Early career (1995–2002) Park was trained by Roger Ruffin of the Northern Wrestling Federation (NWF). and first appeared in IWA at Golpe de Estado in July 2002 in front of 13,000 fans at the Roberto Clemente baseball park in
Carolina, Puerto Rico, when he attacked and disabled
Shane the Glamour Boy, who was scheduled to appear in the main event that night versus
Savio Vega. While working for the company, Park held the
IWA Hardcore Championship,
IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, and
IWA World Tag Team Championship. A Barbed Wire Massacre match at
Turning Point on December 11 ended the feud. On the following
Impact!, after Abyss and Cage failed to win the
NWA World Tag Team Championship from Team 3D, Abyss finally had enough, and
turned face by giving James Mitchell a
Black Hole Slam. But after Abyss got his bag of tacks and dumped them on the mat to chokeslam Mitchell on to them Cage, Styles, Steiner and Tomko attacked Abyss, beating him with a chair and a barbed wire baseball bat, which in the storyline, put him out of action. After Slammiversary, Abyss aligned himself with former rival Sting and spoke for the first time in TNA, saying "Tomko... Styles... 3 days... Click... DOOMSDAY!", the phrase used by former manager James Mitchell. Abyss and Sting defeated Tomko and A.J. Styles at
Victory Road on July 15, but not without receiving a message from James Mitchell himself, telling the two that his son,
Judas Mesias, was coming to TNA. The following week Abyss and Sting defeated Cage and Styles in a
ladder match, after an assist from the debuting
Andrew Martin. The following
Impact!, Abyss successfully defended his contendership against Cage in a
First Blood match, but was attacked by TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Kurt Angle. Following the bout, James Mitchell appeared, and a hand ripped through the ring and dragged Abyss into the ring. Following the event, Abyss battled against Mitchell and Black Reign, with Black Reign and Abyss attacking each other on several occasions. On the September 24 episode of
Impact! Abyss's mentor
Mick Foley turned on him during and after a
TNA World Tag Team Championship match against Booker T and Scott Steiner. At
Bound for Glory on October 18, Abyss defeated Foley in the Monster's Ball match after counting the pinfall with the hand of the unconscious Dr. Stevie. Two weeks later Abyss defeated Dr. Stevie via pinfall. The following week, Foley explained that he had played Dr. Stevie all along and had challenged Abyss to a match at Bound for Glory in order to test how tough he really was, seemingly returning to being a face. Afterwards Foley booked a match between Abyss and Stevie for the following week with the added stipulation that if Stevie lost the match, he would have to leave TNA. On the November 12 episode of
Impact! Raven returned to TNA, saved Stevie's future in the company, by costing Abyss a match against him and threw a fireball on Foley's face. During Abyss and Foley's feud with Stevie and Raven TNA shot an angle, in which Stevie set Abyss on fire, that
Spike wouldn't let them air on the channel and therefore had to be aired on the company's website.
