John Kashmer (born November 6, 1978), better known by the

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Johnny Kashmere, is an American

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. Kashmere has competed in

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, and

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, and in

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, Central America, Europe and Alaska. For much of his early career, he wrestled as one-half of The Backseat Boyz alongside

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. Kashmere currently promotes and co-owns Super Powers of Wrestling (SPO), he also manages the new BackSeat Boyz tag-team of JP Grayson and Tommy Grayson.

Professional wrestling career

In the late 1990s, Kashmere joined the GWA Animal House, where he was being trained by

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, Gary Wolfe, and the late Anthony Durante. After graduating, Kashmere joined the CZW main roster and started teaming with Trent Acid as The Backseat Boyz, a play on the American vocal group, The

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. Together they would go on to win multiple tag team championships on the independent scene, including three reigns with the

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, and one reign with the

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. Kashmere has also once also held the CZW World Tag Team championship with Robbie Mireno, and once with

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. The Backseat Boyz were put together by NWA New Jersey writer Don "Donnie B." Bucci, the twin brother of ECW original "Nova" Mike Bucci. Donnie B. also became their manager on the road and in NWA. Under Donnie's tutelage, Acid and Kashmere were hired by ECW to start in April, but ECW went out of business in February so they never debuted on ECW TV. After leaving Ring of Honor and CZW in 2004, Kashmere began promoting Pro Wrestling Unplugged in Philadelphia and successfully ran over a hundred events in the Philly area. Many of those events were at the former

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in Philadelphia. When in June 2010, his longtime tag team partner Trent Acid died, Kashmere organized a tribute show in his honor. A month later, on July 10, 2010, Kashmere ran " The Acid Fest" at the former ECW Arena as a benefit event to assist in paying for Trent's burial services. In the main event, Johnny Kashmere (with Matt Walsh and Donnie B.) defeated Devon Moore (with Annie Social) in a singles match.

Personal life

In 2001, Kashmere dropped out of Philadelphia University to begin his Japan Tours for Big Japan Pro Wrestling. In Japan, Kashmere was featured in multiple issues of Baseball Magazine's national wrestling publications and was a special guest on a nationally televised talk show. In July 2010, Kashmere hung up his boots following his last match at The Acid Fest and returned to college to pursue a computer science degree. Today Kashmere is graduating with two degrees and beginning his career in the IT field and working on his post grad degrees. He plans on running events in the future, once school is behind him. Kashmere has appeared on WWE Monday Night Raw, MTV, WWE Sunday Night Heat, Japan's Samurai TV, TNA Pay-Per-View, and many Philadelphia area local news segments. Kashmere was nationally ranked in Pro Wrestling Magazine's Top 500 wrestlers in the world 9 out of 13 years that he competed in the ring.

Championships and accomplishments

:* ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

* Big Japan Pro Wrestling :* BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) *

( 5 times) – with Robby Mireno (1), Justice Pain (1) and Trent Acid (3) *

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:* ECWA World Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Trent Acid *Hardway Wrestling :*HW Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Trent Acid *

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:* JAPW World Tag Team Championship ( 2 times) – with Trent Acid *National Championship Wrestling :*NCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Trent Acid * Phoenix Championship Wrestling :* PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Trent Acid *Premier Wrestling Federation :*PWF Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Pro Outlaw Wrestling :*POW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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**PWI ranked him #319 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2010 *

( 1 time) – with Trent Acid *USA Pro Wrestling :*USA Pro Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Trent Acid *SPO Wrestling :*Trent Acid Silver Skywalker Championship (1 time) July 13, 2024 (def. The Feral Face)

References

External links

Super Powers of Wrestling
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