Marcus Slayton

Marcus Alexander Slayton
Marcus relaxing during a promo
Birth name Marcus Alexander Slayton Senior Born 10/31/1965 (55 years) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Resides Cameron, NC Family Slayton Spouse Kelly Gellar-Slayton Alma mater Norte Dame Professional wrestling career Ring name(s) Marcus Alexander Slayton The Reaver Marcus Slayton Height 6'5 Weight 265 lbs. Billed from Cameron,NC Battle Creek,MI Trained By Verne Gagne Greg Gagne Mitsuharu Misawa Mitsuharu Takayama Akuma Tanahashi Debut May 8th, 1990 Toyko Japan

Marcus Alexander Slayton Senior (born October 31st, 1965) is a Scottish-born American business executive, semi-retired professional wrestler, wrestling trainer, and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Carolina-based International Championship Wrestling Alliance (ICWA), but following the closure of this promotion he entered into a state of semi-retirement following a career spanning thirty years as an in-ring wrestler..

Marcus was a thirty one time world heavyweight champion over the course of his career, he also holds one of the recorded longest world title reigns as he held the Super Japan Pro Wrestling World's Heavyweight title from May of nineteen ninety four till August of nineteen ninety seven for a grand total of one thousand, three hundred and thirty four days.

At present he currently owns and operates the "Slayton Family Dojo" or more commonly "The Dojo"-a wrestling school that he runs from his home in Cameron North Carolina and he is also the President of the Tokyo based Shiba Zaibatsu, as well as he is the patriarch of the Slayton Wrestling Dynasty.

Early Life:

Marcus Alexander Slayton was born in Edinburgh Scotland on Halloween, 1965 to Andrew and Helen Slayton, he was named in part for his grandfather Marcus Joseph Slayton, a London Barrister, and his mother's favorite uncle Alexander Carlyle. When he was two years old, the family moved from Edinburgh to Cameron North Carolina where the family would set up for the rest of their lives.

When he was four years old, his parents had a second child-Tara Lynne Slayton-and then when he was six, Patrick Finn, and later still when he was nine-Christopher Arthur Slayton. It was around this time that his father and Uncle Lex introduced him to professional wrestling when he was seven years old during a family visit to Lex's half of the family in Florida where they caught a few matches from Flordia Championship Wrestling and something about it all resonated in the young Marcus and buried its roots deep into the young boy.

In Junior High and High School, Marcus was on the school's wrestling teams and would be offered scholarships to schools such as Bowling Green State University, Lafayette College, and Longwood University before eventually accepting a sports scholarship to the University of Notre Dame which is where he would meet his first wife, Charlotte Wells. Marcus would graduate with a degree in business and Charlotte with a degree in teaching in 1987.

However it was at this time that Marcus decided to move his family to Bloomington Minnesota where he would come into contact with Verne Gagne when he signed up to work for the Gagne family on the business side of things but Verne saw something in Marcus and by sheer chance Marcus' dream started to come true as he started training under the Gagne family and a year later on November the 5th, 1988 the Slayton family grew in size as Marcus and Charlotte welcomed their first child Devon Alexander into the world.

As Marcus' training under the Gagne's was wrapping up, Mitsuharu Misawa came to the training facility where Verne was and caught some of Marcus' training and saw something in the young man and once he was able to take a break, Misawa inquired as to what Marcus' plans where for after his training was complete before making him an offer to come to Japan and to further his training which he accepted after a long conversation with his wife. The Slayton family would then move to Tokyo where they would be helped by Masataka Shiba, a man who would become a close friend of the Slaytons to the point where Marcus would be not only the godfather but also the namesake of Masa's young newborn son who was born two years after the Slaytons moved to Japan.

On March the 9th, 1990-the Slayton family welcomed Amelia Joan Slayton into the world during the lead up to her father's pro wrestling debut for the newly opened Super Japan Pro Wrestling promotion as one of Mitsuharu "Lion Man" Takayama's "Black Satan" faction, serving as the group's "Enforcer"-a role that Marcus would come to fill several times over the course of his career-along with being the usual tag partner of his co-trainer in Akuma Tanahashi as "The Hell Warriors" before he would eventually capture his first title in the SJPW All Asia Heavyweight championship.

Even though he was making incredible money, more than enough to support his growing family, Charlotte eventually decided that the life of a wrestler's wife wasn't really for her and she divorced Marcus and took their children with her back to her native Hawaii where she would eventually remarry and Marcus would do his best to always be apart of his two children's lives.

