B.J. Whitmer

Return to Ring of Honor (2012–2018, 2022)

On February 17, 2012, Whitmer returned to ROH after a four-year absence, where he lost to ROH World Television Champion Jay Lethal in a non-title Proving Ground match. After this, Whitmer allied himself with Rhett Titus to feud with Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team. Both teams competed against each other at Glory By Honor XI and a street fight at Final Battle 2012: Doomsday, where Whitmer and Titus lost both matches, the second of which saw Haas throw Whitmer into a table. As a result, Haas and Whitmer faced each other at the 11th Anniversary Show in a No Holds Barred match, which Whitmer won by referee decision. On May 18, 2013, Whitmer unsuccessfully challenged Jay Briscoe for the World Championship. On June 22 at Best in the World 2013, Whitmer defeated Mike Bennett and both subsequently began feuding with each other. On July 12 at Reclamation, Whitmer and the newly renamed Michael Bennett faced off in a rematch, where Bennett defeated Whitmer. August 3 at All Star Extravaganza, Whitmer entered a tournament for the newly vacant World Championship, where he faced Bennett in a first round match. However, the match ended without a winner after Whitmer was legitimately injured after being piledriven on the ring apron. On September 20 at Death Before Dishonor XI, Whitmer announced his retirement due to the neck injury he suffered from Bennett's piledriver.

On December 14 at Final Battle 2013, Whitmer came out of retirement and teamed with Eddie Edwards in a winning effort against Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong. After the match, Whitmer turned heel by attacking Edwards with the assistance of Strong and former tag team partner Jimmy Jacobs. Whitmer then reunited with Jacobs and they both allied with Strong to form The Decade, with the stable's name being a reference to all three men's long tenures with the company. On the January 4, 2014, The Decade secured its first victory as Whitmer and Jacobs defeated Adam Page and Mark Briscoe in a tag team match. Whitmer successfully recruited Colby Corino, the 18-year-old son of Whitmer rival Steve Corino to join the Decade. This caused friction between Jacobs and Whitmer, feeling that taking Corino's son was too much, On March 27, 2015, at Supercard of Honor IX Whitmer defeated Jimmy Jacobs.

Whitmer feuded with Adam Page after Page left The Decade. Whitmer faced Page at ROH 14th Anniversary Show, and defeated him. At Best in the World '16 Whitmer defeated Steve Corino in a Fight Without Honor with the help from Kevin Sullivan. Later Whitmer and Sullivan would align with Punisher Martinez. On January 7, 2017, Whitmer was defeated by Jay Briscoe in the Decade of Excellence. On February 11, Whitmer and Punishment Martinez defeated War Machine, after the match Martinez turned on Whitmer, hitting him with South of Heaven. Whitmer retired as a professional wrestler in 2017. However, Whitmer left the promotion on December 20, 2018. He mentioned that the departure was down to ROH not letting him work at WWE's Performance Center as a guest trainer.

In 2022, Whitmer was a judge at Supercard of Honor XV for a ROH Pure Championship match. On December 10, 2022, he returned as a judge during the ROH Pure Championship match at Final Battle.

All Elite Wrestling (2019–2023) In 2019, Whitmer signed a contract with the newly formed All Elite Wrestling (AEW) to serve as a coach. In June 2023, Whitmer was fired from AEW following a domestic violence arrest.

Championships and accomplishments Absolute Intense Wrestling AIW Intense Championship (1 time) AIW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Jacobs Heartland Wrestling Association HWA Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) HWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) Independent Wrestling Association East Coast IWA East Coast Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (2 times) IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Revolution Strong Style Tournament (2003) New Breed Wrestling Association NBWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No. 118 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2007 Ring of Honor ROH Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Dan Maff (2) and Jimmy Jacobs (2)