 Fleisch in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jerome Fleisch (1980-04-02)2 April 1980 (age 45) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Dakko Chan Doc Chan Jody Flash[1] Jody Fleisch |
| Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Billed weight | 154 lb (70 kg) |
| Trained by | Dino Scarlo Michinoku Pro Dojo |
| Debut | 1996 |
| Retired | 2022 |
Jerome Fleisch (born 2 April 1980)[2] is anEnglish retiredprofessional wrestler, better known by hisring nameJody Fleisch. He is best known for his work with theFrontier Wrestling Alliance,One Pro Wrestling and Real Quality Wrestling. He worked forindependent promotions all over the world, having appeared for the likes ofPro Wrestling Guerrilla,Progress Wrestling,Insane Championship Wrestling,WhatCulture Pro Wrestling,Ring of Honor,Total Nonstop Action Wrestling,Preston City Wrestling,Westside Xtreme Wrestling, Absolute Intense Wrestling,All Star Wrestling,Chikara,British Championship Wrestling,Revolution Pro Wrestling,Over the Top Wrestling and many others.[3][4][5][6]
Fleisch studiedTaekwondo,Ninjitsu andjujutsu for three years prior to his wrestling career. Aged 16, he made his wrestling debut for NWA UK Hammerlock, later forming a tag team withJonny Storm. Fleisch continued wrestling in the UK for many years, as well as in theNetherlands, amongst other countries.
Fleisch made his first appearance for Michinoku Pro inJapan where he wrestled in the Fukumen World League 1999 as "Dakko Chan". In the finals, Dakko Chan lost hismask in amask vs. mask match against the "White Bear" (Jason Cross).
In summer 2001, he sustained a serious elbow injury, suffered after an unsuccessfulshooting star press. In February 2002, he made his return by winning Frontier Wrestling Alliance's King of England tournament, beatingDoug Williams in the finals, before being presented with a medal by "Dynamite Kid"Tom Billington for his achievement.
In June 2002 Fleisch started taking bookings in theUnited States from companies like the Premier Wrestling Federation,Combat Zone Wrestling andRing of Honor. During this time, Fleisch was involved in tournament matches for top honours in both ROH'sRoad To The Title andCZW's Best of the Best. Fleisch came close to winning these tournaments but ultimately failed.While back in England, Fleisch defeated Flash Barker to win theFWA Heavyweight title for the first time, only to be stripped of it on 3 August. On 13 October atFWA British Uprising Jody Fleisch beat Flash Barker again in aLadder match to recapture the FWA Heavyweight title, during which Fleisch hit a jumping moonsault from a 12 feet high balcony onto Flash.
AtFWA London Calling on 25 October,Christopher Daniels beat Fleisch and Doug Williams to capture the FWA Heavyweight title, and in the process became the first non-British wrestler to do so.
AtROH Final Battle, he defeatedThe Amazing Red and became part of the Special Kstable, becoming aheel.
Throughout 2003, Fleisch wrestled mainly for both ROH and FWA, and in a cross promotional show between the two. During this time he faced stars such asJuventud Guerrera,Low Ki,Christopher Daniels,The Backseat Boyz, and James Tighe. In September of the same year, Fleisch was forced to retire due to injuries and personal issues, at the age of 23.
Fleisch made his return after a year's absence to sign the Jonny Storm Reinstatement petition, to aid his friend's return to the FWA promotion. After the main event (James Tighe versusAJ Styles), Fleisch was attacked by Tighe and Mark Belton. Fleisch would come out of retirement, entering a FWA ring to announce his full-time return to the promotion.
Since that time Jody Fleisch has appeared as one of England's top stars performing in promotions all acrossEurope for promotions like Irish Whip Wrestling, International Catch Wrestling Alliance, and IPW:UK, whilst also appearing at the Universal Uproar supershow. Fleisch went on to be a part of the1 Pro Wrestling roster and become one half its tag team champions with long-time rival and friend Jonny Storm. He also made appearances during the first English tour of ROH in August 2006 and participated in the firstKing of Europe tournament in April 2007.
In 2009 Fleisch facedÚltimo Dragón several times as part of the Nu-Wrestling Evolution promotion.[7]
Between 2015 and 2019, Fleisch would work for Glasgow'sInsane Championship Wrestling, debuting in a tag team victory with Storm over The Sumerian Death Squad (Tommy End and Michael Dante)[8] in London.[9] Fleisch made a number of appearances forICW Fight Club and appeared on several ICW PPVs where he traded wins and losses withSuper Crazy,James Storm, Andy Wild,Mark Coffey,Bram,Leyton Buzzard,Ricky Knight Jr.,Mikey Whiplash, The Kinky Party (Jack Jester &Sha Samuels) and others.[10][11][12][13][14][15] Though unsuccessful in his efforts, Fleisch was regularly in title contention for ICW as he twice challenged BT Gunn for the ICW Zero-G Championship and fought Lionheart for the ICW World Heavyweight Championship. He also participated in the 2017Square Go! rumble match (won by Stevie Boy, who earned the title shot) and faced Joe Hendry, Ravie Davie, DCT, Kid Fite and Aaron Echo in a Seven ManLadder match for ICW World Heavyweight & Zero-G title contendership atICW Fear & Loathing X at the SSE Hydro which was won by Bram.[16][17][18] Fleisch's final ICW appearance to date was anICW Tag Team Championship match atICW Shug's Hoose Party 6 where he teamed with Storm in a three wayTables, ladders, and chairs match against The Kings Of Catch (Aspen Faith and Lewis Girvan) and The Nine9 (Dickie Divers andJack Morris) in which Faith & Girvan retained.[19][20]
In 2018, Fleisch competed in Pro Wrestling Guerilla's Battle of Los Angeles, losing to CIMA in the first round.[21]
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