Debut: November, 2002 (as Jamaican John, faced Chris Wyatt on eXplosion. Won.)
Career
Highlight: 3x SWF Champion, including his first title reign, where he defeated Daniel Santoy at Capitol Punishment 2003, less
than a year after his debut.
There are superstars, and then there are future Hall of Famers. Despite what the fans
may think of him, John Pirtle is easily both.
Pirtle debuted under the moniker, “Jamaican John,” in 2002.
Of course, breaking into the business isn’t easy to do, and so in a short time he found a mentor in SWF veteran Daniel
Santoy. The two joined forces (and John dropped the “Jamaican” part of his name) to form the Deadly Alliance.
Of course, one of the most important lessons that John would learn from Santoy was “Don’t Trust Anyone,”
as Santoy turned on him just a few short months later, putting John Pirtle on his own against the SWF.
In short order
though, Pirtle skyrocketed right to the top, winning the SWF Champion from his former mentor at Capitol Punishment that same
year. John would remain champion through the following year, seemingly taking on all comers, including the invaders of the
WWRV in 2004. Since then, John has been a perennial contender to the SWF title, always not too far away.
The Deadly
Alliance would reform a few years later, as Santoy and Pirtle again joined forces, this time with the help of Anna Machen
and Kirby. The four ran roughshod over the SWF, taking down foes like Sam Bratton, Scooter Pondoff and PG13 before Santoy’s
betraying nature again got the better of John. Of course, this time, Pirtle took matters a bit further. In 2010, Pirtle ran
down Jackie Blue, the general manager of the SWF, in his vehicle at High Stakes, after being denied a spot in the High Stakes
match. This would draw the ire of Santoy, and the two finally met at Mind Games VI. Santoy came out with the victory, but
Pirtle came out with a protégé of his own, PG13, and the two would join to form a new force in the SWF, the Repeat Offenders.
Throughout
2010 and 2011, the Repeat Offenders made it their business to take as many things as possible from Daniel Santoy and his new
partner Mike Kizzar. Towards the end of the season, John tried to deny Kizzar a shot at the SWF title, first costing him the
High Stakes match with a late run-in, and then by fighting his way through the SureShot tournament to face Mike at Mind Games
VII. In what was regarded as some to be the match of the night, and possibly even the year, Pirtle and Kizzar clashed, but
thanks to some interference on the part of Alex Knight, whom Pirtle had defeated earlier in the tournament, Kizzar came away
victorious, and Pirtle had someone new to set his anger on…
