Bill Parkman

Bill Parkman (born on October 31, 1984) is one of the few who can say they were trained by Raven, and Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to the New International Wrestling Alliance, where he is the current NIWA Hardcore Champion.

Early Life
Bill Parkman was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on October 31, 1984. After much debate from his biological parents, Bill was placed up for adoption and was adopted just days later. Not much is known about Parkman's biological parents, but his past with his adopted parents is very well known. As Parkman puts it, he had a very rough childhood. He describes his adopted father as a drunkard, who believes that money solves all problems, even when it comes to family. Parkman's adopted mother is "a perfectionistic bitch" who decided to bring Parkman down on everything he did.

As he grew up, his father had him and his mother move numerous times. Since he was born, Parkman claims that his family resided in at least 18 places spanning from his hometown of Calgary to Plant City, Florida. Obviously, this caused a great deal of depression and solitude for Parkman, as he was never able to really grow close to anyone due to his family's hectic schedule. Even when Parkman's father had seemed to have settled down for a bit, Parkman still decided to stay distant from people, as he refused to feel the loss of friends once again.

In a last ditch effort, while living in Scottsdale, Arizona with his father, Parkman made a couple of close friends at school. It was through them that Parkman became hooked on professional wrestling. Every Monday was like Christmas for Parkman as the Monday Night Wars raged on and was introduced to Raven, who had just came to WCW from ECW. Raven's mystique, care free attitude, and overall look had Parkman hooked and he knew from that day on that he would be a professional wrestler and that Raven was going to be his measuring stick. Parkman idolized Raven in every way and hoped that one day he would meet the ECW alumnus and would be taken under his wing, so to speak. After his high school graduation, Parkman decided to follow his dreams and signed up to become a wrestler with the local promotion, Arizona Championship Wrestling (ACW).

Ohio Valley Wrestling
Mike was finally contracted by OVW in January of 2005, and assigned the name Major Mayhem. He wrestled his first match on January 8th, 2005, squashing an unknown rookie. He quickly moved through the ranks of throughout the early part of 2005, defeating names such as Idol Stevens, Casey James, Shad (Gaspard), The Neighborhoodie, Boris Alexiev, Daivari, and Nick Dinsmore. He then went on to defeat CM Punk in a #1 Contender's match in May of that year, and Brent Albright for the OVW Championship in June, putting Albright out with an injury (kayfabe). Mike renamed the Championship to the "Intensity Championship", and used a redesigned belt. He made a heel turn by saying that nobody in or out of OVW was intense enough to take the new title belt from him. He then feuded with Punk throughout the later part of 2005. The feud is best remembered for the epic "I Quit" match between the two, during which Mike debuted his finishing maneuver, the Major Bomb, to drive Punk through a barbed-wire table and win the match. Mike finally lost the title to Punk at an OVW live event in November. The classic OVW Championship was restored, and Mike, after his impressive show as champion, was offered a spot on WWE TV.

World Wrestling Entertainment
Mike was quickly brought up to the Smackdown brand of WWE after his sucess in OVW. He wrestled under his real name, Mike Stevens, in several dark matches before making his television debut. His first televised match was against John Bradshaw Layfield for the United States Championship in an open challenge from the champion. Mike won that debut match and the United States Championship on December 6th, 2005. He then entered a program with JBL and The Cabinet, until JBL won the title back from him at Wrestlemania 22 in March of 2006. It was in that match that Mike initially aggravated his left elbow, but he continued to wrestle.

After Bobby Lashley ended a program with Ken Kennedy, Mike and Lashley formed a tag team with a military-like gimmick. Though they did not capture any tag team championships, they were an overall success as a team with their overpowering fighting styles and great tag team connection.

Unfortunately, Mike's left elbow injury turned into a hyperextension during a tag match at a SmackDown! house show, forcing him out of action in June. Stevens did not renew his WWE contract in July, not citing a specific reason, instead opting to sign a two-year deal with the New International Wrestling Alliance. Many speculate that Mike heard of Jenna Jordan's signing to the [New International Wrestling Alliance|NIWA] that convinced Mike to switch companies.

