Craig Classic quit Zero1 in October 2013, after which he renamed himself Classic Kid.
15 Facts About Craig Classic
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Craig Classic has achieved some success in the United States, most notably winning the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship in November 2010.
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On July 28,2007, Craig Classic won his first professional wrestling title, the Division-1 Pro Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship.
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On September 26,2008, Craig Classic entered the 2008 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup, but was defeated in his opening round match by Gran Akuma.
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On October 23,2009, Craig Classic defeated Chris Jones for the NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship.
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Craig Classic followed that up by defeating Mike Quackenbush on November 6,2010, for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, ending Quackenbush's three-and-a-half-year reign.
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On December 3, Craig Classic took part in the 2010 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup, where, after a win over Lince Dorado, he was eliminated in the following day's quarterfinals by Arik Cannon.
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On March 6,2011, Craig Classic made his debut for the Japanese Pro Wrestling Zero1 promotion, successfully defending the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Munenori Sawa at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.
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Five days later, Zero1 announced that Craig Classic had signed a contract to become a regular member of the promotion's roster.
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In early 2012, Craig Classic began teaming regularly with Ikuto Hidaka with the two developing a double-team finishing maneuver together.
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Craig Classic ended his 2012 with a big six-man tag team Street Fight on December 15, where he, Atsushi Onita and Masato Tanaka defeated Akebono, Mineo Fujita and Rion Mizuki.
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Craig Classic remained affiliated with Zero1 until quitting the promotion in October 2013.
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Craig Classic made his first appearance as the character on November 5,2013, at a Tenryu Project event, where he and Buki were defeated by Kogata Steiners.
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Craig Classic has since started working regularly for the Inoki Genome Federation.
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On March 14,2015, Craig Classic suffered a neck injury in Florida, which led to Tenryu Project filling his spot in the 6-Man Tag Team Championship team with one-off replacements Heddi French and Hikaru Sato.