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X-Pac (top left) as a member of DX.

Sean Waltman (born July 13, 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a professional wrestler.

Career

Prior to his arrival in the World Wrestling Federation, Waltman was best known as the Lightning Kid in the GWF where he feuded with Jerry Lynn. Upon his arrival in the WWF he was given a number of names such as The Kamikaze Kid until he managed an "upset" win over Razor Ramon. At this point, he was given the name 1-2-3 Kid. The Kid was a natural underdog, and displayed little of the rebellious attitude which would define his later stints in the WWF.

World Championship Wrestling

He continued using this name until his departure for World Championship Wrestling in 1996 to join the heel stable known as the nWo. To play upon his previous gimmick of the 1-2-3 Kid, he was given the name Syxx, supposedly as he was the sixth member of the nWo. While he was out injured, he was fired by then WCW President Eric Bischoff to control Waltman's friends Kevin Nash and Scott Hall and to prove to them that he was in charge.

World Wrestling Federation

Waltman returned to the WWF, where he became known as X-Pac. He was immediately inducted into the D-Generation X heel group and cut a promo against Bischoff and Hulk Hogan as well as claiming that if contractually free to do so, Hall and Nash would have been joining him in returning to the WWF. Up to this point in the Monday Night Wars, wrestlers only jumped from the WWF to the big money, guaranteed deals available in WCW. Waltman's return proved that it was a two-way street.

As a member of D-X, Waltman formed a tag team with Kane, a mute, brooding, menacing, loner. Waltman led Kane to believe that he would be inducted into D-X, but instead betrayed him and eventually stole his girfriend, Tori.

The dissolution of D-X in late 2000 left Waltman without a storyline. His most notable actions in the next two years were forming the short-lived stable X-Factor along with Justin Credible and Albert and winning the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, which was then retired.

When Hall, Nash and Hogan returned to the WWF in 2002 and Hogan's nostalgic popularity required that he be turfed from the latest incarnation of the nWo, Waltman, who had been out with an injury, returned and immediately attacked Hogan, claiming he'd been waiting three years to do so. This storyline was immediately dropped.

About the time Eric Bischoff was brought in as General Manager of RAW, Waltman ended up leaving the WWF in a mutual decision. This negated any chance of his following up on the other half of the promo from three years before.

Total Nonstop Action

Waltman joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling upon leaving the WWF and began using the name Syxx-Pac, another play on previous stage names. Waltman left TNA in November 2002 after Vince Russo (who Waltman disliked) joined the promotion.

Russo left TNA in November 2004, and Waltman returned to TNA on February 13, 2005 at Against All Odds, attacking Jeff Jarrett during his NWA World Heavyweight Championship match with Waltman's friend Kevin Nash. Nash, Waltman and Diamond Dallas Page formed an alliance against Planet Jarrett (Jarrett, The Outlaw and Monty Brown) which disbanded when Nash and Page left TNA to focus on their respective acting careers.

On June 19 at Slammiversary, Waltman took part in a six man King of the Mountain match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, which was won by the returning Raven. In the course of the match, Waltman confronted the incumbent and defending champion, A.J. Styles. This eventually led to a match between Styles and Waltman at No Surrender on July 17, which Styles won after guest referee Jerry Lynn prevented Waltman from cheating. Waltman confronted Lynn the following week on iMPACT!, and later challenged his former partner to a match at Sacrifice on August 14. After Lynn won the match with a victory roll, Waltman attacked him and endeavoured to reinjure his shoulder.

Reputation

Waltman is known for the phenomenon called "X-Pac heat," in which a wrestler draws boos and catcalls from the audience, not for his expertise in playing a heel and raising the ire of the audience, but rather because the crowd legitimately dislikes the wrestler in question as a talent. Waltman attained his namesake heat through pedestrian matches in which he would always win, even when thought to be undeserving.

Waltman was a member of The Clique, and remains friends with most of the other Clique members. However, his relationship with Chyna led to tension between Waltman and Triple H, who had dated Chyna several years before.

Profile

Stage names

  • The Kid
  • The Lightning Kid
  • The Kamikaze Kid
  • The Cannonball Kid
  • The 1-2-3 Kid
  • Syxx
  • X-Pac
  • 6-Pac
  • Syxx-Pac
  • X
  • Sean Waltman

Quotes

  • "Your ass is grass and I'm gonna smoke penis!"
  • "Let's get ready to make some noise!"
  • "Suck it!"
  • "Put that in your pipe and smoke it!"
  • "Bow to the masters!"

Finishing and signature moves

Personal life

Waltman was engaged to Joanie Laurer, who formerly played the role of Chyna in WWF, but the relationship ended after she accused Waltman of domestic violence. But before the couple split they were able to film a sex tape which was later released under the name One Night in Chyna in late 2004 with the same company (Red Light District Video) that released the infamous Paris Hilton sex tape eariler in 2004. Since WWE still owned the rights of the name Chyna, the video had to include live shots of Waltman in China walking over the Great Wall to spare Red Light District Video any legal issues.

In March 2005, Waltman appeared on the VH1 reality TV show The Surreal Life when he visited Laurer in an attempt to reconcile with her. He was eventually forcibly ejected from the house by the other guests.

Championships and accomplishments

World Wrestling Entertainment

World Championship Wrestling

Total Nonstop Action

Pro Wrestling America

  • 2-time PWA Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-time PWA Iron Horse Television Champion
  • 1-time PWA Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Lynn)

Xtreme Pro Wrestling

  • 1-time XPW Television Champion

Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation

  • 1-time MEWF Light-Heavyweight Champion

Global Wrestling Federation

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

  • PWI ranked him # 177 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003
  • PWI Comeback of the Year Award (1998)
  • PWI Tag Team of the Year Award with Kane (1999)

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