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| Born | David Williams (1972-08-25)August 25, 1972 (age 53)[1] Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.[2] |
| Children | 3 |
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| Ring name(s) | David Young[1] Maki Inu |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 238 lb (108 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Lawrenceville, Georgia |
| Trained by | Larry Santo[1] |
| Debut | August 23, 1989[1] |
David Williams[1] (born August 25, 1972),[1] better known by hisring name,David Young, is an Americanprofessional wrestler. Though he has mainly appeared withNWA Wildside andTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling, Young has also competed forRing of Honor,AAA andZERO-ONE.
Williams 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 Williams attended a wrestling show at which his friend was working as asecurity guard, and was asked to wrestle. He began training the next day with theDalton, Georgia-basedMountain Wrestling Federation under Larry Santo, and adopted thering name "David Young".
Young, dubbed "the Messiah of the Spinebuster", spent his early career inNational Championship Wrestling as a singles wrestler before joining the team Body Count with "Heavy Metal"Ric Savage. Young and Savage feuded with Rusty Riddle andKid Kash for theNational Championship Wrestling world tag-team titles. Young stayed with NCW as it grew intoNWA Wildside where Young became known as atag team specialist, teaming with Shane Austin as "The Sex Pistols". On August 19, 1999 The Sex Pistols defeatedBart Sawyer and Terry Lawler inLoganville, Georgia for the NWA Wildside (Georgia) Tag Team Championship. On November 4, Austin was replaced byRick Michaels, with Young and Michaels naming themselvesBad Attitude. On November 20, 1999 inCornelia, 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 byThe Rock 'n' Roll Express. Bad Attitude reclaimed the Tag Team Titles on June 17 in atwo out of three falls match, making Young a three time NWA Wildside Tag Team Champion.
Bad Attitude set their sights on the World Tag Team Championship, and on August 15 inTampa, Florida they defeated Curtis Thompson and Jeff Justice for theNWA 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 toJoey Matthews andChristian York inNashville, Tennessee. Bad Attitude reclaimed the title in their home territory, Cornelia, on February 17, but soon lost them once more, losing to Dan Factor andDavid Flair on March 22 inAthens, Georgia. They took the title a third time the next day inToccoa, 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.
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 againstAJ Styles, Young interfered, enabling Styles to pin Michaels and win the belt. This led to athree-way dance on March 23, 2002 atHardcore Hell 2002, with Young eventually taking the win and becoming the Wildside Heavyweight Champion. He held the title until June 1, when he lost toJason 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 Edward Chastaine "Iceberg".
David Young joinedTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling in June 2002, and wrestled a dark match againstApolo on June 19. He worked in TNA as a lower-cardheel. On September 24, 2003, Young acted as the tag team partner ofSimon Diamond when Diamond's usual partner,Johnny Swinger, was sidelined withappendicitis. The next week, Young assumed that he was now a member ofGlenn Gilbertti'sstable, the New York Connection (NYC), along with Diamond and Swinger, but Gilberti insisted that he first had to "prove himself" by defeatingThe Sandman. Young lost, and was subsequently beaten down by Gilberti and his clients. The following week, Young earned a spot in the group by helping them defeat the3 Live Kru in a six-man tag match.
The stable began to fall apart, and on January 14, 2004 split into two tag teams; Gilberti and Young, andSimon and Swinger. Gilberti and Young went on to feud with theInsane Clown Posse, with Young claiming to beafraid of clowns. Young then began regularly losing his matches, with his losing streak leading Gilberti toturn 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 toAbyss. Young appeared sporadically with TNA for several months, and on July 17 atNo Surrender 2005 he reforged his alliance with Simon Diamond, who offered to make him "adiamond in the rough". On February 22, 2007, TNA released David Young.
AtSlammiversary, on June 19, 2022, Young made an unannounced appearance as a participant in theReverse Battle Royal, which he failed to win as he was eliminated byJohnny Swinger.[3][4]
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 inColumbus, Georgia when they defeated John Bogey andJason Cross. They held the title until October 30, when they lost to A.J. Steele andBull Buchanan.
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 themanagerial 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 Championship in a three-way tag match. On June 11, Buchanan teamed with Chris Stevens, the latter of whom replaced Young due to Young being unavailable for the title defense, and Buchanan and Stevens lost the GCW Tag Team Championship to John Bogie and Lee Thomas. Upon returning, Young teamed with Stevens to regain the titles on June 25.
Young lost the GCW Heavyweight Championship toErik 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.
Young also appeared at Georgia Wrestling Promotions teaming withBill DeMott to take on a hometown team in the main event. The following week he appeared again with DeMott as they went on to lose against Tank and Iceberg the main event.
Young continued to work for the company during its transition into "Great Championship Wrestling", and was featured on top in major feuds with Sonny Siaki and Johnny Swinger. After a bitter rivalry that lasted for three months with Siaki, the two were slated to battle on September 4 at the2008 Fred Ward Memorial. However, on August 22, 2008, Great Championship Wrestling severed ties with Young, ending a long-standing business relationship.
David has 2 daughters, Amber and Kristina, and a son, Chris. The Williams family lives inChatsworth,Georgia.
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