Bailey at Tournament of Death 9 in June 2010.
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Birth name | Joseph Carl Bailey Jr. |
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Born |
Louisville, Kentucky |
August 23, 1983
Died | August 30, 2010 | (aged 27)
Cause of death | Intracranial aneurysm |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | J. C. Bailey |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Billed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Billed from | Louisville, Kentucky |
Trained by | Tracy Smothers |
Debut | 2001 |
Joseph Carl Bailey Jr. (August 23, 1983 – August 30, 2010) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name J. C. Bailey. He wrestled for numerous American-based professional wrestling promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, and IWA East Coast.
Bailey made his professional wrestling debut in 2001.
On March 29, 2003, Bailey defeated Nate Webb to win the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship. He lost the championship to Michael Todd Stratton on May 24, but regained it a week later on May 31. In June 2003, Bailey, Ian Rotten, and Corporal Robinson "invaded" Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) on behalf of Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA Mid-South). The following month, he competed in the second annual CZW Tournament of Death where he lost to Nick Mondo in a deathmatch involving light tubes. On August 9, at Aftermath, Bailey lost the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship to Sonjay Dutt. He also competed in the fifth annual IWA Mid-South King of the Deathmatch tournament in August, where he defeated 2 Tuff Tony, Necro Butcher, and Ian Rotten, before losing to Mad Man Pondo in the final. On November 21, Bailey won a three-way match against Dutt and Nate Webb to win the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship for the third time. He held the championship for two months before losing it to Matt Sydal on January 17, 2004.