B-Boy (wrestler)

Filipino American professional wrestler

On January 31, 2004, B Boy went to Essen, Germany to compete for the Germany based promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling, and lost to X Dream in a four way match that also contained Thumbtack Jack and Steve Douglas. In June he competed in the JCW J Cup Tournament, making it to the final by defeating Chris Idol and Josh Daniels, before losing to Super Dragon. The next month, he made his first appearance for Ring of Honor (ROH), losing to Josh Daniels in the main event on July 17 at Do or Die III. On August 6, 2004, he competed in the WPW "Best of the West Tournament" for the second consecutive year, defeating Jardi Frantz in the final to win. He also returned to ROH, defeating Kevin Steen in a singles match on February 19 at Do or Die IV, but losing a six way, also containing Izzy, Steen, Deranged and Dixie, to Azrieal on March 5. He made his Pro Pain Pro Wrestling (3PW) debut on June 18, 2005, defeating Ruckus. He made another appearance in ROH on October 29 at This Means War, losing to Colt Cabana. In 2006, he returned to APW, losing to Mr. Prime Time at APW Gym Wars on April 1.

In Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Cuntapay, using the name B Boy, joined the Hi V faction, with Messiah and The Backseat Boys, managed by Dewey Donovan. On July 20, Hi V turned on CZW owner John Zandig, leading to the rest of the roster chasing them out of the building. This allowed the Hi V members to take a short hiatus from CZW, and B Boy returned on the show of October 11, Uprising, defeating Homicide. He continued working regularly throughout the end of 2003 and 2004, gaining numerous title matches, but failing to win them. On July 10, 2004, B Boy competed in the fourth annual Best of the Best tournament in an attempt to win it for the second consecutive time, but lost to Roderick Strong in the quarter finals. After another short hiatus from CZW, B Boy defeated Dan Maff on December 11 to win the Xtreme Strong Style Tournament. This earned him a match that night against the CZW Iron Man Champion, Chris Hero, who he then defeated to win the championship. On April 2, 2005, B Boy unsuccessfully challenged Ruckus for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship, and on May 14, he competed in the fifth Best of the Best tournament, making it to the finals, where he lost to Mike Quackenbush in a four way match. On August 13, B Boy lost a Loser Leaves Town match to Nate Webb, although he returned just under a month later on September 10, at the Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show. After this, he competed only sporadically for CZW, making an appearance at the 2006 Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show, and then, later that night, unsuccessfully challenging LuFisto for the CZW Iron Man Championship. He also competed in the seventh Best of the Best tournament on July 14, 2007, defeating Cheech, Ricochet, Brandon Thomaselli and Jigsaw en route to the final, where he lost to Joker. On January 30, 2010, at High Stakes 4 – Sky's the Limit B Boy won the CZW World Heavyweight Championship, by defeating the previous champion Drake Younger. B Boy announced on his Twitter that he would be returning to CZW to face A. R. Fox. Later, it was announced that B Boy would be facing Jonathan Gresham at Proving Grounds.

B Boy first made appeared in Independent Wrestling Association Mid South (IWA Mid South) as part of the 2003 Ted Petty Invitational, defeating J. C. Bailey and Nigel McGuinness before losing to Chris Hero in the semifinals. He later appeared on April 9, 2004, in a loss to A. J. Styles. He also appeared the following night, when he defeated Chris Hero in a two out of three falls match that lasted 45 minutes. He continued to wrestle sporadically for IWA Mid South throughout 2004, facing wrestlers including CM Punk, Petey Williams, and Alex Shelley. At the start of 2005, B Boy took a hiatus from IWA Mid South, returning on April 29 at Revenge Served Cold, defeating Sal Thomaselli in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, in what was his last match in IWA Mid South for over a year. He made his return on September 29, 2006, losing to Arik Cannon in the first round of the Ted Petty Invitational tournament. He made further appearances in December 2006, and again in June 2007.

On June 5, 2004, B Boy debuted in Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW), losing to Trent Acid, however, his second appearance was not until September 18 of that year, when he lost to Low Ki. In only his fourth appearance for the promotion on January 29, 2005, B Boy and Homicide, collectively known as The Strong Style Thugs, defeated The Christopher Street Connection to win the JAPW Tag Team Championship. They held the championship for just under two months, before losing it to the team of Teddy Hart and Jack Evans in a steel cage match. After more sporadic appearances, B Boy defeated Azrieal to win the JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship on June 4, 2005, however he was stripped of the title later that year. He continued to make sporadic appearances until December 8, 2007, when he lost to Azrieal and Arcadia in what was billed as his retirement match. Despite that, he later returned to JAPW just under a year later, unsuccessfully challenging the JAPW Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega. He later returned to wrestle New Jersey State Champion Bandido Jr. on January 24, 2009.

In 2003, B Boy made his Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) debut, defeating Tony Kozina on August 29. For the next year, he made few appearances, until November 2005, when he began competing for PWG on a regular basis. He then competed mainly in singles competition, taking on wrestlers including Chris Sabin, El Generico and Excalibur, with mixed results. In mid 2006, he began competing for various championships in PWG, losing a World tag Team Championship match to Scott Lost and Chris Bosh with Human Tornado as his tag team partner, and he was defeated by the PWG World Champion, Joey Ryan in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs steel cage match. On October 7, he teamed with Super Dragon to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship from Lost and Bosh. After successful defenses against Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli, they lost the championship to Davey Richards and Roderick Strong on November 17. They won the championship back the next day, however, by winning a four way match, also containing the teams of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, and Hero and Castagnoli. Their second title reign was also short lived, however, as they lost the championship to El Generico and Quicksilver just over two weeks later on December 2.