Balls Mahoney

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Ring name(s)	Abbudah Singh Abudda Dein Balls Mahoney Boo Bradley Xanta Claus
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight	305 lb (139 kg)
Born	April 11, 1972 Nutley, New Jersey
Billed from	South Pole Nutley, New Jersey
Trained by	Larry Sharpe
Debut	1987

Jonathan Rechner (born April 11, 1972) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Balls Mahoney. Mahoney is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its ECW brand.

1 Career
2 Wrestling facts
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Smoky Mountain Wrestling

Jon Rechner started wrestling in 1987 by training at the Monster Factory and wrestling in the independents under the name Abbudah Singh. He made a small name for himself as the heel Boo Bradley (a take-off of the character Boo Radley from "To Kill a Mockingbird") in 1994 in Smoky Mountain Wrestling where he had a long feud with his (kayfabe) childhood friend, Chris Candido. He was originally allied with Candido and managed by Tammy Sytch, who abused him for months, but they eventually turned on him, killing his pet cat, and turning him face in the process. Bradley briefly formed a team with Cactus Jack who convinced him to be his own person.

[edit] World Wrestling Federation

During 1995 he was briefly in the World Wrestling Federation appearing as Xanta Claus. During a December "In Your House" PPV, while Savio Vega and "Santa Claus" were at ringside handing out presents and playing to the fans, heel manager The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase appeared. DiBiase proclaimed that everyone had a price, even Santa. As Vega argued with DiBiase, "Santa" jumped him from behind and attacked him. DiBiase laughed his trademark laugh and introduced this warped Santa as Xanta Claus, Santa's evil brother from the South Pole who steals presents. As Xanta, Rechner made only a couple more appearances (one on the following night's Monday Night Raw), before never being mentioned again.

[edit] Extreme Championship Wrestling

In 1997 Rechner signed with Extreme Championship Wrestling and finally became a star as Balls Mahoney. Capitalizing on the ECW crowd's lust for violence and the hardcore attitude Rechner was never seen without his signature steel chair, usually with some kind of writing or sign placed on it, which he would use to bash any opponent at any time. He would come to the ring to the AC/DC song Big Balls and lead the crowd in singing the chorus before or after his matches. While in ECW he teamed with Axl Rotten, a similarly hardcore and violent wrestler, and the duo became informally known as the "Hardcore Chair Swinging Freaks". Later he would tag with Spike Dudley and win the Tag Team Titles twice. He would also join forces with Masato Tanaka and hold the gold one more time before the demise of ECW in 2001.

[edit] Independent circuit

After ECW folded Rechner spent time in a number of independent federations across America, most notably USA Pro Wrestling (UXW) as well as Juggalo Championshit Wrestling where he united with The Dead Pool (Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, and Raven) to become The Dead Pool 2000. He also had a brief run in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, teaming with The Sandman to face off against The Gathering.

[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment

In 2005, Mahoney made a non-wrestling appearance at the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promoted ECW One Night Stand reunion show, taking part -- alongside Axl Rotten -- in a brawl with Kid Kash, Tommy Dreamer, the Sandman, the Dudley Boyz, and the Blue World Order before the main event. After the main event Mahoney and Rotten returned to the ring to brawl with the "invading" Raw and SmackDown! wrestlers.

In 2006, when WWE relaunched ECW as their own brand, one of the first announcements was the signing of Balls Mahoney. His signing was announced with that of Axl Rotten, but when Rotten missed some WWE dates he was released, leaving Balls to start a singles career.

During the "cross promotion" hype Balls appeared on the June 5, episode of RAW with other ECW wrestlers who proceeded to attack WWE Champion John Cena. He appeared again as a part of the ECW team in the "WWE vs. ECW team battle royal" at the WWE vs. ECW Head to Head event on June 7. The next night a match between Balls Mahoney and Masato Tanaka was officially added to the 2006 One Night Stand pay-per-view, which Balls won following a chair shot (denting the chair) to Tanaka's head.

When ECW on Sci Fi debuted, Balls started off with a small role in the company, having sporadic matches and little else. However, once the show got going he started to appear in vignettes talking about how tough he is, elevating his role on the show. On the September 12 episode of ECW on Sci Fi Mahoney entered a feud with Kevin Thorn after Thorn and his valet Ariel cost him a match against René Duprée. The following week, he brought Francine to ringside with him, marking her first televised appearance at the revived ECW ring, where she proceeded to get into a catfight with Ariel. That pairing, however, was short lived as Francine was released shortly after. On the January 2, 2007 edition of ECW on Sci Fi, Mahoney had one of his front teeth (legitly) knocked out during a match with Kevin Thorn.