Jerry Lynn

At 61 years old, Jerry Lynn has this physical status:

Jeremy Lynn (born June 12, 1963) is an American retired professional wrestler.

He has worked with organizations such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Ring of Honor (ROH).

Lynn is a two-time world heavyweight champion who has fought the ECW World Heavyweight Championship and the ROH World Championships twice.

GWF Light Heavyweight Championship (once), WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (once), TNA X Division Championship (twice), the NWA World Tag Team Championship (twice), and the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship (once) were among Lynn's championships during his career.

Lynn began training as an active wrestler on March 23, 2013.

He currently works as a mentor and producer for All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

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Professional wrestling career

Lynn began wrestling in March 1988 in various independent franchises in Minnesota and Michigan, one of which being Pro Wrestling America, where he captured both their Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight championships. Lynn joined the World Wrestling Federation in May 1989 as a growth talent, losing to Rick Martel and teaming with Ray Brown in a loss to Big Boss Man and Akeem later that night. He began wrestling for Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association in 1989, whereby the 1990s, he became the last challenger for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, contested by Larry Zbyszko, before Zbyszko left for World Championship Wrestling. He made his first overseas trip to Japan in 1990, specializing for Universal Lucha Libre. In January 1991, he wrestled for the United States Wrestling Association in Memphis and competed in a tournament for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship; he lost to Tony Anthony in the first round.

Lynn was a member of the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, in June 1991. Lynn won the GWF Light Heavyweight Championship while in GWF. Lynn was also involved in a two-year feud with The Lightning Kid, which gave both men considerable exposure in North America. He made a brief stop with Smoky Mountain Wrestling in Knoxville in February 1992. Lynn will appear in the film Crossing the Bridge as an unidentified high school senior and a stuntman; to get the job, he did an angle with the Lightning Kid, where Kid cut Lynn's hair and sold it in small bags worth $80. In December 1993, he returned to Japan for a tour with Michinoku Pro Wrestling. He went to Mexico in July 1994 under the masked name of Sultan Gargola for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Lynn returned to Michinoku Pro in July 1995 under the disguised name Golgotha Cross, a Tiger Mask villain. Gran Naniwa will lose his mask less than a month after. Lynn returned to the WWF in a singles loss to Rad Radford in April 1995 and teamed up with Lenny Lane in a loss to The Heavenly Bodies the next night.

Lynn began wrestling under his real name and under the masked alter-ego Mr. J.L. Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Sabu, Chris Jericho, and Alex Wright all competed in the WCW's cruiserweight division, where he defeated the Mexican luchadores and a number of wrestlers from around the world, including Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Sabu, Chris Jericho, and Alex Wright. Lynn sustained a broken arm in a match against Dean Malenko on December 18, 1995, but it would air on Nitro a week later on Christmas night.

Lynn was born Mr. J.L. in May 1996. He went to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), representing the WCW in their annual Best of the Super Juniors competition; he came fifth on Block A with two confirmed points.

While working with Konnan and La Parka against Chris Jericho, Super Calo, and Chavo Guerrero Jr., one of his last major matches took place at Clash of the Champions XXIV, where he suffered a six-man tag team loss while playing with Konnan and La Parka against Chris Jericho, Super Calo, and Chavo Guerrero Jr. Eric Bischoff fired him from WCW in July 1997, although he was wounded.

Lynn was inducted into the WWF in August 1997 in a light heavyweight division, where she only saw two matches after leaving WCW. On Friday Night's Main Event and defeated Steve Casey on WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, he lost to Taka Michinoku.

Lynn debuted at As Good as It Gets at the ECW Arena on September 20, 1997, where he debuted as a fan favorite at As Good as It Gets in As Good as It Gets, where he introduced Justin Credible as a fan favorite. As the two teams began a feud with Chris Candido and Lance Storm, Lynn formed a team with Tommy Rogers, losing to them in a game at Ultimate Jeopardy. Lynn appeared on ECW on November to Remember, where he saved Rogers from a double-team assault by Candido and Storm, resulting in an immediate match between the two teams, which Rogers and Lynn lost again. At the 1998 House of Representatives Lynn defeated Chris Candido. He then formed a tag team with Chris Chetti to compete with the Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Tracy Smothers), whom Lynn and Chetti defeated in matches against the Hostile City Showdown and Living Dangerously.

Lynn was next scheduled in a series of matches against fellow debutant Justin Credible, which culminated in Credible winning the last match in the Heat Wave pay-per-view competition. Lynn was involved in a feud with Lance Storm and Mikey Whipwreck that was shortlived when Whipwreck was dropped for WCW by Whipwreck.

