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13 Facts About Vic Grimes

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Victor Grimes was born on January 3,1963 and is an American professional wrestler.

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Vic Grimes is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling, Xtreme Pro Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation.

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Vic Grimes subsequently worked for XPW, where he continued his feud with New Jack that had begun in ECW.

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Vic Grimes began his career in California's All Pro Wrestling promotion, where he had a series of matches against Erin O'Grady.

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Vic Grimes was moved to the Memphis developmental territories before being brought up to television under the ring name Key.

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Vic Grimes made his televised WWF debut on the July 26,1999 episode of Raw.

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The beginning of the newly ignited feud featured both men in a tag match, with Vic Grimes teaming with The Messiah and New Jack aligning himself with Supreme; during the match New Jack was powerbombed by Vic Grimes through a flaming table, and New Jack was on fire for over 10 seconds.

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Vic Grimes broke his fall on the top rope, dislocating his ankle and suffering multiple other injuries in the process.

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Some believe this to have been a 'work' on New Jack's part as closer inspection of the footage appears to show that Vic Grimes threw himself off the scaffolding at an unexpected angle and with more velocity than intended.

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When Shane Douglas took control of XPW following Baptized in Blood 3, Vic Grimes remained with the promotion and engaged in feuds with Douglas and Snuff.

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Vic Grimes wrestled against several cruiserweights such as Psicosis, Little Guido, and Altar Boy Luke.

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Two episodes later, Cannon and Vic Grimes competed against Luke Hawx and Al Katrazz, during which Vic Grimes missed a spear on Katrazz and landed into some light tubes at ringside, allowing Cannon to be pinned by Katrazz.

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Vic Grimes appeared in the video game Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood.