Hyde-type personality being the uncontrollable monster with the man, Chris, underneath being a kind and soft soul. It was seen when Sting revealed that Abyss was in prison for shooting his father and sending him into a coma, where he survived. Mitchell showed up with a woman who Abyss recognized. It was revealed that the woman was the mother of Abyss and she was the one who shot Abyss's father; Abyss took the blame to protect his mother.
This one act of kindness was also the thing that would turn a young Chris into the monster we see before us. James Mitchell used this information to control Abyss until enough was enough.
Abyss turned face as he turned his back on Mitchell. More information came out about Abyss after splitting with James Mitchell as we heard him speak for the first time. But Mitchell was never that far from Abyss. He reappeared and began messing with him with the help of Raven , Black Reign, and Rellik.
Months later, another truth was revealed using blackmail and attempted murder by fire by James Mitchell and a returning Judas Mesias adding more layers to the story of Abyss.
Mitchell revealed that he is, in fact, the father of Abyss and that Mesias is his half-brother. Soon after, Abyss would remove his mask and the next thing we hear is that he is locked up in an asylum. He would return at Slammiversary wearing a white asylum uniform with his inmate number and his last name 'Park' on the back and a new gray and black mask.
Not surprisingly, they have fond memories of the glory days of the Nashville based promotion. Twitter was full of fantasy scenarios leading to an Abyss return. Fans want him to turn on AJ Styles and bring back his deranged persona. Wait a minute. Even though he's washed, might be a chance Abyss shows up as well. On the November 12 episode of Impact! Raven returned to TNA, saved Stevie's future in the company, by costing Abyss a match against him and threw a fireball on Foley's face.
During Abyss' and Foley's feud with Stevie and Raven TNA shot an angle, in which Stevie set Abyss on fire, that Spike wouldn't let them air on the channel and therefore had to be aired on the company's website. When Foley finally agreed to work with Bischoff, he was booked to face Abyss at Against All Odds in a No Disqualification match as part of the 8 Card Stud Tournament , with the added stipulation that if a barbed wire baseball bat was not used during the match, Abyss would lose his mask on the following episode of Impact!
Abyss defeated Foley with the Black Hole Slam, just as he was going to use the bat. In the semifinals of the tournament, Abyss was defeated by Mr. On the following episode of Impact! An exasperated Hogan took Abyss to his office, gave him a pep talk about how he once was the most feared man in the company, and how sick he is of him being a neurotic mess. He offered his guidance and then his Hall of Fame ring and said that it would make Abyss a god of wrestling.
On the March 8 Monday night episode of Impact! Abyss won the match by pinning Styles with a Black Hole Slam. The following day on Impact! Abyss was announced as the captain of Team Hogan in the annual Lethal Lockdown match, where they would meet Team Flair, captained by Sting.
On the April 26 episode of Impact! Abyss defeated Ric Flair in a match, where Flair's and Hogan's Hall of Fame rings were at stake and as a result Flair lost possession of his ring to Hogan. On the May 3 episode of Impact! The following week Abyss was given a shot at the TNA Global Championship , but was unable to compete after being arrested for allegedly assaulting Chelsea. Later in the night it was revealed that Chelsea and Wolfe, who was scheduled to face Abyss at Sacrifice , had set Abyss up.
At Sacrifice Abyss defeated Wolfe to win Chelsea's services for 30 days. Later in the night, he competed in a three-way match against Mr. After the match, Abyss turned heel by destroying both of his opponents and having a heated confrontation with Hogan. The following week Abyss revealed that he was being controlled by an entity, who was coming to TNA, before returning Hogan's Hall of Fame ring to him, shoving it down his throat. On the July 15 episode of Impact! Abyss then began going after Van Dam with a new weapon, a board filled with nails, which he named Janice, which led to Eric Bischoff booking him and Van Dam to face each other in a Stairway to Janice match for the World Heavyweight Championship, with Bischoff himself serving as the referee of the match.
The match took place on the August 12 episode of Impact! After the match Abyss joined Fourtune members A. As a result of the attack Van Dam was sidelined with a storyline injury, which forced him to vacate the TNA World Heavyweight Championship the following week. Rob Van Dam returned on the September 23 episode of Impact! Later that same night Abyss attacked Jeff Hardy, trying to make an example out of him, while also beating down the heavily taped up Van Dam, when he tried to make the save.
On the October 7 live episode of Impact! Afterwards, Abyss began attacking planted fans, which led to D'Angelo Dinero challenging him to a Lumberjack match.
