation tag team partner Joey Ryan Kazarian and Ryan lost after Kazarian prevented him from using a steel chair Ryan turned on Kazarian by attacking him after the match and joined Arrogance Kazarian teamed with The Aerial Express Quicksilver and Scorpio Sky to defeat the Arrogance trio on the first night of All Star Weekend On the night two Kazarian teamed with Chris Sabin to unsuccessfully challenge Bosh and Lost for the Tag Team Championship On the first night of the 2nd Annual PWG Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza Kazarian challenged AJ Styles for the PWG Championship with the match ending in a double count out At Smells Like Speen Spirit Kazarian teamed with Petey Williams to challenge 2 Skinny Black Guys El Generico and Human Tornado for the Tag Team Championship in a losing effort 13 In September Kazarian participated in the inaugural Battle of Los Angeles tournament where he lost to Rocky Romero in the first round On the first night of All Star Weekend 3 Kazarian defeated Jimmy Yang in a tournament to determine the 1 contender for the PWG World Championship thus qualifying to the fatal four way tournament final on night two against B Boy Chris Sabin and Kevin Steen B Boy won the match At Please Don t Call It The O C Kazarian joined B Boy as his mystery tag team partner against the World Champion Joey Ryan and Scorpio Sky Kazarian pinned Ryan for the win and demanded a title shot against Ryan which resulted in Ryan and Sky attacking Kazarian and B Boy after the match and Sky cut off Kazarian s ponytail While in WWE the previous year Kazarian had gotten in trouble with company management after refusing to cut his hair and this was one of the reasons he had asked for his release 14 This marked the beginning of a lengthy feud between Kazarian and the newly formed faction Dynasty specifically Sky Kazarian unsuccessfully challenged Ryan for the World Championship at Fear of a Black Planet Kazarian defeated Sky via disqualification in the first round of the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles after Sky s manager Jade Chung hit him with a pair of scissors 15 Kazarian was attacked by the Dynasty before his scheduled quarterfinal match against Super Dragon thus knocking him out He was carried out on a stretcher and was eliminated from the tournament via forfeit 16 At Self Titled Kazarian lost a handicap first blood match to Sky and Chung 17 After facing off Sky and his Dynasty stablemates in a series of tag team matches over the next few months Kazarian defeated Sky in a Loser Leaves PWG match at Based on a True Story on January 13 2007 to end the feud just as he did with Adam Pearce 18 With Sky gone from PWG in storyline Kazarian continued his feud with Dynasty as he took on Joey Ryan in a match at Guitarmageddon II Armoryageddon which Kazarian lost after an interference by Karl Anderson This led to a match between Kazarian and Anderson at Holy Diver Down which Kazarian lost after a man wearing Scorpio Sky s mask interfered in the match At Album of the Year Kazarian challenged Disco Machine for the latter s ownership of PWG which Kazarian lost after a distraction by commissioner Dino Winwood and referee Rick Knox On the first night of All Star Weekend V Kazarian teamed with T J Perkins Ronin and Top Gun Talwar against Dynasty and Karl Anderson in a losing effort Kazarian left PWG in May 2007 when TNA Wrestling pulled all of their talent from the company 19 He made a one night return to the promotion nine months later on February 24 2008 to participate in the Dia de los Dangerous tournament for the vacant PWG World Championship where he lost to Karl Anderson in the opening round 20 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 2003 2005 edit Kazarian knew Impact Wrestling President Jeff Jarrett and Scott D Amore during a World Wrestling All Stars tour and they invited him to a tryout 21 Kazarian joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 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 22 Kazarian did not appear with TNA Wrestling 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 23 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 by law of the Impact Wrestling 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 24 Kazarian and Shane were declared co champions when both took possession of the title belt at the same time 24 On August 11 they defended the title in a twenty two man Gauntlet for the Gold match 25 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 25 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 26 Throughout late 2004 and early 2005 Kazarian and Shane competed in the TNA tag team division Kazarian s contract with TNA Wrestling expired in September 2004 and was not renewed 27 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 Impact Wrestling 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 28 Kazarian was pinned by Hammond after Shane miscued on a superkick and knocked him out 28 World Wrestling Entertainment 2005 edit nbsp Kazarian and Shannon Moore after winning a match at a taping of VelocityOn February 25 2005 Kazarian left Impact Wrestling and signed with World Wrestling Entertainment WWE 2 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 under the name The Future Frankie Kazarian 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 