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A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler , mixed martial artist , or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting the wrong image. Since the advent of the Internet , it is relatively easy to discover a fighter's real name.

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56-827: Gregory James Bownds (born 20 February 1977), better known by his ring name TNT , is an Australian professional wrestler and promoter , currently owning and promoting the Australasian Wrestling Federation . Bownds is the owner of the AWF promotions and has headlined for other independent promotions across Australia. Bownds has also wrestled in Japan , where he has worked for Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max , and Dragon Gate , one of very few Australian wrestlers to do so. He also has studied Mexican lucha libre wrestling whilst in Mexico . He also organises wrestling shows Australia wide for

112-554: A $ FW event Kash and Doug William faced Owen Phoenix and Ultimo Dragon in a losing effort. On June 16, 2013, Kash and Stan Lee competed at the Brad Armstrong Memorial Event where they were defeated by Cerebus and K. C. Thunder . On September 9, Kash faced Chris Michaels in a losing effort. On November 18, 2014, Kash would lose to VsK at a VPW show. L In September 2015, Kash kicked off his retirement tour where he and Ricky Morton faced Jeff Connelly and Brian Montgomery in

168-484: 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 Kash had to get a private physician to fix his jaw because

224-475: A broken nose during a three way match against Jesse Sorensen and Shannon Moore , rendering him inactive for two months. Kash returned from injury on the March 22 edition of Impact Wrestling , participating in a four way match for the X Division Championship that ended in a no contest, following interference from Bully Ray . Kash returned to pay-per-view on June 10 at Slammiversary , he was defeated by Hernandez in

280-550: A few intergender matches with Trinity . Also, Kash faced off against legends such as "Rowdy" 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 2004. On April 20, 2005, TNA announced that Kash

336-462: A few others, their real name. One notable exception was made for David Otunga because of his real marriage to singer Jennifer Hudson at the time, which gave WWE some mainstream exposure. Low Ki used the alias "Senshi" during his second TNA stint to reserve his primary ring name for other use. A similar example is the team known as The Dudley Boyz in ECW and WWE and Team 3D elsewhere. WWE trademarked

392-535: A losing effort. Kash and Morton argued after the match. In December 2015, Kash wrestled in a losing effort against Chase Owens, where the stipulation was if Kash won Ricky Morton would retire and if Owens won Kash would retire. In January 2018, at IWR's When Worlds Collide event, he teamed with Ky-ote as part of the Arrow Club in a losing battle against the Von Erichs - Ross and Marshall. L On August 11, Kash returned as

448-593: A member of the Arrow Club at World Class Revolution Pro Wrestling, where he and Ky-ote defeated the Von Erich brothers, as well as Prince Mahalli and Rasheed Ali, for the World Class Tag Team Titles. Kash returned to TNA then called Impact Wrestling. He wrestled his two last matches of his career on March 6 and 7 in Atlanta just before COVID-19 , before retiring from wrestling once again. On November 5, 2016, Kash made his pro MMA debut at Valor Fights 38. He

504-636: 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, Kash teamed with Austin Aries and Sorensen with Brian Kendrick . On September 11 at No Surrender , Jesse Sorensen defeated Kash in an X Division number one contender's match. On the October 6 episode of Impact Wrestling , Kash attacked Brian Kendrick for disrespect on him. On November 13 at Turning Point , Kash failed to capture

560-571: A singles match. On July 8 at Destination X , Kash entered a tournament to determine the new X Division Champion, but was defeated in his first round match by Mason Andrews . Kash returned to Impact Wrestling on July 26, he along with Gunner , confronted and eventually attacked the debuting Chavo Guerrero Jr. , before Guerrero was saved by Hernandez. The following week later, Kash was defeated by Guerrero in Guerrero's TNA debut match. On August 12 at Hardcore Justice , Kash and Gunner were defeated in

616-477: A six-man tag team match. At the following day's tapings of TNA Impact! , Kash wrestled in a dark match, but 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

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672-569: A tag team match by Guerrero and Hernandez. Kash and Gunner faced Guerrero and Hernandez, now the TNA World Tag Team Champions , in a rematch on the October 18 episode of Impact Wrestling , but were again defeated. On the November 15 episode of Impact Wrestling Kash unsuccessfully challenged Rob Van Dam for the X Division Championship. It was reported in early November 2012 that Kid Kash would begin working for Ohio Valley Wrestling ,

