John Cavanagh

John Joseph Cavanagh, III(born February 2nd, 1980 in Hell's Kitchen, New York) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name of "King of Kings" John Cavanagh or John "Upahts" Cavanagh, he is currently signed to the Fearless Championship Wrestling and is currently the holder of the FcW World Heavyweight Championship and leader of The Coalition.

Title History

 * AEW World Heavyweight Champion(1x) - Held when federation closed
 * AEW World Tag Team Champion(2x) - Held when federation closed -- With Christopher "Trigger" Cavanagh
 * AEW Intercontinental Champion(1x)
 * CCW World Heavyweight Champion(2x) - Held when federation closed
 * CCW United States Champion(1x)
 * CCW Television Champion(1x)
 * CCW World Tag Team Champion(1x) -- With Christopher "Trigger" Cavanagh
 * EWA World Heavyweight Champion(3x) - Held when federation closed
 * EWA HardKore Champion(2x)
 * FcW Universal Heavyweight Champion(2x, current)
 * FcW United States Champion(1x)
 * FcW Extreme Champion(1x)
 * FcW The Crown Tournament Winner(2007)
 * UKW Irish Heavyweight Champion(1x) - Held when federation closed, first and only
 * UKW Tag Team Champion(1x) - Held when federation closed, first and only --With Christopher "Trigger" Cavanagh
 * SWF World Heavyweight Champion(1x) - Held when federation closed, first and only(8 months)
 * SWF World Tag Team Champion(1x) - Held when federation closed, first and only(8 months) -- With Christopher "Trigger" Cavanagh

Current Federation

 * Fearless Championship Wrestling - Cavanagh has entered into the FcW, he only puts himself in one federation at a time in order to put all of his time into that federation by roleplaying as well as voluntarily helping the staff with writing results.

Past Federations

 * Authentically Extreme Wrestling(AEW)
 * Classical Championship Wrestling(CCW)
 * Extreme Wrestling Association(EWA)
 * Fearless Championship Wrestling(FcW) -- CURRENT
 * Stunning Wrestling Federation(SWF)
 * United Kingdom Wrestling(UKW)

Bio
John "Upahts" Cavanagh was born on Februardy 2nd, 1980 to a low-income Irish-American family on the West Side of Manhattan knowns as Hell's Kitchen. He began his life in a time were the Irish Mob ran rampant throughout Hell's Kitchen, as well as other areas of New York including the Upper East Side and the Theatre District. In October of 1996 at the age of 16 Cavanagh would have his first brush with the law, as the young Irish hood who created his fight skills on the tough streets of Hell's Kitchen was arrested for an Assault. Due to his young age and his lack of a pevious criminal history the District Attorney's Office let him off with a suspended sixth month sentence and Youthful Offender's Status which sealed the arrest from Cavanagh's record. It wasn't long before Cavanagh found himself in trouble with the law yet again when in August of 1998, at the age of 18, Cavanagh was arrested for Robbery in the Second Degree. The case was later dropped by the New York District Attorney's Office when the complaintant in the case said that he had "forgotten" what had happened on the date in questioning, once again Cavanagh caught himself a break. On Saint Patrick's Day in 1999(March 17th, 1999), Cavanagh would have his first real taste of bad luck when he was shot inside of a Hell's Kitchen Pub at the tender age of 19 he was filled with five slugs from a 9 Millimeter Glock Pistol. He would stay in critical condition for the next week, but, would survive and after six months of rehabilitation the young Irish hood was back on the streets of Hell's Kitchen. Within the next three months three different Hell's Kitchen hoods would meet their demise. One, Henry Diaz, a Puerto Rican drug dealer whom refused to pay the Irish Mob that Cavanagh ran with protection money, would plunge to his death from his tenement building in September of 1999, just three days after Cavanagh was released from the hospital. In October of 1999, Bosko Yugolivech, a Yugoslavian Shylock whom Cavanagh owed $50,000 to and refused to pay whom allegedly wanted Cavanagh "iced", disappeared out of his Hell's Kitchen apartment in the middle of the night never to be seen or heard from again. On Thanksgiving Day in 1999 just as his family began to sit down for Thanksgiving Dinner in his apartment Russel Molloy, a rival Irish gang leader who feared the growing respect and power of the young Cavanagh, was shotgunned to death in his apartment infront of his young son and three young daughters and their mother and his parents. Cavanagh was questioned on all three murders but each time he had an air tight alibi and the police had to let him go. But, bad luck would strike Cavanagh yet again in October of 2000 when he was arrested for Robbery & Grand Larceny, in July of 2001, at the age of 21, Cavanagh took a plea bargain that sent him to Clinton for a 3-9 year sentence, he served three years and was released at the age of 24. He has since been on the straight and narrow and attempting to make a legitamate life in the wrestling world. Although Cavanagh has given up on his criminal past and become a major part of the wrestling community Cavanagh continues to have criminal ties and refuses to let go of the Hell's Kitchen underworld and frequently is seen with Irish Mob Boss Shamus "the Mad Mick" O'Donnelly, and Irish Mob Soldiers Patrick "Paddy" Flannagan and Gerald "Jerry the Mick" Mulvaney on the streets of Hell's Kitchen. The young hood also has retained his wife the half Irish half Greek Jackie Cavanagh who was also raised on the dangerous streets of Hell's Kitchen.

