Jimmy Rave

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James Guffey
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Jimmy Rave Mr. XTC
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight	200 lb (91 kg/14 st)
Born	December 8, 1982 (1982-12-08) (age 25) Atlanta, Georgia
Billed from	Atlanta, Georgia "Ghana, West Africa by way of Atlanta, Georgia" "The Underground"
Trained by	Murder One
Debut	October 1999

James Guffey (born December 8, 1982) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Jimmy Rave. He is currently employed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ^[1]

1 Professional wrestling career
- 1.1 Ring of Honor (2003-2007)
- 1.2 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007-)
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Professional wrestling career

Trained by Murder One, Guffey debuted in October 1999 as the masked Mr. XTC. He later adopted the ring name Jimmy Rave. Rave wrestled for numerous professional wrestling promotions on the independent circuit, amongst them Combat Zone Wrestling, Full Impact Pro and NWA Wildside, toured Japan with the Dragon Gate promotion on two occasions, and made several appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

[edit] Ring of Honor (2003-2007)

**Entrance music**
Title	Artist
Leave You Far Behind	Lunatic Calm
The Promise	Crook Bandoh
Parade of the Charioteers	Miklós Rózsa
I Against I	Mos Def
The House of the Rising Sun	The Animals
Valor	Dale Oliver
Give It To Me Jimmy	Dale Oliver

Rave debuted in Ring of Honor in 2003. He later became a member of The Embassy, a stable led by Prince Nana, and was nicknamed "The Crown Jewel of the Embassy". ^[2]

Rave has gained notoriety for having received excessive heel heat from ROH fans. In ROH it was common for fans to throw streamers over the wrestlers they support. Jimmy Rave, however, had become a sort of cult recipient as nearly all the fans threw rolls of toilet paper at him. ROH announced on November 6, 2006, that the throwing of toilet paper had been banned from all ROH shows after Jimmy Rave tried to attack a fan who threw a roll at him after his match. ^[3]

Rave has developed a habit of stealing other wrestlers finishers and claiming them as his own. An example would be when he began to use the Rave Clash (a copy of AJ Styles' "Styles Clash"), and said he invented it and AJ Styles stole it from him. After losing a match to Styles in ROH where the stipulation was the loser could no longer use the Rave/Styles Clash, Rave began to use the Greetings from Ghana as a finisher and would again claim that he had in fact invented that move too.

On January 14, 2006 in Philadelphia, Rave and Alex Shelley of The Embassy attacked ROH World Heavyweight champion Bryan Danielson after a successful title defense. Rave used his title shot earned at the Tag Wars 2006, but came up short in his match with Danielson at the Fourth Anniversary Show.

In 2006, Rave had sporadically been tagging with Alex Shelley in search of the ROH Tag Team Titles, but after Shelley left the company in mid-year, Rave returned to singles action briefly. He found himself on the losing side of several encounters with Davey Richards. Soon Nana brought in a new tag partner, Sal Rinauro, and the two began working through the tag ranks.

In September 2006, Prince Nana announced his departure from Ring of Honor, ending The Embassy. Jimmy Rave would then go on a losing streak, until he scored a major upset by pinning Homicide.

On May 22, 2007 it was announced that Rave had signed a contract with Ring of Honor.^[4] However, on August 2, 2007 it was announced that Rave had left both Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro. ^[5]^[6]

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007-)

In August 2007 it was announced that Rave had signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ^[1] He returned to the promotion at No Surrender on September 9, 2007, where he appeared alongside Christy Hemme and Lance Hoyt. The trio was subsequently named the Rock 'n Rave Infection, with Hemme, Hoyt and Rave adopting the mannerisms of a rock band and carrying Guitar Hero game controllers to the ring.Currently Jimmy Rave is representing TNA in the Best of The Super Juniors Tournament where he is in third as of June 12th 2008.