Christopher Kindred (born April 6, 1974) is an American

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 ...

who has appeared in numerous independent wrestling leagues, such as Xtreme Championship Wrestling, as well as the global phenomenon companies,

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and the International Wrestling Association, and is best known by his

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s Flash Flanagan and Slash Venom.

Professional wrestling career

Early in his career, Kindred formed a team with

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, known as The Blacksheep. Flanagan also formed teams with

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, and

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. Flanagan wrestled one match on '' WWF Monday Night Raw'' losing to

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; he then wrestled 3 matches in 1999 on ''

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'' all in losing efforts. From 1999 to 2002, he was signed to a developmental deal with the WWF/WWE. After being released from WWE, he worked in NWA:TNA as Kobain in

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with former partner

(Slash). After TNA, he wrestled under the name Slash Venom in

IWA Puerto Rico The International Wrestling Association is a conglomerate of professional wrestling promotions that originated in Puerto Rico and currently operates there and in the state of Florida. Founded in 1999 by promoter Víctor Quiñones (who had also cr ...

. In 2005, he briefly wrestled in

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. He now wrestles on the southeast independent circuit, mainly in United States Wrestling Organization, Showtime All-Star Wrestling and New Era Pro Wrestling, as well as many promotions throughout Indiana. In November 2012, he returned to

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as a masked man attacking his old rival Trailer Park Trash. On December 5, he was unmasked, revealing that he was working for

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to "take out the Trash from OVW". On August 3, 2013, Flanagan won the OVW Television title and became a Triple Crown winner. However, he lost the title to

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on September 11, 2013. In March 2015, during the main event at Hoosier Pro Wrestling, Scarecrow Eddie Felson and Wicked Clown jumped Flash. Then Flash demanded a title match against Double R Rob Ramer (the heavyweight champion), Scarecrow Eddie Felson and Wicked Clown (the HPW tag team champions) vs. him and The Van Zants for the April show.

Championships and accomplishments

* Hoosier Pro Wrestling **HPW Heavyweight Championship (3 times) **HPW Tri-State Championship (1 time) **Hall of Fame (Class of 2014) *

** IWA World Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) **

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( 4 times) – with Miguel Perez (1) and

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(3) **

IWA Hardcore Championship IWA Hardcore Championship was a title contested under Hardcore wrestling rules (with the application of the 24/7 rules) in the International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico. On October 4, 2008, the title was unified with the IWA Puerto Rico H ...

( 5 times) *Music City Wrestling **MCW North American Tag Team Championships (1 time) – with Wolfie D *

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( 1 time) – with

*New Era Wrestling **NEW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *NWA Midwest **NWA Indiana Heritage Championship (1 time) *

OVW Heavyweight Championship The OVW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion. The original championship was designed and created in 1997 by Reggie Parks. The title was introduced on Augu ...

( 4 times) **

OVW Hardcore Championship The OVW Hardcore Championship was a short-lived hardcore wrestling title in World Wrestling Entertainment's former developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). The title was created in 2000 and was deactivated in 2001. Rather than being ...

( 1 time) **

OVW Television Championship The OVW Television Championship was the secondary championship of Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), started on January 5, 2005. When the title was originally conceived, the champion defended against randomly selected opponents, with the winner receivin ...

( 1 time) **

OVW Southern Tag Team Championship The OVW Tag Team Championship formerly known as the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship is the tag team titles of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Created in 1997, the first champions were Nick Dinsmore and Flash Flanagan. There have been 177 reigns shared b ...

( 5 times, inaugural) – with BJ Payne (1),

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(1),

(1, inaugural) and Trailer Park Trash (2) ** Twelfth OVW Triple Crown Champion *Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling **PCW Americas Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

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**PWI ranked him # 122 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 1999 * Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling ** SICW Classic Championship (4 times) **SICW Tag Team Championship (current) *

United States Wrestling Association The United States Wrestling Association (USWA) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. The company was founded when the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association merged with the Dallas-based World Class Wrestling ...

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( 6 times) – with

(2),

(3), Doug Gilbert (1) and

(1) *XCW Midwest Championship Wrestling **XCW Midwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flanagan, Flash 1966 births 21st-century professional wrestlers American male professional wrestlers Living people People from Indianapolis Professional wrestlers from Indiana USWA World Tag Team Champions OVW Heavyweight Champions 20th-century professional wrestlers