Edward Dorozowsky (born April 13, 1978) is a Canadian professional wrestler and former promoter, best known by his ring name SeXXXy Eddy. He has competed in several North American independent promotions including Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, Northern Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and has toured Europe with International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom and Westside Xtreme Wrestling.
Eddy is also the co-founder of the International Wrestling Syndicate along with PCP Crazy F’N Manny and Nixon Stratus. As part of his controversial in-ring persona, heavily influenced by "Ravishing" Rick Rude and Shawn Michaels, he has wrestled in a considerable number of mixed and intergender matches with numerous female wrestlers.
Early life Born in Montreal, Quebec, Dorozowsky was a wrestling fan growing up and, during interviews, recalls watching his first wrestling match with his father, a steel cage match between the Big Boss Man and then WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan on the May 27, 1989 Saturday Night's Main Event XXI. He also attended an independent wrestling event several years later which was raising money for the "Telethon Of Stars" charity. His older sister Alexandra, who was in a wheelchair due to spina bifida, was the guest of honor.
Dorozowsky was involved in sports during high school, including rugby, football and three years of amateur wrestling.
Professional wrestling career
Dawson Wrestling Federation Dorozowsky then attended Dawson College, where he and his friend Deniz Celik became radio DJs and, during the spring of 1998, they began a faux "on-air war" between each other which had started from private joking and eventually escalated to their agreeing to meet in a fight at the college's annual campus barbecue. The violent "backyard wrestling" match Clash of the Titans between Dorozowsky versus S.O.B. D.O.C. took place on several gym mats taped together. The brawl included a filing cabinet, an ironing board, a ladder, and smashing beer bottles on their heads, was taped on video and widely distributed in the local Montreal-area. One year later, Dorozowsky formed the Dawson Wrestling Federation and held the first indoor wrestling event at the campus. He held the championship belt for one year without a title defense. Working with the college newspaper "The Plant", stories were written months before leading to and hyping the upcoming show. Local wrestler Rendinella "Heavy Maxx Fury" Rendinella had seen the tape of the first show and offered to train Dorozowsky for their bout. SeXXXy Eddy made his in-ring debut at Rumble in the PARC against his trainer in the gymnasium at Dawson College on April 23, 1999. His father Ed Sr. accompanied him as his manager, while his brother Jonathan was the cameraman during the show. The match, much like his previous one, was a hardcore-style match which involved thumbtacks. One of his key hardcore finishing moves, the Garbage sault, was also demonstrated for the first time ever during the match when he performed a moonsault while holding a garbage can over his head. Following this event, due to the excessive blood loss from Eddy, the college prohibited live wrestling events on college property.
World Wrestling Syndicate After the match, Rendinella suggested looking into working for the Montreal-based Northern Championship Wrestling (NCW). Eddy accepted his offer and began training with NCW's head instructor Marc the Grizzly. In early 1999, Eddy joined with PCP Crazy F’N Manny and Nixon Stratus to form the World Wrestling Syndicate (WWS) and held their first show, Blood, Sweat & Beers '99 at "Wally's Pub" on June 17, 1999. Due to the ceiling being so low, this space could easily be converted into a makeshift wrestling ring by attaching ropes to the pillars and laying down mats taped together. On October 30, after winning a match for a title shot against WWS Heavyweight Champion TNT, SeXXXy Eddy defeated him for the title in the main event later that night for his first official WWS title reign.
The WWS very quickly gained a reputation as one of Quebec's fastest growing independent promotions comparable to Extreme Championship Wrestling and Japanese "garbage wrestling" promotions such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. The promotion became known among some Quebec wrestling fans as "La fed Canadian Tire" for the foreign objects used in matches. Even with its cult following, the promotion was forced to move when Wally's closed and the last WWS show Praise the Violence was held there in April 2000. Finding new venues with higher ceilings gave the WWS the chance to rent out and perform in a professional wrestling ring, giving the company more credibility among wrestling fans and Quebec wrestlers as well. To reflect the evolution from mats to a ring, WWS became the International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS).
During much of his early career, Eddy wrestled in the Montreal-area for Northern Championship Wrestling, being voted NCW's "Rookie of the Year" in 2000, as well as the IWS becoming a mainstay in both promotions. He also spent time in independent promotions in Ontario and Newfoundland.
Internet Wrestling Syndicate Soon after leaving "Wally's Pub", the promotion was renamed the "Internet Wrestling Syndicate" (and later the "International Wrestling Syndicate" after Eddy traveled to wrestle in Europe). The name change of "Internet" was more representative of the way the IWS was promoting itself, through several online promos and matches made available to the fans to advance the storylines. Both Eddy and Nic allowed Manny to take over the day-to-day running of the promotion so as to concentrate on their own wrestling careers. After Eleftheriou formed a partnership with Carol Cox's Wild Rose Productions, a Montreal-based adult entertainment internet company, the promotion began holding events at the Club Le Medley.
