1. Cody Deaner previously competed under the ring name Deaner as the leader of The Design.
26 Facts About Cody Deaner
1. 2.
Cody Deaner is a former two-time Impact World Tag Team Champion with Eric Young and Joe Doering, holding the titles under the Freebird rule.
3.
Cody Deaner held gold for a number of promotions including: Fighting Spirit Pro Wrestling, Neo Spirit Pro Wrestling, Canadian International Wrestling Alliance, Great Lakes Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Xtreme, Great Canadian Wrestling, and others.
4.
At Rage of the Cage, he began wrestling as Cody Deaner and lost to Shawn Spears in the main event.
5.
At Stampede Showdown, Cody Deaner was booked to defeat Hayden "The Destroyer" Avery for his newly won GCW Ontario Independent Championship.
6.
Cody Deaner held the title for three months before losing it back to Avery at Ugandan Invasion.
7.
On July 12,2009, Cody Deaner defeated "Tenacious" Scotty Turner to win the TWA Heavyweight Championship.
8.
Cody Deaner quickly developed a loyal fan following that has come to be known as the Deaner Dynasty.
9.
On November 21,2013, Cody Deaner defeated Ethan Page to win the Battle Arts Openweight Championship.
10.
In January 2016, Cody Deaner held 4 different heavyweight championships in 4 different Canadian independent wrestling promotions.
11.
Cody Deaner is the Border City Wrestling Champion, Rock Solid Wrestling Champion, Crossfire Wrestling Champion, and Magnificent Championship Wrestling Champion.
12.
From that time on, Cody Deaner began serving as ODB's manager.
13.
At Hard Justice, ODB and Cody Deaner faced The Beautiful People in a tag team match where Love's Impact Knockout Championship was on the line.
14.
Cody Deaner pinned Sky to make ODB the new champion, but afterwards began arguing with her over who the champion really was.
15.
At No Surrender, Cody Deaner became the first male to challenge for the knockouts title which was currently vacant facing ODB, ODB defeated Cody Deaner to win the Knockout Championship.
16.
Cody Deaner was released from TNA Wrestling on December 29,2009.
17.
Cody Deaner released a self-produced video on his YouTube channel and CodyDeaner.
18.
In March 2019, Cody Deaner officially re-signed a contract with Impact Wrestling and formed a tag team with his Cousin Jake known as The Deaners.
19.
On December 12,2020, at Final Resolution, during a match between Eric Young and Rhyno, Cody turned heel and attacked his tag team partner Cousin Jake, thus ending the Deaners tag team and aligning himself with Young and Joe Doering.
20.
At Hard to Kill, Cody Deaner, Doering, and Young began going under the name Violent By Design, as they defeated Tommy Dreamer, Rhino, and Cousin Jake.
21.
At Final Resolution on December 9,2023, Cody Deaner unsuccessfully challenged Tommy Dreamer for the Impact Digital Media Championship.
22.
On February 1,2024, Cody Deaner officially dissolved The Design, stating that it was his attempt to resurrect VBD, but no matter what he did, he couldn't bring it back to life.
23.
Cody Deaner lost a match to PCO and was attacked by Kon right after.
24.
Cody Deaner has interviewed guests such as professional wrestlers Josh Alexander, Crazzy Steve, Shawn Spears, multimedia producer David Sahadi, and more.
25.
Cody Deaner speaks about daring to dream big, overcoming adversity, and the power of positivity and influence.
26.
Cody Deaner has raised money for various charities including: Special Olympics, a wheelchair bicycle fund for a local nursing home, a program for kids with autism, a camp for child burn victims, a community living program for people with special needs, and a summer deaf camp for children.