2006
After signing with the NIWA, Mike was assigned to their developmental show, Flashbang. There, he was surprised to find out that the NIWA had also signed personal trainer and Mike's old friend Jenna Jordan to a contract as well. The two reconciled their friendship on Mike's second Flashbang appearance, and began dating one another shortly thereafter.

Meanwhile, Mike's in-ring career started off well. Mike feuded with another new Flashbang talent, KHNobody, a brutal heel that immediately aligned Mike as a babyface. Throughout the feud, Mike was introduced to a number of NIWA veterans, such as Edward Bosco and The Corporal. The feud ended with Stevens picking up a victory over KHNobody in a first blood match, causing him to eventually leave the NIWA for good.

Stevens then attempted to form a faction known as "The Patriots" with Jenna Jordan. He invited Edward Bosco to join, but after the basketball star declined his offer, Stevens looked to the services of a new giant on Flashbang - Destroyer. Stevens and Destroyer were then put in a Tag Team Tournament for the vacant NIWA Tag Team Championships. After Destroyer's no-show to that match Chairman Cameron Reno announced that Stevens would be forced to wrestle a handicap match against the team of California Domination (Matthew Lawless and The Torpedo). He overcame the odds to win the match, as well as his and Jenna's Breakdown contracts.

Though Mike was forced to relinquish his spot in the tag tournament without a partner the following week, he aspired to rise through the ranks of Breakdown as he had in OVW. Mike began a challenge contest for the undisclosed contents of a briefcase, which he called "Mike Stevens's Intensity Challenge". Various Breakdown stars accepted, attempting to defeat him in under ten minutes in order to win the contents of the briefcase. After a win over 360 K!dd, Mike defended against Alexander Kayne, a new, unbeaten Breakdown superstar trained by Primus and Drago. Mike won the match against Kayne, handing the new star his first loss. At the House Rules Pay-Per-View in Spetember, Mike continued his Challenge, defending against Rick O'Shea. Alex Kayne's interference in that match sparked a notorious on-and-off feud between Kayne and Mike that still continues to this day.

In order to get his rematch against Kayne on that week's Breakdown, Mike was forced to allow his opponent to choose the stipulation to their rematch. After Mike accepted, Kayne later revealed the stipulation to be that Jenna Jordan's managerial contract would be on the line in the match. Stunned by Kayne's stipulation, Mike went on to narrowly lose the match, Jenna's services as a manager, and the rights to see her (kayfabe). He grew unsure of himself in the weeks leading up to No Remorse in October, but eventually got focused enough to defeat Kayne at that Pay-Per-View, and prove to everyone that he wasn't out of the fight yet. The next step was a set of "pick your poison" matches on Breakdown, with Mike choosing Kayne's opponent for that nice and vice versa. While Mike was put up against a newly returned Primus, Kayne's opponent turned out to be Infinity, the NIWA head babyface with whom Primus had been fueding. While Kayne won his match due to a distraction by Silver, Mike lost his to Primus. The next week, Mike Stevens was confronted by Jenna Jordan, sparking a backstage brawl from Kayne. It was quickly broken up, but enraged Stevens and fired his desire to get Jenna away from the evil Kayne. At Instant Access in November, it was voted on by fans that Mike and Alex Kayne face off in a Last Man Standing match for Jenna Jordan's contract. Stevens won the match, putting Kayne out of action (kayfabe) and ending the feud for a few months.

After winning back Jenna's services and putting Kayne out of action, Mike entered a quick fued with Rift after the monster attacked Stevens and assaulted Jenna on Breakdown. The feud ended in a Fatal Four-Way match involving Mike, Rift, Silver, and DeVito for the Hardcore Championship at a flagship NIWA Pay-Per-View Grand Slam Celebration II in December. The Contest ended when Silver drove DeVito's head into the ring bell and pinned him for the win.

