The Backseat Boyz were a

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tag team that consisted of

Trent Acid Michael Verdi (November 12, 1980 – June 18, 2010), best known by his ring name Trent Acid, was an American professional wrestler. He worked as a tag team wrestler for most of his career, primarily as part of The Backseat Boyz with Johnny Kashm ...

and

Johnny Kashmere John Kashmer (born November 6, 1978), better known by the ring name Johnny Kashmere, is an American professional wrestler. Kashmere has competed in Ring of Honor, Combat Zone Wrestling, Assault Championship Wrestling, and NWA New Jersey, and in J ...

who competed in

Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was so ...

, Pro Wrestling Unplugged,

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 ...

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, the Premier Wrestling Federation,

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, and

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together. They were the first team in history to hold both the

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and the CZW Tag Team Championship.

History

The Backseat Boyz were well known for their work in

. They began wrestling together in the early years of the company with Dewey Donovan as their manager. The Backseat Boyz became CZW Tag Team Champions by defeating

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in June 2000. They began a feud with

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and Ric Blade, who eventually beat them for the tag team title. After losing the title, Acid and Kashmere continued teaming together and competed against teams such as

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, the H8 Club, and VD. They also competed in singles action, and Trent Acid even won some singles titles. In 2003, The Backseat Boyz joined

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in his attempt to take over CZW and eliminate

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as part of the Hi-V stable. At ''Cage of Death V'', The Backseat Boyz teamed with the rest of the Hi-V members in the Cage of Death match against Zandig's ultraviolent team. The Backseat Boyz had some setbacks that night as Acid had to wrestle twice and Kashmere had to be the first man in the Cage of Death with Zandig. Both Kashmere and Acid were eliminated from the Cage of Death match, and Hi-V broke up after that night. They only wrestled a few more matches in CZW after Cage of Death, and in February 2004, they officially parted ways with the company. The Backseat Boyz also wrestled in

. They made their ROH debut in 2002 as CZW invaders at ''Glory By Honor'' when they jumped in the ring after coming through the crowd and made a challenge to any team. The challenge was accepted by

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and

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. The Backseats won after Corino turned on Homicide. One year later at ''Glory By Honor II'', they competed in a tag team gauntlet match for the vacant

and won by defeating Special K in the last match. This win made them the first team in history to win the tag team championship in both ROH and CZW. They only held the title for a few weeks as they lost it to Special K at the following show. They continued wrestling together in ROH until Johnny Kashmere left the company, leaving Trent Acid to wrestle in singles competition. The team also competed in their own promotion, Pro Wrestling Unplugged. On June 18, 2010, it was announced by Kashmere on his

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that Trent Acid died. He was found dead at his home by his mother. He was 29.

Championships and accomplishments

ACW Tag Team Championship The ACW Tag Team Championship was the top professional wrestling tag team championship title in the American independent promotion Assault Championship Wrestling. The first champions were Heavy Artillery (Apollo and Gunner) who defeated Mind an ...

(1 time) *

CZW World Tag Team Championship The CZW World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned and copyrighted by the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion; it is contested for in their tag team division. It was created and debuted on Februar ...

( 4 times) **

CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship The CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling junior heavyweight championship owned by the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion. The championship was created and debuted on February 19, 1999 at CZW's Opening Night e ...

( 3 times) - Acid *

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ECWA Tag Team Championship The ECWA Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the American independent wrestling promotion, East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA). There have been a total of 59 reigns and 4 vacancies s ...

( 1 time) *Hardway Wrestling **HW Tag Team Championship (3 times) *

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(

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) *

Phoenix Championship Wrestling Phoenix Championship Wrestling was a short-lived American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Toms River, New Jersey. It was founded by twin brothers Don and Mike Bucci in 2001 and promoted by Don Bucci until its close two year ...

PCW Tag Team Championship Phoenix Championship Wrestling was a short-lived American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Toms River, New Jersey. It was founded by twin brothers Don and Mike Bucci in 2001 and promoted by Don Bucci until its close two years ...

(1 time) *National Championship Wrestling **NCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) *USA Xtreme Wrestling **UXW Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

( 1 time)

References

External links

The Backseat Boyz Online World of Wrestling profile
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