was among the 24 immediately purchased by the WWF as well. He was sent to the WWF's "farm territory", Heartland Wrestling Association. He made his debut for WWF during the Invasion as a member of The Alliance. After a severe concussion in the ring, he was rarely seen and was released in December 2001 after around 8–9 months without ever being used as a wrestler. Independent circuit (2002–present) On March 22, 2002, Karagias would join AWA Superstars of Wrestling and on that very night challenged the then champion, "The Underwear Model" Eric Priest, to a championship match and won the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship. Karagias would lose the championship to Danny Dominion and two days later regained the title. After holding the championship for over five months he would finally lose the championship to Horshu on October 19. Horshu was then stripped of the title due to missing mandatory title defences and on July 6, 2003, Karagias would defeat Eric Priest to win the vacant championship for a third time. Karagias would hold the title for over one and a half years before being fired in January 2005 by Dale Gagne for misconduct and refusal of defending the title as scheduled. At the Ultimate Pro Wrestling 5th Anniversary Show on February 20, 2004, Frankie Kazarian defeated Jerry Lynn and Evan Karagias to retain his UPW Lightweight Championship. Since then, Karagias has been inactive from wrestling. However, on October 28, 2006, Karagias returned to wrestling and appeared at a TNT Pro Wrestling show to face off with X-Pac (who had Scott Hall in his corner) in a charity benefit match. In 2009 and 2010, he worked for the New York-based Fight The World wrestling promotion, Karagias was the number 1 contender for the FTW heavyweight title and had a match with the champion Balls Mahoney. Filmography Championships and accomplishments AWA Superstars of Wrestling AWA Superstars of Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (3 times) Heartland Wrestling Association HWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Shannon Moore Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #123 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500" in 2000 World Championship Wrestling WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) WCW Hardcore Championship (1 time)1 1The WCW Hardcore Championship was held jointly with Shannon Moore and Shane Helms as a member of 3 Count using the Freebird Rule. References External links 1973 births American male professional wrestlers