Jay Lethal

Jamar "Jay" Shipman (born April 29, 1985), better known by the ring name Jay Lethal, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to ROH.He is a former ROH World Champion. He was also a record-setting two-time and longest reigning ROH World Television Champion holding the title for 567 days and the first man to hold the TV title concurrently with the World title. Lethal is also known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a six-time X Division Champion and a one-time World Tag Team Champion with Consequences Creed. Between ROH and TNA, Lethal has won 11 total championships.

Early life

Jamar Shipman was born to Ronald and Shirley Shipman on April 29, 1985, in Elizabeth, New Jersey and is the middle child of three brothers and two sisters. On July 7, 2001, at age sixteen, Shipman entered a contest held by Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) which entitled the winner to six months free training in the JAPW professional wrestling school. Shipman won, and spent half a year training, at the end of which the JAPW school closed down. Shipman then began training under Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) alum Mikey Whipwreck and Dan Maff.