Devon Nicholson

Devon Nicholson (born October 16, 1982) is a Canadian YouTube personality, professional wrestling promoter and interviewer who operates "THE HANNIBAL TV" YouTube channel. Better known under his former ring name Hannibal, Nicholson currently wrestles under the name the Blood Hunter. He was also known as Kid Nichols or Adam Lust earlier in his career.

Devon Nicholson
Born (1982-10-16) October 16, 1982
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Hannibal
Hannibal Le Predateur
Adam Lust
Kid Nichols
The Blood Hunter
Billed height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Billed weight280 lb (127 kg)
Trained byBruce Hart
Jacques Rougeau
DebutJuly 2001

Professional wrestling career (2001–2011; 2014–present)

On December 11, 2021, at a World Class Pro Wrestling (WCPW) show, Nicholson repeatedly stabbed referee Lando Deltoro with a spike after a match, causing Deltoro to bleed profusely with a severed artery in his skull. According to Deltoro, he suffered hypovolemic shock and a panic attack from the blood loss. Deltoro required seven staples and emergency surgery for the injuries. According to Deltoro, the script for the post-match event was that Nicholson would hit him with the spike, after which Deltoro would "go down, blade" himself with a razor to induce bleeding, "and then roll out and just wobble off". Deltoro suggested that the incident occurred because he "didn’t blade hard enough to [Nicholson's] liking".[1] Nicholson said that he could not see well as he was wearing a mask, and that he thought Deltoro's blood came from Deltoro blading.[2] Nicholson said that he thought he had used his hand to protect Deltoro from the spike, and also said that Deltoro never indicated that he was "legitimately hurt" or asked to stop. In response, Deltoro said that he could not talk because he was "starting to pass out" as Nicholson was kneeling on his back, choking him and stabbing him with the spike.[1]

WCPW referee Colby Cowperthwaite, who pulled Deltoro away from the attack, accused Nicholson of going "totally off the hinges", not listening to instructions, and hiding the spike; Cowperthwaite also described that "something was off" with Nicholson that night as he was not walking properly.[1] Cowperthwaite also accused Nicholson of hiding the spike from the police, so that Nicholson could claim that Deltoro had injured himself, instead of Nicholson injuring Deltoro. Fightful reported an anonymous source involved with the show stating that Nicholson "was hiding in his RV until it was time for his match, which he took five minutes to arrive to and smelled like booze". WCPW wrestler Clayton Bloodstone accused Nicholson of giving "zero fucks" regarding the incident. Other unnamed WCPW personnel accused WCPW management Kevin Sullivan and Eric Embry of covering up the incident to protect Nicholson; while Cowperthwaite said that Sullivan told him to "kayfabe the cops".[3][4]

On December 12, WCPW banned Nicholson from working with them again as a result of the incident, indicating that Nicholson "took something too far and someone could have lost their life because of it"; on December 13, Nicholson claimed that he had actually "quit" before he was banned, "to focus on running my own company in Canada for now".[1][2][5] Deltoro stated that Nicholson called him to request "forgiveness", which Deltoro gave, indicating that he wanted Nicholson to "get help" if he has "demons".[1] Deltoro made a police report but the police closed the case without any charges.[1]

Health

On December 20, 2013, Nicholson announced that he was cured of Hepatitis C.[6] On June 3, 2014, he won a $2.3 million lawsuit against Abdullah the Butcher in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in relation to his contraction of Hepatitis C.[7]

References
  1. Rohrlich, Justin; McDougall, AJ (December 14, 2021). "'Haven't Seen That Much Blood Since Fallujah': Ref Mauled by Crazed Pro-Wrestler". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  2. Reyes, Lorenzo (December 14, 2021). "World Class Pro Wrestling bans Devon Nicholson for stabbing stunt against referee Lando Deltoro gone awry". USA Today. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  3. Nason, Josh (December 13, 2021). "Referee recovering from multiple head wounds inflicted by wrestler". f4wonline.com. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  4. Sapp, Sean Ross (December 13, 2021). "Wrestler "Hannibal" Devon Nicholson Attacks Referee Causing Hospitalization". fightful.com. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  5. Papuckoski, Spiro (December 14, 2021). "Canadian wrestler 'Blood Hunter' banned for stabbing ref's head with spike". Postmedia Network. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  6. "PWTorch.com - VIDEOS: Aries's Gamespot webisode, Credible's latest "Pro Wrestling 101," Nicholson says he's cured". pwtorch.com.
  7. "Ottawa wrestler wins $2.3M hepatitis lawsuit against Abdullah the Butcher".
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