Chase Owens

Chase Owens
Owens in September 2016
Born (1990-03-07) March 7, 1990[1]
Bristol, Tennessee, U.S.[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Chase Owens[2]
Kevin Bendl[2]
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Billed weight 215 lb (98 kg)[3]
Trained by Ricky Morton[4]
Debut 2007[1]

Chase Owens (born March 7, 1990)[1] is an American professional wrestler, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a member of Bullet Club. Owens has also worked for various promotions under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) umbrella, winning the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship three times.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2007–present)

Owens made his debut for Championship Wrestling Alliance (CWA) on February 17, 2007, where he was defeated by Tony Givens.[5] Owens participated in the 2007 CWA Best of the Best tournament, but he was defeated in the first round by The Jin.[6] On November 14, 2008, Owens competed in his first title match, but was defeated by the defending AWA World Heavyweight Champion Tony Givens.[7] He participated in the 2009 and 2010 editions of the CWA Best of the Best tournament, but was unsuccessful, with Robbie Cassidy winning in 2009 and Alyx Winters winning in 2010, respectively.[8][9]

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 MACW Junior Heavyweight Championship.[10] The following month, he defeated Jason Kincaid in a ladder match to win the NWA Mountain Empire Championship.[11] On April 1, Owens participated in the 2011 Smoky Mountain Cup tournament. He won the tournament by defeating Alyx Winters, Chance Prophet, Jason Kincaid, Jeff Connelly, and Menace in the finals.[12] On August 27, Owens competed in the Chikara Young Lions Cup IX tournament, but he was defeated by Jakob Hammermeier in a first round four way elimination match that also included Gregory Iron and Obariyon.[13] On October 7, Owens participated in a tournament for the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. He defeated Steve Walters in the first round, Scorpio Sky in the second round, but was defeated in the finals by Kevin Douglas.[14]

In July 2014, Owens made his debut for Canadian Wrestling's Elite (CWE). He defended the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship on each day of the tour between July 17–27.[15] On April 24, 2015, Owens returned to the promotion and was defeated by Jason Kincaid in the first round of the 2015 Elite 8 tournament. Two years later, Owens would win the 2017 Elite 8 tournament, defeating Kaito Kiyomiya in his first round match, Mentallo in the second round, and Shane Sabre in the finals.[16]

On February 11, 2017, Owens defeated Jason Kincaid to win the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship, ending Kincaid's historic reign of 1,951 days.[17] The championship was retired on August 19.

WWE (2012)

On the May 25, 2012 episode of SmackDown, Owens under the name Kevin Bendl teamed with Brian Edwards in his only WWE appearance in a handicap match against Ryback. The duo would lose the match.[18]

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 Jyushin 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]

On October 23, 2015, Owens 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] In May 2016, Owens appeared in NJPW as a late replacement for an injured Nick Jackson in the 2016 Best of the Super Juniors tournament.[27] He finished second to last in his block with a record of three wins and four losses.[28] At the end of the year, Owens took part in the 2016 World Tag League, teaming with Bullet Club leader Kenny Omega. The two finished second to last in their block with a record of three wins and four losses.[29] Around this time, Owens was quietly promoted to the promotion's heavyweight division.[30][31] Owens participated in the 2017 World Tag League, teaming with Bad Luck Fale, the duo finished with a record of three wins and four losses, failing to advance form their block.[32] On April 1, 2018 at Sakura Genesis, Owens teamed with Yujiro Takahashi to unsuccessfully challenge the Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[33]

Championships and accomplishments

Lucha de Apuesta record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Chase Owens (Morton's career) Kid Kash (career) Kingsport, Tennessee The Finale (2015) December 19, 2015 [Note 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Owens competed for Ricky Morton's career.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "【10.13両国全カード決定!】年内最後の"IWGPヘビー選手権"AJvs棚橋！"権利証戦"オカダvs内藤！勝者同士が1.4東京ドームで激突!!" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. September 24, 2014. Archived from the original on September 25, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Chase Owens Cagematch profile". Cagematch. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ "NWA Smoky Mountain TV - 1/14/17 (Chase Owens vs. Jordan Kage)". NWA Smoky Mountain. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ Axel Saalbach. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". wrestlingdata.com.
  5. ↑ "CWA Snowed the F Out Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-09-23".
  6. ↑ "CWA Best of the Best 2007 Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-09-23".
  7. ↑ "SSW Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-09-23".
  8. ↑ "CWA Best of the Best 2009 Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-09-23".
  9. ↑ "CWA Best of the Best 2010 Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-09-23".
  10. ↑ "NWA Mid-Atlantic Rage in the Cage". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  11. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "NWA Smoky Mountain TV". cagematch.net.
  12. ↑ "Smoky Mountain Cup 2011". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  13. ↑ "CHIKARA Young Lions Cup IX". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  14. ↑ "NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament (2011)". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  15. ↑ "NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion "The Crown Jewel" Chase Owens". Canadian Wrestling's Elite. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Elite 8 Tournament 2017 - Nightmare on Elm Street Tour Night 19". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  17. 1 2 Hill, Robert (February 13, 2017). "End of an Era – New NWA Southeastern Champ!". National Wrestling Alliance. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  18. ↑ Hillhouse, David (May 26, 2012). "Smackdown: Monday Night Raw, the sequel". Slam! Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  19. ↑ "King of Pro-Wrestling" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Power Struggle" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  21. ↑ "The New Beginning in Osaka" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  22. ↑ "The New Beginning in Sendai" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  23. ↑ Caldwell, James (May 7, 2015). "NJPW news: "Best of Super Jrs." tournament details announced". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Best of the Super Jr.XXII". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  25. ↑ Macklin, Matthew (October 23, 2015). "10/23 New Japan Road to Power Struggle report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Road to Power Struggle". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  27. ↑ Caldwell, James (May 19, 2016). "New Japan announces replacements for Young Bucks in BOSJ tournament; updated A & B Blocks". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Best of the Super Jr.XXIII". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  29. ↑ 戦国炎舞 -Kizna- Presents World Tag League 2016. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  30. ↑ Chase Owens [@realchaseowens] (23 Apr 2017). "heavyweight ;)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  31. ↑ Chase Owens [@realchaseowens] (3 May 2017). "I'm not a junior" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. ↑ "NJPW World Tag League results: Finals!".
  33. ↑ "Sakura Genesis 2018". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  34. ↑ "NWA Mid-Atlantic Junior Heavyweight Title". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  35. ↑ "Log In or Sign Up to View". www.facebook.com.
  36. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2015". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
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