Line #30 Wrestling/ChuckTaylor


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2	[[caption-width-right:307:As [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ky/iwams/iwams-h.html IWA Mid-South World Heavyweight Champion]] AND [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ky/iwams/iwams-wm.html IWA Mid-South Women's Champion]]. Yes.]]
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5	->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFCtdBCz41U "LET'S GO CHUCK TAYLOR YOU'RE THE BEST WRESTLER IN THE WORLD YOU'RE IN WAY BETTER SHAPE THAN TYLER BLACK!"]]'''
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8	Dustin Lee Howard (born Aprill 22, 1986) is an American {{Professional Wrestl\|ing}}er from Murray, KY as Chuck Taylor. He debuted in 2002 at the age of 15 but had to wrestle in UsefulNotes/{{Tennessee}} due to being too young to compete in Kentucky. He has wrestled for Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, Wrestling/{{CZW}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, IWA Mid-South, Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling, Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerrilla, [[Wrestling/DragonGate Dragon Gate USA]], and numerous other promotions.
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12	Among his in-ring achievements, he is also a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pa/e/chikara/chikara-yl.html CHIKARA Young Lions Cup Champion]], a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pa/e/chikara/chikara-t.html CHIKARA Campeon de Parejas]] with Wrestling/JohnnyGargano as Team F.I.S.T., a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ky/iwams/iwams-lh.html IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pa/e/czw/czw-j.html CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/nj/evolve/evolve-t.html EVOLVE Tag Team Champion]] with [[Wrestling/{{DrewMcIntyre}} Drew Galloway]], and a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/pwg/pwg-h.html PWG World Heavyweight Champion]].
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14	He has nothing to do with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_All-Stars that brand of sneakers]] that Wrestling/AJLee wears or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor any of those other Chuck Taylors]].
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17	!! "LET'S GO CHUCK TAYLOR YOU'RE THE BEST TROPER IN THE WORLD YOU'RE IN WAY BETTER SHAPE THAN [[Wrestling/SethRollins TYLER BLACK]]!":
18	* AbnormalAmmo: In CZW. He was able to defeat Danny Havoc in a table match because Drew Gulak(illegally) assisted him by shooting Havoc in the face with a confetti gun.
19	* ArchEnemy: [[Wrestling/TheColonyWrestling Fire Ant]], [[Wrestling/TrevorMann Ricochet]]
20	* CrowdChant: The quote at the top of the page is him ''trying'' to start one at ''AIW Absolution V'', June 27, 2010. It didn't take.
21	* FightingInThePlayground: At ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Aniversario And His Amazing Friends'', May 21, 2011, he and Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}} fought out of the Palmer Center in Easton, PA into a playground next door. The fight involved Taylor coming down the slide and Mantis chopping him.[[note]]Mantis won in the ring with the Praying Mantis Bomb.[[/note]]
22	* FinishingMove: Kentucky Crab, Omega Driver/Awful Waffle
23	* GodwinsLaw: Downplayed. He faced [[Wrestling/DieBruderschaftDesKreuzes The BDK]]'s Jakob Hammermeier at ''The Marta Complex'' on September 27, 2015. He didn't specifically call Jakob a Nazi, but, he did say that, just like in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Kentucky was coming out on top over UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, which is what happened, since he beat Jakob with a Superkick.
24	* GreenEyedMonster: Envy was the motivation that led to him leading The Gentleman's Club into EVOLVE. He once had [[TheAce the best record in the promotion]] but he [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut couldn't win when it really counted]], unlike his Ronin partners Rich Swann and Johnny Gargano, causing him to lash out at them.
25	* HillbillyMoonshiner: As the leader of The Moonshinin' Men of UsefulNotes/{{Appalachia}} in Wrestling/OldeWrestling.
26	* IHaveManyNames: In CHIKARA, a temporary retirement lead to Stokely Hathaway stealing the name Chuck Taylor from him. The former Chuck Taylor began switching names constantly, trying to find one he liked. He used Scoot Tatum, Rick Beanbag, Bugg Nevans, Touch Phillips, "The Office" Stewie Scrivens, "Bareback" Benny Figg, Trent Baretta (later claimed he had to drop this one after receiving a cease and desist from WWE), Karate Durling, "Hardwood" Rich Mahogany, "Top Shelf" Slim Perkins, and "This Is" Howie Do-In. Eventually (after disappearing for several months) he settled on DUSTIN.
