| Jody Fleisch | |
| Birth Name: | Jerome Fleisch |
| Names: | Dakko Chan Doc Chan Jody Flash[1] Jody Fleisch |
| Weight: | 154lb |
| Birth Date: | 1980 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Walthamstow, London |
| Trainer: | Dino Scarlo Michinoku Pro Dojo |
| Debut: | 1996 |
Jerome Fleisch (born: 2 April 1980)[2] is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jody Fleisch. He is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, One Pro Wrestling and Real Quality Wrestling. He is currently working for independent promotions all over the world, having appeared for the likes of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Progress Wrestling, Insane Championship Wrestling, WhatCulture Pro Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Preston City Wrestling, Westside Xtreme Wrestling, Absolute Intense Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, Chikara, British Championship Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling, Over the Top Wrestling and many others.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Fleisch studied Taekwondo, Ninjitsu and jujutsu for three years before joining wrestling. When Fleisch finally made his wrestling debut for NWA UK Hammerlock at the age of 16, he formed a tag team with Jonny Storm. Fleisch continued wrestling in the UK for many years as well as in the Netherlands and other countries.
Fleisch made his first appearance for Michinoku Pro in Japan where he wrestled in the Fukumen World League 1999 as "Dakko Chan". In the finals, Dakko Chan lost his mask in a mask vs. mask match against the "White Bear" (Jason Cross).
In summer 2001, he went down with a very serious elbow injury, suffered after an unsuccessful shooting star press. In February 2002 he made his return by winning Frontier Wrestling Alliance's King of England tournament by beating Doug Williams in the finals, after which "Dynamite Kid" Tom Billington presented him with a medal for winning.
In June 2002 Fleisch started taking bookings in the United States from companies like the Premier Wrestling Federation, Combat Zone Wrestling and Ring of Honor. During this time Fleisch was involved in tournament matches for top honours in both ROH's Road To The Title and CZW's Best of the Best. Fleisch came close to winning these tournaments but ultimately failed.While back in England, Fleisch defeated Flash Barker to win the FWA Heavyweight title for the first time, only to be stripped of it on 3 August. On 13 October at FWA British Uprising Jody Fleisch beat Flash Barker again in a Ladder match to recapture the FWA Heavyweight title, during which Fleisch hit a jumping moonsault from a 12 feet high balcony onto Flash.
At FWA London Calling on 25 October, Christopher Daniels beat Fleisch and Doug Williams to capture the FWA Heavyweight title, and become the first non-British wrestler to do so in the process.
At ROH Final Battle, he defeated The Amazing Red and became part of the Special K stable becoming a heel for the first time in his career.
Throughout 2003, Fleisch wrestled mainly for both ROH and FWA, and in a cross promotional show between the two. During this time he faced such stars as Juventud Guerrera, Low Ki, Christopher Daniels, The Backseat Boyz, and James Tighe until September that year when Fleisch was forced to retire due to some minor injuries and personal problems, at the age of 23.
Jody Fleisch made his return after a year's absence to sign the Jonny Storm Reinstatement petition, to aid his friend's return to the FWA promotion. After the main event (James Tighe versus AJ Styles) Fleisch was beaten up by Tighe and Mark Belton. Fleisch finally came out of retirement, coming into the middle of a FWA ring to announce he will be returning to wrestling for FWA full-time.
Since that time Jody Fleisch has appeared as one of England's top stars performing in promotions all across the Europe for promotions like Irish Whip Wrestling, International Catch Wrestling Alliance, IPW:UK and also appeared at the Universal Uproar supershow. Fleisch went on to be a part of the 1 Pro Wrestling roster and become one half its tag team champions with long-time rival and friend Jonny Storm. He also made appearances during the first English tour of ROH in August 2006 and participated in the first King of Europe tournament in April 2007.
In 2009 Fleisch faced Último Dragón several times as part of the Nu-Wrestling Evolution promotion.[7]
Between 2015 and 2019, Fleisch would work for Glasgow's Insane Championship Wrestling, debuting in a tag team victory with Storm over The Sumerian Death Squad (Tommy End and Michael Dante) in London.[8] Fleisch made a number of appearances for ICW Fight Club and appeared on several ICW PPVs where he trained wins and losses with Super Crazy, James Storm, Andy Wild, Mark Coffey, Bram, Leyton Buzzard, Ricky Knight Jr., Mikey Whiplash, The Kinky Party (Jack Jester & Sha Samuels) and others.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Though unsuccessful in his efforts, Fleisch was regularly in title contention for ICW as he twice challenged BT Gunn for the ICW Zero-G Championship and fought Lionheart for the ICW World Heavyweight Championship. He also participated in the 2017 Square Go! rumble match (won by Stevie Boy, who earned the title shot) and faced Joe Hendry, Ravie Davie, DCT, Kid Fite and Aaron Echo in a Seven Man Ladder match for ICW World Heavyweight & Zero-G title contendership at ICW Fear & Loathing X at the SSE Hydro which was won by Bram.[14] [15] [16] Fleisch's final ICW appearance to date was an ICW Tag Team Championship match at ICW Shug's Hoose Party 6 where he teamed with Storm in a three way Tables, ladders, and chairs match against The Kings Of Catch (Aspen Faith and Lewis Girvan) and The Nine9 (Dickie Divers and Jack Morris) in which Faith & Girvan retained.[17] [18]
In 2018, Fleisch competed in Pro Wrestling Guerilla's Battle of Los Angeles, losing to CIMA in the first round.[19]