The Early Years (1991-1995)

A year after his divorce, Marcus would eventually move back to the United States but for the time being he continued wrestling for Super Japan, eventually entering a tournament to crown the very first SJPW All-Asia Heavyweight champion which Marcus would win via the "Death Zone" piledriver and he would go on to hold that title for three months before dropping it.

Personal Life:

Marcus has been married twice, once to Charlotte Wells from June 1st 1986 through 1991 with whom he had two children in Devon Alexander (b 1988) and Amelia Joan (b 1990), both who would go onto become wrestlers in their own right but he would later remarry, this time to his manager Kelly Gellar and have four children with her Elijah Dante (b 1998), Jessica Marie (b 2001), Marcus Alexander JR (b 2005), and Cassandra Rae (b 2010). There was rumors that he had a child with his former manager Miso during the latter half of his first years in Japan following the end of his first marriage but this hasn't been confirmed.

In-Wrestling:

Finishing Moves:

• The "Razed in Black" (Spinning headlock lariat into a backbreaker)
• The "Jagged Edge" (Reverse ankle lock)
• The "Death Warrant" (Reverse Russian Leg Sweep)
• The "Death Zone" (Falcon's Arrow piledriver)
• The "Shadow Kick" (High-impact Superkick)

Signature Moves:

• 1. The "Mult-Plex" (Rolling German suplexes with a released german suplex at the end)
• 2. "Fear Effect" (Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb)
• 3. "Rolling Elbow" (Discus elbow smash)
• 4. "Reaver's Trident" (Spear)
• 5. "King Crab Lock" (Guillotine Choke)
• 6. "Hellion Hammer" (High-impact Lariat)
• 7. "Slayton Kicks" (Rapid fire style kicks into an opponent's face ala Toshiaki Kawada)
• 8. Multiple DDT variations
• -8a. Hammerlock
• -8b. Cradle
• -8c. Argentine
• -8d. Double Underhook
• -8e. Elevated
• -8f. "Samurai Driver" (Flip-over DDT)
• -8g. Implant
• -8h. "Desecrator" (Scissored DDT)
• -8i. "Steel Spike" (Halo DDT)
• 9. Multiple suplex variations
• -9a. German
• -9b. Belly-to-Belly
• -9c. Double Chickenwing
• -9d. T-Bone
• -9e. Exploder
• -9f. Head and Arm
• -9g. Capture
• -9h. "Darkness Calling" (Full Nelson Choke Suplex)
• -9i. Dragon
• 10. Rings of Saturn
• 11. Bridgining neck and armlock combination
• 12. Corkscrew plancha (done rarely)
• 13. Crossface
• 14. Diving elbow drop to the back of an opponent's head
• 15. Rope-hung neckbreaker
• 16. Sleeperhold
• 17. Spinebuster
• 18. Cradle piledriver
• 19. Samoan drop

Nicknames:

• 1. The "God of the DDT"
• 2. The "Master of the DDT and the Suplex"
• 3. The "Innovator of Offense"
• 4. The "Extreme Icon of SCW"
• 5. "Sūpā Nihon Puroresu Aramusha" (Japanese for "Super Japan Pro Wrestling Daredevil")
• 6. "Sūpā Nihon Puroresu Shōgun" (Japanese for "Super Japan Pro Wrestling Shogun")
• 7. The "King of Old School" (SCW/GXW)
• 8. The "Godfather of Violence" (SCW/FWA/EWI/GXW)
• 9. The "Baron of Brass Knuckles" (R*Y*U)

Managers:

• Kelly Gellar
• Miss Tara
• Miso
• Chris Slayton
• Eddie Maim
• Echo
• Jessica Dumont

Wrestlers Managed:

• Devon Slayton
• Amy Slayton
• Alex Marik
• Slash
• The Mavericks (Blade & Storm)

Wrestlers Trained:

• Chris Morton
• Marcus Owens
• Reno Dumont
• Jenna Rhodes

Entrance Themes:

• "Perfect Strangers" by Deep Purple (Current)
• "Simon Says" by Drain STH
• "Back in Black" by AC/DC
• "Burn" by Nine Inch Nails
• "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
• "Enter Sandman" by Motorhead
• "I Stand Alone" by Godsmack
• "Just Got Wicked" by Cold
• "The Zoo" by Bruce Dickson
• "Five Finger Crawl" by Danzig
• "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains
• "Fight Song" by Marilyn Manson
• "Neckbone" by Powerman 5000
• "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed
• "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin
• "The Everlasting Gaze" by Smashing Pumpkins
• "Downfall" by TRUSTcompany
• "End of Everything" by Stereomud
• "The Game" by Drowning Pool
• "Tear Away" by Drowning Pool
• "Unsettling Differences" by Blue Smock Nancy