Fearless Championship Wrestling
Upon signing with the FcW in late February of 2007 John, along with his brother Chris, were automatically entered into the FcW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament. Although John and Chris sent a message to the rest of FcW by having Chris be eliminated while the two beat a FcW veteran C.J. Cross down, John's match would end the exact opposite way. John would face off in the Semi-Finals of the tournament against Cole Henry and would walk out of the night with the win, that same night what could have been one of the greatest feuds to ever grace the FcW began when the Cavanagh brothers attacked Anarchy. The next week John would go on to eliminate Bloodstayne from the tournament in the Semi-Finals, this would allow John to advance to the finals were he would be scheduled to face Anarchy, Caz Armour and King Cobra(Cobra would be fired before the match ever took place, thus leading to a Triple Threat Fearless Match for the first time in history).

In the following weeks leading up to The Dearly Departed John would get rid of his then wife Jackie for a bombshell by the name of Brooke McQueen, who would go on to be the first FcW Women's Champion in over three years by defeating four other women. Also as The Dearly Departed began to draw nearer and nearer the tension amongst the three World Championship Tournament finalists began to heat up as The Cavanaghs began attacking Anarchy and Caz Armour almost every show until both men decided to strike back when Anarchy attacked Christopher "Trigger" Cavanagh after Trigger fought to a draw with Deamon Cohln in an FcW Cruiserweight Championship match. After John had attacked Anarchy with a sledge hammer and powerbombed Caz off of the Monday Night Murder Scene stage, the next week Caz would then attack John as retribution and attack Anarchy for not helping his "partner"(as they had been booked as a tag team the week prior). In between the finals of the World Championship Tournament and The Dearly Departed there would be a series of tag matches to boost the feud for not only the World but the Cruiserweight Championship as well. In a six person tag match John Cavanagh, Chris Cavanagh & Brooke McQueen defeated Anarchy, Smallz and Debra Lopez. The week following John Cavanagh and Chris Cavanagh would defeated the teams of Smallz & Anarchy as well as Deamon Cohln & Caz Armour in a three team steel cage match. The week following that John Cavanagh, Chris Cavanagh & Brooke McQueen defeated Deamon Cohln, Caz Armour & Sevrena.

When The Dearly Departed finally came to be John and his followers(known as Erin Go Bragh) had a big night ahead of them. Brooke McQueen would defend her Women's Championship to Sevrena, but she would fail to retain it. Chris Cavanagh and Deamon Cohln faced off in a Last Man Standing Match for the Cruiserweight Championship, which Deamon would win but retire there after and hand the championship to Chris Cavanagh. Shamus O'Donnelly would loose his match against FcW Owner Paddy Coonan in a chance to take control of the federation. But then John Cavanagh would defeat Anarchy and Caz Armour to win the FcW World Heavyweight Championship, with a little help. Drake Styles would wind up joining John Cavanagh, as would Caz Armour after chasing(kayfabe) Brooke McQueen into the locker room, as the two masked men Cavanagh had been promoting as his "surprise" this formed The Coalition.

The week after The Dearly Departed Cavanagh was not booked to make any type of appearance but would wind up having an impromptue Career v. Title Match against Anarchy in which no one could interfere in the match up, this match up was also Anarchy's specialty match, the All Out War Match. Cavanagh would go on to retain his championship and end Anarchy's career. There would be an extremely emotional good bye to Anarchy after the match up.