On August 15 Kazarian announced on his website that he had left WWE two days earlier 2 He later revealed that he had asked for his release after realizing that the company had no plans to revamp its cruiserweight division 14 Return to TNA edit Serotonin 2006 2007 edit Main article Serotonin nbsp Kazarian at the Walter Killer Kowalski Memorial Show in Malden Massachusetts on October 26 2008Kazarian returned to TNA on July 16 2006 at Victory Road in a Championship match loss to TNA X Division Champion Senshi 2 29 Afterwards he and his old tag team partner Michael Shane now known as Maverick Matt Bentley due to name trademark issues resumed in their tag team before disappearing from television for weeks 5 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 5 As part of Serotonin his name was shortened to the simple and supposedly cryptic Kaz 5 Kaz eventually became the first Serotonin member to become very rebellious towards Raven Kaz turned on Raven on June 21 2007 by attacking fellow members of Serotonin Havok and Martyr costing him a match against Chris Harris 30 Kaz 2007 2008 edit After his split with Serotonin he began using his old ring attire and entrance video which both said the full Kazarian though it was all later changed to only say the simple Kaz 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 5 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 31 On the Impact following Genesis Kurt Angle barely defeated Kaz to retain the TNA World Championship 32 nbsp Kazarian posing on the turnbuckle before his match at a PWG showAt the 2007 Turning Point pay per view he was partnered with Booker T against Christian Cage and Robert Roode with Kaz and Booker winning 33 He then began attacking Dustin Rhodes and stealing things from Rhodes alter ego Black Reign He defeated Black Reign at Final Resolution 34 After defeating 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 Young defeated Black Reign and Rellik leading to Kaz and Young now Super Eric becoming a tag team 35 On April 13 at Lockdown 2008 they won the Cuffed in a Cage match 36 On the April 17 episode of TNA Impact following Lockdown Kaz and Young defeated the holders of the TNA World Tag Team Championship AJ Styles and Tomko and The Latin American Xchange LAX in a triple threat tag team match for the titles after Young s alter ego Super Eric pinned Styles with a bridging suplex 37 Later in the night Styles complained to Jim Cornette that since Young was signed to the match not Super Eric and Young claimed that he and Super Eric are different people Super Eric s involvement was outside interference 37 When Eric refused to admit that he was Super Eric Cornette vacated the titles 37 Following Kaz and Young s loss to LAX in a Deuces Wild Tournament qualifying match Kaz competed in and won the Terror Dome Match at Sacrifice becoming number one contender to the X Division Championship and also taking Kurt Angle s place in the triple threat match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship 38 The match was won by Samoa Joe who retained the title 38 On the June 5 episode 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 39 He then failed to win the X Division championship at Slammiversary losing to the X Division Champion Petey Williams 40 He then challenged Joe the following Thursday on Impact for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort 41 He led Team TNA in the 2008 World X Cup and was in the final round at Victory Road but lost after he pulled off a huge leg drop on Daivari off the top of the Ultimate X structure 42 On July 21 2008 TNA s official website announced that Kaz had been released but it was revealed to be a storyline 43 He was later interviewed by Karen Angle to further the storyline and claimed that after failing to beat Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and letting down his company in the finals of the World X Cup he had fallen out of love with wrestling and so had made the decision to leave 44 45 Suicide 2008 2010 edit nbsp Kazarian as Suicide in January 2010In late 2008 Kazarian made his return to TNA Wrestling as a masked wrestler named Suicide 46 who was featured in Midway s TNA Impact video game He debuted at Final Resolution in December 2008 as a face swinging to the ring on a cable attacking the Motor City Machine Guns 47 At Destination X Suicide won the TNA X Division Championship in his debut match in the Ultimate X match Because of an injury to Kazarian Suicide was portrayed for several weeks by Christopher Daniels who was in the costume when the character won the X Division Championship 48 Afterwards Daniels began feuding with the Motor City Machineguns of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin who on the April 30 episode of Impact accused him of being Suicide On the May 7 episode of Impact Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed joined the accusations by also accusing Daniels of being Suicide On the May 14 episode of Impact the Motor City Machineguns and Lethal Consequences were trying to unmask Suicide in an attempt to prove that they were right about his true identity but Daniels made the save and helped Suicide clear the ring of Shelley Sabin Lethal and Creed At Slammiversary Suicide retained the TNA X Division Championship against Shelley