"The Confederate Icon" Chad Vargas

Chad Vargas 

Inverter II (previous) 

Cobra (previous)

Rick Mad (previous)

The Confederate Icon 

The Confederate Cowboy 

The Pride of Tennessee

The Southern Hammer 

The Southern Gentleman 

Slyest Snake in the Game 

The Greatest Heel in the Business

The Heel of Heels

The Anti-Hero

King Cobra (previous)

Knoxville, Tennessee

Everclear County, Tennessee

6'4"

240lbs. 

"Working Man" - Rush (GCWA 2020 return only)

"Needle and the Spoon" - Lynyrd Skynyrd 

"Hats off to the Bull" - Chevelle (previous) 

"Cowboy" - Kid Rock (previous) 

Finishing Maneuver: 

The Stroke - Forward Russian Legsweep 

Snakeskin DDT – Modified Evenflow DDT 

Lethal Strike – Swinging neck breaker 

The KKF - [Knoxville Knuckle Fuck] – Brass knuckle shot to the dome 

Figure four Leg lock 

Rasputin 

Treat Cassidy (agent, legal advisor) 

Mike Williams

Spike Love

Mack Hollywood (former bodyguard) 

Trent Medlow (former NWF president) 

Darly Oates (former previous bodyguard) 

Kevin Bourne (former Tag team partner/stablemate) 

Chris England (former 1/2 of tag team champions Beatdown Express) 

Troy Gafgen

Chris Legend

Bob Grenier 

Ian Bishop

Scott Syren

PerZag

Marcus Welsh

Matt Meyhu

CJ O'Donnell (really not worth mentioning, but he's still a toolshed.)

Eric Dane (another bitch not worth mentioning)

Chad Vargas was born to former NWA great and 20-time World Heavyweight champion, Bagwell Vargas. Wrestling was in his blood, but so was stock car racing. He was a three time late model track champion at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee by the time he was 18. Suddenly his racing career was halted when his father and best friend passed away at the age of 49 of a heart attack. Vargas, with younger brother Stonewall Vargas began training to continue his father's legacy. Vargas traveled north to Nova Scotia, Canada and was trained by Canadian wrestler turned promoter Rasputin and after six months of in depth intense training, Vargas along with Stonewall we're signed by Rasputin's federation NAWA. 

Once in NAWA, Vargas wrestling under "Cobra" with a snake wrangler gimmick rose to superstardom by way of feuding with then North American champion, Kid. Vargas was able to defeat Kid for the North American championship, a rematch was scheduled for Saturday night Slaughter -However, before Vargas and Kid we're to meet up in the ring, Kid was killed in a plane crash somewhere in New Mexico. With heavy hearts, Rasputin booked Vargas and Maverick to face one another for the title. Vargas would go onto defeat Maverick and retain the title. Weeks later, Vargas would later relinquish the championship due to strange happenings, thinking the title was haunted by his bitter rival, Kid - he couldn't handle the stigma and dropped it, he would go on to feud with Mr. Plow, current World Heavyweight champion, but before the two we're to settle their differences at Chill Out '99, Rasputin suddenly closed the NAWA. 

Vargas wasn't unemployed for long, as he went on to join EHWF owned and operated out of North Carolina by President Matt Carver. Vargas was thrilled to be back in the south and quickly climbed the ladder of success there, beating greats like Lil' Biggs, Damien Ryle, Ghost, Mr. Plow, and Rasputin, who came out of retirement to compete in the EHWF. Stonewall Vargas, Vargas' younger brother also made his debut in EHWF wrestling under the name 'Venom'. They became a staple in the tag team division eventual multi-time champions as "the Outlawz" they managed to hold the tag titles together for a record 477 days. Stonewall would later go on to do a lengthy prison bid for attempted murder, and upon his release would return to EHWF and wreak havoc on his older brother, feuding with one another for the World title. Vargas would later go on record to say one of his greatest moments was putting his brother over and dropping the strap to him. Vargas had a successful run for the EHWF's 4 year tenure, becoming a multi World champion, and holding the Internet championship a record 16 times. Vargas would also become a Grandslam champion and inducted into the Hall of Fame. President Carver had to step down due to being diagnosed with cancer, and ultimately bequeathed the EHWF to Vargas. Vargas tried to run the EHWF as best as he could, but being hated by everyone, he had a hard time getting superstars to work for him. Instead, Vargas "fell out" of the spotlight, and began donning a mask and wrestling under "Inverter II" all the while working a deal to sell the EHWF to XHWF (and eventual NWF) owner Trent Medlow. Once Medlow purchased EHWF, it then merged XHWF and Vargas stayed employed until the XHWF's demise itself, over his XHWF tenure wasn't nearly as successful as his previous with EHWF but did manage to pile up 5 European championship reigns. 