Lynn was booked in a match for the ECW World Television Championship with Rob Van Dam at Living Dangerously in 1999 when the feud with Lance Storm came to an end. Lynn received the title from Van Dam after the time limit expired and Lynn was awarded the award by referee vote rather than by pinfall or submission). Despite this triumph, he requested a five-minute time extension, in which he was pinned by Van Dam after a Five-Star Frog splash. Lynn did not win the tournament, but he did not win, and from then on referred to himself as "The New F'N Show," mocking Van Dam's name, "The Whole F'N Exhibition," and promising to stripe Van Dam of the title. Lynned numerous times with Van Dam, but he was not successful in winning the World Television Championship until Van Dam was banned from contesting due to a legitimate broken leg. Lynn also suffered from a fractured ankle, effectively ending his participation. Lynn defeated Van Dam in a one-point match at Hardcore Heaven, which Lynn defeated due to Scotty Anton's interference.

Lynn defeated Justin Credible for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on October 1, 2000 at the Anarchy Rulz. He held the title for one month while defending himself against Steve Corino, who lost the match to in a rematch. Lynn blamed the fans and ECW's leadership for placing him in an unfair situation at the November To Remember, claiming they deliberately screwed him out of the championship for their new golden boy Corino. Following November To Remember and claimed that Cyrus was the only one in ECW to have acknowledged his excellence, Lynn remained aligned with former colleague Cyrus, who would continue as his boss following November. Lynn was in the main event when ECW pay-per-view, Guilty as Charged, was charged in 2001, losing to Rob Van Dam by a Van Terminator.

Lynn was recruited by the WWF following ECW's bankruptcy in April 2001. Lynn made his television debut on the 2002 episode of Sunday Night Heat, where he defeated Crash Holly for the Light Heavyweight Championship in his debut match. Crash Holly, Taka Michinoku, Dean Malenko, Essa Rios, as well as Christopher Daniels, Grandmaster Sexay, and others will hold the championship for 37 days, and may well retain over former champions Crash Holly, Taka Michinoku, Dean Malenko, Edward Malenko, Essa Rios, etc. He eventually lost the title to Jeff Hardy and had a memorable match against Rob Van Dam for the WWF Hardcore Championship on Sunday Night Heat before being announced in February 2002 after a knee injury.

After leaving the WWF, he joined the World Wrestling All-Stars franchise and premiered on PPV, defeating Eddie Guerrero, who had just won the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship from Psicosis in a three-way match that featured Juventud Guerrera. However, this was none of it, as Guerrero was forced to return to the WWF. Lynn will compete in a tournament to select a new International Cruiserweight champion, but she lost to AJ Styles in the finals on the Eruption PPV.

Lynn competed in another tournament to select a new International Cruiserweight Champion in May 2003, defeating Chris Sabin in the finals. However, four days later, he lost the title to Sabin, who unified the TNA X-Division Championship, in a four-way match starring Johnny Swinger and Frankie Kazarian on the Reckoning PPV.

Lynn signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in early June 2002, just shy of being released from the WWF, participating in the first ever TNA match against the Flying Elvises. He twice won the TNA X Division Championship and the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice, as well as the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice (once with A.J.). The Red (ornamentally) is one of the styles on display. He argued with A.J. Don Callis, style and music, was a mainstay of the X Division. He joined the newly formed All World Wrestling League/Big Time Wrestling in late spring of 2003. However, when Juventud Guerrera botched a Juvi Driver in February 2004, he sustained a serious shoulder injury, tearing the tendon from the bone in his rotator cuff. Lynn is a TNA road agent who also assists younger people by organizing matches and instructing younger people.

Lynn returned to the ring on June 10, 2005, when he clashed with Justin Credible at Hardcore Homecoming, an ECW reunion show arranged by ECW alumnus Shane Douglas. Lynn refereed a match between Sean Waltman and A.J. on July 17 at No Surrender. Styles, refusing to encourage Waltman to cheat in the course of the game. Lynn and Waltman met at Sacrifice on August 14, which Lynn won. Waltman began celebrating with Lynn before threatening his ex partner after the match. Lynn had re-injured his shoulder in the following week, according to Impact! (This was believed to be an opportunity designed to fuel the feud between Lynn and Waltman rather than merely perpetuating the existing injury). The length of his absence would appear to contradict this; however, the angle was probably dropped when Sean Waltman left Unbreakable a month later, as TNA will not work with Waltman on a regular basis for more than four years.)

