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66-610: Alex Koslov returned to New Japan on July 7, 2012, now representing the promotion's top villainous stable, Chaos , as a member of which he also reunited with former AAA partner Rocky Romero, with the two dubbing their tag team "Forever Hooligans". On July 22, Koslov and Romero defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . Koslov and Romero made their first successful title defense on August 26 at

132-577: A 7-Year absence from a ring of professional wrestling . Sherman resides in California . He runs a YouTube channel "The Alex Koslov Show" where he posts prank videos and his best moments as a professional wrestler . He is very private about his personal life, but it's known that he has a brother and he is very close with his mother. Sherman is close friends with some professional wrestlers such as Shinsuke Nakamura , Kazuchika Okada , Konnan , Rocky Romero , The Young Bucks , and many others. Sherman

198-578: A AAA Television taping in Querétaro , Mexico. To avoid spoiling the surprise Koslov had covered his face as he travelled to the arena, then stayed out of sight during the show. Koslov's defection to AAA made front-page news on newspapers and wrestling magazines, liking it to the Monday Night Wars between World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation . Koslov helped found

264-605: A Sacramento Wrestling Federation (SWF) event in Gridley, California , defeating the team of A.J. Kirsch and Alex Shelley . Forever Hooligans made their second successful title defense on October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling , defeating the Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida ). On October 21, Forever Hooligans entered the 2012 Super Jr. Tag Tournament , defeating Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask in their first round match. On November 2, Koslov and Romero were eliminated from

330-498: A Sacramento Wrestling Federation (SWF) event in Gridley, California , defeating the team of A.J. Kirsch and Alex Shelley . Forever Hooligans made their second successful title defense on October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling , defeating the Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida ). On October 21, Forever Hooligans entered the 2012 Super Jr. Tag Tournament , defeating Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask IV in their first round match. On November 2, Koslov and Romero were eliminated from

396-401: A deal. According to Koslov he decided to take the deal with AAA because he was unhappy with CMLL's direction. I was with CMLL for two years. They treated me great and made a star out of me, but I was dying mentally. I lost my passion. I became bored. It was always the same old stuff. Only a few people knew that Koslov had signed with AAA before he made his surprise debut on October 10, 2008, at

462-438: A four team triple elimination battle royal . He eliminated another fellow CMLL worker Último Guerrero and Chris Sabin from the match, before tapping out to Masato Yoshino in the second to last elimination of the match. Team International ended up with just three points finishing last in the tournament. After having worked on a handshake deal with CMLL for two years Koslov was approached by rival promotion AAA and offered

528-595: A four-month reign, Coleman lost the title to J.C. Dazz at the NWA Wildside Arena in Cornelia, Georgia on March 29, 2001. During the next several months, Coleman faced Havok, Dango Wynn, J.C. Dazz and Lazz. He lost to Jimmy Rave in a "Triple Threat" match with J.C. Dazz in a match for the title at the NWA Wildside Arena on April 21, 2001. Throughout the next year, he would also face Jeremy Lopez, Rainman and Jimmy Rave. On June 29, 2002, Coleman defeated Cru Jones for

594-677: A four-way match with Jeremy V and Ray Gordy . He also made one last appearance in Ring of Honor losing to Colt Cabana at Do or Die III on July 17. A week later, while in the Christian Wrestling Federation, he defeated Scottie Wren for the CWF Heavyweight Championship in Rockwall, Texas on July 24. That same night, he also battled CWF Television Champion Mike Fox to a time-limit draw. Later that year, he lost to Gabriel in

660-561: A match which later aired on Velocity on January 21. He also beat Jesse Ortega at a show for CWF Mid Atlantic on March 11. On June 15, 2007, Coleman lost to Aiden Chambers and Darriel Kelly in a three-way dance with Mike Yamaha at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford, North Carolina. On the January 6, 2011 Ring of Honor Newswire, it was announced that Coleman was to return to the company for

726-622: A match, where he was defeated by Alberto Del Rio . It was later reported that Koslov had signed a developmental contract with the WWE and would report to their developmental territory , Florida Championship Wrestling in October 2010, when his AAA contract would expire. Sherman, using his real name, made his FCW debut on November 20, 2010, at a house show in Punta Gorda, Florida in a losing effort against Bo Rotundo . Sherman made his televised debut on

