Petey Williams Petey Williams ( August 26 , 1981 ) is a retired Canadian professional wrestler best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he was one time TNA X Division Champion . Petey Williams debuted in TNA , as leader of Team Canada replacing Teddy Hart . He and the rest of Team Canada competed in the TNA World X Cup against Team USA and Team Mexico and ultimately came in second place . Later on , Petey Williams came under the tutelage of Scott Steiner , resulting in him shaving his head and dying his hair blonde and beginning to wear a piece of chain mail on his head like his mentor . In a match prior to his final match in TNA he fought Scott Steiner to keep his image as his prodige , he lost the match . Later he teamed with Eric Young to reform Team Canada against Beer Money Inc . for the TNA Tag Team Championship in an " Off the Wagon challenge " where Petey lost his TNA contract . He was released from the company on February 10 , 2009 . Professional wrestling career . 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 . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Team Canada ( 2004 – 2006 ) . Williams debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on February 25 , 2004 , a member of Team Canada . He and the remainder of Team Canada took part in the TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament , but were defeated by Team Mexico and Team USA . On August 11 , 2004 , Williams won the X Division Championship in a twenty - two man Gauntlet for the Gold match , entering at number eleven and pinning The Amazing Red to win the bout . Early in his title reign , Williams claimed that the " Canadian Destroyer " could not be countered . According to Williams , Bully Ray told him to focus the entire match in his finishing move . However , after Williams successfully retained the title in a match with A . J . Styles at Victory Road on November 7 , 2004 , Chris Sabin began claiming that he was capable of countering the move . He went on to counter the Canadian Destroyer into his own finishing move , the " Cradle Shock " , on three occasions in the month following Victory Road . However , Sabin was unable to defeat Williams for the X Division Championship at Turning Point on December 5 , 2004 . Williams ' s reign would last for five months and five days , ( which would become the longest X Division title reign until Christopher Daniels won the title in 2005 ) , before ending on January 16 , 2005 at Final Resolution , where he was defeated by A . J . Styles in an Ultimate X match that also featured Sabin . At Lockdown on April 24 , 2005 , Williams and fellow Team Canada member Eric Young unsuccessfully challenged America ' s Most Wanted for the NWA World Tag Team Championship . They challenged then - champions The Naturals at Slammiversary on June 19 , 2005 , but were once again defeated . Williams returned to the X Division on July 17 , 2005 at No Surrender , unsuccessfully challenging X Division Champion Christopher Daniels . Williams , along with the rest of Team Canada , would go onto join Planet Jarrett upon TNA ' s debut on Spike TV in October 2005 . After winning an Ultimate X match at Bound for Glory on October 23 , Williams received a title shot against A . J . Styles at Genesis on November 13 , but was again defeated . Williams would resume wrestling in the X Division and faced off against Chris Sabin , Elix Skipper , Shark Boy , Puma and Chase Stevens in an Xscape Match at Lockdown . Williams and Sabin were the final two competitors , but Williams lost after Sabin was able to climb over the cage and escape . Williams again acted as the captain of Team Canada in the 2006 World X Cup Tournament . He lost to Jushin Liger at Sacrifice in a Captain vs . Captain semifinal match , but won the Gauntlet Match final to tie the points with Team USA . On the following edition of " Impact ! " , he lost to Team USA captain Chris Sabin in a tiebreaker singles match . On the June 29 episode of " Impact ! " , Jim Cornette announced that Team Canada would be disbanded immediately . However , they were given one last chance to stay intact if they won a match a week later against Jay Lethal , Rhino , and Team 3D . Team Canada lost the match when Lethal pinned A - 1 , officially disbanding Team Canada once and for all . On the July 27 edition of " Impact ! " , Williams won an X Division four way match by defeating Sonjay Dutt , Johnny Devine , and Shark Boy after hitting Shark Boy with the Canadian Destroyer . On the following week ' s " Impact ! " , he defeated Jay Lethal , Sonjay Dutt , Kazarian and Alex Shelley and became the number one contender to the X Division Championship . At Hard Justice , Williams challenged the X Division Champion Senshi in a triple threat match also involving Jay Lethal . During the match , Williams used the Canadian Destroyer on Lethal and was about to attempt a pinfall until Senshi dropkick ed Williams out of the ring and pinned Lethal to retain his championship . Various feuds ( 2006 – 2007 ) . Williams was invited to watch The Latin American Xchange burn the American flag during the November 16 edition of " Impact ! " , but he would make his first face turn after refusing to torch the flag . Williams was then involved in the feud between America ' s Most Wanted and the Latin American Xchange . At Genesis , Homicide had Gail Kim set up for " Da Gringo Killa " , but Williams came in with a lead pipe to make the save . On the following " Impact ! " , Williams was later named as Kurt Angle ' s tag team partner to face LAX for the NWA World Tag Team Championship , but he was ambushed before the match by LAX . Samoa Joe would then replace Williams as Angle ' s partner . On the following week , Williams would go one on one against Homicide defeated him via roll - up . After the match though , Homicide , Hernandez and Konnan started to beat down Williams followed by Hernandez hitting him with the " Border Toss " . AMW would then come out to make the save and then steal the Mexican flag . At Turning Point , Williams came out to help AMW in their flag match against LAX . During the match , he attempted the " Canadian Destroyer " on Konnan , but he was stopped by Hernandez . On the December 14 edition of " Impact ! " , the LAX defeated AMW in a title vs . team match after James Storm hit Chris Harris with a beer bottle , permanently disbanding AMW . After AMW ' s dissolution , their former manager Gail Kim became Williams ' valet . The two later faced and were defeated by James Storm and Jacqueline Moore at Against All Odds . Petey soon split from Kim and then became involved in a storyline with former Team Canada partners Eric Young and Robert Roode as Williams ' tried to help Young get out of a contract that Roode had Young signed to . The feud continued until Lockdown , where Williams faced Roode . Despite using a hockey stick , Williams was pinned by Roode after a " Payoff " to win the match . He later competed in the Ultimate X match at Victory Road , but was the second competitor eliminated from the match . Soon after , he remained completely unseen on television . On the October 25 edition of " Impact ! " , he participated in a fatal four way X Division style match against Havok , Sonjay Dutt and Shark Boy , but the match went to a no - contest after Team 3D interfered and put both Williams and Havok through tables . On the November 1 edition of " Impact ! " , Williams and the entire X Division attacked Team 3D . Maple Leaf Muscle ( 2007 – 2008 ) . After the feud between the X Division and Team 3D died down , Williams began talking about bodybuilding and was often working out during interviews and referring to himself as " Little Poppa Pump " . At Turning Point , he won one of the briefcases in the Feast or Fired match . Scott Steiner , who also won one of the briefcases , would later trade cases with Williams , which unintentionally gave Petey a World Heavyweight Championship shot in the process . In subsequent matches , Williams would bring down the briefcase to the ring and place it near the turnbuckle . During one of his matches , Steiner entered the arena and switched Petey ' s world title match briefcase with the original X Division Championship match briefcase . During a tag team match with Williams and Steiner against The Rock ' n Rave Infection , Steiner stole both cases and left him to be pinned by Jimmy Rave . Williams and Steiner faced off at Against All Odds with the winner getting both briefcases . Steiner would go on to win the match and officially claim both briefcases . On the following " Impact ! " , Williams once again came up short against Steiner , but after the match Steiner showed Williams respect . Following this , Williams formed a team with Steiner and acquired the managerial services of Rhaka Khan in the process . Upon forming their alliance , Steiner and Khan put Williams through numerous initiations to prove himself worthy of their team . Williams and Steiner faced the Motor City Machine Guns in a tag team match , Petey won after pinning Alex Shelley . After the match , Williams had one more initiation to complete . Rhaka Khan brought out a black bag that contained a pair of scissors and a shaver . Steiner then cut and shaved Williams ' hair , and gave him a chainlink headdress similar to Steiner ' s , cementing Williams ' heel turn in the process . This also gave emphasis to the nickname " Little Petey Pump " , a variation of Steiner ' s " Big Poppa Pump " nickname . Williams later competed in the " Cuffed in the Cage " match at Lockdown , but lost to the eventual winner Eric Young . On the April 17 edition of " Impact ! " , Steiner gave him the X Division title shot briefcase . Later in the same episode , after Jay Lethal ' s match against Johnny Devine , Williams attacked Lethal from behind , cashed in the title shot and won his second X Division Championship . Two weeks later at a taping of " Impact ! " , Williams ' orbital bone was fractured during a match . However , Williams recovered from his injury and returned at Slammiversary to successfully defend his title against Kaz and again on the " Impact ! " after Slammiversary . At Hard Justice , Williams retained his X Division Championship against Consequences Creed due to interference from Sheik Abdul Bashir . At No Surrender on September 14 , he lost the X Division title in a triple threat match after Bashir pinned Consequences Creed . Upon losing his title , Williams had a face turn when he was attacked by Bashir as well as The Rock ' n Rave Infection . Williams would then participate in the Steel Asylum Match at Bound for Glory IV , but came up short as Jay Lethal won . The Frontline ( 2008 – 2009 ) . On the October 30 edition of " Impact ! " , Williams along with A . J . Styles , Samoa Joe , Jay Lethal , Consequences Creed , Eric Young , O . D . B . and The Motor City Machineguns formed a faction of younger wrestlers , known as The Frontline , to oppose The Main Event Mafia ( Sting , Kurt Angle , Kevin Nash , Booker T and Sharmell ) . Later that night , Scott Steiner returned from his injury , attacked Williams ' allies and joined the Main Event Mafia . Unlike the rest of the MEM , Steiner spared Williams from a beating . On the November 13 edition of " Impact ! " , after seemingly being in - between the two sides , Williams suffered a beating at the hands of the Main Event Mafia , which included Steiner tossing Williams off a ladder and busting him open and as a result , ended his affiliation with Williams thus turning Williams into a face character . Williams returned on the January 15 edition of " Impact ! " attacking Scott Steiner while referee Earl Hebner was distracted by guest enforcer Mick Foley . Williams cost Steiner the match with a missile dropkick leading to AJ Styles hitting the Pelé on Steiner for the win . Williams and AJ embraced after the match . Williams would go on to lose to Steiner at Against All Odds , and once again on the following " Impact ! " in a " Head Dress on a Pole " match , effectively ending their feud . In January 2009 , TNA informed Williams that the company would not renew his contract that was expiring later that month . Williams wrestled his last match for the company on February 10 , at the tapings of the February 19 edition of " Impact ! " , when he teamed with former Team Canada partner Eric Young to take on Beer Money , Inc . for the World Tag Team Title . He was pinned in the match , and due to a previous stipulation , was banished from TNA . Independent circuit ( 2009 – 2014 ) . After departing from TNA , Williams made a one - night return to Border City Wrestling on March 28 to compete in an eight - man gauntlet match to determine who would claim the vacant Heavyweight Championship . Tyson Dux ultimately won the match and the title . On April 17 , Williams began wrestling for All Japan Pro Wrestling during their newly introduced Junior Tag League with Phil Atlas as his tag team partner . On April 29 , the final night of the Tag League , Williams and Atlas defeated F4 ( Hiroshi Yamato and KAI ) to claim third place . Williams returned to AJPW in late August to compete in the Junior League , where he only won one match . Upon his return to the US , Williams participated in the PWS King Of The Ring 2009 and reached the finals before losing to Aden Chambers . On November 7 , Williams made his debut for Pro Wrestling Xtreme and defeated Matt Burns in a singles match . He made his second and final appearance for the promotion exactly one month later , where he defeated Michael Elgin . On November 13 , Williams redebuted for Border City Wrestling and reunited with Scott D ' Amore in a winning effort over Joe Doering and Tyson Dux with Kurt Angle as the special guest referee . Williams made his debut for Capital City Championship Combat on November 21 , where he reformed Team Canada with Johnny Devine in a winning effort over The Untouchables ( Dan Paysan and Jimmy Stone ) . On February 7 , 2010 , Williams debuted in Canadian Wrestling ' s Elite at their Collision Course event . He defeated Bobby Jay to qualify for a four - way match for the vacant title later on in the event , but was unable to win the championship . On July 16 , 2010 , Williams made his debut for Collective League Of Adrenaline Strength And Honor ( CLASH ) in the first round of the NPCI 2010 Tag Team Tournament where he teamed up with Zach Gowen to lose to Gavin Quinn and Tommy Treznik . Williams made his return on February 26 , 2011 when he took on Gavin Quinn for the CLASH Championship and lost . He received another shot at the title in August and once again lost . On January 21 , 2012 , Williams defeated Quinn in a three way match for the CLASH Championship which also included J . Miller . Since then on in , Williams has been on a singles winning streaks which included multiple championship defences against the likes of Alex Shelley . He lost the title to J . Miller on January 17 , 2013 . On June 22 , 2013 at