IWA Mid-South (2002–2004) Arik Cannon was trained at Midwest Pro Wrestling and is known for wrestling in
IWA Mid-South. There, he became the
IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion by defeating
Petey Williams in the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament. He defended it against
Roderick Strong and
Austin Aries, but was forced to give it up due to injury in 2004.
Chikara (2005–2006) He returned to wrestling in 2005 and entered
Chikara's Tag World Grand Prix 2005 with partner
Claudio Castagnoli and made it to the finals to face Superfriends, Chris Hero and
Mike Quackenbush. That night, Hero turned on Quackenbush and joined Cannon and Castagnoli, leading Cannon and Castagnoli to win the Tag World Grand Prix. The three began calling themselves
The Kings of Wrestling. They began feuding with Quackenbush, but Cannon left the group in 2005. Cannon competed in the
Tag World Grand Prix 2006 with
Jigsaw as his partner, but lost in the second round. During June 2006, Arik Cannon wrestled in Chikara's fourth annual Young Lions Cup tournament. In the final round, he defeated
Cheech to win the tournament. At Chikara's
Cibernetico Forever event in October 2006, however,
Max Boyer managed to beat him for the Cup.
Wrestling Society X (2006–2007) In November 2006, Arik Cannon partook in the
Wrestling Society X promotion's first season of television tapings, which later aired on
MTV.
Dragon Gate (2007–2008) In October 2007, Cannon went to Japan for a tour with
Dragon Gate and was brought into the Muscle Outlawz faction by Naruki Doi along with fellow gaijins Kevin Steen and Jimmy Rave.
Dragon Gate USA (2009–2015) On September 6, 2009, Cannon made his debut for
Dragon Gate USA at the tapings of the promotion's second
pay-per-view titled
Untouchable. He would wrestle in an eight-way
dark match, which was won by
Johnny Gargano. After making several appearances for the promotion in 2010, Cannon was entered into the Breakout Challenge tournament on April 1, 2011. After defeating
A. R. Fox, Facade and
Shiima Xion in his first round match, Cannon defeated
Jimmy Rave in the finals to win the tournament. On June 5 at
Enter The Dragon 2011, Cannon and Callihan were joined by Pinkie Sanchez, before picking up a major win over the tag team of
Open the Dream Gate Champion Masaaki Mochizuki and
Susumu Yokosuka.
F1RST Wrestling (2007–present) In 2007, Cannon founded the
Minneapolis-based promotion F1RST Wrestling, which hosts its flagship WRESTLEPALOOZA events at Minneapolis'
First Avenue nightclub. In recent years, the promotion has expanded to host events at an eclectic assortment of locations throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area, including the Mall of America, James Ballentine VFW and Temple of Aaron Synagogue. Several performers from F1RST Wrestling have found later success in larger promotions, such as
Seth Rollins,
Ethan Page,
Erick Rowan,
Danhausen,
Orange Cassidy,
Darius Martin and
Dante Martin of Top Flight,
Colt Cabana,
Gigi Dolin,
Chuck Taylor,
Josh Alexander,
Johnny Gargano,
Bryan Keith, and
Ariya Daivari.
WWE (2017) In 2017, Cannon appeared on March 7 episode of
205 Live. He was introduced by
Brian Kendrick as
Bryan Kendrick and lost to
Akira Tozawa.
All Elite Wrestling (2021–2022) In 2021, Cannon had two matches with
All Elite Wrestling (AEW). First was June 5 where he teamed up with Kevin Blackwood in a tag match and faced
Eddie Kingston and
Penta El Zero Miedo in a loss on
Dark: Elevation in
Jacksonville, Florida. His second match was also a tag match in front of his home crowd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 12, where he and Renny D took on
The Pinnacle members
Wardlow and
Shawn Spears. This also was a loss. A 0–2 overall record in AEW as of 2021, he was not pinned in both of his matches. On August 10, 2022, Cannon teamed with Travis Titan for a tag match taped for
Dark: Elevation during the
Quake by the Lake special. Cannon and Titan lost to
Josh Woods and
Tony Nese. == Personal life ==