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792-454: A month later he lost the title to Justin White. In 2008 Koslov participated in the annual ECWA Super 8 tournament working with other young "high flyers". In the first round he defeated Shannon Moore in what was considered an upset, then he defeated Chase del Monte in the second round before losing to Aden Chambers in the finals. Koslov's performance earned him positive reviews. Koslov did not win

858-497: A non-title match the following day, Koslov took a victory lap around the ring and thanked Romero for sharing his career with for the past decade. On January 9, Koslov announced he was taking an "indefinite sabbatical" from professional wrestling until 2022. After a 5-year hiatus, Koslov made his return to New Japan Pro Wrestling on August 7, 2020, as a color commentator on New Japan Cup USA alongside Kevin Kelly . Koslov would then become

924-509: A participant in a four-way match with Rainman , Todd Sexton and Jimmy Rave on January 10, 2004. At The Last Stand , he was in a "Six Man Mayhem" match with Chris Sabin , Slyk Wagner Brown , Sonjay Dutt , Jack Evans and Hydro on January 29. Coleman was eventually forced to surrender the NWA Television title the following month due to a spinal injury. On March 13, he scored his first major victory over Rainman at Do or Die II . After

990-565: A regular commentator for New Japan Pro Wrestling alongside Kelley on the NJPW weekly series NJPW Strong . On October 28, 2022, on New Japan Pro Wrestling Rumble on 44th Street Koslov came out of retirement for one night only to wrestle one more time with fellow tag team partner Rocky Romero in a brief reunion of the Forever Hooligans in a losing effort against The DKC and Kevin Knight , ending

1056-705: A shot at the AWA Light Heavyweight Championship . That same month, Coleman faced Doug "The Bash Man" Basham at the August 25 edition of SmackDown! which aired on WWE Velocity . In September, he and Michael Malick defeated Sweet Dreams and Son of Thunder for the CWF Tag Team titles. Coleman lost to Dragon Fantastico on October 15 at a CWF event and, in LAW on November 12, he and Joey Silvia defeated Derrick Driver and Billy Jones. He and Silva participated in

1122-573: A singles match, losing to Bryan Danielson on the April 3 show Supercard of Honor IV . The following day at the tapings of the Take No Prisoners pay-per-view, Koslov was defeated by Roderick Strong in another singles match. Koslov returned to ROH in December 2009, losing to The Briscoe Brothers and Rocky Romero in a six-man tag team match, where he teamed with Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards , on

1188-658: A spot in the semifinals. Koslov and Romero made their first successful defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on June 22 at Dominion 6.22 in a rematch with the Time Splitters. Koslov and Romero then got involved in Chaos' rivalry with the Suzuki-gun stable, which led to their second successful title defense on July 20 against Taichi and Taka Michinoku . Koslov and Romero lost

1254-441: A surprise jump to rival promotion AAA , where he worked until October 2010. In AAA he is a two–time AAA Cruiserweight Champion and a one–time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion with partner Christina Von Eerie . From August 2010 to February 2012 he was signed to WWE , working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Peter Orlov . After his release from WWE, Sherman resumed working on

1320-785: A three-way match with Ray Gordy on October 30. Shortly before the close of Southern Championship Wrestling , Coleman lost to Krazy K for the vacant SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship in Durham, North Carolina . On December 6, he made his first appearance in World Wrestling Entertainment losing to Gene Snitsky on Monday Night Raw . The match would later be aired on WWE Heat . On January 15, 2005, Coleman and Joey Silva defeated Xsirus and Lodi in Sanford, North Carolina . Scoring victories over Jeff Lewis, Masada and Chance Prophet during early 2005, he and Joey Silva also teamed up win

1386-530: A three-way match, also involving Time Splitters. On January 9, 2015, Koslov announced he was taking an "indefinite sabbatical" from professional wrestling. Forever Hooligans made their debut for Ring of Honor at the ROH 11th Anniversary Show PPV, where they were defeated by the American Wolves ( Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards ). The next day, they were defeated by reDRagon ( Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly ) for

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1452-671: Is fluent in Russian , English , Spanish and Romanian . Caprice Coleman Caprice Coleman (born 20 March 1977) is an American professional wrestler who has competed in Mid-Atlantic and Southern independent promotions including Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , NWA Wildside , Ring of Honor and, in recent years, Live Action Wrestling and the Christian Wrestling Federation. He has also made several appearances in WWE wrestling on WWE Heat and WWE Velocity . Coleman began his career in

