Early career (1989–1996) Kash's father was a boxer and Kash began training by the age of seven years. He went on to become a professional fighter and worked in Japan. Cash met up with
Ricky Morton during his travels, and took Cash on the road with him and continued his training. Working as a
welder by day, Cash wrestled on the
independent circuit. Under the name David Tyler Morton he formed a short lived
tag team with Ricky Morton. Kash started wrestling at age 20 in 1989.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996–1997) Cash's first mainstream exposure came in late November 1996 with
ECW. Cash, then wrestling as David Tyler Morton, went to Philadelphia with friend and sometimes tag team partner "Heavy Metal"
Ric Savage. Cash was friends with
New Jack of the
Gangstas and
Rob Van Dam, and it was Rob Van Dam who first introduced Cash to
Paul Heyman.
Independent circuit (1997–1999) In 1997, Cash left ECW to return to the
indies. Mainly worked for National Championship Wrestling and New Dimension Wrestling.
World Wrestling Federation (1998) even wrestled house shows for
WWF. He also appeared once at TV tapings, using ring name David Jericho, on April 28, 1998, at
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night where he was defeated by
Taka Michinoku. During a WWF house show against the tag team
Too Cool, Cash broke both of his ankles after performing a botched
hurricanrana on
Scotty 2 Hotty. The injury sidelined Cash for a while.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999–2001) Cash resurfaced in ECW in late 1999 under a new gimmick, "Kid Kash". The name change was due to his resemblance to musician
Kid Rock. Under this name, Kash would dress like Kid Rock from his
Devil Without a Cause album, and even used the song (and named one of his finishers, The Bawitaba) during this phase in his career. Just months after his return, Kash suffered a broken jaw in Atlanta at the hands of
The Dupps. He had legitimate heat with the tag team for their supposed
stiff and
shoot moves on Kash during matches and as payback, during a planned run in during Kash's match,
Bo Dupp did an unplanned
frog splash right on Kash's face, breaking both sides of his jaw. At the time, Atlanta was going through a flu epidemic, and so Kash had to get a private physician to fix his jaw because the hospitals were swamped. Despite the injury, Kash continued to wrestle on TV. He even wrestled on the Guilty as Charged PPV the very next night after driving from Atlanta to Birmingham, AL, less than 24 hours after his jaw was wired shut. This earned him the respect of
Paul Heyman and several other ECW wrestlers. Kash recovered from the injury without any problems and went on to wrestle tag matches, cruiserweight-style matches, and even wrestled
Mike Awesome for the
ECW World Heavyweight Championship at
Living Dangerously on March 12, 2000, although he lost after he was
superbombed from the top rope through a table. His tag team partners during the time included the likes of Rob Van Dam,
Super Crazy,
Nova and
The Sandman. Kash won the
ECW World Television Championship by defeating
Rhino on August 26, 2000, at
Midtown Massacre. A few weeks later, Rhino would reclaim the title from Kash. On October 1 at
Anarchy Rulz, Kash pinned
EZ Money in a singles match. At
November to Remember, Kash defeated
C. W. Anderson. On December 3 at
Massacre on 34th Street, he and
Super Crazy were defeated by the
Unholy Alliance (
Yoshihiro Tajiri and
Mikey Whipwreck) in a tag team match. At
Guilty as Charged, he and Super Crazy and
F.B.I. (
Little Guido and
Tony Mamaluke) were both defeated by the Unholy Alliance in a three-way dance tag team match. After Guilty as Charged, the promotion went defunct.
