Douglas Adam Becker (born on October 22, 1971) is an

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professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

better known by his

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Adam Flash. Over his career, he has worked for various

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, including

Maryland Championship Wrestling MCW Pro Wrestling (formerly known as Maryland Championship Wrestling) is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Joppa, Maryland. It has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s. History Maryland Champions ...

Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South Independent Wrestling Association (IWA) Mid-South (also known as IWA Mid-South, IWA-MS, and IWA Mid South Wrestling) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in New Albany, Indiana. It was formed by Ian Rotten in 1996 ...

, and

Combat Zone Wrestling Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent wrestling promotion. In 1998, John Zandig and five of his students, Ric Blade, T.C.K, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain, along with trainer Jon Dahmer, began to run professional wrestling sh ...

. In addition, he also made short appearances in

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and

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. Flash's exposure in CZW led him to get a few other promotions. For one instance, his participation in

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's Pennsylvania/Premier Wrestling Federation has seen him be matched up against

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and

Christopher Daniels Daniel Christopher Covell (born March 24, 1970), better known by the ring name Christopher Daniels, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is the Head of Talent Relations. He is best kno ...

(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.

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

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and Curt Dread. Becker made his professional debut in November 1991, teaming with "Ramblin'"

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against a tag team known as The Outrageous Ones.

World Championship Wrestling

In 1995, Becker competed in a series of

house shows under his real name, where he was used as a

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and lost to the likes of

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, Japanese stars

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and

Koji Kanemoto (born Kim Il-Sung (김일성); October 31, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent. He has previously worked with New Japan Pro-Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling. He is currently a freelancer. Professional wrestl ...

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and

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on a few episodes of '' Saturday Night'' and ''

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''.

Extreme Championship Wrestling

Becker, as Adam Flash, made his

debut on December 27, 1997, in

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, when he lost to

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. Half a month later on January 16 in

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, Becker happened to be at an ECW show when it was realized that Sabu didn't have an opponent. As a result, officials managed to get Becker to do a quick jobbing for Sabu. Becker's next ECW appearance was on January 31, when he was scheduled to take on

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, only to be attacked as he was walking to the ring by

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. Taz then proceeded to assault Dick and his Dudley "brothers", Buh Buh Ray and D-Von, before cutting a promo in which he spoke harshly about then-rival

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. Flash didn't work another ECW show for almost year, as his next and as it turned out, final appearance the promotion was on December 17 (almost the one-year anniversary of his ECW debut) when he served as the opponent of future-

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member Spanish Angel on a show in

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. Flash kept himself occupied in '98, besides the rare ECW booking.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Becker made his debut in TNA, losing to

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on September 2, 2004.

Independent circuit

During his stint in ECW, Flash teamed up with

on the

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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. Following their dissolution, they had a couple of matches with one another throughout 1997, both in the

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and in the American Wrestling Council, with a match occurring in the latter promotion's "Great Eight" tournament.

Combat Zone Wrestling

In his

debut, Flash wrestled

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. After working some tag team matches with his new tag team partner Danny Rose, Flash took part in the

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show, which occurred on December 15, 2001, and served as the promotion's debut event at Viking Hall (the former

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). On that card, he captured the Iron Man Championship from Nick Berk in a three-way match that also included "Sick"

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. On May 11, 2002, Flash lost the title to Mondo. However, Flash soon regained the title after he defeated

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on July 13 before losing it to

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on October 12. In ''Cage of Death 5'', he was a member of the HI-V, but was eliminated when

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hit a sidewalk slam off the super scaffold/cage into the thumbtack tacks on Adam Flash, In Cage of Death 6, he would face Messiah and Kaos for the

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, but did not win the match. Later he would feud with Kaos in a Falls Count Anywhere Match, Early 2006/07 he would start a stable known a Pandora's Box with

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and Pandora.

IWA Mid South

On August 2, 2003, Becker made his

IWA Mid-South Independent Wrestling Association (IWA) Mid-South (also known as IWA Mid-South, IWA-MS, and IWA Mid South Wrestling) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in New Albany, Indiana. It was formed by Ian Rotten in 1996 ...

debut (the second night of the promotion's King of the Deathmatches Tournament Weekend doubleheader) by teaming with fellow CZW star

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to win a triangle tag team match. Flash didn't work for the promotion again until February 13, 2004, when he defeated

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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

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) didn't take away any of his intensity, as he regained the belt on May 18, 2001. Six days before recapturing the championship, Half a month before Flash made his

IWA-Mid South Independent Wrestling Association (IWA) Mid-South (also known as IWA Mid-South, IWA-MS, and IWA Mid South Wrestling) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in New Albany, Indiana. It was formed by Ian Rotten in 1996 ...

debut, he participated on the final MCW show ever, entitled "The Last Dance: The Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup." The event came on July 16 and Flash who had consistently wrestled for MCW since mid-1998, lost his MEWF Cruiserweight Title to Michael "

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" Lockwood. On July 9, 2006, Adam Flash and Corporal Punishment ended in a

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, then Adam Flash pinned Julio Dinero (who had issued an open challenge) to capture the MCW Heavyweight title. On September 9, 2006, Adam Flash still defeated

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to retain the MCW Heavyweight title until he lost it to

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in a No Holds Barred match to win the

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. However, Kimberley McDevitt changed the rules of the match, eliminating the "

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" stipulation, The decision was reversed and Kimberly McDevitt awarded the match and the MCW Heavyweight title to Adam Flash.

Pro Wrestling Unplugged

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

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, later on to defeat

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to win the PWU World Heavyweight title.

Combat Zone Wrestling (2014)

He returned to

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Down With The Sickness 2014 event in an 8 Man Tag Team Match.

Championships and accomplishments

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(

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) **

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(class of 2019) *Eastern Wrestling Federation **EWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Future Wrestling Alliance **FWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Danny Rose *

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**IPWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

** MCW Cruiserweight Championship ( 4 times) **

( 3 times) **MCW Hall of Fame (Class of 2009) *

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(1 time) **

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(1 time) **

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(2 times) **

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( 1 time)¹ – with

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and Quinn Nash *National Championship Wrestling **NCW Heavyweight Championship (3 times) **NCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) *Pennsylvania Wrestling Federation / Premier Wrestling Federation **PWF Universal Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Danny Rose *

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**PWI ranked him #232 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the

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in 2008 *Pro Wrestling Unplugged **PWU World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Regional Championship Wrestling **RCW United States Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with

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and Ranger 7 ¹The MEWF Tag Team Championship was held jointly with Valentino and Nash as a member of Menace 2 Society using the

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Personal life

According to Becker, his most memorable matches were against Sabu during his stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling,

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during his time in Maryland Championship Wrestling, and

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and

during his stint in World Championship Wrestling. Becker is married to Stephanie Ann Nixon Flash; they have 2 sons.

References

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