MR. PERFECT
PWF Champion

Height/Weight: 6' 4"/257 pounds
From: Robbinsdale, Minn.
Finisher: Perfect-Plex
Pro Debut: Supreme Championship Wrestling (1997)
SCW Highlights: World Champion, Intercontinental Champion, Tag Team Champion, Wrestler of the Year
NOWF Highlights: World Champion, Emperor of the Ring
PWF Highlights: PWF Champion, Intercontinental Champion, Tag Team Champion, King of the Ring, Wrestler of the Year

When the Professional Wrestling Federation debuted in March of 2005, the superstars were all anxious to make a name for themselves. There were also a lot of big, already-established names signed by Eric Bischoff, including five-time World Champion Mr. Perfect, who was coming out of retirement. Coming right along with him was long-time friend and manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.

The Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn., was the site of the first Wednesday Wargames and Mr. Perfect’s first PWF match. In the week prior to the contest, IRS made a claim that he could jail Heenan for tax-evasion. Once Wargames came around, Perfect agreed to put the tax-evasion case on-the-line in the match with the tax man. In his hometown, Perfect silenced IRS with a Perfect-Plex, Heenan ripped up the tax-evasion documents, and the crowd welcomed their hometown hero into the PWF. Little did the fans know that in just one month, they wouldn’t be cheering for him at all.

The date March 23, 2005 proved to be an important date in wrestling history. Excellence returned to professional wrestling after a near four-year hiatus, to answer the Ultimate Warrior’s challenge, and -- more importantly -- to reform the Perfect Team. In front of the capacity crowd in Providence, he called out original Perfect Team co-founder Mr. Perfect, as well as former member Chris Jericho, and the group was back together. The PWF would never be the same.

A week after the Perfect Team’s reformation, Perfect, along with the help of an old friend in "Ravishing" Rick Rude, helped Excellence silence the Ultimate Warrior in a tag team match. Perfect then found himself pulling double-duty at the PWF's first pay-per-view, No Escape. Not only had he been entered into a Hexagon match with Chris Jericho for the Tag Team titles, but also a Fatal Four-Way for the Intercontinental Championship. Before either of the matches, the PT met with Eric Bischoff backstage and it was announced that Chris Jericho would not be wrestling as Perfect's teammate in the Hexagon match. Perfect, however, guaranteed a worthy partner for the contest. He would not disappoint.

When match-time came around, his partner turned out to be none other than Rick Rude, who left his long-time role as Mr. Perfect's manager and bodyguard to return to active competition. The Robbinsdale Mafia was back. In a hard-fought battle, four teams were eliminated and it came down to the Mafia and the Masked Men. In the end, Rude nailed a Rude Awakening and Perfect capitalized on his first opportunity for gold. Would he capitalize on the second? Indeed he would, grabbing an unsuspecting Triple H in the Fatal Four-Way and hitting the Perfect-Plex to win the Intercontinental Championship.

After Perfect helped Excellence become the number one contender to the PWF Championship on April 13th, he found himself waiting for a contender to his Intercontinental title. One week later, Eric Bischoff found one in Bret Hart, one of Perfect’s opponents in a tag team match later that night. Hart’s partner, Jeff Jarrett, turned on him, hit him with a guitar-shot, and walked out of the contest. Perfect ended up nailing a Perfect-Plex on the Hit Man for the win, but Jarrett’s betrayal caused Hart to demand a match with Jarrett at Power Trip instead of Perfect. In Hart's place, Shane Douglas took up the challenge of taking down the Intercontinental Champion. In order to focus all of his attention on Douglas, Perfect allowed Chris Jericho to defend the Robbinsdale Mafia's Tag Team titles with Rick Rude against the Masked Men. The Franchise fought hard that night, but Perfect reversed the Pittsburgh Plunge into the Perfect-Plex and scored the pinfall.

Douglas wouldn’t seem to go away, however, and his feud with Mr. Perfect continued into May. Perfect collected another victory over Douglas on the May 11th edition of Wargames in a Triple Threat match that also included Bret Hart. The following week, Mr. Perfect was brought out during the contract signing for the Jeff Jarrett/Bret Hart Last Man Standing match and announced as the special referee. In an attempt to nail Jarrett with his own guitar, Perfect nailed Hart by mistake, inadvertently injuring the Hit Man.

