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'{{Infobox professional wrestler |name = Vic Grimes |image = |caption = |birthname = Victor Grimes |names = Grimes<ref name=Cage/><br />Key<ref name=OWOW>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/v/vic-grimes.html|title=OWOW profile}}</ref><br />'''Vic Grimes'''<ref name=Cage/><br />Vic Murdoch<ref name=Cage/> |height = {{height|ft=6|in=4}}<ref name=Cage>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=7|title=Cagematch profile}}</ref> |weight = {{convert|315|lb|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name=Cage/> |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|1|17|mf=y}}<ref name=OWOW/> |death_date = |birth_place = [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States]]<ref name=OWOW/> |resides = [[Sacramento, California]], [[United States]]<ref name=Cage/> |billed = Sacramento, California |trainer = [[Dory Funk Jr.]]<ref name=OWOW/><br />[[Michael Modest]]<ref name=OWOW/><br />[[Spike Dudley]]<ref name=Cage/><br />Roland Alexander<ref name=OWOW/><br />[[Manny Fernandez (wrestler)|Manny Fernandez]]<ref name=OWOW/><br />[[All Pro Wrestling]]<ref name=OWOW/> |debut = 1996<ref name=Cage/> |retired = }} '''Victor "Vic" Grimes'''<ref name=OWOW/> (born January 17, 1970) is an [[United States|American]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He is best known for his appearances with [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]], [[Xtreme Pro Wrestling]] and the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]]. ==Professional wrestling career== ===All Pro Wrestling=== Grimes began his career in California's [[All Pro Wrestling]] promotion, where he had a series of matches against [[Crash Holly|Erin O'Grady]]. This "little man vs. big man" [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] between the two even escalated to the point of O'Grady running into Grimes with a [[car]]. ===World Wrestling Federation=== [[Jim Cornette]] saw a tape of Grimes and O'Grady's feud in [[All Pro Wrestling]] and scheduled them for a dark match before an edition of ''[[WWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]''. WWF officials were so impressed by the match that they signed both men to contracts on the spot. Grimes would be moved to the Memphis developmental territories before being brought up to television under the [[ring name]] Key. He made his televised WWF debut on the July 26, 1999 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''. As Key, Grimes formed a short-lived [[drug dealer]] [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|character]] along with [[Droz]] and [[Matthew Bloom|Prince Albert]] and feuded with [[Charles Wright (wrestler)|The Godfather]]. The Godfather suffered an injury, however, just as the feud between the two was developing, which led to Grimes being taken off TV. ===Extreme Championship Wrestling=== The WWF encouraged Grimes to work for the [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] promotion to further develop his skills. There, Grimes joined [[Tony DeVito]] and [[Angel Medina (wrestler)|Spanish Angel]], replacing [[P.N. News]], in Da Baldies. The highlights of his ECW tenure were a fast-paced match against [[Kid Kash]], an ECW World Heavyweight Title shot against [[Mike Awesome]], and a [[Street fighting|Danbury Street Fight]] with [[Tommy Dreamer]]. During ''[[Living Dangerously]]'' in March 2000, a breakdown in communication between [[New Jack]] and Grimes led to both men tumbling off a 20-foot high scaffolding rig onto concrete. New Jack suffered [[brain damage]] and was temporarily blinded in his right eye, which kept him out of wrestling for several months. Grimes would depart ECW not long after this incident. ===Xtreme Pro Wrestling=== Following ECW's closing, New Jack would come to [[Xtreme Pro Wrestling]], and his feud with Grimes would be re-ignited when Grimes surprisingly attacked New Jack from behind with a guitar at ''Payback's a Bitch'' event; New Jack was involved in a verbal dispute with XPW CEO [[Rob Zicari|Rob Black]] when Grimes appeared through the mat from under the ring and attacked New Jack, aligning himself with Black's faction, "The Black Army". The beginning of the newly ignited feud featured both men in an infamous tag match, with Grimes teaming with [[The Messiah (wrestler)|The Messiah]] and New Jack aligning himself with Supreme; the match's infamy came from a freak accident where New Jack was powerbombed by Grimes through a flaming table, and New Jack was on fire for over 10 seconds.<ref>[http://www.wrestlinggonewrong.com/video/newjack_fire.html Wrestling Gone Wrong - New Jack catches on fire in XPW]</ref> Other major points of the feud featured New Jack diving off the Los Angeles Grand Olympic Auditorium balcony over 30 feet onto two tables, with Grimes on top of both, at ''Redemption'' in May 2001, as well as Grimes throwing New Jack off the same balcony through many tables stacked below at ''New Year's Revolution'' in January 2002. The feud culminated in February 2002 in a scaffold match, as towards the end of the match, Jack [[Shoot (professional wrestling)|broke from the script]] and legitimately shocked Grimes with a [[taser]] before throwing Grimes from the scaffold and sending him crashing to the ring 40 feet below; there were over 12 tables stacked on top of each other to break the fall, but Grimes missed all but two of them and came within less than a foot of missing the ring completely. Grimes broke his fall on the top rope, dislocating his ankle and suffering multiple other injuries in the process. In the 2005 documentary ''[[Forever Hardcore]]'', New Jack claimed that his intentions were to throw Grimes so hard that he would fall head-first onto the steel turnbuckle and die, as retaliation for the now infamous [[New Jack#The Danbury Fall|Danbury Fall]]. However, this is now believed to have been a 'work' on New Jack's part as closer inspection of the footage appears to show that Grimes threw himself off the scaffolding at an unexpected angle and with more velocity than intended.