House of Hardcore 2 Williams defeated Alex Reynolds and Tony Nese in a three - way match but lost in a rematch on November 9 , 2013 at House of Hardcore 3 . On May 9 , 2014 at Border City Wrestling ' s East Meets West event Williams teamed with Brent B in a losing effort over Time Splitters ( Alex Shelley & Kushida ) in Match 2 of BCW vs . NJPW Series . On June 6 at House of Hardcore 4 Williams defeated Tony Nese and Alex Reynolds in a Three - way match . On June 7 at House of Hardcore 5 Williams teamed with Tony Nese in a losing effort over Bad Influence ( Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian ) . Ring of Honor ( 2009 – 2010 ) . After returning to the US on May 1 , Williams wrestled two shows for Ring of Honor on June 26 and 27 , respectively , the first being a six - man mayhem match , which was won by Austin Aries at " Violent Tendencies " , and the second being a singles match at " End of an Age " , which he lost to Kenny King . On September 18 , Williams returned to Ring of Honor where he and Colt Cabana defeated Austin Aries and Rhett Titus . The next day , Williams defeated Titus in a singles match . On September 25 , Williams wrestled in a four - corner survival match involving El Generico , Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli , which was won by Castagnoli . The next day at " Glory by Honor VIII " , he competed against Aries for the World Championship , but lost . On October 9 , Williams lost another four - corner survival match to Castagnoli . The next day , he lost to Castagnoli in a qualifying match for the Survival of the Fittest elimination match . On March 19 , 2010 at " Gold Rush " , he returned to ROH in a losing effort to Austin Aries . On March 20 , at Epic Encounter III he lost to ROH World Television Champion Eddie Edwards in a title match . Lucha Libre USA ( 2010 – 2012 ) . On December 12 , 2010 , Williams made his debut for Lucha Libre USA , forming a heel , anti - illegal immigration tag team named " The Right " with RJ Brewer . On February 19 , 2011 , Williams was defeated by LA Park , This episode aired on tape delay on October 15 , 2011 . On March 19 , 2011 , Williams along with RJ Brewer & Jon Rekon defeated Rocky Romero , Super Nova , & Magno in a 6 man tag match . later on in the main event Williams took part in the lucha roulette elimination number one contenders match for the LLUSA Heavyweight Championship , which was won by Charly Malice . On May 28 , 2011 Williams and Jon Rekon defeated Jay Lethal & Magno in a Number one contenders match for the Vacant Tag Tag Championships . On June 18 , 2011 , Williams and his stablemate in The Right , Jon Rekon , defeated the Latin Liberators ( Rocky Romero and Super Nova ) to win the vacant LLUSA Tag Team Championship . On January 22 , 2011 , Williams defeated Charly Malice due to an interference from the leader of " The Right " RJ Brewer , This episode aired on tape delay on October 22 , 2011 . On April 21 , 2012 Williams announced he had parted ways with Lucha Libre USA . Return to TNA ( 2013 ) . On January 12 , 2013 , Williams returned to TNA to take part in the tapings of the One Night Only : X - Travaganza special , teaming with Sonjay Dutt in a tag team match , where they were defeated by Bad Influence ( Christopher Daniels and Kazarian ) . On March 17 , Williams also took part in the tapings of the 10 Reunion pay - per - view , during which he wrestled in a three - way match , where he and Sonjay Dutt were defeated by Kenny King . The following day , Williams teamed with Dutt for the tapings of the TNA Tag Team Tournament pay - per - view , though they were eliminated in their first round match by Generation Me ( Max and Jeremy Buck ) . On December 6 tapings of the World Cup of Wrestling pay - per - view , Williams teamed with Funaki apart of Team International but lost to Team Aces & Eights ' D . O . C . and Knux . Williams returned to television on the March 28 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , defeating Mason Andrews and Sonjay Dutt in a three - way match to become the number one contender for the X Division Championship . Williams received his title shot on the April 18 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , but was defeated by the defending champion Kenny King in a three - way match that also involved Zema Ion . On May 23 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Williams faced Joey Ryan and Suicide in a number one contender ' s match for an X Division Championship match at Slammiversary , which Suicide won after pinning Ryan . At the special Destination X episode of " Impact Wrestling " on July 18 , Williams wrestled in a three - way match against Homicide and Sonjay Dutt for a chance to compete for the vacant X Division Championship , which was ultimately won by Dutt . Retirement ( 2014 ) . On July 3 , 2014 , Williams announced he would be retiring from professional wrestling with his final match against Chris Sabin taking place two days later at an XICW event .