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{{short description|Canadian professional wrestler and referee}}
{{Infobox Wrestler
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{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name=Shane Sewell
|name=Shane Sewell
|image= File:Shane Sewell WWL Champ.jpg
|names='''Glamour Boy Shane'''<br>Mr. Clean<br>Mr. GPR<br>'''Shane Sewell'''
|names= '''Shane The Glamour Boy'''<ref name=Cage/><br />'''Glamour Boy Shane'''<ref name=Cage/><br />'''Shane Sewell'''<ref name=Cage/><br />Shane<ref name=Cage/>
|height=6 ft 0 in
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|weight=225 lb
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1976|9|5|lk=y}}
|weight={{convert|230|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1972|9|5|mf=y}}<ref name=Cage>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=239|title=Cagematch profile}}</ref>
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|birth_place=[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
|billed=[[Toronto, Canada]]
|birth_place=[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada<ref name=Cage/>
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|billed=Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|resides=[[Caguas, Puerto Rico]]<br>[[Orlando, Florida]]
|debut=1989
|debut=1989<ref name=Cage/>
}}
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'''Shane Sewell''' (born September 5, 1972) is a Canadian [[professional wrestler]] and [[Referee (professional wrestling)|referee]]. He has worked for the [[World Wrestling Council]], the [[International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)|International Wrestling Association]] and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] as both a referee and wrestler. Shane Sewell is a fourteen-time World Heavyweight Champion, having won the [[IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Puerto Rico)|IWA Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship]] ten times, the [[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship]] three times, and the [[WWL World Heavyweight Championship]] one time. By winning the IWA, WWC, and WWL World Heavyweight Championships, Sewell won the three world titles from three top promotions in Puerto Rico.


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==Professional wrestling career==
'''Shane Sewell''' (born [[September 5]] [[1976]]<ref>[http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Shane_the_Glamour_Boy Luchawiki - Shane the Glamour Boy]</ref> in [[Ontario]]) is a [[professional wrestler]] and [[Referee (professional wrestling)|Referee]], who wrestles in [[Puerto Rico]] better known for his roles in the [[International Wrestling Association]] and the [[World Wrestling Council]]. He is a referee for [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]].


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===World Wrestling Council (1995–2000)===
==Career==
During the mid 1990s Sewell formed a tag team with [[Sean Morley|Glamour Boy Sean]] they were known as the Canadian Glamour Boys. Together they won the [[WWC World Tag Team Championship]]s twice before going their own way. Sewell also became a three time [[WWC Television Championship|WWC Television Champion]] on separate occasions. After two years out of the tag team division Sewell won the vacant WWC World Tag Team Championships for a third time teaming with [[Aldo Ortiz|Ricky Santana]].
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===World Wrestling Council===
Sewell started out in the [[World Wrestling Council]] in 1995 as a tag team with [[Sean Morley]] as the Canadian Glamour Boys and feuded with Jesus Castillo and Invader #1, Ray Gonzalez, Bronco #1 over the WWC Tag Team titles. Sewell left the company to return to his native Canada but returned to the company and feuded with Ray Gonzalez over the Universal Heavyweight title briefly before turning face after [[Dutch Mantell]] and Rico Suave turned on him. Sewell left the WWC in February 2000 for the [[International Wrestling Association]] after losing both the Puerto Rico Heavyweight and TV Titles to Rex King.


