Human Tornado

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For the film, see The Human Tornado.

Craig Williams


Statistics
Ring name(s)	El Negro Human Tornado El Snowflake
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Billed weight	171 lb (78 kg/12.2 st)
Born	May 1, 1983 (1983-05-01) (age 24) Hollywood, Alabama, United States
Billed from	Niggakeeprunnin, Mississippi Hollywood, Alabama
Trained by	American Wild Child Super Dragon WPW Dojo
Debut	November 29, 2003

Craig Williams (born May 1, 1983), better known by his ring name, Human Tornado, is an American professional wrestler. His gimmick is that of a stereotypical 1970s blaxploitation street pimp. Human Tornado appeared in the Jack Black lucha libre wrestling movie Nacho Libre as "El Snowflake." He has wrestled for various pro wrestling organizations including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Ring of Honor, Combat Zone Wrestling and the MTV promotion Wrestling Society X.

1 Career
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

SoCal promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is considered to be Williams' home promotion. On January 13, 2007, he defeated Joey Ryan to win his first PWG World title. He is also a former PWG Tag Team champion with El Generico under the team name Two Skinny Black Guys. On February 24, 2008, Williams defeated Roderick Strong and Karl Anderson in a tournament final to win the vacated PWG World title for the second time. Recently he has been portraying a heel character while feuding with Chris Hero.

[edit] Wrestling Society X

Human Tornado defeated Puma and Luke Hawx in a three way match at WSXtra. Hawx challenged him to a rematch after the match. Tornado made his television debut defeating Luke Hawx in the rematch. In a later televised episode, Human Tornado defeated Matt Sydal.

On June 18, 2005, Human Tornado collapsed during a match with Adam Pearce. He was rushed to the hospital, and it was discovered that he was suffering from severe dehydration.^{[citation needed]}

That same year he was featured in the DVD, Pro Wrestling's Ultimate Insiders, which was an interview with former WWF(E) writers Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara. He was booking a match with other wrestlers.

[edit] El Snowflake

After appearing in the film Nacho Libre, Williams has taken to the persona El Snowflake in the ring. In the storyline El Snowflake took the place of the injured Human Tornado on the second night of the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles in the Four-Way elimination match for the PWG World Championship.

[edit] Juggalo Championship Wrestling

The Human Tornado appreared in the JCW SLAMtv episode 'Westside Wars' along side tag partner Kazushige Nosawa to take on Mad Man Pondo and Necro Butcher. Nosawa and The Human Tornado picked up the win.

[edit] Combat Zone Wrestling

Human Tornado competed in a tournament by Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) to win the CZW World Tag Team Championship with Justice Pain. But Tornado and his partner would end up losing at the tourny finals against Kings of Professional Wrestling on October 14, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Human Tornado returned to CZW in 2007 to compete in the Best of the Best 7 Tournament, eventually losing to Joker in the finals.

[edit] Ring of Honor

Human Tornado made his ROH debut on October 19, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV defeating Shane Hagadorn and Tony Kozina to make it to the 2007 Survival of the Fittest Elimination Match, where he was the first participant eliminated (by Chris Hero). Two nights later at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, CA he lost to Chris Hero in a one on one match. He would compete at the ROH show "Reckless Abandon" in Dayton, OH on November 30, 2007 where he lost a three way match with Davey Richards and Erick Stevens. Tornado was scheduled to appear on the December 1, 2007 ROH show in Chicago, IL (which was then called "Trios Tournament 2007") but he, along with Jack Evans, Ruckus, and Necro Butcher, all got into a weather related car accident on their way to the show. Jack suffered a concussion, but the other passengers were unharmed.

On February 22, 2008, in Long Island, NY, Williams made his return to ROH in a fourway match won by Jason Blade. The following night in New York City he tagged with Delirious in a match where they were defeated by the team of Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black.

[edit] In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves

D.N.D. – Dat Nigga Dead/Dat Ninja Dead (Flipping release leg hook belly to back suplex)
Tornado DDT
Somersault corkscrew senton
Tornado Uppercut (Jumping spinning uppercut)
House Party (Taunting kicks to an opponent sitting in the corner ending with a split-legged low blow)
Pimp Slap (Backhand slap)
Pimp Pounce (High impact low angle shoulder block, after an opponent has been whipped off of adjacent ropes) – Copied from Monty Brown
Balls of Steel (Groin kick executed by the opponent to no effect on Tornado, usually followed by Tornado hitting the Pimp Slap)
Multiple kick variations