Wrestlers History: Raizzor came into the PWA back in March/April of 1999, only 3 weeks after the PWA got off the ground. Back then, though, he was known as Chamelion. Chamelion used the Undertaker as a source of his gimmick, but at the same time he used the "ability" to clone his opponent's wrestling style, and use their finishers against them. Chamelion's attitude and characteristics were very much like the Undertaker, yes.. But he strived to take his work in a new direction. In his first match, Chamelion scored his first record of many in the PWA, by pinning scottie snow in 25 seconds.

Then, Chamelion began to forge alliances, the first being with Rage. This then allowed Chamelion to score a win over Prima Donna in the steel cage. Shortly after, Chamelion created his first stable, inviting in BBB, with Rage, Fear, and Nuke and Nitro. Chamelion later on trashed Nuke and Nitro, calling them weak and insignificant (this would be one of the few times Chamelion's killer instinct rose to the surface against "friends") Then, the ICON feud began and Chamelion challenged the then tag-team champions, Cinergy and Prima Donna to a tag title handicapped match.

Chamelion put on an impressive match, winning the tag-titles and at that point, planned on teaming with Tundra and going up the ranks quickly. When Tundra was introduced, President Robinson showed up, and in a move that would solidify his position with the ICONS, Stripped Chamelion and Tundra of the Tag-titles.. One: Citing that Chamelion can't pick or chose a fellow champ; Two, because he could not defend the titles on his own; and Three, he was already Internet champion from a week ago, and could not hold two titles at once.

The feud with Robinson began in earnest when Robinson cost Chamelion his Internet title in a match with Cinergy when Robinson CLOCKED Chamelion with a chair. At this point, Chamelion realized his current position in the PWA was getting him no where, and he needed to retune himself. So, on national TV, Chamelion left the PWA.

Before Chamelion had left, Robinson had scheduled Chamelion in a match with the Canadian Crippler, and in that match, when Crippler was in the ring, Robinson said if Chamelion did not show, then not only was he fired, but he would never be allowed back at all. The lights then dimmed, and a man dressed in a trench coat, with flowing long black hair covering his face.. attacked the Crippler and injured him.. Then the man flipped back his hair and everyone saw it was Chamelion!! He announced Chamelion was dead,
and the Sharp One, Raizzor was here to stay.

Shortly after that, the feud with Prima Donna really took off.. since Prima Donna petitioned strictly for the Hardcore title to be instated, he felt he should get his hands on it first. But in a bizarre turn of events, Raizzor captured the Hardcore title in a Steel Cage match with Mr. T.. and used the hardcore title to lure Prima Donna into a super-hardcore match at Battledome. Raizzor proved his worth and retained his title, effectively
pushing Prima Donna over the edge, and eventually leading to his disappearance.

Shortly after, Raizzor dropped the hardcore title to Slice, in search of bigger fish to fry, and that was the World title. Raizzor took on all comers, and started racking up an impressive set of wins. But the feud with Rage took center stage.. and the two men had verbal confrontations on a regular basis. But when the two men were team mates, Rage's wife, Banshee and Raizzor had a special friendship, that seemed to last through the feud with Raizzor and Rage. In fact, during a match with Remo, Banshee came down to try to assist. This was actually first caused because Remo had, prior to that match, shaved Banshee's hair off. Raizzor lost to Dr. Remo in their match, but as Remo threatened Banshee with physical violence, Raizzor saved her and tombstoned Remo. Banshee and Raizzor embraced in the middle of the ring, and the feud with Rage soon disipitated. Also, Remo's Super - Heel turn was well underway, using his "Superior Pinfall" over Raizzor as a basis for propelling him to world title status. Raizzor, meanwhile, still was feuding with Robinson and goaded him into putting up 50% of his company should Raizzor win the Who's The Man franchise tournament.

Because of the earlier loss to remo, the final at Who's The Man became very important to Raizzor, not only for the control of the company, and to screw Robinson over.. but also to get back at Remo. This would not have happened had Vice President Sommers, in his first "on air" order, restored the match after Remo had won through questionable means. Raizzor took the world title, and 50% of the company.. or more legitimately...33% since Robinson and Sommers also had say in the situation. What people did not realize at all,
was that Sommers and Raizzor were brothers, 66% of the company belonged in one man's favor.

