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While in England, Gruner gave an interview to The Sun , a London-based tabloid newspaper, in which he said that he was interested in wrestling for TNA. In the course of the interview, Gruner claimed that he was fired from WWE for criticizing the company's decision to downgrade wrestlers from business class to economy class in overseas flights.

Pro Wrestling Explore. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Billy Kidman. Kidman then went on to capture the Cruiserweight Championship for the seventh time making him the record holder for most Cruiserweight Titles at the time , by defeating Jamie Noble at Survivor Series. He spent the next few years as a star attraction in the cruiserweight division, relying solely on his in-ring work and no real gimmick.

Later, Kidman was placed with a new tag team partner, Paul London. Proving the win was not an upset, they went on to win a rematch for the titles. The championship run of this face team came to an abrupt end after Kidman turned his back on London.

The heel turn played off of a legitimate injury which occurred on an August 24, taping of SmackDown! London and Kidman fought at No Mercy , where Kidman injured London with a shooting star press, while London was strapped to a stretcher.

This completed Kidman's heel turn, blaming the fans for wanting him to be more brutal with his in-ring style. Kidman and Guerrero ended their feud upon Chavo's return, the latter being victorious in the final match.

Kidman then competed against London over the Cruisweight title in the coming months. At the start of , Kidman suffered a broken orbital bone, which sidelined him for three months. Gruner was released from his WWE contract on July 6, It was rumored that the reason behind his release was the lack of crowd reaction and unintentional injuries he caused, but Gruner later stated in an interview with the UK newspaper The Sun that it was because he argued with management over their decision to stop booking wrestlers on first class flights overseas.

Recently, he has become a trainer for developmental talent in World Wrestling Entertainment's official territory Florida Championship Wrestling, making appearances as a wrestler but as of yet has not rejoined WWE in an official wrestling role.

They would lose the match to Karl Anderson and Joey Ryan. Gruner was a banker before he started training to be a professional wrestler, and was good friends with Chris Kanyon, whom he met at the Wild Samoan training center in Pennsylvania.

Gruner is the cousin of fellow professional wrestler, Mikey Batts. They lived together in Tampa, Florida when not traveling. Billy Kidman September 9, Published on September 9, Ryan Murphy. Tagged in Where Are They Now? What's Trending on WWE. Photos: All hail King Woods. Sign in.