Martel advances. I always use an old or unusual photo if I can, hence the picture of the dude with the bear earlier in the tournament ;D
Lofty Blomfield
Hometown: Wellington, New Zealand
Debut: 1932
Previous Gimmicks: Walter Browning (Australia)
Finishing Move: The Octopus Clamp
# New Zealand Amateur title (1931);
# New Zealand Heavyweight title;
# NWA Australasian title;
# British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight title;
# 1931: Lofty Blomfield became the first New Zealand Amateur Heavyweight Wrestling Champion..
# 1932: Lofty Blomfield turned pro and worked in Australia, where he changed his name to Walter Browning of Canada..
# ~~~He changed back to his real name & returned to New Zealand for a short time before again going back to Australia..
# ~~~He eventually went home to New Zealand & wrestled there for over 30 years, from there he made 5 visits to America..
# 1935: Lofty Blomfield wrestled British Empire Heavyweight Champion Earl McCready to a draw..
# 1936: Lofty Blomfield invented his famous trademark 'the Octopus Clamp' submission hold..
# 1937: Lofty Blomfield won the Pacific Coast title from Joe Malcewiecz & lost it to Jumpin' Joe Savoldi..
# March 18, 1938 - Vancouver: Lofty Blomfield became the first New Zealander to challenge for the NWA World Title..
# ~~~Lofty Blomfield and NWA World Champion Bronko Nagurski wrestled to a time limit draw..
# ~~~Lofty Blomfield had the Octopus Clamp applied in the closing moments of the match as time ran out..
# October 1938: Lofty Blomfield won a tournament to become the Undisputed New Zealand Heavyweight Champion..
# June 7, 1940: Lofty Blomfield captured the British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Title in Wellington, New Zealand..
# Lofty Blomfield served in World War II, reaching the rank of Seargent Major and then returned to wrestling..
# 1949: Shortly after returning to New Zealand from his last US tour he had his final match against Eric Holmbeck..
# 1949: Lofty Blomfield retired at age 41 while still holding the New Zealand Heavyweight Championionship..
# Lofty Blomfield wrestled an estimated 1200 matches between 1939 to 1949 in NZ, Australia, Fiji, Mexico, Canada and the US..
# Lofty Blomfield was involved in many charity fundraisers throughout New Zealand..
# 1971: Lofty Blomfield died at the age of 62..
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EXesS
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
Height & Weight: 5'9" - 1859 lbs
Previous Gimmicks: Mathy69, Excess 69
Finishing Move: The Sneaky Submission
# July 9, 2005--International Wrestling Syndicate: Excess defeated Tomassino..
# July 23, 2005--IWS: Dan Paysan & Chris Bishop defeated Exess 69 & Lionel Knight in a Lethal Lottery match..
# August 20, 2005--International Wrestling Syndicate: Excess defeated Sexxxy Eddy in a Ladder match to win the IWS title!
# October 29, 2005--International Wrestling Syndicate: EXesS defeated Sexxxy Eddy in a First Blood match to retain the IWS title..
# November 5, 2005--EWR Elite 8: Petey Williams defeated Excess in the first round of the EWR Elite 8 Tournament!
# December 3, 2005--International Wrestling Syndicate: EXesS defeated Pierre Carl Ouellet to retain the IWS title!
# January 28, 2006--International Wrestling Syndicate: EXesS defeated The Green Phantom w/PCO to retain the IWS title..
# March 11, 2005--IWS: Viking & Damian defeated EXesS & Franky the Mobster in a Fans Bring The Weapons match..
# April 22, 2006--International Wrestling Syndicate: Excess defeated Viking to retain the IWS title...
# June 3, 2006--IWS: Beef Wellington & Viking defeated EXesS & Crazy Manny in a Fans Bring the Weapons match..
# June 17, 2006--IWS: EXesS beat Viking & Green Phantom & Kevin Steen in a 4-WAY Falls Count Anywhere to retain the IWS title..
# July 8, 2006--International Wrestling Syndicate: Viking defeated EXesS to win the IWS Heavyweight title...
# July 29, 2006--International Wrestling Syndicate: EXesS defeated Kenny the Bastard and Cheech in a 3-WAY (1st Round)..
# ~~~Max Boyer beat Green Phantom and Jagged and Fred la Merveille and Dan Paysan and EXesS in an Extreme Dream Final..
# August 26, 2006--International Wrestling Syndicate: Beef Wellington defeated Excess and Franky the Mobster in a 3-WAY
# September 30, 2006--International Wrestling Syndicate: Beef Wellington defeated EXesS and Jimmy Stone in a 3-WAY
# November 4, 2006--International Wrestling Syndicate: EXesS defeated Beef Wellington in a 2/3 Falls match
# December 2, 2006--International Wrestling Syndicate: EXesS defeated Sofirios by Submission
# January 20, 2007--IWS: EXesS defeated Eric Doucet in an EXesS Open Challenge..
# ~~~EXesS defeated The Amazing Darkstone by Submission in an EXesS Open Challenge
# February 17, 2007--International Wrestling Syndicate: EXesS defeated Stefany in an EXesS Open Challenge
# March 16, 2007--AFL: Beef Wellington & Stefany defeated Kacey Diamond & Excess in a mixed tag team match..
# March 24, 2007--International Wrestling Syndicate: Viking defeated EXesS to retain the IWS Heavyweight title
# April 28, 2007--International Wrestling Syndicate: EXesS defeated Justin White in an EXesS Open Challenge
# May 26, 2007--IWS: ALF Champion Stefany Sinclair defeated EXesS in a Summer of Sequels match..
# June 16, 2007--International Wrestling Syndicate: EXesS & Tomassino defeated Stefany Sinclair & Vanessa Kraven..
# August 18, 2007--International Wrestling Syndicate: Maxime Boyer defeated Excess in a technical masterpiece
# September 22, 2007--IWS: Maxime Boyer defeated EXesS and Jimmy K and Kid Kamikaze in a 4-WAY Ladder match
# November 3, 2007--IWS: Shayne Hawke & EXesS beat The Missionaries of Violence (Sexxy Eddy & LuFisto)..
# November 10, 2007--Capital City Championship Combat: Exess beat Sexxxy Eddy in a Sexxxy Eddy Challenge Match
# December 1, 2007--IWS: The Green Bastards (Green Phantom & Kenny the Bastard) defeated The Shit Storm (Shit-Hawke & EXesS)
LET'S GET IT ON ;D
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