| Zach Chitwood | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Zach Daniels |
| Height | 6 ft. 0 in. (183 cm) |
| Billed height | 6 ft. 0 in. (183 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 215 lb. (97.52 kg) [1] |
| Born | May 17, 1989 [1] Habersham, Georgia[1] |
| Resides | Sautee, Georgia |
| Billed from | Cornelia, Georgia[1] |
| Trained by | Slim J and Jason Blackman[1] |
| Debut | April 25, 2009[1][2] |
| Website | http://awesomezachdaniel.webs.com/ |
Zach Chitwood (born May 17, 1989)[1] is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Awesome Zach Daniels. He is currently working for several independent wrestling promotions in the southeastern United States. He is best known for his current tenure with T-N-T Pro Wrestling in Clayton, Georgia where he is the T-N-T Heavyweight Champion. He has also been the T-N-T World Tag Team Champions with his partner, Chris Damian.
Zach Daniels comes from a small town in Northeast Georgia, Habersham. He was a basketball and football player during his tenure at Habersham Central High School. Daniels lettered in football in high school. He has loved pro wrestling since he was a kid. Zach was fortunate enough to have meet two great wrestlers in the business who were willing to train him, Slim J and Jason Blackman.
The “Awesome” Zach Daniels made his professional wrestling debut at T-N-T Wrestling in Clayton, Georgia on April 25, 2009 against Jason Blackman where he lost by pinfall.[2]
After his debut match, Zach Daniels formed the tag team America’s Fines with Chris Damian. Chris continued to train and help develop Zach’s wrestling skills. At the end of 2009, America’s Finest became embattled in a brutal feud with the T-N-T World Tag Team Champions Chad Silva and Alex Decker. On February 6, 2010 in a 6-Man Tag Team Match for the T-N-T World Tag Team Championship; America’s Finest and Scott Mayson defeated T-N-T World Tag Team Champions Chad Silva and Alex Decker and Gavin Reigns to become the new T-N-T World Tag Team Champions.[2][3] Chad Silva and Alex Decker would make two unsuccessful attempts to regain their titles.
In December 2009, the fans honored the newcomer by voting Zach Daniels and his tag team partner, Chris Damian as Most Popular Tag Team and Match of the Year.
At the end of 2010, the T-N-T fans would again honor Zach Daniels by voting him Most Popular Wrestler and Wrestler of the Year.[4]
Zach’s tag team partner, Chris Damian, started his own promotion in Westminster, SC called South Carolina Wrestling Association. He made his debut at SCWA against Johnny Dollar on January 15, 2010. Daniels’ highest achievement while wrestling for SCWA was earning the #1 Contender’s position for the a SCWA Heavyweight Championship. He wrestled SCWA Heavyweight Champion Brodie Chase on April 9, 2010 for the title but he was unsuccessful in winning the title from Chase. Daniels would excite the SCWA fans with an awesome feud with Dillon and Johnny Dollar until the promotion folded at the end of April that same year.[2]
Zach made his first appearance at New Blood Championship Wrestling in Forest City, NC on November 20, 2010 against the powerful Freight Train where he lost by pinfall.[2][4]
On November 26, 2010, Daniels made his Platinum Championship Wrestling debut at the Academy Theater in Avondale Estates, Georgia, where he teamed with Scott Mayson as “American’s Finest” in a losing effort against The Washington Bullets.[2][3]
At the end of December, 2010; Zach would form a new tag team “Completely Awesome” with Chad Silvia. They quickly collided with one of PCW’s dominate tag teams, the monsters of midtown “The Exotic Ones” Rick Michaels and Simon Sermon. “Completely Awesome” finally got “The Exotic Ones” to agree to wrestle at PCW’s show on December 10 where “The Exotic Ones” handed this new tag team their first lost in PCW.[2][3]
