Nathan Michelle Parker is a former American professional wrestling comentator, occasional wrestler, and was the General Manager for the Friday Night Adrenaline brand for World Elite Wrestling. Parker gained his fame in WEW at the rise of the New Breed vs. Originals feud in which he came in as a commentator who supported the New Breed. Since then, he managed to become the General Manager of the Adrenaline brand where he has become one of the most hated figured in World Elite Wrestling. On October 14, 2012 he was fired from the position following a match he set up with rival Kevin Kilbourne. It was announced on January 1, 2013 at the WEW Awards, via his former ally, Ryan Jackson, that Nathan Parker was accepting a position at ESPN as a sports broadcaster. It was announced later on that Nathan left his job to return to World Elite Wrestling as a color commentary with promises of a higher salary.
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| Real name | Nathan Michelle Parker |
| Ring Names | Nathan Parker |
| Height | 5'11 |
| Weight | 216 lbs. |
| Date of birth | 44 Years Old |
| Place of birth | Newark, New Jersey |
| Date of death | {{{death_date}}} |
| Place of death | {{{death_place}}} |
| Resides | Newark, New Jersey |
| Billed from | Newark, New Jersey |
| Trainer | N/A |
| Current federation(s) |
World Elite Wrestling |
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| Win/Loss Record | {{{winloss_record}}} |
| Debut | 2011 |
| Retired | {{{retired}}} |
World Elite Wrestling (2011-)[]
Color Commentator[]
In the wake of the WEW New Breed vs. Originals storyline, which pit newcoming WEW Superstars against original WEW Superstars, one of the New Breed members, Shawn Olsen, injured Calvin Marks, the play-by-play commentator for the Animosity brand. A week later, Nathan was debuted as Calvin's replacement commentator, and it was soon revealed that he was a supporter for the New Breed; Parker would berate WEW Originals for not being respectful to the newcoming talent and support the New Breed for what they were doing. Soon enough, the company expanded to two brands and Nathan, as well as his broadcast partner Paige Matthews, started to work both shows.
Feud with Calvin Marks[]
As the New Breed vs. Originals feud began to come to its climax, Calvin Marks made his return to WEW television and declared that he wanted his seat back on commentary. The following week, Parker revealed a clause in his contract that claimed Nathan would take Calvin's seat as the commentator indefinitely. Marks then challenged Parker to a match for the spot on Animosity for the Battlefield pay-per-view, and Parker accepted. Parker went on to lose the match, and as a result, lost his commentating spot on Animosity while still being the Play-By-Play commentator for Adrenaline.
Feud with Kenzie Smith and becoming GM of Adrenaline[]
After weeks of being on the Adrenaline brand, Parker began to publicly critque the material that the brand was putting out, and specificed that the General Manager, Kenzie Smith, was not doing a good job. After weeks of verbally berating Kenzie over social media and the WEW website, Smith spoke up and demanded Parker "put up or shut up." The two had a match set for WEW's biggest pay-per-view, Legacy: London for the control of Adrenaline with the stipulation that the loser would become the play-by-play commentator. Just before the match began, Parker heightened the stakes of the match and offered to make it a No Disqualification contest. Kenzie agreed, and at that point in time, Alistair King and Ryan Jackson entered the ring and attacked Kenzie so that Parker could easily win the match and become the new General Manager. Later on that night, Parker interrupted a previously scheduled non-wrestler contest between Jahaira Rodriguez and Ashley Nathanson, declaring that the match was not going to happen. The two women attacked Nathan, and he vowed for revenge; later on that week Nathan released Ashley from her contract and towards the middle of the year had a hand in Jahaira's stablemate, Rabbit, being drafted to the Animosity brand.
