Elix Skipper

Professional wrestling career

World Championship Wrestling (1999–2001)

Upon being accepted by the Power Plant, Skipper began his training, debuting in 1999 at an independent show. After training for eight months, Skipper made his television debut on an episode of Saturday Night. Seven months later, Skipper began wrestling on WCW Thunder and WCW Monday Nitro under the ring name "Skip Over", facing members of the cruiserweight division and fellow Power Plant graduates.

In August 2000, Skipper began performing under his real name while also adopting the nickname "Primetime". After interfering on behalf of Lance Storm in a bout between Storm and Mike Awesome on the August 14, 2000 episode of Nitro, Skipper was inducted into Storm's newly formed Team Canada faction. At the time Skipper joined Team Canada Storm was in possession of three of WCW's singles titles (the United States, Cruiserweight, and Hardcore titles) and had given them more Canadian-sounding names. As a reward for his actions Storm presented Skipper with the Cruiserweight Championship, which he had renamed the "101 Kilos and Under Title". Despite his American nationality and his self-professed lack of knowledge about Canada, Skipper was billed as being a Canadian and a former Canadian Football League player, complete with a Grey Cup ring. Skipper retained the 101 Kilograms and Under Championship until October 2, 2000, when Mike Sanders defeated him for the title and subsequently renamed it back to the Cruiserweight Championship. Throughout late 2000, Team Canada feuded with the Misfits In Action and the Filthy Animals.

In early 2001, Skipper left Team Canada and began competing principally in the cruiserweight division. Throughout February and March 2001, Skipper teamed with Kid Romeo in an eight-team tournament to determine the first holders of the newly created WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship. Skipper and Romeo won the tournament by defeating Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio in the tournament finals on March 18, 2001, at Greed, the final WCW pay-per-view event. On the March 26, 2001 episode of Nitro, Skipper and Romeo lost the Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship to Kidman and Mysterio.

In late March 2001, World Championship Wrestling was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation, with a number of wrestlers, including Skipper, being signed to developmental contracts.

World Wrestling Federation (2001)

Skipper made his debut early into the Invasion as a member of The Alliance. The WWF later assigned Skipper to the Heartland Wrestling Association, a WWF developmental territory. He trained in the HWA for nine months before being released in December 2001.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2002, 2003) Upon being released from the WWF, Skipper contacted The Great Muta, a veteran Japanese wrestler who had previously invited Skipper to wrestle in Japan. Skipper subsequently travelled to Japan to perform for All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he wrestled while alternating between using his real name, the ring name "Dark Guerrera" and as the masked "Extreme Blade".

In July 2004, Skipper and Daniels reformed Triple X and began feuding with America's Most Wanted once more. In the course of the feud, Skipper and Chris Harris were paired together against NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals after their respective partners became unavailable. Despite struggling to cooperate with one another, Skipper and Harris defeated The Naturals. They held the titles for several weeks before losing them to Christopher Daniels and James Storm. After Daniels and Storm lost the titles to Team Canada, the feud between Triple X and America's Most Wanted resumed. America's Most Wanted went on to defeat Triple X in a last team standing match on November 7, 2004, at Victory Road, with Skipper suffering a concussion in the course of the match. The feud culminated in a steel cage match on December 5, 2004, at Turning Point, with the stipulation that the losing team be forced to disband. America's Most Wanted won the match.

Triple X reunion (2007–2008)

On July 15, 2007, at Victory Road, Skipper returned to TNA, competing in an Ultimate X match and reforming Triple X with Daniels and Senshi (the former Low Ki). On the July 19 episode of Impact!, Triple X won its return match against Serotonin. On the following Impact!, Daniels and Senshi won a match against Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt with some outside interference from Skipper. Triple X would go on to lose to The Latin American Xchange during Bound For Glory in an Ultimate X Match.

After Christopher Daniels was, in storyline, fired because of his briefcase from the "feast or fired" match containing a pink slip, Skipper reunited with Senshi. However, the tag team was short-lived, as Senshi requested and was granted his release in January. Following Senshi's departure, Skipper appeared sporadically before wrestling his last televised match in April, which he lost. He was released from his contract in May 2008.

Personal life He has four children from two previous marriages (two daughters and two sons). His 22-year-old son, Lemarcus Skipper, was killed on April 29, 2009, by a gunman who was in his home.

Championships and accomplishments

All Access Wrestling AAW World Heavyweight Champion (1 time) Elite Championship Wrestling ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Georgia Championship Wrestling / Great Championship Wrestling GCW National Television Championship (1 time) GCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with John Bogie (1) and David Young (1)1 GCW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Shockwave NWA Shockwave Cruiser X Championship (1 time) NWA Total Nonstop Action NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Low Ki and Christopher Daniels (3)2 and Chris Harris (1) TNA World Cup X (2004) – with Chris Sabin, Christopher Daniels and Jerry Lynn TNA Year End Awards (2 times) Match of the Year (2004) with Christopher Daniels vs. America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) at Turning Point Memorable Moment of the Year (2004) Primetime walks the Six Sides of Steel at Turning Point NWA Wrestle Birmingham NWA Alabama Tag Team Championship (1 time)1 – with Sonny Siaki / David Young Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No. 108 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2003 USA Xtreme Wrestling UXW X-treme Championship (1 time) World Championship Wrestling WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kid Romeo WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship Tournament (2001) – with Kid Romeo

1After Siaki signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, Skipper chose Young as a replacement without interrupting the championship reign. 2Skipper defended the title with either Ki or Daniels as Triple X under the Freebird Rule.