Jay Lethal

**Jamar Shipman** (born April 29, 1985), better known by the ring name **Jay Lethal**, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

Dubbed **"The Franchise"** of Ring of Honor, Lethal is a two-time ROH World Champion, and holds the record for most combined days with the ROH World Championship in company history. He was also a record-setting two-time and longest reigning ROH World Television Champion, holding the title for 567 days, and the only man to hold the World Television Championship and the World Championship at the same time, and a former ROH World Tag Team Champion with Jonathan Gresham. Lethal is recognized by ROH as a Grand Slam Champion, and is the only man to have held the ROH World, World Tag Team, World Television and Pure championships.

He is also known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a six-time X Division Champion and a former World Tag Team Champion with Consequences Creed. Between ROH and TNA, Lethal has won 13 total championships.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ **As Jay Lethal**
		- *Lethal Injection* (Pumphandle sitout powerbomb or a belly-to-back suplex neckbreaker or a handspring cutter)
	+ **As Hydro**
		- *Hydroplane* (Springboard DDT)
		- *That's All She Wrote* (Inverted over the shoulder back-to-belly piledriver)

* **Signature moves**
	+ *Diving Dynamite* (Diving headbutt) – adopted from Dynamite Kid
	+ Diving double axe handle – adopted from Randy Savage
	+ European uppercut
	+ Figure-four leglock
	+ *Hail to the King* (Diving elbow drop)
	+ Hair-pull hangman – adopted from Randy Savage
	+ Hip toss followed by a cartwheel followed by a dropkick to the opponent's face
	+ Inverted suplex lifted and dropped into a sitout wheelbarrow facebuster
	+ Koji clutch
	+ Leg lariat
	+ *Lethal Combination* (STO backbreaker followed by a reverse STO)
	+ *Lethal Express* (Backbreaker rack)
	+ *Lethal Injection II* (Diving DDT)
	+ Multiple kick variations
		- *EnzuFury* (Discus enzuigiri)
		- Springboard drop
		- Superkick
	+ Release dragon suplex
	+ Running vertical suplex
	+ Snap suplex
	+ Spinning spinebuster
	+ Suicide dive

* **Managers**
	+ Jerry Lynn
	+ Kevin Nash
	+ Pequeño Halloween
	+ SoCal Val
	+ Sonjay Dutt
	+ Taeler Hendrix
	+ Truth Martini

* **Nicknames**
	+ "Black Machismo"
	+ "The Greatest First Generation Wrestler"
	+ "The Franchise (of ROH)"

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **Ring of Honor**
		- "Between Angels and Insects" by Papa Roach
		- "Victims of Hardstyle" (Greco Di Tufo Mix by Zenith & Dana (used as a member of Special K)
		- "Attenzione" (Jens O. Remix) by DJ Flashride (used as a member of Special K)
		- "Push It" by Static-X
		- "Pussy Liquor" by Rob Zombie
		- "A Lethal Dose" by Blue Smock Nancy
		- "Konkussion" (Demo) by Crushpile (used as a member of House of Truth)
		- "Scorched Ops" by Scott Reinward
		- "Lethal Injection" by Aurora Index
		- "The Franchise" by Indian Head
	+ **Independent circuit**
		- "Time and Time Again" by Papa Roach
		- "Push It" by Static-X
		- "This Is Not" by Static-X
		- "Pomp and Circumstance (Black Machismo Remix)" by Dale Oliver
		- "Scorched Ops" by Scott Reinward
	+ **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling**
		- "Psicosis" by Dale Oliver
		- "Static" by Dale Oliver
		- "Pomp and Circumstance (Black Machismo Remix)" by Dale Oliver
		- "Lethal Consequences Theme" by Dale Oliver (used as a member of Lethal Consequences)
		- "LethalX" by Dale Oliver
	+ **All Elite Wrestling**
		- "Stomp and Circumstance" by Mikey Rukus
		- **"Lethal Injection"** by Mikey Rukus
		- **"My World & Circumstance"** by Dale Oliver & Mikey Rukus (used while teaming with Jeff Jarrett)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **American Championship Entertainment**
	+ ACE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mo Sexton
* **Big Time Wrestling**
	+ BTW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Champion Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)**
	+ CWA World Championship (1 time)
* **Family Wrestling Entertainment**
	+ FWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ FWE Tri-Borough Championship (1 time)
	+ FWE Rumble (2012)
* **International High Powered Wrestling**
	+ IHPW Diamond Division Championship (1 time)
	+ IHPW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Jersey All Pro Wrestling**
	+ JAPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	+ JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ JAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Azrieal
	+ JAPW Television Championship (1 time)
	+ Jersey City Rumble (2009)
* **Jersey Championship Wrestling**
	+ JCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ JCW Television Championship (1 time)
	+ Jersey J-Cup (2003)
* **Millennium Wrestling Federation**
	+ MWF Television Championship (1 time)
* **National Wrestling Superstars**
	+ WSU / NWS King and Queen of the Ring (2009) – with Miss April
* **Politically Incorrect Wrestling**
	+ PIW World Championship (1 time)
* **Prairie Wrestling Alliance**
	+ PWA Championship (1 time)
* **Pro-Wrestling ELITE**
	+ PWE Interstate Championship (1 time)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked **#5** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2016
* **Ring of Honor**
	+ ROH World Championship (2 times)
	+ ROH Pure Championship (1 time)
	+ ROH World Television Championship (2 times)
	+ ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jonathan Gresham
	+ Honor Rumble (2011)
	+ Survival of the Fittest (2012)
	+ Third Triple Crown Champion
	+ Third Grand Slam Champion
	+ ROH Year End Awards
		- ROH Feud of the Year (2017) – vs. Silas Young
		- ROH Wrestling of the Decade (2010s)
		- Tag Team of the Year (2020) – with Jonathan Gresham
* **Southside Wrestling Entertainment**
	+ SWE Speed King Championship (1 time)
	+ Speed King (2013)
* **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling**
	+ TNA X Division Championship (6 times)
	+ TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Consequences Creed
	+ Feast or Fired (2008 – World Tag Team Championship Contract)
	+ World X Cup (2006) – with Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Alex Shelley
	+ TNA Year End Awards
		- X Division Wrestler of the Year (2007)
* **United Wrestling Coalition**
	+ UWC United States Championship (1 time)
* **Unreal Championship Wrestling**
	+ UCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ UCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Wrestlezone Scotland**
	+ Wrestlezone Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scotty Swift
* ***Wrestling Observer Newsletter***
	+ Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) – Reverse Battle Royal (*TNA iMPACT!*)