Matt Polinsky (born February 24, 1984) is an
American professional wrestler known better by his
ring name,
Sterling James Keenan, the second part of which is taken from
Maynard James Keenan of
Tool.
Career
Keenan debuted on March 22, 2000 against Orion and wrestled mainly at NWA East/Pro Wrestling eXpress until given his break by
International Wrestling Cartel in 2002, defeating
CM Punk. Keenan made various indie appearances, most notably with IWC and
Dory Funk Jr.'s "Funkin' Conservatory", until finally winning the IWC Heavyweight Title on November 1, 2003, defeating Dennis Gregory. He kept the title until March 20, 2004, losing it to
Dean Radford. Keenan continued to battle on, however, finding his greatest success in IWC and eventually taking the IWC Super Indy title after it was vacated by
Chris Sabin. SJK defeated
Petey Williams in a four-way that also included Fabulous
John McChesney and Josh Prohibition. McChesney then proceeded to win the Super Indy Tournament in 2005, but Keenan took the title back at
Ring Of Honor's
Do Or Die V. McChesney gained a rematch on IWC ground and regained it once more.
Polinsky was invited to
Ohio Valley Wrestling to train; he has also appeared as a
jobber in
dark matches, on
WWE Velocity and teamed with
Jon Bolen to face
Jamie Noble and
Kid Kash on the last episode of
WWE Velocity.
1PW
Keenan made his debut for UK-based promotion
1 Pro Wrestling at their inaugural show in October 2005, defeating
D'Lo......
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