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| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Lance Steel Breakdown Shadow Dallas Lance Hoyt |
| Billed height | 6 ft 7 in (206 cm) |
| Billed weight | 270 lb (131.5 kg) |
| Born | February 27 1977 (Age 30) Hearne, Texas |
| Resides | Austin, Texas |
| Billed from | Dallas, Texas |
| Trained by | Solo Fiatala |
| Debut | July 2000 |
Lance Hoyt (born February 27, 1977[1] in Hearne, Texas) is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in Orlando, Florida.
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Career
Texas
In 2000, Hoyt began training as a wrestler under Solo Faitala, and debuted in July 2000, facing Tarzan Taylor in his first match. He spent the next four years working on the Texan independent circuit, using the stage names Lance Steel (in the Southwest Wrestling Federation) and Breakdown (a character created on the spur-of-the-moment by Hoyt in Corpus Christi when he had forgotten his usual ring attire and was forced to wrestle in his street clothing).
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Hoyt was hired by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in March 2004 and immediately teamed up with X Division mainstay Kid Kash as Dallas, Kash's bodyguard, tag team partner and kayfabe relative. He and Kash took part in a tournament for the vacant NWA World Tag Team Championships and won the vacant titles by defeating Low-Ki and Christopher Daniels in the finals on April 7. They lost the titles to D'Lo Brown and Apolo the subsequent week, then regained them from Brown and Apolo the week following that. Their second and final reign ended on June 4 of that year when they were defeated by America's Most Wanted. After Kid Kash was suspended by TNA in June 2004, Hoyt was reduced to wrestling dark matches. He appeared sporadically with TNA throughout the remainder of the year, and aided Kash in his feud with A.J. Styles upon his return from suspension. In January 2005, Hoyt began wrestling under his own name at the instruction of booker Dusty Rhodes. He and Kash competed in the tag team division, unsuccessfully challenging America's Most Wanted for the NWA World Tag Team Championships at Against All Odds 2005 on February 13, until Kash was released by TNA on April 19, 2005. Left without a partner, Hoyt teamed with Chris Candido to face Sonny Siaki and Apolo in a cage match at Lockdown 2005 on April 24. In the course of the match, Candido suffered a serious leg injury and was stretchered out. Outnumbered, Hoyt was pinned shortly thereafter. Following the match, Candido's cohorts, The Naturals, attacked Hoyt, thus turning him face. Hoyt began developing a strong fan following, leading to his introducing a gimmick known as "Hoytamania" (a reference to the "Hulkamania" surrounding Hulk Hogan). He feuded with Team Canada throughout mid-2005, and lost to Abyss at Sacrifice 2005 on August 14. When TNA hit Spike TV, he set up for a match against Monty Brown at Bound for Glory 2005, which he again lost. He was also involved in the 10-man Gauntlet match at the end to determine the No.1 contender for Jeff Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In that match "The Ticked Off Texan" was eliminated by eventual winner Rhino. He began teaming with Matt Bentley in mid-card tag matches until a misinterpreted steel chair incident lead Bentley to believe Hoyt had "screwed" him, and he severely turned on him with a spontaneous brawl by ringside, consisting of several chairshots. Hoyt defeated Bentley at the Destination X 2006 pay-per-view on March 12. He returned to TNA at No Surrender 2006 in the Triple Chance Tag Team battle royal as a partner to Ron Killings, but he was one of the first eliminated from the match. Hoyt made his Spike TV debut teaming with Killings to defeat Matt Bentley and Kazarian. Hoyt participated in the Fight for the Right Tournament, where he was one of last two remaining men, making it to the third stage of the match. He lost to Abyss, who won a bye to the tournament finals for a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Even so, he wrestled Ron Killings in the quarterfinals of the tournament at November 2 episode of iMPACT!, but was defeated. On November 19, 2006 at TNA's Genesis, Hoyt and his tag team partner Ron Killings defeated Austin Starr and Alex Shelley with Kevin Nash at ringside. After Killings was given a new program, Hoyt started teaming up with the Voodoo Kin Mafia (VKM). His role with the team seemed to be that of a friend and bodyguard, watching their backs during their matches, and working the odd 6-Man Tag Match with them on iMPACT!. At Slammiversary, VKM defeated Basham and Damaja when Kip pinned Basham, but Hoyt turned his back on VKM when Kip was about to attack Christy Hemme. He kissed Christy after the match, thus re-establishing himself as a heel. Hoyt lost to Abyss on a showing of Impact and a week after he lost VKM member Kip James. He would then become part of a tag team managed by Hemme with the Indy notable Jimmy Rave, later named The Rock n' Rave Infection.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Texas Tornado Slam (Fall forward F-5)
- Texas Tower Bomb (Leg capture one shoulder powerbomb) - 2005-2006
- Blackout (Inverted crucifix powerbomb)
- Boot from Hell (Running big boot)
- Blaster Kick (Corner-to-corner missile dropkick)
- Chokeslam
- Moonsault
- Backbreaker drop
- Belly to belly suplex
- Neckbreaker
- Powerbomb
- DDT
- German suplex
- Diving lariat
- Superkick
- Fallaway slam
- Pumphandle slam
- Scoop powerslam
- Sidewalk slam
- Suplex
- Scissored armbar
- Wrestlers managed
- Managers
Championships and accomplishments
- GZW
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- GZW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- STEW
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- STEW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
Other media
- While at university, Hoyt appeared on The Jenny Jones Show as a dancer. He also took part in an episode of Elimidate in 2002. Hoyt also appeared on Room Raiders in 2005.
Notes
- ^ Hoyt's Profile. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-08-12.
References
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- 'Dallas' is again a Friday TV fixture
- Interview with Lance Hoyt (Alan Wojcik)
- Interview with Lance Hoyt (TNA)
- Interview with Lance Hoyt (Mike Kerrigan - TNA)
- My Road To Slammiversary: Lance Hoyt
- TNA Headlines Interview with Lance Hoyt
