Frankie Kazarian Frank " Frankie " B . Gerdelman ( August 4 , 1977 ) is an American professional wrestler of Armenia n descent , better known by his ring name , Frankie Kazarian , Kazarian or simply , Kaz . He is best known for his work with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , where he also wrestled under the gimmick of Suicide . Kazarian also wrestled in the independent promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla , where he is two time former world champion , having won the PWG World Championship in 2003 and 2004 . Also , he is the inaugural PWG World Champion when he won the Bad Ass Mother tournament . Kazarian is also a five - time TNA X Division Champion and a two - time TNA World Tag Team Champion . Career . Kazarian began training with Killer Kowalski in Malden , Massachusetts in 1998 , and wrestled his debut match after one month ' s training , facing Freight Train Dan . After remaining at Kowalski ' s school for eight months , Kazarian returned to Southern California and began wrestling on the independent circuit , primarily in the Empire Wrestling Federation , where he continued his training and teamed with Josh Galaxy as " Bad Influence " . TNA commentator Mike Tenay revealed in a late 2007 shoot interview that during a WCW show in San Diego in 2000 , a fan appeared to him and boldly declared that " someday , [ Tenay ] will be calling one of his matches " . That fan was none other than Kazarian himself . Californian independent circuit ( 1998 – 2004 ) . In 2000 , Kazarian joined Ultimate Pro Wrestling , and in March 2001 he formed a tag team with Nova known as " Evolution " . Evolution won the vacant UPW Tag Team Championships on May 30 , 2001 . He travelled to Japan as part of the Ultimate Pro Wrestling ( UPW ) roster in 2002 , where he faced Steve Corino , and also as part of Evolution he and Nova were defeated by Edge and Christian . He used to freestyle rap along with his close friends John Cena and Samoa Joe while the three of them were on the road in UPW . He toured the UK , Australia and New Zealand with the now defunct World Wrestling All - Stars promotion in May 2003 , where he met Glenn Gilberti and Scott D ' Amore , leading to his being offered a job by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Kazarian also worked for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla , and won a tournament to become the first ever PWG Heavyweight Champion on August 30 , 2003 . He held the title until February 22 , 2004 when he was defeated by Adam Pearce . However he became their first 2 - time champion when he regained the title from Adam Pearce in a " Loser Leaves PWG " match . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Single Competition ( 2003 - 2005 ) . Kazarian joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) in the summer of 2003 , and quickly began pursuing the TNA X Division Championship . He was part of the first ever Ultimate X match , on August 20 , 2003 along with Michael Shane and Chris Sabin , which was won by Shane . Kazarian did not appear with TNA between October 2003 and March 2004 . After Chris Sabin was stripped of the title while sidelined with a knee injury , Kazarian eventually won the X - Division title on March 31 , 2004 , defeating The Amazing Red in a match for the vacant title . He lost the belt to A . J . Styles on June 9 , 2004 . In June 2004 he and Shane formed a tag team ( informally known as Shazarian ) managed by Traci Brooks . They claimed to resent the fact that A . J . Styles had held the TNA X Division Championship , then the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , then had won the X Division Championship once more . This was purportedly illegal according to a previously unknown by law of the TNA rulebook , which stated that an X Division competitor who participated for the Heavyweight Championship could not return to the X Division . On July 28 , 2004 he and Shane faced Styles in an Ultimate X match . Kazarian and Shane were declared co - champions when both took possession of the title belt at the same time . On August 11 they defended the title in a twenty two man Gauntlet for the Gold match . Kazarian started at number one and was one of the final three participants , but was eliminated by The Amazing Red , who in turn was eliminated by Petey Williams . Kazarian was put in the same situation at November ' s Victory Road where he entered number one in a 20 - man X Division Gauntlet and was the last man eliminated . Throughout late 2004 and early 2005 , Kazarian and Shane competed in the TNA tag division . Kazarian ' s contract with TNA expired in September 2004 and was not renewed , but he continued working with the company on a per appearance basis . The duo eventually began a feud with the 3Live Kru and Jeff Hammond , a NASCAR analyst who was working with TNA as a commentator . This led to a match at the Against All Odds pay - per - view on February 13 , 2005 between Hammond and Kru member B . G . James and Shane and Kazarian . Kazarian was pinned by Hammond after Shane miscued on a superkick and knocked him out . Serotonin ( 2006 - 2007 ) . Kazarian returned to TNA on July 1 , 2006 at Victory Road , in a Championship match loss to TNA X Division Champion Senshi . Afterwards he and his old Shazarian partner Michael Shane ( now known as " Maverick " Matt Bentley due to name copyright issues ) resumed in their tag team , before disappearing from television for weeks . Later resurfacing with a new goth look , the duo would be joined by Johnny Devine and all became subservient to Raven , forming the stable Serotonin . As part of Serotonin , his name was shortened to the simple and supposedly cryptic " Kaz " . Kaz eventually became the first Serotonin member to become very rebellious towards Raven . Kaz turned on Raven on June 21 , 2007 by attacking fellow members of Serotonin , Havok and Martyr , costing him a match against Chris Harris . Kaz ( 2007 - 2008 ) . Since he split up with Serotonin , he has gone back to using his old ring attire and TitanTron which both said the full " Kazarian " - though it was all later changed to only say the simple Kaz ( which remains his ring name ) except for a few references on the TNA website . Shortly after this , he engaged in a brief feud with Robert Roode over his treatment of Ms . Brooks . Kaz would next be entered in the 2007 Fight For The Right Tournament , which he won by defeating Christian Cage at Genesis in the finals in a ladder match . On the " Impact ! " following Genesis , Kurt Angle barely defeated Kaz to retain the TNA World Championship . At the 2007 Turning Point pay - per - view , he was partnered with Booker T against Christian Cage and Robert Roode , with Kaz and Booker winning . He then began attacking Dustin Rhodes , and stealing things from Rhodes ' alter ego " Black Reign " . He defeated Black Reign at Final Resolution with the Wave Of The Future . After defeating Black Reign , Kaz and Black Reign competed in a Four Corner Mouse Trap match were Kaz won but Black Reign ended up getting his things back from Kaz after hitting Kaz with his Darkness Falls weapon . On February 23 , Kaz defeated Rellik . After the match , Black Reign and Rellik attacked Kaz . Eric Young ran out to help but got too scared to do anything . At Destination X , Kaz and Young defeated Black Reign and Rellik leading to Kaz and Young ( now ' Super Eric ' ) becoming a tag team . On April 13 , at Lockdown 2008 , they won The Cuffed In A Cage Match . On the April 17 version of " TNA Impact ! " , following Lockdown , Kaz and Young defeated the holders of the TNA World Tag Team Championship , AJ Styles and Tomko and LAX in a triple threat tag team match for the titles after Young ' s alter ego , " Super Eric " pinned Styles with a bridging suplex . Later in the night , Styles complained to Jim Cornette that since Young was signed to the match , not Super Eric , and Young claims that he and Super Eric are different people , Super Eric ' s involvement was outside interference . When Eric refused to admit that he was Super Eric , Cornette vacated the titles . Following Kaz and Young ' s loss to LAX in a Deuces Wild Tournament qualifying match , Kaz competed in and won the Terror Dome Match at Sacrifice , becoming number one contender to the X Division Championship , and also taking Kurt Angle ' s place in the triple threat match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . The match was won by Samoa Joe , who retained the title . On the June 5 edition of " Impact ! " Kaz won a future title match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in the first ever X Division King of the Mountain Match . He then failed to win the X Division championship at Slammiversary , losing to the X Division Champion Petey Williams . He then challenged Joe the following Thursday on " Impact ! " for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort . He lead Team TNA in the 2008 World X Cup and was in the final round at Victory Road but lost after he pulled off a huge leg drop on Daivari off the top of the Ultimate X structure . On July 21 TNAWrestling . com announced that Kaz had been released , but it had been revealed to be kayfabe . He would be interviewed by Karen Angle about him leaving and he said that he has fallen out of love with wrestling and , in kayfabe left . Suicide ( 2008 - 2010 ) . In late 2008 Kazarian made his return to TNA Wrestling as a masked wrestler named Suicide , who was featured in Midway ' s " TNA Impact ! " video game . He debuted at Final Resolution in December 2008 as a face , swinging to the ring on a cable , attacking the Motor City Machine Guns . At Destination X Suicide won the TNA X Division Championship , in his debut match , in the Ultimate X match . Because of an injury to Kazarian , Suicide was portrayed for several weeks by Christopher Daniels , who was in the costume when the character won the X Division Championship . Afterwards , Daniels began feuding with the Motor City Machineguns of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin , who on the April 30 episode of " Impact ! " accused him of being Suicide . On the May 7 episode of " Impact ! " , Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed joined the accusations by also accusing Daniels of being Suicide . On the May 14 episode of " Impact ! " the Motor City Machineguns and Lethal Consequences were trying to unmask Suicide in an attempt to prove that they were right about his true identity , but Daniels made the save and helped Suicide clear the ring of Shelley , Sabin , Lethal , and Creed . At Slammiversary , Suicide retained the TNA X Division Championship against Shelley , Sabin , Lethal , and Creed , in a King of the Mountain match . On the July 16 episode of " Impact ! " Suicide lost his X Division title to Homicide after he cashed in his " Feast or Fired " briefcase . After not being seen for a few weeks , Suicide made his return at Hard Justice to compete in the Steel Asylum match , which he lost because of D ' Angelo Dinero . On the August 20 episode of " Impact ! " Suicide attacked Dinero after his match with Consequences Creed sparking a feud between the two . On the September 17 episode of " Impact ! " Dinero defeated Suicide in a grudge match . At No Surrender Dinero defeated Suicide again , this time in a Falls Count Anywhere match . The following week on " Impact ! " Suicide finally defeated Dinero , by pinning him in a street fight . On the October 15 episode of " Impact ! " Homicide stole Suicide ' s costume and claimed to now know his true identity . On the December 3 episode " Impact ! " Suicide made peace with Dinero and joined him , Matt Morgan and Hernandez in their war with Rhino , Team 3D and Jesse Neal . At Final Resolution Morgan , Hernandez , Dinero and Suicide defeated Neal , Team 3D and Rhino in an eight - man elimination tag team match . On the February 11 , 2010 , episode of " Impact ! " Gerdelman made his final TV appearance as Suicide , losing to Matt Morgan in an 8 Card Stud Tournament qualifying match . Return as Kazarian ; Fortune ( 2010 – 2011 ) . On the February 18 , 2010 , episode of " Impact ! " , Gerdelman made his return as Kazarian , teaming up with Amazing Red and Generation Me ( Jeremy Buck and Max Buck ) in an eight - man tag team match , where they defeated X Division Champion Doug Williams , Brian Kendrick and the Motor City Machineguns , after Kazarian pinned Williams . The following week he defeated Kendrick to earn himself a match for the X Division Championship at Destination X . However , instead of waiting for the pay - per - view , Kazarian was given his title shot on the March 8 Monday night episode of " Impact " in a three - way match , which also included Daniels . In the end Williams was able to retain his title by pinning Daniels . At Destination X Kazarian defeated Daniels , Kendrick and Amazing Red in a four - way ladder match to earn another shot at the X Division Championship . At Lockdown Kazarian defeated Homicide and Shannon Moore in a three - way steel cage match to win the vacant TNA X Division Championship for the fourth time ( counting his reign as Suicide ) , after Douglas Williams was stripped of the title due to being unable to attend the event . Upon Williams ' return to TNA two weeks later , he refused to hand the X Division Championship belt over to Kazarian , unless he was able to defeat him for it . At Sacrifice Kazarian lost the X Division Championship to Williams without ever actually holding the physical belt . On the following episode of " Impact ! " Kazarian started showing signs of a heel turn , when he won an X Division battle royal to earn spot number ten in the TNA rankings for a World Title shot , impressing Ric Flair in the process . The heel turn was completed the