Shad Gaspard
| Shad Gaspard | |
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Gaspard during his tenure with WWE.
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| Birth name | Shad Chad Javaier Romain Chittick Gaspard |
| Born |
January 13, 1981 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Siliana Gaspard |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Da Beast Shad Shad Gaspard |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Billed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Billed from | Brooklyn, New York |
| Trained by | Ohio Valley Wrestling |
| Debut | 2003 |
Shad Chad Javaier Romain Chittick Gaspard (born January 13, 1981) is an American professional wrestler and actor, best known for his time with WWE, where he once teamed with his partner JTG as a member of Cryme Tyme. He is also a professional fighter, bodybuilder, model, and former bodyguard.
Born in Brooklyn, New York. Shad is of Haitian and Curaçaoan descent. His father, Ben Gaspard, is a former street enforcer for street gangs and personal security guard in the early 1970s, who worked for gangster Frank Lucas and now owns Mcfay Contracting Inc. Shad is the third of six siblings.
When he was five years old Shad’s father began training him in boxing, and at age eight he began training in a mixture of different martial arts such as Judo, Jeet Kune Do, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai. As a student, Shad quickly developed into an aggressive fighter, winning many fight tournaments as an amateur. His mother Ingrid Chittick gave him the nickname “Beast” as a result of his aggressiveness. At the age of sixteen, Shad began prize fighting for promoter Hardbody Harrison, a former World Championship Wrestling wrestler and FX Tough Man Champion, in bar fighting tournaments such as boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts (MMA), and tough man competitions. Even though Shad was only sixteen years old, he competed against adults who were older than he was by five to twenty years. Gaspard holds won-loss records as a No Holds Barred fighter (35–7) and an amateur boxer (57–26).
Gaspard was extensively involved in athletics during his high school years, specializing in wrestling, track, and basketball. After high school, he continued to play basketball at Georgia Perimeter College, and after leaving, he became a bodyguard for several rappers and actors, including pop star Britney Spears, Puff Daddy, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Mike Tyson.
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