1518-416: Is the most common match format in lucha libre. In May 2007, Koslov unsuccessfully challenged NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion Atlantis for the title. Having turned into a crowd favorite , or "technico", in mid-2007, Koslov joined forces with Marco Corleone , Rey Bucanero and Shocker to form a group called High Society, a group of self-professed metrosexuals . The group saw limited success and by

1584-564: The AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship . On October 1 at Héroes Inmortales IV Koslov and Von Eerie lost the titles to Faby Apache and Pimpinela Escarlata . Afterwards Koslov announced that Héroes Inmortales IV had been his last night with AAA, before leaving for WWE. In April 2009, Koslov made a couple of appearances for Ring of Honor (ROH) when they promoted a couple of shows in Houston , Texas . Koslov first worked

1650-493: The ROH World Tag Team Championship . Koslov and Romero returned to ROH on July 27 and defeated reDRagon in a rematch to become the new ROH World Tag Team Champions. They lost the title to The American Wolves in their first defense on August 3. On September 20 at Death Before Dishonor XI , Koslov and Romero successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against The American Wolves. At

1716-403: The ROH World Tag Team Championship . On July 27, 2013, Koslov and Romero returned to ROH and defeated reDRagon to become the new ROH World Tag Team Champions . They lost the title to The American Wolves in their first defense on August 3. At Manhattan Mayhem V, they defeated The Young Bucks in a Dream Match. On September 20 at Death Before Dishonor XI , The Forever Hooligans successfully defended

1782-562: The Richmond, Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina shows on January 14 and 15, 2011, taking on Colt Cabana and Rhett Titus respectively. He then later joined Prince Nana 's stable and started tag-teaming with Will Ferrara . Coleman has continued to work sporadically in ROH since then, competing both in singles or tag team competition as a heel . In 2016 he formed "The Cabinet" with The All Night Express . On ROH TV The Cabinet defeated Jason Kincaid , Leon St. Giovanni and Shaheem Ali in

1848-480: The stable "D-Generation Mex" together with Sean Waltman and Rocky Romero . On March 20, 2009, Koslov was one of thirteen wrestlers in a "Dome of Death" cage match to qualify for a tournament to establish the AAA Cruiserweight Championship where he qualified for the tournament itself. In the first round Koslov defeated his D-Generation-Mex partner Rocky Romero on April 17, 2009. After the match

1914-539: The wXw World Tag Team Championship at wXw 13th Anniversary Tour Finale. On December 7, 2013, Forever Hooligans competed in a one night tournament for the WCA Golden State Tag Team Championships defeating The Ballard Brothers (Shane Ballard and Shannon Ballard) in the first round and faced Team APW (Oliver John and Timothy Thatcher ) in the tournament finals which ended in a no contest. From January 24 to 25, 2015, Forever Hooligans participated in

1980-689: The 18 and to Romero in a singles match on the 19 at Final Battle 2009 , ROH's first live pay-per-view. Due to the controversy surrounding the Final Battle 2009 match, Koslov and Romero were booked in a rematch on March 26, 2010, in Phoenix, Arizona , which Koslov won. On March 2, 2013, Koslov and Romero, now working together as a tag team, returned to ROH at the 11th Anniversary Show , where they were defeated by The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards). The following day, they unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon ( Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly ) for

2046-602: The Alternative Wrestling Show's Race for the Ring Tag Team Tournament with Romero. They were defeated in the finals by the ASW Tag team Champions PPRay ( Peter Avalon and Ray Rosas ). It was his final wrestling match. Following the match, Sherman stated that it was "absolutely necessary" for him to step away from professional wrestling and that he did not know if he would wrestle again. On April 16, Koslov

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2112-408: The Alternative Wrestling Show's Race for the Ring Tag Team Tournament. They were defeated in the finals by the ASW Tag team Champions PPRay ( Peter Avalon and Ray Rosas ). It was Koslov's final wrestling match. On October 28, 2022 on New Japan Pro Wrestling PPV Rumble on 44th Street , Alex Koslov came back to wrestle one more time with fellow tag team partner Rocky Romero in a briefly reunion of

2178-708: The American independent circuit for promotions such as Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), while also making his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling . Sherman formed a tag team with Rocky Romero known as Forever Hooligans and would go on to win IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice and the ROH World Tag Team Championship once. Koslov was trained by Jesse Hernandez and made his professional wrestling debut in Covina, California on May 23, 2003, against Kid Karnage working as "Alex Pincheck". From 2003 until 2006 Koslov worked exclusively on

