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John Weiss (born June 12, 1963) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his Johnny Hotbody. He is best known for his appearances in Eastern Championship Wrestling, he won the , ECW Tag Team Championship, and ECW Television Championship.


Professional wrestling career

Early career (1988–1992)
Johnny Hotbody broke into professional wrestling in the late 1980s after completing his training at The Monster Factory, operated by Larry Sharpe. He made a name for himself in several and –based independent promotions before signing with Philadelphia's Tri-State Wrestling Alliance (TWA) in 1990. Hotbody had a long-running feud with . The TWA closed its doors suddenly in 1991, but was soon replaced by Eastern Championship Wrestling (later Extreme Championship Wrestling), run by .


Eastern Championship Wrestling (1992–1993)
On April 26, 1992, Hotbody won the by defeating . He held the title for nearly three months, before losing it back to Snuka on July 14. Later that year, on August 12, he became the first ever ECW Television Champion by defeating . He was later forced to relinquish the title on September 12, 1992, after sustaining a legitimate broken ankle.

Upon his return, he formed the Suicide Blondes with , and, for most of 1993, he competed in tag team competition. He won his first ECW Tag Team Championship with Candido on April 3, 1993, when they defeated and Larry Winters. was later introduced as the third member of the Suicide Blondes, which resulted in the Suicide Blondes defending the Tag Team Championships under the Freebird Rule, which meant that any combination of the three were allowed to defend the championship. He also began a feud with , attacking him after matches. The Suicide Blondes defeated Cairo and J. T. Smith in a tag team match, and for the next few weeks Hotbody competed against Cairo in matches, losing a standard singles match to him, but winning a Lumberjack match. They lost the Tag Team Championship to the Super Destroyers (A. J. Petrucci and ) on May 15, but the combination of Hotbody and Michaels regained it that same day. Later that year, on October 1, Hotbody, along with his former adversary Stetson, was awarded the Tag Team Championship, after the previous champions, and Eddie Gilbert, left the promotion, resulting in the titles being vacated. They had successful title defenses against ( and ), The Sandman and J. T. Smith, and and over the next month. They dropped the championship to and , however, in a nine-second match, on November 13.


Late career (1993–2001, 2006)
Hotbody later competed for the NWA New Jersey, where he was awarded the New Jersey version of the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship on September 25, 1998. He lost it to that same day. After successful tours in several Philadelphia-area independent promotions, Hotbody retired from active competition in 2001.

He returned to wrestling for one night on June 23, 2006, at Pro Wrestling Unplugged teaming with Gary Wolfe in a tag team match.


Championships and accomplishments
  • Eastern Championship Wrestling
    • ECW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)1
    • ECW Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with and Chris Michaels (2), and Tony Stetson (1)
    • ECW Television Championship (1 time)
  • NWA New Jersey
    • NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion (New Jersey version) (1 time)
  • Tri-State Wrestling Alliance
    • TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Larry Winters
  • World Wrestling Association
    • WWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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  • Other titles
    • NAWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

1Johnny Hotbody's reign occurred while the promotion was an NWA affiliate named Eastern Championship Wrestling, and was prior to the promotion becoming Extreme Championship Wrestling and the title being declared a world title by ECW.


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