Brian Mailhot
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| Brian Mailhot | |
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| Ring name(s) | Brian Black, Palmer Canon |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Billed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
| Born | August 12, 1975 Portland, Maine |
| Trained by | Killer Kowalski and Mike Hollow |
| Debut | 2000 |
Brian Mailhot (born August 12, 1975 in Portland, Maine) is an American professional wrestler, better known for his short stint in World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown! brand under the ring name of Palmer Canon.
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[edit] Career
Mailhot debuted in 1999 for the Eastern Wrestling Alliance, losing to "Dirty Bird Bouncer" Larry Huntley in a match in Portland, Maine.
In 2000 he began working for Chaotic Wrestling in Massachusetts as Brian Black. He formed a tag team with The Mighty Mini, and the partners won the CW Tag Team Championships on two occasions, in 2003 defeating Atrition and 2004, defeating Peter Mulloy & Brian Buffet. Mailhot won his first singles championship, the vacant CW New England Championship, on April 30, 2004, in a twenty-eight man royal rumble. He won the CW Heavyweight Championship on March 18, 2005, defeating Maverick Wild, but vacated the title on April 1 after signing a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in March 2005.
Mailhot began training in WWE's auxiliary developmental territory, Deep South Wrestling. On May 2, 2005 he had a dark match against Todd Hansen, with Hansen gaining the victory. He made his televised debut with WWE on the August 25, 2005 episode of SmackDown! as an authority figure called Palmer Canon. His character was ostensibly a representative of the oppressive "Network". This gimmick reflected what WWE perceived as increasing interference by UPN regarding the content of SmackDown!, most notably UPN's demand that WWE remove Mark Copani's controversial Muhammad Hassan character from television. His character and booking of matches that the fans disliked led to mainly heel reactions, though he played face at times such as during Survivor Series 2005, where he helped SmackDown! general manager Theodore Long defeat RAW general manager Eric Bischoff. The gimmick was reminiscent of both Right to Censor, a stable created to parody the Parents Television Council, and The Network, an ECW stable led by Cyrus which claimed to represent TNN. The name Palmer Canon might have been a play with the initials "P.C.". This connection between his name and political correctness was made more evident when commentator Tazz called him P.C. when Cannon came to do ringside commentary. His character also consisted of booking matches behind the back of Theodore Long (E.g. He made Eddie Guerrero the number 1 contender, despite Long's wishes to have that right go to Rey Mysterio). He also introduced Marty Wright as "The Boogeyman" as a decision by the network for ratings, added "The Juniors", a midget wrestling division and the tag team "The Dicks" (John Toland and Chad Wicks), though all were later released. Wright's release only lasted 3 weeks, however.
On the February 3, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, William Regal and Paul Burchill told Palmer Canon that they no longer wanted to be a tag team so they could go their separate ways. During this discussion Burchill informed Canon that his family heritage traces back to pirates, and that he wanted to do a pirate gimmick on Friday Night SmackDown! Later, on the April 21, 2006 edition of Smackdown!, Palmer remarked that the The Miz was acting inappropriately, and had him escorted from the arena by security.
On April 20, 2006, Mailhot abruptly flew himself home from a WWE tour in Italy and gave his notice to WWE officials, citing harassment from John "Bradshaw" Layfield and his "Wrestler's Court" as the reason for his resignation. He was granted his release on April 27, 2006. This forced the postpoment of the Miz's planned wrestling debut, as the Palmer Canon/Miz feud had to be cancelled. During his run on SmackDown!, Mailhot never wrestled a match there despite being a trained wrestler. Mailhot has now returned to Portland, Maine, where he works in fundraising for the Maine Muscular Dystrophy Society. Some popular reports indicate that Mailhot is considering a possible return to Deep South Wrestling and/or the WWE as he has again been independently wrestling at events in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic as of late. Brian Black has also recently returned to Chaotic Wrestling, but suffered a torn biceps that will put him out of action untill fall of 07.
[edit] Quotes
- "Now that's what's changing Friday nights!"
[edit] Notes
- Brian Mailhot actually debuted on January 6th 2005 as Brian Black in the Angle Invitational on Smackdown.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Chaotic Wrestling
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- 1-time CW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time CW New England Champion
- 2-time CW Tag Team Champion (with The Mighty Mini)
[edit] References
- Brian Mailhot at Gerweck.net
- Brian Mailhot at OWW.com[citation needed]
