Nik Gulley
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| Real name | Nik Gulley |
| Ring Names | {{{names}}} |
| Height | 6'4 |
| Weight | 257.5 lbs. |
| Date of birth | Feburary 4th, 1972 |
| Place of birth | Odessa,Texas, United States |
| Date of death | {{{death_date}}} |
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| Billed from | Odessa,Texas, United States |
| Trainer | Killer Kolwalski,Tony Garea |
| Current federation(s) | TWE |
| Previous federation(s) | {{{previous_efeds}}} |
| Handled by | {{{handler}}} |
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| Debut | April 6,1989 |
| Retired | February 3,2009(returned September 1,2009) |
Nikolas Parker Gulley (Born Feburary 4,1972),better known as Nik Gulley,NPG or Nitro Dandale,is an American professional wrestler who is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment as Nik Gulley as a Legend,from 1992-93 and 1998-2008 he had other runs.He is known for being a 5 time WWE Champion.He is currently an actor and a wrestler.He is currently wrestling on RAW,he is suspended.
[edit] Early Career
Gulley started wrestling at 17 in the NWA.He defeated Arn Anderson for the Junior title on May 30,1989.He held it for nearly a year before losing it to Chris Jericho,a then-newcomer to wrestling.Gulley then went to other promotions and won at least 17 championships in a year.
[edit] World Wrestling Federation (1992-1993)
Gulley was signed a developmental deal in 1992.He graduated 1 month later and defeated Ted DiBiase in his debut.He was then promoted to a midcarder status and took the Intercontinental Championship from The British Bulldog,confirming he was a face.He held the title for a month before losing it to Shawn Michaels.He was injured,while recovering he was released.
[edit] National Championship Wrestling(1993-1998)
[edit] Face Era (1993-1994)
Nik Gulley then debuted in NCW as Nitro Dandale and defeated Johnny Baller.Gulley then teamed with Jake Ashton and defeated Chris Cyrstal and Diamond Donny for the NCW Tag Team Championships.The pair of Nitro and Ashton were champions for 2 months to Kenneth Deisel and Steven Lomerse.Gulley then defeated Ultra Bomb for the NCW Championship he then turned heel in 1994 with the title.
[edit] Heel Era and longest reigning champion (1994-1998)
As Gulley turned heel,he would attack other wrestlers and brag about his championship.Gulley would defeat 900 different men to hold on to his championship,then lost it to Jake Ashton.He then left NCW.
[edit] Return to World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (1998-2008)
[edit] RAW(1998-2000)
Nik Gulley returned to WWF as NPG and defeated Billy Gunn.He then confirmed as a face.Gulley would be injured until 2000.Gulley would be repackaged as Nik Gulley a week later,he defeated Thrasher in Thrasher's last match.He defeated Key on Feburary 7,2000.He would then win the Tag Team Titles from The Dudley Boys with Adam Bomb.The duo defended the titles successfully two weeks later against the Hardy Boyz.They lost them a week later to E & C.He moved to SmackDown!
[edit] SmackDown! (2000-2003)
Nik moved to Smackdown! on May 1,2000 and defeated Mark Henry.He won the European championship from Kurt Angle a week later.He defeated X-Pac a month later,Albert won the European title 25 seconds later,making Nik the shortest reigning Euro champ in 1 year.He came back 2 months later and defeated K-Kwik and Road Dogg.Gulley lost to Mabel a week later.He was injured until June 2,2003 from Mabel.On June 9,2003 he returned to win against Charlie Haas.He went to RAW shortly.
[edit] RAW (2003-2004)
Nik debuted on RAW winning the World Heavyweight Championship in an open challenge by HHH.Nik turned heel after helping HHH up.He was later one of Evolution's hired guns,along with Batista.HHH and Nik teamed up to face Rob Van Dam and Shawn Michaels,which they won,afterwards they beat down RVD and HBK.On June 17,2003 it was announced that Nik would face Shawn Michaels to defend the championship at Vengeance.Nik defeated Michaels in 30 minutes flat.He lost Rob Van Dam on RAW the following night,he blamed Evolution and was beat down,making him a face again.He came the next week to address Evolution and this time beat down Batista and Ric Flair.He defeated Randy Orton the same night,only to be assaulted by HHH and put in a car trunk.HHH announced he was facing Gulley for the title at Summerslam,which HHH won by pinfall,thus,winning the championship.Gulley was injured for 6 months.He returned on Janurary 4,2004 and defeated Chris Benoit,still as a face.Benoit and Gulley teamed up until Benoit was injured 5 months after the partnership.They were both Drafted to SmackDown!.