2244-454: The Christian Wrestling Federation and Live Action Wrestling full-time. On June 4, 2005, he and Garry Stevens defeated Xsirus and Brass Monkey on June 4. A month later, Coleman teamed with Kid Justice to face former tag team partner Joey Silva and Xsirus on July 23. On August 19, 2005, Coleman lost to Xsiris at an event for CWF Mid Atlantic in Burlington, North Carolina . The winner was to receive

2310-637: The Forever Hooligans in a losing effort against The DKC and Kevin Knight , ending a 7-Year absence of Koslov from a ring of professional wrestling. Alex Koslov Alex Sherman (born January 21, 1984) is a Moldovan -born Russian semi-retired professional wrestler and color commentator , currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling under the ring name Alex Koslov . Koslov has mainly worked in Mexico from 2005 until 2008 for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), but in October 2008 he made

2376-571: The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against the American Wolves. At the following day's tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Koslov and Romero unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon for the ROH World Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, which also included C&C Wrestle Factory ( Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander ). On August 9, 2013, Forever Hooligans made their debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) at

2442-461: The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from the Time Splitters. Koslov and Romero made their first successful defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on June 22 at Dominion 6.22 in a rematch with the Time Splitters. Koslov and Romero then got involved in Chaos' rivalry with the Suzuki-gun stable, which led to their second successful title defense on July 20 against Taichi and Taka Michinoku . The Forever Hooligans lost

2508-472: The Live Action Wrestling's Gauntlet Series defeating The Macks (T.J. and Kirby "Krazy K" Mack ) in the final match on February 26 and awarded the tag team titles. On March 5, he won a Mega Rumble to earn a title shot against NWA Wildside Heavyweight Champion Onyx, however he lost to him later that night. Two days later, Coleman made a second appearance on Monday Night Raw losing to Chris Masters and

2574-616: The NWA Wildside Television Championship. A special stipulation to the match saw both men's valets Sweet Dreams and Destiny handcuffed together. Successfully defending the NWA Wildside Television Championship against Tony Mamaluke on July 6, he also took part in an 8-man "Loser Leaves NWA Wildside" match teaming with Sweet Dreams, Onyx and Kevin Hardner against Cru Jones, Tony Mamaluke , Malakai and Lazarus (with valets Destiny and Lisa) on June 22. Coleman pinned Jones to win

2640-680: The November 28 edition of FCW TV, wrestling under the ring name Peter Orlov in a match, where he and AJ were defeated by Lucky Cannon and Naomi . On February 3, 2012, it was reported that Sherman had been released from his FCW contract. Sherman made his first post-WWE appearance on March 4, 2012, when he, once again performing as Alex Koslov, defeated SoCal Crazy at an Empire Wrestling Federation event in Covina, California . On March 17, Koslov returned to Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, losing to Kyle O'Reilly. From January 24 to 25, 2015, Koslov participated in

2706-483: The Time Splitters for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013 , Koslov and Romero regained the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from the Time Splitters. From late May to early June, Koslov took part in the 2013 Best of the Super Juniors , where he won four of his eight matches with a loss to Brian Kendrick in his final round-robin match on June 6 costing him

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2772-461: The finals on March 27. Appearing at World Title Classic , he took part in an interpromotional "Six Man Mayhem" match between Ring of Honor, NWA Wildside and IWA Mid South on June 12. The participants included Jimmy Jacobs (Ring of Honor), H. C. Loc and Matt Sydal (IWA Mid-South) and Delirious , Rainman and himself representing NWA Wildside. The match was won by Jimmy Jacobs. On July 3, Coleman lost to NWA Wildside TV Champion Jason Cross in

2838-554: The first round of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship . They were defeated by A. C. H. , Jay White and Kushida in the second round. The Cabinet was originally portrayed as something not to be taken seriously, but in late 2016, the trio began portraying more serious elements and renamed themselves "The Rebellion", eventually adding Shane Taylor as a member. The Rebellion remained together until June 2017, when they were defeated by Search and Destroy in

2904-424: The following day's tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Koslov and Romero unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon for the ROH World Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, which also included C&C Wrestle Factory ( Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander ). On the August 27, 2010, edition of World Wrestling Entertainment 's SmackDown television program, Koslov, using the ring name Cárlos Sanchez, wrestled in

