Johnny Jeter
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John "Johnny" Jeter is an American professional wrestler
best known for his appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment
(WWE) as Spirit Squad
member Johnny on the Raw
brand
in 2006.
Jeter was trained by professional wrestler Nick Dinsmore and Danny Davis, and made his wrestling debut in 2001. He began working for Ohio Valley Wrestling
(OVW), which led to him signing a developmental contract with WWE in 2003. After a successful singles career feuding with OVW stars, Chris Jericho, Chris Kanyon, Chris Benoit, and Billy Gunn, he began competing in tag team competition with Matt Cappotelli
where they were known as the Thrillseekers. The team won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
, but would lose it in April 2005. Three months later, Jeter focused on singles competition, winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship
, and disbanding his association with Cappotelli. After losing the OVW Heavyweight Championship, Jeter became part of the Spirit Squad. The team debuted on Raw in January 2006, and won the World Tag Team Championship the day after Wrestlemania 22 from Kane and Big Show. From there, the Spirit Squad began programs with Shawn Michaels and HHH (Degeneration X), Kane and Big Show, Ric Flair and Roddy Piper, The Highlanders, Cade and Murdoch, and Mexicools.
Once the Spirit Squad team disbanded, Jeter changed his name to "Jayden Jeter" and transferred over to the SMACKDOWN/ECW brand. After performing countless dark matches and overseas tours, Jeter quietly asked for his release in August 2008 to pursue other avenues of interest.
He is currently pursuing an Accountancy: Information Systems degree at California State University, Northridge and lives in West Hollywood, CA
, Jeter debuted in 2001, and began working for Ohio Valley Wrestling
(OVW). In 2003, he signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment
(WWE), and continued to wrestle in OVW, which was WWE's developmental territory, although he occasionally made appearances in dark matches for WWE. In one of his earliest dark matches, Jeter teamed with Nova
in a loss to Chuck Palumbo
and Nunzio
on the February 23, 2003 episode of Velocity
. His pay-per-view
debut was at the 2003 Vengeance
event, when Jeter appeared as the masked
Conquistador #2 in the APA
's Barroom Brawl match.
In 2002, Jeter along with Mark Magnus (Mohammed Hassan) and Chris Cage began working independent promotions across Memphis, Indiana, and Kentucky. After working several OVW dark matches, Johnny began feuding with WWE star Chris Kanyon. Kanyon's feud with Jeter excelled him through the eyes of WWE officials as he was soon signed in April of 2003. From there, he had continued success as an OVW singles wrestler. His most notable matches came from Kanyon and Chris Jericho, along with tag matches with Chris Benoit, Jerry the King Lawler, Billy Gunn, and countless others.
In 2004, Jeter formed a tag team
with Matt Cappotelli
known as the Thrillseekers. The Thrillseekers wrestled in several dark matches before both Raw
and SmackDown, defeating the teams of Johnny Nitro and Chris Cage, and MNM
. On January 19, 2005, The Thrillseekers defeated MNM to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
. They successfully defended the championship against MNM and The Heart Throbs
, before losing it to the Blond Bombers
(Tank
and Chad Toland
) on April 6.
On July 27, The Thrillseekers defeated MNM to become the number one contenders to the Tag Team Championship, in a match with the added stipulation that whoever gained the pin would receive a match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship
. The Thrillseekers got simultaneous pins, but it was Jeter who received the championship match. On August 3, Jeter defeated the OVW Heavyweight Champion, Brent Albright
, to win the championship, after Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder
interfered on his behalf. After the match, Jeter turned into a heel
(villainous character) by attacking Cappotelli, who had suffered an injury. In the following weeks, Jeter also attacked Albright, announcer Dean Hill, and official Danny Davis.
Jeter quickly formed an alliance with Ken Anderson, who helped him retain the championship on several occasions. They later added Paul Burchill
to the alliance as an enforcer. After holding the OVW Heavyweight Championship for five months, Jeter lost it to Cappotelli in a two out of three falls match on November 9, 2005. Jeter challenged Cappotelli on numerous occasions Cappotelli in an attempt to regain the championship, but was unsuccessful.
In 2006, Johnny was called up to the WWE with Mike Mondo, Nic Nemeth, Ken Dykstra, and Nick Mitchell to form the tag team "The Spirit Squad".
