Viktor (wrestler)
| Viktor | |
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Viktor in April 2015
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| Birth name | Eric Thompson |
| Born |
December 4, 1980 Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Apoc Apocalypse Bishop Erik Doom Rick Victor Rick Viktor The Shadow Viktor |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 219 lb (99 kg) |
| Billed from | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Trained by |
Bruce Hart Ross Hart Tokyo Joe |
| Debut | 1999 |
Eric Thompson (born December 4, 1980) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is working on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Viktor as part of The Ascension.
While in WWE's devoplemental territory NXT, he was the longest reigning NXT Tag Team Champions of all time (alongside his Ascension partner Konnor), and he is also a former Florida Tag Team Champion with Brad Maddox. He previously worked as Apoc for Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he was a two-time OVW Heavyweight Champion.
Thompson began his career in the Hart Dungeon, under the teachings of Bruce and Ross Hart. He also received training under Tokyo Joe. He started working for Stampede Wrestling in 2001 as Bishop, later to be renamed "Apocalypse" which he continued to work as until 2008. In Stampede Wrestling, he won the North American Heavyweight Championship. He also held the International Tag Team Championship twice with partner Dave Swift. He did a tour with New Japan Pro Wrestling as "The Shadow" in November–December 2003. In his first match, he teamed with Scott Norton against Josh Barnett and Hiroyoshi Tenzan. He also had matches with Manabu Nakanishi and Tenzan. In addition, he teamed with Norton frequently on the tour. Apoc would debut under the name Apocalypse for Derby City Wrestling in a thirty-man battle royal, which was eventually would be won by Electrico. Apocalypse would team up with Al Barone to take part in the DCW Tag Team Title Tournament but were defeated by Damian Adams & Jamin Olivencia in the first round. Apocalypse got to the final of the DCW Championship Tournament but would lose to Big Cat. For the rest of 2008, Apocalypse would form multiple tag teams with Kharn Alexander, Vaughn Lilas and Fang.
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