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''' | '''Copeland''' (born May 18th, 1979) is an American [[professional wrestler]] best known for his time in the International Wrestling Federation, eXtreme Wrestling Association, Universal Wrestling Alliance and Omega Championship Wrestling. He currently wrestles for the [[World Wrestling Alliance]], a member of the [[Primetime Central]] circuit. | ||
Aggressive, intellagent, and extremly violent. | Aggressive, intellagent, and extremly violent. Copeland is an incredibly gifted individual, he is a former Ten time World Heavyweight Champion throughout his decade plus long career. He is a well rounded wrestler in every aspect, but his greatest strength comes from his amazing power and aggression his incredible speed and agility, his technical ability and his martial arts background. He is incredibly cerebral, he analyzes everything before and during a match and his strategy is to inflict as much pain on his opponents as possible. His sadistic nature tends to take over during matches and he bends to rules quite a bit. | ||
Over the years | Over the years Copeland has become one of the most feared men in all of prossesional wrestling and is famous for forming the now legendary stable known as Lethal Aggression; along with Chris Shea, T.J. Codair, Sabre and "The Daredevil" Scott Maverick. | ||
Seth Copeland is an accomplished singles and tag team wrestler with over 13 years experience inside the squared circle, he has concentrated on his singles career in recent years and since joining the World Wrestling Alliance has stated his intention to become WWA World Heavyweight Champion on his terms. Since the beginning of the 2008/2009 WWA season, Copeland has reverted back to his psychopathic ways. He is now referred to only as "Copeland" and has recently been ordered to undergo psychotherapy to control his unrelenting anger and sociopathic nature. | |||
== Early Life == | == Early Life == | ||
Seth had quite a privileged upbringing, at the age of | Seth Copeland was born on the 5/18/79 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Jack and Catherine Copeland, he is the youngest of three children. At the age of two the family moved to New Orleans where his father was accepted to work as a Prosecuting Attorney, his mother took a job at one of the local hospitals as an E.R. doctor. He attended school there until the age of eight when the family again moved, this time to Los Angeles, California. They settled in Huntington Beach and later Newport Beach in Orange County. | ||
Seth had quite a privileged upbringing, at the age of four he started his first martial art; Brazilian Jujitsu, finishing with a black belt at the age of nine, shortly after he began training in Muay Thai and Thai Kwon Do at the same time, finishing both with a black belt at the age of fourteen, not long after that he was arrested for assault on two sixteen year old teenagers for stealing his bike, Copeland was always a big child and at the age of twelve was 6'0” and weighed 210lbs due to his natural size and weight lifting starting after his eleventh birthday. He was charged but escaped detention and his parents decided to send him to the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsberg, California. | |||
There Seth excelled in sports becoming a running back in his first two years of playing football for the Warriors and later he became an All-American middle linebacker, holding the academy sack record with nine against San Pasqual Academy, equaling the all time conference record, at the same time he was playing football he took up wrestling training with Sgt. Mike Constantine; a former champion professional and amateur freestyle wrestler. He started training at the age of fifteen and at the age of seventeen made his wrestling debut for an Indy federation linked to the International Wrestling Federation, he was still in high school. Seth originally wanted to play in the NFL and would have done so, but after the death of his grandmother, whom he thought was the only person who connected with him, he dropped out of university in his second semester and he fell into wrestling fulltime. | There Seth excelled in sports becoming a running back in his first two years of playing football for the Warriors and later he became an All-American middle linebacker, holding the academy sack record with nine against San Pasqual Academy, equaling the all time conference record, at the same time he was playing football he took up wrestling training with Sgt. Mike Constantine; a former champion professional and amateur freestyle wrestler. He started training at the age of fifteen and at the age of seventeen made his wrestling debut for an Indy federation linked to the International Wrestling Federation, he was still in high school. Seth originally wanted to play in the NFL and would have done so, but after the death of his grandmother, whom he thought was the only person who connected with him, he dropped out of university in his second semester and he fell into wrestling fulltime. | ||
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=== International Wrestling Federation === | === International Wrestling Federation === | ||
