David Cash
Encyclopedia
David Cash better known by his ring name
Kid Kash, is an American
professional wrestler
currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
. He is also known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling
and World Wrestling Entertainment
.
by day, Cash wrestled on the independent circuit
. Under the name David Jericho he formed a short-lived tag team
with Morton.
. Kash, then wrestling as David Jericho, went to Philadelphia with friend and sometimes tag-team partner "Heavy Metal" Ric Savage
. Kash was friends with New Jack
of the Gangstas
and Rob Van Dam
. Kash shortly left ECW back to the indies
and even wrestled house shows for World Wrestling Entertainment
. It was during a WWE house show against the tag team Too Cool
that Cash broke both of his ankles performing a botched hurricanrana
on Scotty 2 Hotty. The injury sidelined Cash for a while but upon his return to the ring he resurfaced in ECW in late 1999 under a new gimmick, Kid Kash. The name change was due to his uncanny resemblance to musician Kid Rock
. Under this name, Kash would dress like Kid Rock from his Devil Without a Cause
album, and even used the song (and named one of his finishers, The Moneymaker) during this phase in his career. Just months after his return Kash suffered a broken jaw in Atlanta at the hands of The Dupps
. He had legitimate heat with the tag team for their supposed stiff and shoot
moves on Kash during matches and as payback during a planned run-in during Kash's match Bo Dupp did an unplanned frog splash right on Kash's face, breaking both sides of his jaw. At the time Atlanta was going through a flu epidemic and so Cash had to get a private physician to fix his jaw because the hospitals were swamped. Despite the injury Kash continued to wrestle, and never took a night off. He even wrestled on the Guilty As Charged PPV the very next night after driving from Atlanta to Birmingham, AL. Literally after his surgery, which in turn earned him the respect of Paul Heyman
and several other ECW wrestlers. Kash recovered from the injury without any problems and went on to wrestle tag matches, cruiserweight-style matches, and even wrestled Mike Awesome
for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at Living Dangerously on March 12, 2000, although he lost after he was superbombed
from the top rope through a Table
. His tag team partners during the time include the likes of Rob Van Dam, Super Crazy
, Nova
and The Sandman
. He won the ECW World Television Championship
one time, defeating Rhino
for it on August 26, 2000. A few weeks later, Rhino would reclaim the title from Kash.
where they billed him as Kash. Less than a week later WWE and Vince McMahon purchased WCW, and wanted to keep Kash on through a renegotiation of his contract, which would have cut his wages considerably.
as part of the X Division. Using the gimmick of a cocky, obnoxious heel
(while still maintaining a degree of his Kid Rock mannerisms), Kash won the TNA X Division Championship
from Sonny Siaki
on February 12, 2003 and lost the title to Amazing Red
on April 30. Some of the more notable feuds Kid Kash developed in TNA were against James Storm
, Dusty Rhodes
, Jeff Hardy
, A.J. Styles
, and even a few intergender matches with Trinity
. Also, Kash faced off against legends such as Roddy Piper and Larry Zbyszko. He even beat his trainer, Ricky Morton.
On March 31, 2004 Kash teamed up with Dallas
to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship
and the pair picked the titles up a second time on April 21 before losing them to America's Most Wanted
in June. Kash was released from his TNA contract on April 20, 2005 after months of criticizing the company. He signed with WWE shortly after.
. His first official proper WWE outing, however, was the June 19, 2005 airing of Sunday Night Heat
against Tajiri
in what was designated a tryout match. On June 23 he said in an interview that "You never know what the company is looking for. I might not be what they're looking for. I can only hope", indicating that he continued to pursue a WWE contract. That same month he was reported to have signed a developmental deal with WWE and to have been assigned to Deep South Wrestling. Kash then wrestled a few matches on Velocity, before coming up to Smackdown.
Kid Kash showed up after a tag team match between MNM and the Mexicools on Smackdown, viciously attacking Juventud Guerrera. The following week he faced off against Mexicool member, Super Crazy. Kash picked up the win, earning himself a title match with Juventud at Armageddon.
