Shykeese Snipes is a Canadian professional wrestler currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action He is the currently holding the TNA X Division Championship. Early life Snipes was born April 4, 1996 in Toronto, Canada. He entered wrestling school because his friends were doing it, to find out that he was a natural at the sport. During the early years of his professional wrestling career, Snipes worked an assortment of jobs on the weekends to supplement his income, including delivering water and driving. X Division (2010-2012) Snipes debuted to the X Division on TNA shortly thereafter, winning a four-way match to become the number one contender to the X Division Championship on the June 4 episode of '. On July 28, he defended the title against Kazarian and Michael Shane in an Ultimate X match. After Kash struck Styles with a crutch, Shane and Kazarian simultaneously retrieved the belt and became co-X Division Champions. In October he began feuding with Petey Williams, by now the TNA X Division Champion, and on November 7 at Victory Road, the first monthly pay-per-view held by TNA, Styles challenged Williams for the X Division Championship. During the weeks preceding the match, Styles even went as far as to use Williams' own finisher, the Canadian Destroyer, after Williams himself performed the Styles Clash on others. Williams retained his title with the help of his manager, Scott D'Amore. Later that night, Jeff Jarrett retained the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a ladder match with Jeff Hardy after Scott Hall and Kevin Nash interfered in the match.<ref name="VR04"/> Following the bout, the trio proclaimed themselves to be the "" and issued an open challenge to the rest of the TNA roster. Several wrestlers charged the ring in response to the challenge, including the 3Live Kru (Ron Killings, Konnan, and B.G. James), Randy Savage, and Styles.<ref name="VR04"/>
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