728-489: A three way dance tag team match. After Guilty as Charged, the promotion went defunct in 2001. Two months later after ECW closed down, Kash was signed with World Championship Wrestling where he was billed as "Cash". His only match on the final episode of Thunder , airing on March 21, 2001, where he lost to Jason Jett . That same week, WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation in 5 days later after

784-751: A variation of it, sometimes modifying the spelling to better fit their gimmick , such as Dave Bautista becoming Batista (later reverting to his real name for his Hollywood acting career), Patricia Stratigeas becoming Trish Stratus , Jonathan Good becoming Jon Moxley , Bryan Danielson becoming Daniel Bryan (when he wrestled in WWE), Richard Fliehr becoming Ric Flair and Randall Poffo becoming Randy Savage . Others simply use part of their name, such as Bill Goldberg using Goldberg , Nicole Garcia-Colace using Nikki Bella , Mike Mizanin using The Miz , Cody Runnels using Cody Rhodes , and Michael Wardlow using Wardlow . Many female wrestlers go solely by their first name such as. It

840-637: Is a highly respected tradition in Mexican lucha libre for performers to hide their true identities, usually wrestling under masks, and revealing a luchador's identity without their permission is considered a serious offence with real-life consequences. Professional wrestlers are often referred to by their contemporaries by their ring name. In interviews, Bret Hart regularly referred to Mark Calaway, Curt Hennig, and Kevin Nash by their ring names ( The Undertaker , Mr. Perfect , and Diesel ). Ring names are often trademarked by

896-448: Is also common for wrestlers of all genders to use a nickname in addition to their real name for marketability and other reasons. Ricky Steamboat is an atypical instance of a wrestler adopting a ring name to sound less intimidating, as his legal name of Richard Blood was considered unfitting for his babyface persona. Some (mostly independent ) wrestlers still go to great lengths to ensure that their real names are not publicly known. It

952-490: Is an American mixed martial artist and retired professional wrestler , best known for his tenures with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ). Kash's father was a boxer and Kash began training by the age of seven years. He went on to become a professional fighter and worked in Japan. Cash met up with Ricky Morton during his travels, and took Cash on

1008-580: 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 . Kash won the ECW World Television Championship by defeating Rhino on August 26, 2000, at Midtown Massacre . A few weeks later, Rhino would reclaim

1064-707: The World Series Wrestling events (marketed as International Assault ), defeating American stars Frankie Kazarian and Super Dragon in a triple threat match at the New South Wales show. In mid-2006 Greg toured Japan where he wrestled as Aussie Ozbone in Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max , he wrestled alongside TNA stars such as Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin . In January 2007, TNT defeated Steve Ravenous to win his third AWF Championship but lost it to Dragon Gate wrestler Cima soon after, Bownds then regained

1120-549: 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 has 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 . On July 23 at The Great American Bash , he and Noble were defeated by London and Kendrick, this

1176-482: The promotion that creates a character or gimmick for a performer. It is common to see one performer use a variety of ring names throughout their career, even if their overall persona remains similar. This is especially true in WWE , which has largely forced most wrestlers that have debuted since 2006 to use a WWE-owned ring name instead of a ring name that they used on the independent circuit or, such as with Daniel Bryan and

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1232-1214: The "Australian Heavyweight Championship" at GWE/PWAQ Summer Reign 2012 in December, making the rare decision to choose an interstate booking over AWF which held a show in Sydney on the same night. TNT won the Gojappe Pro Championship, the first time the title had changed hands in Australia. 2016 Defeated Dean Draven for the AWF Dual Championship (Australasian & Commonwealth Championships) on 3 December 2016 in Penrith, NSW, Australia. Ring name Ring names are much more common in professional wrestling than any other sport; famous examples include Terry Bollea becoming Hulk Hogan , Michael Shawn Hickenbottom becoming Shawn Michaels , Roderick Toombs becoming Roddy Piper , Dwayne Johnson becoming The Rock , Christopher Irvine becoming Chris Jericho , and Phillip Jack Brooks becoming CM Punk . A number of wrestlers adopted their real name or

1288-680: The "Dudley Boyz" name, leading them to have to change their name when they went to TNA. The members' individual names were also trademarked by WWE, forcing them to have to change their names. WWE partially repealed the policy in 2015, allowing wrestlers who were well known in other promotions such as Samoa Joe , A.J. Styles , Shinsuke Nakamura , Austin Aries , Bobby Roode , and Eric Young to use their long-standing ring names (or, in Nakamura's and Roode's cases, their real names) as well as wrestlers who sign "Tier 2" NXT brand contracts such as Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa , who wrestle both on NXT and