Seth Copeland made his official Professional wrestling debut at the age of | Seth Copeland made his official Professional wrestling debut at the age of seventeen in the IWF, winning by pinfall to 'Sugar' Shane Davidson a man he would meet and beat again 5 months later in an epic ladder match to win his first ever title; the IWF Intercontinental Championship. Seth went on to lose and retain the IC title 6 times as well as the IWF Tag Team Championship 4 times and becoming the youngest ever 2 time IWF World Champion in history, just days after his twentieth birthday. | ||
=== eXtreme Wrestling Association === | === eXtreme Wrestling Association === | ||
Seth left the IWF and joined XWA where he had arguably his most successful run, he had a big change of attitude and regardless of what the fans thought | Seth left the IWF and joined XWA where he had arguably his most successful run, he had a big change of attitude and regardless of what the fans thought, was uncompromising and became a heel, winning his first title just weeks after his debut. Copeland became XWA’s first triple crown champion eight months later; holding the United States, World Tag Team and World Heavyweight Championships at the same time and eventually the first ever grand slam champion (2 Time Extreme Champion, 5 time United States Champion, 4 Time World Tag Team Champion and 4 time XWA World Heavyweight Champion), After a year in the company the fans took to his new attitude and started to cheer for him, dubbing him the "American Psycho". He also met his former valet and future wife Siren (real name Brooke King) in the company aswell. | ||
=== Asia-Pacific Championship Wrestling === | === Asia-Pacific Championship Wrestling === | ||
After four years in the XWA he took an eight month hiatus and joined Japanese based company Asia-Pacific Championship Wrestling winning the companies highest title twice, the Asia-Pacific Heavyweight Championship as well as the Asia-Pacific Tag Team Championship, he was the most successful International superstar in the companies history. | After four years in the XWA he took an eight month hiatus and joined Japanese based company Asia-Pacific Championship Wrestling winning the companies highest title twice, the Asia-Pacific Heavyweight Championship as well as the Asia-Pacific Tag Team Championship, he was the most successful International superstar in the companies history. | ||
=== Universal Wrestling Alliance & Omega Championship Wrestling === | === Universal Wrestling Alliance & Omega Championship Wrestling === | ||
After | After fourteen months in the company he signed a multi million dollar contract with the Universal Wrestling Alliance; he immediately got involved in a dangerous and almost deadly feud with UWA World Heavyweight Champion Hunter Harley, culminating in a brutal Hell In A Cell match for the UWA Championship in which Copeland ended Harley’s career. In the midst of the feud, Seth join friend Chris Shea and formed the now legendary stable, Lethal Aggression; recruiting fellow wrestlers T.J. Codair, Damian "Sabre" Jones and "The Daredevil" Scott Maverick. Together they dominated the UWA, Copeland even won a high stakes match to become UWA President and held the mantle for over a year until a UWA powerbroker stripped him of the presidency and fired him on the spot. Copeland gave him a parting gift, The Endgame on a steel chair placed on the mat by Shea. | ||
UWA lost all five Lethal Aggression members including the UWA Championship, which Copeland took with him, to Omega Championship Wrestling; where Copeland, Shea, Sabre and Codair each held the UWA/OCW Championship. Shea was the first to win the title after Copeland vacated it due to injury, losing it to Luther Van Holt, Copeland with the help of Sabre and Codair later won back the title he never lost, the UWA/OCW Championship, from Van Holt after Shea and Maverick were fired from the company, they returned weeks later to rejoin LA. Copeland held the title for a record setting six month reign, losing to Sabre in a fatal four way match against his fellow Lethal Aggression stable mates; Sabre, Shea and Maverick. Sabre turned on LA and months later lost the title and his job in a title vs. career match to T.J. Codair, the new Lethal Aggression ruled UWA/OCW for months before Luther Van Holt won the title from Codair, later in the night, a bruised and battered Chris Shea became a two time UWA/OCW Champion by defeating the newly crowned Van Holt with the help of Copeland and Codair. Months later Shea relinquished the Championship due to a career ending neck injury and T.J. Codair won a twenty man battle royal to win the title for a second time. | |||
=== Retirement and Return === | === Retirement and Return === | ||
Seth Copeland along with Chris Shea left the company looking for a new challenge but Copeland faded into obscurity in late 2005 after injury and personal issues took there toll; however, he eventually started training and wrestling again in special events, which reignited his desire to be the best yet again and he signed a multi million dollar contract with the World Wrestling Alliance in August 2007. | Seth Copeland along with Chris Shea left the company looking for a new challenge but Copeland faded into obscurity in late 2005 after injury and personal issues took there toll; however, he eventually started training and wrestling again in special events, which reignited his desire to be the best yet again and he signed a multi million dollar contract with the World Wrestling Alliance in August 2007. | ||
=== World Wrestling Alliance === | === World Wrestling Alliance === | ||