2970-610: The main event later that night and lost the LAW Tag Team titles to Brad Hunter and Sean Alexander. On December 5, he lost to Ken Doane in a dark match on Raw . Several days later, he faced Simon Dean at SmackDown! which aired on WWE Velocity later that week. On January 13, 2006, Coleman and Joey Silva teamed up with Jeff Hardy to defeat Tommy Gunn and the LAW Tag Team Champions Brad Hunter and Sean Alexander. Later that month, Coleman faced Jamie Noble in

3036-590: The match and forced Jones to leave the promotion. On November 26, 2003, Coleman made a one-time appearance in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , losing to CM Punk and Julio Dinero in a tag team match with Roderick Strong . The match was later taped and aired on TNA Xplosion . Coleman regained the NWA Wildside Television title defeating Rainman in a best "2-of-3 falls" match on January 3, 2004. A week later, he made his debut in ROH as

3102-492: The match, the two were approached by Julius Smokes to take part in the tag team Scramble match later that night. Facing three other tag teams (Fast Eddie and Don Juan, the Outcast Killaz and The Ring Crew Express), he and Rainman lost to Fast Eddie and Don Juan. Leaving the promotion for NWA Wildside , he entered a championship tournament in an attempt to regain the still vacant NWA Television title but lost to Jason Cross in

3168-557: The month, Koslov was scheduled to take part in the 2014 Best of the Super Juniors , but after dislocating his left shoulder in his first match, he was forced to pull out of the tournament. On January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome , Forever Hooligans challenged for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but were defeated by the defending champions, reDRagon, in a four-way match, also involving Time Splitters and The Young Bucks. After he and Romero lost to reDRagon in

3234-558: The promotion's tenth anniversary event, where they defeated the RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma). On August 30, 2013, Forever Hooligans and TJ Perkins were defeated by Adam Cole and The Young Bucks. On November 29, 2013, Forever Hooligans defeated Project Ego ( Kris Travis and Martin Kirby) at RPW New Territory. On November 30, 2013, Forever Hooligans unsuccessfully challenged Hot And Spicy (Axel Dieter Jr. & Da Mack) for

3300-400: The promotion's top villainous stable, Chaos , as a member of which he also reunited with former AAA partner Rocky Romero, with the two dubbing their tag team " Forever Hooligans ". On July 22, Koslov and Romero defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Koslov and Romero made their first successful title defense on August 26 at

3366-519: The quarter-final. He also participated in the 2006 Leyenda de Azul tournament defeating Hirooki Goto in the first round but losing to Dr. Wagner Jr. in the second round. In November, 2006 Koslov won an 8-man torneo cibernetico to earn a shot at the World Middleweight Championship , but lost against champion Averno . Over the next year, Koslov worked mid-card to semi-main event matches, usually in six-man tag team matches that

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3432-484: The start of 2008 rarely teamed together, when Rey Bucanero returned to Los Guerreros de Atlantida the stable dropped altogether. Throughout 2008 Koslov kept working mid-card matches, rarely working any kind of storyline, with the odd unsuccessful title match here and there. In 2008 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) he was able to participate in the 2008 World X Cup Tournament that took place in June and July 2008. Koslov

3498-498: The title loss Koslov turned Rudo attacking his D-Generation-Mex partners after a match. On August 21, 2009, Koslov regained the Cruiserweight championship by winning a five-way elimination match at the 2009 Verano de Escándalo defeating Extreme Tiger, Jack Evans , Teddy Hart and Rocky Romero. On August 30 Koslov lost a six-man steel cage match and as a result was forced out of AAA. Koslov confirmed on his Twitter page that he

3564-474: The title to Taichi and Michinoku in a rematch on October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling . For the first half of 2014, Forever Hooligans received several new shots at the title, now held by The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), but were defeated each time, including in a three-way match, also involving the Time Splitters, on May 10 at Global Wars , a special event co-produced by NJPW and ROH in Toronto . Later in

3630-548: The title to Taichi and Michinoku in a rematch on October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling . On November 6, 2013, The Forever Hooligans lost to The Young Bucks in the finals of the 2013 Super Jr. Tag Tournament . On May 10, 2014 at Global Wars , a special event co-produced by NJPW and Ring of Honor (ROH) in Toronto , Forever Hooligans received another title shot for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships being defeated by The Young Bucks in

