Koolbuzz Career Outline

2018:

Early EPW Days and reign as Rising Star Champion

Koolbuzz began his Minecraft wrestling career in 2018, signing with EPW after being recommended to management by Sir. He debuted in a dark segment on EPW episode 6 singing his contract in the ring, and would compete the following week in a losing effort to Elite. After a month and a half of inactivity, Buzz would return to EPW in the first Blaze of Glory Rumble match, where he was eliminated by ECE. Buzz would then return to EPW TV in a rematch against Elite, this time as part of the Round Robin tournament to decide the number one contender for Fallen's EPW World title. Buzz would pick up the win against Elite, and would go on to defeat Kenah and Balor over the following 2 weeks before being eliminated from the tournament by Burnz.

After failing to win the tournament, Buzz opened the EPW: House of the Rising Sun PPV in a 6 man tag team match, teaming with Withered Away (Firetiger and Dobby) in a losing effort against Kenah, Sir, and Miles. The following week at the next EPW TV taping, Buzz would answer Rob’s open challenge for the EPW Rising Star Championship and came out victorious, marking the first title win of his career. Rob’s manager; Mark MacDonald, would challenge Buzz the following week in an attempt to avenge Rob’s loss, but was defeated in quick and violent fashion. At the EPW vs MXW PPV in Bosslane, Buzz went on to face Ash in a non title match. Although he put on a valiant effort, Buzz would fail to achieve victory.

The first major defense of Buzz’s title reign would come on EPW Episode 20, where he defended the belt in a 4 way elimination match against Dobby, DJFlynnic, and Firetiger. With Buzz in jeopardy of losing the title to Dobby in the final 2, Dobby’s ongoing feud with Kevdog cost him a potential title victory, as he attacked Dobby, allowing Buzz to successfully retain. Buzz would put the title on the line again in an open challenge at the first ever EPW: Rising Revolution PPV, and would be answered by the recently debuted Kong. Though blind at the time, Kong managed to prove a challenge for Buzz, who resorted to cheating tactics to retain the title.

After his impressive performances, Buzz was invited to compete on an episode of MXW: Knockout in Bosslane. His opponent would be fellow EPW star Dobby, and a win on this stage could do wonders for their careers. After a hard fought battle, Buzz would emerge victorious and to add insult to injury, would powerbomb Dobby off the stage through 2 tables.

Feud with DJFlynnic

On the Rising Revolution aftermath edition of EPW TV, Buzz would put on another open challenge, this time answered by Kong’s brother Equinox in his debut match. Buzz would take advantage of his inexperience and would retain the title with little effort. After the match, he would be challenged by DJFlynnic to a Rising Star title match on the following episode, which he quickly accepted. Later in the night when DJ was supposed to compete, he would fail to make his entrance. Cameras cut to backstage where he was being viciously assaulted by Buzz, and had his face stomped into a pile of thumbtacks.

The title match would go on as scheduled despite the attack, and occurred on the first stop of the EPW World Tour in Orlando, Florida. Buzz struggled to keep up with DJ, and resorted to getting himself disqualified with a chair shot to retain the title. This did not go over well with EPW management however, and a rematch would be scheduled for the EPW: No Good PPV in Montreal, this time in a steel cage match.

The cage match proved to be the first major setback in Buzz’s career, as not only did he suffer a knee injury early into the match, but would be dethroned as EPW Rising Star Champion after being powerbombed off the top of the cage to the mat below. After returning home to rest, Buzz announced at a party that he would be taking some short time off from EPW. This break would not last long however, as he would return 3 weeks later in London to challenge DJ to a rematch, this time in a Cage of Hell.

The Cage of Hell match would take place at the historic Royal Albert Hall and would go on to be one of the most brutal matches in EPW history. Flaming tables, rusty nails, barbed wire, and other weapons would be put into use by both men throughout the contest. The match would escape outside the cage when Buzz attempted to use a chainsaw on DJ, who fortunately managed to move out of the way, causing Buzz to cut an opening in the cage. The match would end at the top of the cage, when DJ hit Buzz with a Burning Hammer through the cage roof, causing both to fall 16 feet to the ring below. DJ would retain the title, and this would be their final singles meeting in EPW.

World Title Pursuit

After 2 major losses in a row, Buzz abandoned his quest to recapture the EPW Rising Star Championship and instead focused his efforts on the EPW World Championship. Although his win/loss record at the time was decent, it was not enough to put him in a title match position, so he put his attention towards the Any Match Case holder Elite.

