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{{short description|American professional wrestler}}
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{{Infobox Wrestler
{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name=Danny Hollie
|name=Daniel Hollie
|birth_name = Daniel Richard Hollie
|image=<!--Please don't replace this image with a fair use one. This image is free and free images are favored on Wikipedia. See "Wikipedia:Image use policy" for more information -->Danny Holly in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.jpg
|caption=Hollie as [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champion]] in 2005
|names='''The Damaja'''<br />Dan E. Basham<br />Danny Basham<br />Danny Holliday<br />Riot Guard #2
|names=The Damaja<ref name="Canoebio" /><br />Danny Basham<ref name="Canoebio" /><br />Danny Holliday
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|weight={{weight|lb=250}}
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|birth_date ={{birth date and age|year=1979|month=10|day=3}}
|birth_date ={{birth date and age|1977|10|3}}
|birth_place=[[Seymour, Indiana]], [[United States]]
|birth_place=[[Seymour, Indiana]], U.S.<ref name="Canoebio" />
|death_date=
|billed=[[Columbus, Ohio]]
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|resides=[[Jacksonville, Florida]], [[United States]]
|debut=1998
|billed=[[Columbus, Ohio]], [[United States]]
|retired=2008
|trainer=[[Doug Basham]]<br>[[Jim Cornette]]<br>[[Daniel Burile|Danny Davis]]
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'''Daniel "Danny"Richard Hollie'''<ref (bornname="Gerweckbio">{{cite [[Octoberweb 3]],|url=http://gerweck.net/dannybasham.htm [[1979]])|author=Gerweck is|title=Danny anBasham [[United States|American]]publisher=Gerweck [[Professional wrestling|professionalaccess-date=June wrestler]]14, currently2007 working|url-status=dead for|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617175812/http://www.gerweck.net/dannybasham.htm [[Total|archive-date=June Nonstop17, Action2007 Wrestling]]}}</ref> under(born theOctober [[ring3, 1977)<ref name]]="owow" '''The/> Damaja'''.is Alongan withAmerican [[Doug Basham|Basham]], Hollie comprises theretired [[tagProfessional team]] [[Basham Brotherswrestling|Bashamprofessional and Damajawrestler]]. HollieHe is likely best known for his appearancestenures within [[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) between 20002003 and 2007 under the ring namesname '''Danny HollidayBasham''', '''Theand in [[Impact Wrestling|Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] Damaja'''under andthe ring name '''Danny BashamDamaja''' in 2007.
 
== Professional wrestling career ==
=== Ohio Valley Wrestling (1998–2003) ===
Hollie made his wrestling debut in [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] (OVW), as the Damaja. On January 6, 1999, he and David C. were awarded the [[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship|OVW Tag Title]] when [[Eugene (wrestler)|Nick Dinsmore]] no-showed and [[Rob Conway]] was [[Countout (professional wrestling)|counted out]].<ref name="Canoebio" /> He was also a three-time [[OVW Heavyweight Championship|OVW Champion]], defeating the likes of Dinsmore, [[Flash Flanagan]], and [[Mike Bucci|Nova]].<ref name="Canoebio" />
 
In 2000 Danny Hollie made a few appearances on ''[[WWF Jakked/Metal|WWF Jakked]]'' and in [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Dark match|dark matches]] under the ring name Danny Holliday. In 2003, he was given the managerial services of ''[[WWE Tough Enough|Tough Enough]]'' II winner [[Linda Miles|Shaniqua]].<ref name="Canoebio">{{cite web|title=Danny Basham|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/dannybasham.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101020143/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/dannybasham.html|archive-date=January 1, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2007|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>
===Ohio Valley Wrestling (1999-2003, 2006-2007)===
Holly made his wrestling debut in [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] (OVW), as the ''Damaja''. On [[January 6]], 1999 he and [[David C.]] were awarded the [[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship|OVW Tag Title]] when [[Nick Dinsmore]] no-showed and [[Rob Conway]] was counted out. He was also a three-time [[OVW Heavyweight Championship|OVW Champion]], defeating the likes of Dinsmore, [[Chris Kindred|Flash Flanagan]], and [[Mike Bucci|Nova]]. In 2003 he was given the managerial services of [[Tough Enough]] II winner [[Linda Miles|Shaniqua]]. <ref name="Canoebio">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/dannybasham.html |author=Milner, J |title=Danny Basham |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]] |accessmonthday=May 12 |accessyear=2007|date=}}</ref>
 
