Chad Collyer Chad Collyer ( December 12 , 1974 ) is an American professional wrestler . A Heartland Wrestling Association mainstay , Collyer is perhaps best known for his appearances with Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He wrestles mostly under the ring - names of Chad Collyer and Metal Master Career . Collyer attended Manchester College , where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree . He was an accomplished amateur wrestler , winning multiple championships over an eleven - year period , but decided to turn professional and continue his amateur career at Manchester College during his freshman year . Upon graduation , Collyer travelled to Tampa , Florida to train at the Malenko Pro Wrestling School under Dean Malenko and Jeff Bradley . Collyer began training on August 3 , 1997 . He debuted on December 6 , 1997 , at Kahuna ' s Bar and Grill in St . Petersburg , Florida , facing Jet Jaguar . In 2000 , Collyer toured England twice with Scott Conway ' s Wrestling Alliance . He returned to England in 2001 and September 2002 , competing for Brian Dixon ' s All Star Promotions . In 2002 , Collyer returned to Japan , where he had worked previously in 1999 , facing Tiger Mask . He wrestled for Michinoku Pro Wrestling between June 2002 and March 2003 as " Metal Master " , a masked gladiator . He feuded with The Great Sasuke over the NWA World Middleweight Championship , but was unable to defeat the veteran . Collyer also appeared for MPW as " The Stealth " , and for New Japan Pro Wrestling and BattlARTS as " Chad Malenko " in honor of one of his trainers , Dean Malenko . Heartland Wrestling Association ( 1997 - 2006 ) . Collyer debuted in the Midwestern Heartland Wrestling Association immediately after debuting . In 1998 , Collyer teamed with Shark Boy on a number of occasions . In 1999 , Collyer and Shark Boy began feuding with " Bad Boy " Bobby Kane and Tarek the Great . On March 6 , 1999 and April 3 , 1999 , Collyer unsuccessfully challenged Kane for the HWA Cruiserweight Championship . Collyer received a third title shot on March 25 , 2000 , losing to Shark Boy by disqualification after Matt Stryker interfered on his behalf . Stryker and Collyer subsequently aligned themselves with valet Hellena Heavenly , forming a tag team known as " Hellena ' s Hunks " . Over the following weeks , Stryker and Heavenly vied with Shark Boy while Collyer toured Japan . Collyer returned to the HWA in July 2000 , wrestling Shark Boy on a number of occasions , yet failing to win the HWA Cruiserweight Championship . On September 30 , 2000 , Shark Boy defeated Collyer in a last man standing match . On October 27 , 2000 , Collyer unsuccessfully challenged Race Steele for the HWA Heavyweight Championship . He defeated Steele on January 26 , 2001 , thus winning his first title , the HWA Heavyweight Championship . He held the title for just over month before being stripped of it on February 27 , 2001 upon embarking upon a six - week tour to England . Collyer returned to the HWA in July 2001 . On August 9 , 2001 , he wrestled at the third annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show , taking part in a four way bout for the HWA Cruiserweight Championship . Throughout the remainder of 2001 , Collyer wrestled a number of World Championship Wrestling wrestlers who had been assigned to the HWA ( a World Wrestling Federation developmental territory ) upon the purchase of WCW by the WWF . In January 2002 , Collyer lost a best of three series for the number one contendership to the HWA Cruiserweight Championship to Stryker . In late January , Collyer began feuding with the Cruiserweight Champion Shannon Moore . He conceded several matches before defeating Moore and Stryker in a three way bout to win the HWA Cruiserweight Championship on February 13 , 2002 . Moore and Collyer subsequently engaged in a best of seven series , with Moore winning the deciding bout and the Cruiserweight Championship on March 24 , 2002 . On April 7 , 2002 , Hellena Heavenly claimed that she was pregnant , with numerous wrestlers claiming that they were the father . Over the following weeks , Collyer faced each of the claimants . Collyer was subsequently largely inactive in the HWA until 2003 . On May 2 , 2003 , Collyer won a Royal Rumble match with the HWA Heavyweight Championship on the line . He lost the title to Nigel McGuinness on September 6 , 2003 . Following his loss , Collyer appeared intermittedly with the HWA until January 11 , 2005 , when he defeated Brian Beech for the HWA Television Championship . He lost the title to " High IQ " Quinten Lee on January 18 , 2005 . Collyer subsequently appeared sporadically with the HWA throughout 2005 , wrestling Stryker and James Gibson in technical bouts , and briefly feuding with Cody Hawk in August 2005 . Following a lengthy absence , Collyer returned to the HWA on March 19 , 2006 , wrestling Nigel McGuinness at the Internet pay - per - view CyberClash . Collyer won his third HWA