Chris Parks Christopher J . " Chris " Parks ( October 4 , 1973 ) , better known by his ring name " The Monster " Abyss , is an American professional wrestler signed with Impact Wrestling . Parks is one of two men currently employed by TNA to have appeared on the first broadcast – James Storm being the other . As Abyss in TNA , Parks became a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion , being the first of only two men to hold the title while competing under a mask . Abyss is the heaviest wrestler to hold the X Division Championship . He also captured the Television Championship once , the NWA World Tag Team Championship once with A . J . Styles and the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice with James Storm and Crazzy Steve . With having won all the required championships , Abyss was the fourth man to complete the Triple Crown Championship and the second to complete the Grand Slam Championship . Parks also currently makes appearances in TNA as Abyss ' storyline brother Joseph Park . Early life . Chris Parks was born in Washington , D . C . He attended high school in Cleveland , Ohio , where he played American football . Professional wrestling career . Training and debut . Chris Parks was trained by Roger Ruffin of the Northern Wrestling Federation ( NWF ) . He won his debut match by disqualification . For the first few years of his career , Parks worked in the NWF as the Original Terminator , Chris Justice , and then Prince Justice . In 2001 , Parks worked for NWA Wildside , where he won the NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship with A . J . Styles . He also wrestled Jerry Lawler in Memphis Power Pro Championship Wrestling . Parks was then discovered by Dutch Mantel , who at the time was booking the IWA Puerto Rico , when Mantel attended the first ever Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) pay - per - view in Huntsville , Alabama on June 19 , 2002 . Parks appeared at the pay - per - view in the Gauntlet for the Gold match under the ring name Justice . Mantel then booked Parks to appear in the IWA . The Abyss character first appeared in IWA at Golpe de Estado in July 2002 in front of 13 , 000 fans at the Roberto Clemente baseball park in Carolina , Puerto Rico , when he attacked and disabled Shane the Glamour Boy , who was scheduled to appear in the main event that night versus Savio Vega . While working for the company , Parks held the IWA Hardcore Championship , IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship , and IWA World Tag Team Championship . Parks worked in the IWA under Mantel for approximately one year until he rejoined TNA in 2003 . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Early feuds ( 2002 – 2005 ) . Chris Parks appeared on TNA ' s first ever weekly Pay - Per View show on June 19 , 2002 under the moniker Justice . He took part in the Gauntlet For The Gold match to crown a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion but was eliminated . Parks returned to TNA as " The Monster " Abyss in June 2003 , debuting as a villain and attacking Erik Watts , although the feud was short lived . Afterward , Parks was brought in as a bodyguard to Kid Kash . They continued to be allies until October , when Kash betrayed Abyss for losing a match and Abyss turned on and attacked Kash . Abyss gained a victory over Kash , but then lost a First Blood Steel Chair on a Pole match to his former partner . Soon after the loss the feud between the two ended . Soon after , Abyss aligned himself with Don Callis . With this new alliance , Abyss soon feuded with Raven . The feud lasted for the rest of 2003 , with the final match pitting Abyss and the " Red Shirt Security " ( Kevin Northcutt and Legend ) against Raven and The Gathering in a Steel Cage match . Abyss and his team came out victorious when the Gathering turned on Raven . Going into 2004 , Abyss entered his first major feud with A . J . Styles . On one show , Abyss was forced to team with Styles in a NWA World Tag Team Championship match against champions Red Shirt Security , with Abyss and Styles winning the title . Abyss later defeated Styles to gain control of the title . Afterward , both men fought to a no - contest in a Falls Count Anywhere match . The next show , Abyss defeated Styles again , this time in a ladder match to become the top contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Abyss lost the right to Raven in a match that also involved Styles and Ron Killings . About a month after the feud with Styles , Abyss received a new manager , Goldy Locks . She used Abyss to defeat her ex - boyfriend Erik Watts to win his contract . She kept using Abyss to win contracts for her , while also adding Alex Shelley to her group to assist . Watts later returned for revenge , with Abyss , Shelley , and Goldy Locks taking on Watts , Sonny Siaki , and Desire in a Six - Person Mixed Tag Team match . During the match , Abyss turned on his team by attacking Goldy Locks . Not long after separating from Goldy Locks , Abyss began to feud with Monty Brown and Raven . The feud escalated into the first - ever Monster ' s Ball match at TNA ' s first monthly pay - per - view , Victory Road . At Victory Road , Brown won the match when he pinned Raven . Abyss and Brown continued to feud until they met in a Serengeti Survival match at Turning Point , when Brown again came out victorious . Abyss then appeared at Final Resolution , attacking Jeff Hardy . This attack led to a Full Metal Mayhem match between the two at Against All Odds with the winner becoming the top contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Abyss won the