[edit] SmackDown! (2004-2006)
Gulley debuted on SmackDown as a heel,forming a tag team with Mark Jindrak calling them The G-Squad.They defeated Funaki and William Regal on July 1,2004.Funaki was injured for 1 month with a broken leg.G-Squad won the tag championships from Billy Kidman and Paul London on July 8.G-Squad was later assaulted by then faces,Rene Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki.Funaki addressed the fans saying the attack was his idea to get back at G-Squad.On July 22,G-Squad defended their titles against Kenzo and Dupree,a match they won.Dupree announced that he and Kenzo were going to train for Unforgiven,where they won the tag cahmpionships.The weeks prior G-Squad defeated many jobbers.Nik was injured until April 2,2005 where he returned to Wrestlemania defeating the US Champion,Orlando Jordan for the championship,turning face.Gulley came to SmackDown! and beat Chris Benoit to retain his title.On April 17,he defeated Danny Basham and Frankie Kazarian in a triple threat match.Vito came out after the match with Nunzio and attacked Gulley.Nunzio had a title shot the following week only to be squashed.The next week Vito got a shot and lost also,only not squashed.On May 16,2005 Gulley lost the title to Chris Benoit.Gulley started being a regular on Velocity,making him the first former world champion to be on Velocity.On August 1,2005 he beat indy wrestler,Johnny Smith on Velocity on Nik's final Velocity match.He was severely injured at a house show after losing to JBL.On June 21,2006 he returned as a RAW draft pick,but was still injured.
[edit] RAW (2006-2008)
Nik debuted on RAW in late 2006 with vignettes hyping his return.He returned on December 18,2006,defeating Shawn Michaels.The next week he defeated Johnny Nitro and Edge with John Cena as a partner,returning to main events.He got involved with the WWE Championship after defeating John Cena in a non title match at Tribute to the Troops.On January 1,2007 he defeated Jeff Hardy for #1 contendership to the WWE Title.At New Year's Revolution he defeated John Cena for the title.On RAW he was put in a 24/7 match to defend his title.He won it back 3 times only to lose it finally to lose it back to Cena.Gulley was injured for 10 months and came back at Survivor Series to win back the WWE Title from Cena.Gulley defended the title on RAW against Edge successfully.He then lost it a year later then became a jobber.In 2008 he became unhappy and left.He now is semi-retired.He appeared on SmackDown! as a security guard on October 31,2008.He denied returning to WWE.He was a character on SmackDown vs RAW 2009.
[edit] Occasional Wrestling
Gulley wrestled Mil Mascaras in a winning effort in CMLL.Gulley says he will appear with WWE for special occasions,such as Wrestlemania.Total Nonstop Action Wrestling(TNA) tried to sign Gulley,but Gulley said he is as of now,semi-retired and does not want to be on televised wrestling.Nik Gulley and Jody Fleisch wrestled only for Gulley to win and Gulley beat Rene Dupree only 25 minutes after the match.He wrestled once more at a German house show for WWE.He defeated Ezekiel Jackson and William Regal with Christian as his partner.
[edit] Total Wrestling Entertainment(2008)
[edit] RAW(2008)
Gulley debuted in TWE on the WWE RAW brand under the name NP Gulley,his first promotion since retiring for only two weeks.He has not officially wrestled.He quit after only a week.
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling(2008)
On November 20,2008,Gulley confirmed signing to TNA Wrestling.He debuted defeating Lance Rock at a house show.Gulley later said on November 21,2008,that he has signed a year long deal.On the 22nd he defeated Chuck Palumbo while Palumbo was wearing a mask under the name,P-Bash.Gulley came back on from a leave and debuted on TNA Television.He defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir in a squash match on December 25,2008.On December 31,2008 Gulley was released due to not being satisfied.
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment(2009)
Gulley has been in talks immediately after leaving TNA.On January 2,2009 he redebuted in WWE,defeating Tyson Tomko.WWE had confirmed Gulley had signed a 4 year deal.