1344-600: The AWF Heavyweight Championship to former WWE and TNA veteran Raven , by pinfall. He later regained the title on 18 April 2008, in Palmerston North, New Zealand. On 14 November, TNT traveled to Perth, Western Australia where he attended AAW's Superclash and was able to win the AWA Australian Championship off former AAW wrestler Rave and became the second ever holder of the title. Bownds is

1400-506: The AWF Heavyweight Title against Lee Starr. TNT continued to successfully defend his AWF Australasian Heavyweight Championship throughout 2007 defeating a variety of opponents including Mana, Lebo Ceda, Billy Flyswat, Sean Waltman , Harry Hardshaw (of Irish Whip Wrestling ) in Australia and against Sabu (which was a no-contest) and Super Shenron of Dragon Gate. During his tenure as champion he also teamed with Raven to defeat

1456-476: The August 11 edition of Impact Wrestling , appearing in a backstage segment, Eric Bischoff introduced new rules to the X Division. The following week Kash took 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 later, Kash defeated Sorensen in

1512-741: The Australasian Championship. In 2010, TNT began a heel faction called the Detonation Crew and was joined by Iron Ben Coles (aka Iron Jay) and Mighty Mel. Iron Ben Coles would go on to win the AWF Championship under TNT's guidance, a title he would hold till 2013. TNT returned to the ring after injury to take on Adam Pearce for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and was defeated. TNT also made his first non-AWF Queensland Appearance when he faced Jade Diamond for

1568-473: The Crossfire 2nd Anniversary Event, Kash and his tag team partner, Josh Shockman, were defeated by Jerry Lynn and Ricky Morton. On March 2, 2013, Kash defeated Little Guido but lost a three-way match for vacant HRT heavyweight title which was won by Angel. On April 13, Kash faced IWC Super Indy champion Tony Nese but failed to win the title. On April 14, at an IWC show, Kid Kash defeated Facade. On May 25, 2013, at

1624-548: The December 6 episode of Impact Wrestling , he competed in a three-way match to determine #1 Contender for the X Division Title at Final Resolution that was won by Kenny King. On the January 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , Kash lost to Christian York , this was Kash's last appearance in TNA. After one month inactivity, TNA announced that Kash was released from his TNA contract on February 2, 2013. After his TNA release on January 5, 2013, at

1680-523: The Lucha libre wrestling style under Rey Misterio, Sr. and Phobia, two of the sports' most respected wrestlers. In April 2004, TNT attempted to regain the AWF Heavyweight Championship in a championship-crowning fatal fourway match after the title was vacated by the injured Il Cognito. In the match finale TNT was pinned by high flyer Mark Hilton. Throughout 2005 Bownds feuded with Hilton, Scotty Club and Dean Draven. He also toured Australia, wrestling as part of

1736-626: The Platinum Players and the Bastard Brothers on AWF shows. He was named AWFs wrestler of the year for 2007 and was also sought as a contender for the vacant AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship in late 2007. In 2008, TNT continued his title reign throughout Australia and New Zealand and formed a group known as The New Detonation Crew with AWF wrestlers Billy Flyswat, Chris X and Powerhouse Theo. On 11 April 2008, at an AWF tour event at Penrith New South Wales TNT lost

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1792-716: The Supanova Pop Culture Expo. Bownds wrestled as "Tommy the Cat" and then "TNT Kid" for World Wide Wrestling and Australian Championship Wrestling. He won the Australasian Tag Team Championship with Kiss before leaving the promotion after a backstage dispute and vacated the title. In 1998 Bownds defeated Mark Mercedes for the ACW Australian Heavyweight title in Fairfield, New South Wales when he

1848-966: The United Kingdom. He spent time working in several European promotions, like One Pro Wrestling , as well as in Tewkesbury for top midlands promotion Pro Championship Wrestling, and also in Waterford , Ireland for Irish Whip Wrestling . Kash wrestled frequently for promotions in Nashville, where he resides. Most notably NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling , where he held their title multiple times. In August 2009, Kid Kash made appearances across Skegness and Cleethorpes , working with Real Deal Wrestling for their Summer Slamfest. On August 8, 2010, Kash returned to TNA to take part in ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice , Kash, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger were defeated by Little Guido , Tony Luke and Tracy Smothers in