2007
The start of the new year brought a new ambition for Mike, as he announced his intention to win the Continental Championship from current title holder, Sean Calahan. Sean reluctantly accepted a singles match challenge from Mike on the first Breakdown of the new year. When Calahan no-showed (kayfabe) for his match later that night, Mike tracked him down to a local bar and a bar brawl ensued, ending with Mike smashing Sean's head through a pinball machine, which exploded, burning off Calahan's eyebrows. Mike proved himself the next week by defeating former Continental Champion Shinn in a #1 Contender's match, and earning the right to face Calahan in a Falls Count Anywhere match for the Continental Championship at Dawning of Destruction. Mike lost the match after Sean turned a diving spear from a 20-foot high scaffold into a small package, concussing Mike and rolling him up for the win.

The following week's Breakdown saw an injured Mike Stevens run in on a Handicap match to save Jenna Jordan from having to face off against Sean Calahan and Sonia Summers by herself. The match became a tag match which Mike won, but with Calahan injuring Jenna Jordan (kayfabe) in the process. Mike would go on to win a match Calahan at February's Prophecy of Placidity Pay-Per-View, only to be informed later by (then Breakdown General Manager) Edmund Kaiser that the match was not, as Mike thought, for the Continental title. Rather, Kaiser thought Mike had not yet proven himself worthy of another title shot. From that point, Mike's quest for the Continental title moved into a fued with Kasier, who put Mike in must-win matches on Breakdown in order to face Calahan again at the March Pay-Per-View, Countdown to Oblivion.

During that time, Mike's brother John, introduced as Jack Stevens, signed an NIWA Contract. Mike was overjoyed to hear that his brother would be in the NIWA, but later found out that his brother drugged him (kayfabe) in an attempt to sabotage Mike's Continental title contention match against The Armenian Assassin. Jack later introduced himself as Johnny Omega, and informed Mike that he turned on his brother in return for a promised title shot from Edmund Kaiser. Mike overcame his brother in a #1 Contender's match, but in his Continental title match against Calahan at Countdown to Oblivion, Johnny Omega, as well as Calahan's rival Steve Lindburgh, both interfered in the match, costing Mike his final Continental title opportunity. Things seemed to be going downhill for Mike, until later that night when he won the Oblivion Battle Royale to earn an NIWA World Championship match at the Main event of NIWA's premiere Pay-Per-View, Premonition. After Mike's victory celebration, however, Alex Kayne showed up and beat Mike down, delivering his finisher, The Golden Glory, to Stevens onto a steel chair.

Throughout the next month, NIWA Chairman Cameron Reno forced Stevens into matches to defend his Premonition #1 Contender's Shot. The trials culminated at April's Fall Out Pay-Per-View, where Alex Kayne got the win over Mike and won the Premonition Title Shot from him. The next week on Breakdown, in a surprise turn of events, Alexander Kayne won the NIWA World Championship from The Avenger in an upset finish. Though he had also claimed Mike's NIWA World Title Shot at Premonition, Mike announced that a contractual stipulation did not allow for the Premonition #1 Contendership to be defended in the first place. With The Avenger enacting his contractual rematch clause, Mike went on to a Triple Threat match at Premonition in May for the NIWA World Championship. Mike won the match, and his first major World Championship.

Coming off of his win at Premonition, Alex Kayne and Ryan Bane faced off against The Avenger in a #1 Contender's Handicap match to decide an opponent for Mike at the June Pay-Per-View, Redemption. When the match ended in a draw, with both men pinning The Avenger at the same time, it was announced that both Kayne and Bane were #1 Contenders and would go on to Redemption in another Triple Threat World Championship match. The Pay-Per-View seemingly saw a change of attitude for Kayne. He sought Mike down to be sure that he would be defending, and not forfeiting his title after a brutal attack by new NIWA owners Infinity and his twin brother, The End. Mike did indeed defend his World Championship that night, pinning Ryan Bane to retain his title.