Also on the May 18th Wargames, Eric Bischoff announced that Excellence, Mr. Perfect, and Rick Rude would be participating in a Recoil match on June 1st at the pay-per-view with the same name (Recoil) against opponents that would be announced the following week -- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Christian, and Television Champion Rob Van Dam. When Recoil came around, all titles were at stake, including Perfect’s Intercontinental Championship. After Excellence was counted out after chasing Austin out of the arena, there were only two men left in the contest; Mr. Perfect found himself face-to-face with one of the PWF's hottest superstars, RVD. Van Dam brought a flurry of unexpected offense at Perfect that nearly got the upstart a win, but the flawless one took advantage of an exposed-turnbuckle and nailed his patented Perfect-Plex for the 1-2-3. Recoil went off the air with Mr. Perfect holding his Intercontinental title proudly.

The Intercontinental Championship seemed to be something that no one could take from Mr. Perfect. After months of silencing all of his competition, an eight-man Battle Royal was held on June 29th to decide Mr. Perfect’s opponent for Terminal Solution. Team SEC’s Lance Storm, the first Federation Champion, walked out of the match the victor. What took place the following week at Terminal Solution was quite possibly the best one-on-one match the PWF had ever seen. In a wrestling masterpiece that went on for over thirty minutes, Perfect reversed an attempt at a Superkick and hit the Perfect-Plex for the win. After the match was over, a slight show of respect was exchanged between the two mat-technicians, even though they were, without question, heated rivals. This match would win a 2005 Slammy Award for Match of the Year.

The month of July saw Mr. Perfect getting some much-deserved rest. With a Perfect Team Appreciation Night on July 21st, things couldn’t seem to be going any better for the Perfect Team. And with Eric Bischoff allowing Perfect to only worry about a Tag Team title defense at La Mala Sombra on August 3rd, things seemed to be in order. All of that was about to change. In their third chance to finally win the Tag Team Championship, the Masked Men (with a new Masked Man 2) got into another epic battle with the Robbinsdale Mafia. It was destined to be another classic matchup until former SCW World Champion "SuperStar" Stevie Richards decided to make his shocking return to wrestling after a seven-year retirement. He hit a Steviekick on an unsuspecting Mr. Perfect, sending the Intercontinental Champion flying ribs-first on to the steel guardrail. This distraction allowed Kimona Wanalaya of Team SEC to nail Rick Rude with one of the Tag Team titles. Masked Man 2 would then land his "Superkick" on the Ravishing One, and the Masked Men had finally defeated the Perfect Team. The Robbinsdale Mafia’s near four-month reign as Tag Team Champions had finally come to an end, the Perfect Team had finally lost their first pay-per-view match, and Mr. Perfect found himself injured for an indefinite period of time. One thing was certain: Mr. Perfect and the SuperStar had some unfinished business.

Mr. Perfect, miraculously, was only out for a week due to the injury he suffered.  He was determined to make his return to the ring so he could pay Stevie Richards back for the attack at La Mala Sombra.  In his next match on the August 18th edition of Thrillzone, he was signed to defend his Intercontinental Championship against a mystery opponent, which Eric Bischoff revealed to be ... "Jericho."  The tactic by Bischoff, however, was only an attempt to get under Mr. Perfect's skin, because when match-time came around, it was David Morton Tyler Jericho that came out to oppose him.  Perfect defeated him easily, but barely had time to celebrate as the SuperStar came out from the back, looking for a brawl.  The PT quickly silenced this attack, however, enabling Perfect to hit his Perfect-Plex on Richards. The PT counted the 1-2-3 as Richards lay helpless in the ring.  A blockbuster tag team match was then signed for the next week, featuring Excellence and Mr. Perfect taking on Richards and Riptide for a little preview of Fall Battle Fields.  In the match, Mr. Perfect would score the pinfall on Riptide for the win, but it's what happened afterwards that was important.  Excellence and Perfect brutally assaulted Richards as Riptide watched on helplessly, tied up in the ropes.  As the Perfect Team then prepared to hit both Richards and Riptide with steel chairs, two masked "Patriots" came out of the back to clear the ring.  The next week, on August 31st, Richards showed SCW footage where he defeated Mr. Perfect for the SCW World Championship in 1998.  This brought out Perfect, naturally, who promised Richards he would prove his star to be one that "never was" in just one week.  The stage had been set ... Mr. Perfect versus "SuperStar" Stevie Richards at Fall Battle Fields, one-on-one, for just the second time in history, with the first encounter taking place seven years ago in a Supreme Championship Wrestling ring.

