| Devon Nicholson | |
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 Nicholson in 2012 | |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Hannibal[1] Blood Hunter[2] Matt Lust[1] Adam Lust[3] Kid Nichols[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[4] |
| Billed weight | 290 lb (132 kg)[5] |
| Debut | 2001[6] |
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | National Capital Wrestling (Ottawa) | |||||||||||||||||
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Devon Nicholson is a Canadian professional wrestler who has wrestled under the names of Kid Nichols, Hannibal and Blood Hunter. He is also a professional wrestling promoter, running the Great North Wrestling company, and has a YouTube channel, The Hannibal TV.
A graduate of the Hart Dungeon,[6] Nicholson has wrestled internationally with several promotions. Stampede Wrestling, IWA Puerto Rico, WWC Puerto Rico,[7] Deep South Wrestling, WWE tryouts [8][9] and the Ontario based Great North Wrestling.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in 2014 that Nicholson contracted hepatitis C from Abdullah the Butcher in a May 2007 professional wrestling match during which both wrestlers were cut and bled, and further determined Abdullah was responsible for WWE rescinding a contract offer made to Nicholson in 2009 after he was diagnosed with the disease. $2.3 million was awarded to Nicholson as a result of the court's ruling. Nicholson announced in 2013 that he was cured of hepatitis C.
In December 2021, Nicholson repeatedly stabbed a World Class Pro Wrestling (WCPW) referee with a spike, resulting in a severed artery in the referee's head that needed emergency surgery. According to the referee and Nicholson, the referee was scripted to bleed via blading. Various WCPW personnel said that Nicholson had gone off-script with the attack, and Nicholson was banned from WCPW, although Nicholson said that he quit before he was banned, and also said that the referee never indicated that he was legitimately injured.
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- ^ Baines, Tim (April 27, 2014). "Hanibal the wrestler gives football a whirl". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Baines, Tim (November 9, 2017). "Local wrestler Hannibal hopes to make an Impact Friday night". Postmedia. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ McIntyre, Doug. "Kid Nichols headed to Puerto Rico". Cochrane Times / Slam Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
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