Early career (2000–2012) Guilmette was trained by
Les Thatcher. In 2000, Guilmette began appearing for the Midwestern independent promotion
Heartland Wrestling Association under the ring name
Pepper Parks where he was paired up with Chet Jablonski as the tag team,
The A Squad. Debuting on July 27, 2000, the team faced Astin Ambrose and JJ Duquesne in a losing effort. Parks wrestled for HWA for six years. During this time, he won the
HWA Cruiserweight Championship on June 26, 2001, defeating
Matt Stryker. On January 1, 2006, Parks gained his first heavyweight championship, defeating
Jon Moxley in the tournament finals for the vacant
HWA Heavyweight Championship. Parks lost the title to Moxley on May 9, 2006 and regain it once again on November 11, 2006, defeating
Chad Collyer in title vs. career match. His second reign lasted 28 days before vacating the title on December 5, 2006 and leaving HWA. Throughout 2007, Parks primarily wrestled for the
National Wrestling Alliance New York based promotions – NWA Empire, NWA Upstate and NWA New York. On May 19, 2007, at the NWA Empire First Anniversary Show, he defeated
Brodie Lee to become the NWA Empire Heavyweight Champion. On October 20, 2007, Parks also won the vacated
NWA National Heavyweight Championship. From 2007 to 2010, Guilmette worked a handful of matches under his legal name with
World Wrestling Entertainment, facing wrestlers such as
The Boogeyman,
Vladimir Kozlov, and
Shad Gaspard in
squash matches. On September 11, 2010, he went on to win the ESW Tag Team Championship with Kevin Grace. Parks and Grace lost the titles on June 4, 2011, to The Rochester Wrecking Crew.
Ring of Honor (2007, 2012–2015) Guilmette first wrestled for
Ring of Honor on April 13, 2007, defeating Mitch Franklin in a dark match. Years later, he returned to ROH on June 30, 2012, losing to
Adam Cole. On February 16, 2013, Parks made his return, losing to former
ROH World Tag Team Champion Charlie Haas. On the April 6, 2013, episode of
Ring of Honor Wrestling, Parks was defeated by
Roderick Strong. He continued to wrestle matches for Ring of Honor throughout 2014 and 2015. Parks made his final appearance for Ring of Honor on September 26, 2015, losing to
Caprice Coleman on the ROH Reloaded Tour.
Combat Zone Wrestling (2012–2016) Guilmette made his first appearance for
Combat Zone Wrestling on September 8, 2012, at the promotions annual Down with the Sickness event, defeating Kekoa. He went on to make regular appearances for the promotion over the next four years. In 2015, Parks and his wife
Cherry Bomb aligned themselves with
BLK Jeez, and form the villainous stable known as
TV Ready. On December 12, 2015, at CZW's seventeenth annual
Cage of Death event, TV Ready went on to win the
CZW World Tag Team Championship, defeating Dan Barry and Sozio. On May 14, 2016, TV Ready lost the CZW World Tag Team Championship to Da Hit Squad at Prelude to Violence 2016, the match was also Parks' final appearance for CZW after signing with
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. On September 10, 2016, Guilmette returned to CZW using his Braxton Sutter ring name for their annual Down with the Sickness event, teaming with BLK Jeez as TV Ready to challenge for the CZW World Tag Team Championship against Da Hit Squad, in a losing effort.
House of Hardcore (2015) On July 18, 2015, Parks and
Cherry Bomb made their debut for
Tommy Dreamer's
House of Hardcore at the ninth HOH event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They would appear at the next four HOH events, starting a feud with Dreamer and Mickie James in the process.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling (2015–2018) Guilmette initially appeared in
Impact Wrestling through the company's
TNA One Night Only PPV's under his Pepper Parks ring name. First appearing at the 2015 One Night Only event
X-Travaganza 2015, losing against
Kenny King and Jay Rios, he next appeared on 2015's
Gut Check PPV, losing to
Drew Galloway. The following year on January 8, 2016; Parks appeared for the company again in the first
One Night Only PPV of the year losing to
Trevor Lee. He appeared for the company again for the January 19 edition of
Impact Wrestling, where he suffered a loss against
Mike Bennett. On March 23, Impact Wrestling announced that Guilmette had signed a contract. On the June 7 edition of
Impact Wrestling, he made his Impact debut under the name
Braxton Sutter, defeating local independent wrestler Bill Callous in a singles match. On June 12, 2016, at
Slammiversary, Sutter wrestled
James Storm in a losing effort. On the June 21, episode of
Impact Wrestling, Sutter was challenged by
Rockstar Spud who had interrupted Sutter's scheduled match against indy wrestler
Balam, Sutter went on to defeat Spud and following his victory, was viciously attacked by Spud. On the June 28 episode of
Impact Wrestling, he won a battle-royal to become the number one contender for the
Impact Wrestling X Division Championship, but was defeated by then champion Mike Bennett who invoked his match against Sutter immediately following the battle-royal. On the July 5 episode of
Impact Wrestling, he participated in an
Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship, in a losing effort. During the match, he broke a tooth of Rockstar Spud's, intensifying their current feud over several months. At 2016's
Destination X, he competed in a six-man ladder match to be number one contender to the X Division Championship, losing to
DJZ. On the September 1 edition of
Impact Wrestling, Rockstar Spud viciously attacked Sutter with a chair during an Ultimate X match, and attacked him once again on the September 8 edition of
Impact Wrestling after his match against
