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Lance Hoyt (born in Hearne, Texas) is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in Orlando, Florida.

Career

As a child, Hoyt aspired to be a marine biologist. He began playing football in high school as a quarterback, which eventually led him to Howard Payne University. Hoyt later transferred to Southwest Texas State University, where he graduated with a degree in English. He then moved to Austin, Texas and began entertaining patrons in a bar known as The Voodoo Room with a breakdancing act.

Texas

In 2000, Hoyt began training as a wrestler under Solo Fiatala, and debuted in July 2000, facing Tarzan Taylor in his first match. He spent the next four years working on the Texan independent circuit, using the stage names Lance Steel (in the Southwest Wrestling Federation) and Breakdown (a character created on the spur-of-the-moment by Hoyt in Corpus Christi when he had forgotten his usual ring attire and was forced to wrestle in his street clothing). In 2003, Hoyt joined the Arlington-based Professional Championship Wrestling promotion as Shadow, a character based on the "Crow" persona of the wrestler Sting.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Hoyt was hired by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in March 2004, and immediately teamed up with X Division mainstay Kid Kash as Dallas, Kash's bodyguard, tag team partner and (kayfabe) relative. He and Kash took part in a tournament for the vacant NWA World Tag Team Championships, and won the vacant titles by defeating Low-Ki and Christopher Daniels in the finals on April 7. They lost the titles to D'Lo Brown and Apolo the subsequent week, then regained them from Brown and Apolo the week following that. Their second and final reign ended on June 4 of that year when they were defeated by America's Most Wanted.

After Kid Kash was suspended by TNA in June 2004, Hoyt was reduced to wrestling dark matches. He appeared sporadically with TNA throughout the remainder of the year, and aided Kash in his feud with A.J. Styles upon his return from suspension. In January 2005, Hoyt began wrestling under his own name at the instruction of booker Dusty Rhodes. He and Kash competed in the tag team division, unsuccessfully challenging America's Most Wanted for the NWA World Tag Team Championships at TNA Against All Odds 2005 on February 13, until Kash was released by TNA on April 19, 2005. Left without a partner, Hoyt teamed with Chris Candido to face Sonny Siaki and Apolo in a cage match at TNA Lockdown on April 24. In the course of the match, Candido suffered a serious leg injury and was stretchered out. Outnumbered, Hoyt was pinned shortly thereafter. Following the match, Candido's cohorts, The Naturals, attacked Hoyt, thus turning him face.

Hoyt began developing a strong fan following, leading to his introducing a gimmick known as "Hoytamania" (a reference to the "Hulkmania" surrounding Hulk Hogan). He feuded with Team Canada throughout mid-2005, and lost to Abyss at TNA Sacrifice on August 14. When TNA hit SpikeTV, he set up for a match against Monty Brown at Bound For Glory, which he again lost. He was also involved in the 10-man Gauntlet match at the end to determine the No.1 contender for Jeff Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In that match "The Ticked Off Texan" was eliminated by eventual winner Rhino. He began teaming with Matt Bentley in mid-card tag matches until a misinterpreted steel chair incident lead Bentley to believe Hoyt had "screwed" him, and he severely turned on him with a spontaneous brawl by ringside, consisting of several chairshots. Hoyt defeated Bentley at the Destination X pay-per-view on March 12,2006.

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