On October 6, 2001, SeXXXy Eddy won the IWS Heavyweight Championship for a second time and held the title for over half a year. On November 21, Eddy appeared at the IWS's second Medley show, Born to Bleed '01, pinning PCP Crazy F’N Manny in the main event after a leaping frog splash off the balcony. On November 24, at the supercard Payback's a Bitch '01, Eddy was scheduled to defend his title against Carl Leduc. Shortly before the match however, Leduc entered the ring and refused to face Eddy criticizing him and the promotion. When he became involved in an altercation with several fans at ringside, Manny came out to give Leduc money for his appearance and had security escort him from the building. As a result of this incident, Leduc's father, Paul Leduc ended his company's relationship with IWS which included renting out their wrestling ring to the IWS.
In June 2002, Eddy faced former World Wrestling Federation star Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake in the 2nd round of the tournament and suffered a concussion during the match. Although he does not recall the final round, he won the Tournament of the Icons III in Deux-Montagnes. Suffering the serious shoulder injury, in which nearly all the ligaments in his right shoulder were torn, he was out of action for nearly a year. In one of his earliest matches back, he lost to Fred la Merveille at "Bar Unison" in Montreal on January 18, 2004.
Combat Zone Wrestling In May 2003, still nursing his shoulder injury, Eddy was called by Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promoter John Zandig and offered him a spot at CZW Tournament of Death II, however he declined Zandig's offer so he could take another year off to train and allow more time to heal his injury. He did, however, accept Zandig's offer to enter the CZW Tournament of Death III in Smyrna, Delaware on July 24, 2004. Initially introduced performing a lap dance on Zandig's wife, he later went on to defeat Ian Knoxx in a "Thumbtack & Carpet Strip" match in the opening rounds. In the semi-finals against Arsenal, Eddy defeated him in a Light Tubes match as well. He cut an artery in his left forearm during the match, however, and it was announced that he would have to forfeit the Final 3-way with Necro Butcher & Wifebeater, and go to the local hospital for stitches. Best of Deathmatch Wrestling, Volume 2: American Ultraviolence. Perf. SeXXXy Eddy and Arsenal. 2004. DVD. Highspots.com. Eddy had nineteen stitches all over his body, and his arm had to be sutured and burnt shut to stop the bleeding.
Inviting him back for CZW's High Stakes on September 11, SeXXXy Eddy defeated Kevin Steen, El Generico and eXeSs in a four-way match. Afterwards, he was given a standing ovation by the crowd chanting "please come back". Making appearances at CZW supercards High Stakes 2, Cage of Death VI and Gen Z, he also made an appearance for Jersey All Pro Wrestling, losing to Kevin Steen on December 10. The following night, Eddy joined Team Ca$h (Chri$ Ca$h, JC Bailey and Nate Webb) defeating Team Blackout (Ruckus, Sabian, Eddie Kingston and Jack Evans) to win the CZW World Tag Team Championship in a War Games-style Cage of Death match on December 11. During the match, Eddy performed his signature "Garbage sault" off the top of the steel cage.
International Wrestling Syndicate Returning to Montreal at the end of that week, he defeated Damian on December 18, 2004. On June 12, Eddy appeared in the main event of the IWS 5th anniversary show V teaming with the Green Phantom in a death match against Arsenal and Evil Ninja. PCP Crazy F'N Manny was the special guest referee. The match saw the use of light tubes, glass and fire before the Green Phantom put Evil Ninja through a burning pane of glass. The event also featured Pierre Ouellet and Sid Vicious, returning from a near three-year absence from wrestling, who together won the 10-team tag rumble. Appearing as Touché, the official mascot for the Montreal Alouettes, Eddy pinned Eric Mastrocola, the "handler" of Kamala, during the half-time show at an Alouettes football game attended by over 20,200 fans on July 15. The match-up saw Kamala being pinned by Jacques Rougeau.
On September 25, Eddy appeared in the co-main event at Freedom to Fight against eXeSs and IWS Heavyweight Champion "Mr.Wrestling" Kevin Steen in a triple threat match. Earlier, he had been slapped by Steen in a pre-match interview. The show opened with the video of his CZW match against El Generico, Kevin Steen and eXeSs in the 4-way match, which he had won. On October 30, Eddy made his first appearance for Jersey All Pro Wrestling losing to El Generico in a four-way match with eXeSs and Beef Wellington.
The following month, Eddy went on a 3-day tour of Europe appearing with Westside Xtreme Wrestling in Essen, Germany facing Steve Douglas at Fan Appreciation Night on November 19 and, the next night at Fight Club '04, Thumbtack Jack in a TLC match. On November 21, SeXXXy Eddy was a last minute replacement for Nick Mondo when he participated in an event for International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom losing to Paul Travell in a three-way match with Flaming Red in Kent, England on November 21.
IWS, CZW and the independent circuit