World Championship Wrestling (2001) Two months later after ECW closed down, Kash was signed with
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he was billed as "Cash". His only match on the
final episode of
Thunder, airing on March 21, 2001, where he lost to
Jason Jett. That same week, WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation in 5 days later after
the final episode of Monday Nitro on March 26, 2001. Using the
gimmick of a cocky, obnoxious
heel (while still maintaining a degree of his Kid Rock mannerisms), Kash won the
TNA X Division Championship from
Sonny Siaki on February 12, 2003 and lost the title to
Amazing Red on April 30. Some of the more notable feuds Kid Kash developed in TNA were against
James Storm,
Dusty Rhodes,
Jeff Hardy,
A.J. Styles, and even a few intergender matches with
Trinity. Also, Kash faced off against legends such as
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Larry Zbyszko. He even beat his trainer,
Ricky Morton. On March 31, 2004, Kash teamed up with
Dallas to win the
NWA World Tag Team Championship and the pair picked the titles up a second time on April 21 before losing them to
America's Most Wanted in June 2004. On April 20, 2005, TNA announced that Kash was released from his TNA contract, after months of criticizing the company. He signed with
WWE after being released from TNA.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2005–2006) on
Dusty Rhodes in 2005. Kash's first appearance on television was as one of many interferers in the main event at
ECW One Night Stand. His first official WWE outing, however, was the June 19, 2005 airing of
Sunday Night Heat against
Tajiri in what was designated a tryout match. On June 23 he said in an interview that "You never know what the company is looking for. I might not be what they're looking for. I can only hope", indicating that he continued to pursue a WWE contract. That same month he was reported to have signed a developmental deal with WWE and to have been assigned to
Deep South Wrestling, Kash then wrestled a few matches on
Velocity, before coming up to the
SmackDown! brand. Kash showed up after tag team match between
MNM and
The Mexicools on
SmackDown!, and viciously attacking
Juventud. The following week, he faced off against Mexicool member,
Super Crazy. Kash picked up the win, earning himself a title match with Juventud at Armageddon. Kash made his first WWE
pay-per-view debut on December 18 at
Armageddon, Kash defeated Juventud to win the
Cruiserweight Championship. On January 29 at the
Royal Rumble, Kash lost the Cruiserweight Championship to
Gregory Helms. After losing the Cruiserweight Championship, Kash began to frequently
tag team with
Jamie Noble to take on the
face members of the cruiserweight division; during May 2006, Kash and Noble used a gimmick previously seen in ECW, where they wore dog collars, often barked at and bit opponents, and wrestled rather aggressively and soon after the team formed Kash has got a new haircut. The pair were soon named The Pit Bulls and entered the hunt for
Paul London and Brian Kendrick's
WWE Tag Team Championship. On July 23 at
The Great American Bash, he and Noble were defeated by London and Kendrick, this was Kash's last WWE pay-per-view appearance. His last WWE appearance on the September 29 episode of
SmackDown!, Kash and Noble lost to
K. C. James and
Idol Stevens in a tag team match. On September 27, 2006, WWE announced that Kash was released from his WWE contract. Kash would later admit that his release was due to him being caught smoking weed backstage at a WWE event in
Montreal,
Canada.
Independent circuit (2006–2010) Kash made an appearance on Real Quality Wrestling which shows on The Fight Network in the United Kingdom. He spent time working in several European promotions, like
One Pro Wrestling, as well as in
Tewkesbury for top midlands promotion Pro Championship Wrestling, and also in
Waterford,
Ireland for
Irish Whip Wrestling. Kash wrestled frequently for promotions in Nashville, where he resides. Most notably
NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling, where he held their title multiple times. In August 2009, Kid Kash made appearances across
Skegness and
Cleethorpes, working with Real Deal Wrestling for their Summer Slamfest.
Return to TNA Wrestling (2010, 2011–2013) On August 8, 2010, Kash returned to TNA to take part in ECW reunion show,
Hardcore Justice, Kash,
Simon Diamond and
Johnny Swinger were defeated by
Little Guido,
Tony Luke and
Tracy Smothers in a six-man tag team match. At the following day's tapings of
TNA Impact!, Kash wrestled in a dark match, but losing to
Okada. On June 13, 2011, at the tapings of the June 16 edition of
Impact Wrestling, Kash made a one night return to TNA, losing to
Austin Aries in a three way first round match of a tournament for a TNA contract, which also included
Jimmy Rave.