===Internation Wrestling Association===
===International Wrestling Association (2000–2005)===
Sewell debuted in the IWA days after leaving WWC in a run-in to help [[Savio Vega]] as he was being double-teamed by Miguel Perez and Jesus Castillo in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He became the company's first Heavyweight Champion on October 28, 2000 in [[Bayamon, Puerto Rico]]. He started a notable feud in December, 2001 when Savio Vega returned and unified with Starr Corporation and attacked both Sewell and [[Ricky Banderas]] forming Los Hermanos en Dolor (Brothers in Pain). In December 2004, Sewell turned heel with Savio Vega after he won the Heavyweight title from Ray Gonzalez at [[IWA Christmas in Puerto Rico|Christmas in Puerto Rico]]. He lost the title to Chicano at Juicio Final on April 2, 2005 in Caguas, Puerto Rico and after that teamed with Jean-Paul Lafitte part-time.
Sewell debuted in the IWA days after leaving WWC in a run-in to help [[Savio Vega]] as he was being double-teamed by [[Miguel Pérez, Jr.|Miguel Perez]] and Jesus Castillo in [[Carolina, Puerto Rico]]. He became the company's first [[IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Puerto Rico)|World Heavyweight Champion]] on October 28, 2000 in [[Bayamon, Puerto Rico]]. He started a notable feud in December 2001 when Vega returned and unified with Starr Corporation and attacked both Sewell and [[Ricky Banderas]] forming Los Hermanos en Dolor (Brothers in Pain). In December 2004, Sewell turned [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] with Vega after he won the Heavyweight title from Ray Gonzalez at [[IWA Christmas in Puerto Rico|Christmas in Puerto Rico]]. He lost the title to [[Sangre Chicana|Chicano]] at Juicio Final on April 2, 2005 in [[Caguas, Puerto Rico]] and after that teamed with [[Carl Ouellet|Jean-Pierre Lafitte]] part-time. Sewell returned to the [[International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)|IWA]] in 2008 with former [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] stars [[Ricky Vega]] and [[The Naturals]] as well as veteran stalwart [[Vito LoGrasso|Big Vito]]. Sewell tagged with Vega for a time before Vega turned [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] and became undisputed IWA heavyweight champion. The two former partners would meet several times after, with Sewell falling short of the title he helped make famous.


===Time split between WWC and IWA===
===Time split between WWC and IWA (2005–2006) ===
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Sewell wrestled part time in then-new Puerto Rican federation [[New Wrestling Stars]]. During his time in the company, he made history, when as part of a talent exchange with the WWC, he won the [[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship]] title from "La Amenaza" Bryan in [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]] on November 5, 2005, which made Sewell the first wrestler to win both the top titles in both IWA and WWC in a calendar year. He lost the Universal title to Bryan on February 12, 2006 and split his time with both companies. Sewell later feuded with [[Tim Arson]] over the NWS Heavyweight title until June 3, 2006 when he lost a Title vs Leave The Company match.


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Sewell wrestled part-time in then-new Puerto Rican federation New Wrestling Stars. During his time in the company, as part of a talent exchange with the WWC, he won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship title from "La Amenaza" Bryan in [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]] on November 5, 2005, which made Sewell the first wrestler to win both the top titles in both IWA and WWC in a calendar year. He lost the Universal title to Bryan on February 12, 2006 and split his time with both companies. Sewell later feuded with [[Tim Arson]] over the NWS Heavyweight title until June 3, 2006 when he lost a Title vs. Leave The Company match.
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When the [[New Wrestling Stars]] promotion folded, he made his IWA return on Impacto Total on August 19, 2006 in an angle with Miguel Perez Jr. in his office saying the Glamour Boy is ready to return. Later that night in [[Caguas, Puerto Rico]], Sewell, under the masked gimmick '''Mr. GPR''' ran in and helped Perez Jr., Ray Gonzalez, Thunder and Lightning clear of the ring of Savio Vega's La Compania before Sewell unmasked himself. Sewell won the Heavyweight title in a three-way match from Ray Gonzalez and Lightning at [[IWA Christmas in Puerto Rico]] on December 9, 2006 for a record ninth time.


