Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation (1993–1996) Dan McDevitt was born and raised in
Catonsville, Maryland. A wrestling fan since age 10, he decided to become a professional wrestler after graduating high school. He was trained by
Axl He regained the Mid-Atlantic title from Austin, beating him for the championship a month later, before the title was vacated. McDevitt lost the heavyweight championship to
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart at that same event, however, he won it back from Neidhart He successfully defended the title against
Ricky Blues, among others, and in a three-way dance involving
Axl Rotten and Johnny Gunn before losing the title to Joe Thunder in Baltimore on June 2. Over the summer, McDevitt formed a tag team with Axl Rotten He made his debut for the promotion wrestling
Spike Dudley in back-to-back appearances in
Hamburg and
Downingtown, Pennsylvania, from February 8–9, 1997. On March 1, at an ECW house show held in
Scranton, McDevitt wrestled
Sabu The following night, this time for an MEWF event, he faced
Big Stevie Cool of
The Blue World Order in Baltimore. and, a few years afterwards met Candido again in
Doug Flex's International Pro Wrestling. Over the next few months, he would appear on
ECW Hardcore TV and numerous live events against ECW stars such as
Pitbull #2,
Balls Mahoney, and
Tommy Dreamer, He also both wrestled and teamed with his one-time rival Axl Rotten
Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation (1997–1998) McDevitt continued to face ECW stars even after his eventual return to the MEWF. In March 1997, Miss Patricia became McDevitt's manager. On June 1, 1997, he wrestled a four-way match in
Dundalk, Maryland, against Axl Rotten, New Jack, and
The Sandman. He soon began tagging with
Mark "The Shark" Shrader and, on July 17, 1997, they defeated
MEWF Tag Team Champions The Wiseguys (
Steve Corino and
Jimmy Cicero) for the titles but lost them back to The Wiseguys the next month. and later, throughout the continental United States. His
in-ring persona, as the
facepaint-clad "Corporal Punishment", was portrayed as having "little regard for warnings, fines, or possible suspensions" and, in fact, was
"threatened" with being banned from several promotions. Among the different organizations he competed for included
Cueball Carmichael's
Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance where, in early 1998, he wrestled
Adam Flash in
Alexandria, Virginia. He would return to the IPWA the following year, facing Tom Brandi in
Chincoteague Island, Virginia, for the vacant
IPWA Heavyweight Championship, as well as making an appearance for Tommy Fierro's Independent Superstars of Professional Wrestling He would also feud with another "Corporal Punishment" while in
Doug Flex's International Pro Wrestling.
Maryland Championship Wrestling (1998–2003) In the spring of 1998, McDevitt and then partner Mark Shrader decided to leave the MEWF following unresolved creative control and salary disagreements with the promotion's management. He and Shrader had started their own
wrestling school, the "Bone Breakers Pro Wrestling Training Center" in
Halethorpe, Maryland, the previous year and, with the encouragement of other indy wrestlers, decided open
Maryland Championship Wrestling Over half the active MEWF roster jumped to their new promotion, including its then
booker Axl Rotten, and, on July 19, 1998, MCW's first show was held at Baltimore's Patapsco Arena and attended by nearly 1,200 fans. The event featured manager
Jim Cornette,
Little Guido,
Balls Mahoney,
Jerry Lynn,
Crowbar, and
The Headbangers. The show's success and broke the longstanding monopoly over Maryland pro wrestling by the MEWF and would eventually lead to MCW becoming the top promotion in the region. As "Corporal Punishment", McDevitt was involved in two major events in the promotion's history. On August 16, he and Axl Rotten joined
The Headbangers (
Mosh &
Thrasher) in an 8-man tag team match against Jimmy Cicero,
Julio Sanchez and
The Pitbulls (
Pitbull #1 and
Pitbull #2) to crown the first MCW Tag Team Champions, which The Headbangers won. Two months later, he entered a championship tournament for the
MCW Heavyweight Championship and advanced to the finals where he lost to
Romeo Valentino. Near the end of the year, while competing for Unified Championship Wrestling in Alabama and Louisiana, he beat Stevie Richards for the promotion's heavyweight title in
Bayou La Batre, Alabama. This would set off a short-lived but intense feud between the two men which would continue in MCW. McDevitt and Shrader used their connections to continue bringing in then current stars from
World Championship Wrestling and the
World Wrestling Federation, such as McDevitt's long-time friendship with Cornette, as well as ECW talent, via Axl Rotten, which had formerly appeared for the MEWF. set a new attendance record for MCW's home arena, Michael's Eighth Avenue ballroom, with nearly 2,000 fans.
