Suicide (wrestling)

This article is about the professional wrestling persona. For the cause of death, see Suicide. For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation).
Suicide
Suicide in 2010
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Suicide
Manik
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Billed weight200 lb (91 kg)[1]
Billed fromParts Unknown
Debut2008

Suicide is a professional wrestling persona, used by multiple wrestlers in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Suicide first appeared as a character in the 2008 video game TNA Impact!. In December 2008, the Suicide character was introduced on television as a real-life wrestler. Originally portrayed by Frankie Kazarian, Christopher Daniels held the role for a time in early 2009 and went on to win the X Division Championship.[2] In June 2010, Kiyoshi became the third man to use the gimmick.[3]

By October 2010, the gimmick was dropped, but made a brief return in January 2011, once again being portrayed by Christopher Daniels,[4] before being dropped once again in April 2011. Suicide returned to television in May 2013 portrayed by T. J. Perkins.[5] Austin Aries wrestled under the Suicide gimmick on the episode of Impact Wrestling which aired on June 27, 2013, and won the TNA X Division Championship.[6] Suicide was "revealed" to be Perkins, who claimed Aries stole his ring gear, on the June 30, 2013, episode of Impact Wrestling. His ring name was changed to Manik, using a slightly altered version of the Suicide gear, with new music. Perkins remains the only man to have wrestled under the Manik persona.

The Suicide persona returned in July 2016 for TNA One Night Only X-Travaganza 2016, portrayed by Jonathan Gresham. In March 2017, Caleb Konley became the man behind the mask.

  1. ^ a b "Manik". Archived from the original on 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  2. ^ Caldwell, James (2009-03-21). "TNA News: "Suicide" character expected to have lengthy X Division Title run, details on how TNA brought the character to TV". PWTorch. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  3. ^ Csonka, Larry (2010-06-18). "Various News: Suicide Correction, Summerslam Weekend Update". 411Mania. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2011return was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference PerkinsSuicide was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Caldwell, James (2013-06-27). "TNA NEWS: Impact SPOILERS 6/27 - results and news for this week's Impact episode". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2013-06-27.