Upon his arrival in the WWA in September 2007, | Upon his arrival in the WWA in September 2007, Copleand won his debut match thus gaining the number one contendership to the WWA Television Championship, a few weeks later he competed in the Halloween House of Pain match for the WWA Extreme Championship and defeated then Television Champion, Eddie Van Dorn, for the TV title one week later. He successfully defended the Television title in the Birthday Brawl and main evented ''[[Rage In The Cage]]'' XI.....all this success in his first year with the company had his fans and peers calling him "The Next Big Thing" in the WWA.....now who can argue with that? | ||
Copeland began the 2008/2009 WWA season in amazing fashion, by becoming the first ever winner of the Harrington Cup, but this massive achievement in his career was overshadowed by what Copeland did next. After the referee raised his hand, Copeland accepted the winners trophy and then got on the mic, but was cut off a short time later by [[Armaan]], who came out to congratulate him on the win and then went on to say that he's been cheating everyone. This brought some unsavory words from Copeland who accused Armaan of not being the champion he once was and that he was a shadow of his former self, after awhile of this, Armaan walked toward Copeland birating him, but was more shockingly attacked by Copeland with a rib crushing spear. Copeland went on to deliver one of the most vicious attacks in the twelve year history of the World Wrestling Alliance. Copeland beat Armaan so violently that Armaan has since announced his retirement from professional wrestling. Copeland considers his ending of Armaan Singhania's hall of fame bound career, a twisted feather in his cap. | |||
At ''[[Day Of The Dead]]'' 2008, Copeland entered himself in the Halloween Town of Pain in Salem, Massachusetts. Copeland would put on a show of total dominance, he completely annihilated everyone in the match to earn himself a shot at the United States Championship against his former friend, [[Eddie Van Dorn]]. Copeland would go on and defeat EVD in an Extreme Rules match on the November 24th edition of Meltdown, to claim his first United States Championship. | |||
Copeland defended his United States Championship against Van Dorn, in a title rematch, on January 12th at ''[[Total Meltdown]]'' 2009, the match would be contested under Falls Count Anywhere rules. The match went back and forth, at one stage, Van Dorn looked to have the match sewn up, after knocking Copeland fifteen feet over a guard rail to the concrete floor below, but Copeland showed his unearthly toughness by kicking out and eventually hitting EVD with The Endgame to successfully defend his title and remain undefeated in singles action against Eddie Van Dorn. | |||
''[[Birthday Bash]] X'' saw Copeland indirectly lose his United States Championship to [[Richie Stone]]. But that was overshadowed by what Copeland did to Eddie Van Dorn. With chaos all across the arena, Copeland fought EVD to the top of the WWAtron where he did the unthinkable, hanging EVD by a steel chain, from the WWAtron in a scene frighteningly reminiscent of the 2007 Birthday Brawl. | |||
On the February 23rd edition of Meltdown, Copeland would get his rematch for the United States title, but Richie Stone would survive the war and retain by a hair, in a "match of the year" candidate. | |||
Copeland would suffer his second loss of the season two weeks later, as Richie Stone interfered in a Parking Lot Brawl match he set up, to knock Copeland out with a steel crowbar, allowing Nick Adams to hit a Shooting Star Press from the roof of a car, and earn himself a shot at the US title. | |||
Copeland would compete in Ultimate Glory II, dominating the match in his second appearance, becoming the only man to compete in both Ultimate Glory matches; he would take out his nemesis Richie Stone with a death defying version of The Endgame through the ring ropes and off the apron onto the concrete floor below. Copeland would fight on and face [[Nick Adams]] as the final two, but would fall short of winning the WWA Championship when Adams hit him with a sloppy Rainfall after repeated weapon attacks to become the new WWA Champion. | |||
Copeland would turn his demonic attention to Richie Stone in a more personal way after this, using every trick in his sadistic book to try and twist Stone's mind. After months of suffering the nightmare reality of Copeland's twisted plot, including the kidnapping of his former fiance, Stone would eventually bury Copeland in a Buried Alive Match at the WWA's final PPV and Copeland would not be seen again in the WWA until March 2010. | |||
Copeland returned to the WWA after almost a year at Retribution 2010, there he would deliver The Endgame to [[Jaymz Watkins]] on behalf of his "New God" Randy Cross. | |||
The torture and anguish Jaymz Watkins suffered at the hands of Randy Cross and his trials would end though only a couple of months later, when [[Kash]], [[Intrepid]] and RJ Stone we're revealed by Cross as his newest followers, but those thoughts would come to an abrupt end, when Copeland turned on his mentor and grabbed the former "New God" in a vice-like grip, allowing Kash to paint a pentagram on the Hall of Famer's chest, then crushing him with a vicious Canadian Hammer. Kash would go on to introduce The Communion to the world and promise Jaymz that now the trials become much worse. | |||
