1. James Michael Guffey, better known by the ring name Jimmy Rave, was an American professional wrestler.
40 Facts About Jimmy Rave
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Jimmy Rave was best known for his time with Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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Jimmy Rave later became a member of The Embassy, a stable led by Prince Nana, and was nicknamed "The Crown Jewel of the Embassy".
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Early on, Jimmy Rave gained notoriety for having received excessive heel heat from ROH fans.
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Jimmy Rave had become a sort of cult recipient as fans threw rolls of toilet paper at him instead.
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ROH announced on November 6,2006, that the throwing of toilet paper had been banned from all ROH shows after Jimmy Rave tried to attack a fan who threw a roll at him after his match.
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Jimmy Rave developed a habit of stealing other wrestlers finishers and claiming them as his own.
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Jimmy Rave used his title shot earned at the Tag Wars 2006, but came up short in his match with Danielson at the Fourth Anniversary Show.
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In 2006, Jimmy Rave had sporadically been tagging with Alex Shelley in search of the ROH Tag Team Titles, but after Shelley left the company in mid-year, Jimmy Rave returned to singles action briefly.
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Jimmy Rave found himself on the losing side of several encounters with Davey Richards.
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The rest of the year and the early part of 2007, Jimmy Rave feuded with Nigel McGuinness, culminating in a match on March 4,2007, in Liverpool, England, where McGuinness finally managed to pin Jimmy Rave in a Fight Without Honor to end the rivalry.
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In storyline the injury was credited with McGuinness hitting him with a lariat, but in reality Jimmy Rave had broken his jaw a month earlier in a match against Samoa Joe.
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On May 22,2007, it was announced that Jimmy Rave had signed a contract with Ring of Honor.
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Jimmy Rave returned to the promotion at No Surrender on September 9,2007, where he appeared alongside Christy Hemme and Lance Hoyt, later known as Lance Rock.
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Jimmy Rave then became a jobber to the X Division, and the Tag Team division with Lance Rock, putting over such teams as Team 3D, LAX, Prince Justice Brotherhood and the Motor City Machine Guns.
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At Bound for Glory, Jimmy Rave competed in the Reverse Battle Royal which was won by Eric Young.
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At Turning Point, Jimmy Rave competed in the Feast or Fired but failed to win the match.
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At Final Resolution, The Rock 'n Jimmy Rave Infection lost to Latin American Xchange.
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At Destination X, The Rock 'n Jimmy Rave Infection lost a Three Way Tag Team match to determine number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship.
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At Lockdown, The Rock 'n Jimmy Rave Infection competed in a Six Team Cuffed in the Cage match where they lost.
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At Sacrifice, Jimmy Rave competed in a TerrorDome match which was won by Kaz.
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At No Surrender, The Rock 'n Jimmy Rave Infection lost to Curry Man, Shark Boy, and Super Eric in a Six-person intergender tag team match.
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In October 2008 Jimmy Rave suffered a neck injury at Bound for Glory IV in the Steel Asylum match.
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On February 11,2009, Jimmy Rave was released from his TNA contract along with his former tag team partner, Lance Hoyt.
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In December 2011, Jimmy Rave took part in TNA's India project, Ring Ka King, where he worked as a trainer and wrestled in a tag team with Zema Ion.
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On January 12,2013, Jimmy Rave took part in the tapings of TNA's One Night Only: X-Travaganza special, wrestling in a seven-man Xscape match, which was won by Christian York.
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On March 21,2009, at ROH's seventh anniversary show, Jimmy Rave made a surprise return to the company when Prince Nana announced him as Bison Smith's mystery tag team partner.
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Jimmy Rave spent the rest of the year feuding with Grizzly Redwood and Necro Butcher.
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Jimmy Rave later revealed that ROH released him due to his drug addiction.
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Jimmy Rave returned to Ring of Honor on December 16,2011, appearing on an episode of the ROH Video Wire, challenging The Embassy's new Crown Jewel Tommaso Ciampa to a match at Final Battle 2011.
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On June 10,2013, it was reported that Jimmy Rave was done with ROH.
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Jimmy Rave made his debut with Great Championship Wrestling on April 3,2009, with a victory over his trainer, Murder One.
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Jimmy Rave competed for Rampage Pro Wrestling, an organization overseen by former WWE referee Nick Patrick, and former Deep South Wrestling owner, Jody Hamilton, debuting in May 2009 and taking over head booker duties in June 2010.
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Jimmy Rave continued to be one of the most popular stars there, defeating the likes of Adrian Hawkins, and Jeremy Vein, on his way up to contention for the heavyweight title, at the time held by Bull Buchanan.
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Jimmy Rave went on to form the Jimmy Rave Approved stable, while working for RPW.
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In January 2010 Jimmy Rave suffered a broken nose, which would sideline him for six weeks, and as a result he was stripped of both the GCW Heavyweight and the RPW Intercontinental Titles.
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On February 21,2011, Dragon Gate USA announced that Jimmy Rave would be making his debut for the promotion on April 1 in Burlington, North Carolina.
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Later in the night, Jimmy Rave was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Arik Cannon.
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On June 22,2014, Jimmy Rave made his debut for Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment, defeating Drew Adler.
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Jimmy Rave won his opening three-way match against Kyle Matthews and Sugar Dunkerton, then defeated Raphael King in the semifinals and finally Chip Day in the finals to win the tournament and become the first ever GWC Champion.