Braxton Sutter | |
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Sutter making his entrance at an indy show in February 2015
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Birth name | Jesse Guilmette |
Born |
Buffalo, New York, United States |
June 3, 1980
Residence |
Buffalo, New York, United States |
Spouse(s) | Allie (m. 2013) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Jesse Guilmette Jesse Guyver Pepper Parks Jim Parks Preston Wyatt Parks Braxton Sutter |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Billed weight | 220 lb (15 st 10 lb; 100 kg) |
Billed from |
Buffalo, New York Erie, Pennsylvania |
Trained by | Les Thatcher |
Debut | 2000 |
Jesse Guilmette (born June 3, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Braxton Sutter.
Guilmette was trained by Les Thatcher. He has worked a number of matches under his legal name with the WWE, facing wrestlers such as The Boogeyman, Vladimir Kozlov and Shad Gaspard in "squash matches."
In 2000, Guilmette began appearing for the Midwestern independent promotion Heartland Wrestling Association under the ring name Pepper Parks where he would be paired up with Chet Jablonski as the tag team, The A Squad. Debuting on July 27, 2000, the team faced Astin Ambrose & JJ Duquesne in a losing effort. Parks would wrestle for HWA for six years. During this time, he won the HWA Cruiserweight Championship on June 26, 2001, defeating Matt Stryker. On January 1, 2006, Parks gained his first heavyweight championship, defeating Jon Moxley in the tournament finals for the vacant HWA Heavyweight Championship. Parks would lose the title to Moxley on May 9, 2006 and regain it once again on November 11, 2006 defeating Chad Collyer in title vs. career match. His second reign lasted 28 days before vacating the title on December 5, 2006 and leaving HWA.
Throughout 2007, Parks would primarily wrestle for the NWA New York based promotions – NWA Empire, NWA Upstate and NWA New York. On May 19, 2007, at the NWA Empire First Anniversary Show, he defeated Brodie Lee to become the NWA Empire Heavyweight Champion. On October 20, 2007 Parks would also win the vacated NWA National Heavyweight Championship.