Editing Sean Waltman (section)

===Early career (1989–1993)===
After training under [[Boris Malenko]], Joe Malenko, Masami Soronaka, and [[Karl Gotch]],<ref name="SAS2">{{cite web|url=http://podcastone.com/Steve-Austin-Show|title=PodcastOne: The Steve Austin Show - Unleashed!|first=Steve|last=Austin|website=podcastone.com}}</ref> Waltman began his career as "The Lightning Kid". He worked his way through various independent promotions, including [[Pro Wrestling America]] (PWA) in Minnesota and the [[Global Wrestling Federation]] (GWF) in Texas, winning the [[PWA Light Heavyweight Championship|PWA Light Heavyweight title]],<ref name=PWALight>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/pwalhw.html|access-date=June 26, 2008|last=Palma|first=Richard|title=PWA – Pro-Wrestling America Light-Heavyweight Title History|publisher=Solie}}</ref> the [[PWA Iron Horse Television Championship|PWA Iron Horse TV Title]]<ref name=PWATV>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ihtvpwa.html|access-date=June 26, 2008|last=Palma|first=Richard|title=PWA-Pro Wrestling America Iron Horse Television Title History|publisher=Solie}}</ref> and the [[GWF Light Heavyweight Championship]].<ref name=GWF>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/jhgwf.html|access-date=June 28, 2008|last=Royal|first=Duncan|title=GWF – Global Wrestling Federation GWF Junior Heavyweight Title History|publisher=Solie}}</ref> During this time, Waltman worked extensively with [[Jerry Lynn]] in North America and Japan. They often wrestled each other, but also teamed up to win the [[PWA Tag Team Championship (Minnesota)|PWA Tag Team titles]] twice in 1993.<ref name=PWATT>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/pwatt.html|access-date=June 26, 2008|last=Palma|first=Richard|title=PWA – Pro-Wrestling America Tag Team Title History|publisher=Solie}}</ref><ref name="WaltmanSpotlight">{{cite news|title=Spotlight On... Sean Waltman|work =The Wrestler/Inside Wrestling|publisher=Kappa Publications|id=Volume 15, 2007|pages=24–28|date=June 2007}}</ref> While working for [[Larry Sharpe (wrestler)|Larry Sharpe]] and [[Dennis Coralluzzo]]'s WWA Promotion on November 28, 1992, in [[Clementon, New Jersey]], his opponent "The Kamikaze Kid" Bill Wilcox overshot a [[Suicide Dive#Suicide|suicide dive]] and landed on Waltman's head, driving it to the concrete and causing a blood clot near his brain. He was hospitalized for three days, could not work for four months, and was advised to give up wrestling completely.<ref name="SAS2"/> In March 1993, he won the [[MEWF Light Heavyweight Championship|MEWF Light Heavyweight Title]].