Immortal (2010–2012) When
Hulk Hogan and
Eric Bischoff took over TNA at the beginning of 2010, Abyss's TNA career was thrown into question by Bischoff, when Mick Foley refused to work with him. When Foley finally agreed to work with Bischoff, he was booked to face Abyss at
Against All Odds on February 14 in a No Disqualification match as part of the
8 Card Stud Tournament, with the added stipulation that if a barbed wire baseball bat was not used during the match, Abyss would lose his mask on the following episode of
Impact!. Abyss defeated Foley with the Black Hole Slam, just as he was going to use the bat. An exasperated Hogan took Abyss to his office, gave him a pep talk about how he once was the most feared man in the company, and how sick he is of him being a neurotic mess. He offered his guidance and then his Hall of Fame ring and said that it would make Abyss a god of wrestling. Afterwards, the returning Jeff Hardy saved Abyss and Hogan from a beatdown at the hands of Styles, Flair and Desmond Wolfe. The following day on
Impact! Abyss was announced as the captain of Team Hogan in the annual Lethal Lockdown match, where they would meet Team Flair, captained by Sting. At
Lockdown on April 18, Abyss, Jeff Jarrett,
Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy defeated Sting, Desmond Wolfe, Robert Roode and James Storm. On the April 26 episode of
Impact! Abyss defeated Ric Flair in a match, where Flair's and Hogan's Hall of Fame rings were at stake and as a result Flair lost possession of his ring to Hogan. On the May 3 episode of
Impact!, Abyss aided Jay Lethal, who had been given possession of Flair's ring, Rob Van Dam, Team 3D, and Hulk Hogan fight off Ric Flair, AJ Styles, Beer Money, and Desmond Wolfe. Later that night, Abyss lost a Monster's Ball match to AJ Styles, after Flair and Desmond Wolfe's valet Chelsea interfered in the match. The following week Abyss was given a shot at the
TNA Global Championship, but was unable to compete after being arrested for allegedly assaulting Chelsea. Later in the night it was revealed that Chelsea and Wolfe, who was scheduled to face Abyss at
Sacrifice on May 16, had set Abyss up. At Sacrifice Abyss defeated Wolfe to win Chelsea's services for 30 days. The following month at
Slammiversary VIII on June 13, Chelsea turned on Wolfe and helped Abyss defeat him in a Monster's Ball match. On the following episode of
Impact!, Abyss was forced to give Chelsea's custody back to Desmond Wolfe, much to the reluctance of Chelsea. Later in the night, he competed in a three-way match against Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy to determine a number one contender to Rob Van Dam's TNA World Heavyweight Championship, which ended in a triple countout. After the match, Abyss turned heel by destroying both of his opponents and having a heated confrontation with Hogan. The following week Abyss revealed that he was being controlled by an entity, who was coming to TNA, before returning Hogan's Hall of Fame ring to him, shoving it down his throat. On the July 15 episode of
Impact! the new top ten rankings were revealed with Abyss picking up the top spot to become the new number one contender to Rob Van Dam's TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Abyss then began going after Van Dam with a new weapon, a board filled with nails, which he named Janice, The match took place on the August 12 episode of
Impact!, when Van Dam defeated Abyss to retain the title. After the match Abyss joined
Fourtune members A.J. Styles, Kazarian, Robert Roode, James Storm,
Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan in assaulting Van Dam and the rest of EV 2.0, a stable consisting of former
Extreme Championship Wrestling performers, during which he apparently hit Van Dam with Janice. As a result of the attack Van Dam was sidelined with a storyline injury, which forced him to vacate the TNA World Heavyweight Championship the following week. This led to people like Jeff Hardy, Hulk Hogan and members of EV 2.0 targeting Abyss in order to avenge their fallen friend. At
No Surrender on September 5, Abyss defeated EV 2.0 member Rhino in a Falls Count Anywhere match. Rob Van Dam returned on the September 23 episode of
Impact!, confronting Abyss and demanding a match against him at
Bound for Glory on October 10, which Eric Bischoff agreed to give him. Later that same night Abyss attacked Jeff Hardy, trying to make an example out of him, while also beating down the heavily taped up Van Dam, when he tried to make the save. On the October 7 live episode of
Impact! Abyss was about to be fired by Bischoff for manhandling TNA president
