Line #11 Wrestling/BallsMahoney


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3	'''Jonathan Rechner''' (April 11, 1972 – April 12, 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 23 (taped December 19) ''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. 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 the ''ECW'' brand, where he would stay until 2008.
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5	He passed away on April 12, 2016.
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7	!! "We've got the biggest tropes of them all!":
8	* AlliterativeName: '''B'''oo '''B'''radley
9	* {{Anticlimax}}: Sometimes ended his fan beloved jab combos not with a final jab, huge cross or anything of that sort but with a thumb to the eye.
10	* ArchEnemy: Chris Candido, Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys, Wrestling/TheMiz
11	* ArtifactTitle: "Nutcracker Suite" lost its original meaning when the Xanta Claus gimmick was dropped. Although it has taken on a second meaning...
12	* BadSanta: Xanta Klaus
13	* BashBrothers: With Chris Candido, Axl Rotten, Masato Tanaka
14	* BigGuyLittleGuy: With Little Spike Dudley.
15	* {{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/ImpactWrestling TNA]] called him "Kahoneys", though that was more a result of WWE having trademarked the Balls Mahoney name.
16	* CallingYourAttacks: "Power bomb!"
17	* CarFu: Slammed a car door on W*ING Kanemura hard enough to break the window.
18	* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: His RedBaron is "The Hardcore Chair-Swinging Freak." 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]].
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20	* CrowdChant: During his punch combo, ECW crowds would chant "Balls! Balls! Balls! Uhhhhh ahhh Balls!"
21	* DarkIsEvil: Xanta Claus wore red and black instead of red and white like Santa, and he also had black hair in a crew cut and a black beard of the same length.
22	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Made a cover of his theme "Big Balls" by Music/{{ACDC}} with the band Boner and even used it for his entrance on occasion.
23	* {{Expy}}: In FMW he was compared to Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams.
24	* GarbageWrestler: Actually [[VisualPun weaponized a can filled with garbage]] in the trope naming promotion, FMW.
25	* FinishingMove
26	** Nutcracker Suite (Body slam lift into a pile diver, or an over the shoulder pile driver)
27	** Ball Breaker (Rydeen Buster)
28	** Camel clutch
29	* {{Joisey}}: Billed from Nutley, which is a real place. And he's a violent metal head whose missing teeth, soo...
30	* KavorkaMan: InUniverse, he drew the much much younger Wrestling/KellyKelly.
31	* ''{{Leitmotif}}'': "Big Balls" by Music/{{ACDC}}.
32	* {{Metalhead}}: Oh yeah. He and Axl challenged Wrestling/RobVanDam and Wrestling/{{Sabu}} for the ECW World Tag Team Titles at ''ECW House Party 99'', and they sang along with RVD's entrance music. But then, it ''was'' "Walk" by Music/{{Pantera}}, after all. Heck, just look at the ''page photo.''
33	* NoSell: Chair shots from Kanemura's comedy troupe. (but not from Kanemura himself)
34	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Of a sort. Joey Styles used to make it a point to comment that although Balls preferred wrestling in street clothes and brawling, he was actually an accomplished amateur wrestler, and how the garbage wrestler veneer caused him to be underestimated.
35	* PlayingWithFire: Blew a big fireball at Mr. Mustafa during the Balls[=/=]Axl[=/=]Wrestling/NewJack vs. the Dudley Boys/Mustafa six-man cage match at ''ECW [=Cyberslam=] 1999''. He also took part in flaming tables matches.
36	* PowerStable:
37	** The Million Dollar Corporation (as Xanta Claus)
38	** (in Wrestling/{{FMW}}): ECW Japan (no affiliation with the actual ECW.)
39	*** (in [=WEW=], the successor to FMW): [=Fuyuki=]'s Army
40	* ShoutOut: In FMW, he wore a Music/MarilynManson shirt reading "American By Birth, [=Antichrist=] By Choice."
41	* SignatureMove: Frog splash, Mahoney Combo (punching thing), New Jersey Jam (leg drop), Superkick
42	* TagTeam
43	** The Chair Swinging Freaks with Axl Rotten, though they went through much of their ECW run unnamed
44	** Deranged Freaks, with Ron Zombie
45	** (in USA Pro Wrestling): The Baptized, with Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Monsta Mack
46	* ToothyIssue: And he proudly flashes his teeth problems to the camera men of several promotions
47	* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: At the 1999 ''FMW Judgment Day'' during his match against W*ING Kanemura, he wore the stars and stripes on his chest.

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