Sabin Lethal and Creed in a King of the Mountain match On the July 16 episode of Impact Suicide lost his X Division title to Homicide after he cashed in his Feast or Fired briefcase 49 After not being seen for a few weeks Suicide made his return at Hard Justice to compete in the Steel Asylum match which he lost because of D Angelo Dinero 50 On the August 20 episode of Impact Suicide attacked Dinero after his match with Consequences Creed sparking a feud between the two 51 On the September 17 episode of Impact Dinero defeated Suicide in a grudge match 52 At No Surrender Dinero defeated Suicide again this time in a Falls Count Anywhere match 53 The following week on Impact Suicide finally defeated Dinero by pinning him in a street fight 54 On the October 15 episode of Impact Homicide stole Suicide s costume and claimed to now know his true identity 55 On the December 3 episode Impact Suicide made peace with Dinero and joined him Matt Morgan and Hernandez in their war with Rhino Team 3D and Jesse Neal 56 At Final Resolution Morgan Hernandez Dinero and Suicide defeated Neal Team 3D and Rhino in an eight man elimination tag team match 57 On the February 11 2010 episode of Impact Gerdelman made his final TV appearance as Suicide losing to Matt Morgan in an 8 Card Stud Tournament qualifying match 58 Fortune 2010 2012 edit Main article Fortune On the February 18 2010 episode of Impact Gerdelman made his return as Kazarian teaming up with Amazing Red and Generation Me Jeremy Buck and Max Buck in an eight man tag team match where they defeated X Division Champion Doug Williams Brian Kendrick and the Motor City Machineguns after Kazarian pinned Williams 59 The following week he defeated Kendrick to earn himself a match for the X Division Championship at Destination X 60 However instead of waiting for the pay per view Kazarian was given his title shot on the March 8 Monday night episode of Impact in a three way match which also included Daniels In the end Williams was able to retain his title by pinning Daniels 61 At Destination X Kazarian defeated Daniels Kendrick and Amazing Red in a four way ladder match to earn another shot at the X Division Championship 62 At Lockdown Kazarian defeated Homicide and Shannon Moore in a three way steel cage match to win the vacant TNA X Division Championship for the fourth time counting his reign as Suicide after Douglas Williams was stripped of the title due to being unable to attend the event 63 Upon Williams return to TNA two weeks later he refused to hand the X Division Championship belt over to Kazarian unless he was able to defeat him for it 64 At Sacrifice Kazarian lost the X Division Championship to Williams without ever actually holding the physical belt 65 nbsp Kazarian celebrating with A J Styles in July 2010On the following episode of Impact Kazarian started showing signs of a heel turn when he won an X Division battle royal to earn spot number ten in the TNA rankings for a World Title shot impressing Ric Flair in the process 66 The heel turn was completed the following week when Flair interfered in his match with Jay Lethal which led to Kazarian scoring the roll up victory while grabbing a hold of his opponent s tights After the match Flair s other associate A J Styles trying to impress his mentor attacked Lethal which led to an argument between him and Kazarian who wanted to finish Lethal off himself The distraction was enough for Lethal to dropkick both of them out of the ring 67 At Slammiversary VIII Kazarian lost his spot in the rankings to Kurt Angle 68 On the following episode of Impact Ric Flair who had aligned himself with Kazarian Styles Desmond Wolfe Robert Roode and James Storm announced that he would reform the Four Horsemen under the new name Fourtune stating that each of them would have to earn their spots in the group and in order for Kazarian to earn his spot he needed to become the Barry Windham of the group 69 70 Flair wanting peace between Kazarian and Styles booked them in a tag team match against Samoa Joe and Rob Terry at Victory Road 71 The plan seemed to work as Kazarian and Styles were victorious due to outside interference from Desmond Wolfe and in the process earned themselves spots in Fourtune 72 On the July 22 episode of Impact Kazarian helped Styles defeat Rob Terry to win the TNA Global Championship 73 The following week Fourtune s lineup was seemingly completed with the addition of Robert Roode and James Storm as the final two members of the group 74 However on the August 12 episode of Impact Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan were added to Fourtune as the stable attacked EV 2 0 a stable consisting of former Extreme Championship Wrestling performers 75 In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory the stable s name was tweaked to Fortune to represent the expansion in the number of members in the group 76 77 At Bound for Glory Kazarian Styles Morgan Roode and Storm were defeated in a Lethal Lockdown match by EV 2 0 members Tommy Dreamer Raven Rhino Sabu and Stevie Richards 78 On the following episode of Impact Fortune formed an alliance with Hulk Hogan s and Eric Bischoff s new stable Immortal 79 The following week Kazarian was given the objective of ending Mr Anderson s World Heavyweight title aspirations in an Ultimate X match