After months of Communions assualts, Watkins found an unlikely ally in Damian Thorne, and together they teamed to face Copeland and Kash in arguably the biggest tag team match in WWA history at Rage In The Cage XII; the match went back and forth until Copeland drilled Thorne with The Endgame for the win. | |||
Communion would later collapse under the weight of their own egos, first Intrepid was ousted for the group and then RJ Stone left after becoming WWA Champion, then finally Kash had his career ended by the volitile and highly unstable Copeland, who left his Communion co-founder broken and beaten. Later Copeland's attention would be turned back to his arch nemesis Eddie Van Dorn. | |||
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=== Tale of the Tape === | === Tale of the Tape === | ||
*Height: 6'4" | *Height: 6'4" | ||
*Weight: | *Weight: 284lbs | ||
*Date Of Birth: May 18th | *Date Of Birth: May 18th 1979 | ||
*Originally From: St. Paul, Minnesota | *Originally From: St. Paul, Minnesota | ||
*Now Resides: | *Now Resides: Razorback Point, Montana | ||
=== Nicknames === | === Nicknames === | ||
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*The Punisher | *The Punisher | ||
*The Beast | *The Beast | ||
*'''The | *Doomsday | ||
*American Psycho | |||
*'''The Predator''' | |||
=== Theme Music === | === Theme Music === | ||
*"Blind" by Korn | *"Blind" by Korn | ||
*"Fucking Hostile" by Pantera | *"Fucking Hostile" by Pantera | ||
*"Take This Oath" by Killswitch Engage | *"Take This Oath" by Killswitch Engage | ||
*"Change (In The House Of Flies)" by Deftones | |||
*"My Sweet Shadow" by In Flames | *"My Sweet Shadow" by In Flames | ||
*"The Poison" by Bullet For My Valentine | *"The Poison" by Bullet For My Valentine | ||
*'''" | *"Psychosocial" by Slipknot | ||
*'''"Destroy Everything"''' by Hatebreed | |||
=== Finishing & Signature Moves === | === Finishing & Signature Moves === | ||
*'''The Endgame''' (Butterfly Faceplant/The Pedigree) | *'''The Endgame''' (Butterfly Faceplant/The Pedigree) | ||
**The Psychosnap (Vicious F-5) | |||
**The Omega Sanction (Full Nelson lock, then Copeland throws them upward from this postition and catches the falling opponent in a Rock Bottom style slam) | |||
**The Ten Point Five (Vicious Sitdown Powerbomb) | **The Ten Point Five (Vicious Sitdown Powerbomb) | ||
**The Sky Elbow (High Leaping 'Macho Man' Elbow Drop from top turnbuckle) | **The Sky Elbow (High Leaping 'Macho Man' Elbow Drop from top turnbuckle) | ||
**High Impact Chokeslam (Lifting opponent up and then quickly down hard to the mat, going to his knee to add to the impact) | **High Impact Chokeslam (Lifting opponent up and then quickly down hard to the mat, going to his knee to add to the impact) | ||
*** | **Rear Naked Choke (MMA Style) | ||
***Lethal Strikes (Muay Thai clinch followed by four hard knee strikes to the face) | **The Gore (Executed Goldberg style) | ||
***Lethal Spinebuster (Vicious | **Sabretooth Charge (Three-point stance, Copeland waits for opponent to rise and then runs toward opponent on all fours before leaping high into the air and crashing down with a vicious falling clothesline; think Sabretooth from X-Men Origins) | ||
***Lethal Strikes (Muay Thai clinch followed by four hard knee strikes to the face; sometimes followed by four hard elbows) | |||
***Lethal Spinebuster (Vicious Batista style Spinebuster) | |||
***Lethal Clothesline (When opponent is clotheslined they fold up on the mat like an accordion due to the ferociousness of the impact) | ***Lethal Clothesline (When opponent is clotheslined they fold up on the mat like an accordion due to the ferociousness of the impact) | ||
***Lethal Neckbreaker (Executed with opponent on shoulder facing the roof, Copeland snaps downward and delivers a vicious Canadian neckbreaker) | ***Lethal Neckbreaker (Executed with opponent on shoulder facing the roof, Copeland snaps downward and delivers a vicious Canadian neckbreaker) | ||
***Springboard Lethal Clothesline (Performed from the ring apron into the ring) | ***Springboard Lethal Clothesline (Performed from the ring apron into the ring) | ||
***The Exploder (T-Bone Powerslam) | ***The Exploder (T-Bone Powerslam) | ||
***The Deepest Sleep (Modified Inverted Spinning Neckbreaker) | ***The Deepest Sleep (Modified Inverted Spinning Neckbreaker) | ||
***Death Valley Driver | ***Death Valley Driver (Similar to Dreamer Driver) | ||
***GTS (Go To Sleep) | ***GTS (Go To Sleep) | ||
***Gorilla Press Powerslam ( | ***Gorilla Press Powerslam (Opponent dropped down onto shoulder and then into a powerslam) | ||
***Gorilla Press Throw (Usually over the top rope to the floor, or onto other wrestlers) | |||
***Running Powerslam (Similar to British Bulldog version) | ***Running Powerslam (Similar to British Bulldog version) | ||
***Single Shoulder Backbreaker (Lifts opponent across his shoulder and then drops to his knees delivering a modified powerhouse backbreaker) | ***Single Shoulder Backbreaker (Lifts opponent across his shoulder and then drops to his knees delivering a modified powerhouse backbreaker) | ||
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***Stalling Vertical Suplex (British Bulldog style) | ***Stalling Vertical Suplex (British Bulldog style) | ||
