TJP

Real name: Teddy James Perkins
Height: 5’10″
Weight: 172 lbs.
Date of birth: September 3, 1984
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Pro debut: January 1999
Trained by: Bill Anderson, Jesse Hernandez, Kevin Quinn, Negro Casas, Antonio Inoki
Finishing move: Mamba Splash

Biography

– Perkins began training for a wrestling career aged just 13
– He made his professional debut aged 14 as ‘Pinoy Boy’, having lied about his age. In his early career, he skipped school on many Fridays in order to compete regularly
– In 2002, Perkins traveled to Japan for further training at the New Japan Dojo
– In November 2003, Perkins began to compete as the masked ‘Puma’, as well as occasional appearances using his real name
– On December 27, 2013, Puma made his ROH debut, losing to Josh Daniels
– In April 2004, Perkins returned to Japan for his first full tour, competing once again as Pinoy Boy
– On October 29, 2004, Puma made his TNA debut, teaming with Frankie Capone in a loss to Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper
– On December 4, 2004, Puma defeated JJ Perez to win the APW Worldwide Internet Title
– On February 5, 2004, Puma defeated Derek Sanders to retain the APW Worldwide Internet Title
– In March 2005, Perkins made his third trip to Japan, his first as Puma
– On April 9, 2005, Puma entered the ECWA Super 8 Tournament, defeating JJ Perez and Eric Matlock but losing to Petey Williams in the final
– On April 23, 2005, Puma entered the ECCW Pacific Cup, defeating Jesse Jiminez and Dave Richards but losing to Aaron Idol in the final
– On May 7, 2005, Puma fought Matt Sydal & Delirious to a time limit draw in a 3-Way Match. Sydal retains the NWA Midwest X-Division Title
– On May 28, 2005, Puma defeated The Great Tenshi to retain the APW Worldwide Internet Title
– In late-2005, Perkins quietly retired the Puma character, only to revive it in early 2006
– In early 2006, Puma competed for Team Mexico in TNA’s World X Cup
– On May 26, 2006, Puma defeated M-Dogg 20 to win the UWA Canadian Title
– On June 23, 2006, Puma defeated Petey Williams to retain the UWA Canadian Title
– On September 8, 2006, Puma fought EWF Heavyweight Champion Bino Gambino to a time-limit draw
– On October 28, 2006, Puma entered the UWA Grand Prix Tournament, defeating Kazuchika Okada and Dan Paysan but losing to Sonjay Dutt in the final
– On January 5, 2007, Perkins reached the final of the EWF Inland Title Tournament, but lost to Joey Harder
– On March 4, 2007, Perkins defeated EWF Heayweight Champion Joey Harder by DQ
– On May 5, 2007, Perkins fought HRW High Desert Champion Johnny Paradise to a time limit draw
– On May 18, 2007, Perkins defeated Disco Machine to win the AWS Light Heavyweight Title
– On June 3, 2007, Perkins defeated Lil Cholo to retain the AWS Light Heavyweight Title
– On June 16, 2007, Perkins defeated HRW High Desert Champion Johnny Paradise by DQ
– At Victory Road 2007, Perkins finally made his PPV debut, as Puma competed in a gauntlet match
– On August 4, 2007, Perkins defeated Johnny Paradise in a Street Fight to win the HRW High Desert Title
– On August 17, 2007, Perkins defeated Lil Cholo to retain the AWS Light Heavyweight Title
– On August 25, 2007, Perkins defeated Joey Ryan to retain the AWS Light Heavyweight Title
– On August 30, 2007, Perkins defeated Sexy Chino to retain the AWS Light Heavyweight Title
– On November 4, 2007, Perkins defeated Mikey Nicholls to retain the AWS Light Heavyweight Title
– On December 16, 2007, Perkins defeated Ronin to retain the AWS Light Heavyweight Title
– On December 30, 2007, Perkins defeated Scott Lost to retain the AWS Light Heavyweight Title
– On May 2, 2008, Famous for Fearless (Perkins & Liger Rivera) defeated EWF Tag Team Champions La Ola Del Mal (Extreme Loco & Black Metal) by DQ
– One week later, Puma defeated Ryan Kool to win the BTW Cruiserweight Title