Though Kazarian managed to win the match with help from Fortune Anderson survived and thus earned himself a title match against Immortal s Jeff Hardy 80 The following week tensions rose between former rivals and Fortune stable mates Kazarian and Douglas Williams when Williams claimed he had not been given a chance to spotlight his talent after joining Fortune while Kazarian claimed Williams had a bad attitude and dubbed himself Styles Roode and Storm the Core Four of Fortune 81 82 On the November 4 episode of Impact Flair ordered Kazarian and Williams to settle their differences in the ring Kazarian won the match between the members of Fortune after a miscommunication between Williams and James Storm After the match Flair made Kazarian and Williams shake hands 83 At Turning Point the seemingly re united Fortune defeated EV 2 0 in a ten man tag team match and as a result EV 2 0 s Sabu was released from TNA 84 However on the November 18 episode of Impact Williams turned on Fortune and joined Matt Morgan who had been kicked out of the group the previous month reigniting the feud between Kazarian and Williams 85 This was followed by Williams scoring back to back pinfall victories over Kazarian first in an eight man elimination tag team match on the November 25 episode of Impact and then in a singles match on the December 2 episode of Impact 86 87 On the December 23 episode of Impact Kazarian defeated Jeremy Buck Max Buck and Robbie E in a four way match to become the number one contender to the X Division Championship held by Jay Lethal 88 On January 9 2011 at Genesis Kazarian defeated Lethal to win the X Division Championship for the fifth time 89 On January 31 at the tapings of the February 3 episode of Impact Fortune turned face by attacking Immortal when they interfered in a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match between Mr Anderson and Jeff Hardy 90 91 Ric Flair who did not take part in Fortune s turn due to being out with a torn rotator cuff returned at the February 14 tapings of the February 17 episode of Impact turning on Fortune and jumping to Immortal 92 93 On March 13 at Victory Road Kazarian successfully defended the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match against Jeremy Buck Max Buck and Robbie E 94 On April 17 at Lockdown Kazarian Roode Storm and Christopher Daniels who replaced an injured A J Styles defeated Immortal representatives Ric Flair Abyss Bully Ray and Matt Hardy in a Lethal Lockdown match 95 On May 16 at the tapings of the May 19 episode of Impact Wrestling Kazarian lost the X Division Championship to Abyss 96 97 On June 12 at Slammiversary IX Kazarian failed to regain the title from Abyss in a three way match with Brian Kendrick 98 In September Kazarian began feuding with Jeff Jarrett over his and his wife Karen s treatment of her newly appointed assistant Traci Brooks 99 In late 2011 Fortune disbanded after both Christopher Daniels and Bobby Roode turned on their stablemates 100 101 Alliance with Christopher Daniels 2012 2014 edit Main article Bad Influence nbsp Daniels and Kazarian dressed as Bravehart mocking fans in ScotlandOn the January 5 2012 episode of Impact Wrestling Kazarian and A J Styles were defeated in the finals of the Wild Card Tournament by the team of Magnus and Samoa Joe when Kazarian abandoned Styles and left the ringside area with Christopher Daniels turning heel in the process 102 Over the next few weeks it became apparent that Daniels was holding something over Kazarian with Kazarian being reluctant to do his bidding 103 On February 12 at Against All Odds Kazarian defeated Styles in a singles match 104 On the February 23 episode of Impact Wrestling Kazarian attacked Styles during his Television Championship match with Robbie E allowing Robbie to retain the championship 105 On the following episode of Impact Wrestling Kazarian defeated Styles in a gauntlet match had Styles been successful Kazarian would have to explain his alliance with Daniels 106 On March 18 at Victory Road Kazarian and Daniels were defeated in a tag team match by Styles and Mr Anderson 107 The rivalry continued on April 15 at Lockdown where the two duos were on opposing teams in the annual Lethal Lockdown match Styles and Anderson s team led by Garett Bischoff ended up defeating Kazarian s and Daniels team led by Eric Bischoff 108 During Styles absence from Impact Wrestling Kazarian and Daniels set their sights on the TNA World Tag Team Championship attacking champions Magnus and Samoa Joe on the April 26 episode 109 On the May 10 episode of Impact Wrestling Kazarian revealed that he originally aligned himself with Daniels to keep him from revealing Styles secret but changed his mind after learning what the secret was Daniels then revealed the secret a series of photographs insinuating a relationship between Styles and TNA president Dixie Carter 110 Three days later at Sacrifice Kazarian and Daniels defeated Magnus and Samoa Joe to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship starting Kazarian s second reign with the title 111 Later in the event Kazarian and Daniels cost A J Styles his match with Kurt Angle who afterwards turned on the two saving Styles from a beatdown 111 On June 10 at Slammiversary Kazarian and Daniels lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Styles