Dixie Carter, but was saved by Van Dam, who threatened to quit the company if he wasn't allowed to face Abyss at Bound for Glory. Later in the night Carter agreed to let Van Dam face Abyss, but signed papers to have Abyss fired from TNA the day following the pay–per–view. At Bound for Glory Van Dam defeated Abyss in a Monster's Ball match, after using Janice on him. At the end of the event it was revealed that the entity, who had been controlling Abyss, was an alliance of Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, Jeff Jarrett and the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy, all of whom turned heel and aligned themselves with Abyss. On the following episode of
Impact! the stable was named
Immortal, as it formed an alliance with Ric Flair's Fortune. Afterwards, Abyss began attacking
planted fans, which led to
D'Angelo Dinero challenging him to a
Lumberjack match. The match took place at
Turning Point on November 7, where Dinero's own brother and the rest of his lumberjacks turned on him, after being bought out by Eric Bischoff, and helped Abyss pick up the win. The following month at
Final Resolution on December 5, Abyss defeated Dinero in a
casket match. On January 9, 2011, at
Genesis Abyss replaced an injured A.J. Styles and defeated Douglas Williams, with help from an interfering Styles, to win the
TNA Television Championship for the first time. On the January 20 episode of
Impact!, as Immortal was attacking Kurt Angle,
Crimson made the save for him and hit Abyss in the back with Janice, causing him storyline injuries, which indefinitely sidelined him from TNA. During his time away from TNA, Abyss was stripped of the TNA Television Championship on March 14 at the tapings of the March 17 episode of
Impact!. Abyss returned at the following day's tapings of the March 24 episode of
Impact!, attacking Fortune, who had recently turned on Immortal. On the April 14 episode of
Impact!, Abyss took revenge on Crimson, interfering in his match and chokeslamming him onto a guardrail. On April 17 at
Lockdown, Immortal, represented by Abyss,
Bully Ray,
Matt Hardy and Ric Flair, was defeated by Fortune members James Storm, Kazarian and Robert Roode and
Christopher Daniels, replacing an injured A.J. Styles, in a Lethal Lockdown match. At
Sacrifice on May 15, Abyss was defeated by Crimson in a singles match. On May 16 at the tapings of the May 19 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Abyss defeated Kazarian to win the TNA X Division Championship for the first time, continuing Eric Bischoff's war on the X Division. The win also made him a
Triple Crown and
Grand Slam Champion. With his new title, which he dubbed the Xtreme Championship, Abyss dropped Janice, claiming to no longer need it, and started a new
gimmick, which involved him reading and quoting
Sun Tzu's
The Art of War. On June 12 at
Slammiversary IX, Abyss successfully defended the title in a three-way match against Kazarian and
Brian Kendrick. On July 10 at
Destination X, Abyss lost the X Division Championship to Brian Kendrick. Abyss received his rematch for the title in an
Ultimate X match on the July 28 episode of
Impact Wrestling, but was unable to regain the title. Abyss's X Division storyline concluded two weeks later on
Impact Wrestling, when Eric Bischoff, at the orders of "
The Network", ended his war with the division and introduced a weight limit to it. Abyss's losing streak continued on August 7 at
Hardcore Justice, where he was pinned by A.J. Styles in a six-man tag team match between Immortal and Fortune, after which his stablemates abandoned him in the ring. On the October 13 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Abyss turned on Immortal and was afterwards beaten down by his former stablemates. Abyss wrestled his first match back as a face on the October 20 episode of
Impact Wrestling, defeating former stablemate
Gunner via countout, when he fled the ring. On November 13 at
Turning Point, Abyss and Mr. Anderson defeated their former Immortal stablemates Bully Ray and Scott Steiner in a tag team match. In December, a random draw placed Abyss and Steiner in the same team for the
Wild Card Tournament. After defeating Hernandez and
Rob Terry in their first-round match, the team was eliminated from the tournament, after Abyss turned on Steiner in their semifinal match against A.J. Styles and Kazarian. Afterwards, Abyss agreed to rejoin Immortal, should Bully Ray be able to defeat him in a Monster's Ball match. On January 8, 2012, at
Genesis, Abyss defeated Ray in the Monster's Ball match, but was assaulted backstage following the victory.