Buzz would face Elite in Malmo, Sweden in a singles match and managed to pick up the win. After beating Jakob in a match in Munich, he would call out Elite and challenge him for his Any Match Case, but was answered by his manager Emily. She would accept the challenge on Elite’s behalf and would face him at EPW: Time is Running Out in Tokyo.

Buzz managed to get some major momentum heading into the Any Match Case after defeating World Champion Fallen via pinfall in a non-title match in Mannheim, Germany. This momentum would not be enough to secure the win however, as Elite would even his record against Buzz at the PPV, making it 2-2. He left Buzz a bloody mess by the end of the match, but this would not kill Buzz’s World Title hopes.

On the following TV taping in Korakuen Hall, Fallen would be challenged by Dobby for a world title rematch after coming up short twice in the past against her. Elite would also challenge Fallen to a rematch from their previous encounter at Blaze of Glory 1, putting 2 of EPW’s finest against Fallen. To add to the chaos, Buzz used his pinfall victory against Fallen as leverage for a title match, which led to the 4 of them facing off in Melbourne at EPW: Blaze of Glory 2.

Tensions brewed amongst the 4 competitors in the weeks leading up to the match. When the time came, the 4 way took each wrestler to their limit, and all of them put on performances worthy of a World Champion. After leaving Dobby unconscious on the outside, Buzz would hit Fallen with a Silencer Knee and a Buzz Cutter and would attempt a pinfall. Elite, taking advantage of the no DQ rules, would low-blow Buzz in an attempt to steal the pin, but would be rolled up by Fallen in the chaos, and barely retaining her title.

Buzz had one more opportunity that night to get a World Title shot as he competed in the Rumble match. Though he eliminated the returning Sir, and lasted a decent amount of time, he would end up being eliminated. This marked the end for his EPW World Title opportunities, and he would never challenge for the title again.

HXW Run

While Buzz was busy pursuing the World Title in EPW, he would simultaneously sign a contract with HXW as a commentator. HXW owner Hydrix was in need of a commentator in the final days of HXW, and Buzz offered his services to be the voice of HXW: Genesis and their PPV events. After seeing Buzz’s commentary work on MXW: Knockout in the summer of 2018, Hydrix hired him for the position, and he would go on to be the voice of every HXW event from August to the company's closure in November.

While Buzz was notably as objective as possible on commentary with most of the roster, one wrestler in particular was an exception, that wrestler being Kenah. Unknown to the HXW audience at the time, Buzz and Kenah had major issues backstage, which led to Buzz slinging subtle verbal jabs at Kenah during his matches. These jabs would become less subtle over time until it was clear Buzz had a bias against him. This made tensions backstage worse and would even result in Kenah slinging insults back at Buzz whilst performing in the ring.

Tensions would finally boil over at the HXW: Hells Gate PPV in Baltimore. While calling an HXW Television Title match between Kenah and Doc, Kenah would throw Doc over the announce table, hitting Buzz. Buzz, believing this to be intentional, left the commentary desk, attacking Kenah, causing him to retain by DQ. Despite still being champion, Kenah was furious at this, which left management no choice but to sign Buzz to a wrestlers contract in order to have them settle their differences at HXW: Supremacy.

Buzz would have his debut match for HXW on the second to last episode of Genesis, picking up a win against Puck. Despite both competitors not being allowed to touch before the PPV match, Buzz would take to the microphone after his victory to disparage Kenah, which resulted in Kenah coming out to the ring to verbally spar with him. Though both men wanted nothing more than to fight each other, they managed to keep their composure and wait until the PPV.

HXW: Supremacy would air live on November 3, 2018 from ANZ Stadium in Sydney,  Australia. Since this was the final HXW event in history, all titles were put on the line, including Kenah’s HXW Television Championship. Buzz had everything to gain while Kenah had everything to lose. The animosity between both competitors was at an all time high, and with a crowd of 80,000+ in attendance, both men wanted to forever leave their mark in professional wrestling history.

When the bell finally rang, the two held nothing back, which would end up being Buzz’s downfall in this match. His hatred for Kenah blinded his common sense, and as a result pulled the unnecessarily risky maneuver of leaping from the lighting fixture above the ring to Kenah below. This move ended up doing substantially more damage to Buzz than it did to Kenah, and the match ended not long after this critical mistake. Kenah would successfully retain and in the process earned Buzz’s respect.

2019

NGPW and First Independent Run

In 2019, Hydrix would create a new wrestling company named Nex-Gen Pro Wrestling (NGPW). Buzz was among the first signed to the new promotion and made his debut at the draft event in Bosslane in a Battle Royal match. Though unsuccessful, Buzz would be drafted to Vindication, one of the 2 shows that would be debuting under the NGPW banner.

