Brian Mailhot

Real name: Brian Mailhot
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 260 lbs.
Date of birth: August 12, 1975
Hometown: Portland, ME
Pro debut: 1999
Trained by: Mike Hollow & Killer Kowalski
Finishing move: Blackout

Biography

– In his early career, Mailhot wrestled as ‘Brian Black’
– In his debut match for Maine’s EWA, Black was defeated by Larry Huntley. Following the match, Mailhot took the unusual step of become the commissioner for the brand whilst continuing to train his in ring skills at their school
– On October 13, 2001, Black defeated Chris Venom in an Anything Goes Match to win the ICCW Heavyweight Title
– On May 17, 2003, Team Tap Out (Black & Johnny Curtis) defeated The Elements Of Suicide (Onyx & Cinna) to win the EWA Tag Team Titles
– On June 14, Team Tap Out defeated Assault & Battery (Rick Daniels & Larry Huntley) to retain the EWA Tag Team Titles
– On August 23, Black & The Mighty Mini defeated Attrition (Mike Studd & Christian Angers) to win the CW Tag Team Titles
– On September 12, Black & Mini defeated The Local Legends (Dukes Dalton & Tim McNeany) in a Bunkhouse Match to retain the CW Tag Team Titles
– On October 4, Black & Mini defeated Pete Mulloy & Matthew Evagrius to retain the CW Tag Team Titles
– On March 12, 2004, Black & Mini defeated The Lost Souls (Pete Mulloy & Brian Buffet) to regain the CW Tag Team Titles, but lost them back again two weeks later
– On April 30, Black won a Battle Royal to win the CW New England Title, and retained it against Luis Ortiz that same day
– On June 25, Black defeated Adam Booker to retain the CW New England Title
– On August 6, Black fought Luis Ortiz to a double-DQ to retain the CW New England Title
– On August 29, Black defeated Arch Kincaid to retain the CW New England Title
– On September 17, Black defeated Luis Ortiz in a No-DQ Match to retain the CW New England Title
– Black made an appearance on the January 6, 2005 Smackdown, competing in the Kurt Angle Invitational
– On March 18, Black defeated Maverick Wild to win the CW Heavyweight Title, but would vacate the title soon after, having signed a WWE development deal
– Black debuted on WWE television in August 2005 as ‘Palmer Canon’, a representative from ‘the network’
– Canon began wrestling for WWE’s developmental affiliate Deep South Wrestling in October 2005
– In April 2006, Mailhot flew home from a WWE European tour and quit the company, citing harassment from JBL as his reason. He was officially granted his release on April 27. After a few independent appearances through the remainder of the year, Mailhot quit the wrestling business entirely
– Mailhot made his MMA debut on August 23, 2008, defeating Tony Rea by knockout after just over one minute of the second round
– Mailhot revived the Palmer Canon character for one night only at All Out Mayhem in November 2010. He defeated Captain Freedom to win their Heavyweight Title, before dropping it to Larry Zbyszko later that night