following week , when Flair interfered in his match with Jay Lethal , which led to Kazarian scoring the roll - up victory , while grabbing a hold of his opponent ' s tights . After the match , Flair ' s other associate A . J . Styles , trying to impress his mentor , attacked Lethal , which led to an argument between him and Kazarian , who wanted to finish Lethal off himself . The distraction was enough for Lethal to dropkick both of them out of the ring . At Slammiversary VIII Kazarian lost his spot in the rankings to Kurt Angle . On the following episode of " Impact ! " Ric Flair , who had aligned himself with Kazarian , Styles , Desmond Wolfe , Robert Roode and James Storm , announced that he would reform the Four Horsemen under the new name , stating that each of them would have to earn their spots in the group and in order for Kazarian to earn his spot , he needed to become the Barry Windham of the group . Flair , wanting peace between Kazarian and Styles , booked them in a tag team match against Samoa Joe and Rob Terry at Victory Road . The plan seemed to work as Kazarian and Styles were victorious due to outside interference from Desmond Wolfe and in the process earned themselves spots in . On the July 22 episode of " Impact ! " Kazarian helped Styles defeat Rob Terry to win the TNA Global Championship . The following week ' s lineup was seemingly completed with the addition of Robert Roode and James Storm as the final two members of the group . However , on the August 12 episode of " Impact ! " Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan were added to , as the stable attacked EV 2 . 0 , a stable consisting of former Extreme Championship Wrestling performers . In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory , the stable ' s name was tweaked to Fortune to represent the expansion in the number of members in the group . At Bound for Glory Kazarian , Styles , Morgan , Roode and Storm were defeated in a Lethal Lockdown match by EV 2 . 0 members Tommy Dreamer , Raven , Rhino , Sabu and Stevie Richards . On the following episode of " Impact ! " Fortune formed an alliance with Hulk Hogan ' s and Eric Bischoff ' s new stable , Immortal . The following week Kazarian was given the objective of ending Mr . Anderson ' s World Heavyweight title aspirations in an Ultimate X match . Though Kazarian managed to win the match , with help from Fortune , Anderson survived and thus earned himself a title match against Immortal ' s Jeff Hardy . The following week tensions rose between former rivals and Fortune stable mates Kazarian and Douglas Williams , when Williams claimed he had not been given a chance to spotlight his talent , after joining Fortune , while Kazarian claimed Williams had a bad attitude and dubbed himself , Styles , Roode and Storm the " Core Four " of Fortune . On the November 4 episode of " Impact ! " , Flair ordered Kazarian and Williams to settle their differences in the ring . Kazarian won the match between the members of Fortune , after a miscommunication between Williams and James Storm . After the match Flair made Kazarian and Williams shake hands . At Turning Point the seemingly re – united Fortune defeated EV 2 . 0 in a ten - man tag team match and , as a result , EV 2 . 0 ' s Sabu was released from TNA . However , on the November 18 episode of " Impact ! " Williams turned on Fortune and joined Matt Morgan , who had been kicked out of the group the previous month , reigniting the feud between Kazarian and Williams . This was followed by Williams scoring back – to – back pinfall victories over Kazarian , first in an eight - man elimination tag team match on the November 25 episode of " Impact ! " and then in a singles match on the December 2 episode of " Impact ! " . On the December 23 episode of " Impact ! " Kazarian defeated Jeremy Buck , Max Buck and Robbie E in a four – way match to become the number one contender to the X Division Championship , held by Jay Lethal . On January 9 , 2011 , at Genesis Kazarian defeated Lethal to win the X Division Championship for the fifth time . On January 31 at the tapings of the February 3 episode of " Impact ! " , Fortune turned face by attacking Immortal , when they interfered in a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match between Mr . Anderson and Jeff Hardy . Ric Flair , who did not take part in Fortune ' s turn due to being out with a torn rotator cuff , returned at the February 14 tapings of the February 17 episode of " Impact ! " , turning on Fortune and jumping to Immortal . On March 13 at Victory Road , Kazarian successfully defended