Evan Karagias
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| Evan Karagias | |
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| Ring name(s) | Evan Courageous Evan Kourageous Evan Karagias |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Billed weight | 221 lb (100 kg) |
| Born | November 27, 1973 Gastonia, North Carolina |
| Resides | North Carolina |
| Trained by | Dewayne Bruce |
| Debut | 1997 |
Evan Karagias (born November 27, 1973) is an American professional wrestler and actor.
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[edit] Biography
Karagias's family are of Greek origin. He started as a model, and appeared in numerous fitness magazines, including Men's Workout.
However, he is best known as having wrestled for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he graduated from the Power Plant in 1997. Initially wrestling as 'Evan Courageous', then 'Evan Kourageous', he finally wrestled under his own name, with the legend 'Outrageous' emblazoned on the back of his trunks.
Karagias began as a jobber, and has the dubious distinction of having more defeats to his record as a solo wrestler in WCW as a proportion of all his matches than anyone else. Of almost 50 televised solo matches wrestled with WCW, he won eight.
At WCW Mayhem '99, Karagias made his WCW PPV debut, challenging Disco Inferno for the WCW Cruiserweight Title. He won the match, gaining his first belt. It was finally taken from him by Madusa, with whom he had been involved in an ongoing ringside (kayfabe) relationship.
He then returned in a 3-man "boy band" group while in WCW known as 3 Count with Shannon Moore & Shane Helms. While in the group, Karagias won the WCW Hardcore Championship when he, Moore and Helms simultaneously pinned then-champion Brian Knobbs.
After WCW's sale to WWF, Karagias went to the WWF but was released after 8-9 months without ever being used as a wrestler. He then joined the AWA Superstars of Wrestling, a new version of the original AWA, where he held the AWA World Heavyweight Championship belt three times between 2002 and 2003. Since then, Karagias has been inactive from wrestling. However, on October 28, 2006, Karagias returned to wrestling and appeared at a TNT Pro Wrestling show to face off with X-Pac (who had Scott Hall in his corner) in a charity benefit match.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Karagias Corkscrew (Corkscrew senton)
- Bodyslam
- Victory roll
- Scoop slam
- 450° splash
- Moonsault
- Managers
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- WCW Hardcore Championship (1 time) (held jointly with Shannon Moore and Shane Helms as a member of 3 Count)
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- HWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Shannon Moore
[edit] Personal life
- As an actor, he appeared in the movie Undercover Kids and the soap opera Passions.
- He has a tattoo on his right shoulder which reads, in Greek: "Christ has risen - and truly Christ has risen".
- He breeds pit bull terriers.
