Joseph Appice

Joseph Appice (born December 20, 1977) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently working for the Premiere Wrestling Alliance as the PWA World Interbrand Champion.

Early life
Joseph Appice was born in 1977 to a decent family. Growing up, his childhood was normal. His parents loved him, he got along with his cousins, and he was very close to his aunts and uncles. Once he entered school however, things changed. A chain of embarrassing incidents led to Appice being picked on by those bigger than him. One day, in third grade, an 8-year old Appice was beat by a notorious school bully. His father encouraged him to put up a fight the second he saw the bully again. His only specific advice for Appice was telling him to "Nail him in the head." Appice saw the enemy, went face-to-face, and poked him in the eye before punching him repeatedly in the nose. He won the fight and for the rest of the day, was considered a hero.

That proved to be the crowning moment of Appice's time in school. While he was proud of himself for what he did, his classmates moved on after a very short time and never spoke of it again. Appice was bothered. He loved the attention he received, and now it was gone faster than it came. Unfortunately, Appice always remembered his father's advice and whenever anything bothered him, no matter how big or small, Appice had no problem nailing the person who he felt wronged him in the face.

Early career
While he did eventually complete school, his obsession with being noticed positively by his classmates led to a miserable time following the bully incident. After school was over, Appice, a lifelong wrestling fan, decided to become a pro wrestler. He got in shape and trained under GWF non-legend T-dog Tomasio and debuted in T-dog's IBWA promotion shortly thereafter. Due to his habit of either causing harm to his opponent's head and face, his peers gave him the nickname "The Cranial Architect," which he adopted.

Appice didn't like T-dog, and thought he was everything that was wrong with the wrestling world; selfish, greedy, and not willing to help Appice get anywhere. Appice left T-dog lying with a concussion in the IBWA Arena. IBWA remains inactive and T-dog hasn't appeared publicly since.

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * Camel clutch
 * Cranial Architect (Double underhook piledriver)
 * Double knee facebreaker
 * Iron claw


 * Signature moves
 * Backbreaker
 * Gutwrench suplex
 * Running DDT
 * Russian legsweep
 * Single knee facebreaker
 * Sleeper hold
 * Triple German suplex


 * Entrance themes
 * "Eyes of the World" by Rainbow (PWA)

Championships and accomplishments

 * Premiere Wrestling Alliance
 * PWA World Interbrand Championship (1 time, current)