Jimmy Rave James Guffey ( December 8 , 1982 ) is an American Professional wrestler , better known by his ring name , Jimmy Rave . He is best known for his time at Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Professional wrestling career . Trained by Murder One , Guffey debuted in October 1999 as the masked Mr . XTC . He later adopted the ring name Jimmy Rave . Rave wrestled for numerous professional wrestling promotion s on the independent circuit , amongst them Combat Zone Wrestling , Full Impact Pro and NWA Wildside , where he won both the NWA Wildside Junior Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship twice , toured Japan with the Dragon Gate promotion on two occasions and competed in the Best of the Super Juniors for New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2008 , and made several appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as well as an appearance on World Wrestling Entertainment ' s " Sunday Night Heat " program in March 2005 . Ring of Honor ( 2003 – 2007 ) . Rave debuted in Ring of Honor in 2003 . He later became a member of The Embassy , a stable led by Prince Nana , and was nicknamed " The Crown Jewel of the Embassy " . Early on , Rave gained notoriety for having received excessive heel heat from ROH fans . In ROH it was common for fans to throw streamers over the wrestlers they support . Rave , however , had become a sort of cult recipient as fans threw rolls of toilet paper at him instead . ROH announced on November 6 , 2006 , that the throwing of toilet paper had been banned from all ROH shows after Jimmy Rave tried to attack a fan who threw a roll at him after his match . Rave developed a habit of stealing other wrestlers finishers and claiming them as his own . An example would be when he began to use the " Rave Clash " , a copy of Styles ' own " Styles Clash " , and said he invented it and that Styles stole it from him . After losing a match to Styles in ROH where the stipulation was the loser could no longer use their respective version of the move , Rave began to use the Greetings From Ghana , a copy of Triple H ' s " Pedigree " , as his new finisher and would again claim that he had in fact invented that move too . On January 14 , 2006 in Philadelphia , Rave and Alex Shelley of The Embassy attacked ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson after a successful title defense . At " Tag Wars 2006 " , Rave , along with Shelley and Abyss , won the 2006 Trios Tournament . Rave used his title shot earned at the Tag Wars 2006 , but came up short in his match with Danielson at the " Fourth Anniversary Show " . In 2006 , Rave had sporadically been tagging with Alex Shelley in search of the ROH Tag Team Titles , but after Shelley left the company in mid - year , Rave returned to singles action briefly . He found himself on the losing side of several encounters with Davey Richards . Soon Nana brought in a new tag partner , Sal Rinauro , and the two began working through the tag ranks . In September 2006 , Prince Nana announced his departure from Ring of Honor , ending The Embassy . Jimmy Rave would then go on a losing streak , until he scored a major upset by pinning ROH World Championship number one contender Homicide . The rest of the year and the early part of 2008 , Rave feuded with Nigel McGuinness , culminating in a match on March 4 , 2008 , in Liverpool , England , where McGuinness finally managed to pin Rave in a " Fight Without Honor " to end the rivalry . Following the match , Rave was temporarily sidelined from in - ring action due to a broken jaw . In storyline the injury was credited with McGuinness hitting him with a lariat , but in reality Rave had broken his jaw a month earlier in a match against Samoa Joe . During his recuperation Rave was prescribed with pain medication , which later led to an addiction . On May 22 , 2007 it was announced that Rave had signed a contract with Ring of Honor . On August 2 , 2007 , however , it was announced that Rave had left both Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2007 – 2009 , 2011 , 2013 ) . In August 2007 it was announced that Rave had signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He returned to the promotion at No Surrender on September 9 , 2007 , where he appeared alongside Christy Hemme and Lance Hoyt , later known as Lance Rock . The trio was subsequently named The Rock ' n Rave Infection , with Hemme , Rock and Rave adopting the mannerisms of a rock band and carrying Guitar Hero game controllers to the ring . He then became a jobber to the X Division , and the Tag Team division with Lance Rock , putting over such teams as Team 3D , LAX , Prince Justice Brotherhood and the Motor City Machine Guns . In October 2008 Rave suffered a neck injury at Bound for Glory IV in the Steel Asylum match . The injury was minor as he quickly recovered and appeared at Turning Point and on " Impact ! " . On February 11 , 2009 , Rave was released from his TNA contract along