plancha onto
Austin Aries and
Jimmy Rave in 2011. On July 12, 2011, Kash announced that he had re-signed with TNA. Kash made his return to TNA on the August 11 edition of
Impact Wrestling, appearing in a backstage segment,
Eric Bischoff introduced new rules to the X Division. The following week Kash took part in a
gauntlet match to determine the number one contender to the X Division Championship. After being eliminated from the match by
Jesse Sorensen, Kash gave him a
Money Maker and cost him the match. The following week later, Kash defeated Sorensen in a singles match with a rollup, while holding his tights. On the September 1 edition of
Impact Wrestling, Sorensen pinned Kash in a tag team match, Kash teamed with Austin Aries and Sorensen with
Brian Kendrick. On September 11 at
No Surrender, Jesse Sorensen defeated Kash in an X Division number one contender's match. On the October 6 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Kash attacked Brian Kendrick for disrespect on him. On November 13 at
Turning Point, Kash failed to capture the X Division Championship from Aries in a three-way match, which also included Sorensen. The following month at
Final Resolution, Kash failed to capture the X Division Championship in a singles match with Aries. On January 8 at
Genesis, Kash was eliminated from a four way X Division Championship match, which also included Austin Aries, Jesse Sorensen and
Zema Ion. On January 21 at TNA live
house show, Kash suffered a broken nose during a three-way match against Jesse Sorensen and
Shannon Moore, rendering him inactive for two months. Kash returned from injury on the March 22 edition of
Impact Wrestling, participating in a four-way match for the X Division Championship that ended in a no contest, following interference from
Bully Ray. Kash returned to pay-per-view on June 10 at
Slammiversary, he was defeated by
Hernandez in a singles match. On July 8 at
Destination X, Kash entered a
tournament to determine the new X Division Champion, but was defeated in his first round match by
Mason Andrews. Kash returned to
Impact Wrestling on July 26, he along with
Gunner, confronted and eventually attacked the debuting
Chavo Guerrero Jr., before Guerrero was saved by Hernandez. The following week later, Kash was defeated by Guerrero in Guerrero's TNA debut match. On August 12 at
Hardcore Justice, Kash and Gunner were defeated in a tag team match by Guerrero and Hernandez. Kash and Gunner faced Guerrero and Hernandez, now the
TNA World Tag Team Champions, in a rematch on the October 18 episode of
Impact Wrestling, but were again defeated. On the November 15 episode of
Impact Wrestling Kash unsuccessfully challenged
Rob Van Dam for the X Division Championship. It was reported in early November 2012 that Kid Kash would begin working for
Ohio Valley Wrestling, the developmental territory for TNA. He made his debut on the November 14 tapings as the newest member of the Platoon of Wayne. He made his in-ring debut the same night in a winning effort against Elvis Pridemoore. He made an appearance on the December 1 edition of OVW in a segment between the Platoon of Wayne and James "Moose" Thomas. On December 5, episode of
TNA Xplosion, he was defeated by Samoa Joe. On the December 6 episode of
Impact Wrestling, he competed in a three-way match to determine #1 Contender for the X Division Title at Final Resolution that was won by Kenny King. On the January 3 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Kash lost to
Christian York, this was Kash's last appearance in TNA. After one month inactivity, TNA announced that Kash was released from his TNA contract on February 2, 2013.
Late career and first retirement (2013–2015) in May 2012. After his TNA release on January 5, 2013, at the Crossfire 2nd Anniversary Event, Kash and his tag team partner, Josh Shockman, were defeated by Jerry Lynn and Ricky Morton. On March 2, 2013, Kash defeated Little Guido but lost a three-way match for vacant HRT heavyweight title which was won by Angel. On April 13, Kash faced IWC Super Indy champion Tony Nese but failed to win the title. On April 14, at an IWC show, Kid Kash defeated Facade. On May 25, 2013, at a $FW event Kash and Doug William faced Owen Phoenix and Ultimo Dragon in a losing effort. On June 16, 2013, Kash and Stan Lee competed at the Brad Armstrong Memorial Event where they were defeated by Cerebus and
K. C. Thunder. On September 9, Kash faced Chris Michaels in a losing effort. On November 18, 2014, Kash would lose to VsK at a VPW show. L In September 2015, Kash kicked off his retirement tour where he and Ricky Morton faced Jeff Connelly and Brian Montgomery in a losing effort. Kash and Morton argued after the match. In December 2015, Kash wrestled in a losing effort against Chase Owens, where the stipulation was if Kash won Ricky Morton would retire and if Owens won Kash would retire.
In-ring return and second retirement (2018–2020) In January 2018, at IWR's When Worlds Collide event, he teamed with Ky-ote as part of the Arrow Club in a losing battle against the Von Erichs - Ross and Marshall. L On August 11, Kash returned as a member of the Arrow Club at World Class Revolution Pro Wrestling, where he and Ky-ote defeated the Von Erich brothers, as well as Prince Mahalli and Rasheed Ali, for the World Class Tag Team Titles. Kash returned to TNA then called Impact Wrestling. He wrestled his two last matches of his career on March 6 and 7 in Atlanta just before
COVID-19, before retiring from wrestling once again. ==Mixed martial arts career==