Frank Wilkes

&nbsp A bland midcarder who you've probably seen in a million matches without remembering him, Frank Wilkes gained notoriety after incorporating a criminal conviction into an offensive gimmick. Being forced to register as a Registered Sex Offender, Wilkes had a hard time getting work. When he did show up at events he'd often find the boys working hard, attempting to hurt him, and audiences chanting "RSO." Whether he devised it as a gimmick of just rolled with the chants is anyone's guess, but "Registered Sex Offender" Frank Wilkes continues to haunt the indy circuit.

Blood Stained Nights I
When his trainer, Lucerio Villaini, decided to put on a death match tournament, it fell to his students to fill out the blank spots; and Frank Wilkes was thrown to the wolves. Initally asked to take a dive into barbwire in the first round, just long enough to get a feel for live crowds, Wilkes "lucked out" when his opponent Scarlet Dawg destroyed his knee. A second round required a spill into a bed of nails, but Nathan "High Spot" Forbes blew a shooting star press, knocking himself out, and sending the rookie into the finals. Six Demon Bag destroyed Frank Wilkes in short order, giving him scars that Wilkes still carries today. The match was boring, the wrestling non-existent, and the spots barely there, but Frank Wilkes had reached the main event of a pay per view.