Generico is also the only participant to consecutively appear in the first eight Battle of Los Angeles tournaments from 2005. He has held the PWG World Tag Team Championship five times with four different partners: with Human Tornado as 2 Skinny Black Guys, Quicksilver as Cape Fear, Kevin Steen, and Paul London as ¡Peligro Abejas!. After that, Generico became a PWG regular.
In 2004, members of the IWS started making appearances in the popular independent company Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). On March 22, at Know Your Enemies, Generico lost the IWS World Heavyweight Championship to Steen a three-way match also involving Max Boyer. On February 16, 2008, Generico defeated Kevin Steen for the IWS World Heavyweight Championship at Violent Valentine. On Augat Extreme Dream II, Generico lost to Chris Bishop in the Extreme Dream Tournament final match for the IWS Canadian Championship. On September 11 at CZW High Stakes II, Generico, Steen and Excess 69 lost to SeXXXy Eddy in an IWS four-way match which was unofficially chosen as "CZW Match of the Year". Generico lost to Steen for the IWS World Heavyweight Championship. IWS held its fifth-anniversary show "V" on Jat Le SPAG, where Generico defeated PCO in an IWS title match for his first IWS World Heavyweight Championship only to have Kevin Steen reclaim his number one contendership won earlier in the night against Excess 69. On November 15 at Payback's A Bitch, Generico defeated Steen in their first-ever singles match against each other. On Octoat Blood, Sweat and Beers, Generico lost to Carl Ouellet in a three-way match also involving Kevin Steen. On July 14, 2002, as El Generico, he made his International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS) debut at the Scarred For Life event in a count out victory.
He made his professional wrestling debut on Mafor the FLQ promotion in Quebec as Stevie McFly. He trained under Jerry Tuite and Savio Vega. Professional wrestling career Debut and International Wrestling Syndicate (2002–2009) Both of his parents are Syrian immigrants to Canada, having relocated from Homs in the 1970s. Rami Sebei was born on July 12, 1984, in Laval, Quebec.