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Ethan H. D.
Birth nameMatthew Nebeker[1]
Born (1986-06-16) June 16, 1986 (age 37)
Chicago, Illinois, United States[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Ethan H. D.
Billed height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Billed weight191 lb (87 kg)
Trained byBuddy Wayne
Davey Richards
DebutOctober 2005

Matthew Nebeker (born June 16, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Ethan H. D..

Professional wrestling career[edit]

Ethan attended in Harley Race's annual week long camp in October 2011. In addition, he also performed at the World League Wrestling show that following Saturday in a six-man tag pitting Ryan Drago, Jeff Strong, and Dustin Bozworth against himself, Bradley Charles, and Lee Walker.[2]

H. D. debuted for the West Coast Wrestling Connection on September 24, 2011, teaming with Eric Right against Paynefully Large in an unsuccessful attempt to win the WCWC Tag Team Championships. H. D. would spend the next year working his way up the card eventually winning the WCWC Championship on January 6, 2013 from Nick Madrid in an "I Quit" match. He then spent the rest of the year defending the championship against wrestlers like Ryan Taylor, Gangrel, and "Hotshot" Danny Duggan.[3] When the WCWC started broadcasting weekly episodes on KPTV, HD and Mike Santiago were thrust into a feud with Gangrel and Mikey O'Shea over the WCWC Tag Team Championships culminating in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match in the main event of one particular episode. he recently made his return to the West Coast Wrestling Connection where he's currently wrestling for the Pacific Northwest title tournament. He also dumped Kate Karny upon his return as well.

H. D. debuted in Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling on January 27, 2012 as a member of Natural Selection teaming with Bishop in a losing effort to Sid Sylum and Azeem the Dream. During 2012 he made it to the finals of a tournament to crown a new ECCW Champion before falling to Sid Sylum. Following that he was eliminated in the opening round of the 2012 Pacific Cup, and eliminated in the Six Way Shoot Out round of the Shooting Star Six tournament. The summer of 2013 saw H. D. team up with Mike Santiago to form the Amerikan Gunz who successfully defeated the Bollywood Boyz to win their first tag team championship and kickstart a feud between the two teams. The Bollywood Boyz would eventually win the titles back before losing them back to the Gunz at ECCW's first Ballroom Brawl event in the Commodore Ballroom. The war between the two teams ended on April 12, 2014 in a steel cage match in Vancouver, BC in front of a sold out crowd with the Bollywood Boyz regaining the championships.[4] At ECCW's second Ballroom Brawl event. H. D. pinned Colt Cabana as part of a triple threat elimination match which was won by El Phantasmo.[5]

In September 2012; Ethan was invited to, and attended a tryout at WWE's developmental facilities.[6][unreliable source]

H. D. made his debut for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood on March 17, 2013 successfully teaming with Erik Baeden against Ryan J. Morals and Ian Wyze. Later that year, H. D. faced off against Joey Ryan in a failed attempt to win Ryan's CWFH Mav TV Championship.[7] In June 2014, H. D. made it to the final four of the Red Carpet Rumble before being eliminated by X-Pac.[8] Following the Rumble, H. D. joined up with Eric Cross to form a tag team called #TheList.

On July 4, 2015; Ethan made his Paragon Pro Wrestling debut becoming runner-up to Caleb Konley in a number one contenders battle royal on PPW's national television debut.[9]

On July 11, 2015; Ethan faced Artemis Spencer, Billy Suede, and Nicole Matthews in a four-way ladder match in the main event of ECCW's Ballroom Brawl 4. The match was for both the ECCW and Canadian Heavyweight Championships. Ultimately the contest was won by Spencer after interference from Shayna Baszler[10] On March 12, 2016; H. D. defeated Artemis Spencer and Billy Suede in the 2016 Pacific Cup finals to become the first American to win the ECCW Pacific Cup.[11] The following month on April 9, 2016; Ethan went on to defeat Artemis Spencer to capture the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship for the first time.[12]

H. D. made his debut on the inaugural DEFY Wrestling show in 2017, losing to Mike Santiago. He returned nine months at DEFY Kings Among Men reforming the Amerikan Gunz with Mike Santiago. They would then beat Violence Unlimited (Brody King and Tyler Bateman) in a tournament final at DEFY Club to become the first ever DEFY Tag Team 8XGP Champions, holding the titles for a total of 133 days.[13] They would eventually lose the titles to the One Percent (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) at DEFY Never Dies on January 19, 2019.[14]

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Ethan H. D." ProFightDB.com. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "HARLEY RACE'S WLW RESULTS FROM ANNUAL CAMP: WILLIAM REGAL VS. ACE STEELE AND MORE - PWInsider.com". pwinsider.com.
  3. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Ethan HD". cagematch.net.
  4. ^ "Results – Seek and Destroy". eccw.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
  5. ^ "Results – Ballroom Brawl 2". eccw.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
  6. ^ "How Old Is Linda McMahon?, WWE Tryout Talents, Cena Speaks". eWrestlingNews.com. 4 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Championship Wrestling from Hollywood – April 9, 2014 - PWMania". PWMania. 10 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Championship Wrestling from Hollywood - 2014 Red Carpet Rumble Recap". Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  9. ^ "WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results".
  10. ^ "RESULTS: Ballroom Brawl 4 : Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling – ECCW". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  11. ^ "Results Pac Cup 2016". Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling. March 12, 2016. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  12. ^ "Results: High Definition". Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling. April 9, 2016. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  13. ^ DEFY CLUB Results
  14. ^ DEFY Never Dies Results
  15. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Titles « Ethan HD « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net.
  16. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2014 - The Internet Wrestling Database". profightdb.com.

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