– On May 16, 2008, Famous for Fearless fought EWF Tag Team Champions La Ola Del Mal to a no contest
– On June 1, 2008, Perkins won a battle royal to win the NWA Heritage Title
– On June 27, 2008, Famous for Fearless defeated La Ola Del Mal to win the EWF Tag Team Titles
– On July 5, 2008, Famous for Fearless defeated Sonny Samson & Terex to retain the EWF Tag Team Titles
– On July 11, 2008, Famous for Fearless defeated KOS (Hook Bomberry & Ryan Taylor) to retain the EWF Tag Team Titles
– At Victory Road 2008, Puma competed for Team Japan in TNA’s World X Cup
– On July 18, 2008, Puma defeated Ryan Von Kool to retain the BTW Cruiserweight Title
– One week later, Famous for Fearless defeated The High Rollers to retain the EWF Tag Team Titles
– On August 2, 2008, Perkins defeated Scott Lost to retain the NWA Heritage Title
– On August 8, 2008, Famous for Fearless defeated Midnight Dynamite (Charles Mercury & Johnny Paradise) to retain the EWF Tag Team Titles
– On August 16, 2008, Perkins defeated Lil Cholo to retain the NWA Heritage Title
– On August 22, 2008, Famous for Fearless defeated Midnight Dynamite by DQ to retain the EWF Tag Team Titles
– On September 12, 2008, Perkins fought EWF American Champion Ryan Taylor to a time-limit draw
– One week later, Puma defeated Michael Modest to retain the BTW Cruiserweight Title
– On September 20, 2008, Perkins fought AWS Heavyweight Champion Scott Lost to a no contest
– On October 4, 2008, Perkins defeated Charles Mercury, Joey Ryan & Scott Lost in a 4-Way Match to retain the NWA Heritage Title
– On October 10, 2008, Famous for Fearless defeated Midnight Dynamite to retain the EWF Tag Team Titles
– On November 7, 2008, Perkins defeated Joey Ryan to retain the NWA Heritage Title
– The next day, Perkins defeated Michael Modest, MPT & Mr Wrestling IV in a 4-Way Match to retain the NWA Heritage Title
– On November 15, 2008, Famous for Fearless defeated Anchors Away (David E Jones & Ryan Stone) to retain the EWF Tag Team Titles
– On December 19, 2008, Famous for Fearless defeated Joey Ryan & Ryan Taylor in a Ladder Match to retain the EWF Tag Team Titles
– Two days later, Perkins defeated Ryan Taylor & Scott Lost in a 3-Way Match to win the AWS Light Heavyweight Title
– In late-2009, Perkins once again quietly retired the Puma character, only reviving it occasionally since
– In May 2011, Perkins returned to Japan, competing in New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors Tournament
– At TNA’s X-Stravaganza PPV, Perkins revived the Puma character, competing in a 7-Man Xscape Match
– In April 2013, Perkins signed a contract with TNA and began portraying the Suicide character
– On May 23, 2013, Suicide made his TNA return, defeating Joey Ryan & Petey Williams in a 3-Way Match
– On June 29, 2013, Suicide was renamed Manik by TNA General Manager Hulk Hogan
– On July 18, 2013, Manik defeated Sonjay Dutt & Greg Marasciulo in an Ultimate X Match to win the TNA X-Division Title
– On September 26, 2013, Manik defeated Chris Sabin to retain the TNA X-Division Title
– In late 2014, Manik joined James Storm’s ‘Revolution’ stable
– At One Night Only: X-Travaganza ’15, Manik defeated John Yurn
– At One Night Only: Gut-Check, The Revolution (Manik & Storm) defeated The Von Erichs (Ross & Marshall)
– In July 2015, The Revolution disbanded
– Manik was drawn into the ‘X-Division Group’ of the TNA World Title Series. Wins over DJ Z & Mandrews saw him advance to the knockout phase
– Perkins’ TNA contract expired in early 2016 and was not renewed
– On September 14, 2016, Perkins became the first ever WWE Cruiserweight Classic winner as well as the very first WWE RAW Cruiserweight Champion by defeating Gran Metalik in the finale
– At Clash of Champions ’16, Perkins defeated Brian Kendrick to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title