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When the New Wrestling Stars promotion folded, he made his IWA return on ''Impacto Total'' on August 19, 2006 in an angle with Miguel Perez Jr. in his office saying the Glamour Boy is ready to return. Later that night in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Sewell, under the masked gimmick Mr. GPR ran in and helped Perez Jr., Ray Gonzalez, [[Thunder and Lightning (professional wrestling)|Thunder and Lightning]] clear of the ring of Savio Vega's La Compania before Sewell unmasked himself. Sewell won the Heavyweight title in a three-way match from Gonzalez and Lightning at [[IWA Christmas in Puerto Rico]] on December 9, 2006 for a record ninth time. He has been making part-time appearances for WWC since 2008.
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===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling===
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Sewell is currently working for TNA to help develop and train upcoming wrestlers while also appearing as a referee on TNA's television program ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]''. Sewell first made an impact in TNA by defending himself and fighting back after [[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] took exception to being defeated after a re-start in a match against [[Consequences Creed]]. Sewell quickly clotheslined Bashir over the top rope to the floor, and had to be calmed down by referee [[Earl Hebner]]. Since the Bashir altercation he has had a number of ring clearing brawls with wrestlers who have pushed or shoved him while he was working as a referee.


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===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2008–2009)===
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On the [[November 13]] episode of ''Impact!'' during a [[TNA X Division Championship]] match between [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]] and champion Sheik Abdul Bashir, Sewell halted a 3 count due to noticing an illegal action on the part of Bashir, then asking the audience if Bashir had done so. Bashir then shoved Sewell to the mat, causing Sewell to snap, remove his referee shirt and begin attacking Bashir. As a result, Young hit a [[Professional wrestling throws#Death Valley Driver|Death Valley driver]] on Bashir and got the pinfall, becoming the new X Division Champion. However, the decision was reversed one week later by Jim Cornette due to Sewell's interference. A similar incident occured at [[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resoultion]], where Bashir shoved Sewell and Sewell retaliated by kicking Bashir's feet off the top rope, thus causing him to be pinned by Eric Young. Bashir then attacked Sewell and busted him open in the process.
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Sewell began working for [[Impact Wrestling|Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] to help develop and train upcoming wrestlers while (at the time) also appearing as a referee on ''[[Impact! (TV series)|Impact!]]''. He first made a mark in TNA by defending himself after [[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] took exception to being defeated after a restart in a match against [[Xavier Woods|Consequences Creed]]. Sewell quickly clotheslined Bashir over the top rope to the floor and had to be calmed down by referee [[Earl Hebner]]. Since the altercation, he had a number of brawls with wrestlers who shoved him while he was working as a referee.


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On the November 13 episode of ''Impact!'' during an [[TNA X Division Championship|X Division Championship]] match between [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]] and champion Sheik Abdul Bashir, Sewell stopped a three-count in noticing an illegal action on the part of Bashir, then asking the audience if Bashir had done so. Bashir then shoved Sewell to the mat, causing him to remove his referee shirt and begin attacking Bashir. As a result, Young hit a [[Professional wrestling throws#Death Valley driver|Death Valley Driver]] on Bashir and won the match, becoming the new X Division Champion. However, the decision was reversed one week later by [[Jim Cornette]] due to Sewell's interference. A similar incident occurred at [[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]], where Bashir shoved Sewell and he retaliated by kicking Bashir's feet off the top rope, thus causing him to be pinned by Young. Bashir then attacked Sewell and busted him open in the process.
On [[January 8]] he was fired as a referee by Jim Cornette and rehired as a wrestler. His first match will be against his nemesis Sheik Abdul Bashir at [[Genesis (2009)]]


On January 8, 2009, Sewell was ([[kayfabe]]) fired as an official after another confrontation with Bashir. However, as part of the confrontation, Cornette announced that Sewell would be hired as a wrestler and face Bashir at TNA's [[pay-per-view]] event [[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]], which Sewell won.<ref name=Matches/> Sewell apparently was allowed to officiate matches again, as on the ''Impact!'' following Genesis, he officiated [[Hernandez (wrestler)|Hernandez]]'s disqualification loss against [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]]. After having a number of confrontations with [[Booker T (wrestler)|Booker T]], Cornette announced that at [[Against All Odds (2009)|Against All Odds]], Booker would defend his [[TNA Global Championship|Legends Championship]] against Sewell. At Against All Odds, Sewell was defeated in his first and only championship match in TNA.<ref name=Matches>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=239&view=matches#matches|title=Match listings}}</ref> On the March 26 episode of ''Impact!'', Sewell took part in a Captain's Gauntlet match, but was quickly eliminated by [[Kurt Angle]]. On May 22, 2009, it was confirmed that Sewell had been released from the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.de/?id=71&nr=3655|title=Sewell released from TNA}}</ref>
==In wrestling==
*'''Finishing and signature moves'''
:* '''[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Diving elbow drop|Diving elbow drop]]'''
:* '''[[DDT (professional wrestling)#Float-over DDT|Float&ndash;over]] [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Inverted DDT|inverted DDT]]'''


