Jody Fleisch

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Jerome 'Jody' Fleisch
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Dakko Chan (Japan), Doc Chan (Japan), Jody Fleisch
Billed height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Billed weight	154 lb (70 kg)
Born	April 2, 1980 Walthamstow, London
Trained by	Dino Scarlo, Michinoku Pro Dojo
Debut	1996
Retired	2003-2005; personal reasons

Jerome (Jody) Fleisch nicknamed "The Phoenix" is an English professional wrestler working for independent promotions all over the world. Fleisch is best known for his high flying/high risk style.

1 Career
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 External links

[edit] Career

Jody Fleisch studied Taekwondo, Ninjitsu and Jujitsu for three years before joining wrestling. When Fleisch finally made his wrestling debut for NWA UK Hammerlock at the age of 16, he formed a tag team with Jonny Storm. Fleisch would continue wrestling in the UK for many years as well as in the Netherlands and other countries.

Fleisch would make his first appearance for Michinoku Pro in Japan where he wrestled in the Fukumen World League 1999 as Dakko Chan. In the finals, Dakko Chan lost his mask in a mask vs. mask match against the "White Bear" (Jason Cross).

In the summer of 2001, he went down with a very serious elbow injury, suffered after an unsuccessful shooting star press. In February 2002 he made his return by winning Frontier Wrestling Alliance's King of England tournament by beating Doug Williams in the finals, after which "Dynamite Kid" Tom Billington presented him with a medal for winning.

In June 2002 Fleisch starting taking bookings in the United States from companies like the Premier Wrestling Federation, Combat Zone Wrestling and Ring of Honor. During this time Fleisch would be involved in tournament matches for top honours in both ROH's Road To The Title and CZW's Best of the Best. Fleisch came close to winning these tournaments but ultimately failed.

On July 28, 2002, while back in England, Fleisch defeated Flash Barker to win the FWA Heavyweight title for the first time, only to be stripped of it on August 3. On October 13 at FWA British Uprising Jody Fleisch beat Flash Barker again in a Ladder match to recapture the FWA Heavyweight title, during which Fleisch hit a jumping moonsault from a 12 feet high balcony onto Flash.

At FWA London Calling on October 25, Christopher Daniels beat Fleisch & Doug Williams to capture the FWA Heavyweight title, and become the first non-British wrestler to do so in the process.

On December 28, 2002 at ROH Final Battle, he defeated The Amazing Red and became part of the Special K stable becoming a heel for the first time in his career.

Throughout 2003, Fleisch would wrestle mainly for both ROH and FWA, and in a cross promotional show between the two. During this time he would face such stars as Juventud Guerrera, Low-Ki, Christopher Daniels, The Backseat Boyz, and James Tighe until September that year when Fleisch was forced to retire due to some minor injuries and personal problems, at the age of 23.

In November 13, 2004, Jody Fleisch made his return after a year's absence to sign the Jonny Storm Reinstatement petition, to aid his friend's return to the FWA promotion. After the main event (James Tighe vs. AJ Styles) Fleisch was beaten up by Tighe and Mark Belton.

In February 26, 2005, Fleisch finally came out of retirement, coming into the middle of a FWA ring to announced he will be returning to wrestling for FWA full-time.

Since that time Jody Fleisch has appeared as one of England's top stars performing in promotions all across the Europe for promotions like Irish Whip Wrestling, International Catch Wrestling Alliance, IPW:UK and also appeared at the Universal Uproar supershow. Fleisch would go on to be apart of the 1 Pro Wrestling roster and become one half its tag team champions with long-time rival and friend Jonny Storm. He would also make appearances during the first English tour of ROH in August of 2006.