=== World Wrestling Entertainment (2002–2007)===
In [[November 18]], [[2006]] ''OVW'' show, Holly made a surprising return when OVW owner [[Daniel Burile|Danny Davis]] introduced Danny Basham as the "OVW TroubleShooter" ( similar to a General Manager), granting him the power to direct each OVW show. On March 7, 2007 The Basham Brothers returned to OVW and defeated Wyatt Young & Mike Tolar in a dark match. Holly has been Wrestling under the ring name '''"The Damaja" Dan E. Basham'''.
{{Main|Basham Brothers}}
In late 2002 through early 2003 Hollie worked dark matches before the ''Raw'' and ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' tapings under his OVW gimmick and ring name, The Damaja. On May 29, 2003, Danny made his WWE television debut (as Danny Basham), teaming with [[Doug Basham]] to form the heel [[tag team]], the [[Basham Brothers]]. The Bashams were later aligned with the [[Manager (professional wrestling)|valet]], [[Linda Miles|Shaniqua]]. As well as being portrayed with a [[Bondage (BDSM)|bondage]]-based [[Sadomasochism|S&M]] [[gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]], the "brothers" often switched places mid-match, so the "fresher" wrestler was always in the ring.<ref name="wwetag1" /> In almost all cases, the [[Referee (professional wrestling)|referee]] acted oblivious to the switch, despite their easily differentiated faces and they won their first [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Championship]] from [[Los Guerreros]] on the October 23 episode of ''SmackDown!'', after they switched places behind the referee's back, and hit [[Eddie Guerrero]] with a [[Foreign object (professional wrestling)|foreign object]].<ref name="Canoebio" /><ref name="wwetag1" /> The team lost the titles in February 2004 to [[Rikishi (wrestler)|Rikishi]] and [[Scotty 2 Hotty]]. The Basham Brothers and Shaniqua faced Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi at [[No Way Out (2004)|No Way Out]] in a handicapped match for the tag team titles but lost when Shaniqua was pinned.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roopansingh|first=Jaya|date=February 16, 2004|title=Guerrero crowned at No Way Out|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2004/02/16/350132.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630052144/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2004/02/16/350132.html|archive-date=June 30, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2009|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> Right after this match, Shaniqua was sent to OVW for training and was eventually released.<ref name="Canoebio" />[[File:Basham Brothers Live in Rosemont.jpg|left|thumb|The Basham Brothers in 2005]]
The Basham Brothers joined [[John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]] (JBL)'s [[The Cabinet (professional wrestling)|cabinet]] stable on November 25, 2004.<ref name="Canoebio" /> They were known as JBL's Co-Secretaries of Defense. The Bashams once again won the WWE Tag Team Championship by defeating four other teams including [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] and [[Rob Van Dam]], [[Matt Wiese|Luther Reigns]] and [[Mark Jindrak]], and [[Eddie Guerrero]] and [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] on January 13, 2005, in a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Elimination tag team matches|four team elimination match]] by last eliminating Mysterio and Van Dam.<ref name="Canoebio" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Plummer|first=Dale|date=January 14, 2005|title=Smackdown: Angle's plan comes together|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/01/14/898448.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630052132/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/01/14/898448.html|archive-date=June 30, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2009|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref><ref name="wwetag2" /> The Basham Brothers lost the titles to Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero at [[No Way Out (2005)|No Way Out]] on February 20, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=February 21, 2005|title=JBL finds another Way Out|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2005/02/21/937742.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630052117/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2005/02/21/937742.html|archive-date=June 30, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2009|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> From here on, The Bashams either acted as jobbers on ''SmackDown!'' or defeated any team that came in their path on ''Velocity''. The Basham Brothers quit JBL's Cabinet on the June 16 episode of ''SmackDown!'', claiming that they were tired of being "JBL's [[Crash test dummy|crash test dummies]]" and not getting enough respect.<ref name="Canoebio" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Plummer|first=Dale|date=June 16, 2005|title=Smackdown: Sweet revenge for Orton in Hershey|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/06/16/1091810.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630052120/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/06/16/1091810.html|archive-date=June 30, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2009|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>
 