Kash made his WWE pay-per-view
debut on December 18, 2005 at Armageddon
in Providence, Rhode Island. On the card, he defeated WWE Cruiserweight Champion
Juventud Guerrera
to win the title. After losing the Cruiserweight title at the Royal Rumble
, Kash began to frequently tag team
with fellow cruiserweight Jamie Noble
to take on the face
members of the cruiserweight division; during May 2006, Kash and Noble used a gimmick previously seen in ECW, where they wore dog collars, often barked at and bit opponents, and wrestled rather aggressively and soon after the team formed Kash got a new haircut. The pair were soon named The Pit Bulls and entered the hunt for Paul London and Brian Kendrick
's WWE Tag Team Championship. The team, however, came to an end upon Kash's release from the company on September 27, 2006
which shows on The Fight Network in the United Kingdom. He has recently been wrestling in Tewkesbury
for top midlands promotion Pro Championship Wrestling as well as in Waterford
, Ireland
for Irish Whip Wrestling
. However, Kash was involved in some controversy at a One Pro Wrestling
show where, during a match against Pac
, he seemingly attacked a photographer who had not been part of any planned involvement, as well as taking a video camera from a ringside cameraman.
Kid Kash has wrestled in several indy promotions since leaving WWE.
, where he, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger were defeated by Little Guido
, Tony Luke and Tracy Smothers
in a six man tag team match. At the following day's tapings of TNA Impact!
, Kash wrestled in a dark match, losing to Okada
.
On June 13, 2011, at the tapings of the June 16 edition of Impact Wrestling, Kash made a one night return to TNA, losing to Austin Aries
in a three–way first round match of a tournament for a TNA contract, which also included Jimmy Rave
. On July 12, 2011, Kash announced that he had re-signed with TNA. Kash made his return to TNA on the August 11 edition of Impact Wrestling, appearing in a backstage segment, where Eric Bischoff
introduced new rules to the X Division. The following week Kash part in a gauntlet match to determine the number one contender to the X Division Championship. After being eliminated from the match by Jesse Sorensen
, Kash gave him a Money Maker and cost him the match. The following week, Kash defeated Sorensen in a singles match with a rollup, while holding his tights. On the September 1 edition of Impact Wrestling, Sorensen pinned Kash in a tag team match, where Kash teamed with Austin Aries and Sorensen with Brian Kendrick
. On September 11 at No Surrender
, Sorensen defeated Kash in an X Division number one contender's match. On November 13 at Turning Point
, Kash failed to capture the X Division Championship from Aries in a three-way match, which also included Sorensen.
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...
Kid Kash, is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
. He is also known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...
and World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
.
Professional wrestling career
Kash's father was a boxer and Kash began training by the age of seven years old. He went on to become a professional fighter and worked in Japan. Cash was originally trained by Smoky Mountain Wrestling trainer, Brian Logan. After training with Logan, Cash met up with Ricky Morton during his travels, and took Cash on the road with him and continued his training. Working as a welderWelding
Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material that cools to become a strong joint, with pressure sometimes...
by day, Cash wrestled on the independent circuit
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
. Under the name David Jericho he formed a short-lived tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
with Morton.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996–2000)
David Cash's first mainstream exposure came in late 1996 with Extreme Championship WrestlingExtreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...
. Kash, then wrestling as David Jericho, went to Philadelphia with friend and sometimes tag-team partner "Heavy Metal" Ric Savage
Frank Huguelet
Frank Huguelet is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name "Heavy Metal" Ric Savage.Huguelet wrestled across the eastern seaboard from 1990 until 1997...
. Kash was friends with New Jack
New Jack
Jerome Young is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name New Jack in ECW.He is known for his willingness to take dangerous bumps and his stiff hardcore wrestling style, often taking high risks and "shooting" on opponents, though he is only known to shoot on opponents who...
of the Gangstas
The Gangstas
The Gangstas was a professional wrestling tag team and stable, most notably consisting of New Jack and Mustafa Saed in Extreme Championship Wrestling...
and Rob Van Dam
Rob Van Dam
Robert Alexander "Rob" Szatkowski , better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam , is an American professional wrestler and actor who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
. Kash shortly left ECW back to the indies
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
and even wrestled house shows for World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
. It was during a WWE house show against the tag team Too Cool
Too Cool
Too Cool is a professional wrestling tag team and former faction most notably active in World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment between 1998 and 2001 and for a short time in 2004.-1998–1999:...
that Cash broke both of his ankles performing a botched hurricanrana
Professional wrestling aerial techniques
Aerial techniques are maneuvers, using the ring and its posts and ropes as aids, used in professional wrestling to show off the speed and agility of a wrestler. These moves are mainly done by smaller, quicker wrestlers who are unable to do most of the power moves. There is a wide variety of aerial...
on Scotty 2 Hotty. The injury sidelined Cash for a while but upon his return to the ring he resurfaced in ECW in late 1999 under a new gimmick, Kid Kash. The name change was due to his uncanny resemblance to musician Kid Rock
Kid Rock
Robert James "Bob" Ritchie , known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations...