the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match against Jeremy Buck , Max Buck and Robbie E . On April 17 at Lockdown , Kazarian , Roode , Storm and Christopher Daniels , who replaced an injured A . J . Styles , defeated Immortal representatives Ric Flair , Abyss , Bully Ray and Matt Hardy in a Lethal Lockdown match . On May 16 at the tapings of the May 19 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian lost the X Division Championship to Abyss . On June 12 at Slammiversary IX , Kazarian failed to regain the title from Abyss in a three – way match with Brian Kendrick . In September , Kazarian began feuding with Jeff Jarrett over his and his wife Karen ' s treatment of her newly appointed assistant , Traci Brooks . In late 2011 , Fortune disbanded , after both Christopher Daniels and Bobby Roode turned on their stablemates . Bad Influence ( 2012 – 2014 ) . On the January 5 , 2012 , episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian and A . J . Styles were defeated in the finals of the Wild Card Tournament by the team of Magnus and Samoa Joe , when Kazarian abandoned Styles and left the ringside area with Christopher Daniels , turning heel in the process . Over the next few weeks it became apparent that Daniels was holding something over Kazarian , with Kazarian being reluctant to do his bidding . On February 12 at Against All Odds , Kazarian defeated Styles in a singles match . On the February 23 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian attacked Styles during his Television Championship match with Robbie E , allowing Robbie to retain the championship . On the following episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian defeated Styles in a gauntlet match ; had Styles been successful , Kazarian would have to explain his alliance with Daniels . On March 18 at Victory Road , Kazarian and Daniels were defeated in a tag team match by Styles and Mr . Anderson . The rivalry continued on April 15 at Lockdown , where the two duos were on opposing teams in the annual Lethal Lockdown match . Styles ' and Anderson ' s team , led by Garett Bischoff , ended up defeating Kazarian ' s and Daniels ' team , led by Eric Bischoff . During Styles ' absence from " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian and Daniels set their sights on the TNA World Tag Team Championship , attacking champions Magnus and Samoa Joe on the April 26 episode . On the May 10 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian revealed that he originally aligned himself with Daniels to keep him from revealing Styles ' secret , but changed his mind after learning what the secret was . Daniels then revealed the secret , a series of photographs insinuating a relationship between Styles and TNA president Dixie Carter . Three days later at Sacrifice , Kazarian and Daniels defeated Magnus and Samoa Joe to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship , starting Kazarian ' s second reign with the title . Later in the event , Kazarian and Daniels cost A . J . Styles his match with Kurt Angle , who afterwards turned on the two , saving Styles from a beatdown . On June 10 at Slammiversary , Kazarian and Daniels lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Styles and Angle . On the June 21 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Styles and Carter proved that Kazarian and Daniels had been lying about their relationship by producing a pregnant woman named Claire Lynch , whom they had been helping overcome her addictions . The following week , Kazarian teased dissension with Daniels , claiming that he had been lied to . However , in the main event of the evening , Kazarian revealed that he was still on Daniels ' side , when the two defeated Styles and Angle , after Kazarian hit Styles with a steel chair , to regain the TNA World Tag Team Championship . Following the win , Daniels admitted that Styles and Carter had told the truth about Claire , but claimed that they had left out the part about Styles being the father of her unborn baby . The team , billed as " The World Tag Team Champions of the World " , made their first televised title defense on the August 8 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , defeating Devon and Garett Bischoff . Three days later at Hardcore Justice , Kazarian unsuccessfully challenged Devon for the TNA Television Championship . On the August 23 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , the storyline involving Claire Lynch was concluded , when she revealed that she was not pregnant after all , while also revealing Daniels ' and Kazarian ' s plot to