From his departure of XHWF, he went on to ink a deal with Jay Dubb's VCW, where he was repackaged and began wrestling under his real name, with a redneck Tennessee cowboy gimmick. He had modest success with VCW, as President Dubbs had a hard time keeping it open, closing it numerous times only to reopen it a short time later, before Vargas grew tired of wrestling and called it quits. 

It had been four years since Vargas stepped foot into a wrestling ring when he joined Dwayne Blair's EWL and Mike Walker's EMF simultaneously in 2008. EWL was a brand new promotion, while EMF had a 8 year history. It was in EWL where Vargas had met Treat Cassidy. With Cassidy's guidance, Vargas quickly ran through EWL and became World Heavyweight champion by way of defeating Chris Legend, whom he had a bitter rivalry through backstage spats and he and Legend facing each other many times in other promotions unworthy of speaking of. Vargas defeated Legend for the title at July's PPV, High Noon and held the championship until EWL closed it's doors. Vargas would than focus on EMF, EWL's sister federation, and right off the bat was in the pit of battling undercard talent night after night such as Double A and Gambler, going nowhere in his EMF career, Vargas and President Walker had a match together, and if Vargas won, he would bring in his own booker. Vargas would go onto win and bring in NWF co-owner Mike Williams. Williams though, couldn't do exactly what he wanted and was eventually banned from EMF for utilizing his freedom of speech, as EMF was a heavy liberal company, in which Vargas would have numerous issues with over the course of his career there. Even with the best agent money could buy, Treat Cassidy could not get the booking correctly. It was literally like a 5-year old boy was booking their programs. This is where the phrase "WEAK ASS BOOKING" became coined.

Having bad blood and animosity towards President Walker, Vargas left the EMF, only to return a few months later, and was finally pushed to the moon, eventually facing World champion Dan Godwin, however, Vargas would later no show the event due to yet another contract dispute with the libtard commissioner, Tony Ikeda. Vargas would wrestle one final time for EMF against Troy Gafgen, if Gafgen won, Vargas would retire. However, Vargas won the match and still said fuck it, and left the EMF in 2011. 

It wasn't until January of 2014 when Vargas made a surprise appearance at EMF's weekly program, Shockwave blasting an acoustic guitar over the head of Commissioner Tony Ikeda. Vargas would than go on a 6-0 undefeated streak in the EMF, finally getting the true push he deserved. He was named #1 contender for the World championship after defeating Chris Marx, Mack O'Connor, Kevin Bourne, and Tony Ikeda. Vargas would than go on to face current champion "Michael Cena" at Return of an Era, after being TOTALLY FUCKED, and considering Cena was VP, and a HORRIBLE performer (even SHITTIER WRITER) Vargas knew the odds were against him. But given a stellar performance and a should be victory, it wasn't so, and Cena ended up retaining his title. Vargas went on a terror and beat the shit out of every EMF staff member and dark match wrestler, he could find. Including breaking Shockwave GM Shane Anderson's neck. Vargas made his way into President Walker's office and broke his nose, than on his way out head butted Diva's champion Mickie James shattering her face. Vargas was fined big money and banned from EMF for life. Vargas has yet to pay one dime toward his fines, and as of September 2016, still has an e-mail from President Walker begging him to return. Vargas has not replied.

His time in EMF was tumultuous but he was able to meet a number of cool people, one of which Mack O'Connor, whom finally decided to leave EMF in favor of OCW in 2015 at the behest of Treat Cassidy and Vargas himself. A few other notable allies and rivals whom Vargas respected from EMF are: Chris Marx, Darly Oates, Lee Foster, Scott Tazte, Matt Dragon, and Kevin Bourne. 