. Under this name, Kash would dress like Kid Rock from his Devil Without a Cause
Devil Without a Cause
-Tracklisting for clean version:-Demos:-Samples:*"Bawitdaba"**"Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang*"Cowboy"**"Midnight Rider" by The Allman Brothers Band**"L.A...
album, and even used the song (and named one of his finishers, The Moneymaker) during this phase in his career. Just months after his return Kash suffered a broken jaw in Atlanta at the hands of The Dupps
The Dupps
The Dupps were a professional wrestling tag team in southern independents and ECW during the late 1990s composed of Bo Dupp and Jack Dupp. They feuded with Amish Roadkill & Danny Doring over who should have a shot at the ECW Tag-Team Titles...
. He had legitimate heat with the tag team for their supposed stiff and shoot
Shoot (professional wrestling)
A shoot in professional wrestling is a term that refers to any unplanned, unscripted or real-life occurrence within a wrestling event. Contrary to popular belief, the name does not originate from "shooting in" for a takedown, as in amateur wrestling - rather it is a carny term shortened from...
moves on Kash during matches and as payback during a planned run-in during Kash's match Bo Dupp did an unplanned frog splash right on Kash's face, breaking both sides of his jaw. At the time Atlanta was going through a flu epidemic and so Cash had to get a private physician to fix his jaw because the hospitals were swamped. Despite the injury Kash continued to wrestle, and never took a night off. He even wrestled on the Guilty As Charged PPV the very next night after driving from Atlanta to Birmingham, AL. Literally after his surgery, which in turn earned him the respect of Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman is an American entertainment producer, best known for his career in professional wrestling as a promoter, manager, commentator and journalist. He is also an occasional actor in film....
and several other ECW wrestlers. Kash recovered from the injury without any problems and went on to wrestle tag matches, cruiserweight-style matches, and even wrestled Mike Awesome
Mike Awesome
Michael Lee Alfonso , better known by his ring name Mike Awesome, was an American professional wrestler best known in America for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and in World Wrestling Federation and also in Japan for his work with Frontier Martial-Arts...
for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at Living Dangerously on March 12, 2000, although he lost after he was superbombed
Powerbomb
A powerbomb is a professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up and then slammed back-first down to the mat. The standard powerbomb sees an opponent first placed in a standing headscissors position...
from the top rope through a Table
Table (furniture)
A table is a form of furniture with a flat and satisfactory horizontal upper surface used to support objects of interest, for storage, show, and/or manipulation...
. His tag team partners during the time include the likes of Rob Van Dam, Super Crazy
Super Crazy
Francisco Islas Rueda is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador, best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Islas is most known for his three year run in the original ECW...
, Nova
Mike Bucci
Michael "Mike" Bucci is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. Bucci is probably best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Nova, Super Nova, and "Hollywood" Nova and World Wrestling Entertainment as Simon Dean...
and The Sandman
Jim Fullington
James "Jim" Fullington better known by his ring name Sandman, is an American professional wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling , where he developed into a "Hardcore Icon"...
. He won the ECW World Television Championship
ECW World Television Championship
The ECW World Television Championship was a professional wrestling television championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling . It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance affiliate and ECW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992 but was established under ECW in 1994...
one time, defeating Rhino
Terry Gerin
Terrance "Terry" Gerin is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by the ring name Rhino . He is best known for his career in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
for it on August 26, 2000. A few weeks later, Rhino would reclaim the title from Kash.
World Championship Wrestling (2001)
On March 21, 2001 Kid Kash signed with the WCWWorld Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
where they billed him as Kash. Less than a week later WWE and Vince McMahon purchased WCW, and wanted to keep Kash on through a renegotiation of his contract, which would have cut his wages considerably.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2005)
On August 14, 2002, Kash re-emerged in Total Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
as part of the X Division. Using the gimmick of a cocky, obnoxious heel
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
(while still maintaining a degree of his Kid Rock mannerisms), Kash won the TNA X Division Championship
TNA X Division Championship
The TNA X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion. It is primarily defended in TNA's X Division—a style based on a fast-paced, daredevil type of wrestling...
from Sonny Siaki
Sonny Siaki
Sonny Siaki is a retired American professional wrestler. Unlike many Samoans in professional wrestling, he is not part of the large Anoa'i or Fatu family.-Early life:...
on February 12, 2003 and lost the title to Amazing Red
Amazing Red
Jonathan Figueroa is a professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Amazing Red, or simply Red for short. He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a former three-time X Division Champion, while also working on the American independent circuit...
on April 30. Some of the more notable feuds Kid Kash developed in TNA were against James Storm
James Storm
James Allen Cox is an American professional wrestler who competes under the ring name "The Cowboy" James Storm. Since 2002, Storm has been employed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he, along with A.J...