with his former tag team partner , Lance Hoyt . On June 13 , 2011 , at the tapings of the June 16 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Rave made a one night return to TNA , losing to Austin Aries in a three – way first round match of a tournament for a TNA contract , which also included Kid Kash . On October 26 , Rave defeated Kyle Matthews in a dark match at the " Impact Wrestling " tapings in Macon , Georgia . In December 2011 , Rave took part in TNA ' s India project , Ring Ka King , where he worked as a trainer and wrestled in a tag team with Zema Ion . On January 12 , 2013 , Rave took part in the tapings of TNA ' s One Night Only : X - Travaganza special ( aired on April 5 , 2013 ) , wrestling in a seven - man Xscape match , which was won by Christian York . Return to ROH ( 2009 , 2011 , 2013 ) . On March 21 , 2009 , at ROH ' s 7th Anniversary Show Rave made a surprise return to the company when Prince Nana announced him as Bison Smith ' s mystery tag team partner . Rave and Smith lost the tag match to Bryan Danielson and the also returning Colt Cabana when Cabana pinned Rave . Rave spent the rest of the year feuding with Grizzly Redwood and Necro Butcher . On September 19 Rave was defeated by Necro Butcher in a dog collar match and has not appeared for the company since . Rave later revealed that ROH released him due to his drug addiction . Rave returned to Ring of Honor on December 16 , 2011 , appearing on an episode of the ROH Video Wire , challenging The Embassy ' s new Crown Jewel Tommaso Ciampa to a match at Final Battle 2011 . At the pay - per - view on December 23 , Rave was defeated following interference from members of the Embassy . On March 2 , 2013 , Rave made his return for Ring of Honor at their 11th Anniversary Show iPPV , where he , Cliff Compton , Matt Hardy and Rhett Titus , revealed themselves as the newest members of S . C . U . M . by attacking numerous members of the ROH roster following the main event , joining Kevin Steen , Jimmy Jacobs , Rhino and Steve Corino as members of the group . On June 10 , 2013 , it was reported that Rave was once again done with ROH . Independent circuit ( 2009 – present ) . Jimmy Rave made his debut with Great Championship Wrestling on April 3 , 2009 , with a victory over his trainer , Murder One . Murder and Rave would subsequently battle throughout the summer , in a series of matches in which Rave finally defeated Murder for the GCW Heavyweight Championship . Of these battles , the July 16 street fight between the two that saw them brawl all over the GCW building , and the August 29 " Mayhem in Milledgeville " road show match , both stand out as two of the best matches the promotion had seen in over two years . Rave lost the championship belt in September to Johnny Swinger , who revealed himself to be plotting against Rave for months , while mascarading as a babyface . Rave would eventually regain the GCW Heavyweight championship a month later in October . His feud with Sal Rinauro , which began on May 14 , 2009 with a hardfought match that saw Rave win after 30 minutes of action , picked up once again , as Rinauro ( returning from a hiatus from the organization ) returned to challenge Rave for the GCW title on November 12 , only to once again be defeated by him . Rave currently also competes for Rampage Pro Wrestling ( RPW ) , an organization overseen by former WWE referee Nick Patrick , and former Deep South Wrestling owner , Jody Hamilton , debuting in May 2009 and taking over head booker duties in June 2010 . Rave continues to be one of the most popular stars there , defeating the likes of Adrian Hawkins , and Jeremy Vein , on his way up to contention for the heavyweight title , at the time held by Bull Buchanan . On December 6 , 2009 , he defeated Sal Rinauro to win the Rampage Pro Wrestling ( RPW ) Intercontinental Championship . He also went on to form the Jimmy Rave Approved stable , while working for RPW . In January 2010 Rave suffered a broken nose , which would sideline him for six weeks , and as a result he was stripped of both the GCW Heavyweight and the RPW Intercontinental Titles . On February 21 , 2011 , Dragon Gate USA announced that Rave would be making his debut for the promotion on April 1 in Burlington , North Carolina . In his debut Rave entered the Breakout Challenge Series , defeating Kyle Matthews , Lince Dorado and Sugar Dunkerton in his first round match . Later in the night , Rave was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Arik Cannon . On April 3 at Open the Ultimate Gate , Rave was defeated by Johnny Gargano in a singles match . On July 31 , Rave was given the opportunity to wrestle for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , but was defeated by Adam Pearce in the four – way match , which also included Chance Prophet and Shaun Tempers . Global Force Wrestling ( 2015 – present ) . On May 15 , 2015 , Global Force Wrestling ( GFW ) announced Rave as part of their roster .