Over the month of July, it seemed that Alex Kayne and Mike Stevens were putting their past differences aside to work against the tyrannical leadership of Absolution, a stable made up of the "most powerful figures in the NIWA". Mike attempted to undermine the authority of Absolution by pulling to have the NIWA Board of Directors declare him the host of the July Pay-Per-View show, "Mike Stevens Presents": Patriot Games. Infinity, however, intervened by declaring himself the #1 Contender for the World Title at Patriot Games. As Alex Kayne feuded with The End, Mike (in tandem) feuded with Infinity, even seeing Mike team up with Alex to take on The End of Infinity. At Patriot Games, Mike successfully defended his championship in a No-Disqualification match after Primus interfered and delivered his finishing maneuver, The C4, to Infinity. After the match, Mike Stevens finally proposed to Jenna Jordan in front of a crowd including Jenna's parents, and Mike's mother and best friend. After the proposal, however, The End and (Absolution member) Logan Spades attacked Mike. Alex Kayne then ran down to the ring, seemingly to help, but instead, he turned on Mike, allowing The End to hit his finisher, The Finale. Kayne then hit his Golden Glory on Stevens as well, announcing that he was the newest member of Absolution.

In Wrestling

 * Finishing and signature moves
 * As "The Hardcore Icon" Bill Parkman
 * Dragon Sleeper
 * Parkman Bomb (Dual Powerbomb Combo)
 * Evenflow DDT
 * Devil's Flight (Variation of the Frog Splash. Rarely used.)
 * Drop Toe Hold into table, which rests upon the steel steps on the outside of the ring
 * Many variations of the low blow
 * Short arm clothesline


 * Fighting Style
 * Following in his teacher's way, Bill Parkman's fighting style can be summed up in two words: Dirty and Hardcore. While the Hardcore Icon shows off his innovative ways of destruction and is quite comfortable in this setting, much of the wrestling community does not know that Parkman is also skilled at technical wrestling.


 * Signature taunts
 * Sitting in the corner of the ring, in tribute to his teacher and idol, Raven.


 * Entrance Music
 * Early in his career, Parkman used an instrumental version of "Crucify Yourself" by fellow Canadian, Chris Jericho's rock band, Fozzy.
 * Upon entering CDW and CDW's parent company, OTB, Parkman begun to use Drain STH's "Alone"
 * After years of searching for a fitting theme song, Parkman came into the NIWA with "Suffer" by Staind, and it has been his theme ever since.


 * Managers / Tag Partners / Associates
 * Raven
 * Heather Parkman
 * Cory "CDX" Diebold


 * Quotes
 * "Your Pain will be My Bliss"
 * "What about Me? What about Parkman?"


 * Nicknames
 * The Ice Man
 * The Hardcore Icon
 * Hell's Guardian Devil
 * The Lone Wolf
 * Lobo Solitario
 * Loup Solitaire

Championships and Accomplishments

 * W.O.C.W.
 * Created the "Parkman's Rules" Match
 * 1st Ever Hardcore Champion
 * Undefeated during his stint there.
 * Company folded with Parkman as the only Hardcore Champion.


 * W.O.W.F.
 * Hardcore Champion (1 Time)


 * Complete Destruction Wrestling
 * First and only CDW Television Champion
 * Called up to OTB Wrestling


 * Only the Best Wrestling
 * OTB Tag Team Championship (1x)


 * New International Wrestling Alliance
 * NIWA Hardcore Champion (2 time, current)


 * Elite Online Championship Wrestling
 * Co-owner with Cory "CDX" Diebold

Personal Life
Bill Parkman and real life wife, Heather Parkman, have known each other since their late teens, and dated for a few years. Just like the Parkman character, Bill and Heather have a very controversial relationship, but live together happily in their home in Banff.

Bill is an avid video game player, and loves to ride his motorcycle, when the weather permits. If the weather doesn't allow Bill to ride his custom made Titan Sidewinder, he drives around town in his 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500, which rumor has it, was used in the Nicholas Cage movie, Gone in 60 Seconds. Bill also has a wide range of musical tastes, is a huge movie buff, and has been known to play his James Hetfield autographed Gibson Explorer Pro guitar from time to time.

References / External Links
NIWA Website