Joseph Park (2012–2014) On the March 8 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park appeared without his mask, introducing himself as Joseph Park, the brother of Abyss. He stated that he was searching for his brother, who had been missing since the
Genesis event. Park continued to make appearances over the following weeks, eventually accusing Bully Ray of being responsible for his brother’s disappearance. This storyline culminated with Abyss returning on the May 10 episode of
Impact Wrestling, where he warned Joseph Park that he was "getting too close to the fire." On the June 7 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park agreed to wrestle Bully Ray at
Slammiversary for his brother, which led to Abyss making an appearance through a video, threatening both Park and Ray. Three days later at Slammiversary, Park defeated Ray in an Anything Goes match, following interference from Abyss. On the July 12 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park and Bully Ray faced off in an Anything Goes match. Ray won the bout after striking Park with a chain. However, after the match, seeing his own blood, Park attacked Ray and delivered Abyss's signature
Black Hole Slam. On the September 20 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park was kidnapped by the
Aces & Eights stable, who used him to force Hulk Hogan into allowing the group to wrestle for TNA roster spots at
Bound for Glory. On the October 25 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park and Hogan engaged in a discussion where Park expressed his desire for revenge against Aces & Eights. He even presented Hogan with a legal contract authorizing him to take any measures he deems necessary against the group. On the November 1 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park got a measure of revenge of his kidnappers by unmasking one of the members of Aces & Eights during a brawl between the stable and the TNA locker room. However, immediately afterwards, the now unmasked
DOC put Park through a table, which led to Park asking for a match against a member of the stable the following week. Park received his match against DOC on November 11 at
Turning Point, where he was unsuccessful. On the following episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park announced he was going to
Ohio Valley Wrestling and train to become a wrestler. Park returned on the January 10, 2013, episode of
Impact Wrestling, asking Hulk Hogan for a match against a member of Aces & Eights, which he was granted. Three days later at
Genesis, Park was defeated by Aces & Eights member and Television Champion
Devon in a non-title match. On the January 31 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park won his first televised match when he defeated
Robbie E. On March 10 at
Lockdown, Park defeated
Joey Ryan in a singles match. On the May 9 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park returned under his Abyss persona, teaming with Sting and Kurt Angle in the main event six-man tag match against Aces & Eights members Bully Ray, Devon, and Mr. Anderson. During the match, Abyss chokeslammed Anderson through a table, then delivered his signature Black Hole Slam to Devon, securing the pinfall and victory for his team. The following week, Hulk Hogan called out Abyss to thank him for his services, however, Joseph Park came out and claimed he was continuing the search for his brother. During his promo, Devon interrupted and claimed he was out for Abyss. Later that night, Park defeated Aces & Eights'
D'Lo Brown to earn a shot at Devon's TNA Television Championship. On June 2 at
Slammiversary XI, Park was attacked by Aces & Eights before his scheduled match with Devon, who was then awarded a count-out victory. Following this, Abyss returned and defeated Devon to win his second Television Championship. However, he never defended the title and the title was retired one year later, on July 3, 2014. On the June 13 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park defeated Crimson to qualify for the
2013 Bound for Glory Series. On the July 4 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park lost to Jeff Hardy in a BFG Series match via disqualification, after he started bleeding from the mouth, causing him to snap and attack the referee, which also cost Park ten points in the tournament. Park claimed that he had no recollection of the incident. On the August 1 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park defeated
Jay Bradley via pinfall to earn seven points in the tournament. On the August 22 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Park defeated Christopher Daniels,
Hernandez, and Jay Bradley in a street fight to earn twenty points in the series, after again snapping at the sight of his own blood. Park's participation in the tournament ended on the August 28 episode of
TNA Xplosion, when he was defeated by Bradley, leaving him outside a spot in the semi-finals. After failing to win the BFG series Park formed a tag team with
Eric Young. On October 20, 2013, at
Bound for Glory Abyss made his return coming to the aid of Eric Young after he was attacked by
Bad Influence. On October 31, 2013, episode of
Impact Wrestling, Abyss came to the aid of Eric Young again after he was attacked by
Bad Influence, and proved he is no threat to Eric Young. However, on December 5, 2013, Bad Influence revealed the Park' Law Firm closed 13 years ago. Next week, Park and Young defeated Bad Influence. After the match, Young said to Park that he was Abyss. On December 26, 2013, Young booked a Monster Balls match between Bad Influence and Park and gave Janice to Park. Joseph won the match when he turned into Abyss. At the
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3 event, Park and Young defeated Bad Influence in a Full Metal Mayhem match and later on in the main event, Abyss was revealed as the fourth and mystery member of Team Angle in the Lethal Lockdown, which his team would go on to win.
