Frankie Kazarian

**Frank Benedict Gerdelman** (born August 4, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and musician performing under the ring name **Frankie Kazarian** in IMPACT Wrestling where he is a five-time X Division Champion.

Kazarian began his career in 1998 and performed on several independent promotions. During the 2000's, he worked for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where he became the inaugural and two-time PWG World Champion. From 2003 until 2014, he wrestled for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where . In 2007, he shortened his ring name to **Kaz** and briefly worked under as the **Suicide** character between 2008 and 2010. After returning to the Kazarian name, he joined the **Fortune** stable, where he stayed until 2012, after which he began to work with Christopher Daniels as the tag team **Bad Influence**, winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice.

After leaving TNA, Daniels and Kazarian reunited in Ring of Honor, where they went by **The Addiction** and later, when joined by Scorpio Sky as **SoCal Uncensored**, and was a two-time ROH Tag Team Championship, as well as ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. After leaving ROH, the trio joined All Elite Wrestling, where Kazarian and Sky became the inaugeral AEW World Tag Team Champions.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Ace of Spades* (Rolling stunner)
	+ *Back to the Future* (Straight jacket bridging electric chair drop)
	+ Crossface chickenwing
	+ *Fade to Black* (Kneeling back-to-belly piledriver)
	+ *Flux Capacitor* (Rolling moonsault side slam)
	+ Half nelson choke with bodyscissors
	+ Shining wizard
	+ *Tomikaze* (Inverted double underhook facebuster) – adopted from Tommy Rogers
	+ *Wave of the Future* (Swinging reverse STO)

* **Signature moves**
	+ Belly-to-back suplex, while releasing
	+ Belly-to-belly suplex
	+ DDT
	+ Delayed vertical suplex
	+ German suplex
	+ Gutwrench suplex
	+ Fallaway slam
	+ Handstand sitout rear mat slam
	+ Hangman's neckbreaker followed by a DDT
	+ Inverted DDT
	+ Inverted hip toss
	+ Multiple kick variations
		- Back
		- Bicycle
		- Corner slingshot drop
		- Drop
		- Enzuigiri, to an opponent on the top rope
		- Jumping high
		- Rope aided corner drop to a seated opponent
		- Running single leg drop
		- Slingshot springboard front missile drop
		- Spin
	+ Multiple leg drop variations
		- Diving
		- Double
		- Slingshot
		- Springboard discus
	+ Northern Lights suplex, sometimes with an O'Connor roll combination
	+ Pop up double leg slam
	+ Powerbomb, preceded with an Inverted powerbomb
	+ Slingshot cutter
	+ Slingshot DDT, sometimes on the apron
	+ Springboard back elbow
	+ Springboard DDT
	+ Scoop slam
	+ Somersault plancha
	+ *TKO* (Fireman's carry cutter)

* **Managers**
	+ C. Edward Vander Pyle
	+ Chris Sabin
	+ Christy Hemme
	+ Jade Chung
	+ Looney Lane
	+ Melina
	+ Ric Flair
	+ SoCal Val
	+ Traci

* **Nicknames**
	+ "The Coolest Man in Wrestling"
	+ "The Elite Hunter"
	+ "The Future"
	+ **"Heavy Metal Rebel"**
	+ "The K-A-Z"

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **Independent circuit**
		- "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito
		- "SCU" by VexTëmper (used as a member of SoCal Uncensored)
	+ **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
		- "Pledged" by Dale Oliver
		- "Rage" by Dale Oliver
		- "Alliance" by Dale Oliver
		- "Kazarian Z" by Dale Oliver
		- "Machine" by Dale Oliver
		- "Bad Influence" by Less Than Zero (used while teaming with Michael Shane)
		- "Coming Alive" by AD/AM (as Suicide)
		- "Kaz" by Dale Oliver
		- "Fortune 4" by Dale Oliver & Serg Salinas (used as a member of Fortune)
		- "Devious" by Dale Oliver (used as a member of Bad Influence)
		- "Bad Influence" by Dale Oliver (used as a member of Bad Influence)
		- **"Deadly Business"** by Jasta
	+ **Ring of Honor**
		- "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito
		- "You Sexy Beast" by Kushinator (used as a member of The Addiction)
		- "Get Addicted" by VexTëmper (used as a member of The Addiction)
		- "SCU" by VexTëmper (used as a member of SoCal Uncensored)
	+ **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
		- "Shot'Em" by [Q]Brick (used as a member of Bullet Club)
	+ **All Elite Wrestling**
		- "SCU" by VexTëmper (used as a member of SoCal Uncensored)
		- "Deadly Business" by Jasta

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Big Time Wrestling**
	+ BTW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jason Styles
* **California Wrestling Coalition**
	+ CWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ CWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Iron Eagle
* **Cauliflower Alley Club**
	+ Future Legends Award (2005)
* **DDT Pro-Wrestling**
	+ Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time) – with Christopher Daniels
* **East Coast Wrestling Alliance**
	+ ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nova
* **Empire Wrestling Federation**
	+ EWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ EWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Josh Galaxy
	+ EWF Hall of Fame
* **International Wrestling Coalition**
	+ IWC United States Championship (1 time)
* **Jersey All Pro Wrestling**
	+ JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ JAPW New Jersey State Championship (1 time)
* **Millennium Pro Wrestling**
	+ MPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Phoenix Championship Wrestling**
	+ PCW Television Championship (1 time)
	+ PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nova
* **Primos Wrestling Canada**
	+ Primos Television Championship (1 time)
* **Pro Wrestling Guerrilla**
	+ PWG World Championship (2 times)
	+ Bad Ass Mother 3000 (2003)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked #**30** of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2009
* **Ring of Honor**
	+ ROH World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Christopher Daniels (2) and Scorpio Sky (1)
	+ ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Christopher Daniels and Scorpio Sky
	+ Honor Rumble (2017)
* **Rising Phoenix Wrestling**
	+ RPW Invitational Tournament (2006)
* **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
	+ TNA / IMPACT X Division Championship (5 times)
	+ TNA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Christopher Daniels (2) and Eric Young / Super Eric (1)
	+ Fight for the Right Tournament (2007)
	+ King of the Mountain – X Division (2008, 2009)
	+ TNA World Cup of Wrestling (2013) – with Christopher Daniels, James Storm, Kenny King and Mickie James
	+ TNA Year End Awards
		- Match of the Year (2003) – vs. Chris Sabin and Michael Shane (August 20)
		- Memorable Moment of the Year (2003) – The First Ultimate X Match
* **Ultimate Pro Wrestling**
	+ UPW Lightweight Championship (1 time)
	+ UPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nova
	+ UPW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2001) – with Nova
* **United States Xtreme Wrestling**
	+ UXW Xtreme Championship (1 time)
* **West Coast Wrestling Alliance**
	+ WCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* ***Wrestling Observer Newsletter***
	+ Tag Team of the Year (2012) – with Christopher Daniels
	+ Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) – Reverse Battle Royal (*TNA iMPACT!*)