Jay Lethal

Real name: Jamar Shipman
Height: 5’9″
Weight: 192 lbs.
Date of birth: April 29, 1985
Hometown: Elizabeth, NJ
Pro debut: December 7, 2001
Trained by: Mikey Whipwreck
Finishing moves: Dragon Suplex &
Diving Headbutt

Biography

– On September 13, 2002, Lethal defeated Ghost Shadow and Rain in an elimination match for the JAPW Television title in Bayonne, NJ.
– On June 29, 2003, Lethal defeated Dirty Money for the JCW Television title in Paramus, NJ.
– Lethal defeated Homicide in the finals for JCW’s J-Cup on August 24, 2003.
– In Rahway, NJ on February 28, 2004, Lethal defeated Azrieal, Jack Evans, and The Insane Dragon in a Four Way match for the JAPW Light Heavyweight title.
– Lethal defeated the Amazing Red and Sonjay Dutt in a three way match on the June 5, 2004.
– On March 5, 2005, Lethal defeated John Walters to win the ROH Pure title.
– On May 25, 2005, Lethal defeated Homicide, Kevin Steen, and Samoa Joe in a Four Way match for the JAPW Heavyweight title in Braintree, MA.
– Lethal beat Steve Corino on June 4, 2005.
– On September 10, 2005, Lethal defeated Charlie Haas to retain the JAPW title.
– Lethal defeated Corino to keep JAPW title in a “Dog Collar” match on October 22, 2005.
– On October 29, 2005, Lethal defeated Curry Man (aka Christopher Daniels) for the ROH promotion.
– Lethal defeated Samoa Joe on December 3, 2005.
– On December 17, 2005 for the ROH promotion, Lethal defeated Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels and BJ Whitmer in a “4-Corner Survival” match.
– In January 2006, Lethal agreed to terms with TNA.
– At Against All Odds ’06, Lethal won a four way X-division battle over Matt Bentley, Petey Williams and Alex Shelley.
– At Victory Road ’06, Lethal and Chris Sabin defeated Shelley and Kevin Nash.
– Lethal defeated Petey Williams at No Surrender ’06.
– On October 28, 2006, Lethal and Azrieal defeated the OCK and The SAT in a 3-way Dance to win the JAPW Tag Team titles.
– In 2007, Lethal adopted the Black Machismo gimmick.
– As Black Machismo, Lethal defeated Chris Sabin at Slammiversary ’07 in Nashville, TN to capture the X-division title.
– At Hard Justice ’07, Lethal and Sonjay Dutt defeated Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin and Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Senshi).
– Black Machismo upset Kurt Angle at No Surrender ’07 in Orlando to regain the X-division title.
– At Bound for Glory ’07, Black Machismo defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the X-division title.
– At Genesis ’07, Black Machismo defeated Sonjay Dutt to remain X-division championship.
– Lethal and The Motor City Machineguns defeated Team 3D and Johnny Devine in a Six Man Street Fight at Against All Odds on February 10, 2007 in Greenville, SC, and as a result, Lethal regained the X-division title.
– At Destination X ’08, Lethal defeated Petey Williams to remain X-division champion.
– Lethal defeated Sonjay Dutt, Curry Man, Shark Boy, Johnny Devine and Consequenses Creed in a “X-Scape” match at Lockdown ’08 to retain the X-division title.
– At Hard Justice ’08, Lethal defeated Sonjay Dutt in a “black tie brawl and chain match.”
– At Bound for Glory IV, Jay Lethal defeated Dutt, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Curry Man, Shark Boy, Super Eric, Petey Williams, Johnny Devine, and Jimmy Rave in a “steel asylum” match.
– Lethal, Hernandez, Homicide, and Curry Man defeated Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Jimmy Rave, Lance Rock, Sonjay Dutt, Petey Williams, BG James, Consequences Creed, Cute Kip and Shark Boy in Feast or Fired match at Final Resolution ’08 on December 7th.
– At the December 16, 2008 Impact tapings, Lethal and Consequences Creed defeated Beer Money Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) to capture the TNA Tag Team titles in Orlando, FL.
– On February 28, 2009 in Jersey City, NJ, Jay Lethal defeated Kenny Omega for his second JAPW World Championship.
– Lethal signed a three year contract with TNA in April 2009.
– At Sacrifice ’09, Eric Young and Lethal Consequences (Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed) defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir and The Motor City Machineguns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley).
– At Bound for Glory ’10, Lethal defeated Douglas Williams.
– In April 2011, Lethal was let go by TNA.
– At ROH’s Best in the World iPPV, Lethal pinned Mike Bennett.
– In August 2011, Lethal signed with ROH.
– On July 7, 2011, Lethal & Wayne Wonder defeated FUW Tag Team Champions Kennedy Kendrick & Shawn Spears by DQ.
– On August 13, 2011, Lethal defeated El Generico to win the ROH Television Title.