The Iron Sheik, Axl Rotten, and the Headbangers. The running of MCW, particularly during its first few years, took up much of McDevitt's time and saw far less of him as an active wrestler. Despite this, he was voted "Most Hated Wrestler of the Year" by its fans that year. In October 2000, McDevitt appeared before the Maryland State Athletic Commission, then attempting to shut down
backyard wrestling in the state, claimed to be aware of "at least 20 unsanctioned backyard-type federations statewide". On July 18, 2001, at MCW's 3rd annual Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup, McDevitt joined Jimmy Cicero and Kelly Bell in a 6-man tag team match against
Brian Christopher, Adam Flash, and The Bruiser. He later faced The Bruiser in an "I Quit" match at the Ft. Meade Army Base on September 15, 2001. A later meeting between the two was featured by
RF Video's "Best of the Bloody Indy Matches, Vol. 1". When MEWF veteran
Dave Casanova died following a heart attack on March 1, 2002, then MEWF promoter Donna Burke began organizing a memorial show in his honor. Out of friendship for their late friend, McDevitt and Shrader agreed to the MCW's participation as an interpromotional event. The Casanova memorial show marked was the first time that wrestlers from either promotion appeared in the same ring together since the 1997 split. It was around this time that former "Bone Breakers" student Derek Wayne began heavily investing in the MEWF and became a third co-owner. Wayne was able to broker a deal between McDevitt and MEWF owner
Tim Burke to begin working together. Starting in October 2002, a storyline invasion took place between the two companies for the next seven months. It received a somewhat mixed reaction from fans and was brought to an end with MCW's close the following summer. The promotion held its final show, "The Last Dance: Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup", on July 16, 2003, at Michael's Eighth Avenue ballroom, in which over 1,000 fans were in attendance. At the event, it was announced that MCW would be "merging" the MEWF. He and Jeff Jones subsequently served as
bookers for the promotion, however, McDevitt left after only a few months.
Independent circuit and semi-retirement (2003–2006) Following the close of MCW, McDevitt decided to limit his involvement in pro wrestling to concentrate on starting his career as a real estate agent. His decision was partially motivated by his then recent engagement better known as MCW valet "Candie". He did, however, continue to hold occasional events at
Fort Meade under the "Fort Meade Wrestling" banner. It was at one of these events, in October 2005, that McDevitt had Adam Flash removed from the facility by military police. He was also active in the
internet wrestling community giving his support to OnlineWorldofWrestling.com and later published an article for Pro Wrestling Insider (and Pro Wrestling Between The Sheets) in which he criticized several "
egotistical" wrestlers during his years promoting MCW.
Maryland Championship Wrestling (2006–2009) After a two-year absence, McDevitt publicly announced his decision to reopen Maryland Championship Wrestling. MCW's return show, "The Resurrection", took place on February 26, 2006, at the "new" MCW Arena at Northpoint in
Dundalk, Maryland.
Return of Cpl. Punishment Within a month, however, McDevitt would return to the ring in a long-running feud between himself and Adam Flash. It began at MCW's second show when a "fan" jumped the guardrail while McDevitt was informing the audience of the promotion's upcoming shows. This fan was later revealed to be Flash and was escorted from the building by security while McDevitt had to be carried to the back. Their confrontations referenced alleged real-life animosity Flash defeated
Julio Dinero later on in the event and used a loophole in the pre-match stipulation to win the
MEWF Heavyweight Championship. On July 22, the two finally met at MCW's "Red, White, Black & Bruised" in a "fans bring the weapons" street fight at the Fort Meade Pavilion. The MEWF Beavyweight Championship was also on the line, however, outside interference from
D. J. Hyde & JD Michaels would cause him to lose the match. On September 10, McDevitt wrestled Hyde and Michaels in a
grudge match at MCW's "Tribute to the Legends". He was originally scheduled to have a mystery partner, McDevitt continued his feud with Flash facing him in tag team match with
Christian York at "Monster Mash" on October 29, 2006, and
The Dudley Boyz a month later.