Now, with Raizzor having control.. his powertrip was starting to turn him into a heel.. he was signing matches for himself left and right, to establish himself as a fighting champion, and the best there ever was.. and he was proving it, with win after win.. Then Raizzor felt himself so powerful, that he challenged Dr. Remo to a "Loser Leaves Town" match at Summer Sizzler for the World Title. But as time went on, the wins became more questionable, as he began to use underhanded tactics to win. his most notable, was having an undisclosed person sitting in the stands with a mirror, so Raizzor could see Insanity behind him, and lure him in to be defeated.

Then, The Corpse stepped up to the plate.. and in what can be described as the best two matches to ever be seen in the PWA, The Corpse and Raizzor battled heatedly and severely. But The Corpse used Raizzor's own misguided ness to his advantage, and scored the victory to obtain the world title...

But Raizzor was not worried, he had anticipated this event, and signed an immediate rematch for Tuesday Night. Amazingly, during that match, Dr. Remo saw fit to interfere in Raizzor's favor.. but his interference, though it could have cost the Corpse the title, was for naught. Raizzor gained the advantage.. then waited for the Corpse to turn back around. Raizzor smiled, motioned with one finger to "come on" The Corpse cracked the hint of a smile, and the two waged war once more. However, Raizzor again, was caught in the Closed Casket, and on his way to a second defeat. But Raizzor had warned he had "figured out" a way out of the Casket, and to everyone's amazement, he did. Raizzor's checked past caused expectations of a cheated outcome, but Raizzor was back.. mostly.. and used a sleeper hold to incapacitate the Corpse just long enough to score the pinfall with the Guillotine Leg Drop.

Raizzor had learned his lesson, and he had hoped, was not to late to rectify the respect he had for, and hopefully from, The Corpse. Now it was time, however, to put up or shut up. Summer Sizzler came.. and the main event was moments away. Raizzor stepped into the ring with Remo, and the two men with ferociously at each other's throats... In the end, Raizzor got the upper hand and was ready to retain the world title.

When All Hell Broke Loose.

That night, at Summer Sizzler, the world was witness to the end of an era, where Raizzor was ultimately destroyed by the 8ft tall Nightmare.. and Remo captured the PWA World Title. And true to his word, Raizzor's been gone ever since.
Until...... The ICONS break up, Prima Donna wins the PWA World Title, and offers Cinergy a chance...the two swear they will beat each other to a pulp at Bad Blood in a first blood match. But then, Dr. Steven Remo returns and is made the special referee for the main event. When the ICONS state they fooled everyone, and won't fight each other, Remo said he expected this, and declares it a triple threat match... the third man being.....
Raizzor.
On that night, not only did Raizzor return to the PWA, but also captured the World Title for an unprecedented THIRD time.

Raizzor was then able to defend the title successfully until he faced off against Prima Donna one last time. Numerous interferences cost Raizzor the match that night, and per his word, he dropped the PWA title to Prima Donna.

Meanwhile, his younger brother, Chamelion, who returned to the PWA with him during Bad Blood... sought out Thomas Riley for the AOWF TV title. In a failed attempt to assist Chamelion, Raizzor ended up costing him the match, and shortly after that, during a Tag Team Title Match with the Brother's Grimm, Chamelion turned on Raizzor and attacked.

Soon though, it was time to declare a new PWA world champion, and it came down to Raizzor and his friend, Ironheart. The battle was strong and fierce, but interference from Chamelion threw Raizzor off his game and Ironheart was able to pin Raizzor for the PWA World Title.

Raizzor swore after that, that he would hunt down Chamelion, and bury his own flesh and blood...but then, someone else got in Raizzor's way.

A new mysterious figure entered the PWA, her name; Mrs. X.

Mrs. X and Raizzor almost immediately took sides against each other, and with Mrs. X's control of the company, Raizzor was forced to take on a new, insulting gimmick of "Skippy" The Plumber Boy. Raizzor accepted these new stipulations, and hung up his ring attire and resumed his life as Michael Sommers. Michael then would only be referred to Mrs. X's new Skippy gimmick when entering the ring.

Mrs. X then announced that the only way that Michael could have the Raizzor gimmick back, was to win every single match going into Genesis 2, and that he must defeat Chamelion, or be banned from the PWA forever.