***Triple German Suplexes (On occasion Triple Aztec Suplexes, where opponents arms are crossed in a straight jacket position and arms held for leverage to aid in lifting) | ***Triple German Suplexes (On occasion Triple Aztec Suplexes, where opponents arms are crossed in a straight jacket position and arms held for leverage to aid in lifting) | ||
***Flipping German Suplex (Releases opponent with such force that is causes them to backflip and land on their gut) | |||
***Various Backbreakers/Neckbreakers | |||
***Running Suicide Leap Over Top Rope (Running start and leaps clear over the top rope onto opponent on the outside) | |||
***MMA Strikes; Standing and Mounted (Elbows, Forearms, Punches, Chops, Shins, Knees, Kicks) | ***MMA Strikes; Standing and Mounted (Elbows, Forearms, Punches, Chops, Shins, Knees, Kicks) | ||
***Various Submission holds; Anaconda Vice, Elevated Boston Crab, Sharpshooter, Texas Cloverleaf, Crippler Crossface, Gogoplata, Rear Naked Choke, BJJ Triangle Choke, BJJ Armbar, Dragon Sleeper, Single Shoulder Backbreaker, Tazmission, Torture Rack | ***Various Submission holds; Anaconda Vice, Elevated Boston Crab, Sharpshooter, Texas Cloverleaf, Crippler Crossface, Gogoplata, Rear Naked Choke, BJJ Triangle Choke, BJJ Armbar, Dragon Sleeper, Single Shoulder Backbreaker, Tazmission, Torture Rack | ||
=== Championships & Accomplishments === | === Championships & Accomplishments === | ||
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*'''eXtreme Wrestling Association''' | *'''eXtreme Wrestling Association''' | ||
**XWA World Heavyweight Champion (x4) | **XWA World Heavyweight Champion (x4) | ||
**XWA United States Heavyweight Champion ( | **XWA United States Heavyweight Champion (x5) | ||
**XWA World Tag Team Champion (x4) | **XWA World Tag Team Champion (x4) | ||
**XWA Extreme Champion (x2) | **XWA Extreme Champion (x2) | ||
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*'''Universal Wrestling Alliance/Omega Championship Wrestling''' | *'''Universal Wrestling Alliance/Omega Championship Wrestling''' | ||
**UWA/OCW World Heavyweight Champion | **UWA/OCW World Heavyweight Champion (x2) | ||
**UWA/OCW North American Heavyweight Champion ( | **UWA/OCW North American Heavyweight Champion (x3) | ||
*'''[[World Wrestling Alliance]]''' | *'''[[World Wrestling Alliance]]''' | ||
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***Winner of the Harrington Invitational Tournament (2008) | ***Winner of the Harrington Invitational Tournament (2008) | ||
***Winner of the Halloween Town of Pain (2008) | ***Winner of the Halloween Town of Pain (2008) | ||
=== Notable Fueds === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" | |||
|+ | |||
! International Wrestling Federation || eXtreme Wrestling Association || Asia-Pacific Championship Wrestling ||Universal Wrestling Alliance || [[World Wrestling Alliance]] | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
*[[Shane Davidson]] | |||
*[[Vegas]] | |||
*[[Danny West]] | |||
*[[TJ Codair]] | |||
|| | |||
*[[Infernus]] | |||
*[[James Redfield]] | |||
*[[Riddick Cross]] | |||
*[[Scott Maverick]] | |||
*[[Mike Massacre]] | |||
|| | |||
*[[Taj Hunter]] | |||
*[[Rain]] | |||
*[[Keiji Takata]] | |||
|| | |||
*[[Hunter Harley]] | |||
*[[Chris Shea]] | |||
*[[Tyler Daniels]] | |||
*[[Sabre]] | |||
*[[Luther Van Holt]] | |||
|| | |||
*[[Armaan]] | |||
*[[Eddie Van Dorn]] | |||
*[[Richie Stone]] | |||
*[[Jaymz Watkins]] | |||
|} | |||
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'WWA Television Champion
Copeland (born May 18th, 1979) is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in the International Wrestling Federation, eXtreme Wrestling Association, Universal Wrestling Alliance and Omega Championship Wrestling. He currently wrestles for the World Wrestling Alliance, a member of the Primetime Central circuit.
Aggressive, intellagent, and extremly violent. Copeland is an incredibly gifted individual, he is a former Ten time World Heavyweight Champion throughout his decade plus long career. He is a well rounded wrestler in every aspect, but his greatest strength comes from his amazing power and aggression his incredible speed and agility, his technical ability and his martial arts background. He is incredibly cerebral, he analyzes everything before and during a match and his strategy is to inflict as much pain on his opponents as possible. His sadistic nature tends to take over during matches and he bends to rules quite a bit.
Over the years Copeland has become one of the most feared men in all of prossesional wrestling and is famous for forming the now legendary stable known as Lethal Aggression; along with Chris Shea, T.J. Codair, Sabre and "The Daredevil" Scott Maverick.
Seth Copeland is an accomplished singles and tag team wrestler with over 13 years experience inside the squared circle, he has concentrated on his singles career in recent years and since joining the World Wrestling Alliance has stated his intention to become WWA World Heavyweight Champion on his terms. Since the beginning of the 2008/2009 WWA season, Copeland has reverted back to his psychopathic ways. He is now referred to only as "Copeland" and has recently been ordered to undergo psychotherapy to control his unrelenting anger and sociopathic nature.
Early Life
Seth Copeland was born on the 5/18/79 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Jack and Catherine Copeland, he is the youngest of three children. At the age of two the family moved to New Orleans where his father was accepted to work as a Prosecuting Attorney, his mother took a job at one of the local hospitals as an E.R. doctor. He attended school there until the age of eight when the family again moved, this time to Los Angeles, California. They settled in Huntington Beach and later Newport Beach in Orange County.
