Xistro Horror

He is a former Bare-knuckle fighter, and professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Covenant Pro Wrestling.

## Xistro Horror

### Current Goal

Finish the story by winning the top prize in Origins.

## Demographic Information

### Billed From

Moscow, Russia (also Currently resided in Chicago, Illinois)

## Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKvlt6rpb4Y&ab\_channel=RADIOTAPOK

## Early life

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1998. When he was a teenager, he enlisted in the Russia air Force, and he was honorably discharged after joining the air force for a couple of years. After that, he joined the bare-knuckle fighting scene in Russia, but he would quit the bare-knuckle fighting scene for unspecified reasons and left Russia and moved to the U.S.A. where he joined another bare-knuckle fighting circuit in the States until his skill caught the eyes of Henry Handerson or known as the Chicago wrestling legend, "Master Of Torture" Henry Horror, who adopted him to the family.

## Chicago Territory Wrestling (CTW) (2011 - 2014)

His wrestling career started at Chicago Territory Wrestling in late 2011. he debuted by his real name; "Cristo Makhail" [Later renamed Xistro Makhail and will refer as such moving forward], and he made his present known by attacking and unmasking the top babyface of the company, El Demo. The feud saw Xistro quickly destroy El Demo at Christmas' Carnage Pay-Per-View. Since the Christmas Carnage, he had been a tear and eventually won his first title in his career, CTW Intercontinental champion, at Great Conclusion Pay-Per-View. The title which he held for the rest of 2011 and lost the title to Xavier Excavator at February's Pay-Per-View, No Escape in 2012. After the dominant run, Xistro started a feud with his adopted brother, Daniel Horror at Biggest Pay-Per-View, The Great Conclusion 2012 which he scored the upset victory by a low blow and the Siberian Claymore.

The feud with his brother would be continued to May's Pay-Per-View, Capital Collision which he lost to his brother in the bloody Chicago Street Fight match, the match ended with Daniel Horror nailing The Die-Hard Flowsion (or known as Second City Tempest) from the stage to the floor. The feud was concluded in May's Pay-Per-View, Chi-Town Trouble in 3 Stages Of Hell match.

Daniel won the first fall (Single match) by nailing Xistro with his brother's Siberian Claymore. Xistro won the second fall (Falls count anywhere) by nailing Daniel with the Electric Chair Powerbomb to the barbed-wire board. Daniel won the last fall (I Quit match) by forcing his brother to quit with the cross-face with the chain. Daniel offered a handshake and shared with the public that he is his brother. Xistro renamed himself Xistro Horror after the feud with Daniel.

Daniel and Xistro won the CTW Tag Team championship at the end of 2012 and would hold until the Great Conclusion 2013.

Xistro left the company in 2014 due to his aspiration to be a bare-knuckle fighter once again.

## Ring Of Warrior (2014-2018)

After he was done with CTW, he signed to the bare-knuckle fighting promotion called "Ring Of Warrior" in which he had an impressive record of 30-5 and won Ring Of Warrior Heavyweight Champion in 2017.

He left the Ring Of Warrior and the bare-knuckle brawling scene in late 2018.

## European Wrestling Foundation (EWF) (2019 - 2021)

Xistro returned to the wrestling scene in 2019 by signing with European Wrestling Foundation. He won his debut match against Gonbito in the July 20th, 2019 Live event. After an impressive debut, he would engage and put the instant classic match against veterans like Teodore Skullmaster at Starbound. After Starbound, he was involved in the World title scene by participating in the tournament to find the No.1 Contender for World Heavyweight champion at Clash at Christmas. He won the tournament by beating Dave "The Dealer" Paul. However, he lost his world title match against Jose Noh. After Clash at Christmas, he pursued the World Heavyweight championship match once again in Hardcore Revolution Pay-Per-View in the Fatal-4-Way match against Black Skeleton, Purgatory, and Jose Noh which was won by Black Skeleton.

After the Hardcore Revolution, he engaged in a heated feud with Zulite The Great in his creation match, "The Moscow Asylum match" which is a cage match with the only way to win is knockout which he lost. After the feud, he entered the Animosity Rumble match in the No.1 position but was eliminated by James King.

After the Animosity Pay-Per-View, he pursued another title, the European champion. He won the European Champion in the 18th May episode of Adrenaline beating James King. Since then, he had an impressive run with the champion defending against Colt Valentine, Mike Zeus, Colt Bennett, Asher Callaghan, Wefster, and many more. He wanted to be the first Double champion in EWF, the first time was at Breaking Point Elimination Chamber match for vacated EWF World Heavyweight champion which was won by Jim Leitzell, the other time was at Summertime Madness when he and Liza pursued becoming EWF Mixed Tag Team champion. They failed by losing to Purgatory and Lilith in the final.

