Zema Ion
| DJZ | |
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Paris in 2012 as Zema Ion
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| Birth name | Michael Paris |
| Born |
October 5, 1986 Manila, Philippines |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Alma mater | West Virginia University |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
DJZ DJ Zema Michael Montecarlo Shiima Xion Zema Ion |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Billed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Billed from |
Manila, Philippines Ibiza |
| Trained by | Super Hentai Shirley Doe Taz El Ferroz Discovery |
| Debut | 2004 |
Michael Paris (born October 5, 1986) is a Filipino professional wrestler, signed with Impact Wrestling (formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) under the ring name DJZ, where he is a two-time X Division Champion.
In 2003, Paris began training to become a professional wrestler at the Coalition of Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania under trainers Super Hentai, Shirley Doe, and Glenn Spectre. He trained there for 14 months before debuting as Shiima Xion, the "first Filipino male model of wrestling" on August 21, 2004, against Jason Gory in Wheeling, West Virginia for Black Diamond Wrestling. Shiima Xion competed throughout West Virginia and Ohio in late 2004, since he was not old enough to compete in the state of Pennsylvania. Shortly after turning 18, however, Xion began competing regularly for the International Wrestling Cartel, as well as making appearances in Chikara, Far North Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Unplugged.
By early 2006, the Shiima Xion character had become more of a glam rock star than a male model, as Xion began wearing make-up to the ring, and had also changed his hair color from black to red/blonde. His bizarre hair style soon became his trademark, with Shiima becoming best known for hairspraying his hair during matches. The androgynous character eventually caught the attention of Japanese wrestling promoter Sanshiro Takagi, who invited 19-year-old Shiima to tour Japan with his company, Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) in the summer of 2006. Shiima Xion was featured in the Introducing... article in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's The Wrestler, volume 19, 2007. The magazine was released on newsstands nationwide on December 4, 2007, with a two-page article spread on Shiima.
Shiima Xion made his IWC debut on November 6, 2004 in Munhall, Pennsylvania, shortly after his eighteenth birthday. Shiima lost to Jason Gory, who was also making his IWC debut that night. The two feuded into 2005, culminating at IWC No Excuses on July 29, 2005, where Gory came out victorious. Next month, Shiima would receive a shot at Shirley Doe's IWC World Heavyweight Championship and lost. For the next few months he would team with Chris Maverick as the International Males which ended with an IWC Tag Team Champions, Gambino Brothers Moving Company, and lost. Shiima would once again come across Gory at IWC Super Indy V on April 15, 2006, in which Shiima defeated Gory with the Filipino Destroyer. Post-match saw the two shake hands for the first time in their near two-year-long rivalry and eventually led to them forming a tag team known as Team Catfish and eventually Babyface Fire (BFF).
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