match . In the rematch at Destination X in a Falls Count Anywhere match , Hardy won . Abyss then set his sights on the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , and he wrestled A . J . Styles for the # 1 contendership at Lockdown in a Six Sides of Steel match . Styles won the match and the contendership , and Parks suffered a separated shoulder . He , however , returned to action in the Gauntlet for the Gold match at Hard Justice . With this win , he gave himself entry into the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary , pitting him against NWA World Heavyweight Champion A . J . Styles , Monty Brown , Raven , and Sean Waltman with the NWA title on the line , which Raven won . Alliance and feud with James Mitchell ( 2005 – 2008 ) . Abyss , not happy with the loss , attacked Raven on the following " Impact ! " , and got Raven ' s old nemesis , James Mitchell as Abyss ' s new manager . After weeks of attacks , Raven attempted to gain revenge on Abyss in a Steel Chain Dog Collar match under No Surrender rules at No Surrender with the Championship on the line . In the end , Raven pinned Abyss to retain the title . Abyss was not happy , and showed it by attacking Lance Hoyt on the following " Impact " , setting up a match at Sacrifice . Abyss defeated Hoyt at the event , and during the main event , attacked Sabu . With the war beginning , Abyss and Sabu met in a No Disqualification match at Unbreakable , with Abyss defeating Sabu . They battled again at Bound for Glory in the Monster ' s Ball II match that also involved Jeff Hardy and Rhino , with Rhino winning the encounter . During the match , Jeff Hardy gave Abyss a Swanton Bomb through a table from approximately 17 ft 0in . Abyss and Sabu continued to fight , leading to another No Disqualification match at Genesis , with Abyss again defeating Sabu . A Barbed Wire Massacre match at Turning Point ended the feud . The match was voted TNA ' s 2005 Match of the Year . In the end , Sabu won the contest , getting his first pinfall over Abyss . To close out the year , Abyss and Mitchell joined Planet Jarrett . As a favor to Scott D ' Amore , Mitchell agreed to have Abyss take care of Rhino . Abyss and Rhino wrestled at Final Resolution , with Abyss coming out victorious . They had another match at Against All Odds in a Falls Count Anywhere match , which Rhino won . The feud ended at Destination X , with Abyss teaming with Jeff Jarrett and America ' s Most Wanted against Rhino , Ron Killings , and Team 3D in an Eight Man Tag Team War match . Abyss and his allies won when Jarrett pinned Killings . Now that Rhino was out of the way , Abyss and Mitchell set their sights on NWA World Champion Christian Cage , including stalking his wife for several weeks . This storyline set up an NWA title match at Lockdown in a Six Sides of Steel match in the main event . Cage won and retained the title , but Abyss attacked him and stole the belt . At Sacrifice in a Full Metal Mayhem match , Abyss lost to Cage , who regained his belt . Abyss got one more title shot , however , by qualifying for the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary by defeating Rhino in a qualifying match . The match also included NWA World Champion Christian Cage , Ron Killings , Jeff Jarrett , and Sting . At the event , Jarrett won the match . After Abyss dropped out of the title picture , his services were requested by The James Gang to help them take on Team 3D , which Mitchell accepted on Abyss ' s behalf . The two teams faced off at Victory Road in a Six - Man Tag Team match . Abyss and The James Gang won after Abyss pinned Brother Runt . Brother Runt continued to feud with Abyss , challenging him to a match at Hard Justice , which Abyss accepted . In the end , Abyss came out the winner . Abyss and Runt still battled after this match , with Abyss defeating Runt in a Thumbtacks match on " Impact ! " . After the match , Abyss was attacked by Raven , which led to a Hangman ' s Horror match on another episode of " Impact ! " , in which Abyss came out as the winner . Abyss went on to defeat Raven and Runt at No Surrender in a No Disqualification three - way match . Abyss continue to feud with Runt and Raven , while also going after Samoa Joe . Joe stole the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt , and Abyss ' services were offered by James Mitchell to TNA Management to retrieve the belt , which they accepted . Abyss failed to retrieve the belt , but a match was set at Bound for Glory : a Monster ' s Ball match featuring Abyss , Brother Runt , Raven , and Samoa Joe . Soon after the announcement , Jake " The Snake " Roberts was announced as the special guest referee for the match . At the event , Abyss lost when Joe pinned Raven . Abyss once again had his eyes on the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , competing in the Fight for the Right Tournament , winning the tournament to face Sting at Genesis for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Abyss defeated Sting at the event via disqualification to become the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion . Following the event , Sting tried to reason with Abyss and turn him away from Mitchell , referring to Abyss as " Chris " . Christian Cage soon interjected himself into this , claiming to know a secret from Abyss ' past and attacked both him and Sting . Abyss successfully defended the Championship at Turning Point against Sting and Cage in a three - way match . At Final Resolution , Abyss lost the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a three - way elimination match against Sting and Christian Cage , after being