Gary Saint
Gary Saint in 2k17 | |
Born | November 23, 1992 |
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New Hampshire, USA | |
Residence | New Hampshire, USA |
Wrestling Career | |
Ring name(s) | Gary Saint |
Billed height | 6'4" |
Billed weight | 251 lbs |
Billed from | New Hampshire, USA |
Trained by | Carl Moreno |
Debut | TANW (April 8, 2017; preshow) |
Notable Fed(s) | AES Primetime TANW |
Current Theme | "Elephant Talk 1" - JJBA Battle Tendency OST |
Miscellaneous Information | |
Handled by | Tange9t |
Gary Saint is an American Professional Wrestler, currently operating within the Armbar Error Society. He is signed to AES Primetime and Technical Aberrations Network Wrestling, both as one half of the tag team The Saintly Alliance alongside his cousin, Russ Saint.
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History
Independent Circuit
Saint made his professional wrestling debut in May of 2010 for New England Style Warriors, having begun training under Carl Moreno a touch under a year prior. His debut match was a winning effort against Chris Ahlgren, which he won via rollup following a low blow. This would paint the picture of his career to come, as he wound spend the next several years cheating to win whenever possible. He would win the NESW North-Eastern Championship in June of 2012 from Reuben Swift, before losing it back to him a mere two weeks later following the announcement that he would be allowed no champion's advantage during any of his defenses.
In March of 2014, Saint would form a team with his cousin, Russ, behind the scenes during a show in Vermont. He would spend the next two months repeatedly attacking every tag team in NESW that would challenge for the tag titles, causing them to win via disqualification. Eventually, in an effort to make him stop, he was given an ultimatum; he could challenge for the tag team championships with a partner of his choosing, but if he lost or failed to find a partner, he would be fired from NESW. Finally, on June 9, 2014, the team would make their debut proper, defeating Youth Explosion NEO (André Hagan and Matt Delsin) for the NESW Tag Team Championship.
While, once again, they were informed from the get-go that they would not be allowed any champions' advantage, the duo would prove to be much more effective in tandem than Saint had been on his own. In September of 2014, the duo would recruit Isaac Bowlin to be their enforcer, and the three of them collectively would capture the NaCl Trios Championship, holding it until February of 2015 before losing to The Tickle Rangers (Tickle Ranger BLUE, Tickle Ranger BLACK and Tickle Ranger PINK). A mere week later, however, Saint and his cousin would capture the NaCl Tag Team Championship from The Too Two Crew (Carl Moreno and Richard Franco).
The group were incredibly dominant during this time, also capturing tag team championships in Pro Wrestling 42 from The Wanderers (Gregory Quinn and Chris Ahlgren) in April of 2015, as well as trios championships in Glorious Combat Wrestling Alliance from Bowlin's former stable, The Dastardly Individuals (Vincent Wallace, Arianna Lawrence and John Bartholomew) in August. They would lose the latter back a short time later, but drew the attention of Oliver Harrington, fellow former member of The Dastardly Individuals and active member of The Rexing Crew following the recent split of The Tickle Rangers. He would join The Saintly Alliance while also representing The Rexing Crew, causing Chesney Rex to take an active interest in the group's doings, forming an alliance between the two stables. They would lose the PW42 Tag Team Championship in March of 2016 to Frank Gunns & Tobias Richardson, but retained their vicegrip on the NESW and NaCl championships.
On May 22, 2016, Gary's contract with NESW would come to an end. While he was no longer under contract, several members of The Saintly Alliance were, and as a result he was still technically champion, though unable to defend his title himself. Russ Saint and Oliver Harrington would lose the championship on the 2-year anniversary of the group having won it to Team Moist (Burt Anthony and Dylan Sparks), spelling the end of their collective time in NESW. He would later willingly vacate the NaCl tag team championship in December, stating in an interview that they "(didn't) have time for these trinkets anymore" and that they "(had) bigger fish to fry elsewhere". He would seemingly go off the radar for some time following this.
Armbar Error Society (2017-present)
TANW (2017-present)
Saint announced his signing to TANW on March 9, 2017, alongside his cousin Russ. Saint is set to make his AES debut in singles competition at TANW 1, facing T-Bizkit in a No Holds Barred match on the pre-show.
AES Primetime (2017-present)
Saint announced his signing to AES Primetime on March 28, 2017, alongside his cousin Russ.
Personal Life
Saint is an American of mixed Spanish and Italian ancestry. His cousin, Russ, is also a professional wrestler. He has gone on record as stating that he is straight sexually and an agnost religiously.
Saint has reportedly developed a reputation within the industry due to his conniving nature and willingness to do whatever it takes to win. Several people have reported sighting him taking cocaine, but this hasn't been proven.
In January of 2016, during a match against Nishimura Shinji, Saint mis-angled a Suplex Piledriver and accidentally broke Nishimura's neck. Following this, he stopped using the move in favour of the Psycho Driver, but has noted that he'll still use it if he feels the need. Following his signing to AES Primetime, he implied that he'd be bringing it back into rotation while working there.
In Wrestling
- Finishing Moves
- Eat Shit Driver (Suplex Piledriver) - 2010-present; used sporadically since 2016
- Razor Plume (Knuckle duster-assisted punch) - 2010-present
- Downburst (Psycho Driver) - 2016-present
- Signature Moves
- Low Blow - 2010-2014; used rarely thereafter
- Death Valley Driver - 2010-present
- Superman Punch - 2012-present
- Managers
- Chesney Rex
- Isaac Bowlin
- Russ Saint
- Wrestlers Managed
- Isaac Bowlin
- Oliver Harrington
- Russ Saint
- Nicknames
- Alpha Wolf
- Entrance Themes
- "Harder to Breathe" by Maroon 5 (May 1, 2010 - June 4, 2014)
- "Elephant Talk 1" from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Battle Tendency Original Soundtrack (June 9, 2014 - present)
Championships and accomplishments
In Wrestling
- Independent Companies
- GCWA Trios Championship (1 time) - with Isaac Bowlin (1) and Russ Saint (1)
- Longest reigning champion in NESW history - tied with Russ Saint at 730 days
- NaCl Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Russ Saint (1)
- NaCl Trios Championship (1 time) - with Isaac Bowlin (1) and Russ Saint (1)
- NESW North-Eastern Championship (1 time)
- NESW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Russ Saint (1)
- PW42 Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Russ Saint (1)
Lucha de Apuesta record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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The Saintly Alliance (contract) | Youth Explosion NEO (championship) | Providence, Rhode Island | NESW: On the Rhode | June 9, 2014 | [1] |
See Also
Russ Saint
The Saintly Alliance
Notes
- ↑ This match was for the NaCl Tag Team Championships.