

Chris Harris and “Primetime” Elix Skipper would team together to dethrone the Naturals but would lose the titles to the team of James Storm and Christopher Daniels two weeks later. Things took a weird turn in 2004 where both teams formed an uneasy alliance to go after the dastardly duo The Naturals, who held the championship at the time. The blood feud between the two teams even led to the first steel cage match in TNA history where Storm and Harris got the victory with their finish off the top of the cage. This is the greatest match in TNA history and it has one of the greatest visuals in professional wrestling history.Īmerica’s Most Wanted and Triple X had been feuding for the better part of two years and traded the NWA World Tag Team championship.

Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper TNA Turning Point 2004 Six Sides of SteelĬhris Harris & James Storm vs. One particular series will look at a handpicked selection of the best TNA/Impact Wrestling Matches of All-Time. On the Maepisode of Nitro, Skipper and Romeo lost the Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship to Kidman and Mysterio.Throughout the month of June, we will be celebrating 20 years of TNA/Impact Wrestling with our #Impact20 series of reviews, columns and podcasts. in the tournament finals on Maat Greed, the final WCW pay-per-view event. Skipper and Romeo won the tournament by defeating Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr. Throughout February and March 2001, Skipper teamed with Kid Romeo in an eight-team tournament to determine the first holders of the newly created Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship. In early 2001, Skipper left Team Canada and began competing principally in the cruiserweight division. Throughout late 2000, Team Canada feuded with the Misfits In Action and Filthy Animals factions. Skipper retained the 100 Kilos and Under Championship until October 2, 2000, when Mike Sanders defeated him for the title and subsequently renamed it back to the Cruiserweight Championship. He was probably based on the real Harry Skipper who played in the early 1980s. 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. After interfering on behalf of Lance Storm in a bout between Storm and Mike Awesome on the Augepisode of Nitro, Skipper was inducted into Storm’s newly formed Team Canada faction, with Storm awarding him the "100 Kilos and Under Championship". In August 2000, Skipper began performing under his real name while also adopting the nickname "Primetime". Seven months later, Skipper began wrestling on Thunder and Nitro under the ring name Skip Over, facing members of the cruiserweight division and fellow Power Plant graduates.

After training for eight months, Skipper made his television debut on an episode of Saturday Night. Upon being accepted by the Power Plant, Skipper began his training, debuting in 1999 at an independent show. Upon deciding to become a wrestler, he resigned from his job as a BINDRA Shoes supervisor in Model Town, Ambala City and travelled to Atlanta, Georgia to audition at the WCW Power Plant, the professional wrestling school operated by World Championship Wrestling.