Heavyweight Championship on August 29 , 2006 , defeating Jon Moxley . He lost the title to Pepper Parks on November 7 , 2006 . After failing to regain the title in a two out of three falls match on November 18 , 2006 at the November to Dismember event , Collyer formed a tag team with Nigel McGuinness . World Wrestling Federation ( 2002 ) . Collyer made his first appearance with the World Wrestling Federation on the September 23 , 2000 episode of WWF Jakked , losing to Perry Saturn . He made two further appearances on Jakked in January 2001 and February 2001 , losing on both occasions . On April 5 , 2002 , Collyer signed a three - year developmental deal with the World Wrestling Federation . He was subsequently assigned to the Heartland Wrestling Association developmental territory . While under contract , Collyer furthered his training under Les Thatcher and Tom Prichard , although he was skeptical of the WWF ' s request that he take acting classes . He was released by the WWF in July 2002 . Collyer made several appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2003 and 2004 , jobbing on WWE Heat , WWE Velocity and in dark matches . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2003 - 2004 ) . Collyer debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on the October 18 , 2003 episode of TNA Xplosion , losing to Chris Sabin . He went on to appear on the November 12 , 2003 episode of Xplosion , losing to Sonjay Dutt . On the January 28 , 2004 weekly TNA pay - per - view , Collyer , Eric Young , Matt Stryker and Shark Boy lost to Team Mexico in an eight - man tag team bout . Collyer returned to TNA on June 16 , 2004 as one - third of The Elite Guard , a stable consisting of Collyer , Hotstuff Hernandez and Onyx . The Elite Guard were portrayed as being lackeys of Jeff Jarrett brought into TNA in order to defeat the 3Live Kru . The 3Live Kru and The Elite Guard feuded over the following weeks , culminating in a ten - man " guitar on a pole " match on July 14 , 2004 that saw Dusty Rhodes , Larry Zbyszko and the 3Live Kru defeat Jarrett , Ken Shamrock and The Elite Guard when Rhodes pinned Onyx . Following the loss , The Elite Guard was removed from TNA television . In Collyer ' s final TNA match on July 30 , 2004 , he and Hernandez were defeated by America ' s Most Wanted in a dark match . Ring of Honor ( 2003 - 2006 ) . Collyer debuted in Ring of Honor at Night of the Butcher losing to Brian Danielson . He would then return to defeat Matt Stryker at Revenge on the Prophecy in January , 2003 . He appeared with ROH sporadically over the following 16 months , wrestling Stryker on a number of occasions . On June 12 , 2004 at World Title Classic , Collyer faced Hydro , Superstar Steve and Ray Gordy in a " Four Corner Survival " match , with the stipulation that the winner would take part in the ROH Pure Wrestling Championship tournament in July 2004 . The bout was won by Hydro . In late 2004 , Ricky Steamboat , an advocate of technical wrestling , began feuding with Mick Foley , a proponent of hardcore wrestling , with Collyer taking the side of Steamboat along with other mat - based wrestlers such as Nigel McGuinness . On [ [ October 16 ] ] , 2004 at Joe vs Punk II , Collyer and McGuinness ( accompanied by Steamboat ) defeated B . J . Whitmer and Dan Maff ( accompanied by Foley ) . Collyer and McGuinness subsequently teamed on several occasions , unsuccessfully challenging the Havana Pitbulls for the ROH Tag Team Championship on December 4 , 2004 at All - Star Extravaganza II . Following a four - month absence , Collyer returned to ROH on May 13 , 2005 at The Final Showdown , teaming with McGuinness in a loss to Colt Cabana and Doug Williams . On August 12 , 2005 , Collyer and McGuinness unsuccessfully challenged B . J . Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs for the ROH Tag Team Championships . In November 2005 , Collyer began feuding with Ace Steel . The feud culminated in a first blood match on March 31 , 2006 at Super Card of Honor which was won by Steel . Collyer made several further appearances with ROH throughout 2006 . His final match , on August 13 , 2006 at Anarchy in the UK , saw him team with the Kings of Wrestling in a loss to Colt Cabana , Nigel McGuiness and Robbie Brookside . All Star Promotions . Chad currently works at All Star Wrestling in England , working as a heel . However , his character has become a comic character as most of his matches are comedy sketches . He has wrestled the likes of Dean Allmark , Marty Scurll , James Mason , the Zebra Kid and Doug Williams . Collyer appeared on the May 12 episode of WWE ' s brand ECW , losing to Vladimir Kozlov by pinfall in around 70 seconds . Ohio Valley Wrestling . In July 2009 the Metal Master character debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling as a mystery opponent where he defeated then television champion Jamin Olivencia in a non - title match . He currently competes as a full - time member of OVW ' s roster .