User:Nmducap/Mike Bailey (professional wrestler)

Emile Baillargeon is an Canadian professional wrestler and fourth degree black belt Tae Kwon Do competitor, better known by the ring name "SpeedBall" Mike Bailey.

He has frequently worked for independent promotions including Capital City Championship Combat, International Wrestling Syndicate, Combat Zone Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.

He is a former IWS World Heavyweight Champion and CZW Best of the Best 2015 winner.

In addition, he has appeared internationally in promotions such as Evolve, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, Westside Xtreme Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling.

Early Career (2006-2010)
In 2006, Bailey began training at the age of 15 with Fred “La Merveille” at the Montreal Wrestling Federation. Despite his training with MWF, Bailey had his first match at Paul Leduc’s Fédération de Lutte Québécoise in early 2006.

Bailey made his IWS debut on January 10, 2009 at Season's Beatings, and stayed there until the promotion held its (then) final show on October 9, 2010.

Capital City Championship Combat (2010–present)
On May 1, 2010 at Stand Alone, Bailey made his C4 debut with a loss to Player Uno. On September 25, 2010 at Re-Ignition, Kevin Steen defeated Bailey. On March 26, 2011 at Level Up, Bailey lost to El Generico. On April 30, 2011 at Domination 2K11, Bailey & Kevin Steen defeated Josh Alexander & Michael Von Payton to win the C4 Tag Team Championship. On November 11, 2011 at R)Evolution 613 Bailey lost to Brodie Lee.

On March 09, 2013 at Level Up, Bailey defeated Michael Elgin. On June 15, 2013 at Crossing The Line 6, Bailey defeated Josh Alexander and Scotty O'Shea in a Three Way Dance to win the C4 Championship. On May 3, 2014 at The Warriors, Bailey defeated Kevin Steen. On June 21, 2014 at Crossing The Line 7, Bailey defeated Biff Busick. On December 19, 2014 at Jingle All The Way, Bailey defeated Stu Grayson in the Snowbrawl 2014 Tournament Final Match.

On August 20, 2016 at Fighting Back 6: Wrestling With Cancer, Bailey defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr.

International Wrestling Syndicate (2014–present)
IWS returned with Praise the Violence on May 10, 2014 where Bailey joined the faction named Salvation with Alex Silva, "Dirty" Buxx Belmar and manager Nic Paterson. On August 23, 2014 at XV:15 FKN Years, Salvation defeated The Green Phantom, SeXXXy Eddy and Tommy Dreamer.

On September 20, 2014 at Scarred 4 Life, Bailey won the IWS World Heavyweight Championship against The Green Phantom in an IWS Title Match. On March 28, 2015 at Un F'N Sanctioned, Bailey defeated Hallowicked & Jesse Neal in a Triple Threat IWS Title Match. At Scarred 4 Life on September 5, 2015 at the Corona Theatre, Bailey retained the IWS World Heavyweight Championship against Jack Evans.

IWS presented Un F'N Sanctioned on March 5th at the Métropolis, where Bailey lost his IWS World Heavyweight Championship to Black Dynamite in a 4-Way IWS Title Match, which also included Rey Mysterio and Jack Evans. Since early December of 2015, Mike Bailey holds the record as the longest consecutive IWS World Heavyweight Championship title holder at 530 days.

Combat Zone Wrestling (2014–present)
Bailey first competed in CZW at Best Of The Best XIII on April 12, 2014, where he lost to A. R. Fox in the First Round 3-Way Match. On Jul 12, 2014 at New Heights, Bailey lost to Biff Busick in a CZW World Heavyweight Title Match. On April 11, 2015, Bailey defeated Andrew Everett & Buxx Belmar in Round 1, CJ Parker in Round 2 and Jonathan Gresham in the Final, becoming the Best of the Best XIV winner. On September 12, 2015 at Down With The Sickness, A. R. Fox defeated Bailey in the Best Of The Best 14 Trophy Ladder Match. On February 13, 2016 at Seventeen, Sami Callihan defeated Bailey.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2015–present)
Bailey made his PWG debut on February 27, 2015 at From Out Of Nowhere, in a losing effort to Biff Busick. On May 22, 2015 Bailey & Matt Sydal lost to Andrew Everett & Trevor Lee in the DDT4 First Round. On June 26, 2015 at Mystery Vortex III, Bailey lost to Roderick Strong in a PWG World Title Match. On July 7, 2015 at Threemendous IV, Bailey defeated Chris Hero. On August 29 & 30, 2015 at the BOLA, Bailey defeated Drew Galloway in the First Round, Tommy End in the Second Round and Will Ospreay in the Semi Final, only to come up short to Zack Sabre Jr. in the Battle Of Los Angeles Final Three Way Elimination Match. At All Star Weekend 11 Chris Hero, Mike Bailey & The World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae & Joey Ryan) defeated Mount Rushmore 2.0 (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Roderick Strong)

International Tours (2015–present)
In 2015, Bailey's growing popularity led him to work for Evolve (43, 44, 47 & 48) in May & August; which according to Wrestling Observer Newsletter, led him to be flagged for no work VISA; as Bailey's appealing the ruling by pursuing his application. From mid-October to mid-November, he toured in Mexico with AAA.

In March 2016, Bailey participated in the 16 Carat Gold Tournament for wXw in Germany. In June & July, Bailey faced Will Ospreay & Marty Scurll in the UK for RPW. From August through September, Bailey worked a month-long tour in Japan with DDT.

WWE
Bailey has been a long-time favourite to represent Canada in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic with Daniel Bryan quoted as saying; "I'd like to see "Speedball" Mike Bailey, because I like intense people like him."

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * Shooting Star Double Knee Drop
 * Signature moves
 * Multiple Shooting Star press variations
 * Regular
 * Plancha
 * Standing
 * Running
 * Running Corkscrew
 * Kick Flury (Multiple Shoot Kicks to both sides of the opponent ended with a Enziguri or Roundhouse Kick)
 * High-speed Roundhouse Kick to a kneeling opponent
 * Springboard or Top rope Corkscrew Moonsault to the outside of the ring
 * Frankenstiner sometimes from the top rope
 * Standing Moonsault Double Knee Drop
 * Moonsault Fall Away Slam
 * Multiple Kick variations
 * Front Thrust
 * Spinning Thrust
 * Roundhouse
 * Shoot
 * Drop
 * Spinning heel
 * Nicknames
 * "Speedball"
 * Entrance themes
 * "Brass Monkey" by the Beastie Boys (Independent circuit)
 * "Toxicity" by System Of A Down (IWS)

Championships and accomplishments

 * Capital City Championship Combat
 * C4 Championship (1 time)
 * C4 Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kevin Steen
 * Combat Zone Wrestling
 * CZW Best of the Best (2015)
 * International Wrestling Syndicate
 * IWS World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * PWI ranked him #324 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015
 * PWI ranked him #145 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016