He began acting as a road agent on television in January 2006. Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt, and Matt Bentley were at the Final Resolution to watch a match between Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong, and Austin Aries. Lynn continued to make several appearances throughout the remainder of 2006, including even sparing against Bobby Roode against TNA's first house show in Detroit.

Lynn returned to TNA to compete in the TNA X Division Championship against Chris Sabin and then-champion Christopher Daniels at Final Resolution, in which he delivered his trademark cradle piledriver to Daniels and then pinned by Chris Sabin. Lynn went on to argue with Sabin over the X Division title. Lynn earned a ladder match to become the top TNA X Division Championship contender on an episode of Impact! Lynn was disqualified by Chris Sabin in a two out of three falls contests at Destination X. After the match, a masked man (later revealed to be Christopher Daniels) performed the Angel's Wings on Sabin, but Lynn was also crowned with the title belt. Daniels defeated Lynn in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown. Jerry Lynn defeated himself, Alex Shelley, Senshi, and Tiger Mask in a four-way X-Division match at Sacrifice (New Japan Pro-Wrestling star also on his TNA debut). Jerry Lynn, a former NFL tight end, teamed up with former NFL tight end Frank Wycheck to defeat James Storm and Ron Killings on June 17, 2007. Storm was pinned by Wycheck after using Lynn's signature move, the cradle piledriver, in Lynn's case. Jerry Lynn teamed up with former WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund against the tag team of The Motor City Machine Guns in July, with Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin in their corner. Lynn wrestled the majority of the game and was disqualified cold by an interfering Kevin Nash, followed by a pinfall by Chris Sabin. Lynn demanded and was given his freedom from TNA in August 2007.

Lynn made several appearances for Ring of Honor before being voted a full-time roster member. Lynn appeared in Ring of Honor, where he defeated ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness in a non-title match that he lost. He has appeared in Full Impact Pro in ROH twice, wrestling Austin Aries and Roderick Strong in a Three Way Dance before facing Aries in a singles match the next night. On September 19, 2008, Lynn defeated ROH's PPV taping in a losing effort to Chris Hero. Lynn returned to the ECW Arena for ROH's Glory By Honor VII by defeating Kenny King. Lynn was appointed as a full member of the ROH roster on September 22, 2008. Lynn was a participant in the inaugural match of television show Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet, winning Delirious for the victory.

He defeated Nigel McGuinness to win his first ROH world title at Supercard of Honor IV. Lynn lost the ROH World Championship to Austin Aries in a Three Way Dance, which also included Tyler Black, on June 13, 2009. He would later face Austin Aries, Kenny King, and Rhett Titus, resulting in an alliance with Delirious. Lynn was given the Pro Wrestling Illustrated award for his work in ROH in 2009.

Lynn returned to ROH on December 16, 2012, at Final Battle 2012: Doomsday, where he was defeated by Mike Bennett in his last match with the promotion.

Lynn returned to TNA on August 5, 2010, announcing that he will face Rob Van Damone one more time at the ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, on August 8. However, Lynn was forced to cancel the event due to a back injury and was replaced by Sabu on August 7. Lynn appeared on Impact Wrestling on June 23, 2011, after which it was announced that the two teams would meet again on July 10 at Destination X, Lynn defeated Van Dam in a four-way match that also included A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels. Lynn was defeated by Van Dam in a singles match at Destination X. Lynn appeared at Hardcore Justice on August 7, where he accompanied Van Damme to the ring for his match with Crimson. Lynn popped up the following pin after Van Dam was struck with Crimson's finishing stroke, disqualifying Van Dam. Lynn Cost Van Dam another Bound for Glory Series match against A.J. on the August 18 edition of Impact Wrestling. Styles in a similar vein. Lynn walked on Van Dam on the first day of Impact Wrestling, costing him his match with Gunner and, in the process, excluding him from the Bound for Glory Series and turning heel. Lynn outlined his turn by claiming that he was sick of being in Van Dam's shadow and that Eric Bischoff had helped him understand it the next week. Van Dam defeated Lynn in a Full Metal Mayhem match at Bound for Glory on October 16th.

Lynn returned to TNA on January 12, 2013, as part of the One Night Only: X-Travaganza PPV's tapings, losing to Rob Van Dam in a No Disqualification match as part of his retirement tour. Lynn and Van Dam's last match together will be held.

Lynn competed for the All World Wrestling League from late 2003 to early 2004.

