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BJ Whitmer

BJ Whitmer

Height: 6'1"
Weight: 230 lbs.
Real name: Benjamin Whitmer
Hometown: Owensboro, Kentucky (resides in Alexandria, KY)
Pro debut: January 23, 2000
Finishing move: Exploder '98 (Wrist-clutch exploder suplex), Super Exploder '98 (Top rope wrist-clutch exploder suplex), Frog splash
Career highlights: ROH Tag Team Champion (4), New Breed Wrestling Association Heavyweight Champion, NBWA (Indiana) Heavyweight Champion, IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion (2), IWA Mid-South - Revolution Strong Style Champion 2002, IWA Mid-South - Ted Petty Invitational Winner 2002, HWA Cruiserweight Champion
Trained by: Les Thatcher, Ian Rotten

BJ Whitmer was trained by Les Thatcher and debuted on January 23, 2000 in Thatcher's Ohio-based Heartland Wrestling Association. Whitmer feuded with "Ice Cream Man" Tony B. before forming a tag team with Jamie Knoble in 2002. On May 8, 2002 he won the HWA Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Knoble, Shannon Moore and Matt Stryker in a four match elimination match in Dayton. He lost the title to Rory Fox on August 10 in Cincinnati.

Whitmer moved on to the Independent Wrestling Association in Illinois. On April 9, 2004 he defeated Jerry Lynn in a thirty minute Iron Man Match for the IWA Heavyweight Championship, which he held until May 29, when he was beaten by Petey Williams. Whitmer left the IWA on July 29, 2005.

In June 2001 Whitmer toured Japan with Pro Wrestling NOAH, teaming on several occasions with fellow gaijins Matt Murphy and 2 Cold Scorpio. He was entered in the GHC Junior Tournament, but was eliminated by Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in his final match in Japan on June 21 in Toyama, Toyama. Whitmer toured with NOAH once more in August and September 2005, losing most of his matches (although he did pin Go Shiosaki on September 1).

In January 2003 Whitmer joined the Pennsylvania based Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. His first major match was a bout with CM Punk at Epic Encounter on April 12, 2003. The match was declared a no-contest after Punk gave Whitmer a German suplex off the ring apron and through a table on the outside, leaving Punk stunned and Whitmer concussed. Whitmer returned on May 31, losing to Dan Maff, and on June 14 he teamed with Punk's other enemy, Raven, to face CM Punk and Colt Cabana at Night Of The Grudges. Whitmer and Raven lost when Cabana pinned Whitmer, apparently settling the issue.

Whitmer regained some momentum with a victory in a four corners survival match on June 28 at WrestleRave '03, and on July 19 at Death Before Dishonor he won another four corners survival match with the number one contendership to the ROH Heavyweight Championship on the line. Whitmer faced the reigning champion, Samoa Joe, at Wrath of the Racket on August 9, but was defeated. Between August and November Whitmer took part in the Field Of Honor event, winning Block A but losing to Matt Stryker on December 22 at Final Battle 2003.

That same evening, CM Punk confronted Christopher Daniels, Dan Maff and Allison Danger, members of The Prophecy. (a heel stable led by Daniels), demanding to know which one of them had attacked and sidelined his girlfriend and valet, Lucy, earlier that year. A brawl broke out with The Prophecy on one side and Punk and his friend Colt Cabana on the other. Whitmer then approached the ring and announced that he had been behind the attack, thus joining The Prophecy.

The events on December 22 led to a match on January 10, 2004 at The Battle Lines Are Drawn between The Second City Saints (Punk, Cabana and Ace Steel) and The Prophecy (Daniels, Maff and Whitmer). The match descended into a brawl, and the referee declared it a no contest after Lucy returned to ROH for one night, slapping Whitmer to gain a measure of revenge. After the match, Punk injured Daniels with a Pepsi Plunge through a table, marking Daniels' last appearance in ROH until June 2005 (in reality, Daniels had signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling).

Whitmer and Maff continued to team together as The Prophecy, accompanied by Allison Danger, and feuded with the Saints throughout early 2004. They defeated the Saints for the ROH Tag Team Championship at Round Robin Challenge III on May 15, but lost the titles to the Briscoe Brothers later that evening. On June 12, 2004, at World Title Classic, Maff and Whitmer defeated three other teams in a thirty five minute long ultimate endurance match. After the match, Maff convinced Whitmer to discard both the Prophecy name and the managerial services of Allison Danger, claiming that they no longer needed a leader or a manager. Danger was furious, and placed a bounty on the heads of Maff and Whitmer. They spent several months feuding with teams sent after them by Danger, including Slash Venom and Chicano and The Carnage Crew. On December 26 at Final Battle 2004 they defeated the Carnage Crew in a "fight without honor", and shook hands with their opponents after the match. Whitmer injured his elbow in the course of the match, and was sidelined for two months.

Whitmer and Maff captured the ROH Tag Team Championship for a second time on February 19, 2005, defeating the Havana Pitbulls. After Maff left ROH following a backstage altercation with Homicide, the titles were vacated. Whitmer formed a new team with Jimmy Jacobs, and defeated Samoa Joe and Jay Lethal in a match for the vacant titles on April 2. They lost the titles to the Carnage Crew on July 9 at Escape from New York, but regained them two weeks later on July 23 at The Homecoming. They went on to lose the title again, this time to the team of Sal Rinauro and Tony Mamaluke, on October 1, 2005.

On October 2, 2005 at Unforgettable, Whitmer and Jacobs joined manager Lacey, becoming the new "Lacey's Angels".

On the ROH DVD Release of Hell Freezes Over, which is ROH's first show of 2006, a video segment piloted by Jimmy Jacobs revealed that Jimmy Jacobs was in fact in love with Lacey. Focusing more on his love of Lacey rather than his effort in matches, Jimmy Jacobs cost the Lacey's Angels team (also joined by Adam Pearce for the night) the victory at Tag Wars 2006. Jimmy Jacobs also cost himself and B.J. Whitmer the ROH Tag Team Titles the following night at ROH Dissension against the champions Roderick Strong and Austin Aries. After this, B.J. Whitmer had had enough and turned on Jimmy Jacobs. It was also learned later on in the DVD Release in a video segment that B.J. Whitmer quit Lacey's Angels altogether. Since then Lacey has done whatever she can to be a thorn in B.J. Whitmer's side in Ring of Honor.

B.J. Whitmer is also one of the frontrunners in the ROH vs CZW feud. Most recently, BJ Whitmer challenged Necro Butcher to a No Rope Barbed Wire Match in Dayton.