Chase Owens

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Chase Owens
File:Chase Owens.jpg
Owens in August 2014
Born (1990-03-07) March 7, 1990 (age 34)[1]
Bristol, Tennessee, United States[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Chase Owens[2]
Kevin Bendl[2]
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Billed weight 205 lb (93 kg)[1]
Trained by Ricky Morton[3]
Debut 2007[1]

Chase Owens (born March 7, 1990)[1] is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a former three-time NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, as well as New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a member of the Bullet Club. Owens is mainly an independent wrestler and has worked for promotions including National Wrestling Alliance Smoky Mountain (NWA Smoky Mountain), Pro-Wrestling Federation (PWF), and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW).

Professional wrestling career

National Wrestling Alliance (2007–present)

Owens made his debut at CWA's Snowed the F Out, where he was defeated by Tony Givens.[4] Owens participated in the 2007 Best of the Best tournament, but he was defeated in the first round by The Jin.[5] On November 14, 2008, Owens had his first title match, but was defeated by the AWA World Heavyweight Champion Tony Givens.[6] Owens spent the following years in various NWA territories. He participated in the 2009 and 2010 editions of the Best of the Best tournament, but was unsuccessful.[7][8]

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Owens lying across the top rope prior to a match in 2014

On February 26, 2011, Owens defeated Sigmon to win his first title, the NWA Mid-Atlantic Junior Heavyweight Championship.[9] The following month, he defeated Jason Kincaid in a ladder match to win the NWA Mountain Empire Championship.[10] On April 1, Owens won the Smokey Cup tournament, and later competed in the Chikara Young Lions Cup IX, but he was defeated by Jakob Hammermeier.[11][12] On October 7, Owens participated in a tournament for the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated in the final by Kevin Douglas.[13]

On October 13, 2012, Owens won a tournament for the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[14] Owens retained the title for 301 days until he lost it to Jason Kincaid.[15] Two months later, Owens regained the title.[16] On January 4, 2014, Owens lost the title to Ricky Morton, but won it back from Morton two months later.[17][18]

May 9, 2015, Owens battled in the co-main event against the IWGP Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles at NWA Smokey Mountain's Collision Course 10. Owens was defeated via pinfall.

WWE (2012)

On the May 25, 2012 episode of SmackDown, Owens competed in a handicap match along with Ricky Reyes on the losing end of a two-man team versus Ryback. Owens worked under the ring name Kevin Bendl.[citation needed]

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2014–present)

On October 13, 2014, Owens made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) at King of Pro-Wrestling, successfully defending the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Bushi. After the match, Owens challenged Jushin Thunder Liger.[19] On November 8 at Power Struggle, Owens lost the title to Liger.[20] Owens returned to NJPW on February 11, 2015, at The New Beginning in Osaka, where he and Rob Conway defeated Liger and Hiroyoshi Tenzan in a tag team match.[21] Three days later at The New Beginning in Sendai, Owens unsuccessfully challenged Liger for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[22] Owens returned to NJPW in May to take part in the 2015 Best of the Super Juniors tournament.[23] He finished the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals.[24] Owens returned to NJPW on October 23, 2015, when he joined Bullet Club.[25] The following day, Owens and new stablemate Kenny Omega entered the 2015 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, but were eliminated in their first round match by Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero).[26] Owens returned to NJPW in May 2016,when he and David Finlay substituted both of Young Bucks as the participants for Best of Super Juniors XXIII, as Nick & Matt Jackson got injured at the ROH/NJPW event, "War of the Worlds" in New York before the start of BOSJ.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Lucha de Apuesta record

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See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Chase Owens (Morton's career) Kid Kash (career) Kingsport, Tennessee The Finale (2015) December 19, 2015 Owens competed for Ricky Morton's career

References

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  9. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=60987[unreliable source?]
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=59581
  12. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=61784
  13. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=68432
  14. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=85925
  15. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=101744
  16. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=102435[unreliable source?]
  17. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=102661
  18. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=106784
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  27. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/205336072868587/photos/a.205956709473190.45794.205336072868587/765961293472726/?type=1&permPage=1
  28. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=150499
  29. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1313
  30. ↑ http://nwaringside.com/nwa-smoky-mountain-newswire-new-u-s-champs/
  31. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/TwinStatesWrestling/posts/746504762150423

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