the first man eliminated from the match and afterwards cost Sting the match . On the January 24 episode of " Impact ! " , Sting revealed ( after looking through public records , and once again using Abyss ' real name ) that Abyss had been in prison for shooting his father in the back three times , sending him into a coma which he survived . At Against All Odds , Abyss fell to Sting in a Prison Yard match , with Sting taking out Mitchell after the match . At Destination X , Abyss again lost to Sting in a Last Rites match . On the March 22 episode of " Impact ! " , Abyss teamed with Sting to face Christian Cage and A . J . Styles . During the match , Mitchell returned with a woman who Abyss recognized . Abyss left with Mitchell and the woman , leaving Sting alone to fight Cage and Styles . The following week on " Impact ! " , during a meeting between Sting and James Mitchell , it was revealed that the woman was Abyss ' mother , and that she was the one who had actually shot Abyss ' s father , but Abyss took the blame to protect his mother . With Mitchell threatening to call the police and tell them the truth , Abyss was forced to obey him . As a result , at Lockdown , Abyss joined " Team Cage " ( Christian Cage , A . J . Styles , Scott Steiner , and Tomko ) to face Team Angle ( Kurt Angle , Samoa Joe , Rhino , Sting , and Jeff Jarrett ) in a Lethal Lockdown match , which Team Angle won . On the following " Impact ! " , after Abyss and Cage failed to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship from Team 3D , Abyss finally had enough , and turned face by giving James Mitchell a Black Hole Slam . But after Abyss got his bag of tacks and dumped them on the mat to chokeslam Mitchell on to them Cage , Styles , Steiner and Tomko attacked Abyss , beating him with a chair and a barbed wire baseball bat , which in the storyline , put him out of action . On the last " Impact ! " before Slammiversary , Abyss returned , losing a King of the Mountain qualifying match to Cage by disqualification . Following the match , Abyss attacked the referee , security , and several members of TNA staff while Cage escaped . At Slammiversary , Abyss gained a measure of revenge on Cage , defeating his ally Tomko in a No Disqualification match that ended after he gave Tomko the " Black Hole Slam " onto glass . After Slammiversary , Abyss aligned himself with former rival Sting and spoke for the first time in TNA , saying " Tomko . . . Styles . . . 3 days . . . Click . . . DOOMSDAY ! " , the phrase used by former manager James Mitchell . Abyss and Sting defeated Tomko and A . J . Styles at Victory Road , but not without receiving a message from James Mitchell himself , telling the two that his son , Judas Mesias , was coming to TNA . Abyss and Sting continued to feud with Christian ' s Coalition after the event . On the July 26 episode of " Impact " Abyss battled Styles in a No Disqualification match . During the match Abyss was dragged under the ring and when he re - appeared , he was covered in blood . Styles pinned Abyss after Tomko had slammed him onto a pile of thumbtacks and broken glass . The following week Abyss and Sting defeated Cage and Styles in a ladder match , after an assist from the debuting Andrew Martin . By winning the match , Abyss could make a match against Cage , picking a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match at Hard Justice with Abyss teaming with Sting and Martin to face Cage , Tomko , and Styles . At Hard Justice , Abyss ' team would win the match when Abyss pinned Styles , thus earning Abyss the number one contendership to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . The following " Impact ! " , Abyss successfully defended his contendership against Cage in a First Blood match , but was attacked by TNA World Heavyweight Champion , Kurt Angle . The last " Impact ! " before the event had Abyss score a pinfall victory over Angle in a tag team match , where he teamed with Jay Lethal to face Angle and Sting . At No Surrender , Abyss fell to Angle after tapping out to the ankle lock . Following the bout , James Mitchell appeared , and a hand ripped through the ring and dragged Abyss into the ring . Abyss faced Angle in a rematch on the following " Impact ! " , this time in a Six Sides of Steel match . Abyss had Angle in Angle ' s ankle lock maneuver , when Judas Mesias appeared , coming out through the ring and attacking Abyss . Angle escaped , while Mesias choked out Abyss with barbed wire in the ring . Two weeks later Abyss returned to attack Mesias and Angle , who were assaulting Sting and Rhino . Mesias then suffered an injury outside of TNA , leaving Mitchell to enlist the aid of Raven and Black Reign to feud with Abyss and Rhino . The four battled at Bound for Glory in a Monster ' s Ball match , with Abyss picking up the victory with a pinfall over Raven . Following the event , Abyss battled against Mitchell and Black Reign , with Black Reign and Abyss attacking each other on several occasions . Black Reign , after an attack by Abyss , challenged Abyss to a Shop of Horrors match at Genesis , which Abyss accepted and won . After the match , Abyss was attacked and thrown off the stage by Black Reign and a mysterious wrestler , later identified as Rellik . Following the event , Abyss continued to feud with Black Reign and Rellik and brought in Rhino to help him even . This rivalry lead to a Match of 10 , 000 Tacks with Abyss and Rhino teaming up to take on Black Reign and Rellik booked for Turning Point . Rhino could not make the event due to a legitimate neck injury caused by Rellik during a match on " Impact " , so Abyss chose Raven