===Return to WWC===
*'''[[Manager (professional wrestling)|Managers]]'''
After being released from TNA, Sewell worked the June 25 tapings of [[Florida Championship Wrestling]],<ref name="WWE">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlescoop.com/2009/06/26/tna-referee-shane-sewell-in-wwe-wwe-dev-diva-news-sicodelico-jr/|title=TNA Referee Shane Sewell in WWE, WWE Dev. Diva News, Sicodelico Jr. - WRESTLESCOOP|date=26 June 2009|access-date=June 26, 2009|archive-date=February 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213082608/http://www.wrestlescoop.com/2009/06/26/tna-referee-shane-sewell-in-wwe-wwe-dev-diva-news-sicodelico-jr/|url-status=dead}}</ref> before returning to WWC. Soon after returning, Sewell competed in several matches for the [[WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship|Puerto Rico Heavyweight]] and [[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship|Universal Heavyweight Championships]], but was unable to win either title.<ref name=Matches/> On August 8, Sewell defeated [[Aron Stevens|Idol Stevens]] for the Puerto Rico Title.<ref name=Matches/> After two successful title defenses, Sewell lost the title to Orlando Colón on September 29.<ref name=Matches/> On September 27, Sewell defeated Noriega, BJ and Orlando Colón to win the Unified Universal Title for the third time. Sewell continued his [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] with Colón by defeating him in a match for the Universal Title on October 17.<ref name=Matches/> He would go on to lose the title to Noriega on November 28, 2009. Sewell returned to the promotion thirteen months later, interfering in a match between [[Carlito (wrestler)|Carly Colón]] and Ricky Banderas, costing Colón the Universal Heavyweight Championship and reforming ''Los Hermanos en Dolor''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://superluchas.com/resultados-euphoria-2011-mesias-se-corona-campeon-universal-mascarita-dorada-vence-a-pierrothito-mvp-en-puerto-rico-%E2%80%93-shane-the-glamour-boy-regresa-a-wwc/ | title=Resultados: Euphoria 2011 – Mesías se corona Campeón Universal- Mascarita Dorada vence a Pierrothito- MVP en Puerto Rico – Shane the Glamour Boy regresa a WWC… | author= Piñeiro, Anthony | publisher=[[Super Luchas]]| language=es| date=January 9, 2011| access-date=January 9, 2011}}</ref>
:* [[Julio Estrada (wrestler)|Rico Suave]]
:* [[Aldo Ortiz|Ricky Santana]]
:* Jose Chapparo


===Various promotions===
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==Championships and accomplishment==
Shane Sewell returned to the IWA for their Christmas in PR event, but left after Juicio Final to appear in the PRWA (Puerto Rico Wrestling Association) in April 2010. On October 18, 2014, at WWL Insurrection, Sewell defeated Monster Pain to win the WWL World Heavyweight Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/wwlmundial/photos/a.801023596578351.1073741909.591733780840668/966063656741010/?type=1|title=WWL Mundial|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> He lost the title to [[Alberto Del Rio|Alberto el Patron]] in January 2015 at WWL's Three Kings Day holiday event in a three-way match that also included Ricky Banderas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwinsider.com/article/90618/more-gold-for-del-rio.html?p=1|title=MORE GOLD FOR DEL RIO - PWInsider.com|website=pwinsider.com}}</ref>
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*'''[[International Wrestling Association]]'''
:* [[IWA Hardcore Championship]] ([[IWA Hardcore Championship#Title History|6 times]])<ref>[http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiahardcore.php IWA - Historia: Campeonato Hardcore]</ref>
:* [[IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship]] ([[IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship#Title History|2 times]])<ref>[http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiaintercontinental.php IWA - Historia: Campeonato Intercontinental]</ref>
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:* [[IWA World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[IWA World Heavyweight Championship#Title History|9 times]])<ref>[http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiamundial.php IWA - Historia: Campeonato Mundial]</ref>
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:* [[IWA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[IWA World Tag Team Championship#Title History|4 times]]) &ndash; with [[D'Lo Brown]] (1), [[Ricky Banderas]] (1), [[Kasey James|KC James]] (1) and [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] (1)<ref>[http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiamundialparejas.php IWA - Historia: Campeonato Mundial en Parejas]</ref>


