| ![]() Taz Hometown: Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York Height: 5' 8" Weight: 248 lbs. Turned Pro: 1987 Catch Phrase: "Beat me if you can, Survive If I Let you!" Championships Held: ECW World Heavyweight championship; ECW World Television championship ECW World Tag Team championship Unrecognized FTW World championship Nicknamed the "Human Suplex Machine" Taz is the most prolific mat wrestler in Extreme Championship Wrestling. He is also the most miserable, and derives pleasure in choking his opponents out with the Tazmission, a judo choke that has been deemed illegal in judo competition, but is allowed in ECW. An intense combatant, Taz meshes his strict martial arts and grappling background with his rough childhood growing up on the streets of Red Hook, allowing him to outwrestle and outbrawl anyone, often in a matter of minutes. Taz is renowned for his focus within the industry, as evidenced by his long pursuit of rival Sabu and the ECW World championship. Refusing to back down to anyone, including ECW management during his chase of the ECW World championship. Taz created the FTW World championship and later unified it with the ECW World championship to become the undisputed world champion. [Bill Alfonso][Steve Corino][Super Crazy][Justin Credible][Tommy Dreamer][The Dudley Boyz][Spike Dudley][Francine][Little Guido][Jerry Lynn][Balls Mahoney][Dawn Marie][Sabu][Lance Storm][Joey Styles][Yoshihiro Tajiri][Taz][Rob Van Dam] |