– On the Survivor Series ’16 pre-show, Perkins, Rich Swann & Noam Dar defeated Drew Gulak, Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari
– In February 2019, Perkins was released by WWE. He returned to the indies in May
– TJP won the 2019 King Of Maryland Tournament, defeating Nick Anarchy, Chris Slade & Sicend in the 4-way final
– TJP returned to Impact on the June 21, 2019 episode, defeating Ace Austin
– TJP competed in the 2019 Super J Cup
– On December 17, TJP defeated JT Dunn, Ken Broadway & Evander James to retain the HOG Crown Jewel Title
– At One Night Only 2020, TJP reprised the Manik gimmick and teamed with Suicide (Zachary Wentz) to defeat Kid Kash & Johnny Swinger
– At Final Resolution 2020, Manik defeated Rohit Raju to win the Impact X-Division Title
– At Hard To Kill 2021, Manik defeated Rohit Raju & Chris Bey to retain the Impact X-Division Title
– At No Surrender 2021, TJP defeated Rohit Raju to retain the Impact X-Division Title
– On the following episode of Impact, TJP defeated Josh Alexander to retain the Impact X-Division Title
– At NJPW Resurgence 2021, TJP, Clark Connors & Ren Narita defeated Rocky Romero, Fred Rosser & Wheeler Yuta
– In September 2021, TJP joined Will Ospreay’s United Empire stable
– At Windy City Riot 2022, United Empire (TJP, Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, Great O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare) defeated Bullet Club (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Chris Bey, El Phantasmo, Scott Norton & Hikuleo)
– At Dominion 2022, United Empire (TJP, Francesco Akira & Aaron Henare) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato
– On June 20, United Empire (TJP & Akira) defeated Six Or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Music City Mayhem, United Empire (TJP, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) defeated Cash Wheeler, Dax Harwood & Alex Zayne
– On November 5, 2022, Catch 22 (TJP & Francesco Akira) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & Titan)
– At the NJPW/Stardom X-Over event, United Empire (TJP, Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, Francesco Akira & Gideon Grey) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI & SANADA)
– At Wrestle Kingdom 17, Catch 22 (TJP & Francesco Akira) defeated CHAOS (Lio Rush & YOH) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At The New Beginning in Sapporo 2023, Catch 22 defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On March 12, 2023, TJP defeated Chris Basso, Joey Janela, Flip Gordon, Bandido & Effy in a Scramble Match to win the vacant WSW Australian Title
– The next day, TJP successfully defended the WSW Australian Title against Robbie Eagles
– At Dominion 2023, Catch 22 (TJP & Francesco Akira) defeated Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA) to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At the 2023 All Together Again event, United Empire (TJP, Francesco Akira, Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan & Aaron Henare) defeated Hikaru Sato, Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Dan Tamura & Ryuki Honda
– At Impact/NJPW Multiverse United 2, Catch 22 (TJP & Francesco Akira) defeated TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita)
– Between October 6 and October 13, TJP defended the WSW Australian Title against Chris Bey, Brian Cage, Mike Bailey, Kosei Fujita, Mikey Broderick, Flip Gordon & Mat Diamond
– Catch 22 (TJP & Francesco Akira) won the 2023 Super Junior Tag League, defeating House of Torture (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO) in the final
– At Wrestle Kingdom 18, Catch 22 defeated BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles. TJP debuted a new persona at the event, based around the mythical Filipino ‘aswang’
– On June 28, 2024, TJP defeated Jack Cartwheel & Brian Cage to retain the WSW Australian Title