Peter "Petey" Williams (born August 26, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler.
He is currently working in the United States for TNA Wrestling, where he is a competitor in the X Division, and the former captain of Team Canada. He is referred to by the nickname "The Canadian Destroyer", a reference to his incredibly awesome flip piledriver finisher of the same name.
Williams was trained alongside Chris Sabin by Scott D'Amore at the Can-Am Wrestling School. Williams debuted in D'Amore's Windsor, Ontario-based Border City Wrestling promotion in 2002. He spent the next four years working on the independent circuit in Canada and the Northern United States.
In addition to wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Williams works on the independent circuit in Canada for Border City Wrestling, where he is the reigning Can-Am Television Champion, and in the United States for promotions such as NWA Cyberspace and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. He made a one-time appearance in Ring of Honor on June 18, 2005 at Death Before Dishonor III as the mystery opponent of the returning A.J. Styles.
Williams debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on February 25, 2004, replacing Teddy Hart as the "captain" of Team Canada. He and the remainder of Team Canada took part in the TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament, but were defeated by Team Mexico and Team USA.
On August 11, 2004, Williams won the TNA X Division Championship in a twenty-two man Gauntlet for the Gold match, entering at number eleven and pinning The Amazing Red to win the bout.
Early in his title reign, Williams claimed that the Canadian Destroyer could not be countered. However, after Williams successfully retained the title in a match with A.J. Styles at Victory Road 2004 on November 7, 2004, Chris Sabin began claiming that he was capable of countering the move. He went on to counter the Canadian Destroyer into his own finishing move, the "Cradle Shock", on three occasions in the month following Victory Road. However, Sabin was unable to defeat Williams for the X-Division Championship at Turning Point 2004 on December 5, 2004. Williams's five month, five day title reign (the longest X Division Championship reign until his record was surpassed by Christopher Daniels in 2005) ended on January 16, 2005 at Final Resolution 2005, where he was defeated by A.J. Styles in an Ultimate X match that also featured Sabin.
At Lockdown 2005 on April 24, 2005, Williams and fellow Team Canada member "Showtime" Eric Young unsuccessfully challenged America's Most Wanted for the NWA World Tag Team Championship. They challenged then-champions The Naturals at Slammiversary 2005 on June 19, 2005, but were once again defeated.
Williams returned to the X Division on July 17, 2005 at No Surrender 2005, unsuccessfully challenging TNA X Division Champion Christopher Daniels. Williams, along with all of Team Canada would go onto join Planet Jarrett upon TNA's debut on Spike TV in September 2005.After winning Ultimate X8 at Bound for Glory 2005 on October 23, Williams received a title shot against A.J. Styles at Genesis 2005 on November 13, but was once again defeated. Williams would resume wrestling in the X Division and battle in a losing effort against Chris Sabin, Elix Skipper, Shark Boy, Puma and Chase Stevens in an Xscape Match at Lockdown 2006. Williams and Sabin were left at the end after all of the eliminations, however, he lost after Sabin was able to climb over the cage and land before him.
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