Drew Galloway, breaking one of his teeth. On the September 15, Sutter defeated Rockstar Spud in an "Empty Arena, No Turnbuckles" match, ending their feud. At
Bound for Glory he participated in the Bound for Gold but was eliminated first by the eventual winner
Eli Drake. On the October 6 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Braxton Sutter took part in the first
Team X Gold match, teaming with DJZ and
Mandrews, and defeated
The Helms Dynasty and
Marshe Rockett. On the November 3 episode of
Impact Wrestling, the team, now dubbed "Go for Broke" defeated once again The Helms Dynasty and Marshe Rockett as well as Rockstar Spud and
Decay in a three-way tag team match. On the December 1 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Sutter faced Mandrews and DJZ for his Impact Wrestling X Division Championship, but lost the match. On the January 12, 2017, episode of
Impact Wrestling, Sutter inserted himself into the feud between
Maria Kanellis-Bennett and Allie, losing to Maria's husband Mike Bennett. The following week, Maria blackmailed him into breaking it off with Allie, after he said that she couldn't control him like everyone else. He was then forced to drive
Laurel Van Ness home and later propose to her, or else Allie would be fired. On the February 23 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Sutter rejected Van Ness' marriage during the ceremony when he announced that he's in love with Allie. On the March 9 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Sutter defeated DJZ, Marshe Rockett and
Caleb Konley in a four-way match with the help of Allie. After the match, they were confronted by an angry Laurel Van Ness who observed them from the ramp. The following week, Sutter failed to win the X Division Championship in a four-way match against
Trevor Lee, DJZ and
Suicide after a distraction of Laurel Van Ness. On the March 30 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Sutter was defeated by Sienna's cousin, KM. On the April 13 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Sutter and Allie defeated Sienna and KM. After the match, they were attacked by Sienna's surprise
Kongo Kong and Laurel Van Ness. He continued feuding with Kongo Kong, Sienna, and KM. The feud culminated at the
Slammiversary pre-show, where Sutter,
Mahabali Shera, and Allie defeated Kongo Kong, KM, and Laurel Van Ness in a six-person tag-team match. While being off television for several months, he and Allie quietly ended their on camera relationship without any explanation. Braxton Sutter returned on March 1, 2018, episode of Impact and turned
heel, after losing his match, where he revealed that he dropped Allie like a bad habit, because she's no good and was holding his career back. He then went on to say that nobody is better than him, before being attacked by Brian Cage, to cheers from the crowd. Later that night Sutter came back out during Laurel Van Ness's segment, saying that he wanted back in, with her, but she refused. Then throughout the month of March, Braxton came out after Allie's matches, offering to take her back, while Allie kept ignoring him, until the March 22 episode of Impact, where it was revealed to be a setup, when Allie was attacked from behind by Su Yung. At Redemption, Sutter accompanied Yung in her match against Allie, but she was defeated. On April 26, 2018, he announced that he had departed Impact Wrestling.
All Elite Wrestling (2019–present) Guillmette made his
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut as
The Blade on the November 27 episode of
AEW Dynamite attacking
Cody Rhodes, along with
The Butcher, and his real-life wife,
Allie (The Bunny) establishing themselves as
heels. On the December 11, 2019, episode of
AEW Dynamite,
The Butcher and The Blade defeated
Q. T. Marshall and Cody Rhodes. It was later revealed that The Butcher and The Blade had been hired by
MJF, furthering his ongoing feud with Cody. On the December 11 episode of
Dynamite, The Butcher won his first tag match in AEW when he and The Blade defeated Cody and
Q. T. Marshall, who was handpicked by MJF. In March 2020, The Butcher and The Blade had a brief feud with the Jurassic Express (
Jungle Boy,
Luchasaurus and
Marko Stunt), which led to The Butcher and The Blade ending their alliance with MJF. During the summer, The Butcher and The Blade began working with
Lucha Brothers (
Rey Fenix and
Penta El Zero Miedo) and later, formed a group, led by
Eddie Kingston. However, the group disbanded on the November 18 episode of
Dynamite, after The Butcher and The Blade sided with Kingston, while the Lucha Brothers reunited their Death Triangle group with
Pac, who had returned the previous week. They feuded with Pac, Penta, and Fenix for the next couple of weeks. Following
AEW Revolution, The Butcher and The Blade ended their alliance with Kingston after he turned
face and began teaming with
Jon Moxley as they allied themselves with
Matt Hardy who along with
Private Party created a faction known as the Hardy Family Office. On March 17, 2021, on a special edition of
Dynamite called
St. Patrick’s Day Slam, in their debut match with the HFO, The Butcher and The Blade teamed with Matt Hardy and Private Party in a victory over Bear Country and Jungle Express. On the September 15 episode of
Dynamite, The Butcher and The Blade, now ranked No. 1, unsuccessfully challenged the Lucha Bros. for the
AEW World Tag Team Championship. After the match, the entirety of the HFO beat down the Lucha Bros before being stopped by
Santana and Ortiz. The Blade did not appear on television again until the November 10 edition of
Dynamite, assisting Matt Hardy and Isiah Kassidy in assaulting
Orange Cassidy,
Chuck Taylor, and Wheeler Yuta after Yuta was squashed by
Wardlow. ==Personal life==