3696-616: The tournament but he stole the show, working as a villain he riled up the crowd enough for one audience member to threaten him with a chair. In August 2006, Koslov began working for the Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as a villain , or a "Rudo" in Mexico. He was the first Russian to ever wrestle in Arena Coliseo in its 70-year history. Shortly after starting with CMLL, Koslov participated in their annual Leyenda de Plata tournament, losing to Místico in

3762-478: The tournament in the semifinals by Apollo 55 ( Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi ). On November 11 at Power Struggle , Forever Hooligans lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to the winners of the Super Jr. Tag Tournament, the Time Splitters, ending their reign at 112 days. Koslov returned to New Japan in early 2013, and on February 10 at The New Beginning , he and Romero unsuccessfully challenged

3828-511: The tournament in the semifinals by Apollo 55 ( Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi ). On November 11 at Power Struggle , Forever Hooligans lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to the winners of the Super Jr. Tag Tournament, the Time Splitters, ending their reign at 112 days. On February 10 at The New Beginning , Hooligans unsuccessfully challenged the Time Splitters for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013 , Koslov and Romero regained

3894-411: The two partners hugged without showing any animosity between them. In the semi-final Koslov defeated Nicho el Millonario to qualify for the final. On May 21 Koslov defeated Extreme Tiger and Alan Stone to become the first ever AAA Cruiserweight Champion. Alex Koslov's run with the Cruiserweight title only lasted 23 days as he lost to Extreme Tiger at Triplemania XVII on June 13, 2009. Following

3960-681: The west coast of the United States, making appearances for promotions such as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) and local National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliated groups. From 2005 and forward Koslov began working in Mexico and later on started making appearances all over the United States. On June 11, 2006, Koslov won the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship in Santa Monica, California from Karl Anderson , less than

4026-658: The wrestling business as a referee and wrestler under the ringname of Ice in Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA) where he was trained by Matt and Jeff Hardy . After the Hardys were signed by the World Wrestling Federation , Coleman moved on to NWA Wildside along with fellow OMEGA alumni Joey Matthews , Gregory Helms and Shannon Moore . He later won the NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship from Lazz on December 2, 2000. After

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4092-489: Was announced as a participant in New Japan Pro-Wrestling 's (NJPW) 2012 Best of the Super Juniors tournament . In the round-robin stage of the tournament, which ran from May 27 to June 9, Koslov won five out of his eight matches, but a loss to Low Ki in his final round-robin match caused him to narrowly miss advancing to the semifinals of the tournament. Koslov returned to New Japan on July 7, now representing

4158-508: Was caught and unmasked to reveal Koslov, whom Konnan then saved by threatening Dorian with violence if Koslov wasn't freed. After Koslov was reinstated he joined Konnan's La Legión Extranjera and at Rey de Reyes unsuccessfully challenged Extreme Tiger for the AAA Cruiserweight Championship. On June 2, 2010, Koslov teamed up with fellow La Legión member Christina Von Eerie to defeat Aero Star and Faby Apache to win

4224-442: Was done with the company. AAA later vacated his Cruiserweight Championship. On September 26, 2009, at Heroes Inmortales III Konnan kidnapped AAA owner Dorian Roldán and on the October 17 tapings of AAA's television show offered to return him if his father Joaquín reinstated Alex Koslov. Later in the evening, during a match between Marco Corleone and Chessman , a masked man entered the ring and attacked Corleone. The masked man

4290-456: Was later aired on WWE Heat . Defeating Dexter Poindexter at an event for Combat Fusion on March 12, he returned to NWA Wildside losing to Ray Gordy on March 19. Teaming with Sal and Vito Thomaselli , he lost to Brandon Thomaselli , Todd Sexton and Tony Stradlin in a 6-man tag team match on April 16. On April 30, he and Tony Mamaluke defeated Todd Sexton and Tony Stradlin by double submission. After Wildside, Coleman went on to wrestle in

4356-552: Was part of Team International along with Canadian Tyson Dux , Brit Doug Williams , and Iranian American Daivari . Koslov made a couple of "pre-tournament" appearances defeating Curry Man one week and losing to Team USA captain Kaz . In tournament action Koslov lost to fellow CMLL worker Rey Bucanero representing Team Mexico. In the finals of the tournament, held at the Victory Road Pay-Per-View , Koslov took part in

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