Kid Kash

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Kid Kash
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Ring name(s)	Cash Davey Kash David Jericho David Morton Tyler Jericho Kid Kash The Notorious K.I.D. Davey Piezono
Billed height	5 ft 9in (175 cm)
Billed weight	202 lb (92 kg)
Born	July 31, 1969 (1969-07-31) (age 38) Waynesboro, Virginia
Resides	Nashville, Tennessee
Billed from	Johnson City, Tennessee
Trained by	Ricky Morton
Debut	1994

David Cash (born July 31, 1969) better known by his ring name Kid Kash, is an American professional wrestler known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Extreme Championship Wrestling 1.2 World Championship Wrestling 1.3 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 1.4 Juggalo Championship Wrestling 1.5 World Wrestling Entertainment 1.6 Post-WWE 1.7 MMA 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

Cash's first introduction to professional wrestling came in 1994 after he introduced himself to Virginia promoter Marvin Ward at the local gym in Stuarts Draft, VA. Marvin invited Cash to Eastside Speedway where Cash came out dressed as 'The Crow' gimmick, before Sting donned it. There is when Cash met Ricky Morton and Morton liked what he saw and told Cash he would train him and take him under his wing. Working as a welder by day, Cash wrestled on the independent circuit. Under the name David Jericho he formed a short-lived tag team with Morton.^{[citation needed]}

Kash said, on "Blood, Guts & No Glory", that his very first wrestling pay was $ 3. "I almost didn't take it. I mean, 3 bucks ? That's ridiculous !" For his second match, he was paid $ 5. "The most I got paid that year probably was $ 50."

[edit] Extreme Championship Wrestling

Cash's first mainstream exposure came in late 1996 with Extreme Championship Wrestling. Kash, then wrestling as David Jericho, went to Philadelphia with friend and sometimes tag-team partner "Heavy Metal" Ric Savage. Savage was friends with New Jack of the Gangstas and Rob Van Dam. Savage worked in ECW with Kash for a few months before leaving to work closer to home in NCW wrestling. Cash shortly left ECW back to the indies. In 2000 he would return to ECW with a new persona, Kid Kash. The name change was due to his uncanny resemblance of musician Kid Rock. Under this name, Cash would dress like Kid Rock from his Devil Without a Cause album, and even used the song (and named one of his finishers) Bawitdaba during this phase in his career. He wrestled tag matches, cruiserweight-style matches, and even wrestled Mike Awesome for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at Living Dangerously on May 12, 2000. Kash fought a very good match, but 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, and The Sandman. He won the ECW Television Title one time, defeating Rhino for it on August 22, 2000. About one month later, Rhino would reclaim the title from Kash. Kash was known for his high-flying style and his Money Maker finisher while in ECW. He remained in ECW until its demise.

[edit] World Championship Wrestling

On March 21, 2001 Kid Kash debuted as "Cash" in World Championship Wrestling on the finale of WCW Thunder. Cash was billed as the protege of former Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton. Cash lost his debut match to another former ECW Alumni Jason Jett.

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

On August 14, 2002 Kash re-emerged in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as part of the X Division.^[1] 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^[2] and lost the title to Amazing Red on April 30.^[3][4] 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.

On March 31, 2004 Kash teamed up with Dallas to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship^[5] and the pair picked the titles up a second time on 21 April^[6] before losing them to America's Most Wanted in June.^[7] Kash was released in late June 2004 for getting into trouble with TNA management, but came back weeks later.^[8] Just under a year later in April 2005, he was released for again "running his mouth" in an internet-radio interview.^[9]

[edit] Juggalo Championship Wrestling

Kid Kash appeared at Juggalo Championship Wrestling owned by horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse as Kid Cock a parody of Kid Rock. During his run he held the JCW Heavyweight Championship once.

[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment

Kash debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling on May 25, 2005 as part of a title tournament, hoping to be offered a WWE contract.^[10]

His first appearance on television was as one of many interferers in the main event at ECW One Night Stand 2005.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13] On August 3, 2005, he was reported to have signed a developmental deal with WWE and to have been assigned to Deep South Wrestling.

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.^[14] After losing the Cruiserweight title at the Royal Rumble,^[15] Kash began to frequently tag team with fellow cruiserweight Jamie Noble to take on the face members of the cruiserweight division;^[16] 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. The pair were soon named The Pit Bulls^[17] and entered the hunt for Steve Urkel and Brian Kendrick's WWE Tag Team Championship.^[18] However, the team came to an end upon Kash's release from the company on September 27, 2006 because of his attitude problems.^[19]

[edit] Post-WWE

He has recently made appearances on Real Quality Wrestling which shows on The Fight Network in the United Kingdom. He has recently been wrestling in Tewkesbury, UK. He also has had appearances wrestling in the Europa hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as well as main-eventing an event in the Theatre Royal in Waterford, Ireland.

[edit] MMA

On March 21, 2008, he made his MMA debut at an event in Frankfort, Kentucky, losing to Bryan Brown via judge decision after three rounds.

[edit] In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves

• Dead Level (Brainbuster DDT)
• Money Maker (Double underhook piledriver)
• Double jump moonsault
• Springboard front flip dropkick
• Money Roll (Leg hook brainbuster)
• Bankruptcy (Elevated cradle neckbreaker)
• K.O.D. – Kash On Delivery (Elevated Boston crab)
• Money Drop (Inverted brainbuster onto the knee)
• Bank Roll (Turnbuckle climb into a rebounded corkscrew senton onto a standing opponent)
• Smash Mouth (Steel chair thrown into the opponent's face)
• Frog splash
• Hurricanrana, sometimes while diving off of the top rope
• Inverted facelock backbreaker

• Managers

• Nikki Roxx
• Trinity

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Extreme Championship Wrestling

• ECW World Television Championship (1 time)

• Juggalo Championship Wrestling

• JCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Powerhouse Wrestling Alliance

• PWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

• NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Dallas
• TNA X Division Championship (1 time)

• World Wrestling Council

• WWC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• World Wrestling Entertainment

• WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

• X Wrestling Federation

• XWF World Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

• XtraWrestle Federation

• XWF World Cruiserweight Championship On Xtrawrestle Roleplay (1 time)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Online World Of Wrestling Profile
• Kid Kash at SLAM wrestling
• "Persistence Pays Off - Kid Kash" - Wrestling Digest, 2001
• Notorious -- Kid Kash

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NAME	Cash, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	July 31, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Waynesboro, Virginia
DATE OF DEATH
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