WARHORSE (Jake Parnell) is an American professional wrestler resides out of St. Louis, Missouri. He has performed in various independent wrestling promotions across the United States and internationally. WARHORSE is the current Independent Wrestling Champion.^[1]

He made his professional wrestling debut as Jake Parnell in March of 2013.

One of his first matches was in Illinois with Dynamo Pro Wrestling against Alexandre Rudolph on March 5, 2013. The event took place in Glen Carbon, Illinois at The Sports Academy. That same month Parnell participated in a Triple Threat match against Dave Vaughn and Brandon Gallagher.^[16]

Parnell was originally a member of the Viking War Party, a group of Viking wrestlers composed of Alexandre Rudolph and Frank Wyatt. The team was active from Parnell's debut in 2013 to 2016. Parnell was known as The Little Viking.^[20]

In 2019 Jake Parnell, inspired by his love of heavy metal music and 1980s wrestling icons like The Road Warriors and Sting, reinvented himself as WARHORSE, a very metal misfit with face paint that likes to headbang, yell, and 'Rule Ass'.^[47][48][52]

On February 6, 2020 a mini documentary was released titled Becoming Warhorse. The film is directed by Kenny Johnson and takes a look into the making of the WARHORSE persona. In the documentary the wrestler discusses his motivation to be his own character stating, ^[29]

Over his career WARHORSE has held championship belts that include the SNPW Tag Team, ZERO1 USA World Tag Team, ZERO1 USA World Junior Heavyweight, and the ZERO1 USA Supreme Heavyweight title.^[18]

On September 21, 2019 WARHORSE was crowned the IWTV (Independent Wrestling.tv) Champion after defeating Erick Stevens. WARHORSE is the active title holder as of February 2020.^[17]

Under the Zero1 USA wrestling promotion, he competed in a very metal Last Man Standing match against Gary Jay. The match took place in January 2018 and resulted in a turnbuckle being removed from the corner post and used as a fish hook in Parnell's mouth, splitting his mouth open. In WARHORSE fashion, Parnell finished the match and received over 20 stitches.^[22]

Alongside fellow wrestler Danhausen, WARHORSE is a member of the tag team duo WARHAUSEN. They weigh in at a combined 666 pounds and are the epitome of 'lawful evil and chaotic good.'^[15][33]

WARHAUSEN also host an annual horror themed wrestling show called Wrestlevania, presented by Game Changer Wrestling (GCW).

The event will be held in Tampa, Florida at The Cuban Club on Saturday, April 4, 2020.

Wrestlers including Allie Kat (Allie Bat), AJ Gray, Effy, and Jake Something will be at Wrestlevania. Matches include a Vampire Death Match and a Loser Gets Sacrificed To Satan match.^[41]

In a January 2020 interview with Wrestling Inc., Danhausen discussed the birth of Wrestlevania,^[46]

WARHORSE has wrestled in dozens of promotions across the United States, Canada, and Europe. He is the active Independent Wrestling Champion. WARHORSE has participated (ruled ass) in the following wrestling promotions:^[19]

On February 29, 2020 an article was published on Wrestling Inc. announcing that Cody Rhodes of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) had mentioned WARHORSE as one of the performers he has his eyes on to join the promotion. In an Ask Me Anything, Rhodes was asked the question of what indie wrestlers he was interested in, the statement read,^[56]

After the announcement of the TNT Championship belt open challenge in the summer of 2020, wrestling fans on Twitter demanded that Cody Rhodes invite WARHORSE for a title shot. Many fans created memes and the popular hashtag #CODYFEARSWARHORSE, taunting the AEW superstar. On July 13, 2020 a tweet was posted by the official AEW account that features a clip from an interview with Cody Rhodes and his manager Arn Anderson. When asked who his fighter was looking most forward to wrestling in the independent scene or AEW roster in a title match, Arn stated,^[61][62]

On Friday, July 24, 2020 it was officially announced on AEW's official Twitter account that WARHORSE would, indeed, challenge Cody for the TNT Championship on July 29, 2020.^[63][64] WARHORSE lost the match due to a submission move by Cody, though made quite an impression on fans and AEW commentators alike.^[75][76]

WARHORSE is also a social media personality who has used multiple platforms to rule ass.

On Twitter he has amassed a following of 22,600 followers as of July 2020. On the platform WARHORSE promotes his latest wrestling ventures, interacts with his fanbase, and uploads very metal promos.^[1]

WARHORSE'S Instagram features photographs and video from inside and outside the ring. He also posts info on his latest wrestling endeavors alongside his very metal match promotion videos. He has over 10,500 followers and is known by the handle @jpwarhorse.^[2]