Firebreaker Chip

Firebreaker Chip
Ring name(s)	Curtis Thompson Firebreaker Chip Archangel The White Knight U.S. Male
Billed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Billed weight	245 lb (111 kg)[1]
Born	January 20, 1963(1963-01-20)[1] Charlotte, North Carolina[1]
Billed from	Charlotte WCW Special Forces[2]
Debut	1987[1]

Curtis Thompson (born January 20, 1963) is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling as Firebreaker Chip.

Professional wrestling career

Curtis Thompson started wrestling in 1987. He wrestled in Stampede Wrestling (as the masked Archangel), South Atlantic Pro Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling and Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council. He formed a tag team with Ricky Santana called the "US Males" in PNW.^[3]

Thompson also worked under a mask as a heel in Puerto Rico for Carlos Colon's WWC in the late 80's as The White Knight.^[1] In 19901991 Thompson would use the "US Male" gimmick where he wore a mailman uniform to the ring in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) and South Atlantic Pro Wrestling (SAPW) in the Carolina's as a member of Robert Fuller's Stud Stable. Thompson would eventually free himself from the Stud Stabe, turning face in the process at the end of 1990 while wrestling in SAPW.

In 1991 he joined World Championship Wrestling. He became Firebreaker Chip and teamed with Todd Champion as "The Patriots". He had the gimmick of being a Fireman while teaming with Todd Champion who had the gimmick that he'd returned from Desert Storm and were billed as being from "WCW Special Forces".^[2] They feuded with the Fabulous Freebirds and won the United States Tag Team Titles. They next feuded with Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers who beat them for the titles.^[4]

Thompson left WCW in early 1992 and wrestled in the independent promotions. He turned up in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic promotion in a tag team with Drake Dawson called "Triple X". He also wrestled briefly for Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the mid 1990s. As of 2005, Thompson is still wrestling in the Mid-Atlantic area independent promotions.^[1]

In wrestling

• Finishing moves

• Piledriver^[1]
• Figure Four leg lock^[1]

• Signature moves

• Bearhug^[1]
• Flying bodyslam^[1]

• Managers

• Bert Prentice
• Robert Fuller
• Skandor Akbar

Championships and accomplishments

• Confederate / Continental Wrestling Alliance

• CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time, first)^[1]
• CWA Television Championship (1 time)^[1]

• International World Class Championship Wrestling

• IWCCW Television Championship (1 time)^[1]

• National Championship Wrestling

• NCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1]

• National Wrestling Alliance

• NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Drake Dawson^[1]

• NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling¹

• NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Drake Dawson
• NWA Northern Continental Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Drake Dawson

• Pacific Northwest Wrestling

• NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[5]
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ricky Santana^[3]

• World Championship Wrestling

• WCW United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Todd Champion^[4]

¹This promotion, while operating out of the same area and having began using some of the same championships, is not the same Mid-Atlantic promotion once owned by Jim Crockett, Jr.. That promotion was sold to Ted Turner in November 1988 and was renamed World Championship Wrestling.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p} "Wrestler profile: Curtis Thompson". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/c/curtis-thompson.html. Retrieved February 6, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} RD Reynolds and Randy Baer (2003). "Welcome to Oz! Welcome to Oz!". Wrestlecrap – the very worst of pro wrestling. ECW Press. pp. 97–116. ISBN 1-55022-584-7. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Duncan, Royal; Gary Will (2000). "Portland: NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 317–320. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "United States: 19th century & widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 23. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
5. ^ Duncan, Royal; Gary Will (2000). "Portland: NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 315–317. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 

External links

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Name	Chip, Firebreaker
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Date of birth	January 20, 1963
Place of birth	Charlotte, North Carolina
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