==Personal life==
Sewell owns and operates a [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#School|wrestling school]] in [[Caguas, Puerto Rico]].<ref name=Cage/>

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==Championships and accomplishment==
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*'''[[International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)|International Wrestling Association]]'''
**[[IWA Hardcore Championship]] ([[IWA Hardcore Championship#Title history|7 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiahardcore.php|title=IWA Hardcore Championship history|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206031359/http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiahardcore.php|archive-date=February 6, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
**[[IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship|IWA Intercontinental Championship]] ([[IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship#Title history|2 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiaintercontinental.php|title=IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship history|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213073510/http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiaintercontinental.php|archive-date=December 13, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
**[[IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Puerto Rico)|IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[IWA Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship#Title history|10 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiamundial.php|title=IWA World Heavyweight Championship history|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208225649/http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiamundial.php|archive-date=February 8, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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**[[IWA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[IWA World Tag Team Championship#Title history|4 times]]) – with [[D'Lo Brown]] (1), [[Ricky Banderas]] (1), [[Kasey James|KC James]] (1) and [[Abyss (wrestler)|Abyss]] (1)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiamundialparejas.php|title=IWA World Tag Team Championship history|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213073608/http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/historiamundialparejas.php|archive-date=December 13, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
**PWI ranked him #'''224''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prowrestlingillustrated.blogspot.com/2011/08/pwi-500-201-300.html|title="PWI 500": 201–300|date=2011-08-05|access-date=2011-08-05|work=[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]}}</ref>
*'''[[World Wrestling Council]]'''
*'''[[World Wrestling Council]]'''
:* [[WWC Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWC Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship#Title History|1 time]])
**[[WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship#Title history|2 times]])
:* [[WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship#Title History|1 time]])
**[[WWC Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWC Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship#Title history|2 times]])
:* [[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship#Title History|2 times]])
**[[WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship#Title history|3 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/pr-h.html|title=WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship history}}</ref>
:* [[WWC World Tag Team Championship]] ([[WWC World Tag Team Championship#Title History|2 times]]) &ndash; with [[Sean Morley]] (1) and [[Aldo Ortiz|Ricky Santana]] (1)
**[[WWC Television Championship]] ([[WWC World Television Championship#Title History|7 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/wwc-tv.html|title=WWC World Television Championship history}}</ref>
:* [[WWC World Television Championship]] ([[WWC World Television Championship#Title History|1 time]])
**[[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship#Title history|3 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/wwc-h.html|title=WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship history}}</ref>
**[[WWC World Tag Team Championship]] ([[WWC World Tag Team Championship#Title history|3 times]]) – with [[Sean Morley|Glamour Boy Sean]] (2) and [[Aldo Ortiz|Ricky Santana]] (1)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/wwc-t.html|title=WWC World Tag Team Championships|work=Wrestling-Titles.comt|access-date=2006-03-25}}</ref>
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*'''[[World Wrestling League]]'''
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**[[WWL World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWL World Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])


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Shane Sewell
Born (1972-09-05) September 5, 1972 (age 52)[1]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Shane The Glamour Boy[1]
Glamour Boy Shane[1]
Shane Sewell[1]
Shane[1]
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight230 lb (100 kg)
Billed fromToronto, Ontario, Canada
Debut1989[1]

Shane Sewell (born September 5, 1972) is a Canadian professional wrestler and referee. He has worked for the World Wrestling Council, the International Wrestling Association and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as both a referee and wrestler. Shane Sewell is a fourteen-time World Heavyweight Champion, having won the IWA Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship ten times, the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship three times, and the WWL World Heavyweight Championship one time. By winning the IWA, WWC, and WWL World Heavyweight Championships, Sewell won the three world titles from three top promotions in Puerto Rico.