and Angle 112 On the June 21 episode of Impact Wrestling Styles and Carter proved that Kazarian and Daniels had been lying about their relationship by producing a pregnant woman named Claire Lynch whom they had been helping overcome her addictions 113 The following week Kazarian teased dissension with Daniels claiming that he had been lied to However in the main event of the evening Kazarian revealed that he was still on Daniels side when the two defeated Styles and Angle after Kazarian hit Styles with a steel chair to regain the TNA World Tag Team Championship Following the win Daniels admitted that Styles and Carter had told the truth about Claire but claimed that they had left out the part about Styles being the father of her unborn baby 114 The team billed as The World Tag Team Champions of the World 115 made their first televised title defense on the August 8 episode of Impact Wrestling defeating Devon and Garett Bischoff 116 Three days later at Hardcore Justice Kazarian unsuccessfully challenged Devon for the TNA Television Championship 117 On the August 23 episode of Impact Wrestling the storyline involving Claire Lynch was concluded when she revealed that she was not pregnant after all while also revealing Daniels and Kazarian s plot to blackmail Styles through her fake pregnancy 118 On September 6 as part of the first Championship Thursday Kazarian and Daniels successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Chavo Guerrero Jr and Hernandez 119 Three days later at No Surrender Kazarian and Daniels made another successful title defense against previous champions A J Styles and Kurt Angle 120 On October 14 at Bound for Glory Kazarian and Daniels lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Chavo Guerrero Jr and Hernandez in a three way match which also included A J Styles and Kurt Angle 121 Kazarian and Daniels received their rematch on November 11 at Turning Point but were again defeated by Guerrero and Hernandez 122 On December 9 at Final Resolution Kazarian was defeated by James Storm in a singles match 123 and again on the January 3 2013 episode of Impact Wrestling beginning a rivalry between the newly christened Bad Influence and Storm 124 On March 10 at Lockdown Bad Influence unsuccessfully challenged Austin Aries and Bobby Roode for the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a three way match also involving Chavo Guerrero Jr and Hernandez 125 In April Kazarian and Daniels began teasing a Fortune reunion to battle the Aces amp Eights stable however this plan was foiled by A J Styles and Bobby Roode both turning down offers to join them 126 127 Bad Influence faced Austin Aries and Bobby Roode in a number one contenders match on the May 9 episode of Impact Wrestling however the match ended in a no contest after special guest referee James Storm superkicked Aries and Daniels and walked out on the match 128 On June 2 at Slammiversary XI Bad Influence failed to capture the TNA World Tag Team Championship from Chavo Guerrero Jr and Hernandez in a fatal four way elimination match which also included Austin Aries and Bobby Roode and was won by Gunner and James Storm 129 On the June 13 episode of Impact Wrestling Kazarian and Daniels defeated Gunner and Storm in a non title match to qualify for the 2013 Bound for Glory Series 130 Kazarian would begin the BFG series by losing to the likes of Magnus and A J Styles 131 132 On the July 11 episode of Impact Wrestling Kazarian and Bobby Roode defeated Austin Aries and Christopher Daniels in a tag team match with Kazarian pinning his Bad Influence partner for the win to qualify for the BFG series gauntlet match later in the evening During the match however Kazarian was the first man eliminated by A J Styles 133 On the August 8 episode of Impact Wrestling Kazarian and Daniels faced off in a BFG series match but despite teasing tension earlier in the night got themselves intentionally counted out to gain two points in the tournament Afterwards Kazarian and Daniels allied themselves with Bobby Roode to form a new force and so that one of them would win the Bound for Glory series 134 The following week at Impact Wrestling Hardcore Justice Kazarian defeated A J Styles Austin Aries and Jeff Hardy in a ladder match following interference from Daniels and Roode to capture twenty points in the BFG Series 135 On the August 8 Impact Wrestling Daniels and Kazarian faced off in a BFG series match Despite teasing tension earlier in the night they both intentionally got counted out to gain two points each Afterward they allied with Bobby Roode in hopes it would help one of them win the tournament 136 At the Bound for Glory 2013 pre show Bad Influence were defeated by the tag team of Eric Young amp Joseph Park in a tag team gauntlet match to determine the number one contenders to face the TNA World Tag Team Champions James Storm amp Gunner during the Bound For Glory PPV later that night Following their elimination Bad Influence attacked Park causing him to bleed from the mouth The same night during the PPV Bad Influence interrupted the show to petition TNA management to place themselves into the TNA World Tag Team Championship match later that night between James Storm amp Gunner and challengers The BroMans However before they got an answer Abyss appeared