– On October 1, 2011, Lethal fought Mike Bennett to a time-limit draw to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On November 5, 2011, Lethal fought El Generico to a time-limit draw to retain the ROH Television Title.
– At Final Battle ’11, Lethal defeated El Generico & Mike Bennett in an Elimination Match to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On January 7, 2012, Lethal defeated Bennett to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On February 25, 2012, Lethal defeated Damien Darling to win the FWE Tri-Borough Title.
– At ROH’s 10th Anniversary Show, Lethal fought Tommaso Ciampa to a time-limit draw to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On March 24, 2012, Lethal defeated Eric Young to win the FWE Heavyweight Title.
– One week later, Lethal defeated Kyle O’Reilly to retain the ROH Television Title.
– At ROH Border Wars, Lethal defeated Tommaso Ciampa.
– On June 9, 2012, Lethal defeated Carlito & Tommy Dreamer in a Hardcore Match to retain the FWE Heavyweight Title.
– At Boiling Point ’12, Lethal defeated Tommaso Ciampa in a Best of 3 Falls Match.
– At Death Before Dishonor X, Lethal defeated Homicide.
– On September 22, 2012, Lethal defeated Adam Cole, Davey Richards, Michael Elgin, Mike Mondo & Roderick Strong to win Survival of the Fittest
– At Glory By Honor XI, Lethal defeated Davey Richards
– At Final Battle ’12, Lethal defeated Rhino.
– On May 25, 2013, Lethal defeated Dean Allmark, El Ligero, Martin Kirby, Marty Scurll & MK McKinnan to win the vacant SWE Speed King Title.
– On August 10, 2013, Lethal & Scotty Swift defeated Team SMASH (James Midas & Aspen Faith) to win the WrestleZone Tag Team Titles.
– One week later, Lethal defeated Robbie X to retain the SWE Speed King Title.
– At Death Before Dishonor XI, Lethal defeated Silas Young.
– At Supercard of Honor VIII, Lethal defeated Tommaso Ciampa in a Best of 3 Falls Match to win the ROH Television Title. He retained the title against Alex Koslov the next day.
– On April 19, 2014, Lethal defeated Cheeseburger to retain the ROH Television Title.
– At ROH/NJPW Global Wars, Lethal defeated Matt Taven, Silas Young & Tommaso Ciampa in a Four Corner Survival Match to retain the ROH Television Title.
– At ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds, Lethal defeated KUSHIDA to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On June 6, 2014, Lethal defeated Cheeseburger to retain the ROH Television Title.
– At Best In The World ’14, Lethal defeated Matt Taven to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On July 18, 2014, Lethal defeated The Romantic Touch to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On August 9, 2014, Lethal fought ACH to a time-limit draw to retain the ROH Television Title. Over the next few weeks, Lethal defended the title against Caprice Coleman, Matt Taven, Tyler Bate, Pete Dunne, Robbie X & Dick Riley.
– At All Star Extravaganza VI, Lethal defeated Cedric Alexander to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On September 27, 2014, Lethal defeated Will Ferrara to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On October 25, 2014, Lethal defeated ACH to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On November 8, 2014, Lethal defeated Cedric Alexander to retain the ROH Television Title. A week later, he defended the belt against RD Evans.
– At Final Battle ’14, Lethal defeated Matt Sydal to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On January 3, 2015, Lethal defeated Matt Sydal & ACH in a 3-Way Match to retain the ROH Television Title.
– On January 30, 2015, Lethal defeated Roderick Strong to retain the ROH Television Title.
– At ROH’s 13th Anniversary Show, Lethal defeated Alberto El Patron to retain the ROH Television Title.