[edit] RAW(2009)
Gulley was signed to the RAW brand.On January 5,2009 he debuted on television.Fans were happy about this.He defeated Dolph Ziggler.On January 12,2009,he defeated Randy Orton.On January 19,2009,Gulley defeated CM Punk.He defeated Tyson Tomko and Dolph Ziggler with partner,CM Punk at house show on January 24,2009.Gulley is confirmed with an injury from being tossed to stiffly from Kane at Royal Rumble.
[edit] WWE Legends(2009)
Gulley retired due to the injury.The injury would affect his career.He has signed a legends contract on his 37th birthday on February 4,2009.He will make an appearance at SmackDown!.He is going to be a Hall Of Fame inductee.He came to the February 6,2009 tapings.He has been set in a feud with Shelton Benjamin,but MVP being on Nik's side.On February 13,2009,Shelton came to the ring and called out Gulley asking for a match at WrestleMania 25.Gulley responded and said his injury would be recovered by then.He said that he was retired but would love to kick Benjamin's teeth in.Shortly after,Christian came and gave Benjamin the Unprettier in Gulley's defense.Gulley recovered and accepted Benjamin's earlier challenge.Chris Jericho came out and attacked Gulley but Gulley knocked out Jericho.Being the first one to fight back from Jericho,he received a standing ovation. Gulley returned on May 6th to introduce his stepson,Brett,in his first match.Nik was demoted to a road agent on June 30,2009.
[edit] Return to RAW and Pro Wrestling(2009-present)
Nik said to LordsOfPain.net that he was returning from a seven month hiatus on September 1st.He returned on RAW on the Bob Barker episode.The Miz was offered a 5 set of 1985 Red Ferraris if he beat his opponent.Nik Gulley came out with the entire crowd in shock and awe.Reportedly,2 women fainted.He defeated The Miz with the NPG-13 and he announced his official return.He will be in a WWE Championship storyline later in September or in early October.He defeated The Miz again on WWE Superstars.He was added to the WWE Title Match at Breaking Point.He was part of history again in a first ever triple threat I Quit match.He lost to John Cena.On the September 14,2009 edition of RAW he defeated Cena for the championship.He lost it the next week to Cena due to his SeaWorld incident.He is currently on suspension.
[edit] New Japan Appearances
Gulley appeared for NJPW and wrestled Michinoku Pro wrestler Kavan and won.
[edit] Acting Career
In 2008 he is now filming a comedy about 2 stoners called "Mary Jane's Angels".It will be rated R due to nudity.It came out on Oct. 19th and received 2 out of 5 stars.He has a new movie in production from WWE Films called "Fireman Society".Fireman Society was released August 14,2009 with a 5 star review.
[edit] SeaWorld Incident
Gulley was at SeaWorld for a San Diego RAW event promotion.He went over to the famous Shamu show.He reportedly drank 5 beers that day.He went to the Shamu show's front row.He got up at a point and said "I FUCKED SHAMU!".The crowd gasped as Gulley exposed his penis.He was about to masturbate but security carried him away.Gulley is going to lose the WWE Title as a punishment.
[edit] In wrestling
- Signature moves
- NPG-13 (Arm Hook Reverse STO)-TWE,WWE,NCW,1995-present
- Jailbird XXX (Reverse Death Valley Driver)1991-1997,2005-present as regular move
- Golden Cage Lock (Leg Scissor full nelson)
- Tributed to BM (Superkick)Tribute to Brad Moore,as of 2008-present
- Face Planter (Flapjack)
- TTG(Frog Splash with Eddie Guerrero theatrics)-TWE
- Regular Moves
- Alabama Slam
- Armbar
- Reverse DDT
- Leg Drop
- Gogoplata
- Reverse Side Slam
[edit] Championships and Accomplishments
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA Junior Championship (10 times)
- NWA World Championship (7 times)
- NWA Junior Championship (10 times)
- National Championship Wrestling
- NCW Championship (1 time)
- World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment
- WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
- WWE Tag Team Championship (2 times) w/Adam Bomb(1) Mark Jindrak(1)
- World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- WWE United States Championship (1 time)
- WWE Championship (6 times)-current