However, at Genesis 2, because Michael had been totally successful, Mrs. X wanted to renege on her deal, but Jasmine Lee coaxed Mrs. X into the ring, and pinned her in the PWA's first ever woman's match. Michael Sommers could go back into the ring against his brother, Chamelion.. As Raizzor.

But it didn't end there. That night, before Raizzor could take on his brother, Mrs. X revealed who she really was....: Banshee, Beth Anderson.

Believing this news would drive Raizzor crazy and she could rid the PWA of him, Beth Anderson sat quietly by as the two brothers went toe to toe in a no holds barred, loser leaves town war.

After a hard fought war, Raizzor connected with the Guillotine Leg Drop from the top rope over a steel ladder to score the pinfall.

Again, all Hell Broke Loose.

Nightmare had returned, determined once and for all to eliminate Raizzor from the PWA. But this time, finally.. all would be revealed.. The man behind Nightmare.. the man who initially tried to take over the PWA with this 8foot monster, was non other then Chamelion himself.

Raizzor was attacked and seemingly left for dead that night, as Chamelion and Nightmare disappeared from the PWA.

But All was not over. Raizzor returned. During his short absence, he had found Nightmare and Chamelion and fought and subdued the 8foot monster, and defeated his younger brother once and for all.

Now, Raizzor found himself in a new dilemma. All he had ever sought to do in the PWA, he had done.. Only one thing was left to do.

Retire.

Raizzor battled Sirus Moran in one of the greatest technical wrestling matches of all time, but he came up just short of winning. President Robinson awarded him a special "World Title" as thanks for all the hard work in the PWA.

But retired from active wrestling did not stop him from returning to manage the career of another up and coming superstar; Brymstone. Raizzor created the "Dark Forces"; Managing Brymstone, his brother Chamelion and the returning Nightmare. The Dark Forces quickly found themselves in a heated battle against "DEATH" led by Brymstone's wife; Nina Daemon Macabre. Nina and her forces quickly established themselves as the dominate force in the PWA, and it was up to the Dark Forces to stop them.

Finally, At Good vs. Evil, the final war took place, with each match earning a 'point' and which ever side earned the most at the end of the night, won the war. Before the main event, which would pit Raizzor's brother, Chamelion against the leader of DEATH, The Sword. Death took Chamelion out of the picture, and since this event was deemed a non-sanctioned event, Raizzor stepped in and did battle with, and eventually defeated the Sword, giving the Dark Forces the win, and more importantly, the war.

However, this match would leave it's mark on Raizzor, and even though he tried so very hard to deny it, a part of him longed to return to the ring. But because he valued his word so much, he took no action. That was, until, a new force entered the PWA; The M.o.A. (Masters of Armageddon).

The MoA's first official action was to kidnap and torture Chamelion, Brymstone and even The Sword which turned out to be Ironheart! The actions of the MOA, and their threats to Raizzor's family eventually took their toll, and The Sharp One returned!

But, sensing the strength of his adversaries, and the lack of supporting allies, Raizzor returned to his dark roots. He embraced the embers of passion, of fire, of violence.. and became "The Soul-Taker". Since his return to the ring, Raizzor has dominated his opponents like NEVER before. He, along with Brymstone and others, has rid the PWA of Four MoA members in less then two months! Along the way, others have fallen victim to his wrath, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

However, after a defeat at the hands of Monkey McDee, Raizzor paired up with his brother Chamelion to create the Tag-Team; Krymson Dragons.  In only their second match, the duo won the PWA Tag-Team Championship from the Infamous Brothers Grimm.  Their reign as champions lasted 40 plus days, but then at High Stakes, the two were eliminated in the fatal fourway when the other three teams ganged up to take them down. Shortly after, Raizzor and Chamelion took a break to recoup.. returning at London's Burning against Jeckyll & Hyde. Later that night, The Dragons put themselves back into contention by attacking the PWA Tag Team Champions.. their goal; to recapture the belts they never really lost. Raizzor and Chamelion took back the Tag-Team titles rather quickly, then lost them to the Cereal Killas in a re-match. Raizzor then joined up with Sirus Moran to create Team Supreme, took the titles back and held them for nearly 50 days. When they lost the titles, Raizzor decided it was time to break away from the PWA, to spend time with his family. Recently, Raizzor applied for his Ref's license and took work in the PWA as an official.


