Kyle McNeely Kyle McNeely is an American professional wrestler . He is best known under the ring name Onyx and for his stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a member of The Elite Guard . He is also known on the independent circuit as half of the original Blackout with Rainman . Career . McNeely was a high school and college wrestler who finished with an undefeated record in the late 1980s and early 1990s . World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment ( 2001 - 2004 ) . McNeely ' s debut wrestling match for the WWF took place on the February 10 , 2001 edition of WWF Jakked against Albert , which he lost after Albert performed the Baldo Bomb . McNeely also appeared with the World Wrestling Federation under its new name , World Wrestling Entertainment . He wrestled and lost to Stevie Richards in a match on Sunday Night Heat . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2004 ) . On June 14 , 2004 , Onyx was brought in by TNA as a member of The Elite Guard with Hotstuff Hernandez and Chad Collyer . They were brought in to help Jeff Jarrett in his feud against the 3Live Kru . On June 16 , 2004 , the two factions finally met on the TNA weekly pay - per - view in a six - man tag team match in which the 3Live Kru defeated the Elite Guard when Killings pinned Hernandez . The Kru then responded to Jarrett ' s new faction by evening the odds with the addition of Ken Shamrock to the feud . The Elite Guard earned their first victory on July 3 , 2004 on Xplosion when they defeated Mikal Adryan , Dirk Ciglar , and Austin Lane in a six - man tag team match after Hernandez performed a throwing crucifix powerbomb . On July 7 , 2004 , Jarrett emerged victorious from a " Running of the Gauntlet " match that saw him outlast Shamrock , the Guard , and the 3Live Kru to retain his NWA World Heavyweight Championship when Shamrock turned on the Kru . On the July 9 , 2004 episode of TNA Impact ! , the Elite Guard finally got their revenge on the 3Live Kru by defeating them in a six - man tag team match . The following week on the weekly TNA pay - per - view , Dusty Rhodes and Larry Zbyszko joined the Kru in defeating Jarrett , the Elite Guard , and Shamrock in a 10 - Man Guitar on a Pole Match when Rhodes pinned Onyx . Onyx and Hernandez teamed up one last time in a tag team match against A . J . Styles and Jeff Hardy in September 2004 on an episode of Impact ! but were defeated when Hardy pinned Onyx with a Swanton Bomb . NWA Wildside ( 2004 – 2005 ) . After his run in TNA , McNeely ' s career skyrocketed when he debuted for the NWA Wildside territory . McNeely had notable feuds in the territory and had much success as well , culminating with championship reigns as the NWA Wildside Junior Heavyweight Champion once , the NWA Wildside Television Champion once and the NWA Wildside Heavyweight Champion three times . He was the final Wildside Heavyweight Champion when they closed down in 2005 as well as the only three time Wildside Heavyweight Champion in the promotion ' s history . NWA Anarchy ( 2005 – 2006 ) . After his tenure in NWA Wildside and TNA and after two matches in Florida , one of which was against future WWE superstar Antonio Bank $ , McNeely began wrestling in NWA Anarchy . He has since become a regular in the territory and has come close on many occasions to winning the territory ' s Heavyweight Championship . In addition to his singles career , Onyx has also started a tag team with Jeff Lewis along with Jeff G . Bailey as their manager , known as the NWA Elite . Deep South Wrestling ( 2006 ) . Throughout 2006 , in addition to NWA Anarchy , Onyx also began wrestling in Deep South Wrestling , a developmental territory of World Wrestling Entertainment , under his real name albeit without a developmental contract from WWE . Combat Zone Wrestling ( 2006 – 2007 ) . In October 2006 , it was announced that Combat Zone Wrestling would hold a tournament for its vacant World Tag Team Championship . After his run in Deep South Westling , Onyx teamed up with former NWA Wildside rival Rainman and both men made their CZW debuts in the tournament under the team name of The Blackout . Although they did not win the tournament , they did start a feud with CZW ' s own Blackout stable , whom Onyx and Rainman accused of ruining the Blackout name . On December 9 at the Cage of Death 8 event , Onyx and Rainman defeated Sabian and Robbie Merino for the World Tag Team Championship . However , on January 13 , 2007 , Onyx and Rainman lost their World Tag Team Championship back to the Blackout . Following the title loss , Onyx returned to NWA Anarchy .