as his new partner . Abyss and Raven won the match after Abyss performed the " Black Hole Slam " on Rellik on the thumbtacks . During the weeks following Turning Point , Mitchell threatened to reveal " a dark secret " of Abyss ' s past . When Mitchell demanded Abyss tell the world the dark secret of his past , Abyss refused stating " The secret lives with me and it dies with me ! " . Abyss then went to chokeslam Mitchell , which prompted the return of Judas Mesias . Following this event , Abyss and Mesias had a hardcore match at Final Resolution , which Mesias won after a Straight to Hell onto a steel chair wrapped in barbed wire . After the match , Father James Mitchell ordered Mesias to restrain Abyss . Mitchell again demanded Abyss tell the world the dark secret of his past . Abyss refused yet again , and Mitchell attempted to set him on fire . The storyline continued when Mitchell revealed on the January 17 episode of " Impact ! " that he was Abyss ' s father and Judas Mesias was his half brother . The next week , Abyss issued a challenge to face Mitchell and Mesias in a Barbed Wire Massacre at Against All Odds , where Abyss defeated his on - screen half brother by performing a " Black Hole Slam " onto a barbed wire board . Teaming and feuding with Matt Morgan ( 2008 – 2009 ) . On the February 14 episode of " Impact ! " , Abyss , who was scheduled for a match against Scott Steiner , left the ring before the match , because of the beating he took at Against All Odds , but before leaving through the tunnel , Abyss , without showing his face , took off his mask . The official TNA website then took Abyss off the roster list . In the following weeks , vignettes of Abyss were shown where he was locked in an asylum . Abyss returned to action at Slammiversary after the X Division Championship match wearing a white asylum uniform with his inmate number and his last name ' Park ' on the back and a new gray and black mask . He came to the ring attacking X Division Champion Petey Williams , Scott Steiner , and Rhaka Khan by performing a Black Hole Slam on each of them , and then carrying Kaz out of the arena . Subsequently , Abyss did not have any matches , but made after - match run - ins to save other faces from assaults by heels . He issued an open challenge on the September 4 episode of " Impact ! " to anyone in the locker room , which was accepted by Team 3D on behalf of Johnny Devine in a hardcore match . After nailing Devine with a chokeslam , Team 3D attacked Abyss , which caused Matt Morgan , whom Abyss had previously saved , to make a rescue . He handed Abyss a chair to attack 3D , but Abyss threw it away and left the ring . Abyss and Morgan though would unite as a team to counter the attacks of 3D . The two teams met at No Surrender in a match , which Morgan and Abyss won . At Bound for Glory IV he and Morgan competed in a four - way tag team Monster ' s Ball for the Tag Team Championship against Team 3D , The Latin American Xchange and Beer Money , Inc . ( Robert Roode and James Storm ) , but came up short after Roode pinned Hernandez . During the match Abyss was powerbombed through a flaming table by Team 3D , which in storyline , caused Abyss to have third - degree burns and was sent to the hospital later that night and was treated for the burns . On the November 6 , 2008 episode of " Impact ! " , Abyss along with Matt Morgan won a four - team ladder match to earn a future shot at TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money , Inc . At Genesis , they lost in a three - way title match , which also included new champions Lethal Consequences ( Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed ) , when Abyss accidentally hit Morgan with a chair . On January 23 , Matt Morgan hit Abyss in the head with a steel chair , which allowed Beer Money Inc . to retain the tag team title , thus ending their partnership . Abyss defeated Morgan in a match at Against All Odds , but lost the subsequent rematches : a Match of 10 , 000 Tacks at Destination X , and a Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match at Lockdown . Therapy and feud with Dr . Stevie ( 2009 ) . The latter ended in a loss when Abyss ' ' therapist ' , Dr . Stevie , interfered in the match , by attacking Abyss when he was on the verge of using weapons against Morgan . Dr . Stevie had appeared in many therapy segments with Abyss up to that point , in which he would attempt to help Abyss get over his addiction to violence ; sometimes going as far as to beat him . At the following pay - per - view , Sacrifice , Dr . Stevie booked the first ever Knockout ' s Monster ' s Ball match , in which Abyss would be in the corner of Daffney , another patient of Stevie ' s , opposite Taylor Wilde , the best friend of Abyss ' " girlfriend " , Lauren . Abyss turned on Dr . Stevie after the match , after Stevie first told him to attack Wilde and then threatened Lauren , at which point he grabbed Dr . Stevie and chokeslam med him onto a pile of tacks . Abyss went on later to team up with Taylor Wilde at Slammiversary to defeat Raven and Daffney in the first ever mixed tag team Monster ' s Ball match . Over the following month the feud between Abyss and Dr . Stevie continued , with Stevie kidnapping Lauren and shocking Abyss with a taser . At Victory Road , Abyss came to the ring in a new costume , having discarded the Asylum patient attire . Abyss went on to defeat Dr . Stevie by hitting a Shock Treatment , a Black Hole Slam and by shocking Stevie with his own taser . On the July 30 episode of " Impact ! " enraged Stevie announced that he was not done with Abyss and placed a $ 50 , 000 bounty on