1. Arik Cannon was born on December 23,1981 and is an American professional wrestler known for competing in companies such as Chikara, Dragon Gate USA, IWA Mid-South, All American Wrestling and Wrestling Society X He owns and operates the Minneapolis-based wrestling promotion F1RST Wrestling, and is the only wrestler officially sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Arik Cannon was trained at Midwest Pro Wrestling and is known for wrestling in IWA Mid-South.
Arik Cannon defended it against Roderick Strong and Austin Aries, but was forced to give it up due to injury in 2004.
Arik Cannon returned to wrestling in 2005 and entered Chikara's Tag World Grand Prix 2005 with partner Claudio Castagnoli and made it to the finals to face Superfriends, Chris Hero and Mike Quackenbush.
Arik Cannon competed in the Tag World Grand Prix 2006 with Jigsaw as his partner, but lost in the second round.
In November 2006, Arik Cannon partook in the Wrestling Society X promotion's first season of television tapings, which later aired on MTV.
In October 2007, Arik Cannon went to Japan for a tour with Dragon Gate and was brought into the Muscle Outlawz faction by Naruki Doi along with fellow gaijins Kevin Steen and Jimmy Rave.
On September 6,2009, Arik Cannon made his debut for Dragon Gate USA at the tapings of the promotion's second pay-per-view titled Untouchable.
Arik Cannon would wrestle in an eight-way dark match, which was won by Johnny Gargano.
Fox, Facade and Shiima Xion in his first round match, Arik Cannon defeated Jimmy Rave in the finals to win the tournament.
In 2007, Arik Cannon founded the Minneapolis-based promotion F1RST Wrestling, which hosts its flagship WRESTLEPALOOZA events at Minneapolis' First Avenue nightclub.
In 2017, Arik Cannon appeared on the March 7 episode of 205 Live.
Arik Cannon was introduced by Brian Kendrick as Bryan Kendrick and lost to Akira Tozawa.
In 2021, Arik Cannon had two matches with All Elite Wrestling.
The fans in attendance were loudly cheering for Arik Cannon and chanting his name loudly.
Arik Cannon is a former assistant coach at The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling, a training facility in Minnesota.
Arik Cannon is an avid Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Wild fan.