From early December of 2001 until April 1st, 2002; Raizzor acted soley in a referee capacity, but in many instances, his judgement was questionable. The motivation behind would become clear at Genesis IV when Raizzor, reffing the Dream Match between Undisputed Champion Sirus Moran and AOWF Champion Jeffery Drake, attacked both men and leave them laying in the center of the ring. Raizzor's reasons: To deliver a clear and precise message to Sirus Moran...a message Sirus surely understood.

This Would lead to Raizzor's final run, as he feuded with Sirus Moran for three months.. with Sirus getting the final win over the Soul-Taker at Manitoba Mayhem.  Raizzor then would go on to feud with Erik Draven.. and the fans began to cheer him once more.. but soon after, the Soul-Taker would return to working as a ref for his brother's federation, the W4F. 

Raizzor has officially retired, wrestling one street fight match against Apostle at Final Showdown, the very last PWA event...   Shortly there after, Raizzor was inducted into the AOWF Hall of Fame... below is his speech:

Sommers reaches the ring and slips into it...graciously taking his award and the mic from Joel...He takes a moment to examine the award, and then as he turns to face the camera his eyes lock on Drake's...It last only a moment, and he's speaking...

Michael Sommers: Well, odd as it may seem.. it’s a little difficult to find the words to express how I feel about this.  Ironically, the best days of my career happened even before the PWA Joined up with the AOWF Community….

…Back in early March of ’99, as I was searching for a strong federation to join up with.. I began working in three territories at one time.  Among them was the TWSN and PWA.  I think the TWSN gave me my first break when I fought and won their Internet title… but the biggest break was when President Robinson came to me, after only about six weeks in the PWA and asked me; “How would you like to be PWA World Champion?

I knew then I’d made my mark in professional wrestling.. to earn the respect of the fans and the eye of the company to become their head man… so early.  But the funny thing was, I turned him down.  I personally didn’t think I was ready.  But it wouldn’t be much longer that I earned that shot… winning Who’s The Man… that was what catapulted my career…

Strangely, that career lasted a total of one month… Pride and ego quickly consumed me.. and I agreed to a loser leaves town match against Steven Remo.. and lost.. Sure, the records show that Nightmare was instrumental in that loss, but truth be told.. I was thrown into the pool before I really had learned how to swim.  Some time off, a regrouping, and a clear head gave me the best opportunity I’d ever receive…and that was to fight for the World Title against some of the most legendary of PWA stars of that time.. Prima Donna, Cinergy and The Corpse.  Yeah, I’d have to say that was probably my best moment.

As I look back, standing up here in front of everyone… I may not have made the biggest impact in the AOWF as some of you have… but the Soul-Taker definitely became a name everyone knew… my exploits, though not always the best.. they were certainly infamous…  and I thank everyone who believed in me.. no matter what I’ve been through.  Will this inspire me to return to the ring?

A brief pause.

Michael Sommers: Nah.. but never say never… Thanks again…

He holds the trophy up as his music hits and the fans launch into cheer once again. Finally he exits the ring and makes his way back up the rampway...

That would have been the end... however.

History #2:  Upon Chamelion's urging, Raizzor returned with him to the HiC to reform the Krymson Dragons.  It wouldnt take long, however, for the two to split up as Chamelion began a long tun in the World title program.  Raizzor, himself, would have a title match... focus on taking out small fish... and wrestle more for the fun of it, then anything.

Until.

Near the end of the HiC... Michael Sommers decided to drop the name of Raizzor, and his 'gimmick' of the dark powers... only to fuel the rage of another dark soul' Eric Draven.. who would return and create havoc for the Sommers family.  This was bad enough, but the return of Panzadise as well.. would cause Michael to lose grip on reality... images, visions and dreams would plague him.. and then his wife, Jasmine.. was killed in a car accident, just days before Genesis 6...

Michael would have not competed, but the coarse, seemingly uncaring words of Panzadise lured Michael into the ring... and with rage and fire anew.. Michael Sommers would defeat Panzadise...only to be attacked by Erik Draven at last.

Michael would call on the power of Raizzor, and got the upper hand on Draven... but Draven was able to set Raizzor ablaze... and in a huge flash of fire and screams.. Raizzor disappeared... and has not been seen since.

Chamelion returned to action in Sept. 2004... will word of Raizzor soon follow?

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