Various alliances (2014–2015) On the February 6, 2014, episode of
Impact Wrestling, Abyss defeated Eric Young in a Monster's Ball match. However, Young ripped off Abyss's mask during the match, revealing that Abyss and Joseph Park are the same person. On the February 13 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Abyss confronted Young while saying that he was leaving to fix Young's mistake. On March 9 at
Lockdown, Abyss turned
heel again upon emerging from beneath the ring and attacking Samoa Joe during Joe's
World Heavyweight Championship match against
Magnus, allowing Magnus to defeat Joe and retain the title. It was revealed on the following episode of
Impact Wrestling that Abyss, now wearing a new mask, was Magnus' new "insurance policy". On the April 24 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Abyss broke up with Magnus and was later attacked by Magnus with a chair after he defeated him by DQ, Abyss turned
face again. The pre-match stipulation for this match was that if Abyss could beat Magnus, then he would gain a TNA contract, but due to the DQ result, it has been left unclear as to whether he earned a contract or not. Abyss returned on the July 24 episode of
Impact Wrestling where he saved
Mr. Anderson and
Samuel Shaw from a beatdown and clearing the ring. On the August 7 episode of
Impact Wrestling,
Bram defeated Abyss in a hardcore match. Two weeks later, at Hardcore Justice, Bram beat Abyss in a 'Stairway to Janice' match. At
Bound for Glory, Abyss teamed with
Tommy Dreamer, but they were defeated by
Team 3D. On the November 12, 2014, edition of
Impact Wrestling, Abyss turned heel again by joining
The Revolution and teaming with
James Storm and they defeated
The Wolves to win the
TNA World Tag Team Championship. On January 30, 2015, The Revolution lost the titles against The Wolves. On September 23, 2015, Abyss announced that he left The Revolution. At
Bound for Glory, he participated at the Bound for Gold, but was eliminated by the eventual winner
Tyrus. During October and November, he participated in the
TNA World Title Series. Abyss ended third of his block, failing into advance to the finals.
Decay (2016–2017) On the January 26, 2016, episode of
Impact Wrestling, Abyss, once again as a heel, returned to side with
Crazzy Steve and
Rosemary to form a new
stable called
Decay. They attacked the TNA World Tag Team Champions, The Wolves, and stole their titles. On March 19, 2016, Decay defeated Beer Money to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship, marking Abyss’s second individual reign. On the May 3, 2016 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Rosemary spit green mist into Abyss’s face before his match against James Storm. That same night, Abyss unveiled a new look featuring zombie-style face paint after removing his mask. Decay received an invitation from the Broken Hardys to come to the Hardy Compound for a planned brawl dubbed "Delete or Decay." At
Bound for Glory, Decay lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to The Hardys. They had a rematch the following episode of
Impact Wrestling in a "Wolf Creek cage match," but were again defeated. On the December 15 episode of
Impact Wrestling, titled "Total Nonstop Deletion," Decay participated in The Broken Hardys’ open invitational, Tag Team Apocalypto, and were the last tag team eliminated after losing to The Broken Hardys. After defeating The Helms Dynasty on the January 5, 2017 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Decay’s celebration was abruptly interrupted by the DCC, who ambushed Abyss and Crazzy Steve by smashing beer bottles over their heads. Bram then issued a threat to Rosemary. The next day, at the
One Night Only: Live PPV on January 6, Abyss and Crazzy Steve retaliated by ambushing the DCC following James Storm’s victory over Jessie Godderz, misting both Storm and Bram to incapacitate them, while Abyss delivered a chokeslam to Kingston. On April 20, 2017, Crazzy Steve announced his departure from Impact Wrestling, leading to the disbanding of Decay. Rosemary then shifted her focus to defending the Knockouts Championship.
