Chase Owens
| Chase Owens | |
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Owens in September 2016
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| Born |
March 7, 1990 Bristol, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Chase Owens Kevin Bendl |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Trained by | Ricky Morton |
| Debut | 2007 |
Chase Owens (born March 7, 1990) is an American professional wrestler, currently working most notably 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.
Owens made his debut at CWA's Snowed the F Out, where he was defeated by Tony Givens. Owens participated in the 2007 Best of the Best tournament, but he was defeated in the first round by The Jin, and the tournament was eventually won by "High Risk" Robbie Cassidy. On November 14, 2008, Owens had his first title match, but was defeated by the AWA World Heavyweight Champion Tony Givens. Owens spent the following years in various NWA territories. He participated in the 2009 and 2010 editions of the Best of the Best tournament, but was unsuccessful, with Robbie Cassidy winning again for the second time and Alyx Winters in 2010, respectively.
On February 26, 2011, Owens defeated Sigmon to win his first title, the NWA Mid-Atlantic Junior Heavyweight Championship. The following month, he defeated Jason Kincaid in a ladder match to win the NWA Mountain Empire Championship. On April 1, Owens won the Smokey Cup tournament, and later competed in the Chikara Young Lions Cup IX, but he was defeated by Jakob Hammermeier. On October 7, Owens participated in a tournament for the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated in the final by Kevin Douglas.
On October 13, 2012, Owens won a tournament for the vacant NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. Owens retained the title for 301 days until he lost it to Jason Kincaid. Two months later, Owens regained the title. On January 4, 2014, Owens lost the title to Ricky Morton, but won it back from Morton two months later.
May 9, 2015, Owens lost via pinfall in the co-main event against IWGP Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles at NWA Smokey Mountain's Collision Course 10.
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