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Chris Parks
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Christopher Parks, better known by his ring name "The Monster" Abyss, is an American professional wrestler most recently signed with Impact Wrestling. As Abyss in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Parks is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, being the first of only two men to hold the title while competing under a mask. Abyss is the heaviest wrestler to hold the X Division Championship. He also captured the Television Championship once, the NWA World Tag Team Championship once with A.J. Styles and the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice with James Storm and Crazzy Steve. With having won all the required championships, Abyss was the fourth man to complete the Triple Crown Championship and the second to complete the Grand Slam Championship Chris Parks was born in Washington, D.C. He attended high school in Cleveland, Ohio, where he played American football. Training and debut Chris Parks was trained by Roger Ruffin of the Northern Wrestling Federation (NWF). He won his debut match by disqualification. For the first few years of his career, Parks worked in the NWF as the Original Terminator, Chris Justice, and then Prince Justice. In 2001, Parks worked for NWA Wildside, where he won the NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship with A.J. Styles. He also wrestled Jerry Lawler in Memphis Power Pro Championship Wrestling. Parks was then discovered by Dutch Mantel, who at the time was booking the IWA Puerto Rico, when Mantel attended the first ever Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) pay-per-view in Huntsville, Alabama on June 19, 2002. Parks appeared at the pay-per-view in the Gauntlet for the Gold match under the ring name Justice. Mantel then booked Parks to appear in the IWA. The Abyss character first appeared in IWA at Golpe de Estado in July 2002 in front of 13,000 fans at the Roberto Clemente baseball park in Carolina, Puerto Rico, when he attacked and disabled Shane the Glamour Boy, who was scheduled to appear in the main event that night versus Savio Vega. While working for the company, Parks held the IWA Hardcore Championship, IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, and IWA World Tag Team Championship. Parks worked in the IWA under Mantel for approximately one year until he rejoined TNA in 2003.
Filmography Movies
Acting
TNA Hardcore Justice 2015
Kurt Angle and Eric Young collide in an unforgiving stretcher match.
TNA LockDown 2015
Lockdown 2015 was a professional wrestling television special produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The show took place on January 9, 2015 at the Manhattan Center in New York, New York.
TNA Final Resolution December 2008
Final Resolution (December 2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on December 7, 2008 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida.[2] It was the fifth event under the Final Resolution chronology and second Final Resolution event to take place in 2008. Final Resolution is usually held in the month of January, however, TNA moved the event to December in early October 2008. As a result of TNA's decision, two Final Resolution events took place in 2008; the other was in January.
TNA One Night Only: 10 Reunion 2013
Stars from the early years of TNA and the six-sided ring return with cable ropes blue. It took place on March 17, 2013 from the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida and airs on PPV on August 2, 2013
TNA Sacrifice 2016
The biggest stars collide on a very special episode of TNA Impact Wrestling!
TNA One Night Only X-Travaganza 2013
TNA honored and paid tribute to the X-Division as the past, present, and future X-Division stars collided. As part of his retirement tour, this was Lynn's final match in TNA. It took place on January 12, 2013 from the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida and aired on PPV on April 5, 2013. Christian York VS Alex Silva vs Jimmy Rave vs Lince Dorado vs Matt Bentley vs Puma vs Sam Shaw | Douglas Williams and Kid Kash VS Rashad Cameron and Anthony Nese | Chavo Guerrero defeated Robbie E with Joseph Park as Special Guest Referee | Kenny King defeated Zema Ion, Rubix, and Mason Andrews | Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) VS Petey Williams and Sonjay Dutt | Rob Van Dam VS Jerry Lynn | Austin Aries VS Samoa Joe
TNA Turning Point 2011
Turning Point (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, that took place on November 13, 2011 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida.[3] It was the eighth event under the Turning Point chronology.
TNA Slammiversary 2012
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling celebrated its 10th anniversary at the "Slammiversary 2012" pay-per-view event in Arlington, Texas. This was TNA's first televised event from the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex area. The annual live, anniversary pay-per-view extravaganza sponsored by Direct Auto Insurance was Sunday night, June 10, 2012 at The College Park Center in Arlington. WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Bobby Roode vs. "The Icon" Sting WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Daniels & Kazarian vs. AJ Styles & Kurt Angle Bully Ray vs. Joseph Park #1 Contender's Match Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson Knockouts Championship Brooke Tessmacher vs. Gail Kim, plus Samoa Joe vs. X Division Champion Austin Aries. Devon & Garett Bischoff vs. Robbie E & Robbie T. Crimson's Open Challenge Kid Kash vs. Hernandez
TNA Slammiversary XII
Slammiversary XII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It took place on June 15, 2014 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas and was the 12th anniversary celebration for TNA, the tenth event in the Slammiversary chronology, and the third event in the 2014 TNA PPV schedule.
TNA Hardcore Justice 2013
The much-anticipated World Title rematch finally takes place inside the confines of the Steel Cage! Chris Sabin battles Bully Ray, but Bully only has ONE shot at the gold. If he loses, he will never get another title shot!
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