After Summertime Madness Pay-Per-View, he joined the stable called "The Knights Of Apocalypse" with Black Skeleton, Purgatory, and Angel Caido. He had a chance to become EWF World champion once again in Carnival Of Horror. Originally, he would face Jim Leitzell at the Carnival Of Horror in Moscow Asylum match. However, the plan was scarped for a reason that could not be revealed. At Carnival Of Horror, he faced his stablemate, Black Skeleton for vacated EWF World Champion in the Moscow Asylum match which he won and became the first-ever double champion of the company.

The double champion reign was cut short when he lost EWF European champion to Wefster in the episode of Adrenaline. His European championship ended in 200 days which is the longest uninterrupted reign in EWF history. Since losing his European title, he continued to defend his World Champion against Johnny Styles, Mike Zeus, Purgatory, and Nightfang.

In 2020, he turned heel for the first time since CTW's rookie year as he called himself "The Emperor of his own Kingdom" as he said that EWF survived because of him. He engaged in the title feud against Jim Leitzell. The feud was heated so much that they started to attack each other on a personal level. He dropped the title to Jim Leitzell at Carnival Of Scream which would be the last show in EWF as the company shut down the day after the Pay-Per-View.

His title reigned lasted almost 365 days which is the longest uninterrupted reign in EWF history.

## CWL (2019 - 2022)

### **CWL Season 3**

#### **Young and Upstart Rookie**

2 mystery vintages show the hooded figure which is revealed to be Xistro Horror.

He debuted in the 5-way Elimination Tables match in the Vindication 3.5 (aka the infamous Tables Week). He is eliminated by the eventual winner, Issac.

After the match, he made a challenge to Issac to face him in the upcoming PPV, Shadow War to avenge his loss in the debut match.

At Shadow War, Xistro brought the fight to Issac, being able to nail The Siberian Claymore and The X-Termination but eventually, he suffered the loss to Issac in his first-ever PPV.

#### **Gold Rush Briefcase Holder**

After impressing the management, he was allowed to get into the gold rush briefcase match by facing Doctor Wrestling Jr. in Vindication 3.10. He eventually put the upset victory on DWJ with the Siberian Claymore to qualify for the Gold Rush Ladder match. (Side Note: This is his first main event match of Xistro Horror in the Vindication)

At Vindication 3.11, he was teamed up with at that time -- Vindication Heavyweight champion, Tommy Hazard against The team of Ricky Valentine and Ace Anderson (The Order) in the losing effort.

At Gold Rush 3.12, in Men's Gold Rush match which involved Harris, Michael Young, Conner Gates, Noah Morgen, Royce, and himself. Despite being the dark horse pick for the fans because the match is full of the veteran, He was able to put the biggest upset in his career and his season by being the winner and becoming the Gold Rush briefcase holder.

At Vindication Supershow before Zero Hour, he decided to announce his Gold Rush Briefcase cash-in at Midsummer Mayhem for the match against Ace Anderson for Vindication Heavyweight champion.

#### **Championship Pursuit (Known As The Beginning Of Road To Redemption)**

At Midsummer Mayhem, he launched everything in his arsenal but eventually, he lost to Ace Anderson and failed to capture the Vindication Heavyweight champion.

After that, he lost in the shuffle and he get his momentum back when he beat Ryot in the Global Warning Pre-Show with Fall From Grace, Phoenix Splash.

#### **Road To Redemption Part 1 : The Spotlight Catcher**

After he missed the action for a while, he entered the Supremacy Cup tournament (Round Robin Tournament). His target was to be the winner of the Vindication block and potentially get another shot for the Vindication Heavyweight champion. However, the road was rough for Xistro Horror. Here is the result of his matches on the Vindication block.

His first match on the block was against Pistolero, the final Discord champion, He was defeated in a couple of minutes.

His second match was against Ricky Valentine, someone who had his number in the past back in Vindication 3.18. He finally beat him with the X-Termination to get the first victory in the Supremacy Cup.

In his third match, he faced the former Truthless Hero, Alex Graves, the former Twitch champion and one of the most decorated tag team champions. Despite being brutally squashed by Graves but he was toughen himself up, even surviving two "Open Graves" and he beat Alex Graves with The X-Termination. which made his record in Supremacy Cup 2-1 thus making him, "not eliminated" from the tournament. (Side Note: At that point, the only way for Xistro to win the block was winning his last two matches in the cup and just hoping for certain things to go in his way)

In his fourth match, ha faced Brandon, he almost had this match on the bag to stay in the bracket but Brandon made the upset victory to continue his streak thus eliminating Xistro from the block.

In his final match on the block, he faced "The Aussie Assassins" Michael Young and he also failed to get the win. Which made his record in his first Supremacy Cup to be 2-3, failed to advance to the final of the Supremacy Cup.