– In March 2015, Lethal retained the ROH Television Title against Dalton Castle & Cliff Compton
– At Supercard of Honor II, Lethal defeated Jushin Liger to retain the ROH Television Title
– In April 2015, Lethal defended the ROH Television Title against Tommaso Ciampa & Kyle O’Reilly
– At Global Wars ’15, Lethal defeated Tetsuya Naito to retain the ROH Television Title
– On May 30, 2015, Lethal defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the ROH Television Title
– On June 6, 2015, Lethal defeated Samson Walker to retain the ROH Television Title
– At Best in the World ’15, Lethal defeated Jay Briscoe to retain the ROH Television Title and win the ROH World Title
– The next night, Lethal defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the ROH World Title
– At Death Before Dishonor XIII, Lethal fought Roderick Strong to a time-limit draw to retain the ROH World Title
– The next night, Lethal defeated Hanson to retain the ROH Television Title
– On August 21, 2015, Lethal defeated Roderick Strong to retain the ROH World Title
– On September 11, 2015, Lethal defeated Dalton Castle, Mark Briscoe & Cedric Alexander to retain the ROH Television Title
– At All-Star Extravaganza VII, Lethal defeated Bobby Fish to retain the ROH Television Title, then defeated Kyle O’Reilly to retain the ROH World Title
– The next night, Lethal defeated Takaaki Watanabe to retain the ROH Television Title
– At Glory by Honor XIV, Lethal, Roderick Strong, Michael Bennett & Matt Taven defeated Dalton Castle, Moose, Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian
– In November 2015, Lethal defended the ROH World Title against Noam Dar, Joey Hayes & Doug Williams
– At Final Battle ’15, Lethal defeated AJ Styles to retain the ROH World Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom 10, Lethal defeated Michael Elgin to retain the ROH World Title
– On January 16, 2016, Lethal defeated Mark Haskins to retain the ROH World Title
– At Honor Rising ’16, Lethal defeated Tomoaki Honma to retain the ROH World Title
– At ROH’s 14th Anniversary Show, Lethal defeated Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly to retain the ROH World Title
– On February 27, 2016, Lethal defeated Hirooki Goto to retain the ROH World Title
– In March 2016, Lethal defended the ROH World Title against Matt Sydal & Lance Storm
– In April 2016, Lethal defended the ROH World Title against Lio Rush, Cheeseburger, Shady Nattrass, Mark Andrews, Joe Coffey & Vinny Marseglia
– At Global Wars ’16, Lethal fought Colt Cabana to a no-contest to retain the ROH World Title
– In June 2016, Lethal defended the ROH World Title against Noam Dar, El Ligero & Kyle O’Reilly
– At Best in the World ’16, Lethal defeated Jay Briscoe to retain the ROH World Title
– On July 16, 2016, Lethal defeated Colt Cabana to retain the ROH World Title
– On August 14, 2016, Lethal defeated Satoshi Kojima to retain the ROH World Title
– At All-Star Extravaganza VIII, Lethal defeated Tetsuya Naito
– At Final Battle ’17, Lethal defeated Marty Scurll
– On June 23, 2018, Lethal defeated Michael Richard Blais to win the PWA Title, but lost it almost immediately to Sheik Akbar Shabaz
– At Best in the World ’18, Lethal defeated KUSHIDA
– On June 30, 2018, Lethal defeated Dalton Castle, Matt Taven & Cody in a Four Corner Survival Match to regain the ROH World Title
– On July 21, Lethal defeated Jonathan Gresham in an Iron Man Match to retain the ROH World Title
– At the ALL IN event, Lethal defeated Flip Gordon to retain the ROH World Title
– At Death Before Dishonor ’18, Lethal defeated Will Ospreay to retain the ROH World Title
– At Glory By Honor ’18, Lethal defeated Silas Young to retain the ROH World Title
– On the 2018 Jericho Cruise, Lethal defeated Scorpio Sky to retain the ROH World Title
– At Survival of the Fittest ’18, Lethal & Jeff Cobb defeated SCU (Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky)
– At Final Battle ’18, Lethal defeated Cody to retain the ROH World Title
– On December 28, Lethal defeated Gabriel Kidd to retain the ROH World Title
– At Honor Reigns Supreme ’19, Lethal defeated Dalton Castle to retain the ROH World Title
– On January 25, 2019, Lethal defeated Vinny Marseglia to retain the ROH World Title
– At Honor Rising ’19, Lethal defeated TK O’Ryan to retain the ROH World Title
– At ROH’s 17th Anniversary Show, Lethal fought Matt Taven to a time-limit draw to retain the ROH World Title
– At Final Battle 2019, Lethal & Jonathan Gresham defeated The Briscoes (Mark & Jay) to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Honor Reigns Supreme 2020, Lethal, Gresham, Dan Maff & Jeff Cobb defeated Brian Milonas, Josh Woods, Silas Young & The Beer City Bruiser
– At Bound By Honor 2020, Lethal & Gresham defeated Josh Woods & Silas Young to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Final Battle 2020, Lethal & Gresham defeated Mark Briscoe & PCO to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– At Glory By Honor 2021, The Foundation (Lethal, Gresham, Rhett Titus & Tracy Williams) defeated VLNCE UNLTD (Brody King, Chris Dickinson, Tony Deppen & Homicide)
– Lethal debuted for AEW at Full Gear 2021
– At Supercard of Honor 2022, Lethal defeated Lee Moriarty
– In April 2022, Lethal aligned with Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh in AEW
– At Fyter Fest 2022, Lethal defeated Christopher Daniels
– Lethal had the honour of being on the opposing team for Ric Flair’s Last Match, teaming with Jeff Jarrett in a loss to Flair & Andrade El Idolo
– At the 2022 Rampage Holiday Bash special, Lethal & Jeff Jarrett defeated Billy Gunn & Anthony Bowens
– On January 15, 2023, Lethal, Chris Marval & Don Juan defeated Chase Owens, Joey Hyder & Sledge to retain Marval & Juan’s PWE Tag Team Titles
– At Final Battle 2024, Lethal (returning to his Black Machismo gimmick) defeated QT Marshall