, Dusty Rhodes
Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)
Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. , better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler currently working for WWE...
, Jeff Hardy
Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy is an American professional wrestler, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is a former two–time TNA World Heavyweight Champion...
, A.J. Styles
A.J. Styles
Allen Neal Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
, and even a few intergender matches with Trinity
Stephanie Finochio
Stephanie Finochio is an American stuntwoman and retired professional wrestler and valet better known by her ring name Trinity...
. Also, Kash faced off against legends such as Roddy Piper and Larry Zbyszko. He even beat his trainer, Ricky Morton.
On March 31, 2004 Kash teamed up with Dallas
Lance Hoyt
Lance Hoyt is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling as Lance Archer. He is best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time NWA World Tag Team Champion with Kid Kash while the title was under the TNA banner...
to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship
NWA World Tag Team Championship
The National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Championship is the professional wrestling world tag team championship within the NWA framework.-History:...
and the pair picked the titles up a second time on April 21 before losing them to America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted (professional wrestling)
America's Most Wanted was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of "Wildcat" Chris Harris and "Tennessee Cowboy" James Storm, who competed in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
in June. Kash was released from his TNA contract on April 20, 2005 after months of criticizing the company. He signed with WWE shortly after.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2005–2006)
Kash's first appearance on television was as one of many interferers in the main event at ECW One Night Stand 2005ECW One Night Stand (2005)
ECW One Night Stand was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It was held on June 12, 2005 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York. The main event was a tag team match between The Dudley Boyz and the team of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman...
. His first official proper WWE outing, however, was the June 19, 2005 airing of Sunday Night Heat
WWE HEAT
WWE Heat was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment...
against Tajiri
Yoshihiro Tajiri
, is a Japanese professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. He is currently competing in SMASH as TAJIRI.-Early years :...
in what was designated a tryout match. On June 23 he said in an interview that "You never know what the company is looking for. I might not be what they're looking for. I can only hope", indicating that he continued to pursue a WWE contract. That same month he was reported to have signed a developmental deal with WWE and to have been assigned to Deep South Wrestling. Kash then wrestled a few matches on Velocity, before coming up to Smackdown.
Kid Kash showed up after a tag team match between MNM and the Mexicools on Smackdown, viciously attacking Juventud Guerrera. The following week he faced off against Mexicool member, Super Crazy. Kash picked up the win, earning himself a title match with Juventud at Armageddon.
Kash made his WWE pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
debut on December 18, 2005 at Armageddon
Armageddon (2005)
Armageddon was the sixth Armageddon professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on December 18, 2005 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island and was a SmackDown! brand-exclusive event.The main event was a Hell in a Cell...
in Providence, Rhode Island. On the card, he defeated WWE Cruiserweight Champion
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
The World Wrestling Entertainment Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and was originally a World Championship Wrestling title. It was challenged by cruiserweights at a maximum weight of 215 lbs...
Juventud Guerrera
Juventud Guerrera
Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández , better known as Juventud Guerrera, is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known for his work in many wrestling promotions worldwide, including all the major American wrestling promotions, such as World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship...
to win the title. After losing the Cruiserweight title at the Royal Rumble
Royal Rumble (2006)
Royal Rumble was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on January 29, 2006 in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands...
, Kash began to frequently tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
with fellow cruiserweight Jamie Noble
Jamie Noble
James Howard Gibson better known by his WWE ring name Jamie Noble, is an American former professional wrestler currently working for WWE as a trainer. He is best known for his work from 2002 to 2009 when a severe back injury forced him to retire from competition...
to take on the face
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
members of the cruiserweight division; during May 2006, Kash and Noble used a gimmick previously seen in ECW, where they wore dog collars, often barked at and bit opponents, and wrestled rather aggressively and soon after the team formed Kash got a new haircut. The pair were soon named The Pit Bulls and entered the hunt for Paul London and Brian Kendrick
Paul London and Brian Kendrick
Paul London and Brian Kendrick are a professional wrestling tag team best known for their time together in World Wrestling Entertainment . The team never had an official team name, but were just referred to as "the tag team of London and Kendrick." In 2006 London and Kendrick put the tag team name...