Seth had quite a privileged upbringing, at the age of four he started his first martial art; Brazilian Jujitsu, finishing with a black belt at the age of nine, shortly after he began training in Muay Thai and Thai Kwon Do at the same time, finishing both with a black belt at the age of fourteen, not long after that he was arrested for assault on two sixteen year old teenagers for stealing his bike, Copeland was always a big child and at the age of twelve was 6'0” and weighed 210lbs due to his natural size and weight lifting starting after his eleventh birthday. He was charged but escaped detention and his parents decided to send him to the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsberg, California.
There Seth excelled in sports becoming a running back in his first two years of playing football for the Warriors and later he became an All-American middle linebacker, holding the academy sack record with nine against San Pasqual Academy, equaling the all time conference record, at the same time he was playing football he took up wrestling training with Sgt. Mike Constantine; a former champion professional and amateur freestyle wrestler. He started training at the age of fifteen and at the age of seventeen made his wrestling debut for an Indy federation linked to the International Wrestling Federation, he was still in high school. Seth originally wanted to play in the NFL and would have done so, but after the death of his grandmother, whom he thought was the only person who connected with him, he dropped out of university in his second semester and he fell into wrestling fulltime.
Career
International Wrestling Federation
Seth Copeland made his official Professional wrestling debut at the age of seventeen in the IWF, winning by pinfall to 'Sugar' Shane Davidson a man he would meet and beat again 5 months later in an epic ladder match to win his first ever title; the IWF Intercontinental Championship. Seth went on to lose and retain the IC title 6 times as well as the IWF Tag Team Championship 4 times and becoming the youngest ever 2 time IWF World Champion in history, just days after his twentieth birthday.
eXtreme Wrestling Association
Seth left the IWF and joined XWA where he had arguably his most successful run, he had a big change of attitude and regardless of what the fans thought, was uncompromising and became a heel, winning his first title just weeks after his debut. Copeland became XWA’s first triple crown champion eight months later; holding the United States, World Tag Team and World Heavyweight Championships at the same time and eventually the first ever grand slam champion (2 Time Extreme Champion, 5 time United States Champion, 4 Time World Tag Team Champion and 4 time XWA World Heavyweight Champion), After a year in the company the fans took to his new attitude and started to cheer for him, dubbing him the "American Psycho". He also met his former valet and future wife Siren (real name Brooke King) in the company aswell.
Asia-Pacific Championship Wrestling
After four years in the XWA he took an eight month hiatus and joined Japanese based company Asia-Pacific Championship Wrestling winning the companies highest title twice, the Asia-Pacific Heavyweight Championship as well as the Asia-Pacific Tag Team Championship, he was the most successful International superstar in the companies history.
Universal Wrestling Alliance & Omega Championship Wrestling
After fourteen months in the company he signed a multi million dollar contract with the Universal Wrestling Alliance; he immediately got involved in a dangerous and almost deadly feud with UWA World Heavyweight Champion Hunter Harley, culminating in a brutal Hell In A Cell match for the UWA Championship in which Copeland ended Harley’s career. In the midst of the feud, Seth join friend Chris Shea and formed the now legendary stable, Lethal Aggression; recruiting fellow wrestlers T.J. Codair, Damian "Sabre" Jones and "The Daredevil" Scott Maverick. Together they dominated the UWA, Copeland even won a high stakes match to become UWA President and held the mantle for over a year until a UWA powerbroker stripped him of the presidency and fired him on the spot. Copeland gave him a parting gift, The Endgame on a steel chair placed on the mat by Shea.
UWA lost all five Lethal Aggression members including the UWA Championship, which Copeland took with him, to Omega Championship Wrestling; where Copeland, Shea, Sabre and Codair each held the UWA/OCW Championship. Shea was the first to win the title after Copeland vacated it due to injury, losing it to Luther Van Holt, Copeland with the help of Sabre and Codair later won back the title he never lost, the UWA/OCW Championship, from Van Holt after Shea and Maverick were fired from the company, they returned weeks later to rejoin LA. Copeland held the title for a record setting six month reign, losing to Sabre in a fatal four way match against his fellow Lethal Aggression stable mates; Sabre, Shea and Maverick. Sabre turned on LA and months later lost the title and his job in a title vs. career match to T.J. Codair, the new Lethal Aggression ruled UWA/OCW for months before Luther Van Holt won the title from Codair, later in the night, a bruised and battered Chris Shea became a two time UWA/OCW Champion by defeating the newly crowned Van Holt with the help of Copeland and Codair. Months later Shea relinquished the Championship due to a career ending neck injury and T.J. Codair won a twenty man battle royal to win the title for a second time.
Retirement and Return
Seth Copeland along with Chris Shea left the company looking for a new challenge but Copeland faded into obscurity in late 2005 after injury and personal issues took there toll; however, he eventually started training and wrestling again in special events, which reignited his desire to be the best yet again and he signed a multi million dollar contract with the World Wrestling Alliance in August 2007.
