Jay Lethal

Jay Lethal
Lethal in 2016
Birth nameJamar Shipman
Born (1985-04-29) April 29, 1985 (age 39)
Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Black Machismo[1]
Hydro[2]
Jamar Cunningham[2]
Jay Lethal[2]
J.R. Lethal[3]
RPM[4]
El Lethál[5]
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[6][7]
Billed weight223 lb (101 kg)[8]
Billed fromElizabeth, New Jersey[6][7][8]
Trained byDan Maff[2]
Jersey All Pro Wrestling[2]
Mikey Whipwreck[1]
Christian Dittmann[2]
DebutDecember 7, 2001[9]

Jamar Shipman[10] (born April 29, 1985), better known by the ring name Jay Lethal, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his tenures in Ring of Honor (ROH) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

Dubbed "The Franchise" of Ring of Honor, Lethal is a two-time ROH World Champion, and holds the record for most combined days with the ROH World Championship in company history.[11][12] He was also a record-setting two-time and longest reigning ROH World Television Champion, holding the title for 567 days, and the only man to hold the World Television Championship and the World Championship at the same time, and a former ROH World Tag Team Champion with Jonathan Gresham. Lethal is recognized by ROH as a Grand Slam Champion, and is the only man to have held the ROH World, World Tag Team, World Television and Pure championships. In 2020, he was selected by Ring of Honor as their Wrestler of the Decade (2010s).[13]

He is also known for his work TNA, where he was a six-time TNA X Division Champion and a former TNA World Tag Team Champion with Consequences Creed as The Lethal Consequences. Between ROH and TNA, Lethal has won 13 total championships.

  1. ^ a b "Jay Lethal". Cagematch. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference OWOW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AWW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  5. ^ https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/delirious-mini-delirious-tangle-mysterious-luchadors-jefe-cobbo-el-lethal-unauthorized "the mysterious luchador tag team of Jéfe Cobbo and El Lethál"
  6. ^ a b "Jay Lethal's TNA Profile". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Jay Lethal". Southside Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Jay Lethal". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  9. ^ "2001 Event Results". Jersey All Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference imdb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Elizabeth, N. J. (February 1, 2018). "Jay Lethal". www.rohwrestling.com.
  12. ^ "Jay Lethal Breaks Massive ROH Record". February 5, 2019.
  13. ^ "WRESTLER OF THE DECADE: JAY LETHAL". ROH Wrestling. January 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2021.