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Adam Flash
Birth nameDouglas Allen Becker
Born (1971-10-22) October 22, 1971 (age 52)
Seattle, Washington[2]
Trained byMax Trasher[1]
Curt Dread[1]
Debut1991[1]
Retired2014

Douglas Adam Becker

Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South,[3] and Combat Zone Wrestling. In addition, he also made short appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
.

Flash's exposure in CZW led him to get a few other promotions. For one instance, his participation in Steve Corino's Pennsylvania/Premier Wrestling Federation has seen him be matched up against The S.A.T. and Christopher Daniels (who he wrestled in the first round of the 2001 Legacy Cup Tournament), among others. Flash's most recent success outside of CZW has transpired in IWA Mid-South.[1][4]

Early career

Becker started watching wrestling around five years old and began competing in amateur wrestling. He was trained in a place in York called the Circus Asylum and was trained by Max Thrasher and Curt Dread.

Becker made his professional debut in November 1991, teaming with "Ramblin'"

Rich Myers against a tag team known as The Outrageous Ones.[5]

World Championship Wrestling

In 1995, Becker competed in a series of

Bunkhouse Buck and Chris Benoit on a few episodes of Saturday Night and Pro.[5]

Extreme Championship Wrestling

Becker, as Adam Flash, made his

Spanish Angel on a show in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Flash kept himself occupied in '98, besides the rare ECW booking.[5]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Becker made his debut in TNA, losing to Monty Brown on September 2, 2004.[6]

Independent circuit

During his stint in ECW, Flash teamed up with Steve Corino on the independent circuit and the team became known as the Lethal Weapon. The Lethal Weapon would go on to win several tag team championships from various independent promotions before their partnership eventually came to an end.[5] Following their dissolution, they had a couple of matches with one another throughout 1997, both in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation and in the American Wrestling Council, with a match occurring in the latter promotion's "Great Eight" tournament.[5]

Combat Zone Wrestling

In his

Wifebeater hit a sidewalk slam off the super scaffold/cage into the thumbtack tacks on Adam Flash,[9] In Cage of Death 6, he would face Messiah and Kaos for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship, but did not win the match.[10] Later he would feud with Kaos in a Falls Count Anywhere Match,[11] Early 2006/07 he would start a stable known a Pandora's Box with B. J. Whitmer
and Pandora.

IWA Mid South

On August 2, 2003, Becker made his

IWA Mid-South debut (the second night of the promotion's King of the Deathmatches Tournament Weekend doubleheader) by teaming with fellow CZW star Sonjay Dutt to win a triangle tag team match. Flash didn't work for the promotion again until February 13, 2004, when he defeated Austin Aries.[5][12]

Maryland Championship Wrestling

On November 17, 2000, Flash debuted and captured his second heavyweight title, that of MCW, and dropping it just half a month later (right back to

MCW since mid-1998, lost his MEWF Cruiserweight Title to Michael "Crash Holly" Lockwood. On July 9, 2006, Adam Flash and Corporal Punishment ended in a No Contest,[13] then Adam Flash pinned Julio Dinero (who had issued an open challenge) to capture the MCW Heavyweight title.[5] On September 9, 2006, Adam Flash still defeated Julio Dinero to retain the MCW Heavyweight title until he lost it to Danny Doring in a No Holds Barred match to win the MCW Heavyweight Championship. However, Kimberley McDevitt changed the rules of the match, eliminating the "No Holds Barred" stipulation, The decision was reversed and Kimberly McDevitt awarded the match and the MCW Heavyweight title to Adam Flash.[5]

Pro Wrestling Unplugged

On, December 15, 2007, Flash won a "Chance Of A Lifetime"

Too Cold Scorpio
to win the PWU World Heavyweight title.

Combat Zone Wrestling (2014)

He returned to CZW Down With The Sickness 2014 event in an 8 Man Tag Team Match.

Championships and accomplishments

1The MEWF Tag Team Championship was held jointly with Valentino and Nash as a member of Menace 2 Society using the

Freebird Rule
.

Personal life

According to Becker, his most memorable matches were against Sabu during his stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling, Eddie Guerrero during his time in Maryland Championship Wrestling, and Jeff Jarrett and Chris Benoit during his stint in World Championship Wrestling.[4] Becker is married to Stephanie Ann Nixon Flash; they have 2 sons.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Adam Flash Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Bodyslamming Profile". Bodyslamming. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  3. ^ "IWA Mid-South (2003)". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  4. ^ a b c Adam Flash Interview.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "A Flash for the Gold". February 20, 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  6. ^ "NWA:TNA IMPACT – Orlando, Florida". September 2, 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  7. ^ a b "CZW Cage of Death 3 results" (in German). CageMatch.de. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  8. ^ Magee, Bob (2001-12-17). "Recap of Cage of Death 3". Pro Wrestling's Between The Sheets. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  9. ^ "Combat Zone Wrestling - Cage of Death V". www.onlineworldofwrestling.com. 2003-12-13. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  10. ^ "December 11, 2004 - CZW: The Messiah beat Adam Flash and Kaos in a Scaffold/Ladders match to retain the CZW title." 2004-12-17. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  11. ^ "Combat Zone Wrestling - Only the Strong: Scarred for Life". Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  12. ^ "IWA Mid-South (2004)". Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  13. ^ "Maryland Championship Wrestling". Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  14. ^ "CZW Deja Vu results" (in German). CageMatch.de. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  15. ^ "Flash joins B-Boy and Dutt in the 2019 Hall of Fame". Combat Zone Wrestling. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-25.[permanent dead link]
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  17. ^ "Maryland Championship Wrestling: MCW Cruiserweight Championship History". Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
  18. Maryland Championship Wrestling (2009). "Adam Flash". 2009 Inductee. MarylandWrestling.com. Retrieved October 5, 2011.[permanent dead link
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  20. ^ "PWF Universal Tag Team Title (Philadelphia)". Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  21. ^ "PWI 500 2008". wwe-zone.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
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