Lance Archer makes sporadic appearance for New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
32 Facts About Lance Archer
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Lance Archer is known for his time with WWE as Vance Archer, and impact Wrestling under his real name and as Lance Rock.
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When Smith left the promotion in 2019, Lance Archer became a singles wrestler, capturing the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, a championship which he eventually regained for a record-tying second time in 2021.
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In February 2020, it was announced that Lance Archer had joined All Elite Wrestling, though he remained making appearances for NJPW.
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Lance Archer spent the next four years working on the Texas independent circuit, using the ring names Lance Steel and Breakdown, the latter being a character created in the spur-of-the-moment by Hoyt in Corpus Christi when he had forgotten his usual ring attire and was forced to wrestle in his street clothing.
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Lance Archer feuded with Team Canada throughout mid-2005, and lost to Abyss at Sacrifice.
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Lance Archer lost to Monty Brown at Bound for Glory and was involved in the 10-man Gauntlet match later in the night to determine the number one contender for Jeff Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
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Lance Archer later began teaming with Matt Bentley in mid-card tag matches until a misinterpreted steel chair incident led Bentley to believe Hoyt had "screwed" him, and he severely turned on him with a spontaneous brawl by ringside, consisting of several chairshots.
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Lance Archer lost to Abyss, who won a bye to the tournament finals for a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
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Lance Archer kissed Hemme after the match, thus re-establishing himself as a heel.
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Lance Archer then became part of a tag team managed by Hemme alongside the returning Jimmy Rave, later named The Rock 'n Rave Infection.
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Lance Archer wrestled in WWE's developmental promotion Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Lance Archer, after his father.
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Lance Archer continued his winning streak when he defeated Dreamer on the December 17,2009 episode of WWE Superstars.
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The next week on Superstars, Lance Archer was defeated by Benjamin, thus breaking his streak of not being pinned.
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Lance Archer accidentally struck Hawkins outside the ring, after which the two argued and a distracted Lance Archer lost the match.
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On November 19,2010, Lance Archer was released from his contract along with five other wrestlers.
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From July 23 to August 8, Lance Archer took part in the 2014 G1 Climax, where he finished tied sixth in his block with a record of four wins and six losses.
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Shortly afterwards, Lance Archer competed in the 2019 G1 Climax, his first participation since 2014; he participated in the A Block, with a final standing of 6 points, failing to advance to the finals.
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Lance Archer lost the title to Moxley in a Texas Deathmatch at Wrestle Kingdom 14 on January 4,2020.
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Lance Archer later came back to NJPW due to his membership with Suzuki-Gun.
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Lance Archer is not recognised on the NJPW personnel but he makes appearances on the NJPW Strong.
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Lance Archer finished with a total of 6 points, failing to advance to the semi-finals.
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On February 26,2020, Lance Archer signed a multi-year deal with All Elite Wrestling.
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Lance Archer dressed up as Lee's classic look, with his team winning.
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At Revolution, Lance Archer faced Cody Rhodes, Scorpio Sky, Penta El Zero M, Max Caster, and surprise entrant Ethan Page, with Sky winning.
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The next week at AEW Fyter Fest Night 2, Lance Archer defeated Moxley to become a record-tying two time champion.
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Lance Archer was a participant in the Casino Ladder match, won by Adam Page.
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Lance Archer then participated in the eliminator tournament for an AEW World Championship match where he faced Eddie Kingston in the first round.
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Lance Archer was scheduled to defeat Kingston, but due to falling on his head after a botched moonsault, the match was quickly ended with Kingston rolling up Lance Archer for the win.
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Later, it was discovered that Lance Archer suffered a jammed neck as a result of the botched spot.
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Hoyt, as Vance Lance Archer, made his only video game appearance in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011.
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Lance Archer attended Texas State University, where he played college football as a quarterback.