After nearly calling it a retirement after the EMF debacle, Vargas stumbled upon Online Championship Wrestling, and the rest is history. Vargas had a slow start once he joined OCW, competing in a rookie's night out match during his first match, he came close to winning it all, instead the match saw PerZag winning. At Vargas' entry to OCW, PerZag and Bob Grenier had joined the company in the same week. Each of those men would prove to begin strong rivalries with throughout the following years. Abruptly, Dean left OCW and handed the reigns off to Vargas' long time agent, Treat Cassidy. With Cassidy in the driver's seat, many assumed Vargas would go straight to the top and begin his reign as OCW Champion. However, a shoulder injury sidelined him for the remainder of Cassidy's tenure as president. Months later, OCW was under new leadership, Marcus Welsh. Vargas' was able to defeat Mack O'Connor for the OCW championship. Vargas held the OCW championship for a few months, before losing the championship to his arch rival, Bob Grenier at Revenge. Vargas and Grenier would go on to have one of the most heated feuds in the 20 year history of OCW. Vargas' is known for throwing Grenier off the top of the Green Monster at Fenway Park at Sinful Nature. Vargas' had a tumultuous relationship with management, most notably Marcus Welsh throughout his time at OCW. He was slated to take on Matt Meyhu for the OCW championship in mid-2017, but a spat with Welsh, Vargas had his position taken away. That left a bad taste in Vargas' mouth, as he would slowly shy away from OCW competition after that.  After a part-time run in 2018-2019, Vargas left wrestling once again, once OCW closed it's doors. When GCWA re-opened, Vargas was instantly intrigued, being that he spent time with the company in 2009 with The Accelerator in the driver's seat, Vargas didn't hesitate to throw his hat in the reboot GCWA, returning to wrestling in late 2019. After a few matches, he left once again. Fast forward April 2020, and The Confederate Icon is back for another run at glory. Vargas would also return to OCW in 2020, competing in the 16-man tournament, Manifest Destiny II after a round one victory over Sarah Twilight, he was slated to take on "The Incredible One" Ian Bishop in round two, but an issue at the airport left him missing his chance at finally putting TIO in the ground. It has been heavily debated that had Vargas made the show, he would have won Manifest Destiny II and the big money payout. 

NAWA – North American Wrestling Association 

EHWF – Extreme Hardcore Wrestling Federation

FFF - Frank's Fantasy Frontier

IWF - Insane Wrestling Federation

XHWF - X-Treme Hardcore Wrestling Federation

HKWF - Hard Kore Wrestling Federation

XWF - X-Treme Wrestling Federation

VCW – Violent Championship Wrestling

IWL-TCW - Imperial Wrestling League-Traditional Championship Wrestling

NWF – Nashville Wrestling Federation 

96P - 96 Promotions

WU - Wrestling Unplugged

EWL – Extreme Wrestling League 

HWA - Highlander Wrestling Association

EMF – Extreme Measures Federation 

OCW – Online Championship Wrestling [c] 

GCWA - Global Championship Wrestling Association [c]

[105 total reigns]

1 time NAWA North American 

7 time EHWF World Heavyweight 

5 time EHWF Television 

14 time EHWF Hardcore 

16 time EHWF Internet 

11 time EHWF Tag Team 

1 time IWF Hardcore 

2 time IWF Intercontiental 

1 time XHW European 

1 time EWF World Heavyweight 

1 time ECHWL Intercontiental 

1 time RBWF Three-Way 

5 time XHWF European 

1 time HKWF United States 

6 time XWF Atlantic 

2 time XWF World Heavyweight 

1 time XWF Intergender Tag Team 

1 time XWF Hardcore Tag Team 

2 time ECW Chaotic 

1 time ECW Tag Team 

1 time EWFA Television 

1 time FFF Television 

1 time NFW Hardcore 

1 time NYEW Tag Team 

1 time NCW Universal 

1 time VCW Hardcore 

1 time XWE Hardcore 

2 time EWL Tag Team 

1 time EWL Intercontinental 

1 time EWL World Heavyweight 

3 time EMF Extreme 

1 time WU Contender 

1 time WU One Shot 

1 time HWA World Heavyweight 

1 time 96 Promotions Lugar 

1 time 96 Promotions World Heavyweight

1 time ILW-TCW International 

1 time OCW World Heavyweight

1 time OCW Tag Team

1 time GCWA Tag Team

Most Blood Lost at Sudden Death II EHWF PPV, in the Lumberjack Death Match (against Ghost, Chaotic Clown, and Damien) 

EHWF Grandslam Champion 

EHWF Hall of Famer 

EHWF Legend's Club Inductee 

Longest serving EHWF Commissioner 

EHWF President (taking over from Matt Carver) 

EHWF Owner 50% (purchasing from Matt Carver, 1/2 with Trent Medlow) 

Winning EHWF Super Tournament #12 

Unified EHWF and XHWF European championships 

Won IWL-TCW's Ultimate Dome Tournament #2

Banned from NWA-TNA Wrestling for life 

Banned from XWE Wrestling for life 

Banned from CWA Wrestling for life 

Banned from EMF Wrestling for life

1st ever EHWF Internet champion 

1st ever WU Contender champion 

1st ever WU One Shot champion 

1st ever and only HWA World Heavyweight champion 

1st ever 96 Promotions Lugar champion 

Longest reigning EWL World Heavyweight champion 

Final reigning EWL World Heavyweight champion 

Only wrestler to hold two EWL singles titles at once (World & IC) 

