Introduction as a video game character Suicide was originally created by
Midway Games as an original character for the 2008
TNA Impact! video game. In the game's storyline he is a professional wrestler moving up the ranks, when prior to his match for the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship, he is approached by
The Latin American Xchange, who tell him to throw the match. When he instead goes on to win the title, he is beaten beyond recognition by LAX and left for dead in
Mexico. Finding he has a knack for wrestling, he is recruited for the TNA roster as Suicide, and forms a tag team with
Eric Young called the Salty Biscuits. LAX kidnaps Young and orders Suicide to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship then
drop the title to
Jeff Jarrett. At
Final Resolution, Suicide made his debut by attacking
Chris Sabin and
Alex Shelley,
the Motor City Machine Guns. At
Destination X, Christopher Daniels while using the Suicide gimmick, having replaced the injured Frankie Kazarian. On the May 14, 2009, episode of TNA, after weeks of accusing Daniels of being Suicide, the Motor City Machine Guns and
Lethal Consequences (
Jay Lethal and
Consequences Creed) looked to remove the mask of Suicide. This prompted Daniels to come out and save Suicide from being exposed. Suicide wrestled Daniels at the
Sacrifice pay-per-view event, in which Suicide retained via time limit draw after Daniels refused a victory assisted by the Motor City Machine Guns. At
Slammiversary, Suicide retained the X Division Championship against Shelley, Sabin, Lethal, and Creed in a
King of the Mountain match. On July 16, Suicide lost his championship to
Homicide after he cashed in his "Feast or Fired" briefcase. After not being seen for a few weeks, Suicide made his return at
Hard Justice to compete in the
Steel Asylum match, which he lost because of
D'Angelo Dinero. On the August 20 edition of
Impact! Suicide attacked Dinero after his match with Consequences Creed. On the September 17 edition of
Impact! Dinero defeated Suicide in a grudge match. At
No Surrender Dinero defeated Suicide again, this time in a
Falls Count Anywhere match. The following week on
Impact! Suicide finally defeated Dinero, by doing the Suicide Solution on a trash can in a
street fight. On the October 15 edition of
Impact! Homicide stole Suicide's costume and claims to now know his true identity. On the December 3 edition
Impact! Suicide made peace with Dinero and joined him,
Matt Morgan and
Hernandez in their war with
Rhino,
Team 3D and
Jesse Neal. At
Final Resolution Morgan, Hernandez, Dinero and Suicide defeated Neal, Team 3D and Rhino in an eight-man elimination tag team match. On the February 18, 2010, edition of
Impact! Kazarian returned to TNA, and would no longer use the Suicide gimmick. The character made its return four months later on June 14, losing to
Magnus in a match taped for
Xplosion. This time it was portrayed by Japanese wrestler
Akira Kawabata, known in TNA as Kiyoshi. At the July 12 tapings of
Xplosion, Kawabata picked up his first victory as Suicide, defeating Eric Young. The gimmick was temporarily retired after a
house show in
Windsor, Ontario on September 12, 2010, where he was defeated by Kazarian, which was followed by Kawabata returning to television as Kiyoshi on October 8 and the removal of Suicide's profile from TNA's official website on October 13. Suicide returned at the January 31, 2011, tapings of
Xplosion, with Christopher Daniels once again using the gimmick. On the April 7 edition of
Impact!, Suicide teamed with
Brian Kendrick and
Chris Sabin against
Robbie E. and
Generation Me (better known as
The Young Bucks). For this night only, Suicide was portrayed by
Kazuchika Okada, who would depart the company later that year. Suicide wrestled his final match on the May 12 edition of
Impact!, where he was defeated by
Sangriento. Suicide's final appearance was at TNA Destination X 2011, where he was featured in a backstage segment with Eric Young.
Name change and The Revolution (2013–2016) After nearly two years of inactivity, vignettes began airing for Suicide's return to TNA on May 9, 2013. Suicide made his official return defeating
Joey Ryan and
Petey Williams on the May 23 episode of
Impact Wrestling earning an X Division Title shot at
Slammiversary. For this return, Suicide was portrayed by
T. J. Perkins. Suicide received his title shot on June 2 at
Slammiversary XI, but was defeated by Chris Sabin in an Ultimate X match, also involving
Kenny King. On the June 27 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Perkins was revealed as the man behind the mask of Suicide as part of a storyline where he had been attacked and the Suicide costume and mask stolen and utilized by
Austin Aries to win the X Division Championship. On June 29, at the tapings of the July 4 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Perkins began using the ring name
Manik, while retaining a modified version of the Suicide costume and mask. He participated in a three-way match for the X Division Championship against Sabin and Aries, which Sabin won to regain the championship; Manik was removed from the match after being attacked by
Aces & Eights. After Sabin
vacated the championship, Manik entered the tournament to determine the new champion, and advanced to the final by defeating
Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Kenny King. On July 18, at the tapings of the July 25 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Manik won the vacant X Division Championship by defeating
Greg Marasciuolo and Sonjay Dutt in a three-way Ultimate X match. Including a successful defense against Chris Sabin on the September 26 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Manik held the championship until
Bound for Glory on October 20, when he lost it to Sabin in a five-way Ultimate X match. Following a hiatus lasting several months, Manik returned to the promotion at
Lockdown losing to
Tigre Uno in a
steel cage match. On September 3, Manik was kidnapped by
James Storm and
Sanada; the following week, Storm was shown initiating Manik into a new faction, later called
The Revolution, and the trio later attacked Samoa Joe and Homicide. On a September 23, 2015 episode of
Impact Wrestling Manik quit
The Revolution and took his mask off revealing his face on TNA for the first time since debuting as Manik. On January 12, 2016, T. J. Perkins was released from TNA, removing the character from TV. In July 2016, the Suicide character was brought back for a
TNA One Night Only X-Travaganza 2016 taping, this time being portrayed by independent wrestler
Jonathan Gresham.
Return (2017–2021) In March 2017, Impact announced that Suicide would be returning on March 16 episode of
Impact Wrestling. Suicide returned on March 16
Impact Wrestling, now being portrayed by Caleb Konley, in a four-way match for the
X Division Championship, in which he was unsuccessful. The character went on a hiatus, due to the departure of
Caleb Konley on March 1, 2019. The Suicide character made its return to
Impact Wrestling on March 24, 2020, attacking
Moose after his match against
Chase Stevens, with Caleb Konley using the gimmick once again. On March 31, 2020, at the
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Special! event,
T. J. Perkins returned as Manik teaming with
Suicide defeating the tag team of TNA Originals
Johnny Swinger and
Kid Kash. On May 19, 2020, Suicide unsuccessfully challenged
Moose for the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the August 12, 2021, episode of
Impact!, Suicide made his final appearance competing in a number one contenders battle royal for the
Impact World Championship which was won by
Brian Myers. After Konley announced his departure from Impact Wrestling on April 14, 2022, the Suicide gimmick was once again dropped and it is officially unknown if the character will return again anytime soon.
Juggalo Championship Wrestling (2025-present) On September 11, 2025
Caleb Konley revived the Suicide character on a live broadcast broadcast of
Juggalo Championship Wrestling's weekly show
Lunacy from
Dallas, Texas where he teamed up with
Luigi Primo and
Cocaine to take on the
St. Claire Monster Corporation (
Painful Paul,
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