Will Kapphan (wrestler)
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* '''[[Music in professional wrestling|Entrance themes]]''' | * '''[[Music in professional wrestling|Entrance themes]]''' | ||
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** "Vintage" by Dale Oliver | ** "Vintage" by Dale Oliver | ||
| - | ** | + | ** "Blood & Fire" by Dale Oliver (TNA; January 16, 2015 – March 19, 2016 / GFW; July 7, 2015 – September 16, 2015) |
| + | ** "New Heights" by [[CFO$]] ([[IWE NXT|NXT]]; May 4, 2016) | ||
| + | ** '''"Controlled Chaos"''' by CFO$ (NXT; 12 October, 2016–present; used as a member of [[Sanity (professional wrestling)|sAnitY]]) | ||
==Championships and accomplishments== | ==Championships and accomplishments== | ||
Revision as of 01:50, 20 November 2016
| Will Kapphan | ||
 Kapphan at a TNA event in January 2010. | ||
| Ring name(s) | Eric Young The Not So Great Muta Super Eric | |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | |
| Born | December 15, 1979 (age 31) Florence, Ontario | |
| Billed from | An Undisclosed Location Freedomland, USA Vancouver, British Columbia Nashville, Tennessee (as Eric Young) Metropolis (as Super Eric) The Orient (as The Not So Great Muta) | |
| Trained by | Waldo Von Erich Carl Leduc Scott D'Amore Khris Canyon | |
| Debut | October 1998 | |
Will Kapphan (born December 15, 1979) is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known under his ring name Eric Young. He currently performs for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he has gained popularity using a variety of comic relief gimmicks. He is a former one time TNA X Division Champion a two time TNA Legends/Global/Television Champion a two times as one half of the NWA World Tag Team Champions with Bobby McAlmond and a two times as one half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions with Kazarian and Kevin Nash and Scott Hall as a member of The Band under the free bird rule.
Professional wrestling career
Early career
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Team Canada (2004–2006)
Various feuds (2006–2007)
Super Eric (2008)
Feuding with the Main Event Mafia (2008–2009)
The World ELite; Global Champion (2009–2010)
- Main article: World Elite
The Band and mentally challenged gimmick (2010–2011)
Teaming with ODB (2011–2014)
TNA World Heavyweight Champion (2013–2014)
Championship pursuits and departure (2015–2016)
Global Force Wrestling (2015)
IWE
NXT (2016–present)
- Main article: Sanity (professional wrestling)
Television
In wrestling
File:Jarret contra Devon.jpg
Young performing a camel clutch on Brother Devon.
- Finishing moves
- Bridging Northern Lights suplex – 2008; used as a signature move thereafter
- Death Valley driver – 2008–2009
- Diving elbow drop – 2014–present; used as a signature move from 2003–2013
- Figure-four leglock – 2015–present
- Spike piledriver – 2009–present
- Showstopper (Bridging wheelbarrow suplex) – 2003–2004, 2011
- Youngblood (Wheelbarrow lifted and dropped into an elevated neckbreaker) – 2003–2004; used rarely thereafter
- Signature moves
- Managers
- Nicknames
- "EY"
- "The Director"
- "Showtime"
- "The Big Game Hunter"
- "The Bearded Terror"
- "The World Class Maniac"
- Entrance themes
- "Superhero" by Dale Oliver (TNA)
- "Wolfpac Theme" (Instrumental) by Jimmy Heart (TNA; used while a part of The Band)
- "T.N.T." by AC/DC
- "Vintage" by Dale Oliver
- "Blood & Fire" by Dale Oliver (TNA; January 16, 2015 – March 19, 2016 / GFW; July 7, 2015 – September 16, 2015)
- "New Heights" by CFO$ (NXT; May 4, 2016)
- "Controlled Chaos" by CFO$ (NXT; 12 October, 2016–present; used as a member of sAnitY)
Championships and accomplishments
File:TNA Superstar, Global Champion, Will Kapphan..jpg
Kapphan as TNA Global Champion.
- Allied Powers Wrestling Federation
- APWF Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- FWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Memphis Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #49 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Bobby Roode
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kazarian (1)1 and Kevin Nash and Scott Hall (1)2
- TNA X Division Championship (1 time)
- TNA Legends/Global/Television/King of the Mountain Championship (3 times, current)
- TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with O.D.B
- TNA Turkey Bowl (2011, 2012)
- Fourth TNA Grand Slam Champion (1 time)
- Seventh TNA Triple Crown Champion (1 time)
- Most Inspirational (2006)
- TNA World Beer Drinking Championship (1 time)3
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Other titles
- ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- FSPW Independent Championship (2 times)
- IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NSP Independent Championship (1 time)
- XWC World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
1Reign no longer recognized by TNA Wrestling.
2Kapphan defended the title with either Hall or Nash under the Freebird Rule.
3Championship not officially recognized by TNA Wrestling.
