Billy Wiles
| Billy Wiles | |
|---|---|
 Bill Wiles backstage in 1999 | |
| Birth name | William Wiles |
| Born |
1971[1][2] Brick Township, New Jersey, United States[1][2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Belvis Wesley Bill Wiles Bill Wyles Billy Wiles Bilvis Wesley Nomad |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3] |
| Billed weight | 440 lb (200 kg)[3] |
| Trained by | Larry Sharpe[1][2] |
| Debut | 1996[1][2] |
William "Billy" Wiles (born 1971) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Billy Wiles and Bilvis Wesley. He is best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s and early 2000s, where he was part of the New Dangerous Alliance, often teaming with C.W. Anderson.[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Prior to first wrestling in a ring, Wiles was once a timekeeper.[1] He then became a construction worker within Extreme Championship Wrestling, building up rings and working as a hauler backstage. Eventually he worked his way into the sport and his first known match in ECW was against Axl Rotten in a house show in Waltham, Massachusetts, in a losing effort.[4] He wrestled Sabu, Louie Spicolli and Balls Mahoney, but failed to defeat them.[5] Wiles challenged Taz for the ECW World Television Championship in a singles match in the same venue in Waltham, Massachusetts to a losing effort.[6]
Wiles would work alongside Lou E. Dangerously's Dangerous Alliance, teaming up with C.W. Anderson, proceeding to feud against Roadkill and Danny Doring and The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten). The brink of the feud with Roadkill and Doring happened at ECW Living Dangerously. Doring and Roadkill's manager Elektra turned on them, allowing Anderson and Wiles to pick up the win.[7][8] Wiles soon left the Dangerous Alliance sometime after Cyberslam 2000 as a singles competitor, facing Nova, Michael Shane and Steve Corino in several matches on ECW Hardcore TV and ECW on TNN tapings.[7][9][10][11] He formed a tag team with "The Prodigy" Tom Marquez dubbed as the Sideshow Freaks. They fought Doring and Roadkill, and Christian York and Joey Matthews.[7][12][13][14] The team would eventually split up.[15][16]
Wiles wrestled at the final Extreme Championship Wrestling pay-per-view event Guilty as Charged, scoring the victory against Mike Bell in a dark match.
Wiles appeared at the Legends of the Arena event at the The Arena in Philadelphia on June 27, 2009, winning a match against The Musketeer, using New Jack's theme song for distraction.[17]
Wiles now trains talent at the Monster Factory in Paulsboro, New Jersey with Head Trainer Danny Cage and The Blue Meanie.[18]
Personal life
Prior to becoming a wrestler, Wiles was a drummer for a local band. He was good friends with fellow wrestler Balls Mahoney, whom he met during his sophomore year of high school. He cites Roddy Piper as his favorite wrestler.[19]
In wrestling
- Finishing move
- Time Bomb (Spinning fireman's carry cutter transitioned into a high impact Samoan driver, sometimes preceded by an Irish whip)
- Signature moves
- Wiles Driver (Piledriver)
- Wiles Dive (Clothesline from the top rope)
- Wiles Jab (European uppercut)
- Wiles-Plex (Delayed vertical suplex)
- Frontface Stranglehold (Camel clutch)
- Death Valley driver
- Double underhook brainbuster
- Dragon suplex
- German suplex
- Reverse brainbuster
- Reverse DDT
- Reverse tiger suplex
- Running powerbomb
- Running powerslam
- Scoop powerslam
- Superkick
- Managers
- Nicknames
- Entrance music
- "Sad but True" by Metallica
- "The New Dangerous Alliance" by Harry Slash & The Slashtones[20] (ECW)
- "Burning Love" by Elvis Presley
- "O.G. Original Gangster" by Ice T
Championships and accomplishments
- Empire Wrestling Federation
- EWF American Championship (1 time) (as "Nomad")[21]
- National Wrestling League
- NWL Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) [22]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bill Wiles profile at Cagematch.de". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Bill Wiles profile & Matchlist". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- 1 2 3 "Dangerous Alliance Bio". ECWWrestling.com (via Wayback Machine). Extreme Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ↑ "ECW Waltham Show (Apr '97)". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "ECW '97 results". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "ECW Waltham Show (Oct '97)". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- 1 2 3 "ECW '00 results". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "ECW Living Dangerously 2000 results". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "ECW Schenectady Show Nov 10th 2000 results". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "ECW Danbury Show 2000 results". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "ECW TNN 2000 results". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ ECW Richmond show 2000 Internet Wrestling Database Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ ECW Salem Show 2000 Internet Wrestling Database. Accessed 2011-07-11.
- ↑ ECW Cleveland Show Internet Wrestling Database. Accessed 2011-07-11.
- ↑ http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ecw/results/2000d.html
- ↑ http://www.hardcorememories.com/category/results/2000/
- ↑ "Legends of the Arena Results 6.27.09 results". 411mania.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "How To Become a Student at the Monster Factory". The Monster Factory. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
- ↑ Bilvis Wesley Interview
- ↑ "Entrance themes".
- ↑ "EWF American Championship". Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "NWL Cruiserweight Championship". Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2011-07-11.