On June 30, 2005, Basham became one of the last-minute trades in the [[2005 WWE Draft Lottery|2005 WWE Draft]], which saw him leave ''SmackDown!'' for ''Raw''.<ref name="Canoebio" /><ref name="draft">{{cite web|last=Waldman|first=Jon|date=July 1, 2005|title=WWE announces trade to finish draft lottery|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/07/01/1112643.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714174530/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/07/01/1112643.html|archive-date=July 14, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2009|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> This marked the end of the partnership with his "twin brother," who remained on ''SmackDown!''.<ref name="draft" /> On the July 18 episode of ''Raw'', Basham made his first appearance on the Raw brand as one of [[Chris Jericho]]'s hand picked lumberjacks in the [[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|Lumberjack match]] between [[John Cena]] and [[Gene Snitsky]].
===World Wrestling Entertainment (2000, 2003-2007)===
In 2000 Danny Holly made a few appearances on [[WWF Jakked]] and in [[Dark Match]]es under the ring name '''Danny Holliday'''. In late 2002 through early 2003 Holly worked dark matches before the ''RAW'' and ''SmackDown!'' tapings under his OVW gimmick and ring name, '''Damaja'''.
 
In August 2005, Hollie worked dark matches during ''Raw'' tapings under his former gimmick, The Damaja and made his televised debut on the September 11 episode of ''[[WWE Heat]]'' (as Danny Basham) under his Damaja gimmick, only more gothic and [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]]-like. Danny came out with new music, black face paint, and ring attire consisting of black boots and baggy black pants with hooks and chains on them. Hollie soon disappeared from television to grow his hair but continued to work [[Squash (professional wrestling)|squash matches]] under this gimmick very sporadically at house shows or in dark matches over the next several months before completely disappearing from in-ring competition in 2006 before signing a new deal with WWE in April of that year.[[File:Basham Brothers - Personal Security.jpg|right|thumb|The Bashams in 2006, as [[Paul Heyman]]'s personal security]]
On [[May 29]], 2003 Danny made his WWE television debut (as '''Danny Basham'''), teaming with [[Doug Basham]] to form the heel [[tag team]], the [[Basham Brothers]]. The Bashams (as they were commonly known) were later aligned with the [[Manager (professional wrestling)|valet]], [[Linda Miles|Shaniqua]]. As well as being portrayed with a [[Bondage (####)|bondage]]-based [[Sadism and masochism|###]] [[gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]], the "brothers" often switched places mid-match, so the "fresher" wrestler was always in the ring. In almost all cases, the [[referee]] acted oblivious to the switch, despite their easily differentiated faces and won their first [[WWE Tag Team Championship]] from [[Los Guerreros]] on the [[October 23]], [[2003]] edition of ''SmackDown!''. The team would go on to lose the titles in February 2004 to [[Solofa Fatu|Rikishi]] and [[Scotty 2 Hotty]]. The Basham Brothers and Shaniqua faced Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi at [[WWE No Way Out#2004|No Way Out 2004]] in a handicapped match for the tag team titles but lost the match when Shaniqua was pinned. Right after this match The Basham Brothers would lose their manger Shaniqua as she was sent to OVW for training and eventually released. <ref name="Canoebio">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/dannybasham.html |author=Milner, J |title=Danny Basham |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]] |accessmonthday=May 12 |accessyear=2007|date=}}</ref>
Danny and Doug reunited in [[ECW (WWE brand)|WWE's revived ECW brand]] during July 2006 at several house shows. They re-debuted on television on the July 18 episode of ''ECW'', as personal security guards under helmets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com:80/shows/ecw/shows/ecwonscifi/archive/07182006/|title=Deadman's fate in jeopardy|publisher=WWE|first=Jen|last=Hunt|date=July 18, 2006|access-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902132745/http://www.wwe.com:80/shows/ecw/shows/ecwonscifi/archive/07182006/|archive-date=September 2, 2006}}</ref> However, when Danny was injured with a torn biceps, he was later replaced by Derek Neikirk, who continued Danny's role as the second masked enforcer.<ref name="Canoebio" /> Danny's final WWE appearance was on the December 12 episode of ''ECW'', where he and Doug were quickly defeated by [[Bobby Lashley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/ecw-wwe/061212.html|title=ECW on Sci-Fi — December 12, 2006|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> Hollie was released by WWE on January 18, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/3877160223|title=WWE releases Superstars|date=January 19, 2007|access-date=December 23, 2007|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref>
 
On November 18, 2006, Hollie made a surprising return when OVW owner [[Daniel Briley|Danny Davis]] introduced Danny Basham as the "OVW TroubleShooter" (similar to a General Manager), granting him the power to direct each OVW show.<ref name="owow" /> On March 7, 2007, The Basham Brothers returned to OVW and defeated Wyatt Young and Mike Tolar in a dark match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/ovw/_2007/|title=Ohio Valley Wrestling (2007) - March 7, 2007 – OVW TV Tapings in Louisville, Kentucky|date=March 7, 2007|access-date=April 20, 2009|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref>
For the next few months, the Basham Brothers were regulars on ''[[WWE Velocity]]'' despite a few occasions on ''SmackDown!'', generally losing their matches.
 
=== Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007) ===
The Basham Brothers would go on to join [[John Bradshaw Layfield]]'s [[The Cabinet|cabinet]] stable on [[November 25]] 2004. Known as JBL's '''Co-Secretaries of Defense''', their role was often to [[sacrifice]] themselves to prevent Layfield from getting harmed after he had provoked an opponent. The Bashams would once again win Tag Team gold by defeating four other teams including [[Oscar Gutierrez|Rey Mysterio]] and [[Rob Van Dam]], [[Matt Wiese|Luther Reigns]] and [[Mark Jindrak]], and [[Eddie Guerrero]] and [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]]. The Basham Brothers lost the titles to [[Oscar Gutierrez|Rey Mysterio]] and [[Eddie Guerrero]] at [[WWE No Way Out#2005|No Way Out]] on [[February 20]] [[2005]] from here on The Bashams would either be jobbing on SmackDown! or defeating any team that came in their path on Velocity. The Basham Brothers quit Layfield's Cabinet on the [[June 16]], [[2005]] episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]'', claiming that they were tired of being "JBL's [[Crash test dummy|crash test dummies]]" and not getting enough respect. <ref name="Canoebio">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/dannybasham.html |author=Milner, J |title=Danny Basham |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]] |accessmonthday=May 12 |accessyear=2007|date=}}</ref>
On April 20, 2007, Damaja and [[Doug Basham]] took on [[Terry Gerin|Rhino]] in a Derby City Street Fight, which Doug Basham lost. Basham and Damaja both appeared alongside [[Christy Hemme]] at the April 30 ''[[TNA Impact!]]'' TV Tapings. They were then revealed on the May 10 ''Impact!'' to be the mystery team facing the [[New Age Outlaws#Voodoo Kin Mafia|Voodoo Kin Mafia]] at [[TNA Sacrifice#2007|Sacrifice 2007]] in a match which they won.<ref name="owow" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=May 11, 2007|title=Impact: Last stop before Sacrifice|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/05/11/4172037.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630052110/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/05/11/4172037.html|archive-date=June 30, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2009|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=May 14, 2007|title=World title picture muddied after good Sacrifice|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/05/14/4178808.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630052114/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/05/14/4178808.html|archive-date=June 30, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2009|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> <!-- DO NOT ADD WEEK BY WEEK EVENTS, RUMORS OR SPECULATION. THIS INCLUDES ANNOUNCED MATCHES THAT HAVE NOT YET OCCURRED. WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A NEWS SITE BUT AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA. Please see the articles "Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not" and "Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles" for more information. -->
 
===Later career (2007–2008)===
On [[June 30]], [[2005]] Danny Basham became one of the last-minute trades in the 2005 [[WWE Draft]], which saw him leave ''SmackDown!'' for ''RAW''. This marked the end of the partnership with his "twin brother," who remained on ''SmackDown!''
They would participated in the Chris Candido Cup 2007 tournament in IWA Mid-South defeating Silas Young and Dysfunction on May 25, and Axl Rotten and Mickie Knuckles on May 26 before losing to the Thomaselli Brothers in the semi-finals that same night.
 
That same year they appeared in [[Juggalo Championship Wrestling]] losing in an eight team elimination match for the [[JCW Tag Team Championship]]s to Necro Butcher and Mad Man Pondo on August 11, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=18281|title=JCW Bloodymania 07}}</ref> Their last match together was on April 26, 2008, as they defeated Adam Rich and Shorty Biggs at JCW Slam TV Tour in [[Sauget, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=74180|title=JCW Slam TV Tour 2008 - Day 4}}</ref>
On the July 18 edition of ''RAW'', Danny Basham made his first appearance on the RAW brand as one of [[Chris Jericho]]'s hand picked lumberjacks in the Lumberjack match between [[John Cena]] and [[Gene Snitsky]] in which Jericho picked all heel lumberjacks to make the odds unfair for Cena hoping Snitsky would win. At the end, the babyface superstars came out to make the odds even and Cena picked up the win with the FU. During Basham's appearance he wore his Secretaries of Defense ring attire.
 