EWL Hall of Famer 

2000 EHWF Most Hated Wrestler of the Year 

2000 EHWF Most Improved Wrestler of the Year 

2001 EHWF Most Hated Wrestler of the Year 

2001 EHWF Heel of the Century Trophy Winner

2002 EHWF Most Hated Wrestler of the Year

2003 EHWF Most Hated Wrestler of the Year

2008 EWL Most Impressive Wrestler of the Week (4-1/4-7) 

2008 EWL Superstar of the Week (5-18/5-24) 

2008 EWL Superstar of the Week (8-3/8-9) 

2008 EWL Roleplayer of the Week (6-1/6-7) 

2008 EWL All Eyes on Me Award Winner (Month of June)

2008 EWL All Eyes on Me Award Winner (Month of July)

2008 EWL All Eyes on Me Award Winner (Month of September)

OCW Hall of Famer

2018 Margarita Mix Tournament Winner

2014 OCW Best Finishing Move (Month of May)

2014 OCW Top Heel (Month of May)

2014 OCW Most Improved (Month of June)

2014 OCW Top Fued w/ Bob Grenier (Month of June)

2015 OCW Top Fued w/ Bob Grenier (Month of February)

2015 OCW Best Match w/ Bob Grenier + Mack O'Connor (Month of February)

2015 OCW Wrestler of the Month (Month of February)

2015 OCW Most Points (Month of February)

2015 OCW Most Points (Month of March)

2015 OCW Best Match w/ Danny B (Month of March)

2015 OCW Top Heel (Month of March)

2015 OCW Top Heel (Month of April)

2015 OCW Most Charismatic (Month of April)

2015 OCW Best Match w/ Bob Grenier (Month of March)

2015 OCW Top Feud w/ Bob Grenier (Month of March)

2017 OCW Top Feud w/ Ian Bishop (Month of February)

2017 OCW Best Match w/ Ian Bishop (Month of February)

2017 OCW Best Match w/ Ian Bishop (Month of March)

2017 OCW Top Feud w/ Clientele + Aptitude (Month of March)

2017 OCW Best Angle - Rick Mad unmasking as Chad Vargas (Month of May)

2017 OCW Top Heel (Month of June)

2017 OCW Top Heel (Month of July)

2017 OCW Best Finishing Move (Month of August)

2017 OCW Most Charismatic (Month of August)

2018 OCW Best Angle - Vargas/Grenier and the Margarita Mix (Month of May)

2018 OCW Top Heel (Month of June)

2018 OCW Top Feud w/ Bob Grenier (Month of June)

2019 OCW Most Charismatic (Month of Febuary)

Standard moves : 

Various punches 

Standing Dropkick 

Flying Dropkick 

Flying Shoulderblock 

Swan Dive Headbutt 

Frog Splash 

Guillotine Leg Drop 

Leg Drop 

Flying Elbow Drop 

Bionic Elbow 

Forearm shot 

Discus Lariet 

Moonsault 

Springboard Moonsault 

Flying Crossbody 

Shooting Star Press (Top rope to arena floor) 

Russian Legsweep 

Inverted Russian Legsweep (Downward Spiral) 

Jumping Inverted Russian Legsweep (Flatliner) 

Standing Dragon Sleeper DDT 

Suplexes: 

Snap 

German 

Double Underhook 

Belly to Belly 

Overhead Belly to belly 

Tiger 

Stalling 2x Underhook 

High angle 

Stalling German 

Stalling Vertical 

Drop 

Reverse (from front) 

Reverse (from behind) 

Sambo 

T-bone 

Uranagi 

Full Nelson 

Half Nelson 

3/4 Nelson Sleeper 

Ocean Cyclone 

Wheelbarrow 

Power moves: 

Chokeslam 

Clothesline 

Spear 

Powerbomb 

Corner splash 

Gorrilla Press Slam 

Powerslam 

Bodyslam 

Pump Handle Slam 

Pumphandle Powerbomb 

3/4 Nelson Sleeper Slam 

2 Hand Chokeslam 

2 Hand Choke Sitout Powerbomb (Albert's Baldo Bomb) 

Submission Moves: 

Crippler Crossface 

Boston Crab 

Scissored Crossface Chickenwing 

Crossface Chickenwing 

Eastern Sleeper 

Reverse Headlock Sleeper 

3/4 Nelson Sleeper 

Camel Clutch 

Figure Four 

Reverse Figure Four 

STF 

Regal Stretch 

Half Crab 

Texas Cloverleaf 

Sharpshooter 

Half Crab 

Elevated Crab 

Elevated Half Crab 

Standing Dragon Sleeper 

Dragon Sleeper 

Indian Deathlock 

Indian Deathlock + Reverse Chinlock 

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