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David Santo (born August 25, 1972 in Knoxville, Tennessee), better known by his ring name, David Young, is an American professional wrestler. Though he has mainly appeared with NWA Wildside and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Santo has also competed for Ring of Honor, AAA and ZERO-ONE. Image File history File links Davidyoung-tna. ...
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Nickname: The Marble City, K-Town, Big Orange Country, Knox Vegas Location Location within the U.S. State of Tennessee Coordinates , Government Cities in Tennessee Tennessee Mayor Bill Haslam (R) Geographical characteristics Area City 254. ...
Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, GeorgiaGR6, and is its county seat. ...
August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Nickname: The Marble City, K-Town, Big Orange Country, Knox Vegas Location Location within the U.S. State of Tennessee Coordinates , Government Cities in Tennessee Tennessee Mayor Bill Haslam (R) Geographical characteristics Area City 254. ...
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Professional wrestling is generally any form of wrestling in which the wrestlers receive payment for participating. ...
NWA Wildside was an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cornelia, Georgia, with an office in Atlanta, Georgia, operating between September 1999 and April 2005. ...
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002 and now owned by Panda Energy International. ...
Ring of Honor (ROH) is an independent professional wrestling promotion created in 2002. ...
Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración (AAA) is a Lucha Libre Professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico. ...
Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2001. ...
Career
David Santo was a professional wrestling fan from an early age, and announced his intention to become a wrestler to his parents at the age of five. On August 17, 1989 a seventeen year old Santo attended a wrestling show at which his friend was working as a security guard, and was asked to wrestle. He began training the next day with the Dalton, Georgia-based Mountain Wrestling Federation under Larry Santo (no relation), and adopted the ring name David Young. August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Security Guard or Security Officer is usually a privately-employed person who is paid (directly or through a security firm) to protect property and/or people. ...
Dalton is a city located in Whitfield County, Georgia. ...
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NWA Wildside Young, dubbed "The Messiah of the Spinebuster", spent his early career in NWA Wildside as a tag team specialist, teaming with Shane Austin as The Sex Pistols. On August 19, 1999 The Sex Pistols defeated Bart Sawyer and Terry Lawler in Loganville, Georgia for the NWA Wildside (Georgia) Tag Team Championship. On November 4, Austin was replaced by Rick Michaels, with Young and Michaels naming themselves Bad Attitude. On November 20, 1999 in Cornelia, Georgia, Young and Michaels lost the Tag Team Championships to The Road Hoggs (Joe Harley and Pan Head Nelson). Bad Attitude continued to pursue the Wildside Tag Team Championships, and on January 11, 2000 they defeated The Underdogs (Mark E. Mark and Big Eddie Cool) for the NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship, which they held until February 19, when they were defeated by The Rock 'n' Roll Express. Bad Attitude reclaimed the Tag Team Titles on June 17 in a two out of three falls match, making Young a three time NWA Wildside Tag Team Champion. NWA Wildside was an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cornelia, Georgia, with an office in Atlanta, Georgia, operating between September 1999 and April 2005. ...
A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ...
August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Loganville is a city located in Walton County, Georgia. ...
November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ...
Ray Rawls (born September 8, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rick Michaels. ...
November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Cornelia is a city located in Habersham County, Georgia. ...
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Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson The Rock N Roll Express The Rock N Roll Express was a professional wrestling tag team comprised of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson that was extremely popular in the 1980s. ...
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A two out of three falls match is a type of professional wrestling match. ...
Bad Attitude set their sights on the World Tag Team Championship, and on August 15 in Tampa, Florida they defeated Curtis Thompson and Jeff Justice for the NWA World Tag Team Championship. As a result, they were stripped of the Wildside Tag Team Championship on August 19. They held the World Tag Team Championship until February 3, 2001, when they lost to Joey Matthews and Christian York in Nashville, Tennessee. Bad Attitude reclaimed the title in their home territory, Cornelia, on February 17, but soon lost them once more, losing to Dan Factor and David Flair on March 22 in Athens, Georgia. They took the title a third time the next day in Toccoa, Georgia, with what would be their final reign lasting until April 24, when they lost to The New Heavenly Bodies (Casanova Chris and Vivacious Vito) in Tampa. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ...
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The NWA World Tag Team Championship is the premier tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance. ...
August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
Adam Birch (born July 18, 1979 in Richmond, Virginia), better by his ring name, Joey Mercury, is an American professional wrestler. ...
