Metal Maniac
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| Jeff Miller | |
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| Ring name(s) | Metal Maniac |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 330 lb (150 kg) |
| Born | North Plainfield, New Jersey, United States |
| Resides | Sunset Beach, Hawaii |
| Trained by | Jimmy Snuka and Don Muraco |
| Debut | November 1991 |
Jeff Miller, known by his ringname Metal Maniac is an American professional wrestler who has competed in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions throughout the 1990s including Century Wrestling Alliance, East Coast Professional Wrestling, World Xtreme Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance.
During the early 1990s, he was one of the earliest wrestlers to compete in Extreme Championship Wrestling where he not only faced many of the top stars in the promotion but also his own trainers Don Muraco[1] and Jimmy Snuka[2], both holding the ECW Heavyweight and Television titles respectively. [3]
Involved in a feud with "Hitman" Tony Stetson during 1992[4][5], he would later appear on ECW Hardcore TV as well as supercards including NWA Bloodfist[6].
He would briefly hold the WXW Heavyweight Championship in World Xtreme Wrestling[7] and was the first CWA Television champion in in Tony Rumble's Century Wrestling Alliance during the late 1990s[7] before moving to Hawaii to compete in NWA Hawaii. [8]
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Century Wrestling Alliance
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- CWA Television Championship (1 time) - first champion
- East Coast Pro Wrestling
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- ECPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[7]
- ECPW Television Championship (1 time)
- World Xtreme Wrestling
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- WXW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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- PWI ranked him # 378 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1997
- PWI ranked him # 366 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1996
- PWI ranked him # 330 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1994
- PWI ranked him # 482 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992
FINISHER: The Shayvits-Body Slam
[edit] References
- ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. ECW Show Results July - September 1993. “ECW Champ Don Muraco beat The Metal Maniac”
- ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. ECW Show Results July - September 1993. “ECW TV Champ Jimmy Snuka beat Metal Maniac”
- ^ Loverro, Thom. The Rise & Fall of ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006. (pg. 43) ISBN 1-4165-1058-3
- ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. ECW Show Results April – June 1992. “Tony Stetson beat The Metal Maniac via DQ”
- ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. ECW Show Results April – June 1992. “Tony Stetson beat The Metal Maniac via DQ”
- ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. ECW Show Results October – December 1993. “Sandman pinned Metal Maniac”
- ^ a b c Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Lopez, Shawn (2002-05-05). Wrestling For Success: The Island X-treme Wrestling Federation attracts athletes with a high tolerance for pain and poverty. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
