Mason Kronik

**Mason Kronik** is an American caw wrestler, currently working for AWF,CCL, CCWO, ECF, Eldorado Championship Wrestling, and several other promotions, where he competes under the ring name **Mason Kronik**. Kronik is the current AWF World Champion and CCL World Heavyweight Champion. Kronik has been World Champion in AWF, CCL, COH, and CCWO.

## CCWO

### Early Years (2011-2012)

Mason Kronik made his CCWO Debut and quickly became the Universal Champion but defeating S.O.S. Kronik would eventually lose the Universal Championship to Jacob Smith in a TLC match. Kronik remained with CCWO until it closed down in October 2012.

## American Wrestling Federation

### AWF NXT (2011)

Mason Kronik made his AWF Debut a part of AWF NXT, a reality competition show to find the next AWF breakout star. The "rookies" were assigned pros from the AWF roster who tried to coach them to win AWF NXT. Mason Kronik was paired with then AWF World Champion Tattoo Taker. The two of them did not get along and did not want to work together. Their issues came to be too much and they were booked for an AWF Championship match against each other on Episode 6 of AWF NXT. However, the stipulation was that if Mason Kronik lost the match he would be eliminated from NXT, and if Tattoo Taker lost the match he would leave the AWF. The match is one of the most controversial in company history as when Tattoo Taker put an ankle lock on Kronik, AWF owner Shawn Walsh instructed the referee to call for the bell and award the match to Tattoo Taker despite Kronik never tapping out.[1] Walsh explained years later that he did this to protect the Glory Days 2 main event between Tattoo Taker and Christopher Wonder and could not risk Kronik potentially Kronik winning the title and losing Tattoo Taker. This loss resulted in Kronik leaving NXT and eventually leaving the United States to wrestle in Japan for a few years.

### Return to AWF

#### AWF Extreme Champion (2016-2019)

Mason Kronik's return was announced by a promo video hyping his return on both Uprising and Superstar Mayhem. Kronik signed with Superstar Mayhem and made his debut on Episode 34 as a surprise opponent against Dynamite in a Money in the Bank qualifying match.[2] Kronik qualified for the Money in the Bank ladder match at CyberSlam, but did not walk away with the briefcase. Kronik's time on Superstar Mayhem was short lived and he was traded over to Uprising. Kronik turned his attention to AWF Extreme Champion Brock Manson. Over the course of the rivalry, Kronik began to be cast as a babyface, despite not changing much from his heel character. Kronik defeated Brock Manson at AWF Meltdown 2017 to win the AWF Extreme Championship.[3] Kronik defeated Manson in a rematch at Glory Days 4 to retain the title.[4]

Kronik faced the likes of Brian Stone and Ian Morgan in title defenses on Uprising. Kronik competed in the King of the Ring tournament where he defeated Texas Black in a Semi Finals match, that was also for the Extreme Championship. Kronik made it to the finals but lost to Shawn O'Connor, in which his Extreme Title was not on the line.[5] Kronik began a rivalry with Brian Stone in it led to a classic falls count anywhere Extreme Title match on Episode 78 of Uprising.[6] Kronik retained the title due to an assist from JC Wolfe. This led to a triple threat match being scheduled at AWF Cyberslam 2018 for the Extreme Title. Kronik assaulted JC prior to the match, throwing him off a production truck onto an equipment box. The Extreme Title match became a singles match, but Kronik lost the title to Brian Stone.

#### AWF World Champion (2019-Present)

After losing the Extreme Championship, Kronik debuted his "Murderer" persona on Uprising. The character no longer had comedic elements and was focused on brutalizing his opponents. Kronik took part of Team Uprising at Survivor Series, and was the soul survivor of his team and won the match for Team Uprising.[7] He was responsible for 3 of the 4 eliminations. After the match, Kronik attacked his teammate for the night and Uprising General Manager GMR, and power bombed him outside the ring onto the floor. On the following Uprising, Shawn Walsh suspended Kronik for his actions at Survivor Series, but Walsh was attacked by Kronik afterwards.[8] GMR insisted that he face Kronik in a match, and although Walsh was against it, he agreed to have GMR face Kronik in an unsanctioned match at Pain For Pride. Mason Kronik brutalized GMR and won their unsanctioned match at Pain For Pride. [9]

On the following Uprising, Walsh offered Kronik a chance to compete in the Royal Rumble match and if he agreed to leave management alone, he would lift his suspension. However, Kronik felt he should not have to earn a title opportunity as he was promised a title match for winning at Survivor Series. He challenged Walsh to a match at the Royal Rumble, which Walsh eventually accepted. Mason Kronik said that his actions the previous months were to get a match with Walsh and get retribution for Walsh screwing him over in AWF NXT several years prior. In a very brutal anything goes match, Mason Kronik forced Shawn Walsh to tap out the crossface, with a kendo stick as well.[10] This victory ended Kronik's suspension and reinstated his promised future title opportunity.

   Mason Kronik cashed in on that opportunity on the following Uprising by challenging AWF World Champion Travis Sparks in the main event. Mason Kronik defeated Travis Sparks in 23 seconds, only hitting a Tombstone Piledriver, to win the AWF World Championship.[11] This was the quickest title match in AWF history. Kronik challenged AWF Hall of Famer Tattoo Taker to a match on the following Uprising and even offered to put up his newly won World Championship. Tattoo Taker came out of retirement to accept the challenge. Mason Kronik defeated Tattoo Taker, by reversing his Tombstone Piledriver attempt into his own Tombstone Piledriver, and retained the AWF World Championship.[12]

## In Wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Weapon X
	+ Tombstone Piledriver
	+ Crossface
* **Signature moves**
	+ Piledriver
	+ Kronifyer
	+ Rebound German Suplex
	+ Spinning Lariat

* **Nicknames**
	+ The Murderer
	+ The Motherfucker

* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Nobody Likes Me" by Deuce (AWF/CCL/CCWO/COH/ECF; 2016-2019)
	+ **"Empires" by Gresby Nash (AWF/CCL/CCWO/ECF; 2019-Present)**

## Championships and Accomplishments

* **American Wrestling Federation**
	+ AWF World Championship (1 Time, **Current**)
	+ AWF Extreme Championship (1 Time)
* CCWO
	+ CCWO Canadian Heavyweight Championship (2 Time)
	+ CCWO Light Heavyweight Championship/Universal Championship (2 Time)
* CAW Champions League
	+ CCL World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time)
	+ CCL National Championship (1 Time)
	+ CCL Tag Team Championship (1 Time)
* **CAW Of Honor**
	+ COH World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time)
* **Extreme CAW Federation**
	+ ECF Hardcore Champion (1 Time)