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Supreme
Birth nameLester Perfors
Born(1970-05-30)May 30, 1970
Hollywood, California, U.S.
DiedMay 6, 2020(2020-05-06) (aged 49)
Cause of deathheart attack
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Supreme
Billed height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[1]
Billed weight251 lb (114 kg)[1]
Trained byCrazy 1
Debut1995

Lester Perfors[2] (May 30, 1970 – May 6, 2020) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Supreme who fought hardcore style. Supreme was well known in Xtreme Pro Wrestling and Southern California promotions. He held the XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship five times.

Career

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Supreme began his career in 1995.

In 1999, Supreme made his debut for the California hardcore promotion Xtreme Pro Wrestling. He won his first XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship defeating John Kronus in a tournament at My Bloody Valentine 2000 .[3] Then Supreme dropped the title to The Messiah (wrestler) on November 11, 2000, at Dismembered In November.[4] Nearly a year later, Supreme won the vacated XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship defeating Vic Grimes at Halloween In Hell II.[5] Supreme then dropped the title to ECW legend The Sandman (wrestler) at XPW Fallout on February 23, 2002.[6] On July 20, 2002, he defeated Angle to win his third title in a tournament [7] He then dropped the title to Luke Hawx on October 5, 2002.[8] Supreme then regained the title from Hawx at Merry F'N Xmas on December 21, 2002.[9] On March 8, 2003, XPW closed its doors and the title was deactivated.

While working for XPW, Supreme worked in the fall of 2000 for Japan's Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling winning the WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship with Homeless Jimmy.

After XPW, Supreme worked in the independent circuit in California, the States and Mexico. In 2005, he returned to Japan this time working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling.

On May 24, 2008, XPW had a reunion show called XPW Cold Day in Hell where Supreme won the XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship for the fifth and final time defeating Necro Butcher.[10] Supreme held the title until XPW Ten Year Anniversary Spectacular on August 22, 2009 defeating Angel. The title was retired afterward. He wreslted at the last XPW reunion Perros del Mal vs. XPW in an eight-man tag team match losing to Los Perros del Mal (Damián 666, Bestia 666, Halloween, and X-Fly).

On July 20, 2019, Supreme was one of the inaugural inductees into the Santino Bros. Death Match Hall of Fame.[11]

A few weeks later, Supreme wrestled his very last match was in a triple threat against Homeless Jimmy and Matt Tremont at CCW Crimson Cup 3. The match was won by Tremont.

Personal life

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He appeared in the wrestling video game Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood released in 2004.

Supreme nephew is Kaos (Joey Munoz) which they teamed together and his daughter Sage Sin who managed Supreme.[12]

Death

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Supreme passed on May 6, 2020, from a heart attack just three weeks away before his 50th birthday.[13][14]

Championships and accomplishments

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Supreme Cagematch profile". CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Supreme". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 26, 2000). "XPW My Bloody Valentine 2000 - Tag 2 - Event @ Vogue Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  4. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 11, 2000). "XPW Dismembered In November - Event @ Metal Fest Open Air in San Bernandino, California, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  5. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 13, 2001). "XPW Halloween In Hell 2 - Event @ Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Pico Rivera, California, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  6. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 23, 2002). "XPW Freefall - Event @ Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  7. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 20, 2002). "XPW Baptized In Blood III: Night Of Champions - Event @ Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Pico Rivera, California, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  8. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 5, 2002). "XPW Fallout - Event @ Viking Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  9. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 21, 2002). "XPW Merry F'N X-Mas - Event @ XPW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  10. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 24, 2008). "XPW Cold Day In Hell - Event @ Aviation Park in Redondo Beach, California, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  11. ^ Reign, Mike (May 6, 2020). "Southern California Mourns The Loss of their KING! "Supreme". Wrestling News Source. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  12. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database".
  13. ^ Oliver, Greg (May 10, 2020). "Who was he/ Supreme!". Slam! Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer.
  14. ^ Lambert, Jimmy (May 6, 2020). "Former XPW Star Supreme Passes Away". Fightful. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  15. ^ "XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship history".
  16. ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "W.E.W. Hardcore Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved September 10, 2007.
  17. ^ "WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship" (in German). Cagematch. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
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