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Bateman

Height: 6' 3"

Weight: 200 lbs.

From: Crow’s Landing, CA

Birthday: May 19th

Pro Debut: 2001

Aliases: Tyler Bateman

Feds Worked For: ACW, ComPro, IZW, MStW, MSWA, NEW, NMS, NWA-OK, NWA-U, OCW, ROH, SCW, SRPW, SWCW, TPW, WFC, WWG, 3XWrestling (IA), Alliance For All Wrestling (CA), All Pro Wrestling (CA), Alpha Omega Wrestling (CA), Alternative Wrestling Show (CA), Amped Up Wrestling (CA), Bar Wrestling (CA), Battle Ground Pro Wrestling (CA), Beyond Wrestling (RI), Big Time Wrestling (CA), Blackcraft Wrestling (NY), Brian Kendrick's Wrestling Pro Wrestling (CA), Bumps and Brewses (CA), Championship Wrestling From Hollywood (CA), Circle 6 (CA), Courage Pro Wrestling (Canada), DDT Pro Wrestling (NV), Destiny Wrestling Organization (NM), Don't Own Anything Pro Wrestling (OR), Dungeon Championship Wrestling (CA), East Los Lucha (CA), Empire Wrestling Federation (CA), Epic Pro Wrestling (CA), Epic War (CA), Finest City Wrestling (CA), Future Stars of Wrestling (NV), Game Changer Wrestling (CA), Gold Rush Pro (CA), GrapHouse (NV), Ground Zero Pro (CA), H. A. T. E. Wrestling (CA), Hybrid Wrestling (CA), Independent Pro Wrestling (CA) Insane Wrestling League (CA), IWA Mid-South (IL/IN), L. A. Lucha (CA), Level Up Wrestling (CA), Magnum Pro Wrestling (IA/CA), Maverick Pro Wrestling (CA), Mex Pro Wrestling (CA), Millenium Pro Wrestling (CA), Monster Factory Pro Wrestling (PA), More! Wrestling (CA), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), New Tradition Lucha Libre (CA), New Wave Pro Wrestling (CA), North American Wrestling (CA), Nuclear Heat Wrestling (CA), Oddity Wrestling Alliance (CA), OnlyWrestlers Association (CA), Party Hard Wrestling (AZ), PrideStyle Pro Wrestling (NV), Portland Wrestling (OR), Premier Wrestling (CA), Prestige Wrestling (CA), PrideStyle Pro Wrestling (CA), Pro Wrestling Bushido (CA), Pro Wrestling GRIND (MA), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (CA), Pro Wrestling Phoenix (IA), PWU (CA), Quintessential Pro Wrestling (CA), Raise the Bar Wrestling (CA), Rebellious Championship Wrestling (CA), Rey Mysterio's Lucha Mayhem (CA), Rival Pro Wrestling (CA), Rogue Wrestling (CA), Santino Bros. Wrestling (CA), SoCal Pro Wrestling (CA), Southern California Wrestling Alliance (CA), Texas Championship Wrestling (TX), Texas Outlaw Promotions (TX), Texoma Pride Wrestling (TX), Underground Empire Wrestling (CA), United Wrestling Network (CA), Vendetta Pro Wrestling (CA), Venue Wrestling Entertainment (CA), West Coast Pro Wrestling (CA), West Coast Wrestling Company (CA), Winner's Circle Pro Wrestling (NV), Xtreme Championship Wrestling (TX), Xtreme Zone Wrestling (CA)

Finisher: Love Kill (Northern Lights Bomb), This Is A Kill (Tombstone Piledriver)

Signature Moves: BFD (Blunt Force Decapitation), Chelsea Smile

Career Highlights: -ACW Hardcore Champion (6x)
-ACW Tag Team Champion (3x; 2 w/ Kenny Campbell; 1 w/ John O'Malley)
-AWS Champion (2x)
-CHWF United National Television Champion
-EPIC War Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Funny Bone)
-FCW Champion
-IWL Tag Team Champion (w/ Funny Bone)
-IZW Impact Division Champion
-IZW Tag Team Champion (w/ Kenny Campbell)
-MSWA Tri-State Champion (4x)
-MSWA Mid-South Cruiserweight Champion
-MSWA Oklahoma Champion
-MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion (w/ Brad Michaels)
-OCW Oklahoma Light Heavyweight Champion
-OWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Brody King)
-PSPW Tag Team Champion (w/ Bryn Thorne)
-ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Vincent & Dutch)
-SBW Champion
-SBW Submission Champion
-TCW Light Heavyweight Champion
-TPW Light Heavyweight Champion
-UWN Television Champion
-XCW Light Heavyweight Champion

Affiliates: X-Cal, Brad Michaels, Kenny Campbell, Rat Man, The Oklahoma Bastards, Brody King, Funny Bone, Ray Rosas, Rico Dynamite, Tito Escondido, Che Cabrera, Peter Avalon, Pinky Santino, B-Boy, Chris Kadillak, Vincent, Dutch, Vita Von Starr, Barrett Brown, Misterioso

Notable Feuds: John O'Malley, Ryan Davidson, Devon Monroe, Seth Shai, Mace

Other Facts: -Brother of pro wrestler Sean Bateman
-Cousin of pro wrestler Brad Michaels
-As Tyler Bateman, he used the nicknames “The Action City Saint”, “The .50 Calibre Sex Pistol”, ‘The Butcher” and “The King of the Crossroads” and was announced as hailing from The Concrete Jungle, Action City or The Road’s End by way of Moore, OK.
-His name is sometimes stylized in all capital letters (BATEMAN)
-Former member of The Old School Assassins
-One-Night member of The P.I.N.K. Nation (SWCW version)
-Former member of The Working Dead
-Former member of HATE
-Former member of Violence Unlimited
-Former member of The Righteous
-Current member of Stray Dog Army
-Current member of Southwest Snuff
-Inducted into the IZW Hall of Impact on May 8, 2010
-Ranked #2 in the 2005 Oklafan Top 50 (as Tyler Bateman)
-Ranked #21 in the 2006 Oklafan Top 50 (as Tyler Bateman)
-Ranked #13 in the 2007 Oklafan Top 50 (as Tyler Bateman)
-Ranked #461 in the 2015 PWI 500 (as Tyler Bateman)
-Ranked #455 in the 2016 PWI 500 (as Tyler Bateman)
-Ranked #472 in the 2017 PWI 500 (as Tyler Bateman)
-Ranked #468 in the 2018 PWI 500 (as Tyler Bateman)
-Ranked #458 in the 2019 PWI 500 (as Tyler Bateman)
-Ranked #298 in the 2020 PWI 500
-Ranked #410 in the 2021 PWI 500