57 Facts About Petey Williams

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Peter Williams III was born on August 26,1981 and is a Canadian professional wrestler.

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Petey Williams is currently signed to WWE as a backstage producer.

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Petey Williams is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, where he is a two-time X Division Champion.

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Petey Williams is known for his time in Lucha Libre USA, where he held the Tag Team Championship with Jon Rekon.

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Petey Williams is known by his nickname "The Canadian Destroyer", a reference to his front flip piledriver finishing move of the same name.

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Petey Williams was trained alongside Chris Sabin by Scott D'Amore at the Can-Am Wrestling School.

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Petey Williams debuted in D'Amore's Windsor, Ontario-based Border City Wrestling promotion in 2001.

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Petey Williams spent the next four years working on the independent circuit in Canada for Border City Wrestling; Blood, Sweat and Ears; and in the Northern United States for promotions such as NWA Cyberspace and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.

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Petey Williams debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on February 25,2004, a member of Team Canada.

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Early in his title reign, Petey Williams claimed that the Canadian Destroyer could not be countered.

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Petey Williams went on to counter the Canadian Destroyer into his own finishing move, the "Cradle Shock", on three occasions in the month following Victory Road.

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Petey Williams returned to the X Division on July 17,2005, at No Surrender, unsuccessfully challenging X Division Champion Christopher Daniels.

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Petey Williams would resume wrestling in the X Division and faced off against Chris Sabin, Elix Skipper, Shark Boy, Puma and Chase Stevens in an Xscape Match at Lockdown.

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Petey Williams again acted as the captain of Team Canada in the 2006 World X Cup Tournament.

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Petey Williams lost to Jushin Thunder Liger at Sacrifice in a Captain vs Captain semifinal match, but won the Gauntlet Match final to tie the points with Team USA.

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At Hard Justice, Petey Williams challenged the X Division Champion Senshi in a triple threat match involving Jay Lethal.

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Petey Williams was then involved in the feud between America's Most Wanted and the Latin American Xchange.

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At Genesis, Homicide had Gail Kim set up for Da Gringo Killa, but Petey Williams came in with a lead pipe to make the save.

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At Turning Point, Petey Williams came out to help AMW in their flag match against LAX.

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Petey Williams later competed in the Ultimate X match at Victory Road, but was the second competitor eliminated from the match.

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In subsequent matches, Petey Williams would bring down the briefcase to the ring and place it near the turnbuckle.

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Williams and Steiner faced the Motor City Machine Guns in a tag team match, Petey won after pinning Alex Shelley.

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Petey Williams later competed in the "Cuffed in the Cage" match at Lockdown, but lost to the eventual winner Eric Young.

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Later in the same episode, after Jay Lethal's match against Johnny Devine, Petey Williams attacked Lethal from behind, cashed in the title shot and won his second X Division Championship.

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At Hard Justice, Petey Williams retained his X Division Championship against Consequences Creed due to interference from Sheik Abdul Bashir.

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Petey Williams was pinned in the match, and due to a previous stipulation, was banished from TNA.

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Petey Williams made his second and final appearance for the promotion exactly one month later, where he defeated Michael Elgin.

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On February 7,2010, Petey Williams debuted in Canadian Wrestling's Elite at their Collision Course event.

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Petey Williams defeated Bobby Jay to qualify for a four-way match for the vacant title later on in the event, but was unable to win the championship.

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On July 16,2010, Petey Williams made his debut for Collective League Of Adrenaline Strength And Honor in the first round of the NPCI 2010 Tag Team Tournament where he teamed up with Zach Gowen to lose to Gavin Quinn and Tommy Treznik.

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Petey Williams made his return on February 26,2011, when he took on Gavin Quinn for the CLASH Championship and lost.

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On January 21,2012, Williams defeated Quinn in a three-way match for the CLASH Championship which included J Miller.

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Since then on in, Petey Williams has been on a singles winning streaks which included multiple championship defences against the likes of Alex Shelley.

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Petey Williams lost the title to J Miller on January 17,2013.

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On June 22,2013, at House of Hardcore 2 Petey Williams defeated Alex Reynolds and Tony Nese in a three-way match but lost in a rematch on November 9,2013, at House of Hardcore 3.

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On May 9,2014, at Border City Wrestling's East Meets West event Petey Williams teamed with Brent B in a losing effort over Time Splitters in Match 2 of BCW vs NJPW Series.

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Later in May 2014, Petey Williams was defeated by JP Simms in a match for the IFWA Heavyweight Championship at a WrestleCentre Voltage taping, following a Simmulator.

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The next day, Petey Williams defeated Titus in a singles match.

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On December 12,2010, Williams made his debut for Lucha Libre USA, forming a heel, anti-illegal immigration tag team named "The Right" with R J Brewer.

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On February 19,2011, Petey Williams was defeated by LA Park, This episode aired on tape delay on October 15,2011.

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On January 22,2011, Williams defeated Charly Malice due to an interference from the leader of "The Right" R J Brewer, This episode aired on tape delay on October 22,2011.

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On January 12,2013, Petey Williams returned to TNA to take part in the tapings of the One Night Only: X-Travaganza special, teaming with Sonjay Dutt in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Bad Influence.

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Petey Williams was defeated by Tigre Uno and this was his final match in TNA.

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On July 3,2014, Petey Williams announced he would be retiring from professional wrestling.

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Petey Williams executed the Canadian Destroyer on the interfering Caleb Konley.

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At Victory Road, Petey Williams lost to Trevor Lee in an X Division Championship match.

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At Bound for Glory, Petey Williams competed in a six-way match for the Impact X Division Championship, but failed to win the match.

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At Slammiversary XVI, Petey Williams competed in a four-way match that was won by Johnny Impact.

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At Rebellion, Petey Williams competed in a six-way match which was won by Ace Austin.

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At Slammiversary, Petey Williams competed in an Ultimate X match for the Impact X Division Championship which was won by Josh Alexander.

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At Victory Road, Petey Williams lost to Steve Maclin in a 3 Way match that involved TJP.

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In January 2022, it was reported Petey Williams had signed with WWE as a producer.

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Petey Williams appeared on the December 5,2022 edition of Raw breaking up the brawl alongside various WWE officials between Bobby Lashley and Seth "Freakin" Rollins only for him to get accidentally speared by Lashley.

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The next month, Petey Williams debuted the move in a match against Matt Sydal.

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Petey Williams has complained about this fact as his move was intended to be a finishing manoeuver.

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Petey Williams plays guitar and harmonica in a band called The High Crusade, which includes former TNA wrestlers Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin and their friends Adam Tatro and Chris Plumb.

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Petey Williams has been married and divorced twice and has children from both marriages.