Professional wrestling career Crash Holly

1 professional wrestling career

1.1 career (1989-1999)
1.2 world wrestling federation/entertainment

1.2.1 holly cousins (1999–2000)
1.2.2 hardcore champion , initiation of 24/7 rule (2000)
1.2.3 european champion , light heavyweight champion (2000–2001)
1.2.4 brand switches , mattitude followers (2002–2003)


1.3 nwa total nonstop action , independent circuit (2003)

professional wrestling career
early career (1989-1999)

lockwood debuted in 1989, johnny pearson in bay area wrestling, wrestled until 1994. dislocated shoulder 5 times, , took 18 months off recover. wrestled on independent circuit irish erin o grady. in 1996, joined pro wrestling (apw), became known leprechaun erin o grady , had several matches vic grimes.

after viewing tape of match between o grady , michael modest, extreme championship wrestling (ecw) wrestler taz referred lockwood ecw owner, paul heyman. erin o grady lost 4 untelevised matches in november 1997, including dark match @ november remember.

o grady wrestled grimes in try-out match world wrestling federation (wwf) on january 20, 1998, , both signed contracts. sent power pro wrestling, wwf s developmental promotion, train. here, won ppw tag team championship , o grady won power pro wrestling young guns championship.

wwf talent coordinator bruce prichard sent lockwood mexico, prepare him style of wwf s lucha libre show, wwf super astros. wrestled in monterrey 3 months, under mask, green ghost (a play on word gringo ).

world wrestling federation/entertainment
the holly cousins (1999–2000)


holly carrying weighing scale ring in 1999

lockwood debuted crash holly, storyline cousin of bob hardcore holly, on august 16, 1999 episode of raw war became known holly cousins. relationship strained one, , hardcore threatened crash. when took gimmick of claiming super heavyweights , on 400 lb each, crash carry scale ringside weigh in before matches.

crash made pay-per-view debut @ summerslam in august, holly cousins wrestled in tag team turmoil match, won acolytes protection agency.

on october 17, @ no mercy, holly cousins defeated new age outlaws disqualification. next night on raw war, defeated rock n sock connection tag team championship. held title until november 4 smackdown!, when lost mankind , new partner, al snow.

hardcore champion , initiation of 24/7 rule (2000)

in 2000, crash holly joined hardcore division. on february 24 episode of smackdown!, defeated test begin first of 22 hardcore championship reigns. decreed must defend championship twenty 4 hours day, 7 days week, later became known 24/7 rule . meant title permanently contested, not in sanctioned matches, , change hands anywhere, anytime pinned champion, long wwf referee counted fall. holly attacked other wrestlers in unlikely locations, including airport, funhouse, circus, , hotel room. though pinned, regained title. common tactic sneak pin, after champion had been beaten down else, , run backstage, away possible challengers. turned him crowd favorite , earned him nickname houdini of hardcore . defended championship against non-wrestlers, including referees , road agents, gerald brisco , pat patterson. had long feud mean street posse (pete gas, rodney , joey abs) on title. lost, , regained, title against 1 of godfather s hos.

european champion , light heavyweight champion (2000–2001)

at rebellion, crash defeated william regal win wwf european championship. re-lost title regal 2 days later. in late 2000, of crash s storyline cousins, molly holly, introduced. in 2001, holly cousins feuded dudley boyz. in course of feud, molly began romantic relationship spike dudley, leading internal disputes within each family, romeo , juliet-style angle between 6 of them.

on march 18, 2001 episode of heat, crash defeated dean malenko win light heavyweight championship. defended on 2 episodes of heat, against funaki , grandmaster sexay, before dropping debuting jerry lynn on april 29 episode. in may 2001, holly , hardcore briefly reunited lower card team.

brand switches , mattitude followers (2002–2003)

holly making entrance @ king of ring 2000

when wwf renamed world wrestling entertainment , divided 2 raw , smackdown brands, holly assigned raw roster, had little success. jumped ship smackdown! on september 2, 2002 episode of raw during match jeff hardy. earlier, raw general manager eric bischoff informed raw wrestler leave reunite relative on smackdown!, , ordered beatdown on hardy, wrongly suspected of planning join brother, matt hardy.

in first smackdown! match, on september 5, defeated hurricane. feuded cruiserweight champion jamie noble. on october 3 smackdown!, noble defeated holly retain title.

on december 19 smackdown!, holly teamed bill demott defeat noble , nunzio. after match, demott turned on holly , attacked him. led match on next smackdown!, demott won.

after being sidelined 4 months, holly returned on april 24, 2003 episode of smackdown!. joined matt hardy , shannon moore in mattitude followers (abbreviated mf er ) stable. crash moore s alleged apprentice, hardy referred him moore-on . last several matches company tag matches moore, house show matches against newcomer orlando jordan.

on june 30, 2003, lockwood released wwe.

nwa total nonstop action , independent circuit (2003)

lockwood signed contract nwa total non-stop action (later known total nonstop action wrestling) in july 2003 , debuted mad mikey on july 23, accepting open challenge elix skipper , losing match. mad mikey angry @ many things, on elaborated in promos. wrestled on 9 nwa-tna weekly ppvs, lastly on october 1.

he briefly wrestled pro wrestling iron in hayward, california. in late 2003, mad mikey , rory fox defeated quiten lee , human time bomb heartland wrestling association in turned out lockwood s final match.