Donald Callis is a Canadian professional wrestling color commentator and executive, He is current Impact Wrestling’s co-executive vice president. He is also a former professional wrestler and manager. He first gained international attention working under the name The Jackyl working for the World Wrestling Federation. In mid-1999, Callis debuted in ECW as Cyrus the Virus, a commentator with a gimmick similar to that of his WWF persona.
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Donald Callis is a Canadian professional wrestling color commentator and executive, He is current Impact Wrestling’s co-executive vice president. He is also a former professional wrestler and manager. He first gained international attention working under the name The Jackyl working for the World Wrestling Federation. While in the WWF Callis managed a group known as The Truth Commission and later on The Oddities and finally The Acolytes before being fired in 1999. In mid-1999, Callis debuted in ECW as Cyrus the Virus, a commentator with a gimmick similar to that of his WWF persona. In 2003, he was introduced as an onscreen character for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and returned to the company in 2017 where he took an executive position as well as on-screen commentator. His character represented many of the problems between ECW and TNN at that point, as he constantly criticized the violent nature of TNN programming.
He would broadcast exclusively on pay-per-view along with Joey Styles. His real name is Don Callis, under the shortened moniker of Cyrus. He also worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling as an English language commentator on NJPW World. Callis was trained by Manitoba wrestling promoter Tony Condello, debuting in 1989 in Condello’s West Four Wrestling Alliance promotion under his birth name. In 1992, he wrestled for the Quebec-based Lutte Lanaudière as \”The General\”, teaming with El Diablero as ‘The Jet Set Team’. In May 1991, he won the WFWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship. Between 1991 and 1994, he held the championship a total of four times. In 1994, the West Fourrestling Alliance was renamed the International Wrestling Alliance. Callis held the IWA Heavyweight Championships twice in 1996. In 1998, he formed a stable known as “The Parade of Human Oddities” with the Insane Clown Posse.
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