The match took place at Turning Point , where Dinero's own brother and the rest of his lumberjacks turned on him, after being bought out by Eric Bischoff, and helped Abyss pick up the win.
The following month at Final Resolution Abyss defeated Dinero in a casket match. On January 9, , at Genesis Abyss replaced an injured A. On the January 20 episode of Impact! Abyss returned at the following day's tapings of the March 24 episode of Impact! On the April 14 episode of Impact! Styles, in a Lethal Lockdown match. The following month at Sacrifice , Abyss was defeated by Crimson in a singles match. With his new title, which he dubbed the Xtreme Championship, Abyss dropped Janice, claiming to no longer need it, and started a new gimmick , which involved him reading and quoting Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
Abyss received his rematch for the title in an Ultimate X match on the July 28 episode of Impact Wrestling , but was unable to regain the title. Abyss' X Division storyline concluded two weeks later on Impact Wrestling , when Eric Bischoff, at the orders of "The Network", ended his war with the division and introduced a lbs weight limit to it. Abyss' losing streak continued on August 7 at Hardcore Justice , where he was pinned by A.
Styles in a six-man tag team match between Immortal and Fortune, after which his stablemates abandoned him in the ring. On the October 13 episode of Impact Wrestling , Abyss turned on Immortal and was afterwards beaten down by his former stablemates. Abyss wrestled his first match back as a face on the October 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , defeating former stablemate Gunner via countout, when he fled the ring.
After defeating Hernandez and Rob Terry in their first round match, the team was eliminated from the tournament, after Abyss turned on Steiner in their semifinal match against A. Styles and Kazarian. On January 8, , at Genesis , Abyss defeated Ray in the Monster's Ball match, but was assaulted backstage following the victory.
On the March 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , Parks made an appearance without his mask, introducing himself as Mr. Joseph Park, Esq. Park continued making appearances during the following weeks, eventually blaming Bully Ray for his brother's disappearance, which led to Abyss making his return on the May 10 episode of Impact Wrestling and warning his brother that he was "getting too close to the fire".
On the June 7 episode of Impact Wrestling , Park agreed to wrestle Bully Ray at Slammiversary for his brother, which led to Abyss making an appearance through a video, threatening both Park and Ray. Park and Ray had a rematch on the July 12 episode of Impact Wrestling in an Anything Goes match, which Ray won after hitting his opponent with a chain.
However, immediately afterwards, the now unmasked DOC put Park through a table, which led to Park asking for a match against a member of the stable the following week. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Parks announced he was going to Ohio Valley Wrestling and train to become a wrestler. Park would suffer his first loss after facing Matt Morgan on the March 21 episode of Impact Wrestling. However, Young ripped off Abyss' mask during the match, revealing that Abyss and Joseph Park are the same person.
On the February 13 episode of Impact Wrestling , Abyss confronted Young while saying that he was leaving to fix Young's mistake. On March 9 at Lockdown, Abyss turned heel again upon emerging from beneath the ring and attacking Samoa Joe during Joe's World Heavyweight Championship match against Magnus, allowing Magnus to defeat Joe and retain the title. It was revealed on the following episode of Impact Wrestling that Abyss, now wearing a new mask, was Magnus' new "insurance policy". On 24 April edition of Impact, Abyss broke up with Magnus and was later attacked by Magnus with a chair after he defeated him by DQ, Abyss turned face again.
The pre-match stipulation for this match was that if Abyss could beat Magnus, then he would gain a TNA contract, but due to the DQ result, it has been left unclear as to whether he earned a contract or not. Anderson from a beatdown and clearing the ring. On the August 7 episode of Impact, Bram defeated Abyss in a hardcore match.
On September 23, , Abyss turned face again after he left The Revolution. Abyss ended third of his block, failing into advance to the finals. On the January 26, episode of Impact Wrestling, Abyss, once again as a heel, returned to side with Crazzy Steve and Rosemary to form a new stable called Decay.
This is Abyss's second reign individually. On the May 3, episode of Impact, Rosemary spit green mist into his face before his match with James Storm. Decay feuded with the "Broken Hardys " for the better part of , including numerous backstage brawls and matches at the Hardy compound in North Carolina with theatrical and comedy aspects.
Decay failed to regain the Titles on several occasions and after being defeated by the Latin American Exchange in April Crazzy Steve disappeared from the screen and Parks went back to his Character of Joseph Park only to put his mask back on at Slammiversary XV and return to his gimmick of Abyss.
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