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Brian Mailhot (born August 12, 1975 in Portland, Maine) is an American professional wrestler, currently appearing with World Wrestling Entertainment on Friday Night SmackDown! as Palmer Canon, the network executive sent to assist General Manager Theodore Long

Career

Mailhot debuted in 2000 and began working for Chaotic Wrestling in Massachusetts as Brian Black. He formed a tag team with The Mighty Mini, and the partners won the CW Tag Team Championships on two occasions, in 2003 defeating Atrition and 2004, defeating Peter Mulloy & Brian Buffet. Mailhot won his first singles championship, the vacant CW New England Championship, on April 30, 2004, in a twenty-eight man royal rumble. He won the CW Heavyweight Championship on March 18, 2005, defeating Wild Maverick, but vacated the title on April 1 after signing a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in March 2005. Mailhot began training in WWE's auxiliary developmental territory, Deep South Wrestling. On May 2, 2005 he had a dark match against Todd Hansen, with Hansen gaining the victory. He made his televised debut with WWE on the August 25, 2005 episode of SmackDown! as Palmer Canon, ostensibly a representative of the oppressive "Network". This gimmick reflects what WWE perceives as increasing interference by UPN regarding the content of SmackDown!, most notably UPN's demand that WWE remove the controversial Muhammad Hassan character from television. His character and booking of matches that the fans dislike have led to mainly heel reactions, though he has played face at times such as during Survivor Series 2005, where he helped Teddy Long defeat RAW GM Eric Bischoff.. The gimmick is reminiscent of both Right to Censor, a stable created to parody the Parents Television Council, and The Network, an ECW stable led by Cyrus which claimed to represent TNN. The name Palmer Canon might have been a play with the initials P.C., which also means political correctness. This connection between his name and political correctness has been made more evident as commentator Tazz calls him P.C. when Palmer Canon comes to do ringside commentary. His character has also booked matches behind the back of Theodore Long. He also introduced Marty Wright as "The Boogeyman" as a decision by the network for ratings. He has also added "The Juniors", a midget wrestling division and the tag team "The Dicks" (John Toland and Chad Wicks)., though all except The Boogeyman have been released.

On February 3, edition of SmackDown! William Regal and Paul Burchill told Palmer Canon that they no longer wanted to be a tag team so they could go there separate ways. During this discussion Burchill informed Canon that his family heritage traces back to pirates, and that he wanted to do a pirate gimmick on Friday Night SmackDown!

Profile

Height: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight: 260 lb (118 kg)
Trained by: Killer Kowalski and Mike Hollow
Debut: 2000
Stage names: Brian Black, "Big League" Brian Black, Palmer Cannon, Palmer Canon
Finishing move: Executive Decision

Championships and accomplishments

Chaotic Wrestling

1-time CW Heavyweight Champion
1-time CW New England Champion
2-time CW Tag Team Champion (with The Mighty Mini)

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