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410:, with Cairo, (in his capacity as commissioner) crowning Heavyweight Champion Breaker Morant and Junior Heavyweight Champion White Lotus. In late 2009, Cairo resigned from Force One Pro Wrestling as well, turning the promotion over to Diego DeMarco (James Pilman) & former student turned wrestler Johnny Calzone (John Short), who took the promotion in a different direction, renaming the promotion Force 1 Pro, who ran shows in the same venues as the old Force One. Cairo returned to the business in 2011 with Coastal Pro Wrestling (again with former partner Phil Varlese, and with former NWA official Fred "Richards" Rubenstein). Coastal signed on as a National Wrestling Alliance affiliate, and eventually a licensee, but broke away a year later due to differences with the ownership of the NWA. Cairo eventually split from Coastal after a 2-year run, and ran several shows under the Global 1 Pro Wrestling banner, before leaving the wrestling business again in 2013. 910: 901: 342: 29: 427: 338:. During The Sandman's retirement ceremony, The Sandman reconciled with Peaches (Woman had abandoned him upon his blinding) before revealing that he was not in fact blinded and attacking Dreamer. The Sandman later revealed that his "blinding" had been an elaborate ruse concocted to trick Dreamer into hurting Cairo on his behalf. 334:. The Sandman subsequently claimed that he would have to retire as a result, with Dreamer responding by dedicating the remainder of his career to The Sandman. Cairo began mocking The Sandman, which led to Dreamer heavily beating him in a match on November 5, 1994 at 272:. When The Sandman regained his sight and saw Cairo assisting Peaches to her feet, he attacked Cairo. The Sandman subsequently became estranged from his wife (claiming "life's a bitch, and then you marry one"), and Peaches became the 374:
a defense, due to the birth of his first child. Between 1996 and 1997 Cairo held the Ultimate Championship Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship, he wrestled in various matches with the likes of Chris Chavis aka
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that was ruled a No Contest after the cane fell off the pole and The Sandman retrieved a second cane from beneath the ring, and a "Dueling Canes" match on July 16, 1994 at
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of Cairo. After Cairo insinuated that he was sleeping with Peaches, The Sandman stated that Cairo owed him "$ 25 a romp" and began demanding that Cairo "pay your bills".
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known as Force One Pro Wrestling. Force One Pro Wrestling held its inaugural event, "Pledge of Allegiance", on May 19, 2007, in
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in her eyes, enabling The Sandman to regroup and use his cane on both Cairo and Peaches. The feud led to a
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before training as a professional wrestler. As a bodybuilder he placed 9th place in the
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In September 2001, Cairo retired from professional wrestling and began working as an
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Cairo is married to his wife Alba and has two children, Skye and Christian.
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on May 5, 1994, Cairo and Peaches faced The Sandman and his new manager,
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In late 1994, The Sandman was once again "blinded" after a lit
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Cairo as UCW North American Heavyweight Champion in 1997.
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Cairo left ECW in the mid-1990s. On June 24, 1995 in
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UCW North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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Philadelphia
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Ring name(s)
professional wrestler
Eastern Championship Wrestling
feud
The Sandman
New Jersey
promotion
school
bodybuilder
AAU Mr. America
Japanese
UWF International
promotion
Eastern Championship Wrestling
song
We Will Rock You
Queen
entrance music
Philadelphia
battle royal
NWA Pennsylvania Heavyweight Champion
Tony Stetson
The Sandman
feud
Jason Knight
Peaches

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