Return of Joseph Park (2017–2018) On April 23, 2017, at the taping for the May 18, 2017, episode of
Impact Wrestling, Joseph Park made his Impact Wrestling return, interrupting
Josh Mathews to announce that he would be the tag partner of
Jeremy Borash at
Slammiversary XV in his match against Mathews and
Scott Steiner. At Slammiversary, Park turned into Abyss midway through the match through the help of a returning Father Mitchell and went on to win the match for his team. Park subsequently returned multiple times to help
Grado stay in the United States, only to turn
heel for the first time as Joseph Park by revealing that he had taken advantage of Grado by skimming most of his earnings. The feud between Park and Grado culminated at
Bound for Glory in a Monster's Ball Match; at the event, Park, in his Abyss persona, defeated Grado, who was forced to leave the country due to the match's stipulations.
Impact Hall of Famer (2018–2019) In early 2018,
Jimmy Jacobs brought
Kongo Kong to Impact, calling him the "new monster of Impact", calling out Abyss. After refusing for weeks to "let out Abyss" as Joseph Park, leading to increasing attacks on Park's law office and family, Abyss returned, accompanied again by James Mitchell, leading to a Monster's Ball match on the March 22 episode of
Impact!. Kong won the match. On October 18, Mitchell inducted Abyss into the
Impact Hall of Fame. On January 23, 2019, it was reported that Abyss had been granted his release from Impact Wrestling, ending his 17-year tenure with the promotion.
Independent circuit (2004–2019) Abyss first appeared in
Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2004, brought in as a bodyguard to the stable Special K, but was limited to a single appearance as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling subsequently pulled all of their contracted talent from ROH. Abyss returned to the promotion on September 17, 2006, at
Verano de Escándalo, where he and fellow TNA workers Jeff Jarrett and
Konnan, representing
La Legión Extranjera ("The Foreign Legion"), were defeated via disqualification by the team of Gronda,
La Parka and
Octagón. Abyss's following appearance for AAA took place four years later on June 6, 2010, at
Triplemanía XVIII, where he, now working as a face, teamed with
Cibernético to defeat
El Zorro and
Vampiro Canadiense in a tag team match. In May 2011, AAA started a storyline, where wrestlers from TNA, led by Jeff Jarrett, announced their intention of taking over the promotion. The first major development of the storyline took place on May 18, when Jarrett and Abyss invaded a AAA event and eventually revealed that they were working together with the heel group
La Sociedad, whose leader Dorian Roldán announced his intention of replacing the letters AAA with TNA. Later that same show, Abyss teamed with Jarrett and fellow
La Sociedad member
Super Crazy in a six-man tag team match, where they were defeated by
Dr. Wagner, Jr.,
Joe Líder and
Nicho el Millonario. On June 18 at
Triplemanía XIX, Abyss and Mr. Anderson unsuccessfully challenged
Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans for the
AAA World Tag Team Championship in a steel cage match. On July 20, Abyss teamed with Chessman and
Último Gladiador in a six-man tag team match, where they faced Joe Líder, Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans. Abyss won the match for
La Sociedad by pinning Líder after Black Hole Slamming him onto a pile of thumbtacks and afterwards also slammed Tiger onto them. This led to a Monster's Ball match on July 31 at
Verano de Escándalo, where Chessman defeated Abyss, Líder and Tiger. On September 11,
La Sociedad co-leader Konnan announced that on October 9 at
Héroes Inmortales, Abyss and Chessman would challenge Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans for the AAA World Tag Team Championship. At the pay-per-view, Abyss and Chessman defeated Tiger and Evans in a
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to become the new AAA World Tag Team Champions. Abyss and Chessman made their first successful title defense on May 6, 2012, defeated the Mexican Powers (Joe Líder and
Juventud Guerrera). Abyss returned to AAA on July 13, unsuccessfully challenging
L.A. Park for the
AAA Latin American Championship. On October 7 at
Héroes Inmortales, Abyss and Chessman lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to Joe Líder and Vampiro, ending their reign at 364 days. Following the loss, Abyss turned on Chessman, ending the partnership between the two. This would be the final appearance for Abyss for the promotion and would later retire from professional wrestling. On February 23, 2026, Parks made an appearance alongside
Frankie Kazarian, in his Abyss attire, during the Tribute to AJ Styles. ==Other media==