#### **Road To Redemption Part 2 : The Nearly-Man**

After Supremacy 3 ended, There was the 8-man tournament named "The 3 Stages Of Princess" in which the winner would receive the match for the CWL Vindication Heavyweight championship at EndGame3.

In his first match at Vindication 3.41, he faced the newcomer who called himself "The Saint", Jack Steele. Jack Steele wanted to put Xistro away with two armbars but Xistro put him away with two Siberian Claymore and The X-Termination to advance to the second round.

His second match on "3 Stages Of Princess" at Vindication 3.45. He faced Pistolero in the Falls Count Anywhere match. He was able to survive The CWK on the concrete floor and he eventually beat Pistolero with two X-Terminations.

In the final round of "3 Stages Of Princess" at Vindication 3.46, he faced Harris, one of the most talented veterans of CWL, in the steel cage match. Despite putting everything threw to Harris but he couldn't get the job done against Harris and lost to Harris, which lead to Xistro becoming one of eight participants of the Doctor's Order Ladder match for YouTube champion, which was won by Max Sherman.

### **CWL Season 4**

#### **The Age Of X-Termination Part 1 : Destruction**

He stayed in the Vindication brand during the draft which begins in the season premiere of CWL. He ambushed Colin Piper after Piper's match against William Black, injuring Colin Piper's knee as the result.

After the ambush, he vowed to reshape Vindication in his image, he wanted to unleash "The Age Of X-Termination" where he sits on the throne as its top man. He was challenged by Colin Piper at Exiled which Xistro accepted with one condition, he wanted to be the Last Man Standing match (he wanted this match as Colin Piper is barely able to stand.)

Before his match at Exiled in Vindication 4.2, he faced Garnett Court where he defeated him with Fall From Grace, Phoenix Splash.

At Exiled, He faced Colin Piper in the Last Man Standing match, Xistro Horror knocked Colin Piper out unconscious with the spinning heel kick and won this mismatch, which one commentator at Exiled called "The Destruction of Colin Piper".

At Vindication 4.5, he faced the returning Alex Graves in the main event. He survived everything that Alex Graves threw at him including surviving two "Lost Souls" and Xistro won with the Siberian Claymore.

#### **The Age Of X-Termination Part 2 : YouTube Champion**

At Vindication 4.7 SUPERSHOW before Shadowbanned, Xistro had the championship shot against Max Shearman which he destroyed with the X-Termination to become the new YouTube champion which is his first YouTube champion and his first champion in CWL.

Then Xistro wanted to be the fighting champion, he wanted to defend the YouTube champion anywhere possible so he reached out to CWL management to find the contender at Gold Rush and found they did. At Vindication 4.11, there is Xistro Horror's 2nd chance battle royal which was won by Roger Finesse and earned him a shot at Xistro's YouTube champion at Gold In The Bank.

At Gold In The Bank, he faced the big task, Roger Finesse, Roger had the height, weight, and technician advantage over Xistro however, Xistro won and retain the championship with the 3 Siberian Claymore.

#### **The Downfall Of The Age Of X-Termination**

After Gold In The Bank, MD wanted to challenge Xistro Horror for his YouTube Champion at Zero Hour in MD's hometown, Dublin, Ireland.

At first, Xistro Horror refused to face MD at Zero Hour because, in his mind, he was not worthy enough to face him.

At Vindication 4.14, he had his first loss since the beginning of season 4 as he lost to MD's friend, Jack Thunderheart which led to Thunderheart and MD facing each other for the right to face Xistro Horror for YouTube Champion, won by MD and Xistro Horror came out to see MD and start a brawl from the stage to the backstage area which stopped by the security guards.

At Zero Hour, he eventually lost his YouTube champion to MD in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland. Which was the beginning of the downfall of The Age Of X-Termination.

#### The Rise Of The Iceman Of Crimson Dragons

After he was gone for a while, Xistro Horror came back at Vindication 4.31 to assist Ziro To'a and Max Shearman in fighting against The Church Of Steele which led to the six-man tag team match at BattleLines 4 alongside Max Shearman and Ziro To'a against The Church Of Steele which they won by Xistro pinned Issac.

After BattleLines 4 Xistro joined MD's stable "The Crimson Dragons" which he joined with MD as the leader, Jack Thunderheart, Ziro To'a, Max Shearman, and Phil X. With new association, Xistro was confident enough to pursue Vindication World Champion and announce to take part in the Battle For Supremacy match at Supremacy in his hometown, Moscow, Russia to unsuccessful run by being eliminated by Matthew Ramirez.

#### Road To Redemption Part 3 : Crawling to the mountain top

After failing to win the Battle For Supremacy match, Xistro then tried to enter the Jailbreak Chamber match for Vindication World Champion at Jailbreak. He faced Harris for Jailbreak entry but he failed to claim enter the Jailbreak chamber.

