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| Ring name(s) | El Negro Human Tornado[1] El Snowflake[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 170 lb (77 kg)[1] |
| Born | May 1, 1983 [1] Abilene, Texas, United States |
| Billed from | Niggakeeprunnin, Mississippi Hollywood, Alabama |
| Trained by | American Wild Child[1] Super Dragon WPW Dojo |
| Debut | November 29, 2003[1] |
Craig Williams[1] (born May 1, 1983)[1] better known by his ring name, Human Tornado, is an American professional wrestler. His gimmick is that of a stereotypical 1970s blaxploitation street pimp. Human Tornado appeared in the Jack Black lucha libre wrestling movie Nacho Libre as "El Snowflake." He has wrestled for various pro wrestling organizations including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Ring of Honor, Combat Zone Wrestling and the MTV promotion Wrestling Society X.
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Career
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
SoCal promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is considered to be Williams' home promotion. On January 13, 2007, he defeated Joey Ryan to win his first PWG World title. He is also a former PWG Tag Team champion with El Generico under the team name Two Skinny Black Guys. At the 2007 Battle of Los Angeles Tournament Tornado violently attacked his manager Candice LaRae after he was eliminated in the first round by CIMA, Chris Hero rescued Candice from this assault which began a long and heated feud between Hero and Tornado. On February 24, 2008, Tornado defeated Roderick Strong and Karl Anderson in a tournament final to win the vacated PWG World title for the second time. On July 6, 2008 at Life During Wartime in Reseda, California, Hero with the help of Candice LaRae defeated Tornado to win the PWG World Championship in Steel Cage Guerrilla Warfare match.
Tornado returned to PWG on February 21, 2009, to cash in on his rematch clause against Hero for the World Championship. He lost to Hero in a 3-way that also included a returning Colt Cabana.
Wrestling Society X
Human Tornado defeated Puma and Luke Hawx in a three way match at WSXtra. Hawx challenged him to a rematch after the match. Tornado made his television debut defeating Luke Hawx in the rematch. In a later televised episode, Human Tornado defeated Matt Sydal.
On June 18, 2005, Human Tornado legitimately collapsed during a match with Adam Pearce.[1] He was rushed to the hospital, and it was discovered that he was suffering from severe dehydration.[1]
That same year he was featured in the extras section of "Pro Wrestling's Ultimate Insiders" a shoot interview with former WWE writers Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera. In the extra, Russo and Ferrera help a California promotion put together a show, and they take the view step by step through the writing process of a match and promo.
El Snowflake
After appearing in the film Nacho Libre, Williams has taken to the persona El Snowflake in the ring. In the storyline El Snowflake took the place of the injured Human Tornado on the second night of the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles in the Four-Way elimination match for the PWG World Championship.
Juggalo Championship Wrestling
The Human Tornado debuted in the JCW SLAMtv episode 'Westside Wars.' Alongside tag partner Kazushige Nosawa, he took on Mad Man Pondo and Necro Butcher. He later went on to form a tag team, 'The Pimp and Gimp Connection', with Zach Gowen throughout season one of SLAMtv and questioned Gowen's new team with Conrad Kennedy III in season two.
Combat Zone Wrestling
Human Tornado competed in a tournament by Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) to win the CZW World Tag Team Championship with Justice Pain. But Tornado and his partner would end up losing at the tourny finals against Kings of Professional Wrestling on October 14, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Human Tornado returned to CZW in 2007 to compete in the Best of the Best 7 Tournament, eventually losing to Joker in the semi-finals.
Tornado also joined the highly regarded stable, the BLKOUT. Human Tornado was quickly kicked out, but not before he and Ruckus had a hilarious feud (which included matches and a dance contest).
Ring of Honor
Human Tornado made his ROH debut on October 19, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada defeating Shane Hagadorn and Tony Kozina to make it to the 2007 Survival of the Fittest Elimination Match, where he was the first participant eliminated (by Chris Hero). Two nights later at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California he lost to Chris Hero in a one on one match. He would compete at the ROH show "Reckless Abandon" in Dayton, Ohio on November 30, 2007 where he lost a three way match with Davey Richards and Erick Stevens. Tornado was scheduled to appear on the December 1, 2007 ROH show in Chicago, Illinois (which was then called "Trios Tournament 2007") but he, along with Jack Evans, Ruckus, and Necro Butcher, all got into a weather-related car accident on their way to the show. Jack suffered a concussion, but the other passengers were unharmed.
On February 22, 2008, in Long Island, New York, Williams made his return to ROH in a four-way match won by Jason Blade. The following night in New York City he tagged with Delirious in a match where they were defeated by the team of Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black.
On April 25, 2008 during a JCW show Tornado suffered a torn ACL and a dislocated knee cap. The injury would keep him out of action until February 2009.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
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- African Destroyer (Front flip piledriver)
- Cancún Tornado (Somersault corkscrew senton)
- DND – Dat Nigga Dead (Flipping release leg hook belly to back suplex, sometimes from the top rope)
- Tornado DDT[1]
- Discus clothesline to a cornered opponent followed by a bulldog[1]
- Head and arm suplex
- High–angle somersault plancha
- House Party (Split–legged low blow to opponent seated in the corner with theatrics)[1]
- Inverted facelock neckbreaker
- Multiple kick variations
- Pimp Pounce (High–impact low–angle shoulder block, after an opponent has been whipped off of adjacent ropes) – parodied from Monty Brown
- Pimp Slap (Backhand slap, usually preceded by no-selling a low blow attempt by an opponent)
- Pumphandle half nelson driver
- Reverse crossbody
- Shooting star press
- Shoryuken (Jumping spinning uppercut)
- Tornado leaps over the top rope and hits a leapfrog guillotine leg drop to an opponent's head draped over the second rope
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- "Clown Walk" by Insane Clown Posse
- "Cool" by Suga Free
- "Pussy Got Ya Hooked" by Three 6 Mafia
- "Cali Iz Active" by Tha Dogg Pound
- "I'm On a Boat" by Lonely Island
Championships and accomplishments
- Alternative Wrestling Show
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- AWS Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- AWS Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Match of the Year vs. Lil Cholo
- Revolution Pro Wrestling
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- Revolution Pro Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Wrestling Superstars Unleashed
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- WSU Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Human Tornado profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/h/human-tornado.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-20.
- ^ "Empire Wrestling Federation". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/empire/. Retrieved on 2008-07-07.
- ^ Westcott, Brian. "PWG - Pro Wrestling Guerrilla PWG Heavyweight Title History". Solie. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/htpwg.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-27.
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