Biography
American professional wrestling manager, ring announcer, commentator and sometime wrestler both under his own name and as Sidney Bakabella. Debuted in 2003 and worked as a commentator for IWA Mid-South and other promotions. Debuted in the Bakabella role at the July 13, 2012 Wrestling Is Fun! event as the manager for the debuting Devastation Corporation (Max Smashmaster (Sebastian Reese) and Blaster McMassive (Thomas Stintsman)). He created his own stable the Wrecking Crew (the Devastation Corporation [Max, Blaster and Flex Rumblecrunch (Sean Burke)], Jaka (Jonny Mangue) and Oleg the Usurper (Josh Thorman)). The January 19, 2014 Wrestling Is Respect show ended with the Wrecking Crew tearing down the promotion as part of the Flood's campaign of destroying all the Wrestling Is... promotions. Bakabella led the Devastation Corporation to victory in the CHIKARA 2014 King of Trios tournament, and Max and Blaster to the CHIKARA Campeonatos de Parejas at the 2014 Season Finale iPPV "CHIKARA Tomorrow Never Dies" on December 6th. UltraMantis Black drafted Oleg to his CHIKARA Challenge of the Immortals team the Arcane Horde with the Batiri (Obariyon and Kodama) after Bakabella passed on drafting him to the Wrecking Crew (the Devastation Corporation and Jaka). Throughout 2015, Bakabella was trying to get Oleg to fall in line due to his holding Oleg's contract (which was a piece of paper with the words "PRO RASSLIN' CONTRACT" on the back.) At "CHIKARA King of Trios 2015 Night II," September 5, 2015, the Devastation Corporation faced the Arcane Horde (the Batiri and Oleg). Bakabella got involved and tried threatening Oleg with the contract. Oleg responded by tearing up the contract and hitting Bakabella with Off With His Head (clubbing forearm clothesline), sending his wig flying and killing off the character. Bakabella returned as a commentator at the 2016 Season Premiere "CHIKARA Days of the Phoenix" on January 30th. At "CHIKARA The Distant Future" on May 7, 2016, he introduced his new charge, a giant named Abominous Rex. Rex eliminated Snitsky, Prakash Sabar and Oleg from the Infinite Gauntlet, and it took ten people (Missile Assault Ant, Worker Ant, Pinkie Sanchez, Heidi Lovelace, Mark Angelosetti, Arctic Rescue Ant, Jervis Cottonbelly, Hallowicked, Frightmare and Wani) to eliminate him. As Eastman, he is a 1x ICW/ICWA Tex-Arkana Television Champion, defeating "Sweet 'N' Sour" Larry Sweeney (Larry Sweeney), the man who introduced the title, on June 27, 2006 and lost it back to Sweeney five days later. Continues to work as the manager for Max Smashmaster in CHIKARA and for wrestlers in other promotions.