1904-431: The X Division Championship from Aries in a three way match, which also included Sorensen. The following month at Final Resolution , Kash failed to capture the X Division Championship in a singles match with Aries. On January 8 at Genesis , Kash was eliminated from a four way X Division Championship match, which also included Austin Aries, Jesse Sorensen and Zema Ion . On January 21 at TNA live house show , Kash suffered

1960-630: 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 the SmackDown! brand. Kash showed up after tag team match between MNM and The Mexicools on SmackDown! , and viciously attacking Juventud . The following week, he faced off against Mexicool member, Super Crazy . Kash picked up

2016-462: The developmental territory for TNA. He made his debut on the November 14 tapings as the newest member of the Platoon of Wayne. He made his in-ring debut the same night in a winning effort against Elvis Pridemoore. He made an appearance on the December 1 edition of OVW in a segment between the Platoon of Wayne and James "Moose" Thomas. On December 5, episode of TNA Xplosion , he was defeated by Samoa Joe. On

2072-628: The final episode of Monday Nitro on March 26, 2001 . On August 14, 2002, Kash re-emerged in TNA Wrestling 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

2128-549: The head trainer of the AWF School of Pro Wrestling and has trained over 50 active Australian professional wrestlers. He is currently the AWF's head booker . 2009 saw TNT end his decade long feud with Il Cognito in a Steel Cage match at AWF Psychoticslam, capturing the Australasian Championship for a 6th time. The following night he defended his Australasian Championship against Al Snow . After injuring his shoulder at Florida Championship Wrestling he returned to Australia and vacated

2184-543: 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, less than 24 hours after his jaw was wired shut. This 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

2240-477: The independent circuit to keep their ring names (or, in Gargano's case, his real name). Gargano and Ciampa have since signed exclusive WWE contracts. "In-house" WWE wrestlers still use WWE-owned ring names. In rare cases, the rights to a wrestler's ring name may be owned by a company with little or no connection to professional wrestling, such as Marvel Comics ' ownership of the name Hulk Hogan until early 2003, which

2296-629: The prefix "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Numerous boxers have used ring names or nicknames as their mode of identification during their professional boxing careers, particularly during the late 19th century and the early 20th century. The ring name "Kid" was particularly popular, indicating the boxer's comparative youth. Since the mid 20th century, ring names for boxers have typically been less common, although nicknames have become more popular in recent years. Famous examples of boxers who used ring names include: Kid Kash David Tyler Cash (born July 31, 1969), better known by his ring name Kid Kash ,

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2352-566: The promotion since its inception in 1999. In August 2001 Bownds (wrestling as TNT) was the winner of an eight-man tournament to become AWF Australasian Champion, defeating Lobo in the finals, holding the title for the next 12 months before losing it to Il Cognito. In November 2002, TNT regained the AWF Australasian Heavyweight Championship after defeating Il Cognito, in a 30-minute Iron Man match . Throughout late 2002 and early 2003, Bownds went to Mexico and studied

2408-467: The road with him and continued his training. Working as a welder by day, Cash wrestled on the independent circuit . Under the name David Tyler Morton he formed a short lived tag team with Ricky Morton. Kash started wrestling at age 20 in 1989. Cash's first mainstream exposure came in late November 1996 with ECW . Cash, then wrestling as David Tyler Morton, went to Philadelphia with friend and sometimes tag team partner "Heavy Metal" Ric Savage . Cash

2464-655: The second show's main event. In June 2007 TNT defended his AWF Heavyweight Championship at International Assault 2 (a co-promotion of the AWF and World Series Wrestling)defeating Kid Kash , Austin Aries and Billy Kidman . TNT then toured Japan with the Dragon Gate Promotion. Whilst over there he wrestled three matches. TNT teamed with Masaaki Mochizuki and defeated Super Shisa and Super Shenron, then teamed with Ryo Saito and defeated Shingo Takagi and Jack Evans and finally teamed with K-ness and Lupin Matsutani and

2520-530: The tag team Too Cool , Cash broke both of his ankles after performing a botched hurricanrana on Scotty 2 Hotty . The injury sidelined Cash for a while. Cash resurfaced in ECW in late 1999 under a new gimmick, "Kid Kash". The name change was due to his 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 Bawitaba) during this phase in his career. Just months after his return Kash suffered