Cavanagh walked into FcW Ground Zero the reigning FcW World Heavyweight Champion defending against five others in a Doom's Day Match, but, before that match up would talk place, other events would occur. When Coalition team mate Brooke McQueen had a chance at regaining her Women's Championship against Sevrena it seems as though that The Coalition had her back, but, Cavanagh would wind up costing her the championship by hitting her in the back of the head, while Trigger distracted the referee, with the World Championship, bringing Sevrena into The Coalition. Cavanagh would go into the Doom's Day Match against Jared McCallister, Madd Dawg, Hayden Cain, Colt "The 45" Sykes and Prozac. Cavanagh would not be pinned or submitt during the match up, he would score a pinfall over Madd Dawg after a Murderer's Alley off of the ladder to become eligible to retain his championship. In the end Cavanagh would retain his championship belt after hitting Colt Sykes off of the ladder, and reaching for his championship.

Cavanagh's reign of dominance would continue to run rampant across the FcW as just two weeks after FcW Ground Zero Cavanagh would successfully retain the FcW World Championship against Hayden Cain on an episode of Monday Night Murder Scene. Just two weeks later Cavanagh would square off against Deamon Cohln in a Street Fight with Sevrena playing the roll of special guest referee. Cavanagh would go on to win the match up, unifying the FcW World Heavyweight Championship and the RCW World Heavyweight Championship in to one championship called the FcW Universal Heavyweight Championship.

Finishing Maneuvers

 * The Ace of Spades(Pittsburgh Plunge) - FcW
 * The West Side Special(Brock Lesnar's F5 into Triple H's Pedigree) - FcW, SWF and UKW
 * Hell's Kitchen Deathlock(Scorpion Deathlock) - EWA and CCW
 * Murder in the First(Top Rope Brainbuster) - AEW

Signature Maneuvers

 * Irish Car Bomb(Jackhammer)
 * Hell's Kitchen Deathlock(Scorpion Deathlock)
 * Murderer's Alley(R.K.O.)
 * New York State of Mind(Tazzmission)
 * New York State of Mindplex(Tazzmissionplex)
 * Body Dismembermant(Torture Rack)
 * Murder in the First(Top Rope Brainbuster)
 * Code of Silence(Million Dollar Dream, picks up opponent in air and drops opponent on their head and Cavanagh lands in a Sit Out Powerbomb position)

AEW & CCW

 * "Ambitionz Az a Ridah" by 2Pac

EWA

 * "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns & Roses

UKW

 * "Soldiers Are We(Irish National Anthem)"

SWF

 * "What's Left of the Flag" by Flogging Molly

FcW

 * "What's Left of the Flag" by Flogging Molly(March 2007-April 29th, 2007)
 * "Line in the Sand" by Motorhead(April 29th, 2007-November 25th, 2007)
 * "Never Forget Me" by Bone Thugs N Harmony featuring Akon(November 25th, 2007-one night only)
 * "I Ain't Playin' Wit 'em" by Hell Rell(November 25th, 2007-Present)

UKW

 * Irish Republican Army - With Christopher "Trigger" Cavanagh, Jackie Cavanagh and Timothy Dunn

SWF

 * Erin Go Bragh - With Christopher "Trigger" Cavanagh and Jackie Cavanagh

FcW

 * Erin Go Bragh - With Christopher "Trigger" Cavanagh and Jackie Cavanagh(later replaced by Brooke McQueen) . This stable was from March 2007 up until April 29th, 2007.
 * The Coalition - Many members have come and gone within The Coalition but the current members are: With Sevrena, Terry Williams and Fred Debonair

Trivia

 * Cavanagh spent three years of his life(from 21 to 24) in an Upstate New York Maximum Penitentiary(Clinton) for a Robbery and Grand Larceny charge.
 * Cavanagh was shot five times by a Puerto Rican drug dealer who had owed Cavanagh and the Irish Mob a large amount of money, but the "hit" was allegedly sanctioned by a Yugoslavian shylock who Cavanagh owed $50,000 to and his boss a rival Irish Gang leader.
 * Cavanagh was arrest twice before his third(and up to date) final arrest, once for Assault at the age of 16 which he was given a six month suspended sentence and youthful offender status for and when he was 18 for Robbery in the Second Degree, the charges on the latter case were dismissed due to witnesses "forgetting".
 * Cavanagh was the winner of the first FcW Fearless Match in exactly four years.
 * Cavanagh was the winner of the first ever FcW Doom's Day Match.
 * Cavanagh unified the FcW World Championship and RCW World Championship to create the FcW Universal Heavyweight Championship