<ref>[http://www.wrestlinggonewrong.com/video/newjack_throws_vic.html Wrestling Gone Wrong - New Jack throws Vic Grimes off a scaffold]</ref> When [[Shane Douglas]] took control of XPW following ''Baptized in Blood 3'', Grimes would remain with the promotion and engage in feuds with Douglas and [[Jerry Tuite|Snuff]]. One memorable incident from his feud with Douglas occurred during a tag match between Douglas and [[Lizzy Borden (actress)|Lizzy Borden]] against Grimes and [[Daffney|Lucy]], which saw Grimes botch a [[Powerbomb#Superbomb|superbomb]] on Borden through a table on the outside of the ring, as Borden missed the table completely and landed head first on the floor.<ref>[http://www.wrestlinggonewrong.com/video/vic_powerbombs_lizzy.html Wrestling Gone Wrong - Lizzy Borden's head hits concrete after Vic Grimes top-rope powerbomb]</ref> Grimes would also wrestle against several cruiserweights such as [[Psicosis]], [[James Maritato|Little Guido]], and [[Oren Hawxhurst|Altar Boy Luke]]. ===Wrestling Society X=== After XPW folded, Grimes went on to work for various Californian [[independent circuit|independent promotions]] before he took part in [[MTV]]'s new wrestling show, [[Wrestling Society X]]. He made his debut for the WSX dubbed as "Vicious" Vic Grimes on March 14, 2007 alongside [[Arik Cannon]] in a 3-on-2 handicap match against The Cartel, who Cannon had been attacked by a couple of weeks ago. However, Grimes and Cannon lost to The Cartel. Two episodes later, Cannon and Grimes competed against [[Oren Hawxhurst|Luke Hawx]] and [[Alkatrazz|Al Katrazz]], during which Grimes missed a [[Spear (wrestling)|spear]] on Katrazz and landed into some light tubes at ringside, allowing Cannon to be pinned by Katrazz. Grimes would remain with the promotion until its closure. ==In wrestling== *'''Finishing moves''' **''Grimes Clash'' ([[Facebuster#Belly-To Back Reverse Mat Slam|Belly To Back Reverse Mat Slam]], sometimes from the [[Facebuster#Diving facebuster|second rope]])<ref name=OWOW/> **''Grimes Cutter'' ([[Stunner (professional wrestling)#Elevated stunner|Elevated stunner]])<ref name=OWOW/> **''Grimes You Up'' ([[Professional wrestling throws#Alley Oop|Fallaway powerbomb]])<ref name=Cage/> *'''Signature moves''' **[[Professional wrestling throws#Fallaway slam|Fallaway slam]]<ref name=OWOW/> **[[Powerbomb]]<ref name=OWOW/> **[[Professional wrestling attacks#Hip attack|Running hip attack]] to the head of an opponent seated in the corner<ref name=OWOW/> **[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Senton bomb|Senton bomb]],<ref name=OWOW/> sometimes while performing a [[Professional wrestling aerial attacks#Corkscrew|corkscrew]]<ref name=OWOW/> **[[Powerbomb#Sitout crucifix powerbomb|Sitout crucifix powerbomb]]<ref name=OWOW/> **''Victimizer'' ([[Piledriver (professional wrestling)#Reverse piledriver|Reverse piledriver]], sometimes from the [[Professional wrestling aerial attacks#Super|second rope]])<ref name=OWOW/> *'''[[Nickname]]s''' **"Vicious"<ref name=Cage/> ==Championships and accomplishments== *'''[[All Pro Wrestling]]''' **[[APW Tag Team Championship]] ([[APW Tag Team Championship#Title history|2 times]]) – with Little Dic Grimes (1) and Frank Murdoch (1)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttapw.html|title=APW Tag Team Championship history}}</ref> **[[APW Universal Heavyweight Championship]] ([[APW Universal Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://solie.org/titlehistories/utapw.html|title=APW Universal Heavyweight Championship history}}</ref> *'''[[Power Pro Wrestling]]''' **[[Power Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship|PPW Heavyweight Championship]] ([[Power Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]]) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/htppw.html|title=PPW Heavyweight Championship history}}</ref> **[[Power Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship|PPW Tag Team Championship]] ([[Power Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) – with [[Crash Holly|Erin O'Grady]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttppw.html|title=PPW Tag Team Championship history}}</ref> **PPW Young Guns Championship (2 times)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ygppw.html|title=PPW Young Guns Championship history}}</ref> *'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]''' **PWI ranked him #'''270''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi50001.html|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 2001 |accessdate=2007-06-28|publisher=Wrestling Information Archive |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070927201611/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi50001.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-09-27}}</ref> *'''[[Xtreme Pro Wrestling]]''' **[[XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship|King of the Deathmatch Tournament]] ([[XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship#Baptized in Blood 2001|2001]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.de/?id=26&nr=846|title=2001 King of the Deathmatch Tournament}}</ref> ==References== {{Portal|Professional wrestling}} {{Reflist}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Grimes, Vic | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American professional wrestler | DATE OF BIRTH = January 3, 1963 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Fordham Road]], [[New York]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grimes, Vic}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:American male professional wrestlers]] [[Category:Fictional drug dealers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from New York City]] [[Category:Professional wrestlers from New York]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Sacramento, California]] [[Category:Professional wrestlers from California]]'