and attacked them Over the following few weeks Bad Influence would mock Park and try to reveal his true identity On the November 5 edition of Impact Wrestling Bad Influence revealed that Park s law firm Park Park amp Park had closed 15 years ago and consequently Park had been lying about being a lawyer On December 12 Bad Influence were defeated by Park amp Young when Young caused his own partner to bleed resulting in Park transforming into Abyss as a result of seeing his own blood and gaining the victory On December 26 Bad Influence were defeated again by Park in a Monster s Ball Handicap match On March 2 2014 Bad Influence were part of a group of TNA wrestlers that took part in Wrestle 1 s Kaisen Outbreak event in Tokyo Japan defeating Junior Stars Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka in a tag team match On March 9 2014 at TNA Lockdown Bad Influence along with Chris Sabin were defeated by Wrestle 1 s The Great Muta Sanada and Yasu in a six man interpromotional tag team steel cage match On April 12 2014 at TNA One Night Only s X Travaganza 2 event Bad Influence were defeated by The Wolves Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards in the EC3 Invitational Ladder match where the winners received 25 000 On April 23 Daniels announced his departure from TNA thus dissolving the team On May 11 it was reported that Kazarian had also worked the final dates of his contract with TNA 137 Other promotions 2014 2015 edit While Bad Influence were in TNA they appeared in other promotions On January 24 2014 Bad Influence appeared at Big Time Wrestling s Battle Royal where they defeated The Ballard Brothers Shane Ballard amp Shannon Ballard 138 On April 5 Bad Influence appeared in two events First they defeated The Bravado Brothers Harlem Bravado amp Lancelot Bravado at Dragon Gate USA s Mercury Rising 139 After they defeated The Irish Airborne Dave Crist and Jake Crist at WrestleCon 140 On June 6 2014 Bad Influence made their debuts in Tommy Dreamer s House of Hardcore defeating Outlaw Inc Eddie Kingston and Homicide 141 On June 7 2014 Bad Influence returned to House of Hardcore at HOH 5 defeating Petey Williams and Tony Nese 142 In November and December 2015 The Addiction took part in New Japan Pro Wrestling s 2015 World Tag League where they finished with a record of three wins and three losses failing to advance from their block 143 Ring of Honor 2014 2018 edit nbsp Daniels and Kazarian known as The Addiction answering fan questions in San Antonio Texas immediately prior to Glory By Honor XIIIAfter his TNA contract expired on June 1 2014 Kazarian was announced to debut in Ring of Honor 144 145 at Best in the World Kazarian made his ROH debut teaming with Christopher Daniels to challenge reDRagon Bobby Fish and Kyle O Reilly for the ROH World Tag Team Championship in a losing effort At Supercard of Honor IX Kazarian was defeated by Michael Elgin On April 25 2015 The Addiction defeated reDRagon to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship with the help from Chris Sabin At Field of Honor Kazarian was involved in a nine way gauntlet match for an ROH World Television Championship shot which was won by Takaaki Watanabe At All Star Extravaganza VII The Addiction lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to The Kingdom in a triple threat tag team match involving The Young Bucks At Survival of the Fittest Kazarian was involved in a Survival of the Fittest tournament match which was won by Jay Briscoe also Raymond Rowe and Rhett Titus was in the match On May 9 2016 at War of the Worlds The Addiction defeated War Machine to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the second time 146 At Death Before Dishonor XIV The Addiction defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon and Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin in a Three way Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship On September 30 at All Star Extravaganza VIII The Addiction lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to The Young Bucks in a three way ladder match which also included The Motor City Machine Guns 147 Kazarian would face and was defeated by Jay Lethal and Kyle O Reilly In early 2017 The Addiction began feuding with Bullet Club turning face in the process On February 11 2017 during Ring of Honor tapings Kazarian turned on Daniels and joined Bullet Club 148 On March 10 at the ROH 15th Anniversary Show Kazarian defeated Cheeseburger Chris Sabin Punisher Martinez Hangman Page and Silas Young in a six man mayhem match number one contender for the ROH World Television Championship Later that same event Kazarian turned on Adam Cole and Bullet Club revealing his betrayal of Daniels to have been a ruse and helping Daniels win the ROH World Championship 149 On ROH TV taping Kazarian was unsuccessful at winning the ROH World Television Championship against Marty Scurll During the match Hangman Page got involved and caused distractions and ended up hitting Kaz with a chair After the match Matt Sydal made his return to lay out Scurll and even the odds On the Ring of Honor Tapings Kazarian would win the Honor Rumble last eliminated Jay Lethal Later that night Kazarian was unsuccessful at winning the ROH World Championship against Cody On March 9 2018 at ROH 16th Anniversary Show