Professional wrestling career

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World Wrestling Council (1995–2000)

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During the mid 1990s Sewell formed a tag team with Glamour Boy Sean they were known as the Canadian Glamour Boys. Together they won the WWC World Tag Team Championships twice before going their own way. Sewell also became a three time WWC Television Champion on separate occasions. After two years out of the tag team division Sewell won the vacant WWC World Tag Team Championships for a third time teaming with Ricky Santana.

International Wrestling Association (2000–2005)

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Sewell debuted in the IWA days after leaving WWC in a run-in to help Savio Vega as he was being double-teamed by Miguel Perez and Jesus Castillo in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He became the company's first World Heavyweight Champion on October 28, 2000 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. He started a notable feud in December 2001 when Vega returned and unified with Starr Corporation and attacked both Sewell and Ricky Banderas forming Los Hermanos en Dolor (Brothers in Pain). In December 2004, Sewell turned heel with Vega after he won the Heavyweight title from Ray Gonzalez at Christmas in Puerto Rico. He lost the title to Chicano at Juicio Final on April 2, 2005 in Caguas, Puerto Rico and after that teamed with Jean-Pierre Lafitte part-time. Sewell returned to the IWA in 2008 with former TNA stars Ricky Vega and The Naturals as well as veteran stalwart Big Vito. Sewell tagged with Vega for a time before Vega turned heel and became undisputed IWA heavyweight champion. The two former partners would meet several times after, with Sewell falling short of the title he helped make famous.

Time split between WWC and IWA (2005–2006)

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Sewell wrestled part-time in then-new Puerto Rican federation New Wrestling Stars. During his time in the company, as part of a talent exchange with the WWC, he won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship title from "La Amenaza" Bryan in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico on November 5, 2005, which made Sewell the first wrestler to win both the top titles in both IWA and WWC in a calendar year. He lost the Universal title to Bryan on February 12, 2006 and split his time with both companies. Sewell later feuded with Tim Arson over the NWS Heavyweight title until June 3, 2006 when he lost a Title vs. Leave The Company match.

When the New Wrestling Stars promotion folded, he made his IWA return on Impacto Total on August 19, 2006 in an angle with Miguel Perez Jr. in his office saying the Glamour Boy is ready to return. Later that night in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Sewell, under the masked gimmick Mr. GPR ran in and helped Perez Jr., Ray Gonzalez, Thunder and Lightning clear of the ring of Savio Vega's La Compania before Sewell unmasked himself. Sewell won the Heavyweight title in a three-way match from Gonzalez and Lightning at IWA Christmas in Puerto Rico on December 9, 2006 for a record ninth time. He has been making part-time appearances for WWC since 2008.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2008–2009)

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Sewell began working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling to help develop and train upcoming wrestlers while (at the time) also appearing as a referee on Impact!. He first made a mark in TNA by defending himself after Sheik Abdul Bashir took exception to being defeated after a restart in a match against Consequences Creed. Sewell quickly clotheslined Bashir over the top rope to the floor and had to be calmed down by referee Earl Hebner. Since the altercation, he had a number of brawls with wrestlers who shoved him while he was working as a referee.

On the November 13 episode of Impact! during an X Division Championship match between Eric Young and champion Sheik Abdul Bashir, Sewell stopped a three-count in noticing an illegal action on the part of Bashir, then asking the audience if Bashir had done so. Bashir then shoved Sewell to the mat, causing him to remove his referee shirt and begin attacking Bashir. As a result, Young hit a Death Valley Driver on Bashir and won the match, becoming the new X Division Champion. However, the decision was reversed one week later by Jim Cornette due to Sewell's interference. A similar incident occurred at Final Resolution, where Bashir shoved Sewell and he retaliated by kicking Bashir's feet off the top rope, thus causing him to be pinned by Young. Bashir then attacked Sewell and busted him open in the process.