After Jailbreak, he was granted another opportunity for going after the Vindication World champion but to do it, he had to face two fellow Crimson Dragons partners in the form of Jack Thunderheart and Ziro To'a which he won against both of them but they respected each other after the match.

At EndGame 4, he faced William Black in 2-out-of-3 Falls match for Vindication World Champion but eventually, he failed again and lost to William Black.

### Season 5

#### The troublesome newcomer

Xistro had a bad start in Season 5 by losing to Ryan Quinn in Vindication 5.2. After the match, he was confronted by the newcomer of Vindication, The 13. The 13 wanted Xistro to quit after The 13 saw Xistro fail too many times to pursue Vindication World Champion.

Xistro responded to The 13 by warning him, not to mess with him, and the Siberian Claymore. The 13 challenged Xistro to the match at Shadowbanned 5.8 (The event where Xistro had his Pay-Per-View debut), which Xistro accepted.

At Shadowbanned 5.8, Xistro beat The 13 with the Siberian Claymore and the X-Termination.

#### Road To Redemption Part 4: The Pursuit For Gold

After beating The 13, he wanted to pursue for Vindication World champion which he granted a match against Colin Prince at Gold In The Bank 5.12, the show that he was famous for winning Gold In The Bank briefcase and successfully defending YouTube champion. He failed to beat Colin Prince in the cage match.

He was inserted in the No.1 Contender match for Twitch champion against El Rayo Dorado in Merry Mayhem 5.20 which he lost.

He was also inserted into the Open Challenge Elimination match at BattleLine 5, the winner would receive the Vindication World Heavyweight championship match, which he lost to Ryan Quinn.

After BattleLine 5, he entered the annual Supremacy Cup tournament, the winner received a title opportunity at EndGame 5.

The result was as followed

Edward Bronson - Lost via Pinfall

William Black - Win via Pinfall

The 13 - Win via Submission

Colin Prince - Win via Pinfall

Ricky Valentine - Lost via Submission

He failed to advance to the final after losing to Ricky Valentine via Head-to-Head.

After Supremacy, he went after Adrian Hernandez (formally known as El Rayo Dorado) to challenge him for Twitch champion which Adrian denied the challenge.

He went on a tear and beat a couple of luchadors such as Karl Stone and Joseph Mother. He debuted the Moscow Missile finisher when he faced Joseph Mother, but He lost to Dour Ranger. After the match, Xistro was pissed after no response from Adrian Hernandez, so he beat Dour Ranger senseless which was eventually saved by Adrian.

After the match against Dour Ranger, Adrian accepted Xistro's challenge at Endgame 5 in the 2/3 Falls match. At Endgame 5, Xistro lost and failed to capture the Twitch champion from Adrian.

CWL closed the door shortly thereafter.

## Independence Circuit and MMA fighting (2022 - 2023)

After CWL closed the door, he went to the independence circuit for a short period because he had an interest in the Mixed Martial Art scene.

He trained in Kickboxing immediately after he interested to complete in the Mixed Martial Art scene. He fought in an MMA promotion called Art Championship Exhibition (ACE). He had a record of 3-0.

## CPW (2023 - present)

He had an interest to come back to become a professional wrestler once again after he visited CPW and met his siblings and his old CWL friends at Final Countdown Pay-Per-View. Shortly thereafter, he struck a deal with Alex Clark and Zac Anderson to complete in Origins brand.

## Notable Achievements

### Chicago Territory Wrestling (CTW)

* 1x CTW Intercontinental Champion
* 1x CTW Tag Team Champions (with Daniel Horror [Blood Brother])

### European Wrestling Foundation (EWF)

* 1x European Champion (The longest reigning champion)
* 1x EWF World Champion (The longest reigning champion)

### CWL

* Season 3 Gold Rush briefcase winner
* 1x YouTube Champion

## In Wrestling

**Nicknames**

* Der Staatsfeind ("The Public Enemy") [CTW]
* The Russian Warlord [Ring Of Warrior]
* **The Siberian Iceman [EWF/CWL/ACE/CPW]**
* The Iron King [EWF, as a part of Knights Of The Apocalypse]
* The Emperor Of (His Kingdom) [EWF, used when he turned heel while holding EWF World Champion]

**Finishing Moves**

* X-Termination (Small Package Driver)
* Moscow Missile (Torpedo Moscow)
* Fall From Grace (Phoenix Splash) -- Retired

**Signature Moves**

Some of the signature moves have the serval variant, the current version of the move will be listed as **BOLD**

* The Siberian Claymore (**Claymore**/Jumping Knee Strike)
* The Dawnbreaker (**Fireman's Carry Sidewalk Slam**/Fireman's Carry Backbreaker )
* Devil Trigger (Bicycle Knee Strike) -- Retired