Born |
North Carolina, United States |
May 2, 1967
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Residence | Vass, North Carolina |
Website | Marty Garner on Myspace |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Marty Garner Cham Pain Puck Dupp The Ragin' Cajun |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Billed weight | 188 lb (85 kg) |
Trained by | The Hardy Boyz |
Debut | 1993 |
Marty Garner (born May 2, 1967) is an American professional wrestler most noted for his appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment and his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling. He currently wrestles as Cham Pain on the independent circuit.
Garner started wrestling in several independent wrestling promotions based in North Carolina, mainly wrestling under the ring name Cham Pain in Southern Championship Wrestling, New Dimension Wrestling and OMEGA.
Though Garner has primarily worked on the independent scene, he has also made numerous appearances for WWE as an enhancement talent, beginning in December 1995 against Jeff Jarrett. He then made several appearances in 1996 and 1997 against wrestlers such as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Jerry Lawler, Jim Neidhart, Yoshihiro Tajiri, and Marc Mero. Garner was also the first man to receive the Stone Cold Stunner from Stone Cold Steve Austin on WWF television during a WWF Superstars bout.
On May 28, 1996, Garner faced Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) during the taping of WWF Superstars. During the match, Helmsley went for his finisher, the Pedigree. It is reported that Garner, who had not taken the move before and assumed it was either a double underhook powerbomb or suplex, gave much more jump into the move and attempted to flip out of it while Helmsley went through the move as usual. This resulted in a very violent version of the move in which Garner landed directly on top of his head and suffered neck damage. This incident was captured on video and circulated throughout the Internet. Despite the move being botched it was still broadcast on Superstars show, and even featured as the WWF's Slam of the Week.