Frank Benedict Gerdelman (born August 4, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and musician performing under the ring name Frankie Kazarian in IMPACT Wrestling where he is a five-time X Division Champion.
Kazarian began his career in 1998 and performed on several independent promotions. During the 2000's, he worked for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where he became the inaugural and two-time PWG World Champion. From 2003 until 2014, he wrestled for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where . In 2007, he shortened his ring name to Kaz and briefly worked under as the Suicide character between 2008 and 2010. After returning to the Kazarian name, he joined the Fortune stable, where he stayed until 2012, after which he began to work with Christopher Daniels as the tag team Bad Influence, winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice.
After leaving TNA, Daniels and Kazarian reunited in Ring of Honor, where they went by The Addiction and later, when joined by Scorpio Sky as SoCal Uncensored, and was a two-time ROH Tag Team Championship, as well as ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. After leaving ROH, the trio joined All Elite Wrestling, where Kazarian and Sky became the inaugeral AEW World Tag Team Champions.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- Ace of Spades (Rolling stunner)
- Back to the Future (Straight jacket bridging electric chair drop)
- Crossface chickenwing
- Fade to Black (Kneeling back-to-belly piledriver)
- Flux Capacitor (Rolling moonsault side slam)
- Half nelson choke with bodyscissors
- Shining wizard
- Tomikaze (Inverted double underhook facebuster) – adopted from Tommy Rogers
- Wave of the Future (Swinging reverse STO)
- Signature moves
- Belly-to-back suplex, while releasing
- Belly-to-belly suplex
- DDT
- Delayed vertical suplex
- German suplex
- Gutwrench suplex
- Fallaway slam
- Handstand sitout rear mat slam
- Hangman's neckbreaker followed by a DDT
- Inverted DDT
- Inverted hip toss
- Multiple kick variations
- Back
- Bicycle
- Corner slingshot drop
- Drop
- Enzuigiri, to an opponent on the top rope
- Jumping high
- Rope aided corner drop to a seated opponent
- Running single leg drop
- Slingshot springboard front missile drop
- Spin
- Multiple leg drop variations
- Diving
- Double
- Slingshot
- Springboard discus
- Northern Lights suplex, sometimes with an O'Connor roll combination
- Pop up double leg slam
- Powerbomb, preceded with an Inverted powerbomb
- Slingshot cutter
- Slingshot DDT, sometimes on the apron
- Springboard back elbow
- Springboard DDT
- Scoop slam
- Somersault plancha
- TKO (Fireman's carry cutter)
- Managers
- C. Edward Vander Pyle
- Chris Sabin
- Christy Hemme
- Jade Chung
- Looney Lane
- Melina
- Ric Flair
- SoCal Val
- Traci
- Nicknames
- "The Coolest Man in Wrestling"
- "The Elite Hunter"
- "The Future"
- ”The King of TNA”
- "Heavy Metal Rebel"
- "The K-A-Z"
- Entrance themes
- Independent circuit
- "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito
- "SCU" by VexTëmper (used as a member of SoCal Uncensored)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling
- "Pledged" by Dale Oliver
- "Rage" by Dale Oliver
- "Alliance" by Dale Oliver
- "Kazarian Z" by Dale Oliver
- "Machine" by Dale Oliver
- "Bad Influence" by Less Than Zero (used while teaming with Michael Shane)
- "Coming Alive" by AD/AM (as Suicide)
- "Kaz" by Dale Oliver
- "Fortune 4" by Dale Oliver & Serg Salinas (used as a member of Fortune)
- "Devious" by Dale Oliver (used as a member of Bad Influence)
- "Bad Influence" by Dale Oliver (used as a member of Bad Influence)
- "Deadly Business" by Jasta
- "Kings of the Asylum" by Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons
- Ring of Honor
- "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito
- "You Sexy Beast" by Kushinator (used as a member of The Addiction)
- "Get Addicted" by VexTëmper (used as a member of The Addiction)
- "SCU" by VexTëmper (used as a member of SoCal Uncensored)
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- "Shot'Em" by [Q]Brick (used as a member of Bullet Club)
- All Elite Wrestling
- "SCU" by VexTëmper (used as a member of SoCal Uncensored)
- "Deadly Business" by Jasta
- Independent circuit
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Big Time Wrestling
- BTW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jason Styles
- California Wrestling Coalition
- CWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- CWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Iron Eagle
- Cauliflower Alley Club
- Future Legends Award (2005)
- DDT Pro-Wrestling
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time) – with Christopher Daniels
- East Coast Wrestling Alliance
- ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nova
- Empire Wrestling Federation
- EWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- EWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Josh Galaxy
- EWF Hall of Fame
- International Wrestling Coalition
- IWC United States Championship (1 time)
- Jersey All Pro Wrestling
- JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- JAPW New Jersey State Championship (1 time)
- Millennium Pro Wrestling
- MPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Phoenix Championship Wrestling
- PCW Television Championship (1 time)
- PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nova
- Primos Wrestling Canada
- Primos Television Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
- PWG World Championship (2 times)
- Bad Ass Mother 3000 (2003)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked #30 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2009
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Christopher Daniels (2) and Scorpio Sky (1)
- ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Christopher Daniels and Scorpio Sky
- Honor Rumble (2017)
- Rising Phoenix Wrestling
- RPW Invitational Tournament (2006)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling
- TNA / IMPACT X Division Championship (5 times)
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Christopher Daniels (2) and Eric Young / Super Eric (1)
- Fight for the Right Tournament (2007)
- King of the Mountain – X Division (2008, 2009)
- TNA World Cup of Wrestling (2013) – with Christopher Daniels, James Storm, Kenny King and Mickie James
- TNA Year End Awards
- Match of the Year (2003) – vs. Chris Sabin and Michael Shane (August 20)
- Memorable Moment of the Year (2003) – The First Ultimate X Match
- Ultimate Pro Wrestling
- UPW Lightweight Championship (1 time)
- UPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nova
- UPW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2001) – with Nova
- United States Xtreme Wrestling
- UXW Xtreme Championship (1 time)
- West Coast Wrestling Alliance
- WCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Tag Team of the Year (2012) – with Christopher Daniels
- Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) – Reverse Battle Royal (TNA iMPACT!)