17 Facts About Glen Osbourne

Glen Osbourne was born on June 5,1971 and is an American retired professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his appearances with Eastern Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s, where he was the second ever, and the overall second youngest holder of the ECW Television Championship.

Glen Osbourne was forced to vacate the belt in early 1993, but was entered into a tournament to determine a new champion.

Glen Osbourne defeated Johnny Hotbody and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert before losing to "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka in the finals.

In 1996, Glen Osbourne joined the Maryland-based Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation and formed a tag-team with Rockin' Rebel known as Darkside.

Glen Osbourne was inducted into the ECWA Hall of Fame in 1996.

Glen Osbourne defended the title against stars such as Mick Foley, Andrew Martin, and Christian Cage.

In 1998, Glen Osbourne won the Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling Tag Team Titles with Ace Darling.

Glen Osbourne won the King of PCW Tournament later that year.

Glen Osbourne would team with Derek Domino as The Natural Born Killers in the NWA and ECWA, and with Kevin Sullivan as The Dark Shadows in the TWA.

In 2001 and 2002 Glen Osbourne appeared with Combat Zone Wrestling, where he feuded briefly with John Zandig despite a severely injured neck and arm.

In 2003 Glen Osbourne pinned Christian York in a tournament final match to become the first Dynamite Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion and formed a stable with Riptide, The Bouncer and Johnny Thunder called The Pain Syndicate.

Glen Osbourne reunited with Rockin' Rebel to win the POW Tag Team Championships, and toured Central America.

Glen Osbourne spent the first few months of 2005 wrestling on the Florida circuit before returning to the Mid-Atlantic region to wrestle for the SWO, Pro Wrestling Entertainment and the World Wide Wrestling Alliance.

In early 2007, Glen Osbourne turned on Cremator and they began a violent feud.

The rivalry ended on June 9,2007, with Glen Osbourne defeating Cremator in a casket match during WPW's annual Summer Extravaganza card in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Glen Osbourne debuted in Pennsylvania's Blackball'd Wrestling Organization and has appeared for US promotions such as Dynamite Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Entertainment, Devastation Wrestling Federation, New Age Wrestling, WPW, and the World Wide Wrestling Alliance.

In September 2008, Glen Osbourne defeated fellow independent wrestling veteran Ace Darling in a loser-must-retire match, as well as teaming with Nate Hatred to win the World Professional Wrestling Tag Team Championship for a second time.