Eric Young Jeremy Fritz ( December 15 , 1979 ) better known by his ring name Eric Young , is a Canadian professional wrestler . Fritz occasionally wrestles under the name Super Eric , in a superhero gimmick . He is best known for his time at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He is a former Legends Champion , TNA World Champion and TNA King of the Mountain Champion . He is currently signed to WWE in its developmental territory , NXT . Career . After graduating from high school , where he was valedictorian , Young began training with veteran wrestler Waldo Von Erich in Cambridge , Ontario . After training for ten weeks he wrestled his debut match on October 14 , 1998 in Benton Harbor , Michigan , facing his friend " Suicide " Sean Ball . He later received supplementary training from Scott D ' Amore and Chris Kanyon . After four months , he had wrestled ten matches and was consequently promoted to head trainer . After his training was complete , Young began working on the independent circuit . When wrestling infrequently , Young subsidised his income with number of other jobs , including working in a pizza parlour . During his time in the Ontario independent scene , Young also owned and operated the Wrestleplex training facility out of Cambridge . Notable wrestlers to come out of the gym include Jake O ' Reilly , Ontario mainstay Crazy Steve and World Wrestling Entertainment signee Shawn Spears . He appeared on WWE television three times . The first was on an edition of WWE Velocity ; he teamed with future tag team partner Bobby Roode and were defeated by Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli . The second appearance was also on WWE Velocity in which he was announced as " Showtime " Eric Young ; he lost to Sean O ' Haire . He appeared the next day on WWE Sunday Night Heat , losing a match to Val Venis . On June 30 , 2007 , Eric secured the APWF Light Heavyweight Championship defeating former 4 time NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion Luscious Rocky Reynolds in Oil City Pennsylvania . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2004 - 2016 ) . Paranoia gimmick ( 2004 - 2006 ) . In January 2004 Young appeared in TNA as a job ber . On May 5 he returned as a member of Team Canada . He took part in the World X Cup event , defeating Jerry Lynn , Mr . Águila and Taichi Ishikari in a ladder match . Team Canada were a regular feature on TNA iMPACT ! throughout mid - 2004 , feud ing with the 3Live Kru . On the October 15 , 2004 episode of IMPACT ! , Young and Bobby Roode defeated Christopher Daniels and " Cowboy " James Storm for the NWA World Tag Team Championship s . They held the titles until November 7 , when they were defeated by the 3Live Kru ( represented by Konnan and B . G . James ) at Victory Road . They regained the titles a month later at Turning Point on December 5 , defeating B . G . James and Ron Killings . Young and Roode began feuding with America ' s Most Wanted in early - 2005 , and lost the NWA World Tag Team Championships to America ' s Most Wanted on January 16 at Final Resolution . Young began teaming with Team Canada member Petey Williams , and on April 24 , 2005 they unsuccessfully challenged America ' s Most Wanted for the NWA World Tag Team Championships at TNA Lockdown . After defeating Apolo and Sonny Siaki at TNA Hard Justice on May 15 , Williams and Young challenged and lost to new NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals at Slammiversary on June 19 . Team Canada began feuding with The Naturals and Lance Hoyt , with Young , Roode and A - 1 defeating Hoyt and The Naturals at No Surrender on July 17 . America ' s Most Wanted formed a loose alliance with The Naturals against Team Canada , with Young , Roode , Williams and A - 1 defeating The Naturals and America ' s Most Wanted at Sacrifice on August 14 . After Williams renewed his pursuit of the TNA X Division Championship , Young began teaming with A - 1 on a regular basis . At TNA Unbreakable on September 11 , Young and A - 1 faced America ' s Most Wanted , Alex Shelley and Johnny Candido and defending champions The Naturals in a four way tag match . Young was able to pin both Candido and " Wildcat " Chris Harris , but Team Canada lost the match after Chase Stevens managed to pin A - 1 . At Bound for Glory on October 23 , Young , A - 1 and Bobby Roode defeated the 3Live Kru . After the match , their attempts to beat down Konnan were foiled by Kip James . Later that night , Team Canada foiled an attempt by 3Live Kru to save Rhino from a beating at the hands of Planet Jarrett , then helped Jarrett place Rhino in a casket which they had brought to ringside . However , as Team Canada and Planet Jarrett celebrated , Team 3D entered the ring and , with the help of the now recovered 3Live Kru , drove Planet Jarrett and Team Canada from the ring . Young , who had been standing atop the casket , was hit with a 3D by Team 3D . He was then thrown into the casket in the place of Rhino , who in turn stood atop the casket , celebrating his earlier victory for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship over Jeff Jarrett . As a result of the events of Bound