Arik Cannon
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Cannon at a Chikara show in April 2010.
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| Birth name | Arik Cannon |
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December 23, 1981 Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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| Ring name(s) | Arik Cannon |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Billed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Trained by | Midwest Pro Wrestling Eddie Sharkey Sheik Adanan Al-Kaisey Mike Quackenbush Skayde Chris Hero |
Arik Cannon (born December 23, 1981) is an American professional wrestler known for competing in companies such as Chikara, Dragon Gate USA, IWA Mid-South, All American Wrestling and Wrestling Society X. Arik is also the owner of F1rst Wrestling. He is also the only wrestler officially sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Arik Cannon was trained at Midwest Pro Wrestling and is known for wrestling in IWA Mid-South. There, he became the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion by defeating Petey Williams in the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament. He defended it against Roderick Strong and Austin Aries, but was forced to give it up due to injury in 2004.
He returned to wrestling in 2005 and entered Chikara's Tag World Grand Prix 2005 with partner Claudio Castagnoli and made it to the finals to face Superfriends, Chris Hero and Mike Quackenbush. That night, Hero turned on Quackenbush and joined Cannon and Castagnoli, leading Cannon and Castagnoli to win the Tag World Grand Prix. The three began calling themselves The Kings of Wrestling. The began feuding with Quackenbush, but Cannon left the group in 2005. Cannon competed in the Tag World Grand Prix 2006 with Jigsaw as his partner, but lost in the second round. During June 2006, Arik Cannon wrestled in Chikara's fourth annual Young Lions Cup tournament. In the final round, he defeated Cheech to win the tournament. At Chikara's Cibernetico Forever event in October 2006, however, Max Boyer managed to beat him for the Cup.
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