Lynn won the East Coast Wrestling Association's eleventh-annual Super 8 Tournament, defeating Sonjay Dutt in the finals on November 10, 2007 in Newark, Delaware.

Lynn debuted for Anarchy Championship Wrestling (ACW), a Texas-based outfit headquartered in Austin, Texas, in June 2007. Lynn gained the ACW Heavyweight Championship in his first match by defeating Scot Summers. Lynn will hold the title for six months after two time limit draws, but Lynn lost the title in a no time limit match in January 2008. Lynn continued wrestling with ACW until 2008, and with Scot Summers, he won the ACW tag team titles in November. Lynn and Summers were tag team champions for more than a year before losing their titles to the Submission Squad in January 2010. Lynn was back in ACW in August 2011 and then again at the start of 2012. Lynn's appearances became well known as the Godfather of Anarchy after announcing that he would be retiring at the end of the year.

West-Texas Wrestling Association, one of Amarillo's independent promotions, announced Jerry Lynn would face Kaos "The Rock Superstar" at WWA's Collision Course 3 on January 12, 2008, hyping the fact that the two nationally known names will face the Indy supremacy in a one-on-one match. Lynn will not face local celebrity Mark Wilson due to an injury sustained by Joey Munoz. Jerry Lynn will return to WWA often to face local Amarillo stars. In separate matches in WWA, he will face Justin Credible and Raven.

Lynn appeared in the Pro Wrestling Syndicate's Majestic Twelve Tournament in Yonkers, New York, on March 22, 2008. Lynn defeated Tommy Suede and Kevin Matthews in the first round, collaborating with Kenny Omega. In Round 2, Omega defeated Lynn. Lynn's most recent PWS match came on May 8, 2010, when he defeated Vampiro in White Plains, NY.

Lynn won the Super Indy VII Tournament, which is hosted by International Wrestling Cartel on April 25, 2008, defeating Jason Gory, Shiima Xion, and Davey Richards. The IWC Super Indy Championship is traditionally won by the tournament's champion. Lynn, on the other hand, refused to recognize the belt and instead challenged Larry Sweeney, the reigning champion, to a title match at the next show. Lynn defeated Sweeney on May 17, 2008, becoming the IWC Super Indy champion for the first time. Lynn lost the Super Indy title to kayfabe apprentice Johnny Gargano in a 3 Way Dance, which also included Super HENTAI.

Lynn announced on March 10, 2012, that he would retire from professional wrestling at the end of the year.

Lynn defeated Devon Storm at Extreme Reunion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 28, 2012.

Lynn appeared on September 14, 2012, when he, Too Cold Scorpio, and Tommy Dreamer completed the 2012 King of Trios as "The Extreme Trio," defeating Team WWF (1-2-3 Kid, Aldo Montoya and Tatanka) in their first round match. Team ROH's Mike Bennett, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson had the Extreme Trio cut from the tournament the following day.

Lynn competed for MPX in Bedford, Texas, where he became the MPX champion on November 10, 2012. Lynn immediately resigned due to his impending departure, but the match was his last appearance in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, where he spent the bulk of his time with the GWF. In the main event of the show, Lynn defeated Lance Storm in his last match in the Pro Wrestling Syndicate.

On March 23, 2013, Lynn competed in his first match as a professional wrestler at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Dave Sabick and his promotion Heavy On Wrestling were promoted at the tournament. In a four-way match in which he was victorious, he met Horace the Psychopath, JB Trask, and Sean Waltman. The locker room came out to honor Lynn's service and was given a trophy following the match.

Lynn appeared on stage at Best in the World 2014 pay-per-view in Nashville, Tennessee, where he now lives. This was the first wrestling exhibition he's attended since retiring in 2013. Lynn returned to Ring of Honor in December 2015, where he met ROH World Champion Jay Lethal in a brawl. Lynn will be on commentary during Lethal and AJ Styles' main match alongside Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness at Final Battle 2015! Lynn began working for the company in 2016 as a backstage agent/producer.

Lynn has joined All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a mentor and producer in 2019. On January 19, 2021 episode of Impact Wrestling, Jerry Lynn, and Tony Khan premiered by watching the Private Party fight Chris Sabin and James Storm in a match where the Private Party defeated Sabin and Storm. Lynn interfered in the match, allowing Private Party to win the Private Party. Following the Rampage on October 8, 2021, Tony Khan called him out alongside Dean Malenko, Taz, and Chris Jericho to thank them for inspiring him.

He was a judge for the ROH Pure Championship on September 7th,2022, by AEW Dynamite.

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