Caylen Croft
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- Not to be confused with Christian Cage.
| Chris Pavone | |
|---|---|
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| Born | May 2, 1980 Hubbard, Ohio, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Chris Cage Chris Banks Kris Pavone Caylen Croft |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st) |
| Billed from | Hubbard, Ohio |
| Trained by | Danny Davis Nick Dinsmore |
| Debut | 2001 |
Kristopher Pavone (born May 2, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling on the independent circuit under the ring name Chris Cage and also wrestling for Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling under his real name. He most notably wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment in its developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling as Chris Cage. He has appeared at OVW tapings and has appeared on dark matches during WWE Raw, SmackDown! and WWE Heat. However, he was released from his WWE developmental contract in March 2006, only to be signed once again in 2008.
Career
Previously an art major at Youngstown State University, Pavone made his debut in 2001 as a student of Danny Davis and Nick Dinsmore. Within two years, he appeared at the ECWA Super 8 Tournament in April 2003 and began competing in Ohio Valley Wrestling several weeks later.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2003-2006)
Ohio Valley Wrestling
After forming a brief tag team with Nova, Pavone later teamed up Tank Toland to become the tag team Adrenaline and both went on to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championships three times during 2003 and 2004. Pavone would later win his first and only OVW Heavyweight Championship from Matt Morgan before losing it a few months later to Chad Toland, the (kayfabe) cousin of his tag partner Tank. Cage would later win his fourth and final OVW Tag Team title with newcomer Mike Mizanin while they feuded with the Toland Cousins (Tank and Chad) and The Throwbacks. However, Cage would be released from his contract due to behavior problems, leaving Mizanin to defend the tag team title belts on his own. Mizanin later lost the tag team title belts to The Throwbacks shortly after.
Independent circuit and Return appearances in OVW (2006-Current)
After leaving OVW, Pavone toured the U.S. indy circuit, including a one-time appearance in Ring of Honor as Chris Banks. Pavone soon joined Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling but also began making several appearances in OVW despite not being contracted to the WWE anymore and has done so for the most of 2006 and 2007.
It is official that the WWE has signed Chris Cage again to a development deal.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Corkscrew elbow drop
- Cage Drop (Fireman's carry double knee gutbuster)
- Diving knee drop
- Frankensteiner
- Lifting DDT
- Running neckbreaker
- Spinebuster, sometimes onto the ring apron
- Spinning powerbomb
- Superbomb
- Swinging cradle suplex
Championships and accomplishments
- OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Tank Toland (3) and Mike Mizanin (1)
- PWI ranked him # 133 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2004
Personal life
- During his time in OVW, he began dating female wrestler Shelly Martinez.
- Pavone was an art major at Youngstown State University.