Shad Javier Gaspard was an American professional wrestler and actor.
26 Facts About Shad Gaspard
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Shad Gaspard was best known for his time with WWE, where he performed under his real name, or mononymously as Shad.
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Cryme Tyme returned to WWE in 2008, but Shad Gaspard was released again in 2010.
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Shad Gaspard drowned while trying to save his son on May 17,2020.
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Shad Gaspard was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on January 13,1981.
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Shad Gaspard's father was a former enforcer for street gangs and later a personal security guard in the early 1970s; he worked for gangster Frank Lucas and currently owns McFay Contracting Inc At age five, Shad was trained by his father in boxing, and at age eight he began training in a mixture of different martial arts such as judo, kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do, and Muay Thai.
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At age 16, Shad Gaspard began prize fighting for promoter Hardbody Harrison, a former WCW wrestler and FX Tough Man Champion, in bar fighting tournaments such as boxing, kickboxing, MMA, and tough man competitions.
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Shad Gaspard was extensively involved in athletics during his high school years, specializing in wrestling, track, and basketball.
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Shad Gaspard decided to become a professional wrestler, and he qualified for the finals of the reality television program Tough Enough 2 in 2002, but was disqualified and replaced after failing a physical.
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Shad Gaspard first trained with Dewayne Bruce from the WCW Power Plant for six months.
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In early 2006, during his feud in OVW with CM Punk, Shad Gaspard was joined by The Neighborhoodie and formed a new tag team known as The Gang Stars.
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On March 28,2010, at WrestleMania XXVI, Gaspard competed in a battle royal, with Gaspard and JTG eliminated Luke Gallows, before Gaspard eliminated JTG, and Shad was later eliminated by William Regal.
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The next week on SmackDown, Shad Gaspard taunted JTG by showing footage of the attack, and JTG attempted to attack him, but was laid out by Shad Gaspard.
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On February 5,2011, Shad Gaspard went to Japan and worked for Antonio Inoki's Inoki Genome Federation, where he teamed with Bobby Lashley in a loss to Atsushi Sawada and Erik Hammer.
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Shad Gaspard then continued to wrestle alongside JTG, until his death in 2020.
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Shad Gaspard married Siliana, a fitness model and athlete, in 2009.
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On March 5,2011, Shad Gaspard was arrested by police in Columbus, Ohio, for having allegedly refused the commands of a police officer and resisted arrest for jaywalking.
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Shad Gaspard was later cleared of all charges in July 2011.
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On December 11,2016, Shad Gaspard prevented the armed robbery of a gas station in Coral Springs, Florida, when he was approached by an intoxicated man who was intent on robbing the station.
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Shad Gaspard shoved the man, took away his gun, and restrained him until police arrived.
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Shad Gaspard told lifeguards to save his son before saving him, but disappeared underwater soon after.
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Shad Gaspard appeared in video games as a playable character in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2008, WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009, WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2010, and WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011.
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Shad Gaspard was working on other upcoming films and often performed stunts.
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Besides wrestling and acting, Shad Gaspard did modeling and worked on a comic book.
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In 2013, Shad Gaspard performed in the stage adaptation of "Pugilist" as Jack Johnson, the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion, depicting the fighter's rise to the world heavyweight championship, and his tragic fall.
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In 2018, Shad Gaspard provided the motion capture for protagonist Kratos of the video game God of War.