American professional wrestler
Max the Impaler
Max the Impaler in 2023
Ring name(s) Max Max Lindsey Max the Impaler Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Billed weight 240 lb (110 kg) Billed from The Wasteland Trained by Ohio Pro Wrestling Academy Debut December 15, 2018
Max the Impaler is an American
professional wrestler currently signed to the
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the reigning
NWA World Television Champion in their first reign. They have also appeared in
Ring of Honor ,
Impact Wrestling ,
Ohio Valley Wrestling ,
All Elite Wrestling , and
Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling , the latter in which they held the
Princess Tag Team Championship and the
International Princess Championship .
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2018–2020)
Max made their in-ring debut on December 15, 2018. They won the
IWA Mid-South Women's Championship twice in the first half of 2019.
[1] On February 22, 2020, Max appeared on the pre-show of
Impact Wrestling 's
Sacrifice , defeating Cali Young.
[2]
Ring of Honor (2021)
In August 2021, Max entered the
ROH Women's World Championship tournament, defeating
Holidead in the first round.
[3] In the following round, however, they lost to
Angelina Love by disqualification.
[4]
National Wrestling Alliance (2022–present)
Max made their
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) debut on the May 24, 2022 episode of
NWA Powerrr , defeating
Ella Envy .
[5] On August 27, at night 1 of the
NWA 74th Anniversary Show , they won the
Burke Invitational gauntlet match , which earned them the right to face
Kamille for NWA World Women's Championship match on night 2.
[6]
[7] However, Kamille successfully defended their title.
[8] On November 12, at
NWA Hard Times 3 , Max defeated
Natalia Markova in a
casket match .
[9]
On the February 14, 2023 episode of Powerrr , with the announcement of
NWA 312 , it was announced that the
NWA Women's Television Championship tournament would be held to determine the inaugural champion, with the finals set to take place at the event.
[10]
[11] On the March 21 episode of Powerrr , Max defeated
Taya Valkyrie to reach the final.
[12]
[13] On April 7, at NWA 312 , however, Max lost to
Kenzie Paige in the tournament final.
[14]
On August 26, 2023, night one of the
NWA 75th Anniversary Show , Max defeated
Kenzie Paige to win the
NWA World Women's Television Championship .
[15] On night two, Max retained the title by successfully defending against Ruthie Jay.
[16] On the February 13, 2024 episode of Powerrr , Max defeated Mims to win the
NWA World Television Championship , unifying the NWA men's and women's world television titles in the process.
[17]
Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (2022–present)
On January 4, 2023, at
Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling Tokyo Joshi Pro '23 , Max and Heidi Howitzer won the
Princess Tag Team Championship , defeating
Saki Akai and
Yuki Arai .
[18]
[19] They lost the titles to 121000000 (
Maki Itoh and
Miyu Yamashita ) on March 18, at Grand Princess '23 .
[20]
[21] On October 9, at
Wrestle Princess IV , Max defeated
Rika Tatsumi to win the
International Princess Championship , in a Winner-takes-all match, in where Max defended their
NWA World Women's Television Championship .
[22]
Personal life
Max identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
[23]
[19]
Championships and accomplishments
References
^ Greer, Jamie (February 25, 2020).
"Indie Watch: Max The Impaler" . Last Word on Sports.
^
"Impact Wrestling Sacrifice Results - February 22, 2020" . www.facebook.com . Retrieved 2020-02-23 .
^ Powell, Jason (August 18, 2021).
"ROH Wrestling TV results: Powell's review of Champions vs. All-Stars with Bandido, Dragon Lee, Jonathan Gresham, Chris Dickinson, and Homicide vs. Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, EC3, Flip Gordon, and Josh Woods, Holidead vs. Max The Impaler in an ROH Women's Championship tournament first round match" . Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved August 22, 2021 .
^ Powell, Jason (August 30, 2021).
"ROH Wrestling TV results: Powell's review of Dragon Lee vs. Eli Isom for the ROH TV Title, plus Angelina Love vs. Max The Impaler, and Allysin Kay vs. Trish Adora in ROH Women's Championship tournament quarterfinal matches" . Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved August 31, 2021 .
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the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2023 .
^
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"EC3 Wins NWA Worlds Championship - Forces Tyrus Into Retirement" . msn.com . Retrieved 1 September 2023 .
^ Defelice, Robert (February 13, 2024).
"Max The Impaler Defeats Mims, Unifies Men's And Women's NWA World TV Titles On 2/13 NWA Powerrr" . Fightful. Retrieved February 14, 2024 .
^ Edwards, Scott (January 4, 2023).
"TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '23 Results (1/4/23): Yuka Sakazaki vs. Miyu Yamashita" . fightful.com . Archived from
the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023 .
^
a
b Bell, Brian C. (January 11, 2023).
"Out pro wrestlers Max The Impaler and Heidi Howitzer notch historic title win in Tokyo Joshi Pro" . Outsports. Archived from
the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023 .
^ Carlan, Lewis (March 18, 2023).
"TJPW Grand Princess Results – March 18, 2023" . pwmania.com . Archived from
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a
b Brown, Jeff (October 9, 2023).
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^ @_theyaremax_ (August 15, 2022).
"THANK YOU. THE NON-BINARY NIGHTMARE LIVED THEIR DREAM 🇯🇵" (
Tweet ) – via
Twitter .
^
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^
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