He wrestled his last match for Insanity Pro Wrestling, unsuccessfully challenging Joey Owens for the IPW Mid-American Championship on July 5, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=23232|title=IPW Crowning Point}}</ref>
In August 2005 Holly worked dark matches during ''RAW'' tapings under his former gimmick, '''The Damaja''' and made his televised debut on the [[September 11]], [[2005]] edition of ''[[WWE Heat]]'' (as '''Danny Basham''') under his Damaja gimmick, only more gothic and [[Scott Levy|Raven]]-like. Danny came out with new music, black face paint, and a black track jacket with a hood, chains, and zippers all over it. Danny's ring attire consisted of black boots and baggy black pants with hooks and chains on them.
 
==Other media==
Holly soon disappeared from television to grow his hair out but continued to work [[Squash (professional wrestling)|squash matches]] under this gimmick very sporadically at house shows or in dark matches over the next several months before completely disappearing from in-ring competition in 2006 before signing a new deal with WWE in April of that year.
He appeared in video games [[WWE Day of Reckoning]] and [[WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006]] as Danny Basham alongside his then in-ring tag team partner [[Doug Basham]].
 
== Championships and accomplishments ==
Both Danny Holly and Doug Basham would reunite in [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|WWE's revived ECW brand]] during July 2006 at several house shows before becoming on-screen unnamed masked [[Enforcer (professional wrestling)|"Security Enforcers"]] for ECW leader [[Paul Heyman]]. However, when Danny was injured with a torn bicep, he was later replaced by [[Derek Neikirk]], who continued Danny's role as the second masked enforcer. <ref name="Canoebio">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/dannybasham.html |author=Milner, J |title=Danny Basham |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]] |accessmonthday=May 12 |accessyear=2007|date=}}</ref>
* '''[[Ohio Valley Wrestling]]'''
** [[OVW Heavyweight Championship]] ([[OVW Heavyweight Championship#Title history|4 times]])<ref name="Canoebio" />
** [[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship]] ([[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship#Title history|3 times]]) &ndash; with David C (2) and with [[Doug Basham]] (1)<ref name="Canoebio" />
* '''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
** PWI ranked him #'''65''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi50003.htm |title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 2003 |access-date=April 5, 2011 |publisher=Wrestling Information Archive |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122012107/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi50003.htm |archive-date=January 22, 2009 }}</ref>
* '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
** [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWE Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE)|2 times]]) &ndash; with Doug Basham<ref name="wwetag1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwetag/330156|title=History of the WWE Tag Team Championship - Basham Brothers (1)|date=October 23, 2003|access-date=April 20, 2009|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050923212302/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwetag/330156|archive-date=September 23, 2005}}</ref><ref name="wwetag2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwetag/329970|title=History of the WWE Tag Team Championship - Basham Brothers (2)|date=January 13, 2005|access-date=April 20, 2009|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050721035153/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwetag/329970|archive-date=July 21, 2005}}</ref>
 
== References ==
On [[January 18]], [[2007]], WWE announced the release of 11 superstars, both of the Basham Brothers included.
{{Reflist}}
 
== External links ==
===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007-)===
* {{IMDb name|id=1591200|name=Danny Hollie}}
On April 20, 2007, Damaja and [[Doug Basham]] took on [[Rhino]] in a Derby City Street Fight which saw Doug Basham losing the match. Basham and Damaja, both appeared alongside Christy Hemme at the April 30th TNA IMPACT TV Tapings. They then were revealed on the May 10th TNA to be the mystery team facing the Voodo Kin Mafia at TNA Sacrifice 2007.
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[[Category:1977 births]]
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**[[Linda Miles|Shaniqua]]
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*'''Nicknames'''
**Co-Secretary of Defense
 
==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[Ohio Valley Wrestling]]'''
**[[OVW Heavyweight Championship]] ([[OVW Heavyweight Championship#Title history|4 times]])
**[[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship]] ([[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship#Title history|3 times]]) - 2 times with David C. and 1 time with [[Doug Basham]]
*'''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
**[[WWE Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of WWE Tag Team Champions|2 times]]) - with Doug Basham
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
==External links==
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