Buzz would debut on the first episode of Vindication against Dobby in a losing effort, but would be placed in the 6 man ladder match for the brand new NGPW Nex-Gen Championship at the Breakthrough PPV in Atlanta. Steve would go on to win the title and would successfully defend it against Buzz on Vindication 2 weeks later.

This would end up being Buzz’s last match for NGPW as Hydrix overheard some disrespectful backstage comments from Buzz after the match and subsequently fired him. The two would patch things up over the coming months and Buzz would be offered a spot back in the company, however due to other issues he was experiencing at the time, Buzz thought it would be best to decline the offer.

Around this time, Buzz would dabble into management for the first time alongside Bdubbz in the brand new indie promotion BCW. Buzz had one match for the promotion on their debut episode in a Battle Royal which he failed to win. Buzz did not prioritize his wrestling role on BCW however, as he was more focused on making sure the company as a whole could thrive. It was not meant to be however, as BCW would fold after 2 months.

Meanwhile Buzz was taking part in a third new promotion known as SSW. He would have his debut match on the second episode of SSW TV against Hamish Hogan, who defeated him with a Leg Drop. He would then participate on the promotions first and only PPV, SSW: Spirit, in a 3 way match against Dobby and Steve for the SSW Destruction Championship, which he failed to capture. His final match for the promotion came in the main event of their last TV taping against Miles, in which he again failed to pick up a win.

Final Months in EPW

Buzz would start the year off with a Rising Star Title match against newly crowned champion Equinox. Unlike their first encounter however, Equinox had gained experience and skill and was able to successfully defend his title. One week later, Dobby would challenge Buzz to a falls count anywhere match at EPW: Speedway in Amsterdam, believing him to be at fault for costing him the World Championship at Blaze of Glory 2. Buzz accepted the challenge hoping to get his career back on track.

Buzz and Dobby went on to have a brutal match, ending when Dobby hit Buzz with a Spanish Fly from an arena balcony into 2 tables below. His losing streak would continue even further the following week on EPW TV, losing to brand new competitor Pico. Now having a losing streak in multiple promotions, Buzz became openly frustrated and in early February, publicly announced he would be quitting EPW after the Rising Revolution 2 PPV.

In his short time left with the promotion, Buzz pursued one final championship, the MXW Indie Tag Team Championship. He aligned himself with Pico and the two managed to get themselves inserted into the tag team gauntlet match for the championships and Rising Revolution 2. In the build up to the event, team members faced each other in 4 way matches in EPW TV, with Buzz facing Tree, Panda, and Rob, with the latter submitting him with an Armbar in the first few minutes of the match.

Koolbuzz’s final match with EPW would occur at EPW: Rising Revolution 2 in Louisville, Kentucky, where he and Pico were the opening challengers in the tag team gauntlet against reigning MXW Indie Tag Team Champions Steve and Tree. Though the two put on a valiant effort, Buzz and Pico would fail to capture the tag team championships. The following week on EPW’s 1 Year Anniversary show, Buzz gave a final promo to the EPW audience, praising some of his favorite opponents and announcing his departure for the first time formally. Buzz would not appear on an MXW/MWA branded program again for 4 years.

RSA and RPW

After his rocky departure from EPW, Buzz looked for a fresh start on the independents. During this time, a new promotion named RSA was forming and Buzz showed interest in joining. After spending some time with the roster and getting a feel for the promotion, Buzz had a falling out with higher ups, quitting the promotion before ever making an appearance.

Several months later, Buzz had the idea to host his own indie wrestling event, and contacted several former RSA and MXW wrestlers to book for the show. The event would eventually evolve into a brand new indie promotion named RPW, run by Buzz, Jakob, and Cyber. Cyber however would quickly be ousted from management and the company as a whole after making offensive comments toward a roster member, and would be fired before the debut event RPW: New Horizons.

New Horizons would take place at the Sabertooth Auditorium in Nashville, and went on to be one of the largest independent events in Minecraft wrestling history. Buzz would face Panda at the event in a losing effort, but despite this, Buzz viewed the event as a whole as a major success and had big plans for RPW. Plans that unfortunately for him, were never realized.

2020

Collapse of RPW

RPW would host its second and final event at the CSV arena. This event was their first television taping, RPW: Riot. Buzz would not compete on this show, but would attack Panda with a lead pipe after his match against Nerd. Despite some technical difficulties near the end of the show, Buzz thought the event overall was a success, and was planning for their next PPV event RPW: Hail to the King, which was set to take place in Edmonton, Alberta.