World Wrestling Alliance
Upon his arrival in the WWA in September 2007, Copleand won his debut match thus gaining the number one contendership to the WWA Television Championship, a few weeks later he competed in the Halloween House of Pain match for the WWA Extreme Championship and defeated then Television Champion, Eddie Van Dorn, for the TV title one week later. He successfully defended the Television title in the Birthday Brawl and main evented Rage In The Cage XI.....all this success in his first year with the company had his fans and peers calling him "The Next Big Thing" in the WWA.....now who can argue with that?
Copeland began the 2008/2009 WWA season in amazing fashion, by becoming the first ever winner of the Harrington Cup, but this massive achievement in his career was overshadowed by what Copeland did next. After the referee raised his hand, Copeland accepted the winners trophy and then got on the mic, but was cut off a short time later by Armaan, who came out to congratulate him on the win and then went on to say that he's been cheating everyone. This brought some unsavory words from Copeland who accused Armaan of not being the champion he once was and that he was a shadow of his former self, after awhile of this, Armaan walked toward Copeland birating him, but was more shockingly attacked by Copeland with a rib crushing spear. Copeland went on to deliver one of the most vicious attacks in the twelve year history of the World Wrestling Alliance. Copeland beat Armaan so violently that Armaan has since announced his retirement from professional wrestling. Copeland considers his ending of Armaan Singhania's hall of fame bound career, a twisted feather in his cap.
At Day Of The Dead 2008, Copeland entered himself in the Halloween Town of Pain in Salem, Massachusetts. Copeland would put on a show of total dominance, he completely annihilated everyone in the match to earn himself a shot at the United States Championship against his former friend, Eddie Van Dorn. Copeland would go on and defeat EVD in an Extreme Rules match on the November 24th edition of Meltdown, to claim his first United States Championship.
Copeland defended his United States Championship against Van Dorn, in a title rematch, on January 12th at Total Meltdown 2009, the match would be contested under Falls Count Anywhere rules. The match went back and forth, at one stage, Van Dorn looked to have the match sewn up, after knocking Copeland fifteen feet over a guard rail to the concrete floor below, but Copeland showed his unearthly toughness by kicking out and eventually hitting EVD with The Endgame to successfully defend his title and remain undefeated in singles action against Eddie Van Dorn.
Birthday Bash X saw Copeland indirectly lose his United States Championship to Richie Stone. But that was overshadowed by what Copeland did to Eddie Van Dorn. With chaos all across the arena, Copeland fought EVD to the top of the WWAtron where he did the unthinkable, hanging EVD by a steel chain, from the WWAtron in a scene frighteningly reminiscent of the 2007 Birthday Brawl.
On the February 23rd edition of Meltdown, Copeland would get his rematch for the United States title, but Richie Stone would survive the war and retain by a hair, in a "match of the year" candidate.
Copeland would suffer his second loss of the season two weeks later, as Richie Stone interfered in a Parking Lot Brawl match he set up, to knock Copeland out with a steel crowbar, allowing Nick Adams to hit a Shooting Star Press from the roof of a car, and earn himself a shot at the US title.
Copeland would compete in Ultimate Glory II, dominating the match in his second appearance, becoming the only man to compete in both Ultimate Glory matches; he would take out his nemesis Richie Stone with a death defying version of The Endgame through the ring ropes and off the apron onto the concrete floor below. Copeland would fight on and face Nick Adams as the final two, but would fall short of winning the WWA Championship when Adams hit him with a sloppy Rainfall after repeated weapon attacks to become the new WWA Champion.
Copeland would turn his demonic attention to Richie Stone in a more personal way after this, using every trick in his sadistic book to try and twist Stone's mind. After months of suffering the nightmare reality of Copeland's twisted plot, including the kidnapping of his former fiance, Stone would eventually bury Copeland in a Buried Alive Match at the WWA's final PPV and Copeland would not be seen again in the WWA until March 2010.
Copeland returned to the WWA after almost a year at Retribution 2010, there he would deliver The Endgame to Jaymz Watkins on behalf of his "New God" Randy Cross.
The torture and anguish Jaymz Watkins suffered at the hands of Randy Cross and his trials would end though only a couple of months later, when Kash, Intrepid and RJ Stone we're revealed by Cross as his newest followers, but those thoughts would come to an abrupt end, when Copeland turned on his mentor and grabbed the former "New God" in a vice-like grip, allowing Kash to paint a pentagram on the Hall of Famer's chest, then crushing him with a vicious Canadian Hammer. Kash would go on to introduce The Communion to the world and promise Jaymz that now the trials become much worse.
After months of Communions assualts, Watkins found an unlikely ally in Damian Thorne, and together they teamed to face Copeland and Kash in arguably the biggest tag team match in WWA history at Rage In The Cage XII; the match went back and forth until Copeland drilled Thorne with The Endgame for the win.
