Sam Adonis
| Sam Adonis | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Samuel Polinsky |
| Born | 1989 Monroeville, Pennsylvania |
| Residence | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Family | Corey Graves (brother) |
| Website | Sam Adonis on Twitter |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bill Callous Buddy Stretcher Samuel Elias Sam Elias Sam Adonis |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 251 lb (114 kg) |
| Trained by | Corey Graves |
| Debut | 2008 |
Samuel "Sam" Polinsky (born in 1989) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Sam Adonis and Sam Elias. Polinsky is currently working in Mexico for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), working as a heel (the "bad guy") Pro-Trump character. Polinsky is the younger brother of Matthew Polinsky, best known as WWE Commentator Corey Graves.
Polinsky has briefly worked for WWE, in their Florida Championship Wrestling developmental league, under the name Buddy Stretcher and worked a match for Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling under the name Bill Callous, but has spent the majority of his pro wrestling career in England working for various promotions such as All Star Wrestling.
Polinsky made his professional wrestling debut in early 2008, working primarily on the independent circuit in his native Pennsylvania. He would often team with his brother Matthew, better known under the ring name Sterling James Keenan while Sam Polinsky was known as "Samuel Elias" or simply "Sam Elias". The brothers competed in a 2008 tournament for the local Pittsburgh Tag Team Championship, but lost in the final to the team of Ashton Amherst and Patrick Hayes. In 2009 Elias began teaming with Amherst, following a tag team known as "Vicious and Delicious", who won the Diamond Championship Wrestling (DCW) Tag Team Championship from the PA Posse (Kato and Sebastian). Their reign lasted for 70 days, until they lost the title to "Team Tap Out" on March 6, 2010.
In the fall of 2010 he began working for Far North Wrestling (FNW), based out of Pittsburgh. During his time with FNW he won the Ches-A-Rena Championship on three separate occasions, defeating T. Rantula, Michael Blade and Jimmy Vegas respectively to win the championship. The promotion closed in 2011, leaving Sam Elias as the last recognized Ches-A-Rena Champion. In April 2011 Polinsky, using the ring name "Buddy Stretcher", began working for World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental league, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). Polinsky suffered a knee injury after only two matches with FCW and was later released.
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