Lester Barkley

**Lester Barkley** is an American professional wrestler.

## A.W.A.C. Career

### First Run

Lester Barkley's first official match in A.W.A.C. was on June 27 on Anarchy #22, winning an Elimination Chamber Match. On July 1 on Anarchy #23, Lester lost to Brandon Wolfe in a Singles Match. This ends his short-lived first run in A.W.A.C. in Season 1.

### Second Run

In 2019, Lester Barkley returned to A.W.A.C. for Season 2. On Liberty #1, Hugo Strange announced an 8-Man Ladder Match to determine the first-ever A.W.A.C. Online Champion at Proceed With Caution. Initially, Mike Berkley was announced for this match, but after a dark match prior to Liberty #2, Riku attacked him and gave him a concussion, ruling him out of the match. Hugo confronted Riku and said that if he could beat Lester Barkley on the next episode, he would be inserted into the Ladder Match. On Liberty #3, Riku quickly won by DQ after Lester hit him with a steel chair; the reason being Lester wanted Riku in the match to gain revenge on him following National Pro Wrestling Day. In addition to Lester and Riku, the remaining 6 participants are Nazareth, War Bacon, Metallo, Rick Grimes, and the recently-debuted Armor King and Hush.

At Proceed With Caution on June 1, Lester and Riku were both unsuccessful as Armor King became the first-ever A.W.A.C. Online Champion. On the A.W.A.C. block at VWU Prestige 2: Fight Forever on July 17, Lester seemingly ended his feud with Riku by winning in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. On November 11 on Liberty #5, Armor King defeated Lester Barkley to retain his A.W.A.C. Online Championship. On November 29 on Liberty #6, Riku defeated Mike Berkley in a match where the winner could pick any title to fight for; Riku picked the Liberty's top prize, the A.W.A.C. United States Heavyweight Championship. This sparked an ultra-rare double turn (in A.W.A.C. at least) were during the title match on Liberty #7, Riku defeated Bobby Roode via DQ. Lester Barkley interfered and attacked Riku. As a result, Riku won the match but Roode retained his US Heavyweight Title.

However, the future plans for the Lester vs. Riku rivalry would never come to light because on March 30 on Liberty #8, A.W.A.C. COO and Owner Triple H publicly fired Lester Barkley due to disgusting, offensive, and heinous acts committed by him outside of CAW. Triple H also noted that he will never work for A.W.A.C. ever again.

## Personal Life, Trivia

* At the end of June 2020, Lester Barkley (or rather the person playing Lester AKA the man who originally created him, Sonny Hammoud) was publicly shunned and disowned by A.W.A.C., CXWI, VWU, and the CAW community in general. From February to early June, Sonny engaged in mentally and emotionally abusive behavior towards someone in CAW (for legal reasons, this person will be called "John"). Sonny repeatedly abused "John", disparaging both his CAW character and his personal life, so much so that "John" almost committed suicide. Fortunately, "John"'s life was saved and with the help of the CAW community, Sonny was exposed, kicked out of the CAW leagues he was in and was stripped of any titles he held at the time, most notably the CXWI World Heavyweight & World Tag Team Titles. Shortly thereafter, Sonny issued an apology but "John" did not accept it; the reason being that since Sonny did this type of thing before and is a repeat offender, and because he was on the brink of suicide, "John" will never ever forgive him. In the aftermath of this incident, albeit unofficially, Sonny retired the Lester Barkley character and it is safe to say that his CAW career is over.
* Despite the incident stated above, as of 2023, there have been small reports of Sonny re-offending yet again. However, none of this has yet to be confirmed. The CAW community still stands by its decision to never have him back.
* According to one person, the planned feud between Lester and Riku was to continue with Lester becoming the A.W.A.C. United States Heavyweight Champion and Riku would win back the title at Anarchy Rulz 3. However, this plan was scrapped due to his actions outside of CAW.

## In Wrestling

### Finisher(s)

* The Felony (World's Strongest Slam)
* Solid Investment (Book End)

### Signatures

* Chokeslam
* Headbutt
* Shoulder Tackle
* Running Lariat
* Sidewinder Suplex
* Belly-to-Belly Suplex
* Spear

### Entrance Themes

1. A2 - "The Chosen One"
2. Sleeping With Sirens - "The Bomb Dot Com V2"