his head . After Lethal Consequences and Jethro Holliday tried and failed to collect the bounty , Kevin Nash successfully defended his TNA Legends Championship against Abyss at No Surrender and claimed the $ 50 , 000 bounty in the process . On the September 24 episode of " Impact ! " Abyss ' mentor Mick Foley turned on him during and after a TNA World Tag Team Championship match against Booker T and Scott Steiner . Foley revealed Abyss as the one who tore up his picture and beat him to a bloody pulp with a video tape and the baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire . Abyss then challenged Foley to a Monster ' s Ball match which Foley accepted , but only after adding Dr . Stevie as the referee of the match . At Bound for Glory Abyss defeated Foley in the Monster ' s Ball match after counting the pinfall with the hand of the unconscious Dr . Stevie . Two weeks later Abyss defeated Dr . Stevie via pinfall . After the match Dr . Stevie attacked Abyss with a kendo stick when Mick Foley came to the ring to assist Dr . Stevie . Foley had Stevie hold up Abyss while Foley aligned himself up with a shot at Abyss with a kendo stick when Foley intentionally hit Dr . Stevie instead . Foley walked up the ramp without any reasoning for assisting Abyss . The following week , Foley explained that he had played Dr . Stevie all along and had challenged Abyss to a match at Bound for Glory in order to test how tough he really was , seemingly returning to being a face . Afterwards Foley booked a match between Abyss and Stevie for the following week with the added stipulation that if Stevie lost the match , he would have to leave TNA . On the November 12 episode of " Impact ! " Raven returned to TNA , saved Stevie ' s future in the company , by costing Abyss a match against him and threw a fireball on Foley ' s face . During Abyss ' and Foley ' s feud with Stevie and Raven TNA shot an angle , in which Stevie set Abyss on fire , that Spike wouldn ' t let them air on the channel and therefore had to be aired on the company ' s website . At Final Resolution Abyss and Foley defeated Stevie and Raven in a " Foley ' s Funhouse " tag team match to end the feud . Storyline with Immortal ( 2010 – 2012 ) . When Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff took over TNA at the beginning of 2010 , Abyss ' TNA career was thrown into question by Bischoff , when Mick Foley refused to work with him . When Foley finally agreed to work with Bischoff , he was booked to face Abyss at Against All Odds in a No Disqualification match as part of the 8 Card Stud Tournament , with the added stipulation that if a barbed wire baseball bat was not used during the match , Abyss would lose his mask on the following episode of " Impact ! " . Abyss defeated Foley with the Black Hole Slam , just as he was going to use the bat . In the semifinals of the tournament , Abyss was defeated by Mr . Anderson . On the following episode of " Impact ! " Bischoff , with help from Desmond Wolfe , Homicide , Raven , Rhino and Tomko , tried to remove Abyss ' mask , only for him to be saved by Hulk Hogan . An exasperated Hogan took Abyss to his office , gave him a pep talk about how he once was the most feared man in the company , and how sick he is of him being a neurotic mess . He offered his guidance and then his Hall of Fame ring and said that it would make Abyss a god of wrestling . On the March 8 Monday night episode of " Impact ! " Abyss teamed up with Hogan in his in - ring TNA debut , a tag team match against Styles and Flair , who was also making his in - ring TNA debut . Abyss won the match by pinning Styles with a Black Hole Slam . Afterwards , the returning Jeff Hardy saved Abyss and Hogan from a beatdown at the hands of Styles , Flair and Desmond Wolfe . At Destination X Abyss failed in his attempt to win the World Heavyweight Championship from Styles , when referee Earl Hebner threw the match out after Abyss chokeslammed Styles through the ring . The following day on " Impact ! " Abyss was announced as the captain of Team Hogan in the annual Lethal Lockdown match , where they would meet Team Flair , captained by Sting . At Lockdown Abyss , Jeff Jarrett , Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy defeated Sting , Desmond Wolfe , Robert Roode and James Storm . On the April 26 episode of " Impact ! " Abyss defeated Ric Flair in a match , where Flair ' s and Hogan ' s Hall of Fame rings were at stake and as a result Flair lost possession of his ring to Hogan . On the May 3 episode of " Impact ! " , Abyss aided Jay Lethal , who had been given possession of Flair ' s ring , Rob Van Dam , Team 3D , and Hulk Hogan fight off Ric Flair , AJ Styles , Beer Money , and Desmond Wolfe . Later that night , Abyss lost a Monster ' s Ball match to AJ Styles , after Flair and Desmond Wolfe ' s valet Chelsea interfered in the match . The following week Abyss was given a shot at the TNA Global Championship , but was unable to compete after being arrested for allegedly assaulting Chelsea . Later in the night it was revealed that Chelsea and Wolfe , who was scheduled to face Abyss at Sacrifice , had set Abyss up . At Sacrifice Abyss defeated Wolfe to win Chelsea ' s services for 30 days . The following month at Slammiversary VIII Chelsea turned on Wolfe and helped Abyss defeat him in a Monster ' s Ball match . On the following episode of " Impact ! " , Abyss was forced to give Chelsea ' s custody back to Desmond Wolfe , much to the reluctance of Chelsea . Later in the night , he competed in a three – way match against Mr . Anderson and Jeff Hardy to determine a number one contender to Rob Van Dam ' s TNA