, a faction using the in-ring personas of male cheerleaders, using the name "Johnny". On January 23, 2006, they had their WWE television debut as a group, appearing on Raw
and helping Jonathan Coachman
win a Royal Rumble
qualifying match against Jerry "The King" Lawler
by distracting Lawler and performing cheers for Coachman. They later became a part of the on-going scripted feud between WWE chairman Vince McMahon
and Shawn Michaels
. The heel
(villainous) McMahon brought in the Squad to attack Michaels on numerous occasions, including placing them in multiple handicap matches.
They also wrestled in the tag team division, and on April 3, on Raw, won the World Tag Team Championship when Kenny and Mikey, with outside help from the other three Squad members, defeated Big Show and Kane
. After winning the championship, all five members of the Spirit Squad were recognized as the champions, allowing any combination of them to defend the championship.
In May, McMahon signed another handicap match, with the Spirit Squad facing Michaels. The Spirit Squad instead attacked Michaels before the match had started, and Triple H came out to help the Squad. Triple H felt disrespected, however, and as a result, helped Michaels instead. This led to Triple H and Michaels reforming D-Generation X
(DX) and they began a feud with the Spirit Squad. DX played various sophomoric
jokes
on the Squad and the McMahons, as well as defeating the Spirit Squad in handicap tag team matches at Vengeance
and a clean sweep in an elimination handicap match at Saturday Night's Main Event.
At the same time as their feud with DX and their alignment with McMahon, the Squad also wrestled other teams in Raw' s tag division over their World Tag Team Championship, successfully defending the championship against the teams of Jim Duggan
and Eugene
, Charlie Haas
and Viscera
, and Snitsky
and Val Venis
. They then entered a lengthy feud with The Highlanders
, whom they eventually defeated to retain the championship at the Unforgiven
pay-per-view
in September. The Squad as a whole later began a losing streak with Johnny, Mikey, and Mitch
losing singles matches to Ric Flair
on consecutive episodes of Raw. After two consecutive losses to the debuting Cryme Tyme
, Kenny announced that he was going to defeat Flair, and was successful with the help of the other Squad members. It was then announced that Flair and a legend, selected by interactive voting, would wrestle the team for the World Tag Team Championship at the Cyber Sunday
pay-per-view in early November. The fans chose Roddy Piper
, and he and Flair defeated Kenny and Mikey to win the championship.
The group disbanded on the November 27 episode of Raw, when they were defeated in a five-on-three handicap match by DX and Flair. In a backstage segment later that night, DX placed all members into a crate stamped "OVW, Louisville, Kentucky
", a reference to the developmental territory from which the Squad had come.
Following the breakup of the Spirit Squad, Johnny became the second member of the team to return, coming back during a 30-man battle royal
on the December 18, 2006 episode of Raw, wearing new wrestling attire.
Johnny soon transferred to the SMACKDOWN/ECW brand and changed his name to "Jayden Jeter". Jeter performed countless dark matches and overseas tours for WWE while still occasionally appearing on OVW television.
, Cody Runnels, and Shawn Spears
. In May 2007, Jeter challenged Shawn Spears for the OVW Television Championship, but was unsuccessful. In June, he formed a team with Seth Skyfire
, before returning to competing in the singles division. He challenged Paul Burchill
for the OVW Heavyweight Championship in mid-2008, but was unsuccessful.
Beginning in August, Jeter made numerous appearances in dark matches prior to Raw and SmackDown!. He also wrestled at ECW live events
.After changing his name to "JAYDEN JETER", Jeter wrestled countless more dark matches and overseas tours before quietly asking for his release in August of 2008. From what he has mentioned in interviews, he lost his passion for wrestling and wanted to pursue other avenues in life. The door is left open if a return is in the cards.
After his release, Johnny wrestled a few more OVW matches recreationally before moving back to his hometown in San Diego, CA
Professional wrestling
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best known for his appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWE) as Spirit Squad
Spirit Squad
The Spirit Squad was a professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment and Ohio Valley Wrestling that consisted of Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey. The team's ring personas were those of an all-male cheerleading squad....
member Johnny on the Raw
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
brand
WWE Brand Extension
WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling Entertainment , currently promotes its core business of professional wrestling through two "brands" named after their two major television shows Raw and SmackDown...
in 2006.
Jeter was trained by professional wrestler Nick Dinsmore and Danny Davis, and made his wrestling debut in 2001. He began working for Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...
(OVW), which led to him signing a developmental contract with WWE in 2003. After a successful singles career feuding with OVW stars, Chris Jericho, Chris Kanyon, Chris Benoit, and Billy Gunn, he began competing in tag team competition with Matt Cappotelli
Matt Cappotelli
Matthew Lee "Matt" Cappotelli is an American professional wrestler, last working in Ohio Valley Wrestling, which was the primary developmental territory for World Wrestling Entertainment until February 7, 2008...
where they were known as the Thrillseekers. The team won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
The OVW Southern Tag Team Championship is the tag team titles of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Created in 1997, the first champions were Nick Dinsmore and Flash Flanagan. As of 2011, the current champions are Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver, known as The Elite in their fourth reign...
