Danny Basham
| Daniel Holle | |
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| Born |
October 3, 1977 Seymour, Indiana |
| Residence | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
The Damaja Danny Basham Danny Holliday |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Billed weight | 247 lb (112 kg) |
| Billed from | Columbus, Ohio |
| Trained by |
Jim Cornette Nightmare Danny Davis |
| Debut | 1998 |
| Retired | 2007 |
Daniel R. "Danny" Holle (born October 3, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, currently working on the independent circuit. Holle is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between 2003 and 2006, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2007 under the ring names Danny Holliday, (The) Damaja and Danny Basham.
Holle made his wrestling debut in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), as the Damaja. On January 6, 1999, he and David C. were awarded the OVW Tag Title when Nick Dinsmore no-showed and Rob Conway was counted out. He was also a three-time OVW Champion, defeating the likes of Dinsmore, Flash Flanagan, and Nova.
In 2000 Danny Holle made a few appearances on WWF Jakked and in dark matches under the ring name Danny Holliday. In 2003, he was given the managerial services of Tough Enough II winner Shaniqua.
In late 2002 through early 2003 Hollie worked dark matches before the Raw and SmackDown tapings under his OVW gimmick and ring name, The Damaja. On May 29, 2003, Danny made his WWE television debut (as Danny Basham), teaming with Doug Basham to form the heel tag team, the Basham Brothers. The Bashams were later aligned with the valet, Shaniqua. As well as being portrayed with a bondage-based S&M gimmick, the "brothers" often switched places mid-match, so the "fresher" wrestler was always in the ring. In almost all cases, the referee acted oblivious to the switch, despite their easily differentiated faces and they won their first WWE Tag Team Championship from Los Guerreros on the October 23 episode of SmackDown!, after they switched places behind the referee's back, and hit Eddie Guerrero with a foreign object. The team lost the titles in February 2004 to Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty. The Basham Brothers and Shaniqua faced Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi at No Way Out 2004 in a handicapped match for the tag team titles but lost when Shaniqua was pinned. Right after this match, Shaniqua was sent to OVW for training and was eventually released.
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