History Wrestling / BallsMahoney

* {{Juggalo}}: He appeared on the first ''Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling'' [=DVD=] and was acknowledged as a member of the Dead Pool with the Music/InsaneClownPosse and Wrestling/{{Raven}}.

* DownerEnding: His death at age 44.

* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: His RedBaron is "The Hardcore Chair-Swinging Freak."

* WeaponOfChoice: A steel chair, a pro wrestling staple, though his was often customized with wild paint jobs and slogans (frequently, "[[AC:This is Gonna Hurt]]") on [[SecondPersonAttack the part of the chair that usually makes contact with the target's head]].

* UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}}: Billed from the South Pole as Xanta Klaus.

* BadassMustache

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balls_Mahoney The Other Wiki]].

* BlasphemousBoast: Wore a shirt in FMW reading American by birth, antichrist by choice

* {{Bowdlerize}}: His name has lent itself to this a few times. In 1997-1998, ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' and affiliated magazines would list him as "B. Mahoney" before they decided to just call him "Mahoney." [[Wrestling/Impact TNA]] called him "Kahoneys", though that was more a result of WWE having trademarked the Balls Mahoney name.

* NoSell: Chair shots from Kanemura’s comedy troupe. (but not from Kanemura himself)

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: On the ''[=SmackDown!=]'' prior to ''ECW One Night Stand'', Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield may have been the first person on national television to question the idea of someone being named "Balls Mahoney."

* {{Antichrist}}: Wore a shirt in FMW reading American by birth, antichrist by choice.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: His name has lent itself to this a few times. In 1997-1998, ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' and affiliated magazines would list him as "B. Mahoney" before they decided to just call him "Mahoney." Wrestling/{{TNA}} called him "Kahoneys", though that was more a result of WWE having trademarked the Balls Mahoney name.

* {{Expy}}: In FWM he was compared to Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams.
* GarbageWrestler: Actually [[VisualPun weaponized a can filled with garbage]] in [[TropeNamer the trope naming promotion]], FMW.

* RealSongThemeTune: Other than the obvious...
** As Boo Bradley in SMW, he used Music/{{Steppenwolf}}'s "Magic Carpet Ride"
** In IWC he used Music/{{Slayer}}'s "Raining Blood." In IWC and [[Wrestling/RingOfHonor ROH]], he used [=Slayer=]'s "Disciple"

!!! "We've got the biggest tropes of them all!":

* DoItYourselfTheme: Made a cover of his theme "Big Balls" by Music/{{ACDC}} with the band Boner and even used it on occasion.

'''Jonathan Rechner''' (1972-2016) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Spring Lake Heights, UsefulNotes/NewJersey best known for his work in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''Balls Mahoney'''. After spending a few years as a TV {{Jobber}} for Wrestling/{{WWE}} and working for his trainer [[Wrestling/LarrySharpe "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe]]'s WWA promotion, he first made an impression in Wrestling/{{SMW}} as '''Boo Bradley,''' the {{Kayfabe}} childhood friend of Wrestling/ChrisCandido. He made a ''very'' brief cameo in WWE in December 1995 as '''Xanta Klaus'''. At ''WWF in Your House 5: Season's Beatings,'' [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase "The Million-Dollar Man" Ted [=DiBiase=]]] introduced him as the newest acquisition of his Million Dollar Corporation, the evil version of SantaClaus. He had ''one'' WWE match in this gimmick, a {{Squash|Match}} of Scott Taylor on the December 23rd (taped December 19th) ''WWF Superstars'', before it was abandoned. He alternated between the Boo Bradley and '''Abbudah Singh''' names in the independents until he arrived in ECW in late 1996. Over his time there, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] three times, 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/MasatoTanaka and 2x w[=/=][[Wrestling/SpikeDudley Little Spike Dudley]]. After ECW closed, he spent the next few years in the independents until WWE brought him in for ''ECW One Night Stand 2005'', and a year later for [=WWECW=], where he would stay until 2008.

He passed away on April 11th, 2016.

'''Jonathan Rechner''' (b. 1972) is an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Spring Lake Heights, UsefulNotes/NewJersey best known for his work in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''Balls Mahoney'''. After spending a few years as a TV {{Jobber}} for Wrestling/{{WWE}} and working for his trainer [[Wrestling/LarrySharpe "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe]]'s WWA promotion, he first made an impression in Wrestling/{{SMW}} as '''Boo Bradley,''' the {{Kayfabe}} childhood friend of Wrestling/ChrisCandido. He made a ''very'' brief cameo in WWE in December 1995 as '''Xanta Klaus'''. At ''WWF in Your House 5: Season's Beatings,'' [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase "The Million-Dollar Man" Ted [=DiBiase=]]] introduced him as the newest acquisition of his Million Dollar Corporation, the evil version of SantaClaus. He had ''one'' WWE match in this gimmick, a {{Squash|Match}} of Scott Taylor on the December 23rd (taped December 19th) ''WWF Superstars'', before it was abandoned. He alternated between the Boo Bradley and '''Abbudah Singh''' names in the independents until he arrived in ECW in late 1996. Over his time there, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] three times, 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/MasatoTanaka and 2x w[=/=][[Wrestling/SpikeDudley Little Spike Dudley]]. After ECW closed, he spent the next few years in the independents until WWE brought him in for ''ECW One Night Stand 2005'', and a year later for [=WWECW=], where he would stay until 2008. He continues to compete in the independents today.

* WeaponOfChoice: A steel chair, a pro wrestling staple, though his was often customized with wild paint jobs and slogans (frequently, "[[AC:This is Gonna Hurt]]" on [[SecondPersonAttack the part of the chair that usually makes contact with the target's head]].

* KavorkaMan: InUniverse, he drew Wrestling/KellyKelly.

* {{Antichrist}}: American by birth, antichrist by choice.

* {{Expy}}: In FWM he was compared to Wrestling/SteveWilliams.