Richards had gone on record as saying he was going to prove everyone wrong and defeat Mr. Perfect like he had done years ago.  Richards came into this pay-per-view contest with a lot of momentum and it showed.  It was a spectacular match that went back-and-forth for nearly thirty minutes.  The finish saw Richards try to reverse a Perfect-Plex and land one of his own, but Perfect blocked it and successfully nailed his move the second time for the fall.  It was a celebration for Mr. Perfect as soon as he hit backstage, but it was short-lived -- there was still a Battle Field match to win later that night. Mr. Perfect nearly had the "perfect" draw in the Battle Field, drawing No. 29, and hit the ring with a purpose.  He eliminated the Dark Patriot in an amazing eight seconds and also eliminated a red-hot Rob Van Dam a few minutes later.  It finally came down to just two men: Mr. Perfect, a seasoned veteran and an odds-on favorite to win, and John Cena, a definitive underdog and rookie to the sport.  The two struggled to eliminate each other for nearly five minutes.  After fighting out of a Perfect-Plex, Cena tried to deliver an F-U on Perfect over the top rope (as he had done to Buff Bagwell earlier in the Battle Field), but Perfect landed on his feet.  They traded blows until some commotion was heard, revealed to be Chris Benoit's second appearance of the night, which would distract Perfect long enough for Cena to knock him off the apron.  The police rushed to take the Crippler away, but the damage had been done.  The Perfect Team had been robbed of the chance to win the Battle Field.

There was still a war to be won with Rated R, though.  Even though Stevie Richards might have been silenced for the time being, it hadn't silenced the entire squad.  As an injured Excellence prepared to take care of Richards himself at Road To Perdition, the Robbinsdale Mafia found their way to have some fun of their own.  Rick Rude, on the September 21st Wednesday Wargames, attacked an unsuspecting Riptide immediately after a match, attempting to make sure he was noticed as an impact player before the PWF-VCW Draft which would occur the following week.  Later that night, immediately after Mr. Perfect successfully defended his Intercontinental title against Koko B. Ware, Rude entered the ring to destroy the Bird Man.  Perfect joined in on the attack, as well, but Awesome, Inc. ran out of the back to stop them.  The brawl was quickly broken up as Eric Bischoff came out of the back, very upset about the situation.  To resolve it, he signed the two teams to a match at Road To Perdition, a battle being billed as "Perfect Team versus Rated R."  After a backstage brawl the following week, the match was changed to a Tornado Tag Team match, to allow the men to beat on each other as much as they want, without having to worry about so much as a tag.

The stage was set for a war at Road To Perdition on October 5th, but things didn't go exactly as expected.  During Awesome, Inc.'s entrance that night, they brought steel chairs with them to the ring, threatening to hit the Mafia.  Seconds later, Riptide surprisingly decked Bagwell and threatened to do the same to Perfect and Rude.  He left the ring after bad-mouthing Bagwell, turning his back on his partner and Rated R.  In a match that took all of thirteen seconds (the quickest match in PWF history to-date), Mr. Perfect pinned Buff Bagwell with the Perfect-Plex, sending the former Television Champion to Valiant Championship Wrestling with a loss.  This was also Rude's last PWF match, as he had been drafted to Excellence's wrestling promotion, as well.  Mr. Perfect and Rick Rude, the life-long friends, embraced after the contest, celebrating what they called a victorious "last ride."  Perfect, being safe from the draft as a PWF title-holder, had more in store for the Professional Wrestling Federation.