Petey Williams | |
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Williams at an independent wrestling show in July 2012
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Birth name | Peter Williams III |
Born |
Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
August 26, 1981
Residence | Superior Township, Michigan |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Petey Williams |
Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Billed weight | 179 lb (81 kg) |
Billed from | Windsor, Ontario Glendale, Arizona |
Trained by | Scott D'Amore |
Debut | January 23, 2002 |
Retired | July 5, 2014 |
Peter "Petey" Williams III (born August 26, 1981) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a two-time TNA X Division Champion and a former captain of Team Canada. He was also in Lucha Libre USA (LLUSA), where he held the Tag Team Championship with Jon Rekon. He was also known by his nickname "The Canadian Destroyer", a reference to his front flip piledriver finishing move of the same name.
Williams was trained alongside Chris Sabin by Scott D'Amore at the Can-Am Wrestling School. Williams debuted in D'Amore's Windsor, Ontario-based Border City Wrestling promotion in 2002. He spent the next four years working on the independent circuit in Canada for Border City Wrestling, Blood, Sweat and Ears and in the Northern United States for promotions such as NWA Cyberspace and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. In March 2005 Petey wrestled in the UK at International Showdown for The Wrestling Channel's first year anniversary at a sold out Coventry Skydome. He made a one-time appearance in Ring of Honor on June 18, 2005 at Death Before Dishonor III as the mystery opponent of the returning A.J. Styles.