's WWE Tag Team Championship. The team, however, came to an end upon Kash's release from the company on September 27, 2006
Independent promotions (2009)
He made an appeance on Real Quality WrestlingReal Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling is a British professional wrestling organisation. Len Davies is the Owner and chairman of the company and their sister company, Spectrum Multimedia. The company began as an independent promotion, but soon became an umbrella promotion in 2007 with the self-stated aim to...
which shows on The Fight Network in the United Kingdom. He has recently been wrestling in Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook...
for top midlands promotion Pro Championship Wrestling as well as in Waterford
Waterford
Waterford is a city in the South-East Region of Ireland. It is the oldest city in the country and fifth largest by population. Waterford City Council is the local government authority for the city and its immediate hinterland...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
for Irish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling is an Irish owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of...
. However, Kash was involved in some controversy at a One Pro Wrestling
One Pro Wrestling
One Pro Wrestling was a British professional wrestling promotion. 1PW was founded in 2005 by Steven Gauntley until the promotion went into liquidation in 2007; it was restarted within the same year..It ended in August 2011....
show where, during a match against Pac
Ben Satterly
Benjamin "Ben" Satterly is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Pac , who is currently working for Dragon Gate, and Dragon Gate USA. He is noted for his exceptional high flying style which has earned him the nickname "The Man That Gravity Forgot"...
, he seemingly attacked a photographer who had not been part of any planned involvement, as well as taking a video camera from a ringside cameraman.
Kid Kash has wrestled in several indy promotions since leaving WWE.
Return to TNA (2010; 2011–present)
On August 8, 2010, Kash returned to TNA to take part in ECW reunion show, Hardcore JusticeHardcore Justice (2010)
Hardcore Justice was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , which took place on August 8, 2010 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida...
, where he, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger were defeated by Little Guido
James Maritato
James Maritato is an American professional wrestler, of Italian origin, currently working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring names Little Guido Maritato and Nunzio.-Starting out:While...
, Tony Luke and Tracy Smothers
Tracy Smothers
Tracy Smothers is an American professional wrestler.-Early career:Tracy started his career in the Memphis promotion on Saturday morning TV. Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers started teaming as The Southern Boys in Florida Championship Wrestling in 1987 where they feuded with The New Breed...
in a six man tag team match. At the following day's tapings of TNA Impact!
TNA iMPACT!
Impact Wrestling is a professional wrestling television program for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that currently airs in the United States and Canada on Spike...
, Kash wrestled in a dark match, losing to Okada
Kazuchika Okada
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling. From February 2010 until October 2011, he was on a developmental tour, working for American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the name Okada.-Training and debut:Trained by Último Dragón at his Toryumon...
.
On June 13, 2011, at the tapings of the June 16 edition of Impact Wrestling, Kash made a one night return to TNA, losing to Austin Aries
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy "Dan" Solwold, Jr. better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is the current X Division Champion...
in a three–way first round match of a tournament for a TNA contract, which also included Jimmy Rave
Jimmy Rave
James Guffey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Jimmy Rave. He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
. On July 12, 2011, Kash announced that he had re-signed with TNA. Kash made his return to TNA on the August 11 edition of Impact Wrestling, appearing in a backstage segment, where Eric Bischoff
Eric Bischoff
Eric Aaron Bischoff is an American entrepreneur, and professional wrestling booker and on-screen personality currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
introduced new rules to the X Division. The following week Kash part in a gauntlet match to determine the number one contender to the X Division Championship. After being eliminated from the match by Jesse Sorensen
Jesse Sorensen
Jessy Ryan Sorensen is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling .-Early career:Throughout 2008, Sorensen competed in various Texas Independent Wrestling Promotions as Ryan Sorensen....
, Kash gave him a Money Maker and cost him the match. The following week, Kash defeated Sorensen in a singles match with a rollup, while holding his tights. On the September 1 edition of Impact Wrestling, Sorensen pinned Kash in a tag team match, where Kash teamed with Austin Aries and Sorensen with Brian Kendrick
Brian Kendrick
Brian David Kendrick is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under his real name. Before joining TNA he spent several years wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, where he wrestled under his name, as Spanky, and finally as "The" Brian Kendrick...
. On September 11 at No Surrender
No Surrender (2011)
No Surrender was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that took place on September 11, 2011 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the seventh annual No Surrender chronology...