Feud with Kim McDevitt and Zachary Shane During the first few months of MCW's revival, Dan and Kim McDevitt began to experience trouble in their marriage, amid rumors of an
extramarital affair with a fellow wrestler, with the two separating during the summer of 2006 and ultimately divorcing after only 10 months as a married couple. McDevitt later released a lengthy
"shoot" video on YouTube discussing the circumstances of his divorce and Kim's confession to an affair with Zachary Shane. Both Kim and Shane would subsequently leave the promotion. McDevitt also withdrew from the day-to-day running of the company for a time. On the May 7 "Xtreme Measures II" supercard, Creative Control continually disrupted the show. They overturned
Danny Doring's title victory over Adam Flash and introduced McDevitt's ex-wife Kim Payne and Zachary Shane in their official return to MCW. Their appearance caused McDevitt to "leave the building in disgust". That spring, McDevitt also made an appearance as "Corporal Punishment" at a fundraiser for the
American Wrestling Federation in
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. He and his manager Judd The Stud "stole" the fundraiser money earlier in the show but were forced to return the donations after wrestling WWF legend
King Kong Bundy. Corporal Punishment also appeared for a
National Wrestling League show at
South Hagerstown High School where he wrestled former amateur wrestler "Cocky" Rocky DiCola in his first professional wrestling match. DiCola scored a pinfall over the veteran wrestler after DiCola's high school wrestling coach Ralph Stottlemyer slammed a briefcase over McDervitt's head. Back in MCW, McDevitt reappeared at the 2007 Shane Shamrock Cup where he led a tribute to the late
Shane Shamrock prior to the main event. Earlier, when
Joey Matthews was attacked by Creative Control prior to his match against Adam Flash, McDevitt brought in Danny Doring as a replacement; after Doring's defeat, Matthews returned to defeat Flash for the title. His feud between Kim McDevitt and Zachary Shane continued for almost the entire year as the two always managing to escape defeat with the help of Creative Control. He and Shane finally met at MCW "Holiday Homecoming", on December 26, 2007, in an 8th Avenue Street Fight. The venue was where Dan and Kim McDevitt were originally married less than three years ago.
Alliance with Adam Flash Another confrontation with Creative Control on April 5, 2008, at "MCW Breaking Balls & Besting Heads". A match between Adam Flash and Christian York, initially ending in a disqualification, turned into a 10-man brawl involving McDevitt and several others who came to help Flash, who has since left Creative Control, against his former stablemates. Sabu was also scheduled to headline the card, however, McDevitt claimed that the former ECW star was "having problems with his personal demons". McDevitt spent the rest of 2008 teaming with former enemy Adam Flash. MCW's "Xtreme Measures III" saw the two in an 8-man tag team match with Danny Doring and Balls Mahoney against The Bruiser, Zachary Shane, and the Badstreet Boys (Joey Matthews and Christian York). This was originally to be an
intergender tag team match with Tom Brandi and Kim McDevitt but it was later cancelled. McDevitt participated in a "Q&A" session at the event with several MCW alumni, including Zachary Shane, and The Iron Sheik where he discussed the incident caused by the Sheik at his wedding. McDevitt later claimed that he "couldn't walk right for a week" following the match. A year later, McDevitt was interviewed by ExpressNightOut.com briefly discussing his early career, his divorce with Kim Payne, experiences as an independent wrestling promoter, and his personal life as a real estate agent. It was also during that interview, while promoting MCW's upcoming anniversary show, that he confirmed that was no longer an active wrestler due to nagging injuries suffered during his career.
Recent years (2009–present) Since 2009, McDevitt has mainly been involved with MCW as a full-time promoter though he continues to make on-camera appearances as MCW's co-owner. He has also been employed in executive positions within the wrestling industry. In 2011, he was hired by the Urban Wrestling Federation as an agent and associate producer for its debut pay-per-view event. ==Championships and accomplishments==