Zach blamed Silvia for their lost to “The Exotic Ones” and claimed he was the superior wrestler. Daniels and Silvia agreed to a singles match at PCW’s January show in Advondale Estates. On January 20, Zach Daniels faced his new tag team partner, Chad Silvia in singles competition where he defeated him. However; Daniels was still determined to prove to the fans he was the better wrestler. Silvia and Daniels were both in the evenings PCW vs MGCW Battle Royal where the two immediately attacked each other and continued their feud. Silvia eliminated Daniels from the Battle Royal.[3]
“Completely Awesome” entered the PCW Tag Team Season contest where the winning team would get a match at PCW’s Scared Ground show in the fall. Daniels & Silvia’s first opponents were Chris Thunder and Chris Lighting on February 25 where they wrestled to a draw. “Completely Awesome” next match was against the Koncrete Gorrillaz (Brian Balze & Geter) on March 11 were they won by pinfall. They continued their winning streak the following week by defeating the team of Jay Fury and Shane Marx. However; “The Exotic Ones” ended “Completely Awesome” winnings streak in the Tag Team Series on March 31. Then they lost to “The Washington Bullets”. On April 27, “Completely Awesome” improved their standings in the Tag Team Season to 3-2-1 by defeating the Warhorses. On April 29, Team Heat Machine defeated “Completely Awesome”. Then on May 15, “Completely Awesome” got pay back when they defeated “The Exotic Ones”. In their final match in the Tag Team Season, they lost to Shane Marx and Aisha Sunshine.[2][3]
“Completely Awesome” finished the PCW Tag Team Season contest with a record of 5-4-1 which placed them on top of the Omega division. They had to face the Koncrete Gorrillaz in a Best in Five series where the winners got a match at Scared Ground. The series started off on July 1. The Koncrete Gorrillaz scored the first win by pinning Zach Daniels. On July 15, “Completely Awesome” evened the score by defeating the Koncrete Gorrillaz. Zackary Blane replaced Chad Silvia for the remaining matches in the series. This gave the Koncrete Gorrillaz the advantage and allowed them to score two consecutive victories by pinning the newcomer. The standings in the Best of 5 series as on August 5 were Koncrete Gorrillaz 3 to “Completely Awesome” 1.[2][3]
On February 19, 2011, Daniels made his debut at Shane Nole’s Peachstate Wrestling Alliance at the VFW Fairgrounds in Carrollton, Georgia, where he teamed with Johnny Rage to wrestle against the PWA Tag Team Champions "The Exotic Ones (Rick Michaels & Simon Sermon). Daniels and Rage won by DQ.[2][3][4]
With Daniels’ eyes still looking to claim the PWA Tag Team Championship, he recruited Johnny Swinger to form a new tag team to chase after the Tag Team gold. Daniels and Swinger squared off against the PWA Tag Team Champions "The Exotic Ones” on March 5 in a No Disqualification/No Time Limit Street Fight match. Unfortunately for Daniels, Simon Sermon pinned his tag team partner, Johnny Swinger allowing “The Exotic Ones” to retain the titles. A rematch was quickly signed between the 2 teams for March 26. Again, Daniels and Swinger lost to "The Exotic Ones” when Johnny Swinger was pinned. Daniels blamed Swinger for the lost which resulted in a Grudge Match being signed for the April 2nd show to prove who was the better wrestler.[2][3]
On April 30, Zach Daniels competed against both his former tag team partners, Johnny Rage and Johnny Swinger, in a Triple Threat match. Johnny Rage won the match when he pinned Johnny Swinger. Daniels was originally scheduled to wrestle Frankie Valentine on May 14. However; Chris Lighting took Valentine’s place on the card. Lighting pinned Daniels to score the victory.[2][3]
On May 28, Zach Daniels and Johnny Swinger reunited to take on “The Exotic Ones”. Daniels and Swinger fought hard during the match but “The Exotic Ones” got disqualified which gave Daniels and Swinger the victory.[2][3]
Zach made his first appearance at Mid-Georgia Championship on March 27, 2011 for a TV taping. He wrestled Rick Michaels. Daniels won the match after Michaels was disqualified.[2][3]
Zach is engaged to Courtney and has a beautiful baby boy named Bentley.[1]