This event would never become reality however, as internal chaos and talent poaching would be the end of the new promotion, and once again left Buzz out of a job. Though he attempted to salvage what was left of the promotion and continue on, efforts were ultimately futile, and Buzz reluctantly decided to give up on the venture.

MCW Stint

In the summer of 2020, a new indie wrestling promotion named MCW would start up, hosting several TV tapings. Though Buzz was aware of the promotion and even given an offer to join upon its inception, he initially refused due to his prior experiences in RSA and RPW.

Buzz would eventually change his mind on the matter and asked if the opportunity was still available. After being told yes, he was publicly signed as a commentator and booker in July. Buzz also signed a wrestlers contract privately, attempting to keep his return to the ring secret despite rumors.

Buzz would commentate the go home episode of MCW TV and their PPV event MCW: Perception in Jacksonville, Florida. The main event of Perception was a Rumble match to become number one contender for the MCW World Championship, held by Firetiger. Buzz would make his return as the 20th and final entrant into the match and would make it to the final 2 alongside match winner Alchemiist. This would end up being the final MCW event in history, as scheduling issues plagued upcoming TV tapings and as a result shut the company down.

2021

GMW and First Retirement

Buzz would not be involved in the Minecraft wrestling world for almost a year until an old friend approached him with an intriguing offer. Dobby and fellow wrestler JacobSterry were forming a new Minecraft wrestling promotion out of the UK, and invited Buzz to sign. Buzz would say yes, feeling confident that he could finally be a part of a thriving alternative promotion.

The first GMW event would be a house show in Exeter, England, in which Buzz main evented with JacobSterry. Jacob would beat Buzz, but after gaining his respect in the contest, told Jacob that he owed him a favor. This favor would be called upon on the debut episode of GMW Dominion from the prestigious Empress Ballroom in Blackpool. The favor would be teaming with Jacob in the main event of the night against the newly reunited Withered Away.

Jacob would turn on Buzz during the match and leave him to face Withered Away on his own, which resulted in him being defeated. After the match, Buzz’s old friend Sir would come out and brutally attack him, ending their friendship which had lasted since the beginning of his career. Buzz being appalled by Sir’s actions would publically call him out the following week on Dominion, which resulted in the two facing off in that night's main event. Sir would pick up the win by pulling Buzz’s tights outside the referees view.

The following week, Sir would be interviewed backstage about the match and his actions, only to be interrupted by a furious Buzz, who proceeded to attack him. The two were then booked against each other to crown the inaugural GMW Intercontinental Champion at the Tyrants and Kings PPV at O2 Arena in London. During the match, Sir would end up breaking Buzz’s arm with an Armbar and became the first Intercontinental Champion. His celebration would not last long however, as Alchemiist would make a surprise debut and save Buzz from further damage.

Buzz would not be cleared to compete for several weeks due to the injury, and would focus purely on commentary during his recovery. Tensions with Sir did not ease though as he began to feud with Al. Al would then challenge Sir for the Intercontinental title at GMW: Imperial Riot from TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville. Buzz would then announce he would be in Al’s corner in order to ensure a fair match. Al and Sir would open the PPV and during the match, Sir would apply an Armbar to Al. Afraid Al would suffer the same fate that he did at Tyrants and Kings, Buzz lunged into the ring to break the hold, costing Al the title but potentially saving him from injury. The two would have a falling out after this backstage, and their friendship ended.

Buzz’s final match in GMW came against his old EPW rival DJFlynnic, in an empty arena match in Daily’s Place. Buzz would pick up his first win in over a year and a half and hugged his former rival after the match. The two walked out of the arena together. This would also be the last match in GMW history as the promotion shut down shortly afterward. Buzz, content with this final match, decided to retire, believing this to be the end of his wrestling career.

2023

Short Lived MWA Return

In April of 2023, Buzz received a message from Matty about possibly coming back to MWA. Although hesitant at first, Buzz accepted and began training for his return. Behind the scenes, Buzz had been attempting to mend his former relationships for several years, and believed now he had finally made peace.

Buzz would ironically come full circle, having his first match back in Louisville, Kentucky, the same city where he had his final MWA branded match. This match would take place on the second episode of MWA: Takeoff and his opponent would be Socks. Although Socks hit Buzz with a Kick Flip and was sure to win the match, Bhreezy would come out to distract Socks, allowing Buzz to roll him up and pick up the win. This would be Buzz’s final match and appearance before his disappearance at the end of May.