SoCal Uncensored defeated The Hung Bucks to win the ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship At War of the Worlds Lowell they lost the Six Man Tag Team Title against The Kingdom On October 14 2018 Kazarian and SoCal Uncensored teammate Scorpio Sky won a triple threat tag team match to become ROH World Tag Team Champions marking Kazarian s third reign with those titles At Final Battle they lost the Tag Team title against The Briscoe Brothers in a Ladder War The next day SoCal Uncensored left ROH 150 All Elite Wrestling 2019 2023 edit SoCal Uncensored and various feuds 2019 2021 edit In January 2019 it was revealed that Kazarian would be one of the first signees to All Elite Wrestling a new wrestling promotion started by wrestlers Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks 151 152 153 SCU made their debut at Double or Nothing defeating Strong Hearts CIMA El Lindaman and T Hawk in a six man tag team match On the October 30th 2019 episode of AEW Dynamite Kazarian and SoCal Uncensored teammate Scorpio Sky became the inaugural All Elite Wrestling Tag Team Champions Kazarian and Sky would lose the Tag Team Championship to Kenny Omega and Hangman Adam Page at Chris Jericho s Rock N Wrestling Rager at Sea Part Deux Second Wave Following this SCU would start a feud with The Dark Order On the March 18 2020 episode of Dynamite first show with no crowd Kazarian and Daniels would be attacked by The Exalted One of The Dark Order Brodie Lee Kazarian then returned to teaming with his longtime tag team partner Christopher Daniels as Scorpio Sky would distance himself from SCU Kazarian would also try out singles competition for himself facing and losing to Jon Moxley on the May 6 2020 episode of Dynamite 154 On the September 30 episode of Dynamite Kazarian and Scorpio Sky would team once again losing to FTR for the AEW World Tag Team Championships 155 On December 2 2020 at Winter is Coming Kazarian would lose to Jericho in a singles match 156 At AEW Blood and Guts Kazarian and Daniels would defeat The Varisity Blondes Brian Pillman Jr and Griff Garrison The Acclaimed Anthony Bowens and Max Caster and Jurassic Express Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus to earn a shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championships On May 14 2021 Kazarian and Daniels would fail to defeat The Young Bucks for the titles thus forcing the team to disband The Elite Hunter 2021 2023 edit On the June 11 episode of Dynamite Kazarian would return and attack members of The Elite aiding Eddie Kingston Pac and Penta el Zero M He would label himself as The Elite Hunter and over the upcoming weeks he would attack members of The Elite usually when they attempted to cheat in matches 157 This would lead to match on Fyter Fest Night 2 where Kazarian would lose to Elite member Doc Gallows In 2022 Kazarian engaged in a feud with his former tag team partner Scorpio Sky over the TNT Championship which led to Sky turning on Kazarian by hitting him with the TNT Championship belt after defeating him on the May 13 2022 episode of AEW Rampage 158 159 At Double or Nothing on May 29 2022 Sky Paige Van Zant and Ethan Page defeated Kazarian Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti at in a six person tag team match after Sky pinned Kazarian with Kazarian and Guevara losing the right to further challenge Sky for the TNT Championship as a result 160 161 At the Impact Wrestling Hard to Kill pay per view Kazarian cut a promo saying he was done with AEW and he had signed a contract with Impact Wrestling Reportedly Kazarian had asked for his release from AEW in November and it was later granted His last match for the promotion took place on the December 26 2022 episode of AEW Dark Elevation losing to Konosuke Takeshita It was noted that Kazarian was well liked by AEW officials and fellow talent and that he did business the right way by losing to Takeshita before leaving Sources also stated that Kazarian would be welcomed back to AEW if he chose to return in the future 162 163 Second return to Impact TNA 2021 present edit On the July 29 2021 episode of Impact Kazarian made his return to TNA now known as Impact Wrestling attacking The Elite Kenny Omega Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson 164 165 The following week on Impact Kazarian teamed with Eddie Edwards and Sami Callihan to defeat The Elite 166 167 In May 2022 he would make another appearance wrestling Chris Sabin 168 Kazarian would later return at Victory Road as part of the X Division Triple Threat Revolver match to determine the number 1 contender for Mike Bailey s title at the Bound For Glory pay per view Kazarian would defeat Bailey to win the X Division Championship for the fifth time in his career On the October 20 2022 episode of IMPACT Kazarian announced that he was going to invoke Option C and vacated the X Division Championship in exchange for an opportunity to wrestle Josh Alexander for the Impact World Championship though he was defeated At Hard To Kill Kazarian made his first appearance since losing to Alexander cutting a promo saying he is officially signed to Impact 169 On March 24 at Sacrifice Kazarian teamed with Rich Swann and Steve Maclin losing to Time Machine Alex Shelley Chris Sabin and Kushida 170 On April 16 at Rebellion Kazarian