27	* LegacyCharacter: As part of Icarus's reconstituted Team F.I.S.T., with Icarus as himself and Travis Huckabee taking the Gran Akuma role, Tony Deppen is going out of his way to imitate Chuckie T as closely as possible.
28	* LethalJokeCharacter: Sure, he's goofy, but he won the [[TournamentArc 2007 Young Lion's Cup, the inaugural Rey de Voladores, 1/3 of the winners of 2009 King of Trios]], and retired Worker Ant I.
29	* {{Metaphorgotten}}: From his [[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=93&nr=111 promo]] at ''Best Imitation of Myself'':
30	-->"I'm a King of Wrestling, baby. I'm a king. I feel like Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio in ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}''. I'm gonna stand on the edge of the ring, they're gonna hold me high… except I'm not gonna die in the end, because Creator/KateWinslet is not gonna not let me up on… seriously, there was a door floatin', that door was big enough for two people, seriously. Come on, Kate, let Leo up there, right. You could have saved much people from cryin'. I cried… I… I…um…"
31	* [[SweetHomeAlabama My Old Kentucky Home]]: He's from Murray and his RedBaron is "The Kentucky Gentleman." At ''Small But Mighty'', October 7, 2011, which was held in Burlington, NC, he called "the dirty South" his hometown.
32	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: It's easy to think he's harmless when he's shrieking while being knife edge chopped or appearing in goofy videos where he sleeps until 3 in the afternoon and admits he cried during the end of ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}''. However, he's won the 2007 Young Lion's Cup, the inaugural Rey de Voladores, 1/3 of the winners of 2009 King of Trios, retired the original Worker Ant and made Wrestling/BryanDanielson tap out.
33	* OneHitKill: His former finisher, the Omega Driver/Awful Waffle, has only been kicked out of ''twice'' in history.
34	* PowerStable:
35	** (in CHIKARA): Wrestling/TheKingsOfWrestling
36	*** Team F.I.S.T., with Icarus, Gran Akuma, Johnny Gargano, and Sugar Dunkerton
37	** The Gentleman's Club, with Drew Gulak, Orange Cassidy, and The Swamp Monster
38	** Best Friends, with Trent Beretta, Orange Cassidy, Kris Statlander, Wheeler Yuta, and Danhausen
39	** (in PWG): The Fighting Taylor Boys
40	** (in Olde Wrestling): The Moonshinin' Men Of Appalachia
41	** (in Dragon Gate USA and EVOLVE): Ronin
42	** (in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling): CHAOS
43	* PutOnABus: Kept attempting to put himself on the bus for the greater part of 2015 by claiming that he was retiring. Finally succeeded in January 2016, as he was moved to the Alumni section of the roster. Unfortunately, this directly led to him losing the rights to the name, gimmick, and intellectual property associated with Chuck Taylor and having to change his name.
44	** Bussed out for real from May 2016 until mid-August 2016, under unknown circumstance
45	* RuleOfFunny: His "grenade," where he pulls out an invisible grenade and either throws it down on the mat or, as he did at ''Top Banana'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBWHFcyw8Ec stick it in his opponent's tights]] and give him an Atomic Drop (knee to the tailbone). He's even done it ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y_JkdFuOTA in slow motion!]]''
46	* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Shrieks like an 8 year old girl when he's chopped. Sometimes also when put in holds and when being slammed down on the mat.
47	* ShoutOut: As part of his "retirement" tour in 2015, he promoted the hashtag "[=#DustinChecksOut=]", a reference to the Creator/JasonAlexander orangutan comedy film ''Film/DunstonChecksIn''.
48	* SissyVillain: To a degree.
49	* TagTeam:
50	** An OfficerAndAGentleman, with Dan Barry
51	** Best Friends, with Trent Baretta
52	** The Goonies, with Slacker J
53	** Men Of Low Moral Fiber, with Wrestling/KennyOmega

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