Blake Wheeler
From Iwe
Blake Wheeler | ||
Birth name | Blake Arnold Wheeler | |
Born | January 19, 1972 (age 42) Atlanta, Georgia | |
Resides | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
Professional wrestling career | ||
Ring name(s) | Kid Krush K. Malik Shabazz B-Krush K-Kwik Pretty Ricky Blake Wheeler B-Truth B-Ziggler The Truth | |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | |
Billed from | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
Trained by | Manny Fernandez Khris Hamrick Italian Stallion George South | |
Debut | March 1997 |
Blake Aaron Wheeler (born January 19, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is currently signed to IWE working on it's SmackDown brand. Since working for IWE, he has been a two time United States Champion and one time IWE Tag Team Champion with Kofi Kingston under the ring name, B-Truth, and a two time Hardcore Champion under the ring name B-Kwik. As B-Truth, he headlined five IWE pay-per-view events from 2010 to 2011; three times in world title contention (one singles match at IWE Capitol Punishment and two Elimination Chambers). He has also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as B-Krush and later as Blake "The Truth" Wheeler, where he became the first African-American to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, a title he held on two occasions, in addition to becoming a two time NWA World Tag Team Champion and a one time TNA World Tag Team Champion.
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[edit] Early life
[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] Independent circuit (1997–2000)
[edit] International Wrestling Federation (1999–2001)
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
[edit] NWA World Heavyweight Champion (2002–2003)
[edit] 3Live Kru (2003–2005)
- Main article: 3Live Kru
[edit] Various tag teams (2005–2007)
[edit] Return to IWE
[edit] Early feuds and championship pursuits (2008–2011)
[edit] Little Jimmy and Awesome Truth (2011–2012)
[edit] Various alliances (2012–2016)
[edit] The Fabulous Truth (2018–2019)
[edit] 24/7 Champion (2019–present)
[edit] Personal life
[edit] Other media
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Discography
[edit] Video games
[edit] In wrestling
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- NWA Wildside
- NWA Wildside Television Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #18 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2004
- International Wrestling Federation / International Wrestling Entertainment
- IWE United States Championship (2 times)
- IWE 24/7 Championship (36 times, current)
- IWF Hardcore Championship (2 times)
- IWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kofi Kingston (1), The Miz (1)
- Slammy Award (2 times)
1Wheeler defended the title with either James or Jason under the Freebird Rule.