For Glory , Young , Roode and A - 1 faced the 3Live Kru in a rematch at Genesis on November 13 . Team Canada lost the match after Ron Killings pinned Young . The long - running feud between Team Canada and the 3Live Kru ended at Turning Point on December 11 when Young , Williams , Roode and A - 1 defeated the Kru and Kip James ( the " 4Live Kru " ) after Konnan turn ed on his teammates . Since the debut of TNA on Spike TV in October 2005 , Young has adopted a new character who is highly paranoid and afraid of almost anything and anybody . The character was introduced at the mock funeral staged by Planet Jarrett and their associates for Team 3D on the October 15 , 2005 episode of iMPACT ! , when Young was startled after Abyss crushed a box of tissues that were offered to him , and then speculated that the funeral parlour was haunted by a ghost named " Katie " ( a tongue - in - cheek reference to the WWE " Katie Vick " storyline ) . The simplest things began to frighten Young , including the pyrotechnics that accompany Team Canada ' s entrance . The character has drawn comparisons to South Park characters Tweek and Butters , and has often been used for comic relief . During an interview about the World X - Cup by So Cal Val during " TNA Global iMPACT ! " , Young stated " Foreigners frighten me . They ' re from other countries , and I don ' t know how to deal with that . " However , although Young may be paranoid , he is not necessarily always wrong . Two weeks after Sting and Christian Cage defeated Jeff Jarrett and Monty Brown at Final Resolution , Sting made his iMPACT ! debut and announced his retirement . Jarrett wasted no time in pointing out that " after one match with me , Sting took his ball and went home " , and most of Planet Jarrett agreed with that assessment . However , Young became convinced that Sting was not gone , and raised the ire of Jarrett and Scott D ' Amore by frequently expressing that belief . In an attempt to persuade Young that Sting had left , Jarrett commissioned Alex Shelley to obtain footage of Sting at home with his children ; however , this failed to allay Young ' s fears . He insisted that Sting would come back and get each of them , he would even go as far as to insist that the fellow Planet Jarrett members should not call him by his nickname " Showtime " any more , due to Sting ' s catchphrase " " It ' s showtime , folks ! " " . Young lost to Sting in the main event of the April 13 , 2006 episode of iMPACT ! . Young ' s paranoia did not always hinder his abilities during a match . He remained aggressive ( even putting people through a table ) , would not hesitate to cheat , and was not afraid to capitalize on outside interference . He continued to be aided by Team Canada and Planet Jarrett . When Jim Cornette became the new face of management in TNA and said someone would be fired , Young was afraid it would be him . He was seen on iMPACT ! holding an up a sign in the crowd that read " Don ' t fire Eric Young " as the fans chanted " Don ' t fire Eric ! " along with him . On the June 29 episode of iMPACT ! , Young wrestled like a classic babyface out of fear of being fired , and tried to prevent his fellow Canadians from doing anything underhanded . Cornette announced later that night Team Canada was now disbanded , but Young was more happy than upset because it was Earl Hebner who got fired , not Young . On the July 14 episode of iMPACT ! , Team Canada lost an " all or nothing " match ( their only chance to stay together ) , keeping Team Canada disbanded . Feuds with Robert Roode and James Storm ( 2006 - 2007 ) . At Victory Road , Team Canada joined together in the ring for one last time . After running through how he felt about each member , Scott D ' Amore stopped at Eric Young . He then blamed Eric for their demise and made him strip of any Team Canada items as they were no more . Scott D ' Amore then said that he believed Eric Young would still be fired as he was to blame for Team Canada ' s end . Eric then remained in the ring after the others had left and began a secret petition with the fans to keep his job . He would soon start being announced from " An Undisclosed Location " . Young continued to be worried about his job security , creating his own " Don ' t Fire Eric " shirts . Young ' s paranoia proved warranted yet again as he was fired on the October 5 episode of iMPACT after being hit with a golf club by Larry Zbyszko causing Young to lose a " Loser gets fired " match . However , due to Zbyszko ' s interference , Jim Cornette gave Young a chance to get his job back by facing Larry Zbyszko in a " Loser Gets Fired " match at Bound for Glory . Young won and got his job back . On the Genesis 2006 pre - show , Eric Young scored an upset by defeating former Team Canada associate Robert Roode . This infuriated Roode and on the following iMPACT , Roode cut a promo against Eric Young . The match started a long time rivalry between the two . Young , then dubbed as the " Paranoid Pied Piper of TNA " by announcer Mike Tenay , would soon be challenged to a bikini contest by Roode ' s associate Ms . Traci Brooks . Eric accepted and beat Ms . Brooks in a bikini contest at