OI4K | |
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The Irish Airborne making their ring entrance in July 2012
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Tag team | |
Members |
Dave Crist / Ring Ryda Blue Jake Crist / Ring Ryda Red Sami Callihan JT Davidson (manager) |
Name(s) | The Flying Mendoza Brothers The Irish Airborne Jake and David Crist Lotus and Crazy J OI4K The Ring Rydas |
Heights | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) – Dave 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) – Jake |
Combined weight |
393 lb (178 kg) 198 lb (90 kg) – Dave 195 lb (88 kg) – Jake |
Hometown | Dayton, Ohio |
Billed from |
Dayton, Ohio – OI4K Dublin, Ohio – The Irish Airborne Southwest Detroit – Ring Rydas |
Former member(s) |
Dezmond Xavier Zachary Wentz Dustin Rayz Aaron Williams Eric Ryan Gerome Phillips Jon Murray Ron Mathis Nevaeh (manager) |
Debut | 2003 |
Promotions |
AAW BJW BPW Chikara CZW HWA IPW IWA JCW PWG ROH |
Trainer | Bill Kovaleski Matt Striker |
The Irish Airborne or Ohio Is 4 Killers (OI4K) is an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers Dave Crist (born David Crist, Jr. on November 10, 1982) and Jake Crist (born John Crist on July 13, 1984) from Dayton, Ohio. They are based primarily in the Midwestern United States "indy circuit", most notably Rockstar Pro Wrestling and the Heartland Wrestling Association, where they won the HWA Tag Team Championship a record six times. They have also worked in Combat Zone Wrestling, Chikara, IWA Mid-South and Ring of Honor as well as Canadian promotions Far North Wrestling and UWA Hardcore Wrestling. The team currently also competes for Juggalo Championship Wrestling as the Ring Rydas, where they are former JCW Tag Team Champions.
Both Dave and Jake were fans of professional wrestling growing up, favoring wrestling styles of a more extreme nature such as the Hardy Boyz in the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match and the promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling. The two brothers along with other friends from high school began a backyard wrestling promotion. The promotion drew attention from large numbers of students from their high school and even drew the attention of the local media in a news segment. They were introduced to their trainer Bill Kovaleski who himself was in the process of forming an independent promotion and was looking for young talent. From that point on, they began formally training as singles wrestlers under the names Lotus and Crazy J. At a local promotion named UCW, there was a chance encounter with Shark Boy, who invited the brothers to a match in his Buckeye Pro Wrestling company.