2576-458: The title from Kash. On October 1 at Anarchy Rulz , Kash pinned EZ Money in a singles match. At November to Remember , Kash defeat C. W. Anderson . On December 3 at Massacre on 34th Street , he and Super Crazy were defeated by The Unholy Alliance ( Yoshihiro Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck ) in a tag team match. At Guilty as Charged , he and Super Crazy and F.B.I. ( Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke ) were both defeated by The Unholy Alliance in

2632-556: The title the next night. In March 2007, TNT defeated Steve Corino in the suburb of Cardiff in Newcastle, New South Wales to win the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship . However, the title would soon be returned to Corino and the title change negated when the "proper paperwork" could not be found. In May 2007 TNT and the AWF went to Queensland for two shows featuring Bryan Danielson . TNT defeated Danielson on

2688-612: The win, earning himself a title match with Juventud at Armageddon. Kash made his first WWE pay-per-view debut on December 18 at Armageddon , Kash defeated Juventud to win the Cruiserweight Championship . On January 29 at the Royal Rumble , Kash lost the Cruiserweight Championship to Gregory Helms . After losing the Cruiserweight Championship, Kash began to frequently tag team with Jamie Noble to take on

2744-455: The wrestler's gimmick changes, either subtly or dramatically. After debuting in WWE as the " Connecticut Blueblood " Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Paul Levesque's character later morphed into Triple H . A more drastic change sometimes occurs when a wrestler turns heroic or villainous , such as when Hulk Hogan joined the villainous nWo (New World Order) and became "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. His new attitude

2800-451: Was 21 years old. From here Bownds moved to International Wrestling Australia in 1998 where he became a popular face . An ankle injury put him out of action for six months in 1999 until he formed the Australasian Wrestling Federation . In 1999 Bownds formed the AWF and toured Australia with the likes of Sabu , Marty Jannetty , Super Dragon and Chris Candido . Bownds has made his biggest impact here, he has wrestled in, and booked for,

2856-545: Was Kash's last WWE pay-per-view appearance. His last WWE appearance on the September 29 episode of SmackDown! , Kash and Noble lost to K. C. James and Idol Stevens in a tag team match. On September 27, 2006, WWE announced that Kash was released from his WWE contract. Kash would later admit that his release was due to him being caught smoking weed backstage at a WWE event in Montreal , Canada . Kash made an appearance on Real Quality Wrestling which shows on The Fight Network in

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2912-526: Was defeated by the team of Taka Iwasa, Akira Tozawa and Kenichiro Arai . TNT defeated Masaaki Mochizuki at the AWF Double Dragon Challenge in July 2007, he also defeated Ryo Saito to successfully retain his AWF Heavyweight Title. In August TNT once again toured with WSW and defended the AWF title against Kid Kash. Later that month the AWF ran a show in which TNT once again successfully defended

2968-596: Was due to Hogan being advertised as " The Incredible Hulk Hogan" early in his career, while Marvel owned the trademark for their comic book character. Sometimes, a wrestler will buy the rights to their own ring name; for example, Steve Borden owns the rights to the name Sting and licenses it to the musician of the same name . The wrestler formerly known as Test took this one step further and legally changed his name to "Andrew Test Martin". Jim Hellwig, known as The Ultimate Warrior , had his name legally changed to simply "Warrior". In many cases, ring names evolve over time as

3024-595: Was enhanced by changing his costume color scheme from his famous red and yellow to nWo's black and white. Steve Williams adopted the ring name Steve Austin to avoid confusion with the then-more established performer "Dr. Death" Steve Williams . Austin would wrestle under that name for several years before signing with the WWF and being given the name "the Ringmaster". This gimmick failed to catch on, and Austin reverted to his established name, reaching his greatest level of success with

3080-469: Was friends with New Jack of the Gangstas and Rob Van Dam , and it was Rob Van Dam who first introduced Cash to Paul Heyman . In 1997, Cash left ECW to return to the indies and even wrestled house shows for WWF . He also appeared once at TV tapings, using ring name David Jericho, on April 28, 1998, at WWF Shotgun Saturday Night where he was defeated by Taka Michinoku . During a WWF house show against

3136-459: Was released from his TNA contract, after months of criticizing the company. He signed with WWE after being released from TNA. Kash's first appearance on television was as one of many interferers in the main event at ECW One Night Stand . His first official 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

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