Mark Shrader

Mark Shrader
Born (1967-09-09) September 9, 1967 (age 57)[1]
United States
WebsiteMark Shrader on Myspace
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Mark Shrader
Mark Schrader
Joe College
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1][2]
Billed weight212 lb (96 kg)[1][2]
Billed fromOcean City, Maryland[1]
Trained byDuane Gill
DebutJune 22, 1993[1]
RetiredJuly 16, 2003

Mark Shrader (born September 9, 1967[1][2][3]) is a retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter who competed in numerous independent promotions throughout the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s. Among these included Atlantic Terror Championship Wrestling, the Future Wrestling Alliance, East Coast Wrestling Association, Cueball Carmichael's Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance, Doug Flex's International Pro Wrestling, and the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation. Shrader also briefly appeared as a preliminary wrestler for the World Wrestling Federation.

A popular light heavyweight on the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast "indy circuit", he won several regional championship titles and was also a participant in the 1998 ECWA Super 8 Tournament.[4] In addition, he is a former MEWF Heavyweight Champion, a two-time MEWF Light Heavyweight Champion, and MEWF Tag Team Champion with Devon Storm and Corporal Punishment. He also formed notable tag teams with a number of independent stars on the East Coast including The Darkside Rebel, Cueball Carmichael, Glenn Osbourne, Boo Bradley, Joey Matthews, Mike Quackenbush, Christian York, and Reckless Youth.

In 1998, Shrader and then partner Dan McDevitt established Maryland Championship Wrestling which became the top wrestling promotion in the state of Maryland, and one of the most popular independent organizations in the United States, until its close in 2003. The two also operated a wrestling school, the "Bone Breakers Pro Wrestling Training Center", in Halethorpe, Maryland which trained WWE's Lita, Mickie James, Orlando Jordan and Florida Championship Wrestling star Calvin Raines. At MCW's debut show, his match against "Irish Ironman" Shane Shamrock for the MCW Light Heavyweight Championship, also involving Christian York, Joey Matthews, Quinn Nash, and Earl the Pearl and ending with his tapping out to Shamrock's "Irish cloverleaf" submission hold, was voted by fans as "Match of the Year".

  1. ^ a b c d e f Pro Wrestling Illustrated. "Statistics for Professional Wrestlers." PWI 2001 Wrestling Almanac and Book of Facts. Vol. IV. No. 1. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Co., 2001. (pg. 50)
  2. ^ a b c Simpson, Greg. "Mindbender's Wrestling Greats: "S"". Mindbenders Wrestling Greats. Mindbenders.ca. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  3. ^ Schwan, Brett (2008). "Birthdays". WrestlingClothesline.com. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  4. ^ "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1998): pg. 62.