World Heavyweight Championship , which ended in a triple countout . After the match , Abyss turned heel by destroying both of his opponents and having a heated confrontation with Hogan . The following week Abyss revealed that he was being controlled by an entity , who was coming to TNA , before returning Hogan ' s Hall of Fame ring to him , shoving it down his throat . On the July 15 episode of " Impact ! " the new top ten rankings were revealed with Abyss picking up the top spot to become the new number one contender to Rob Van Dam ' s TNA World Heavyweight Championship . Abyss then began going after Van Dam with a new weapon , a board filled with nails , which he named Janice , which led to Eric Bischoff booking him and Van Dam to face each other in a Stairway to Janice match for the World Heavyweight Championship , with Bischoff himself serving as the referee of the match . The match took place on the August 12 episode of " Impact ! " , when Van Dam defeated Abyss to retain the title . After the match Abyss joined Fourtune members A . J . Styles , Kazarian , Robert Roode , James Storm , Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan in assaulting Van Dam and the rest of EV 2 . 0 , a stable consisting of former Extreme Championship Wrestling performers , during which he apparently hit Van Dam with Janice . As a result of the attack Van Dam was sidelined with a storyline injury , which forced him to vacate the TNA World Heavyweight Championship the following week . This led to people like Jeff Hardy , Hulk Hogan and members of EV 2 . 0 targeting Abyss in order to avenge their fallen friend . At No Surrender Abyss defeated EV 2 . 0 member Rhino in a Falls Count Anywhere match . Rob Van Dam returned on the September 23 episode of " Impact ! " , confronting Abyss and demanding a match against him at Bound for Glory , which Eric Bischoff agreed to give him . Later that same night Abyss attacked Jeff Hardy , trying to make an example out of him , while also beating down the heavily taped up Van Dam , when he tried to make the save . On the October 7 live episode of " Impact ! " Abyss was about to be fired by Bischoff for manhandling TNA president Dixie Carter , but was saved by Van Dam , who threatened to quit the company if he wasn ' t allowed to face Abyss at Bound for Glory . Later in the night Carter agreed to let Van Dam face Abyss , but signed papers to have Abyss fired from TNA the day following the pay – per – view . At Bound for Glory Van Dam defeated Abyss in a Monster ' s Ball match , after using Janice on him . At the end of the event it was revealed that the entity , who had been controlling Abyss , was an alliance of Hulk Hogan , Eric Bischoff , Jeff Jarrett and the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy , all of whom turned heel and aligned themselves with Abyss . On the following episode of " Impact ! " the stable was named Immortal , as it formed an alliance with Ric Flair ' s Fortune . Afterwards , Abyss began attacking planted fans , which led to D ' Angelo Dinero challenging him to a Lumberjack match . The match took place at Turning Point , where Dinero ' s own brother and the rest of his lumberjacks turned on him , after being bought out by Eric Bischoff , and helped Abyss pick up the win . The following month at Final Resolution Abyss defeated Dinero in a casket match . On January 9 , 2011 , at Genesis Abyss replaced an injured A . J . Styles and defeated Douglas Williams , with help from an interfering Styles , to win the TNA Television Championship for the first time . On the January 20 episode of " Impact ! " , as Immortal was attacking Kurt Angle , Crimson made the save for him and hit Abyss in the back with Janice , causing him storyline injuries , which indefinitely sidelined him from TNA . During his time away from TNA , Abyss was stripped of the TNA Television Championship on March 14 at the tapings of the March 17 episode of " Impact ! " . Abyss returned at the following day ' s tapings of the March 24 episode of " Impact ! " , attacking Fortune , who had recently turned on Immortal . On the April 14 episode of " Impact ! " , Abyss took revenge on Crimson , interfering in his match and chokeslamming him onto a guardrail . On April 17 at Lockdown , Immortal , represented by Abyss , Bully Ray , Matt Hardy and Ric Flair , was defeated by Fortune members James Storm , Kazarian and Robert Roode and Christopher Daniels , replacing an injured A . J . Styles , in a Lethal Lockdown match . The following month at Sacrifice , Abyss was defeated by Crimson in a singles match . On May 16 at the tapings of the May 19 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Abyss defeated Kazarian to win the TNA X Division Championship for the first time , continuing Eric Bischoff ' s war on the X Division . The win also made him a Triple Crown and Grand Slam Champion . With his new title , which he dubbed the Xtreme Championship , Abyss dropped Janice , claiming to no longer need it , and started a new gimmick , which involved him reading and quoting Sun Tzu ' s " The Art of War " . On June 12 at Slammiversary IX , Abyss successfully defended the title in a three – way match against Kazarian and Brian Kendrick . On July 10 at Destination X , Abyss lost the X Division Championship to Brian Kendrick . Abyss received his rematch for the title in an Ultimate X match on the July 28 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , but was unable to regain the title . Abyss ' X Division storyline concluded two weeks later on " Impact Wrestling " , when Eric Bischoff , at the orders of " The Network " , ended his war with the division