Christian York is a professional wrestler who was worked for ECW, TNA & XPW. Profile Real Name: Jason Spence Birthday: April 13, 1977 Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia Marital Status: Married w/Child Height & Weight: 511 - 215 lbs Trained by: OMEGA Training center Debut: December 7, 1996 Finishing/Trademark moves Frog Splash...
Nickname: Music City Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area - City 526. ...
February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
David Flair (born March 6, 1979 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), is the son of the legendary Ric Flair and is a professional wrestler. ...
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Athens or Athens-Clarke County is a city in Clarke County, Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, just off of Georgia 316. ...
Toccoa is a famous city in Stephens County, Georgia, United States. ...
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Michaels and Young eventually parted ways in a somewhat acrimonious split, and Michaels went on to win the NWA Wildside (Georgia) Heavyweight Championship. During a December 22, 2001 title defense against A.J. Styles, Young interfered, enabling Styles to pin Michaels and win the belt. This led to a three way dance on March 23, 2002 at Hardcore Hell 2002, with Young eventually taking the win and becoming the Wildside Heavyweight Champion. He held the title until June 1, when he lost to Jason Cross. After Cross retired from wrestling, Adam Jacobs won the vacant title, but failed to appear for an August 3 title defence against John Phoenix. Young, a Wildside mainstay, was substituted into the match, and defeated Phoenix to become a two-time Wildside Heavyweight Championship. He held the belt until September 22, 2002 when he lost to Iceberg. December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Allen Jones (born June 2, 1978 in Gainesville, Georgia), better known by his ring name A. J. Styles (also written AJ Styles), is an American professional wrestler. ...
Many types of matches can be found in professional wrestling. ...
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Jason Cross is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling on the Georgian independent circuit, and making apearences at WWE house shows and WWE Smackdown as a jobber. ...
August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ...
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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Young joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in late-2002, and wrestled his first match on October 2, losing to Sonny Siaki. He worked in TNA as a lower-card heel. On September 24, 2003, Young acted as the tag team partner of Simon Diamond when Diamond's usual partner, Johnny Swinger, was sidelined with appendicitis. The next week, Young assumed that he was now a member of Glenn Gilberti's stable along with Diamond and Swinger, but Gilberti insisted that he first had to "prove himself" by defeating The Sandman. Young lost, and was subsquently beaten down by Gilberti and his clients. The following week, Young earned a spot in the group by helping them defeat the 3Live Kru in a six man tag match. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002 and now owned by Panda Energy International. ...
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Sonny Siaki is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment in the Deep South Wrestling developmental territory. ...
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humourously referred to as evil. ...
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Patrick (Pat) Kenney (born May 26, 1968 in Wilmington, Delaware), known also by his stage name, Simon Diamond, is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and on the independent circuit in the New York metropolitan area. ...
Joseph Dorgan (born July 3, 1975 in Niagara Falls, New York) is an American professional wrestler. ...
Appendicitis, or epityphlitis, is a condition characterised by inflammation of the appendix. ...
Glenn Gilberti (born November 12, 1968 in Marietta, Georgia) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling as Disco Inferno. ...
In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet...
James (Jim) Fullington (born June 16, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), better known as The Sandman, is an American professional wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was dubbed The Hardcore Icon. ...
3Live Kru - from left to right, B.G. James, Ron Killings and Konnan. ...
The stable began to fall apart, and on January 14, 2004 split into two tag teams; Gilberti and Young, and Swinger and Diamond. Gilberti and Young went on to feud with the Insane Clown Posse, with Young claiming to be afraid of clowns. Young then began regularly losing his matches, with his losing streak leading Gilberti to turn on him. On August 11, Young finally broke his losing streak by pinning Gilberti in a "Final Gut Check match", then left TNA for several months. He returned on December 24, losing to Abyss. Young appeared sporadically with TNA for several months, and on July 17 at No Surrender 2005 he reforged his alliance with Simon Diamond, who offered to make him "a diamond in the rough". January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Simon & Swinger was the professional wrestling tag team of Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger most notably seen in Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ...
The Insane Clown Posse (ICP) are an American hardcore hip hop/midwestern rap group originally from Detroit, Michigan, consisting of Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler). ...
Coulrophobia is a mental condition concerning the fear of clowns. ...
In professional wrestling, a turn occurs most frequently when a wrestler develops a new gimmick (persona) and changes, frequently from face to heel or sometimes vice versa. ...
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Chris Parks (born October 4, 1973 in Washington, D.C.), better known by his ring name Abyss (labeled as The Monster of TNA Wrestling) is an American professional wrestler. ...
July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ...
No Surrender 2005 was the ninth monthly professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ...
