Jason Snow
Career Highlights

Little is known about Jason Snow's private life, but his wrestling accolades speak for themselves. Starting out in a small, regional promotion based in eastern Canada, Snow quickly showed an aptitude for the sport, despite a lack of technical prowess. Instead, he found his strengths in superior athleticism and conditioning, and dwarfed his early competition.

It wasn't long before a larger, American promotion came knocking, and in late 1999, SIW bought out Snow's contract. With his young wife, Snow moved to the North Eastern United States, despite vehemently anti-American views.

He debuted for SIW in the year 2000, quickly making a name for himself as a talent to keep an eye on. It was also around this time that Snow began to develop his arrogant "heel" persona, something that came to the SIW management as quite a surprise, and he became downright unreasonable to work with at times. Nevertheless, it wasn't long before Snow captured SIW gold, winning the promotions European Championship. He would go on to win their North American Championship on two separate occasions. He was also loosely associated with a group called "DEATHROW," a group that were regarded as outsiders in SIW, thanks to anti-establishment attitudes and senselessly violent tendencies.

Sources say that Snow's SIW contract was outrageous, considering SIW's status as a high profile indie federation. Much of the other talent was also considered overpaid in relation to how much money the federation was bringing in. By the summer of 2000, SIW was failing to meet their payroll expectations, causing a mass exodus of talent. This lead to poor ticket sales, which ultimately lead to the federation filing for bankruptcy and closing it's doors in the fall. It would re-open several years later, and is now stronger than ever in 2008. In 2006, unbenknownst to Jason Snow, he was inducted into the SIW Hall of Fame, despite never winning the promotion's World Championship.

Out of work, and with a young wife at home, Snow contacted his old associates from DEATHROW in hopes that they might have a lead on an employment opportunity. Luckily enough, they did, and Snow headed south of the border, signing with the United Wrestling League's Mexican division.

Again, Snow got off to a quick start, winning the organization's European Championship in just his second week on the roster. He was, again, also noted as a rising star, and a few national magazines began recognizing him as a "big league" prospect. However, his ascention to superstardom would once again be derailed when DEATHROW was apbruptly fired by the UWL(M) staff for unruly behavior, leading Snow to relinquish his title and quit in protest.

Little is known about the early part of 2001, but sources say that Snow was blacklisted from many independant promotions for his actions in UWL(M), specifically, for tossing his European Championship into the audience on live television. Many believe that Snow briefly gave up his pursuit of wrestling stardom and began working a regular job, as he was paying for his wife's education. It was also about this time that Snow learned that he was about to become a father, which may have been his motivation to give wrestling one more shot.

He signed a contract with the AWA, though his stint with the company lasted less than a week. With his name circulating through the underbelly oof the wrestling world again, Snow got a surprise when PCW came calling.

To Snow's surprise, when he showed up for a tryout with PCW, he found that he wasn't actually being offered a contract, but rather, with their developmental company, PWA. Reports say that Snow was originally disappointed to have walked out on his AWA contract for a much less lucrative, less secure, contract with a developmental federation. However, with no other option available, Snow showed up and quickly took the PWA by storm, and immediately found himself ranked the #1 prospect in the company. He easily handled his competition, and in the spring of 2001, he and Vampir Nosferatu became Primetime Championship Academy's first "graduates."

But still, Snow found the doors to PCW closed. He was instead signed with PCW2, an experimental sister promotion to PCW, where again, he immediately thrived, making a name for himself as a prospect to watch. He went undefeated in PCW2, even topping his PWA rival, Vampir Nosferatu. It wasn't long before the management at PCW could not ignore the young talent, and by early summer, Snow signed a contract with PCW, arguably the largest wrestling federation in the world.

There were no "big league jitters" for the budding star. Within weeks of entering PCW, Snow captured the Rising Star Championship, a title that he would never lose in the ring. Instead, it was announced in the summer of 2001 that PCW was going to undergo a huge shakeup, where every member of the roster was fired, and thus, all titles were stripped. Snow would go on to win four PCW Championships in total, though two of them were among the most controversial reigns in the history of the company. However, even during these reigns, Snow successfully defended the championship several times. There was also controversy around Snow's final championship win, despite his status as a fan favorite at the time. Snow had just been released from prison, where he served several months on an assault charge, and yet had been allowed to be flown to wrestling shows at his own expense during his incarceration.