Team Nathan[]
As soon as Nathan assumed control of Adrenaline, he vowed to make it the top show. He put the female wrestlers on the pre-show, where he believed they "belonged", excluding one typical match where the females had a degrading stipulation, such as Bra & Panties or a Pudding Match. Nathan began to tease the debut of a female he considered to be the only woman he could respect on Adrenaline, and that her debut was soon to come; he went on to guarantee that she would be in the Fatal 4 Way match for the vacant Women's Championship at the Crossroads pay-per-view. The week after Legacy: London, Parker put his allies, The British Alliance, in a Tag Team Championship match, which they went on to win. He also put allies Alistair King and Ryan Jackson (collectively known as God's Against Men) in a handicap match against the WEW World Champion, Ryan Cavallari, a match they won after King pinned Cavallari. Animosity Starlet Eliza Gray had crude things to say about the Adrenaline GM, so Parker set-up a 3-on-1 handicap match at the WEW Draft special with himself teaming up with God's Against Men to take on Eliza. The three won the match after King pinned Eliza, but post-match they attempted to make her kiss Nathan's backside as a sign of respect. Ryan Cavallari and three members of Armada Latina, a group feuding with The British Alliance, intervened and stripped Nathan down to his underwear. Afterwards, Nathan scheduled for an 8-Person Elimination Tag Team match for the next Adrenaline main event, which was won with The British Alliance and Alistair King being the sole survivors. Nathan declared the coalition of The British Alliance, God's Against Men, his mystery Starlet, and his newly appointed Starlet Consultant, Ashley Tierney, as "Team Nathan." Following the release of Ryan Cavallari, Nathan (kayfabe) deactivated the vacant WEW World Championship and created a brand new championship, which he dubbed the Nathan Parker World Championship, a title belt that he teased about in the past; in actuality, the championship was not recognized as an official new championship, so once the belt is won by a face competitor, the World Championship will be reinstated with a new design.
Nathan World Order and Firing[]
After several consecutive losses from Team Nathan by the hands of their rivals, Nathan Parker decided to disband the team via Twitter. He confirmed his disappointment in the members, which rumors had been circling about for months, and called off his affiliation with all of them, excluding World Champion, Ryan Jackson. The next edition of Adrenaline after the Beach Brawl pay-per-view, the Chairman of WEW, Daniel Ramelb, called Nathan out about his actions against the Adrenaline roster, and his favoritsm. Eventually, the segment ended in Nathan quitting from Adrenaline, followed by one of the two Assistant General Managers, Ashley Tierney, whom Nathan brought into the company, also quitting. Later on in the night, the last Assistant General Manager, Abby Von Cohen, also handed Daniel her letter of resignation. After the main event of Adrenaline, while Ryan Jackson was celebrating his win, Nathan, Abby, and Ashley all emerged, and it was announced that Daniel resigned them under a new set of rules. Nathan later on deemed [Ashley, Abby, Ryan, and himself] the "Nathan World Order" via Twitter. The week before the Third Degree Burns pay-per-view, Nathan dubbed the Adrenaline show as "Nathan Parker Appreciation Night," where he would return to booking power to book all of the matches. Amongst the matches was him in the main event against his rival Kevin Kilbourne, where Nathan could compete under No Disqualification rules, but Kevin had to compete under Standard Rules. However, before the match could take place, Daniel Ramelb changed the match to a Steel Cage. Parker ensured that his nephew, Mike Grant, would officiate the match, however Mike would be knocked out and disposed of by Kilbourne. Nathan would then go on to lose the match and subsequently be fired by Ramelb, along with Mike and one of the Assistant General Manager's apart of the Nathan World Order, Abby. Nathan was immediately replaced by Haylee Beaulieu that same night, officially ending his reign as the General Manager. Parker was nominated for, and won, two awards at the 2012 WEW Awards ceremony: Staffer of the Year, for his work as the Adrenaline General Manager, and Feud of the Year, for his Team Nathan against Adrenaline feud.
Return to Color Commentating[]
In a WEW News exclusive, it was announced that Nathan Parker would return to WEW as the color commentator once again following Haylee Beaulieu's firing of the commentating staff. He would be partnered with Melissa Marie, a former bodybuilder. Parker's misogynist ways were quickly revived as he revealed his distaste for working with a female on commentary.
In Wrestling[]
- Finishing Maneuvers
- Learning Lessons (Second rope frog splash)
- Signature Maneuvers
- Low blow
- Ankle Lock
- Biting
- Eye rake
- Testicular claw
- Hangman
- Superstars Managed
- Ryan Jackson
- Tom Sykes
- Brutus Magnus
- Alistair King
- Trish Newborn
- Managers
- Ashley Tierney
- Nicknames
- "WEW's God"
- "Adrenaline's Savior"
- "Voice of WEW"
- Quotes
- "My name is Nathan Parker, and I am your General Manager of Friday Night Adrenaline."
- Entrance Music
- "Adrenaline" by Shinedown
Championships and Accomplishments[]
- World Elite Wrestling
- Adrenaline General Manager (June 3, 2012 - October 14, 2012)
- 2012 WEW Awards
- Staffer of the Year (Won)
- Feud of the Year (Team Nathan vs. Adrenaline, Won)