1. Billy Kidman is a cousin of fellow professional wrestler Mikey Batts.
34 Facts About Billy Kidman
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Billy Kidman formed a tag team with Ace Darling known as The Shooting Stars, and they would find success by winning the ECWA Tag Team Championship.
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Billy Kidman mainly competed as an enhancement talent for over a year with no character.
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Billy Kidman received his first title opportunity in WCW, unsuccessfully challenging Rey Misterio Jr.
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At Fall Brawl, Billy Kidman aided Perry Saturn in defeating Flock's leader Raven in a match, thus disbanding the group.
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Billy Kidman retained the title against various cruiserweights on a weekly basis, with his first pay-per-view title defense occurring against Disco Inferno at Halloween Havoc, where Billy Kidman retained.
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At Starrcade, Billy Kidman successfully defended the Cruiserweight Championship against Guerrera and Mysterio in a triangle match.
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Billy Kidman then retained the title against various challengers such as Chavo Guerrero Jr.
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Billy Kidman then faced off against Mysterio in an attempt to win back the Cruiserweight Championship at Spring Stampede Mysterio retained his title.
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At Halloween Havoc, Billy Kidman substituted for an injured Mysterio and teamed with Konnan to defend the World Tag Team Championship against Harlem Heat and The First Family in a triangle match, which Harlem Heat won.
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Billy Kidman then participated in a tournament for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Konnan in the first round and Norman Smiley in a hardcore match in the second round before losing to eventual winner Bret Hart in the quarter-final round.
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Billy Kidman came close to winning the title but ended up losing the match.
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Filthy Animals began to crumble in 2000 when Guerrero left WCW, and Billy Kidman left the stable when the rest of its members turned heel.
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At Souled Out, Billy Kidman participated in the Triple Threat Theater, a series of three matches with different stipulations, initially scheduled between Chris Benoit and Jeff Jarrett.
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Billy Kidman won the first two matches, a Catch-as-Catch Can match against Dean Malenko, and a Bunkhouse Brawl against Perry Saturn, but lost the third match, a Caged Heat match against The Wall.
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At Spring Stampede, Billy Kidman participated in a tournament for the vacant United States Heavyweight Championship, losing to Vampiro in the quarter-final round.
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The New Blood would then split up, leading Billy Kidman to turn face as he entered a feud with Shane Douglas for the affection of his on-screen girlfriend Torrie Wilson.
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Billy Kidman was legitimately injured in a strap match at New Blood Rising, when Douglas hung Billy Kidman from the neck using the strap.
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That night, the World Wrestling Federation purchased WCW and Billy Kidman's contract was picked up by the WWF.
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Billy Kidman defeated Gregory Helms to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship in his WWF debut.
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At Survivor Series, Billy Kidman participated in the Immunity battle royal, where the winner would receive immunity from being fired.
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Billy Kidman failed to win the match, and Alliance lost later that night, thus being forced to disband.
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Billy Kidman continued to feud with Tajiri over the title, wrestling him on various occasions but failed to regain the title.
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Billy Kidman later lost the title three months later to Matt Hardy at No Way Out.
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The next week, Billy Kidman was on the top rope ready to hit the shooting star press, but hesitated, climbed down the turnbuckles, and slowly walked backstage overwhelmed with guilt after injuring Guerrero.
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Billy Kidman then competed against London over the Cruiserweight Championship in the coming months.
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At the start of 2005, Billy Kidman suffered a broken orbital bone, which sidelined him for three months.
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Billy Kidman wrestled British wrestling legend Robbie Brookside in a losing effort to determine the inaugural Real Quality Wrestling Heavyweight Champion.
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In 2007, Billy Kidman made his International Wrestling Association debut in a match for the IWA World Heavyweight Championship against Ray Gonzalez, which he lost.
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On July 8,2007, Billy Kidman teamed up with Sean Waltman as part of a triple threat match in McAllen, Texas to crown the new NWA World Tag Team Champions.
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Billy Kidman returned to WWE in 2007, helping train upcoming wrestlers in its then developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling throughout 2007 and 2008.
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Billy Kidman's contract was furloughed by the company on April 15,2020, due to COVID-19 cutbacks.
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Billy Kidman returned to the company on September 25,2020.
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In 2014, Billy Kidman began appearing on The JBL Show, where he attempts to promote his Twitter account but is always interrupted due to technical difficulties, which has become a running gag on the show.