Christian York

Jason Spence
Born	April 13, 1977 Fairfax, Virginia
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Christian York
Billed height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Billed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Trained by	Cueball Carmichael, Julio Sanchez, OMEGA
Debut	December 7, 1996

Jason Spence (born April 13, 1977 in Fairfax, Virginia) is an American professional wrestler, best known by his ring name, Christian York, as part of a tag team with with Joey Matthews in which they won 9 independent tag team titles together.

Career

Spence trained under Cueball Carmichael and Julio Sanchez and debuted at the age of 19 on December 7, 1996. Adopting the ring name "Christian York", Spence wrestled for the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, where he furthered his training. In OMEGA, York formed a stable known as the Badstreet Boys, and formed a tag team with fellow Badstreet Boys member Joey Matthews.

York and Matthews went on to wrestle for numerous independent promotions, winning several tag team championships. In late 2000, they were signed to contracts by Extreme Championship Wrestling. York and Matthews wrestled on several of the final ECW pay-per-views, primarily feuding with Simon and Swinger.

After ECW declared bankruptcy in April 2001, York and Matthews returned to the independent circuit, wrestling for companies such as Ring of Honor and Xtreme Pro Wrestling. They were signed to contracts by the newly formed Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion in June 2002, but were released later that year. The tag team eventually separated, and York retired in 2004.

On July 22, 2006, York came out of retirement to wrestle for Maryland Championship Wrestling.

Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

• Rebel Yell / Rebel Yelp (Diving knee drop)
• Frog splash
• Rebel Buster (Senton)
• Southern Cross Bomb (Inverted facelock into Michinoku driver II)
• Corkscrew somersault leg drop
• Sitdown shoulder jawbreaker

• • With Joey Matthews

• Full Effect (Double facebreaker)
• Future Shock (Double powerbomb)
• Double Rebel Yell / Double Rebel Yelp (Frankensteiner into diving elbow drop)
• Double enzuiguri

• Managers

• Joel Gertner

Championships and accomplishments

• Atlantic Terror Championship Wrestling

• 1-time ACTW Tag Team Champion (with Joey Matthews)

• DCW

• 1-time DCW Tag Team Champion (with Joey Matthews)

• East Coast Wrestling Association

• 1-time ECWA Tag Team Champion (with Mark Schrader)

• Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance

• 2-time IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion

• Maryland Championship Wrestling

• 2-time MCW Cruiserweight Champion
• 2-time MCW Tag Team Champion (with Joey Matthews)
• Shane Shamrock Cup winner (1999, 2003)

• Mid Eastern Wrestling Federation

• 1-time MEWF Cruiserweight Champion
• 1-time MEWF Tag Team Champion (with Joey Matthews)

• National Wrestling Alliance

• 1-time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Joey Matthews)

• Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts

• 1-time OMEGA Light Heavyweight Champion

• PCW

• 1-time PCW Tag Team Champion (with Joey Matthews)

• Southern Championship Wrestling

• 2-time SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion

• Steel City Wrestling

• 1-time SCW Tag Team Champion (with Joey Matthews)

• Virginia Championship Wrestling

• 1-time VCW Tag Team Champion (with Joey Matthews)

References

• Christian York at Bodyslamming.com
• Christian York at Cagematch.de
• Christian York at Gerweck.net
• Christian York at ObsessedWithWrestling.com