, Sorensen defeated Kash in an X Division number one contender's match. On November 13 at Turning Point
Turning Point (2011)
Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion, that took place on November 13, 2011 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida...
, Kash failed to capture the X Division Championship from Aries in a three-way match, which also included Sorensen.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
-
- Dead Level (Spike brainbuster)
- Double jump moonsault
- Money Maker (Double underhook piledriver)
- Springboard somersault corner-to-corner missile dropkick
- Signature moves
-
- Bank Roll (Turnbuckle climb into a rebounded corkscrew senton to a standing opponent)
- Bankruptcy (Elevated cradle neckbreaker)
- Fisherman buster
- Frog splash
- Hurricanrana, sometimes after diving off of the top rope
- Inverted brainbuster onto the knee
- Inverted facelock backbreaker
- KOD – Kash On Delivery (Elevated Boston crab)
- Smash Mouth (Steel chair thrown into the opponent's face)
- ManagersManager (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
- TrinityStephanie FinochioStephanie Finochio is an American stuntwoman and retired professional wrestler and valet better known by her ring name Trinity...
- Jimmy HartJimmy HartJames "Jimmy" Ray Hart is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician currently signed with WWE. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling under his nickname "The Mouth of the South." He has managed many professional...
- Trinity
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "Mr. TNA" ("Total Nonstop Attitude")
- "The Notorious K.I.D."
- Entrance themesMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- "Kash Money" by Jim Johnston
- "Bawitdaba" by Kid RockKid RockRobert James "Bob" Ritchie , known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations...
- "KK Rocks" by Dale OliverDale OliverDale Byron Oliver is an American music composer who works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Formerly a guitarist in BackHawk , Oliver serves mainly as a composer of theme music used in professional wrestling.-Music composer for TNA:Since 2003, Oliver writes, records, and produces music under...
- "Misfit" by Dale OliverDale OliverDale Byron Oliver is an American music composer who works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Formerly a guitarist in BackHawk , Oliver serves mainly as a composer of theme music used in professional wrestling.-Music composer for TNA:Since 2003, Oliver writes, records, and produces music under...
Championships and accomplishments
- Extreme Championship WrestlingExtreme Championship WrestlingExtreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...
- ECW World Television ChampionshipECW World Television ChampionshipThe ECW World Television Championship was a professional wrestling television championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling . It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance affiliate and ECW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992 but was established under ECW in 1994...
(1 time)
- ECW World Television Championship
- Juggalo Championship Wrestling
- JCW Heavyweight ChampionshipJCW Heavyweight ChampionshipThe JCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Juggalo Championship Wrestling. It was established in 1999 at JCW's first show, the taping for the DVD JCW Volume 1, with Evil Dead winning a 20-man battle royal...
(1 time)
- JCW Heavyweight Championship
- Powerhouse Wrestling Alliance
- PWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 time)
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him #68 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000
- Showtime All-Star WrestlingShowtime All-Star WrestlingShowtime All-Star Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. SAW has local broadcasts every Saturday night on Nashville’s WNAB, and throughout the country on syndicate...
- SAW International Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- Total Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
- NWA World Tag Team ChampionshipNWA World Tag Team ChampionshipThe National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Championship is the professional wrestling world tag team championship within the NWA framework.-History:...
(2 times) – with DallasLance HoytLance Hoyt is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling as Lance Archer. He is best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time NWA World Tag Team Champion with Kid Kash while the title was under the TNA banner... - TNA X Division ChampionshipTNA X Division ChampionshipThe TNA X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion. It is primarily defended in TNA's X Division—a style based on a fast-paced, daredevil type of wrestling...
(1 time)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship
- United States Wrestling Organization
- USWO Championship (2 time)
- World Wrestling CouncilWorld Wrestling CouncilThe World Wrestling Council is one of Puerto Rico's two main professional wrestling promotions, the other one being the International Wrestling Association....
- WWC Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipWWC World Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipThe WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a secondary championship contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council. For a time, the title was defended in the Wrestling International New Generations promotion in Japan as the W*ING/WWC World...
(1 time)
- WWC Junior Heavyweight Championship
- World Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
- WWE Cruiserweight ChampionshipWWE Cruiserweight ChampionshipThe World Wrestling Entertainment Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and was originally a World Championship Wrestling title. It was challenged by cruiserweights at a maximum weight of 215 lbs...
(1 time)
- WWE Cruiserweight Championship
- X Wrestling Federation
- XWF World Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- XtraWrestle Federation
- XWF World Cruiserweight Championship (6 time)