Corporal Punishment | |
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Birth name | Daniel McDevitt |
Born |
Catonsville, Maryland, United States |
October 19, 1973
Residence | Middle River, Maryland |
Website | Dan McDevitt on Myspace |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Dan McDevitt Corporal Punishment The Ultimate Comet The Comet |
Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
Billed from | Baltimore, Maryland |
Trained by |
Axl Rotten Ian Rotten |
Debut | November 14, 1993 |
Daniel "Dan" McDevitt (born October 19, 1973), best known by his ring name Corporal Punishment, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter. His career spans over a decade working in numerous independent promotions throughout the United States including the American Wrestling Federation, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Cueball Carmichael's Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance, Doug Flex's International Pro Wrestling, Independent Superstars of Professional Wrestling, House of Pain Wrestling Federation / National Wrestling League, and the National Wrestling Alliance.
He was a well-known "heel" in the mid-to late 1990s, especially in the Mid-Atlantic region as a top star in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, and engaged in feuds with Johnny Gunn, Axl Rotten, Stevie Richards and Adam Flash on the East Coast. He occasionally appeared in the World Wrestling Federation, as both an in-ring character and preliminary wrestler, during the "Attitude Era".
In 1998, McDevitt and Mark "The Shark" Shrader, then owners of the "Bone Breakers Pro Wrestling Training Center" in Halethorpe, Maryland, left the MEWF to form Maryland Championship Wrestling starting a 5-year rivalry which would last until MCW's close in 2003. A graduate of the Baltimore Monster Factory, where he was trained by Axl and Ian Rotten, McDevitt's "Bone Breakers" students include WWE's Lita, Mickie James, Orlando Jordan and Florida Championship Wrestling star Calvin Raines.