Warhorse (wrestler)
{{short description|American indie professional wrestler (born 1992)}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
| name = Warhorse
| image = Warhorse, September 2019 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Warhorse in 2019
| birth_name = Jake Parnell
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1992|12|26|}}[https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=28639 Wrestling Data Profile]. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
| birth_place = St Louis, Missouri{{cite web |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=14966&name=Warhorse|title= Warhorse|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=2020-10-23}}
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| ring_names = Jake Parnell
Warhorse
Brad Fox
Jackie Lee Bosch
Little Viking
| height = {{convert|5|ft|11|in|m|2|abbr=on}}[https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/roster/retromania-wrestling/warhorse Warhorse's Profile] on The Smackdown Hotel.com. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
| weight = 194 lbs (88 kg)[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=14966 CageMatch.net Profile]. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
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| trainer = Dynamo Pro Wrestling
Dingo
Ricky Cruz
the Hooligans{{Cite web|url=https://missouriwrestlingrevival.com/tag/jake-parnell/|title=Jake Parnell|website=Missouri Wrestling Revival}}
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Jake Parnell (born December 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Warhorse. He is the former IWTV Champion and has performed in various independent wrestling promotions across the United States and internationally. He is well known in the industry for a gruesome in-ring injury which occurred when Gary Jay ripped a turnbuckle out of his mouth, tearing his cheek open.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prowrestling.com/indie-wrestler-mouth-split-open-freak-accident-finishes-match-warning-graphic-photos/|title=Indie Wrestler Has Mouth Split Open in Freak Accident & Finishes the Match (Warning: Graphic Photos)|date=January 30, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/warhorse-aew-match-against-cody-people-will-see-independent-wrestling-alive-and-well|title=Warhorse On AEW Match Against Cody: People Will See Independent Wrestling Is Alive And Well | Fightful Wrestling|website=www.fightful.com}}
Professional wrestling career
He made his professional wrestling debut as Jake Parnell in March 2013. One of his first matches was in Illinois with Dynamo Pro Wrestling against Alexandre Rudolph on March 5, 2013. That same month Parnell participated in a Triple Threat match against Dave Vaughn and Brandon Gallagher.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=2&nr=14966&page=4&year=2013&search=04.2013|title=Warhorse Debut Match|website=Cagematch}}
Parnell was originally a member of the Viking War Party, a group of Viking wrestlers composed of Alexandre Rudolph and Frank Wyatt. The team was active from Parnell's debut in 2013 to 2016 where Parnell was known as The Little Viking.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=28&nr=8332|title=Viking War Party|website=Cagematch}}
In 2019, Parnell, inspired by his love of heavy metal music and 1980s wrestling icons like The Road Warriors and Sting, reinvented himself as Warhorse, a Heavy Metal misfit with face paint that likes to headbang, yell, and "Rule Ass".{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cqYFCpGrl/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B8cqYFCpGrl |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=WARHORSE WAS TRYING TO MAKE ZESTY BEER|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B7U1xc8p20f/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B7U1xc8p20f |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=WARHORSE TAUNTS GHOSTS|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}
On September 21, 2019, Warhorse was crowned the IWTV (Independent Wrestling.tv) Champion after defeating Erick Stevens. Warhorse lost the title to Lee Moriarty on March 6, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3532&page=5&reign=8|title=IWTV Independent Wrestling Championship|website=Cagematch}}
Warhorse has been active in Game Changer Wrestling as part of the tag team "Warhausen" with fellow wrestler Danhausen.{{Cite web|url=https://lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling/2019/11/15/indie-watch-the-bizarro-worldhausen-of-danhausen/|title=Indie Watch: The Bizarro Worldhausen of Danhausen|date=16 November 2019}} On July 29, 2020, Warhorse made his debut for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on Dynamite where he challenged Cody Rhodes for the TNT Championship in a losing effort.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/aew-dynamite-72920-results-live-coverage-discussion-8pm-est|title=AEW Dynamite 7/29/20 Results: 2 Title Matches, No DQ Tornado Tag Match & Several Debuts|website=Fightful}}
Championships and accomplishments
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|image1 = Jake Parnell, May 2019.jpg
|caption1 = As Jake Parnell he was the simultaneous holder of the ZERO1 USA Heavyweight Championship and the Black Label Pro Midwest Champion
|image2 = Warhorse, December 2019 (cropped).jpg
|caption2 = As Warhorse, he became IndependentWrestling.TV's Independent Wrestling Champion
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- Chicago Style Wrestling
- CSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{cn|date=August 2024}}
- Black Label Pro
- BLP Midwest Championship (1 time){{cite web |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=4128 |title= Warhorse|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=2020-10-23}}
- Turbo Graps 16 (2019)
- Fully Loaded Wrestling
- FLW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Alexandre Rudolph{{cite web |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=4034 |title= Warhorse|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=2020-10-23}}
- IndependentWrestling.TV
- Independent Wrestling Championship (1 time){{Cite web|url=https://independentwrestling.tv/news/the-iwtv-independent-championship-unites-independent-wrestling-promotions|title=New Video! IWTV Timeline: The Independent Wrestling Championship|website=independentwrestling.tv}}
- Relentless Wrestling
- Relentless Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Glory Pro Wrestling
- Crown Of Glory Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Indie Wrestler of the Year (2020){{cite journal|year=2021|journal=Pro Wrestling Illustrated|title=2020 Achievement Awards|publisher=Kappa Publishing Group|pages=20–21}}
- Ranked No. 97 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2021{{Cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2021.html|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2021|work=The Internet Wrestling Database|access-date=October 7, 2021}}
- Lucha Libre And Laughs
- LLL Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{cn|date=August 2024}}
- Pro Wrestling Live/Pro Wrestling Heat Up
- PWL World Championship (1 time, current)
- Wrestling Over Everything
- WOE Interstate Championship (1 time)
- F1RST Wrestling
- F1RST Uptown VFW Championship (1 time)
- ACTION Wrestling
- ACTION Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling ZERO1 USA
- ZERO1 USA Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{cite web |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=2771 |title= Warhorse|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=2020-10-23}}
- ZERO1 USA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 time){{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=2817|title=ZERO1 USA World Junior Heavyweight Championship|website=CageMatch}}
- ZERO1 USA World Tag Team Championship (2 time, current) - with Alexandre Rudolph (1) and Victor Analog (1, current){{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=2819|title=ZERO1 USA World Tag Team Championship|website=CageMatch}}
- Frontline Pro
- Freedom Cup (2024)
- Stricktly Nsane Pro Wrestling
- SNPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Alexandre Rudolph
- Other Titles
- Influence 24/7 Championship (1 time)
References
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External links
- {{Professional wrestling profiles|cagematch=14966|wrestlingdata=28639|iwd=warhorse-6080}}
Category:American male professional wrestlers