Adam Austin

Adam Austin is a former professional football player who becomes a professional wrestler. He formerly wrestled in LAW and MCCW. He currently signs with CPW.

## Demographic Information

### Ring Names

"Motor City Made Master", "The Machine Gun"

## Early life

Born and raised in Detroit, Austin took an interest in soccer. He supports Portland Timber. He started to play football in high school. He ended up getting a scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh. He played in midfield for Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer. He made 5 assists and scored 2 goals in his run in the Panthers. After graduating from the university, he was drafted to play for Chicago Fire FC. He played for 2 years and decided to quit playing football as he was not motivated to play soccer and went back to his hometown in Detroit.

Shortly thereafter, his friends invited him to go to MCCW (Motor City Championship Wrestling) event. He liked professional wrestling when he saw it for the first time, so he decided to become a professional wrestler once he had enough motivation.

Once he had enough motivation, he started to train with MCCW's wrestling school. After his trainer saw his potential and thought that Adam was ready for his debut match, he had his professional debut match in his hometown, Detroit.

## Motor City Championship Wrestling (MCCW) (2020-2022)

Around May 2020, he had his professional debut match at the MCCW event against his mentor as an exhibition match in the losing effort but he showed his skill to the audience. Fans started to become fans of him.

He started to gain momentum as he started to win some matches in MCCW. He got his chance to have an opportunity for MCCW World Champion by participating in Motor City Gauntlet match which he failed. At the MCCW anniversary show in July 2021, he won the MCCW National Champion, the first championship in his career but he lost it very shortly.

Since then, he proved himself to MCCW fans. He slowly gained fans as he had banger match after banger match. At the year-end event of 2021; Holiday's Horror. Adam Austin had a bloody contest against one of his biggest rivals, Drew Huston in the 30-minute anything-goes Iron Man match. A match ended with a score of 4-3 as Austin won a last pinfall in the last second after nailing Huston with Grenade. This match was considered one of the greatest matches in MCCW, and one of the 2021 matches of the year. He gained a lot of popularity from that match.

In January 2022, Austin won the Gauntlet Of Glory (Royal Rumble-style match) and received an MCCW World Championship match at Adrenaline Overload.

At Adrenaline Overload in April. Austin pulled out a major upset against the champion, Great Loco to win the MCCW World Champion which he held for 100 days, and lost back to Great Loco in August.

He left MCCW in August 2022 as he signed an exclusive deal with LAW.

## Los Angeles Wrestling (Late 2020 - February 2023)

During his tenure at MCCW. He had a chance to work with LAW. In September 2020, he faced "The Chosen One" Daniel Horror. The match was dubbed "Battle Of Generations" which Daniel won after the grueling 20 minutes of war.

His other appearance as MCCW's wrestler would be in May 2021 as he teamed up with fellow MCCW wrestler, Michael Millers to unsuccessfully challenge LAW World Tag Team champions.

In September 2021, one year in the making, he faced Daniel Horror once again, this time in the Street Fight. This time, Austin won a bloody contest after he used the Limit Breaker signature from the balcony through several tables on the floor. After the match, Austin signed with LAW.

In January 2022, Austin entered the Warfare Rumble match which he unsuccessfully won the rumble. After that, he had various feuds, fighting against several LAW wrestlers such as Michael Winters, Nathan Williams, and Drake Dragon.

In May, he formed a trio with Tre Taylor and Michael Millers as The Rising, and they tore LAW apart as the trios. In August, the trios had gold in LAW, Michael Millers won LAW TV champion, and Taylor and Austin won LAW Tag Team champions.

In September, he faced Daniel Horror in the third encounter for the third time. A match dubbed "The Final Chapter". they faced in a 30-minute Ironman match. They had an instant classic, but eventually, Adam lost to Daniel with a score of 3-2. After the match, Daniel and Adam shook hands as they earned each other respect.

At the end of 2022, The Rising dropped Tag He bounced back at the beginning of 2023 as he won the LAW TV championship from Chris Kenneth. He defended his TV champion every week, fighting various opponents until he dropped a title on the February Pay-Per-View, "Destiny". After dropping the title, he bid farewell to LAW fans as he left LAW because his contract expired.

## CPW (2023 - present)

After the expiration of his LAW contract, Daniel invited him to CPW. Eventually, he signed CPW in March 2023 to the Origin brand.

He had his debut on Origins episode 6 against one of CPW's favorites, James Matthews. He fought his heart out against James Matthews. Eventually, he won against James Matthews with the Mauler's Massacre and ended up busting open in this match.

He scored another victory against Logan Faller on Origins episode 7 and also scored a victory in tag team action when he teamed up with Dylan Andrews to face Benny Banks & Chase Barlowe on Origins episode 8.

He would suffer his first loss on Origins episode 9 when he teamed up with James Matthews to face Sean Danger and Curtis James.

He would be pinned for the first time on Origins episode 11 in the Fatal Four Way Extreme Rules Elimination match for vacated CPW Heritage Champion with he eliminated Adam Styles with Michigan Death Drop but eventually, was eliminated by James Matthews with Showstopper.

## Notable Achievements

### Motor City Championship Wrestling

* 1x MCCW National Champion
* 1x MCCW World Heavyweight Champion
* The 2021 Gauntlet Of Glory winner

### Los Angeles Wrestling

* 1x LAW Television Champion
* 1x LAW World Tag Team Champions (w/ Tre Taylor as The Rising)

## In Wrestling

The text in **BOLD** indicates that these signatures and finishers are currently used in CPW.

**Finishing Moves**

* Mauler's Massacre (Spear)
* Motor City Cutter (Final Cut)
* **Michigan Death Drop (Reverse STO DDT -- Rainmaker DDT, Dead Fall)**
* **Detroit Lariat (Slingshot Lariat -- Buckshot Lariat)**

**Signature Moves**

* Headbanger (Last Shot)
* Chain Reaction (Side Effect)
* **Hail To Detroit (Pop-Up Meteora)**
* **313 Rainmaker (Knee Lift)**