The Diamonds in the Rough are a professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, led by the eponymous Simon Diamond and consisting primarily of lower- to mid-card wrestlers. ...
Georgia Championship Wrestling Young joined Georgia Championship Wrestling in mid-2004, forming a tag team with Sonny Siaki. Young and Siaki became the first ever GCW Tag Team Champions on July 27, 2004 in Columbus, Georgia when they defeated John Bogey and Jason Cross. They held the title until October 30, when they lost to A. J. Steele and Bull Buchanan. Great Championship Wrestling (GCW) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Georgia. ...
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Columbus is a city located in Muscogee County, Georgia. ...
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A. J. Steel is an African-American professional wrestler, currently wrestling on the Georgian independent circuit, and making appearances at Great Championship Wrestling (GCW) as a face wrestler. ...
Barry Buchanan (born January 18, 1965 in Eddyville, Kentucky) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances as Bull Buchanan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ...
Young formed a stable known as Bad Company with Bull Buchanan, The Wrestler (Ted Allen), and Sonny Siaki. However, on March 5, 2005 Buchanan and Young turned on Siaki and accepted the managerial services of Greg Brown. Young then went on to win the GCW Heavyweight Championship from Siaki, and on April 23 he and Buchanan won the GCW Tag Team Championships in a three way tag match. On June 11, Buchanan and Chris Stevens (replacing Young, who was unavailable for the title defence) lost the GCW Tag Team Championships to John Bogie and Lee Thomas. Young and Stevens teamed together to regain the titles on June 25. March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In professional wrestling, a manager is a character who is paired with a wrestler. ...
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Young lost the GCW Heavyweight Championship to Erik Watts on August 13, 2005. In October 2005, the promotion was renamed Great Championship Wrestling. On December 11, 2005, Young regained the GCW Heavyweight Championship from Watts. On January 1, 2006, Young and Stevens lost the GCW Tag Team Championships to Watts and Bogie. On April 22, 2006, Young lost the GCW Heavyweight Championship to Deathrow. Erik Watts Erik Watts is an American professional wrestler, who used to wrestle for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ...
August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles...
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January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Finishing and signature moves Much of the action in professional wrestling involves the application of techniques that involve lifting the opponent up and throwing or slamming him/her down. ...
Attacking maneuvers in professional wrestling are mainly used to wear down an opponent for a submission hold, or set up for a throw. ...
A moonsault or moonsault press is a professional wrestling aerial technique with much of its popularity in American wrestling being attributed to The Great Muta, also known as Keiji Mutoh. ...
John Cena hits an F-U (Firemans carry powerslam). ...
Championships and accomplishments -
- 2-time GCW Heavyweight Champion
- 3-time GCW Tag Team Champion (1-time with Sonny Siaki, 1-time with Bull Buchanan, 1-time with Chris Stevens)
- HardKore Championship Wrestling
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- 1-time HCW Hardcore Champion
- National Championship Wrestling
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- 1-time NCW Tag Team Champion (with Rick Michaels)
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- 4-time in Nashville as Air Paris and Rob Williams were recognised as World Tag Team Champions within the Nashville area between December 9, 2000 (when they defeated Young and Michaels in what may or may not have been a non-title match) and December 22, 2000 (when Young and Michaels defeated Paris and Williams to regain champion status within the Nashville area).
- 2-time NWA Wildside (Georgia) Heavyweight Champion
- 3-time NWA Wildside (Georgia) Tag Team Champion (1-time with Shane Austin, 2-time with Rick Michaels)
- 1-time NWA Wrestle Birmingham Tag Team Champion (with Elix Skipper)
- 1-time NWA Southern (Mississippi) Television Champion
- 1-time NWA World Wide (Nashville) Television Champion
Great Championship Wrestling (GCW) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Georgia. ...
Sonny Siaki is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment in the Deep South Wrestling developmental territory. ...
Barry Buchanan (born January 18, 1965 in Eddyville, Kentucky) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances as Bull Buchanan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ...
The National Wrestling Alliance NWA is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ...
The NWA World Tag Team Championship is the premier tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance. ...
Ray Rawls (born September 8, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rick Michaels. ...
Nickname: Music City Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area - City 526. ...
Frank Paris is a professional wrestler who sometimes goes by the name of Air Paris. ...
December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
NWA Wildside was an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cornelia, Georgia, with an office in Atlanta, Georgia, operating between September 1999 and April 2005. ...
NWA Wildside was an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cornelia, Georgia, with an office in Atlanta, Georgia, operating between September 1999 and April 2005. ...
Primetime Elix Skipper (born in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ...
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