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Seth Alexander Schmidt (born March 11, 1992) is an Canadian CAW wrestler, better known by his abbreviated ring name Seth Schmidt. Currently signed to Legacy World Wrestling, Honor Championship Pro Wrestling, Extreme Wrestling Evolution, JM Promotions, Schmidt regularly appears in other promotions as well.

As a singles competitor, Schmidt is a four time world champion. He is also a prolific team wrestler, most notably as the leader of Altered Perspective and it's sub-group, Ego-Death, which he forms with his best-friend Tyler Clark. He's also known as a member of Red Dragon Yakuza, alongside with Chris Milenko, Shayne Frost, JMS (Maniac Martin), Natural Born Killers (Kacey Marr & Nik Rodriguez), Rose Flynn, and others.

Early career
Schmidt received his wrestling training at the Schmidt Family Ranch in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Graduating in late 2011, where Schmidt also made his wrestling debut against Tyler Clark in January 2012. For a number of years, Schmidt wrestled solely in his father's shows held at their ranch, until being signed by Deez Bulletz to Bulletz Championship Wrestling (BCW).

Debut
It was reported in early 2018, that Schmidt had signed an exclusive contract with BCW, a CAW company owned by Deez Bulletz. There isn't much on his time in BCW.

Underground Wrestling Alliance (2018-2020)
His UWA debut occurred at UWA TV 7/7/18 in a losing effort against Diego Ryley.

He then was defeated by Kacey Marr at UWA TV 7/14/18.

At UWA TV 7/28/18 he was victorious in an extreme rules match against a returning Troy Byrd.

World Championship Match
Schmidt took part in UWA Blood And Gore, against Wes Lightning in a World Championship match. In his UWA PPV debut, he defeated Wes Lightning and gained possession of the World Championship and became a member of The Red Dragon Yakuza.

Season 3
Schmidt made his JMPro debut on June 1st, 2019 in the Season 3 Cruiserweight Tournament. Round 1 he lost to El Fuego, who then lost to the eventual winner Kevin Wade. On June 8th, 2019 Seth then competed in the BTZ Gaming Twitch Championship Tournament, against Matt Rose in Round 1. Schmidt beat Rose via roll-up, which caught Rose off guard. Advancing into the second round Seth had to face a guy he knew all too well, Shayne Frost. Frost beat Schmidt via pinfall to advance to eventually win the Twitch Championship. Schmidt then also took part in the JMPro Tag Team Championship Tournamenton June 19th, 2019, along side Chris Milenko as apart of Red Dragon Yakuza (RDY). They advanced to the second round defeating JMPro originals Uncut Diamonds (AJ & Duke Diamond). In Round 2 they had to face long time rivals of Chris, Purity. Purity beat them via pinfall. Schmidt then had a season long feud with Kevin Wade over the Cruiserweight Championship, where he beat Wade for it on July 28th, 2019 holding it until August 16th, 2019, where he dropped it back to Wade.

Season 4
Schmidt made his Season 4 Debut as a Tag Team with Tyler Clark (Reboot). They didn't do much in the tag division. Seemingly losing to the Tag Champions, The Order (Alex & Jay Haas). Fed up with losing Clark turned on Schmidt leading into a feud between the former partners. On Apr 23, 2020 Schmidt was given the opportunity to go to HighSpot to face Clark to settle the score, but Clark beat Schmidt via pinfall. On Apr 24, 2020 Schmidt participated in the JMPro Internet Championship Tournament losing in the first round to Cameron Wolf.

Season 5
So far in Season 5 Seth hasn't been seen or heard from due to an injury caused by JMS in HCPW.

Televised Debut/Global Championship Match
Schmidt made his Legacy World Wrestling televised debut at Legacy VI in the prelim main-event, taking on Travis Turner for the Legacy Global Championship.

United Legacy
Schmidt taken on Legacy World Champion Nik Rodriguez in a Champion vs Champion match where the winner takes both belts. Schmidt was victorious against Nik retaining his Global Championship, and gaining the Legacy World Championship.

Personal Life
A second generation wrestler, Schmidt is the middle son of Canadian Indy wrestling legend "Spectacular" Samuel Schmidt Sr. Schmidt's older brother Sammie Jordan (Samuel Schmidt Jr.) and sister Kelly Parker (Snow Schmidt) are both wrestlers as well. Schmidt was previously engaged to an American wrestler, Selina Priss, since 2018, they broke up and are still friends to this day. Schmidt is currently in an ongoing relationship with Australian wrestler, Sonya Wilson.