On January 8, 2009, Sewell was (kayfabe) fired as an official after another confrontation with Bashir. However, as part of the confrontation, Cornette announced that Sewell would be hired as a wrestler and face Bashir at TNA's pay-per-view event Genesis, which Sewell won.[2] Sewell apparently was allowed to officiate matches again, as on the Impact! following Genesis, he officiated Hernandez's disqualification loss against Sting. After having a number of confrontations with Booker T, Cornette announced that at Against All Odds, Booker would defend his Legends Championship against Sewell. At Against All Odds, Sewell was defeated in his first and only championship match in TNA.[2] On the March 26 episode of Impact!, Sewell took part in a Captain's Gauntlet match, but was quickly eliminated by Kurt Angle. On May 22, 2009, it was confirmed that Sewell had been released from the company.[3]

Return to WWC

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After being released from TNA, Sewell worked the June 25 tapings of Florida Championship Wrestling,[4] before returning to WWC. Soon after returning, Sewell competed in several matches for the Puerto Rico Heavyweight and Universal Heavyweight Championships, but was unable to win either title.[2] On August 8, Sewell defeated Idol Stevens for the Puerto Rico Title.[2] After two successful title defenses, Sewell lost the title to Orlando Colón on September 29.[2] On September 27, Sewell defeated Noriega, BJ and Orlando Colón to win the Unified Universal Title for the third time. Sewell continued his feud with Colón by defeating him in a match for the Universal Title on October 17.[2] He would go on to lose the title to Noriega on November 28, 2009. Sewell returned to the promotion thirteen months later, interfering in a match between Carly Colón and Ricky Banderas, costing Colón the Universal Heavyweight Championship and reforming Los Hermanos en Dolor.[5]

Various promotions

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Shane Sewell returned to the IWA for their Christmas in PR event, but left after Juicio Final to appear in the PRWA (Puerto Rico Wrestling Association) in April 2010. On October 18, 2014, at WWL Insurrection, Sewell defeated Monster Pain to win the WWL World Heavyweight Championship.[6] He lost the title to Alberto el Patron in January 2015 at WWL's Three Kings Day holiday event in a three-way match that also included Ricky Banderas.[7]

Personal life

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Sewell owns and operates a wrestling school in Caguas, Puerto Rico.[1]

Championships and accomplishment

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Cagematch profile".
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Match listings".
  3. ^ "Sewell released from TNA".
  4. ^ "TNA Referee Shane Sewell in WWE, WWE Dev. Diva News, Sicodelico Jr. - WRESTLESCOOP". June 26, 2009. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2009.
  5. ^ Piñeiro, Anthony (January 9, 2011). "Resultados: Euphoria 2011 – Mesías se corona Campeón Universal- Mascarita Dorada vence a Pierrothito- MVP en Puerto Rico – Shane the Glamour Boy regresa a WWC…" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  6. ^ "WWL Mundial". www.facebook.com.
  7. ^ "MORE GOLD FOR DEL RIO - PWInsider.com". pwinsider.com.
  8. ^ "IWA Hardcore Championship history". Archived from the original on February 6, 2007.
  9. ^ "IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship history". Archived from the original on December 13, 2006.
  10. ^ "IWA World Heavyweight Championship history". Archived from the original on February 8, 2008.
  11. ^ "IWA World Tag Team Championship history". Archived from the original on December 13, 2006.
  12. ^ ""PWI 500": 201–300". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. August 5, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
  13. ^ "WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship history".
  14. ^ "WWC World Television Championship history".
  15. ^ "WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship history".
  16. ^ "WWC World Tag Team Championships". Wrestling-Titles.comt. Retrieved March 25, 2006.
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