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Dane Griffin
Nickname: The Great; The Revolutionary; The Future Hall of Famer; Daredevil, Regulator, The American Outlaw
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 235 lbs
From: Robbinsdale, MN
Birthday: Nov 28th
Pro Debut: March 31, 2007
Aliases: Daniel Martin, Griffin
Feds Worked For: 3CW, 3DW, AWFUL, GPCW, IWR, IZW, MSWA, NWA, NWA-OK, NWA-TXO, SWCW, TAP, TCBW, TexPro, TxPW, UCW, UWF06, NWA Professional Wrestling Federation (TX), NWA Southwest (TX), NWA Top Rope (TN), Professional Wrestling Federation (TX), Red River Wrestling (TX), Texas Pride Wrestling (TX), Texas Wrestling Federation (TX); World of Wrestling (TX), Wrecking Ball Wrestling (TX)
Finisher: The K-9
Signature Moves: Fall Away Slam, Top Rope Flying Elbow, Fisherman's Suplex, SAFT
Career Highlights: -3DW Texoma Champion
-3DW Violent Division Champion (6x)
-GPCW Champion
-IWR Champion
-IZW Impact Division Champion
-IZW Tag Team Champion (w/ Shane Rawls)
-MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion (2x, 1 each w/ Les Mayne and Seth Allen & Max McGuirk [as a 3-man team])
-NWA-OK Oklahoma Champion
-NWA-OK Texoma Champion
-NWA-TXO Champion
-NWA-TXO Tag Team Champion (4x; 2 w/ Armani, 1 each w/ Charlie Haas & Seth Allen)
-Texas Pride Wrestling Texoma Champion
-TexPro Oklahoma Champion
-TexPro Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Seth Allen & Charlie Haas)
-TWF Champion
-TWF Tag Team Champion (w/ T-Bone)
-UWF06 Light Heavyweight Champion
-UWF06 Texhoma Champion
Affiliates: High Society, The Dynasty, Les Mayne, T. M. S., Brad Michaels, La Reina de Corazones, Tom Donovan, The Future Hall of Famers, Starr Venus, Joe Herell/Armani Gates, Nikki Knight, Jerry Bostic, The Rabid Empire, Tony Snow
Notable Feuds: Les Mayne, Tom Donovan, Ky-Ote
Other Facts: -Graduated from Ringling High School in Ringling, OK
-Sometimes billed from Westminster, MA or Deep Inside Elba
-As Griffin, he used the nickname "The Texas Gladiator" and hailed from Rome, TX
-Is lefthanded
-Former member of High Society
-Former member of The Dynasty
-Former member of The Future Hall of Famers
-Former member of T. M. S.
-Former member of The Rabid Empire
-His tag team with Joe Herell/Armani Gates was called Aerial Assault in IZW, but in NWA Texoma, they were known as The Rock Star Mafia.
-Voted Most Improved Wrestler of the Year in the 2009 Oklafan Year-End Awards.
-Voted Match of the Year (vs. Ky-Ote, Cambridge And Jerry Bostic) in the IWR Year-End Awards
-Voted Match of the Year (w/ Guy Atticus vs. The Dudley Boys) and Feud of the Year (w/ Guy Atticus vs. The Terror Squad) in the 2015 IWR Year-End Awards
-Ranked #21 in the 2007 Oklafan Top 50
-Ranked #1 in the 2008 Oklafan Top 50
-Ranked #1 in the 2009 Oklafan Top 50
-Ranked #5 in the 2010 Oklafan Top 50
-Ranked #49 in the 2015 Oklafan Top 50 (as Griffin/Dane Griffin)
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