and introduced a 225 lbs weight limit to it . Abyss ' losing streak continued on August 7 at Hardcore Justice , where he was pinned by A . J . Styles in a six - man tag team match between Immortal and Fortune , after which his stablemates abandoned him in the ring . On the October 13 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Abyss turned on Immortal and was afterwards beaten down by his former stablemates . Abyss wrestled his first match back as a face on the October 20 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , defeating former stablemate Gunner via countout , when he fled the ring . On November 13 at Turning Point , Abyss and Mr . Anderson defeated their former Immortal stablemates Bully Ray and Scott Steiner in a tag team match . In December , a random draw placed Abyss and Steiner in the same team for the Wild Card Tournament . After defeating Hernandez and Rob Terry in their first round match , the team was eliminated from the tournament , after Abyss turned on Steiner in their semifinal match against A . J . Styles and Kazarian . Afterwards , Abyss agreed to rejoin Immortal , should Bully Ray be able to defeat him in a Monster ' s Ball match . On January 8 , 2012 , at Genesis , Abyss defeated Ray in the Monster ' s Ball match , but was assaulted backstage following the victory . Mr . Joseph Park , Esq . ( 2012 – 2014 ) . On the March 8 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Parks made an appearance without his mask , introducing himself as Mr . Joseph Park , Esq . , Abyss ' brother , and saying he was looking for his brother , who had not been seen since Genesis . Park continued making appearances during the following weeks , eventually blaming Bully Ray for his brother ' s disappearance , which led to Abyss making his return on the May 10 episode of " Impact Wrestling " and warning his brother that he was " getting too close to the fire " . On the June 7 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Park agreed to wrestle Bully Ray at Slammiversary for his brother , which led to Abyss making an appearance through a video , threatening both Park and Ray . Three days later at Slammiversary , Park defeated Ray in an Anything Goes match , following interference from Abyss . Park and Ray had a rematch on the July 12 episode of " Impact Wrestling " in an Anything Goes match , which Ray won after hitting his opponent with a chain . After the match , Park , at the sight of his own blood , attacked Ray and hit him with Abyss ' signature " Black Hole Slam " . On the September 20 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Park was kidnapped by the Aces & Eights stable , who used him to force Hulk Hogan into allowing the group to wrestle for TNA roster spots at Bound for Glory . On the October 25 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Park and Hogan had a discussion in which Park wanted revenge on Aces & Eights , even going so far as showing Hogan a legal contract that allowed him to take whatever measures he feels are necessary against the group . On the November 1 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Park got a measure of revenge of his kidnappers by unmasking one of the members of Aces & Eights during a brawl between the stable and the TNA locker room . However , immediately afterwards , the now unmasked DOC put Park through a table , which led to Park asking for a match against a member of the stable the following week . Park received his match against DOC on November 11 at Turning Point , where he was unsuccessful . On the following episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Parks announced he was going to Ohio Valley Wrestling and train to become a wrestler . Parks returned on the January 10 , 2013 , episode of " Impact Wrestling " , asking Hulk Hogan for a match against a member of Aces & Eights , which he was granted . Three days later at Genesis , Parks was defeated by Aces & Eights member and Television Champion Devon in a non - title match . On the January 31 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Parks won his first televised match when he defeated Robbie E . On March 10 at Lockdown , Park defeated Joey Ryan in a singles match . Park would suffer his first loss after facing Matt Morgan on the March 21 episode of Impact Wrestling . Return as Abyss ( 2014 - present ) . On the February 6 , 2014 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Abyss defeated Eric Young in a Monster ' s Ball match . However , Young ripped off Abyss ' mask during the match , revealing that Abyss and Joseph Park are the same person . On the February 13 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Abyss confronted Young while saying that he was leaving to fix Young ' s mistake . On March 9 at Lockdown , Abyss turned heel again upon emerging from beneath the ring and attacking Samoa Joe during Joe ' s World Heavyweight Championship match against Magnus , allowing Magnus to defeat Joe and retain the title . It was revealed on the following episode of " Impact Wrestling " that Abyss , now wearing a new mask , was Magnus ' new " insurance policy " . On 24 April edition of Impact , Abyss broke up with Magnus and was later attacked by Magnus with a chair after he defeated him by DQ , Abyss turned face again . The pre - match stipulation for this match was that if Abyss could beat Magnus , then he would gain a TNA contract , but due to the DQ result , it has been left unclear as to whether he earned a contract or not . Abyss returned on the July 24 episode of " Impact Wrestling " where he saved Samuel Shaw and Mr . Anderson from a beatdown and clearing the ring . On