Championships and other Accomplishments:

Summit Wrestling Alliance:

1. SWA Unified Heavyweight championship (8 defenses)

2. SWA Hall of Fame (2009)

Super Japan Pro Wrestling:

1. SJPW World Heavyweight championship (Inagural, x4)

2. SJPW All-Asia Heavyweight championship (Inagural, x5)

3. SJPW World Tag Team championships (x6, 2 w/Akuma Tanahashi, 1 w/Eric Gibson, 3 w/Chris Slayton)

4. SJPW All-Asia Tag Team championships (x4, w/Chris Slayton)

5. SJPW Hall of Fame (2010)

Superior Championship Wrestling

1. SCW United States Heavyweight championship (Inagural)

2. SCW International Heavyweight championship

3. SCW World Tag Team championships (x2, 1 w/Jeremy Grant, 1 w/Damian Stone)

4. SCW World Heavyweight championship (x3)

5. SCW Extreme Heavyweight championship

Global Xtreme Wrestling:

1. GXW Television championship

World Class Wrestling Federation

1. WCWF World Heavyweight championship (x2)

Omega International Wrestling

1. OIW World Heavyweight championship 

World Internet Wrestling Federation:

1. WIWF Intercontinetal championship

World Internet Wrestling Federation Mexico:

1. WIWF-M Mexican National championship (1, Retired)

World Internet Championship Wrestling:

1. WICW Television champion (1, Retired)

2. WICW Brawl for All champion

International Championship Wrestling Alliance:

1. ICWA World Heavyweight championship (x3)

2. ICWA Television Heavyweight championship (x5)

3. ICWA World Tag Team championship (x2, 1 w/Kyle Gibson, 1 w/Peter Graves)

4. ICWA United States Tag Team championship (x3 2 w/Peter Graves, 1 w/Cheetah Master)

5. ICWA Hall of Fame (1999)

International Wrestling Association:

1. IWA World's Television champion

2. IWA Television Tag Team champion (w/Eddie Maim)

National e-Wrestling Alliance:

1. NeWA World Heavyweight champion 

2. NeWA World Tag Team champion (x3 w/Chris Slayton)

National e-Wrestling Alliance Alaska/Hardcore Championship Wrestling Federation:

1. HCWF Alaskan State Tag Team championship (x2 w/Chris Slayton, retired)

Empire Coast Wrestling Association:

1. ECWA World Heavyweight championship (x2)

2. ECWA United States Heavyweight championship (x3)

3. ECWA Television Heavyweight championship (x4)

4. ECWA World Tag Team championships (x4, 2 w/Chris Slayton, 1 w/Jeremy Grant, & 1 w/Jacob Sikes)

East Coast Internet Wrestling:

1. ECIW California State championship 

2. ECIW Santa Monica Television championship (x2)

Reckless Youth Energy:

1. R*Y*U World Brass Knuckles championship (x5)

2. R*Y*U Independent World's Heavyweight championship (x2)

3. R*Y*U World Street Fight Six Man Tag Team championship (x6, 2 w/Chris Slayton & Jeremy Grant, 1 w/Matt Hunter & Jacob Sikes, x2 w/Peter Graves & Maverick Feral, 1 w/Vergil Urahara & Jason Wrath)

4. R*Y*U Brass Knuckles Tag Team championship (x3, 1 w/Peter Graves, 2 w/Vergil Urahara)

Frontier Wrestling Alliance:

1. FWA World Heavyweight championship (x5)

2. FWA International Heavyweight championship (x3)

3. FWA United States Heavyweight championship (x2)

4. FWA Television Heavyweight championship (x7)

5. FWA World Tag Team championships (x8, 3 w/Chris Slayton, 2 w/Eddie Maim, 1 w/Matt Hunter, 1 w/the Great Oni, 1 w/Kyle Gibson)

6. FWA World Six-Man Tag Team championships (x5, 3 w/Kyle Gibson & Peter Graves, 2 w/Chris Slayton & Eddie Maim)

Universal e-Wrestlng Federation:

1. UeWF Americas Heavyweight championship 

2. UeWF Southern States championship 

Vindicator Pro Wrestling:

1. VPW Extreme Rising championship