blackmail Styles through her fake pregnancy . On September 6 as part of the first " Championship Thursday " , Kazarian and Daniels successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Chavo Guerrero , Jr . and Hernandez . Three days later at No Surrender , Kazarian and Daniels made another successful title defense against previous champions , A . J . Styles and Kurt Angle . On October 14 at Bound for Glory , Kazarian and Daniels lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Chavo Guerrero , Jr . and Hernandez in a three - way match , which also included A . J . Styles and Kurt Angle . Kazarian and Daniels received their rematch on November 11 at Turning Point , but were again defeated by Guerrero and Hernandez . On December 9 at Final Resolution , Kazarian was defeated by James Storm in a singles match , and again on the January 3 , 2013 , episode of " Impact Wrestling " , beginning a rivalry between the newly christened Bad Influence and Storm . On March 10 at Lockdown , Bad Influence unsuccessfully challenged Austin Aries and Bobby Roode for the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a three - way match , also involving Chavo Guerrero , Jr . and Hernandez . In April , Kazarian and Daniels began teasing a Fortune reunion to battle the Aces & Eights stable , however , this plan was foiled by A . J . Styles and Bobby Roode both turning down offers to join them . Bad Influence faced Austin Aries and Bobby Roode in a number one contenders match on the May 9 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , however , the match ended in a no contest after special guest referee James Storm superkicked Aries and Daniels and walked out on the match . On June 2 at Slammiversary XI , Bad Influence failed to capture the TNA World Tag Team Championship from Chavo Guerrero , Jr . and Hernandez in an fatal four - way elimination match , which also included Austin Aries and Bobby Roode and was won by Gunner and James Storm . On the June 13 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian and Daniels defeated Gunner and Storm in a non - title match to qualify for the 2013 Bound for Glory Series . Kazarian would begin the BFG series by losing to the likes of Magnus and A . J . Styles . On the July 11 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian and Bobby Roode defeated Austin Aries and Christopher Daniels in a tag team match , with Kazarian pinning his Bad Influence partner for the win , to qualify for the BFG series gauntlet match later in the evening . During the match , however , Kazarian was the first man eliminated by A . J . Styles . On the August 8 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian and Daniels faced off in a BFG series match , but despite teasing tension earlier in the night , got themselves intentionally counted out to gain two points in the tournament . Afterwards , Kazarian and Daniels allied themselves with Bobby Roode to form a new force , and so that one of them would win the Bound for Glory series . The following week at " Impact Wrestling : Hardcore Justice " , Kazarian defeated A . J . Styles , Austin Aries , and Jeff Hardy in a ladder match , following interference from Daniels and Roode , to capture twenty points in the BFG Series . On the August 8 " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels and Kazarian faced off in a BFG series match . Despite teasing tension earlier in the night , they both intentionally got counted out to gain two points each . Afterward , they allied with Bobby Roode , in hopes it would help one of them win the tournament . At the Bound for Glory ( 2013 ) pre - show , Bad Influence were defeated by the tag team of Eric Young & Joseph Park in a tag team gauntlet match to determine the number one contenders to face the TNA World Tag Team Champions , James Storm & Gunner , during the Bound For Glory PPV later that night . Following their elimination , Bad Influence attacked Park causing him to bleed from the mouth . The same night , during the PPV , Bad Influence interrupted the show to petition TNA management to place themselves into the TNA World Tag Team Championship match later that night between James Storm & Gunner and challengers The BroMans . However , before they got an answer Abyss appeared and attacked them . Over the following few weeks , Bad Influence would mock Park and try to reveal his true identity . On the November 5 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Bad Influence revealed that Park ' s law firm ( Park , Park & Park ) had closed 15 years ago and consequently Park had been lying about being a lawyer . On December 12 , Bad Influence were defeated by Park & Young when Young caused his own partner to bleed resulting in Park transforming into Abyss , as a result of seeing his own blood , and gaining the victory . On December 26 , Bad Influence were defeated again by Park in a Monster ' s Ball Handicap match . On March 2 , 2014 , Bad Influence were part of a group of TNA wrestlers that took part in Wrestle - 1 ' s event in Tokyo , Japan , defeating Junior Stars ( Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka ) in a tag team match . On March 9 , 2014 at TNA Lockdown , Bad Influence along with Chris Sabin were defeated by Wrestle - 1 ' s The Great Muta , Sanada , and Yasu in a six - man interpromotional tag team steel cage match . On April 12 , 2014 , at TNA One Night Only ' s X - Travaganza 2 event Bad Influence were defeated by The Wolves ( Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards ) in the EC3 Invitational Ladder match where the winners received $ 25 , 000 . On April 23 Daniels announced his departure from TNA thus dissvolving the team . On May 11 , it was reported that Kazarian had also worked the final dates of his contract with TNA . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2005 ) . On February 15 , 2005 , Kazarian left TNA on good terms and signed with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . He was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling , the primary developmental territory of WWE . He made his WWE television debut during an episode of Velocity on July 16 , 2005 , under the name " The Future " Frankie Kazarian defeating Nunzio , and remained undefeated throughout July and into August . During this time , he picked up victories against Scotty 2 Hotty , Funaki , and Paul London respectively . On August 15 , Kazarian announced on his website that he had left WWE two days earlier . The reasons for the departure were said to be that many of WWE ' s writers still did not know who he was after over a month in the company . Kazarian remained undefeated during his stint in WWE . Ring of Honor ( 2014 - present ) . After his TNA contract expires on June 1 , 2014 Kazarian was announced to debut in Ring of Honor . At Best in the World , Kazarian made his ROH debut teaming with Christopher Daniels to Challenge reDRagon ( Bobby Fish and Kyle O ' Reilly ) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles . Return to the independent circuit ( 2000 – 2007 ) . Kazarian returned to the Californian independent circuit shortly after his release . He wrestled on the August 19 Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG ) show in Los Angeles , " Smells Like Steen Spirit " , where he teamed with Petey Williams to unsuccessfully challenge El Generico and Human Tornado for the PWG Tag Team Championships . During PWG ' s " ( Please Don ' t Call it ) The O . C . " on May 6 , 2006 , Kazarian ' s signature ponytail was cut off by Scorpio Sky , who he was feuding with at the time . This would begin a nine - month rivalry during which Scorpio Sky would defeat Kazarian in a " First Blood " match . In September , Kazarian beat Scorpio Sky in the first round of the " Battle of Los Angeles Tournament " by disqualification when Scorpio ' s manager Jade Chung attacked Kazarian with scissors when Kazarian was pinning Scorpio . The feud ended on January 13 , 2007 when Kazarian beat Scorpio in a " Loser Leaves PWG " match , just as he did with Adam Pearce . Other promotions ( 2013 - present ) . While Bad Influence were in TNA , they appeared in other promotions . On January 24 , 2014 , Bad Influences appeared at Big Time Wrestling ' s Battle Royal , where they defeated The Ballard Brothers ( Shane Ballard & Shannon Ballard ) . On April 5 , Bad Influences appeared in two events . First , they defeated The Bravado Brothers ( Harlem Bravado & Lancelot Bravado ) at Dragon Gate USA ' s Mercury Rising . After , they defeated Irish Airborne ( Dave Crist & Jake Crist ) at WrestleCon . Other media . Kazarian made a cameo appearance on an episode of The Man Show where Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla learned how to wrestle . He also appeared in the film " Backyard Dogs " in 2000 as " Snake Duggan " and was on an episode of | Distraction with Curry Man and Samoa Joe . Kazarian was also referenced in Mike Vallely ' s documentary , Mike V ' s Greatest Hits , in which one part of it involved the pro skater spending part of his time as a wrestler . He also made a cameo appearance in MTV ' s Made when the Motor City Machine Guns were making a Michigan choir boy into a professional wrestler .