In the late summer of 2003, a knee injury sidelined Snow from PCW action. There were also rumors of tension with management. Whatever the case, no one could have expected Jason Snow, perhaps the most recognizable face in the wrestling world at the time, to disappear for three years. Rumors of his death circulated as often as rumors of a very early retirement. It was later revealed, however, that in the fall of 2003, Snow's wife was tragically killed in a car accident. Snow has never spoken publically about the incident. He would later be inducted into the PCW Hall of Fame.

In the fall of 2006, rumblings of a return began to surface, as the enigmatic and reclusive Jason Snow began being spotted backstage at shows being put on by top wrestling promotions including PRIME, AWC, GCW, Global, and FUSE. After being quarted by each of them, Snow eventually decided to sign with PRIME.

It was also about this time that promotion for GTT6 began, and Snow decided to throw his hat in the ring. It would be GTT6 where Snow would prove that he had not only retained his skills over the years, but had, if anything, improved. In the end, Snow was named GTT6 champion, capping one of the most impressive comebacks in wrestling history. The GTT6 win came with a shot at the PTC Unified Championship, which Snow won. He went on to defend the title several times before finally being defeated in the late fall of 2007.

In PRIME, Snow made an immediate impact, immediately forming an alliance with other top name superstars, Angelo Deville, Rich Rollins, and later, Nova. However, his early success was likely hampered by his involvement in GTT6, and despite familiar in-ring success, Snow was noticably low-profile on the actual shows. Snow would go on to win PRIME's 5-Star Championship, and then in the fall of 2007, shortly after losing PTC's Unified Title, he announced that he would be taking time off to have knee surgery. He was expected to return in February or March, but remained out of action until late April, 2008.

His return was short-lived, however, as a little publicized DUI landed Snow in a jail cell for several months. He was ordered to attend regular AA meetings as a condition of his release, and all reports claim that he has maintained his sobriety.

Snow returned to the ring full time at the onset of the 2008 Jewel in the Crown tournament. He appeared to be in prime form, rolling into the finals at King of Kings, where he defeated Rhett Locke in the semi-finals and then tournament favorite Tyler Rayne in the finals.

At Culture Shock 2009, Snow challenged Chandler Tsonda for PRIME's Universal title. The match was a technical one, going back and forth, with each man trying to tactically outwit his opponent. Snow came out victorious, winning PRIME's Universal Championship, the fifth top championship that he's won in his career. Snow claimd that it was the dawn of a new era in PRIME.

The next night, in the Dual Halo match, Snow found himself once again battling to the end with Chandler Tsonda, and they found themselves as two of the last three participants in the match. Snow would ultimately finish second - the match was won by Garbage Bag Johnny, setting up a brutal rematch between the three at UltraViolence in May, 2009. Snow managed to successfully defend his title in what is considered possibly the finest performance of his career.

Along the road to Colossus VI, a new challenge rose up. Kaiser Vashaun had been earning a reputation as a hot prospect, and it was time to cash in on his potential. He was announced as the challenger to Snow's championship at CVI, and what's more, he would be putting his own 5-Star championship on the line. The title vs. title match was incredibly close, but in the end, Snow managed to use speed, agility, and most importantly, experience, to overcome the larger, stronger, Vashaun.

For the second time in his career, Snow held two championships at the same time. He claimed to be both the greatest and second greatest wrestler in the universe, and demanded people address him as "the champz." Meanwhile, Vashaun was stewing over the loss, realizing that the match had ultimately come down to a slight error that his more experienced opponent capitalized on. Vashaun demanded a rematch, but Snow turned him down, claiming that Vashaun had nothing left to offer. Vashaun remained adamant, involving himself in Snow's business at every opportunity. When Snow defended his 5-Star title in an impromptu match against Tony Gamble and Jay Phoenix, Kaiser Vashaun was named special guest referree. Vashaun wound up costing Snow his 5-Star title, which enraged him. Later in the night, Snow made an offer to Vashaun - in order for Vashaun to get a second title shot at the Great American Nightmare, Vashaun would have to put something of equal value on the line. His career. Vashaun accepted, and the table was set for a second meeting between the two.

At GAN, Snow and Vashaun fought a much different match - there were no rules. The two went at each other tooth and nail, denting chairs and denting each other's craniums. Snow wound up with one of the ugliest wounds of his career - a gash in his hairline that measured several inches in length. Again, Vashaun came close to finishing Snow (on four seperate occasions, he had Snow set for his finisher, Weight of the World), but Snow managed once again to come out victorious, defending his championship and ending Vashaun's career all in one stroke.