fought for Team Dreamer and won a 10 wrestler Hardcore War against Team Bully 171 On June 9 at Against All Odds Kazarian defeated Eddie Edwards 172 On July 15 at Slammiversary Kazarian was defeated Eddie Edwards 173 On August 27 at Emergence Kazarian was defeated Eddie Edwards in a Back to School match 174 On January 13 2024 at the Countdown to TNA Hard to Kill Kazarian teamed with Eric Young losing to The System Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers 175 On January 18 episode of TNA Wrestling Kazarian and Young was defeated by the Grizzled Young Veterans James Drake amp Zack Gibson Following the match Kazarian turned heel by attacking Young exclaiming that 2024 was to be his year 176 Two weeks later Kazarian explained his actions in the ring saying he saved TNA when he resigned in 2023 but after a career of simply being a soldier for the promotion he vowed to be remembered as a king which is what he called Young 177 On February 23 at No Surrender Kazarian was defeated by Young 178 Personal life editGerdelman became a fan of wrestling due in large part to Hulk Hogan s role in Rocky III and also watching WrestleMania I His favorite wrestler was The Ultimate Warrior followed by Shawn Michaels Ricky Steamboat Tito Santana and The British Bulldogs 21 Gerdelman married fellow professional wrestler Tracy Brookshaw on January 7 2010 179 On October 18 2012 Gerdelman and Brookshaw welcomed their first child a son which was confirmed in early 2013 Gerdelman is known to be a massive fan of the heavy metal band Metallica He plays bass guitar and is in a band called VexTemper 180 Other media editKazarian made a cameo appearance on an episode of The Man Show where Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla learned how to wrestle He also appeared in the film Backyard Dogs in 2000 as Snake Duggan and was on an episode of Distraction with 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 He also made a cameo appearance in MTV s Made when The Motor City Machine Guns were making a Michigan choir boy into a professional wrestler He is also the bass guitarist of the band VexTemper whose song Get Addicted was used as his and Christopher Daniels entrance theme in ROH Championships and accomplishments edit nbsp Kazarian is a five time X Division Champion in TNA Impact WrestlingAll Elite Wrestling AEW World Tag Team Championship 1 time inaugural with Scorpio Sky 181 AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament 2019 182 Big Time Wrestling BTW Tag Team Championship 1 time with Jason Styles 183 California Wrestling Coalition CWC Heavyweight Championship 1 time CWC Tag Team Championship 1 time with Iron Eagle Cauliflower Alley Club Future Legends Award 2005 5 DDT Pro Wrestling Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship 1 time with Christopher Daniels 184 East Coast Wrestling Alliance ECWA Tag Team Championship 1 time with Nova 185 Empire Wrestling Federation EWF Heavyweight Championship 1 time 5 EWF Tag Team Championship 1 time with Josh Galaxy 5 EWF Hall of Fame 186 International Wrestling Coalition IWC United States Championship 1 time 187 Jersey All Pro Wrestling JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship 1 time 5 JAPW New Jersey State Championship 1 time 188 Millennium Pro Wrestling MPW Heavyweight Championship 1 time 8 189 Phoenix Championship Wrestling PCW Television Championship 1 time 190 PCW Tag Team Championship 1 time with Nova 5 Primos Wrestling Canada Primos Television Championship 1 time Pro Wrestling Guerrilla PWG World Championship 2 times 191 Bad Ass Mother 3000 2003 5 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No 30 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2009 192 Ring of Honor ROH World Tag Team Championship 3 times with Christopher Daniels 2 and Scorpio Sky 1 193 ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship 1 time with Christopher Daniels and Scorpio Sky Honor Rumble 2017 Rising Phoenix Wrestling RPW Invitational Tournament 2006 194 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Impact Wrestling TNA Impact X Division Championship 5 times 1 5 TNA World Tag Team Championship 3 times with Eric Young Super Eric 1 and Christopher Daniels 2 5 Fight for the Right Tournament 2007 5 TNA World Cup of Wrestling 2013 with Christopher Daniels James Storm Kenny King and Mickie James X Division King of the Mountain 2008 20092 5 Match of the Year 2003 vs Chris Sabin and Michael Shane August 20 2003 195 Memorable Moment of the Year 2003 The first Ultimate X match 195 Ultimate Pro Wrestling UPW Lightweight Championship 1 time 5 UPW Tag Team Championship 1 time with Nova 5 UPW Tag Team Championship Tournament 2001 with Nova 196 United States Xtreme Wrestling UXW Xtreme Championship 1 time 5 West Coast Wrestling Alliance WCWA Heavyweight Championship 1 time 197 World Series Wrestling WSW Tag Team Championship 1 time with Eric Young Wrestling Observer Newsletter Tag Team of the Year 2012 with Christopher Daniels 198 Worst Worked Match of the Year 2006 TNA Reverse Battle Royal at TNA Impact 199 Notes edit1Kazarian and Michael Shane were declared co champions after defeating A J Styles in an Ultimate X match at the weekly pay per view 104 by grabbing the belt at the same time This co reign was 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