the Turning Point pay - per - view on December 10 , 2006 , by wearing a SpongeBob SquarePants bikini . Eric Young continued his feud with Robert Roode and Ms . Brooks , with Ms . Brooks trying to get Young to join " Robert Roode Inc . " Finally , at Against All Odds Ms . Brooks successfully seduced Young into signing a contract with " Robert Roode Inc . " This consequentially sent him into an odd angle , in which he is systematically humiliated every week by Roode , in such horrid acts as cleaning toilets for Roode ' s own personal use , and getting illegally involved in Roode ' s matches . Eric was forced to perform these tasks because the contract Young signed gave Roode control over his TNA contract as well , so if he was fired from Roode , Inc . , he was fired from TNA as well . He eventually began to fight back the orders of Roode , in part due to the advice of a mysterious " friend " . On the April 26 , 2007 episode of TNA iPACT , the " friend " was revealed as Jeff Jarrett . Young eventually broke free of his contract by defeating Roode at Slammiversary via an inside cradle , after Gail Kim took out Ms . Brooks . At Victory Road , Eric Young and Gail Kim would defeat Robert Roode and Ms . Brooks in a Mixed Tag Team Match . Around this time , Young would be billed as from " Freedomland , USA " , a reference to Young being free from his contract with Roode . On the August 2 , 2007 episode of IMPACT ! , Roode had Young tarred and feathered on national television in the Impact Zone . On the August 8 edition of TNA Today , Eric Young commented on the humiliation of being tarred and feathered , and then challenged Robert Roode to a " Humiliation Match " at Hard Justice . Roode would eventually go on to accept the challenge . Roode won the match , but Gail Kim came to Young ' s aid . Roode attempted to attack her , but accidentally knocked Ms . Brooks out instead . Roode retreated up the ramp , leaving a semi - conscious Brooks to be tarred and feathered by Young and Kim . When Adam " Pacman " Jones joined TNA , Eric Young was desperate to get an autograph , but ended up getting attacked by Ron Killings and spray painted by Pacman . Young started teaming up with Shark Boy on a consistent basis , nearly winning the number one contenders spot to the Tag Team Titles . Young was Judas Mesias ' s opponent in his official debut match , and was badly injured despite Shark Boy ' s rescue attempt . On the 4 October edition of Impact , Young faced and successfully defeated " Tennessee Cowboy " James Storm in a Gauntlet match when he reversed Storm ' s sleeper into a pin . At Bound for Glory , Eric Young won the 15 men Fight for the Right Battle Royal by pinning Robert Roode with a small package to win the first round . He was eliminated from the tournament in the second round after being pinned by James Storm , who would go on to give him a beer at the urging of Jackie Moore . From there , Young and Storm have been appearing in promos where they are having beer drinking contests , most recently at Genesis where Young took Storm ' s World Beer Drinking Championship belt ( a decorated WWE Championship toy belt ) after Storm passed out before they could call the contest a truce . Young defended that strap on the last iMPACT before Turning Point in a 60 - second speed drinking contest , which he won before Storm would viciously assault him . He would go on to defeat both Storm and the Angle Alliance the latter done as Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash ' s replacement partner for the no - show Scott Hall in matches at Turning Point . Super Eric Gimmick ( 2008 ) . On the February 28 edition of iMPACT , Young lost the Beer Drinking Championship in a ladder match to James Storm . Recently , Young went in a feud with Rellik in an angle where Eric was afraid of monsters and lost to Rellik on iMPACT . The feud then lead to a match at the Destination X pay per view with Young teaming up with Kaz to defeat Rellik and Black Reign in a tag match where Eric debuted a new superhero gimmick under the name " Super Eric " , which is supposed to be his alter - ego . His ring attire and gimmick is similar to The Hurricane ' s attire and gimmick . At TNA Lockdown 2008 he and Kaz won The Cuffed in a Cage match . On the April 17 edition of IMPACT , Young ( who left the match and returned as Super Eric ) and Kaz won the TNA World Tag Team Championship , but later in the night were stripped of the titles due to Young not admitting he was Super Eric . On the May 1st edition of Impact he teamed up with A . J . Styles who was desperately looking for a partner backstage , and won against " Rock ' n Rave Infection " ' . He and A . J . Styles went to Sacrfice , but lost to the eventual winners Latin American Xchange ( LAX ) . Eric Young started a gimmick where he would look around the streets of Memphis , Tennessee for Elvis . The gimmick ended at Slammiversary when Awesome Kong gave an Awesome Bomb to a fake Elvis impostor . During the gimmick , Young seemingly dropped the superhero gimmick . Feud with the Main Event Mafia ( 2008 - ? ) . On the October 30 episode of Impact ! , Young along with A . J . Styles , Samoa Joe , Jay