| Johnny Kashmere | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Kashmer |
| Born | (1978-11-06)November 6, 1978 (age 46) Burlington, New Jersey, USA |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Johnny Kashmere |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 192 lb (87 kg) |
| Trained by | The Pitbulls |
| Debut | 1998 |
John Kashmer (born November 6, 1978), better known by thering nameJohnny Kashmere, is an Americanprofessional wrestler. Kashmere has competed inRing of Honor,Combat Zone Wrestling,Assault Championship Wrestling, andNWA New Jersey, and inJapan, Central America, Europe and Alaska. For much of his early career, he wrestled as one-half ofThe Backseat Boyz alongsideTrent Acid.[1]
Kashmere currently promotes and co-owns Super Powers of Wrestling (SPO), he also manages the new BackSeat Boyz tag-team of JP Grayson and Tommy Grayson.
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In the late 1990s, Kashmere joined the GWA Animal House, where he was being trained byThe Pitbulls,Gary Wolfe, and the lateAnthony Durante. After graduating, Kashmere joined the CZW main roster and started teaming with Trent Acid as The Backseat Boyz, a play on the American vocal group, TheBackstreet Boys. Together they would go on to win multiple tag team championships on the independent scene, including three reigns with theCZW World Tag Team Championship, and one reign with theROH World Tag Team Championship. Kashmere has also once also held the CZW World Tag Team championship with Robbie Mireno, and once withJustice Pain.
The Backseat Boyz were put together by NWA New Jersey writer Don "Donnie B." Bucci, the twin brother ofECW original"Nova" Mike Bucci. Donnie B. also became their manager on the road and in NWA. Under Donnie's tutelage, Acid and Kashmere were hired by ECW to start in April, but ECW went out of business in February so they never debuted onECW TV.
After leaving Ring of Honor and CZW in 2004, Kashmere began promoting Pro Wrestling Unplugged in Philadelphia and successfully ran over a hundred events in the Philly area. Many of those events were at the formerECW arena in Philadelphia.
When in June 2010, his longtime tag team partner Trent Acid died, Kashmere organized a tribute show in his honor. A month later, on July 10, 2010, Kashmere ran "The Acid Fest" at the former ECW Arena as a benefit event to assist in paying for Trent's burial services. In the main event, Johnny Kashmere (with Matt Walsh and Donnie B.) defeated Devon Moore (with Annie Social) in a singles match.
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In 2001, Kashmere dropped out of Philadelphia University to begin his Japan Tours forBig Japan Pro Wrestling. In Japan, Kashmere was featured in multiple issues of Baseball Magazine's national wrestling publications and was a special guest on a nationally televised talk show.
In July 2010, Kashmere hung up his boots following his last match at The Acid Fest and returned to college to pursue a computer science degree. Today Kashmere is graduating with two degrees and beginning his career in the IT field and working on his post grad degrees. He plans on running events in the future, once school is behind him.[2][3]
Kashmere has appeared on WWE Monday Night Raw, MTV, WWE Sunday Night Heat, Japan's Samurai TV, TNA Pay-Per-View, and many Philadelphia area local news segments.
Kashmere was nationally ranked in Pro Wrestling Magazine's Top 500 wrestlers in the world 9 out of 13 years that he competed in the ring.
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