tournament. Two days later at Open the Ultimate Gate, Cannon and Sami Callihan wrestled in a six–way match, before deciding to walk out on the match. Later in the event, Cannon and Callihan announced they would be forming a tag team named the D.U.F. (Dirty Ugly Fucks) and defeated the Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis and Kory Chavis) in their first match together. On June 5 at Enter The Dragon 2011, Cannon and Callihan were joined by Pinkie Sanchez, before picking up a major win over the tag team of Open the Dream Gate Champion Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Yokosuka. F1RST Wrestling (2007–present) In 2007, Cannon founded the Minneapolis-based promotion F1RST Wrestling, which hosts its flagship "Wrestlepalooza" events at Minneapolis' First Avenue nightclub. In more recent years, the promotion has expanded to host events at an eclectic assortment of locations throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area, including the James Ballentine VFW and Temple of Aaron Synagogue. Several performers from F1RST Wrestling have found later success in larger promotions, such as Seth Rollins, the Top Flight tag team of brothers Darius Martin and Dante Martin, and Ariya Daivari. WWE (2017) In 2017, Cannon appeared on the March 7 episode of 205 Live. He was introduced by Brian Kendrick as Bryan Kendrick and lost to Akira Tozawa. AEW (2021-2022) In 2021, Cannon had two matches with AEW. First was June 5 where he teamed up with Kevin Blackwood in a tag match and faced Eddie Kingston & Penta El Zero Miedo in a loss on Dark Elevation in Jacksonville Florida. His second match was also a tag match in front of his home crowd in Minneapolis Minnesota on November 12, where he and Renny D took on The Pinnacle members Wardlow & Shawn Spears. The fans in attendance were loudly cheering for Arik and chanting his name loudly. This also was a loss. A 0-2 overall record in AEW as of 2021, he was not pinned in both of his matches. On August 10, 2022 Cannon teamed with Travis Titan for a tag match taped for Dark Elevation during the Quake at the Lake special. Cannon and Titan lost to Josh Woods and Tony Neese. Again fans cheered his name loudly during the match. Personal life Cannon was an assistant coach at The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling, a training facility led by WWE alumni Shawn Daivari and Ken Anderson. Championships