Communion would later collapse under the weight of their own egos, first Intrepid was ousted for the group and then RJ Stone left after becoming WWA Champion, then finally Kash had his career ended by the volitile and highly unstable Copeland, who left his Communion co-founder broken and beaten. Later Copeland's attention would be turned back to his arch nemesis Eddie Van Dorn.
Within Wrestling
Tale of the Tape
- Height: 6'4"
- Weight: 284lbs
- Date Of Birth: May 18th 1979
- Originally From: St. Paul, Minnesota
- Now Resides: Razorback Point, Montana
Nicknames
- The War Machine
- The Punisher
- The Beast
- Doomsday
- American Psycho
- The Predator
Theme Music
- "Blind" by Korn
- "Fucking Hostile" by Pantera
- "Take This Oath" by Killswitch Engage
- "Change (In The House Of Flies)" by Deftones
- "My Sweet Shadow" by In Flames
- "The Poison" by Bullet For My Valentine
- "Psychosocial" by Slipknot
- "Destroy Everything" by Hatebreed
Finishing & Signature Moves
- The Endgame (Butterfly Faceplant/The Pedigree)
- The Psychosnap (Vicious F-5)
- The Omega Sanction (Full Nelson lock, then Copeland throws them upward from this postition and catches the falling opponent in a Rock Bottom style slam)
- The Ten Point Five (Vicious Sitdown Powerbomb)
- The Sky Elbow (High Leaping 'Macho Man' Elbow Drop from top turnbuckle)
- High Impact Chokeslam (Lifting opponent up and then quickly down hard to the mat, going to his knee to add to the impact)
- Rear Naked Choke (MMA Style)
- The Gore (Executed Goldberg style)
- Sabretooth Charge (Three-point stance, Copeland waits for opponent to rise and then runs toward opponent on all fours before leaping high into the air and crashing down with a vicious falling clothesline; think Sabretooth from X-Men Origins)
- Lethal Strikes (Muay Thai clinch followed by four hard knee strikes to the face; sometimes followed by four hard elbows)
- Lethal Spinebuster (Vicious Batista style Spinebuster)
- Lethal Clothesline (When opponent is clotheslined they fold up on the mat like an accordion due to the ferociousness of the impact)
- Lethal Neckbreaker (Executed with opponent on shoulder facing the roof, Copeland snaps downward and delivers a vicious Canadian neckbreaker)
- Springboard Lethal Clothesline (Performed from the ring apron into the ring)
- The Exploder (T-Bone Powerslam)
- The Deepest Sleep (Modified Inverted Spinning Neckbreaker)
- Death Valley Driver (Similar to Dreamer Driver)
- GTS (Go To Sleep)
- Gorilla Press Powerslam (Opponent dropped down onto shoulder and then into a powerslam)
- Gorilla Press Throw (Usually over the top rope to the floor, or onto other wrestlers)
- Running Powerslam (Similar to British Bulldog version)
- Single Shoulder Backbreaker (Lifts opponent across his shoulder and then drops to his knees delivering a modified powerhouse backbreaker)
- Triple Vertical Suplex (Eddie Guerrero Triple)
- Stalling Vertical Suplex (British Bulldog style)
- Triple German Suplexes (On occasion Triple Aztec Suplexes, where opponents arms are crossed in a straight jacket position and arms held for leverage to aid in lifting)
- Flipping German Suplex (Releases opponent with such force that is causes them to backflip and land on their gut)
- Various Backbreakers/Neckbreakers
- Running Suicide Leap Over Top Rope (Running start and leaps clear over the top rope onto opponent on the outside)
- MMA Strikes; Standing and Mounted (Elbows, Forearms, Punches, Chops, Shins, Knees, Kicks)
- Various Submission holds; Anaconda Vice, Elevated Boston Crab, Sharpshooter, Texas Cloverleaf, Crippler Crossface, Gogoplata, Rear Naked Choke, BJJ Triangle Choke, BJJ Armbar, Dragon Sleeper, Single Shoulder Backbreaker, Tazmission, Torture Rack
Championships & Accomplishments
- International Wrestling Federation
- IWF World Champion (x2)
- IWF Intercontinental Champion (x6)
- IWF World Tag Team Champion (x4)
- eXtreme Wrestling Association
- XWA World Heavyweight Champion (x4)
- XWA United States Heavyweight Champion (x5)
- XWA World Tag Team Champion (x4)
- XWA Extreme Champion (x2)
- Asia-Pacific Championship Wrestling
- Asia-Pacific Heavyweight Champion (x2)
- Asia-Pacific Tag Team Champion (x2)
- Universal Wrestling Alliance/Omega Championship Wrestling
- UWA/OCW World Heavyweight Champion (x2)
- UWA/OCW North American Heavyweight Champion (x3)
- World Wrestling Alliance
- WWA United States Champion
- WWA Television Champion
- Winner of the Harrington Invitational Tournament (2008)
- Winner of the Halloween Town of Pain (2008)
Notable Fueds
| International Wrestling Federation | eXtreme Wrestling Association | Asia-Pacific Championship Wrestling | Universal Wrestling Alliance | World Wrestling Alliance |
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