50 Facts About Chip Fairway

Brett J Keen, better known by the ring name Chip Fairway, was an American professional wrestler.

Chip Fairway worked for the Heartland Wrestling Association twice winning the HWA Tag Team Championship with Cody Hawk as part of The Surf 'N' Turf Connection.

Chip Fairway was an occasional preliminary wrestler for World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation.

Chip Fairway's long-running rivalry with IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion Bull Pain was a prominent storyline in the promotion's history as well as one of the biggest feuds on the Midwestern independent circuit.

Chip Fairway eventually became a mainstay for the Heartland Wrestling Association based in Cincinnati.

Chip Fairway lost the belt back to Flo on January 29,1998, but regained it the following night in Lexington, Kentucky.

Chip Fairway briefly feuded with Shawn Casey that same month.

Chip Fairway beat The Suicide Kid in a singles match the following night in West Point, Kentucky.

Chip Fairway returned to West Point at the end of the month for IWA Bloodfeast where he wrestled Wolfie D at Bloodfeast 98.

On December 5,1998, Chip Fairway beat Sean Casey via forfeit in Blanchester.

Also that summer, Chip Fairway was among the cruiserweight wrestlers invited to take part in a special championship tournament held at the Cincinnati Gardens for the 2nd Annual Pillman Memorial Show.

Chip Fairway was one of six cruiserweights representing the HWA at the event.

Chip Fairway defeated Chad Collyer via submission in the opening round but lost to Shark Boy in the finals.

On January 3,1999, Chip Fairway wrestled Mitch Page and Twiggy Rameriz in a 3-Way Dance at Barbwire, Bulbs, and Blood in Charlestown, Indiana.

On January 23,2000, Chip Fairway faced the tag team champions with Race Steele at Eastern High School but came up short.

Later, during the main event between Shark Boy and Jeremy Lopez, Chip Fairway stopped Lopez's cornerman Tony Marinara from interfering in the match.

The confrontation turned into a "worked shoot" with Shark Boy removing his mask and telling the crowd "This isn't about Shark Boy and Chip Fairway; this is about Dean and Brett".

When Shark Boy turned his back, Chip Fairway hit him from behind and continued attacking Shark Boy until the entire HWA roster came out to chase him off.

That same month, Chip Fairway was entered into a championship tournament via lottery drawing to crown a new HWA Heavyweight Champion.

Chip Fairway defeated Anthony MacMurphy in the opening rounds and Cody Hawk in the semi-finals.

Chip Fairway lost the bout when his manager, local disc jockey Mark Amazon, attempted to hit Steele with a golf club.

Brown prevented Amazon from interfering and Chip Fairway crashed into his manager during the confusion.

Chip Fairway won the bout with his Sandtrap finisher after "The Hussla" Tim Moxley hit Shark Boy with a steel chair.

Chip Fairway refused to release the submission hold until HWA Heavyweight Champion Race Steele came to the ring.

Chip Fairway then challenged Steele for a title shot which the newly crowned champion accepted.

Chip Fairway won the first fall when Ambrose submitted to The Sandtrap.

Chip Fairway turned his sights towards the then reigning HWA Heavyweight Champion Race Steele.

When Steele reversed The Sandtrap, Chip Fairway countered with a German suplex pinning both men's shoulders on the mat.

Shark Boy was declared the winner when Chip Fairway was unable to get up by the count of ten.

Fox denied any involvement and suggested Chip Fairway had targeted Whitmer.

Chip Fairway was able to turn Fox against his allies.

Chip Fairway whipped Steele into both the ladder and referee Joe Kopasz giving Fox a chance to climb to the top and retrieve the HWA Heavyweight Championship.

At the two-day Classicfest in Fort Loramie, Ohio, Chip Fairway defeated Logan Caine by submission to win a title shot against Race Steele.

Fox cost them the match when he tagged himself in while Chip Fairway had Parks in The Sandtrap.

Chip Fairway was forced to leave the ring by the referee and Fox was later pinned.

Angry that Fox had cost him the match, Chip Fairway slapped his caddy across the face and demanded that he make up for the loss by winning the 4-Way Dance in the main event.

On February 4,2000, Chip Fairway defeated Phoenix at IWA Independence Day: Let The Chairshots Ring.

Chip Fairway joined The Old School Posse in an attack against Mean Mitch Page after his victory over American Kickboxer.

Chip Fairway later distracted the referee so that Shark Boy could hit Page with a missile dropkick from behind and allow Masters to score a pinfall over his fallen opponent.

On July 3, Chip Fairway beat J Prodigy via submission at Blood Showers 2000.

On September 8,2000, Chip Fairway entered IWA Mid South's 2-day Sweet Science Sixteen tournament in Charlestown, Indiana.

Whitmer and Mark Wolf at Bloodfeast 2000 when Chip Fairway made Wolf submit to his Sandtrap finisher.

Chip Fairway similarly beat The Suicide Kid two days later at the House of Hardcore in Charlestown, Indiana.

Chip Fairway lost to Whitmer at New Year's Knockout a month later.

Five months later, Chip Fairway was beaten by Jamie Dundee at No Blood, No Guts, No Glory 2001.

Chip Fairway won a victory over Steve Corino at Extreme Heaven 2001 on July 7,2001.

Chip Fairway was involved in a near-fatal car accident around this time but returned to action within two months.

On January 24,2003, Chip Fairway made his final appearance at IWA Mid-South's 300th Show in Clarksville, Indiana where he defeated M-Dogg 20.

Chip Fairway purchased the building from the town barber who had cut his own hair as a child.

Chip Fairway married Cheryl Keen with whom he had three children.