Lethal , Consequences Creed , Petey Williams , O . D . B . and The Motor City Machineguns formed a faction of younger wrestlers to oppose the Main Event Mafia . His character evolved as well , as he was no longer paranoid and began showing confidence and leadership abilities . He also stopped being startled by his pyrotechnics . On the November 13 episode of Impact ! , Young defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir to win the TNA X Division championship after Bashir shoved TNA Official Shane Sewell to the mat , leading to Sewell attacking Bashir , which gave Young an opportunity to hit the Death Valley driver on Bashir and pin him . The following week on Impact ! , however , Young was stripped of his X Division Championship due to Sewell ' s interference , and the title was awarded back to Bashir . Young was awarded a championship match against Booker T for his TNA Legends Championship but lost due to the interference from Sharmell . At the Final Resolution pay - per - view Sewell once again helped Young defeat Bashir for the X Division Championship . Due to the controversial ending of the match he was stripped of the championship by Jim Cornette , who set up a tournament for the vacant title . Young defeated Bashir in the first quarter - final match of the tournament to move on to the semi - finals . Brain Injury and Alliance with Orlando Jordan ( 2010 - 11 ) . Eric Young was billed as having brain damage and acted differently than normal . He formed a tag team with Orlando Jordan and they have funny segments together . After Jeff Hardy won RVD ' s vacated championship by defeating Kurt Angle and Ken Anderson , Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff replaced the belt with a new purple one . Eric Young later found the old belt in the trash can . He is followed by ' Hooters ' girls . It was revealed on the December 16 , 2010 episode of Impact that Brian Kendrick was Eric ' s sensei . Brian told Eric that one man ' s treasure is another man ' s trash , in reference to the title . Now holding the belt ( but not the title ) Eric Young is under the impression that he is defending the championship in his singles matches . Orlando Jordan and later Ric Flair in 2011 are both baffled by this . Storylines with ODB and Abyss ( 2011 – 2014 ) . On the December 22 edition of " Impact Wrestling " Young teamed up with ODB in the Wild Card Tournament , advancing to the semifinals after a win over Anarquia and Shannon Moore . The following week , the team was eliminated from the tournament by Magnus and Samoa Joe . After this loss , Young would pursue a storyline relationship with ODB and the two would begin a feud with Angelina Love and Winter . Young and ODB defeated Love and Winter in a tag team match on the January 26 edition of " Impact Wrestling " . On the March 8 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Young and ODB defeated Gail Kim and Madison Rayne to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship , making Young the first male wrestler to have held the title and the first wrestler to have held all of TNA ' s exclusive tag team titles ; the NWA World Tag , TNA World Tag and TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championships . After the match , ODB accepted Young ' s marriage proposal . Young and ODB made their first title defense two weeks later , when they defeated Mexican America ( Rosita and Sarita ) . Young ' s and ODB ' s wedding ceremony took place on the April 12 episode of " Impact Wrestling " . Three days later at Lockdown , Young and ODB defeated Rosita and Sarita in a steel cage match to retain the Knockouts Tag Team Championship . On May 13 at Sacrifice , Young was defeated by Crimson in a singles match . Afterwards , Young took a hiatus from TNA to film his upcoming Animal Planet program . During the hiatus , Young and ODB became the longest reigning Knockouts Tag Team Champions in history by surpassing The Beautiful People ' s reign of 141 days on July 19 . Young returned to TNA on the August 30 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , reuniting with ODB after her match with Madison Rayne . Young made his in - ring return on November 11 at Turning Point , teaming with ODB to defeat Tara and Jesse in a non - title mixed tag team match . On the following episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Young was defeated by Jesse in a singles match . The following week , Young pinned Jesse in a three - way match , which also included Robbie E and forced Jesse to wear a turkey suit as part of the Thanksgiving theme . After the match , both he and ODB were ambushed by the Aces & Eights and they proceeded to injure Young by hitting his exposed ankle with a ball - peen hammer , while ODB was handcuffed outside the ring and forced to watch . Young returned on the February 28 , 2013 , episode of " Impact Wrestling " , being revealed as the final member of Sting ' s Lethal Lockdown team and attacking their opponents , the Aces & Eights . On March 10 at Lockdown , Team TNA , consisting of Young , James Storm , Magnus , Samoa Joe , and Sting defeated Aces & Eights , consisting of Devon , DOC , Garett Bischoff , Mike Knox , and Mr . Anderson in a Lethal Lockdown match , with Young pinning Knox for the win . On the June 20th " Impact Wrestling " , Young and ODB were stripped of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship by Brooke Hogan due to Young being a male , ending their reign at a record 478 days . The titles were then retired on June 27 . On the September 19th , episode of " Impact Wrestling " Young then returned to singles action when he defeated Robbie E . In September 2013 , Young began working and teaming with Joseph Park . On the September 26th , episode of " Impact Wrestling " Young along with ODB and Joseph Park defeated The BroMans ( Jessie Godderz and Robbie E ) and Gail Kim in a six - person mixed tag team match . On October 31 , 2013 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Abyss came to the aid of Eric Young again after he was attacked by Bad Influence , and proved he is no threat to Eric Young . However , on December 5 , 2013 , Bad Influence revealed the Parks ' Law Firm closed 15 years ago . Next week , Park and Young defeated Bad Influence . After the match , Young said to Park that he was Abyss . On December 26 , 2013 , Young booked a Monster ' s Ball match between Bad Influence and Park and gave Janice to Park . Joseph won the match when he turned into Abyss . On February 6 , 2014 , Abyss defeated Young in a Monster ' s Ball match . However , during the match , Young stripped Abyss ' mask , revealing to Park that Abyss and Joseph are the same person . Abyss went on to turn heel as he aligned with Magnus . On March 27 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Young lost to Samoa Joe by knockout / submission . TNA World Heavyweight Champion ( 2014 ) . On the April 10 , 2014 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , after winning a battle royal earlier in the night to become number one contender , Young defeated Magnus to become TNA World Heavyweight Champion for the first time in his career . The victory also makes Young the seventh Triple Crown Champion and the fourth Grand Slam Champion in TNA . The following week , Young successfully made his first title defense against Abyss in a Monster ' s Ball match . At Sacrifice , Young defeated Magnus in a rematch for the title . Proclaiming himself a fighting champion , he successfully defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Bobby Roode on the following " Impact Wrestling " . On the May 8 , 2014 episode of " Impact Wrestling " broadcast , Eric Young and Bobby Roode agreed to have a rematch , but TNA Director of Operations MVP declined the match and promised World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young that he would reveal his opponent at June ' s Slammiversary event . MVP revealed himself as the opponent , which was shown when he attacked the champion . On May 15 Young challenged MVP for a match , which he agreed , but was disqualified when Kenny King attacked Young . Bobby Lashley pretended to help Young but he speared him . On June 5 Bully Ray , Eric Young , Austin Aries and Samoa Joe defeated MVP , Bobby Lashley , Kenny King and Ethan Carter III in a 8 - Man Tag Team First Blood Match . As Aries and Joe had been among MVP ' s harshest critics , they were put in matches against MVP associates King and Lashley respectively in singles matches at the PPV . MVP was later injured and not able to compete at the PPV . TNA announced on their website Friday before the PPV , that the match will now be a three - way cage match for the title , with the winners of Samoa Joe vs . Lashley and Austin Aries vs . Kenny King qualifying for the match . At Slammiversary XII Eric Young defeated Lashley and Austin Aries . On the June 19 , 2014 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Young lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Lashley . The Beat Down Clan ( 2015 ) . On the January 7th episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Young turned heel when he saved Bobby Roode from an attack by Samoa Joe , Low Ki , MVP and Kenny King , but instead hit Roode with a chair , costing Roode his match against Lashley , as well as the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . On the following night ' s tapings of the January 16th episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Lashley refused to become apart of this new group and decided to leave , but was attacked by the other members and with MVP saying that the title belongs to the BDC . Global Force Wrestling ( 2015 ) . On July 7 , 2015 , it was announced that Young would be part of Global Force Wrestling ( GFW ) . He attacked Jeff Jarrett and stole his King of the Mountain Championship . On July 11 , Young was defeated by Johnny Gargano . After the match , Jarrett took the title from Young . Jarrett happily welcomed Young to GFW after he turned on TNA . Return to WWE . NXT ( 2016 – present ) . Young returned to WWE and made his NXT debut as a face on April 28 , 2016 getting involved in a promo with Samoa Joe . He faced him later in a dark match , to which he lost . Personal life . Fritz was previously in a relationship with Angel Williams also known by her ringname , Angelina Love .