Schmidt is fluent in English and semi-fluent in French.

Schmidt has been known as a straight edge "punk", Schmidt takes great pride in his lifestyle, presenting himself as a professional jerk in and outside the ring.

Schmidt is a fan of both classic and electronic rock music, as well as punk rock. He enjoys action and horror films, claiming Die Hard and Pet Sematary as his favorite movies.

Schmidt has twin children Stevie & Johnny Flynn with fellow Canadian wrestler Rose Flynn.

In Wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * My Last Serenade (Running inverted overdrive) - 2021-present
 * Death Sentence (Arm-trap crossface)
 * A Bid Farewell (single knee facebreaker) - 2018-present
 * Paradox Pengalum (Inverted double leg slam) - modified / adopted from Samuel Schmidt Sr.
 * Seth Walker (backflip three-quarter facelock reverse DDT) - 2017-2020; used as a signature move thereafter
 * Enigma (Front facelock cutter/Twist of Fate)
 * Sprial Tap (Diving corkscrew senton bomb) - used rarely
 * Avada Kendavra (Cornered Superkick) - 2012-present


 * Signature moves
 * Rope-step corkscrew plancha to the outside
 * I'm Not a Coward (Ring post tiger feint kick)
 * Snap Dragon (snap dragon suplex)
 * Magnum (Diving double knee facebreaker)
 * Inverted Phoenix Splash/Phoenix Splash/Springboard Phoenix Splash
 * Diving Fist Drop - adopted from Samuel Schmidt Sr.
 * Crowning Achievement (Brainbuster)
 * Kneeling powerbomb
 * Lifting sitout reverse DDT
 * Multiple neckbreaker variations
 * Torture Rack
 * Half Nelson
 * Jumping
 * Back Suplex
 * Reverse Swing
 * Reverse Twist of Fate
 * Inverted
 * Headlock Lariat
 * Air Raid Crash
 * Cravate
 * Corkscrew
 * Suplex
 * Swinging
 * Wheelbarrow
 * Arm Trap
 * Slingshot
 * Rope Hung
 * Middle Rope Blockbuster
 * Prince Blitz (Phenomenal Blitz)
 * Springboard roundhouse kick
 * Prince's Tatsumaki (Springboard Sling Blade)
 * Sixth Sense (Spider suplex from the top rope, often followed by a Phoenix Splash)
 * Suck It! (Slingshot X-Factor)
 * Springboard bottom rope senton bomb
 * Springboard 450 Splash
 * Cheeky Nandos (Package Superkick)

Nicknames
"The Saint"

"Prince Of Calgary"

"The Crownless King"

Entrance Themes
"Players' Haters Ball" by Palisades (July 2018 - August 2021)

"Holy Diver" by Killswitch Engage (November 2011 - July 2018)

"Fight Back" by Neffex (JMPro exclusive) (June 2019 - present)

"The Crownless King" by Killswitch Engage (August 2021 - present)

Teams/Factions
Seth Schmidt & Diego Ryley  Early 2018

Seth & Sammie Schmidt  On & Off

Ego Death fka. Reboot w/ Tyler Clark   2019- Early 2021

Red Dragon Yakuza  2018

Goat Squad  2019 - Present

Legacy World Wrestling
LWW Global Championship (1 time)

LWW World Championship (1 time)

2021 After Dark Clash Winner

Underground Wrestling Alliance
UWA World Championship (1 time)

JM Promotions
JMPro Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

Honor Championship Pro Wrestling
HCPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - w/ Tyler Clark

Outcast Wrestling Society
OWS World Championship (1 time)

OWS Intercontinental Championship (1 time)

OWS Tag Team Championship (1 time) - w/ Sammie Schmidt

Bulletz Championship Wrestling
BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - w/ Diego Ryley

BCW Intercontinental Championship (5 times)

BCW Hardcore Championship (2 time)

BCW World Tag Team Championship (2 time) - w/Sammie Schmidt

Ace Wrestling Society
AWS World Tag Team Championship (2 time) - w/ Tyler Clark

AWS Challenge The Throne Briefcase (1 time)

Heel Turn Wrestling
HTW Intercontinental Championship (3 time)

HTW United States Championship (2 times)