the August 7 episode of Impact , Bram defeated Abyss in a hardcore match . Two weeks later , at Hardcore Justice , Bram beat Abyss in a ' Stairway to Janice ' match . On the November 12 , 2014 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Abyss turned heel again by joining The Revolution and teaming with James Storm and they defeated The Wolves to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship . On January 30 , 2015 , The Revolution lost the titles against The Wolves . On September 23 , 2015 , Abyss turned face again after he left The Revolution . During October and November , he participated in the TNA World Title Series . Abyss ended third of his block , failing into advance to the finals . On the January 26 , 2016 episode of Impact Wrestling , Abyss , once again as a heel , returned to side with Crazzy Steve and Rosemary to form a new stable called Decay . They would attack TNA World Tag Team Champions The Wolves and steal their titles . On March 19 , 2016 , Decay defeated Beer Money to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship . This is Abyss ' s second reign individually . On the May 3 , 2016 episode of Impact , Rosemary spit green mist into his face before his match with James Storm . Ring of Honor ( 2004 – 2006 ) . Abyss first appeared in Ring of Honor ( ROH ) in 2004 , being brought in as a bodyguard to the stable Special K . Abyss appeared only once , however , due to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pulling all of their contracted talent from ROH . Abyss returned in the summer of 2005 , this time as a member of Prince Nana ' s heel stable The Embassy as they feuded with Generation Next . The feud between the Embassy and Generation Next lasted through the rest of 2005 with several matches and brawls taking place between both teams . The feud culminated in a Steel Cage Warfare match at December ' s " Steel Cage Warfare " where Abyss teamed with Alex Shelley , Jimmy Rave and Prince Nana to take on Austin Aries , Roderick Strong , Jack Evans and Matt Sydal . Abyss was eliminated by Jack Evans after a moonsault . In the end , Generation Next won the match and the war . In January 2006 , Abyss teamed with fellow Embassy members Jimmy Rave and Alex Shelley to compete in the Trios Tournament . The Embassy won the tournament , which meant that all three of its winning members earned world title shots . However , Abyss left ROH before he could use the privilege . Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ( 2004 , 2006 , 2010 , 2011 – 2012 ) . From April to June 2004 , Abyss made four appearances for Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , which included a six - man tag team match at Triplemanía XII , where he , Abismo Negro and Chessman were defeated by Gronda , Héctor Garza and Latin Lover . Abyss returned to the promotion on September 17 , 2006 , at " Verano de Escándalo " , where he and fellow TNA workers Jeff Jarrett and Konnan , representing " La Legión Extranjera " ( " The Foreign Legion " ) , were defeated via disqualification by the team of Gronda , La Parka and Octagón . Abyss ' following appearance for AAA took place four years later on June 6 , 2010 , at Triplemanía XVIII , where he , now working as a face , teamed with Cibernético to defeat El Zorro and Vampiro Canadiense in a tag team match . In May 2011 , AAA started a storyline , where wrestlers from TNA , led by Jeff Jarrett , announced their intention of taking over the promotion . The first major development of the storyline took place on May 18 , when Jarrett and Abyss invaded a AAA event and eventually revealed that they were working together with the heel group " La Sociedad " , whose leader Dorian Roldán announced his intention of replacing the letters AAA with TNA . Later that same show , Abyss teamed with Jarrett and fellow " La Sociedad " member Super Crazy in a six - man tag team match , where they were defeated by Dr . Wagner , Jr . , Joe Líder and Nicho el Millonario . On June 18 at Triplemanía XIX , Abyss and Mr . Anderson unsuccessfully challenged Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans for the AAA World Tag Team Championship in a steel cage match . On July 20 , Abyss teamed with Chessman and Último Gladiador in a six - man tag team match , where they faced Joe Líder , Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans . Abyss won the match for " La Sociedad " by pinning Líder after Black Hole Slamming him onto a pile of thumbtacks and afterwards also slammed Tiger onto them . This led to a Monster ' s Ball match on July 31 at " Verano de Escándalo " , where Chessman defeated Abyss , Líder and Tiger . On September 11 , " La Sociedad " co - leader Konnan announced that on October 9 at Héroes Inmortales , Abyss and Chessman would challenge Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans for the AAA World Tag Team Championship . At the pay - per - view , Abyss and Chessman defeated Tiger and Evans in a Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match to become the new AAA World Tag Team Champions . Abyss and Chessman made their first successful title defense on May 6 , 2012 , defeated the Mexican Powers ( Joe Líder and Juventud Guerrera ) . Abyss returned to AAA on July 13 , unsuccessfully challenging L . A . Park for the AAA Latin American Championship . On October 7 at " Héroes Inmortales " , Abyss and Chessman lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to Joe Líder and Vampiro , ending their reign at 364 days . Following the loss , Abyss turned on Chessman , ending the partnership between the two . This would be the final appearance for Abyss for the promotion .