- Oren Hawxhurst
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Oren Hawxhurst 
Ring name(s) Altar Boy Luke[1]
Luke Hawx[1]
The New Orleans Bad Boy[1]
Perry Douglas[1]
Perry Wallace[2]Billed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3] Billed weight 197 lb (89 kg; 14.1 st)[3] Born July 8, 1981 [1]
New Orleans, Louisiana[1]Billed from St. Michael's Cathedral[1] (As Altar Boy Luke)
New Orleans, Louisiana (As Luke Hawx)[3]Trained by Vic Grimes[1] Debut 1999[3] Oren Hawxhurst[1] (born July 8, 1981)[1] is an American professional wrestler, actor and stuntman. He is best known as Luke Hawx and is also known for his time in Xtreme Pro Wrestling under the ring name Altar Boy Luke.
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Professional wrestling career
Growing up, Hawxhurst's favorite wrestlers were "Ravishing Rick" Rude and Mr. Perfect. After regularly attending indy shows during his teenage years, he once met "Vicious" Vic Grimes. After keeping in contact with Grimes, Hawxhurst eventually received full training from him.
Xtreme Pro Wrestling
After regularly attending independent wrestling shows during his teenage years, he met "Vicious Vic" Grimes.[1] After keeping in contact with him, Hawxhurst eventually received full training from Grimes.[1] In 1999, Hawxhurst made his pro wrestling debut in Pensacola, Florida as Perry Douglas against Lightning Kid Jerry Riner.[1] Soon afterwards, he toured the United States independent circuit before being signed to a contract by Xtreme Pro Wrestling.[1] Upon his XPW debut, Hawxhurst, under the ring name Altar Boy Luke, was placed in a tag team with Altar Boy Matthew to form The Altar Boys.[1] To further emphasize their characters, both Luke and Matthew shaved their heads and wore white preaching robes. After Matthew left XPW due to family issues, Luke was left on his own to become a singles wrestler.[1]
Soon after the end of The Altar Boys, Luke became a singles wrestler and took part in the final King of the Deathmatch Tournament to crown a new King of the Deathmatch Champion. He won his first round match by beating Vinnie Massaro, but lost to Supreme in the second round.[1] Despite losing the tournament, Luke faced Supreme in a Bed of Light Tubes and Barbed Wire match at the Fallout event on October 5 and defeated him to win his first and only King of the Deathmatch Championship.[1] On December 21 at the Merry F'n X-Mas event, Luke lost the King of the Deathmatch Title to Supreme in a House of Horrors Match.[1]
On May 24, 2008 at XPW's reunion event, Cold Day In Hell, Hawx defeated Jack Evans and Scorpio Sky in a three-way match.[4] On August 22, 2009 at XPW's 10 Year Anniversary show, Hawx and Sky defeated Matt Cross and Tool in a tag team match.[4]
Independent circuit
Luke Hawx at XPW X in August 2009.
When XPW folded in early 2003, Hawxhurst changed his ring name Luke Hawx and also adopted a more traditional ring attire before resuming work on the independent circuit for various promotions, including Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Combat Zone Wrestling and NWA Wildside.[1]
On the November 11, 2006 taping of MTV's Wrestling Society X, Hawx debuted for the show in a losing effort to Human Tornado.[1] At the taping the next day, Hawx teamed with Al Katrazz in a winning effort against Kaos and Aaron Aguilera in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match.[1] On the November 14 taping, Hawx and Katrazz won again after defeating Keep It Gangsta (Ruckus and Babi Slymm) before losing to The Trailer Park Boys (Nate Webb and Josh Raymond).[1] On the February 13, 2007 episode of WSX, Hawx and Katrazz defeated Kaos and Aguilera in a TLC rematch.[1] WSX folded shortly afterwards.
World Wrestling Entertainment
On the September 1, 2003, Hawxhurst, reusing the Altar Boy Luke character, teamed with Mortis and defeated Big Bad Jon and Travis Tomko in a non-televised match before the taping of SmackDown!.[1]
On July 10, 2007, Hawxhurst received another WWE tryout match and lost to Chuck Palumbo at the SmackDown! taping in his hometown of New Orleans.[1] On the March 21, 2008 episode of SmackDown, Hawx, along with Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas, faced and lost against The Big Show in a 3-on-1 handicap match.[1][5] On the June 9, 2009 episode of ECW, Hawxhurst, under the ring name Luke Hawx, teamed with Chris Lewie, a local competitor, in a losing effort to Vladimir Kozlov in a handicap match.[1][4] On the February 9, 2010 episode of ECW, Hawxhurst, under the ring name Perry Wallace, lost to Ezekiel Jackson.[4]
Media
Acting career
- The Dead Sleep Easy (2007) as Fighter 1[6]
Stuntwork
Personal life
While growing up, Hawxhurst's favorite wrestlers were Rick Rude and Mr. Perfect.[1] As of June 2011, Hawxhurst is the co-owner, along with international wrestling Superstar Orlando Jordan, of WildKat Sports, a professional wrestling training center located just outside his hometown of New Orleans, LA.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- 450º splash,[1] sometimes while performing a corkscrew[1]
- Holy Driver / Sitout scoop slam piledriver[1][2]
- Signature moves
Championships and accomplishments
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao "OWOW profile". http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/l/luke-hawx.html.
- ^ a b c "Cagematch profile". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=187&name=Luke+Hawx.
- ^ a b c d PWI Almanac Staff. "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts (Kappa Publications): p. 38. 2007 Edition.
- ^ a b c d "Cagematch match listings, page 1". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=187&view=matches#matches.
- ^ "WWE SmackDown! 21 March 2008 Results". Pro-Wrestling Edge. http://www.wwe-zone.com/wwe/results/smackdown/2008/0321/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ^ a b c d e "IMDB profile". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2502187/.
- ^ a b "Entrance themes". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=187&view=themes#themes.
- ^ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=187&view=awards#awards
- ^ a b "XPW's championship histories". http://www.thexpw.com/titlehistory/.
External links
Categories:- 1981 births
- American professional wrestlers
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Louisiana
- People from New Orleans, Louisiana
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