, but would lose it in April 2005. Three months later, Jeter focused on singles competition, winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship
OVW Heavyweight Championship
The OVW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling promotion. The title was introduced on August 17, 1997 at an OVW live event, then known as the NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship due to OVW's relationship with the National...
, and disbanding his association with Cappotelli. After losing the OVW Heavyweight Championship, Jeter became part of the Spirit Squad. The team debuted on Raw in January 2006, and won the World Tag Team Championship the day after Wrestlemania 22 from Kane and Big Show. From there, the Spirit Squad began programs with Shawn Michaels and HHH (Degeneration X), Kane and Big Show, Ric Flair and Roddy Piper, The Highlanders, Cade and Murdoch, and Mexicools.
Once the Spirit Squad team disbanded, Jeter changed his name to "Jayden Jeter" and transferred over to the SMACKDOWN/ECW brand. After performing countless dark matches and overseas tours, Jeter quietly asked for his release in August 2008 to pursue other avenues of interest.
He is currently pursuing an Accountancy: Information Systems degree at California State University, Northridge and lives in West Hollywood, CA
Ohio Valley Wrestling (2001–2005)
After being trained by Nick DinsmoreNick Dinsmore
Nicholas "Nick" Dinsmore , better known by his ring names Eugene and U-Gene, is an American professional wrestler...
, Jeter debuted in 2001, and began working for Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...
(OVW). In 2003, he signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWE), and continued to wrestle in OVW, which was WWE's developmental territory, although he occasionally made appearances in dark matches for WWE. In one of his earliest dark matches, Jeter teamed with Nova
Mike Bucci
Michael "Mike" Bucci is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. Bucci is probably best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Nova, Super Nova, and "Hollywood" Nova and World Wrestling Entertainment as Simon Dean...
in a loss to Chuck Palumbo
Chuck Palumbo
Charles "Chuck" Palumbo is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Nu-Wrestling Evolution . Palumbo is best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment...
and Nunzio
James Maritato
James Maritato is an American professional wrestler, of Italian origin, currently working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring names Little Guido Maritato and Nunzio.-Starting out:While...
on the February 23, 2003 episode of Velocity
WWE Velocity
WWE Velocity was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It replaced two syndicated WWE shows, Jakked/Metal. Once a weekly Saturday night show on Spike TV and on Sky Sports 2 in the UK on Sunday mornings, Velocity became a webcast from 2005 to 2006...
. His pay-per-view
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debut was at the 2003 Vengeance
Vengeance (2003)
Vengeance was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on July 27, 2003 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. It was the third annual Vengeance event and starred wrestlers from the SmackDown brand.Eight professional wrestling...
event, when Jeter appeared as the masked
Wrestling mask
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Conquistador #2 in the APA
Acolytes Protection Agency
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's Barroom Brawl match.
In 2002, Jeter along with Mark Magnus (Mohammed Hassan) and Chris Cage began working independent promotions across Memphis, Indiana, and Kentucky. After working several OVW dark matches, Johnny began feuding with WWE star Chris Kanyon. Kanyon's feud with Jeter excelled him through the eyes of WWE officials as he was soon signed in April of 2003. From there, he had continued success as an OVW singles wrestler. His most notable matches came from Kanyon and Chris Jericho, along with tag matches with Chris Benoit, Jerry the King Lawler, Billy Gunn, and countless others.
In 2004, Jeter formed a tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
with Matt Cappotelli
Matt Cappotelli
Matthew Lee "Matt" Cappotelli is an American professional wrestler, last working in Ohio Valley Wrestling, which was the primary developmental territory for World Wrestling Entertainment until February 7, 2008...
known as the Thrillseekers. The Thrillseekers wrestled in several dark matches before both Raw
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
and SmackDown, defeating the teams of Johnny Nitro and Chris Cage, and MNM
MNM
MNM was a villainous professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment and Ohio Valley Wrestling that consisted of Joey Mercury , Johnny Nitro, and their manager Melina Perez....
. On January 19, 2005, The Thrillseekers defeated MNM to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
The OVW Southern Tag Team Championship is the tag team titles of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Created in 1997, the first champions were Nick Dinsmore and Flash Flanagan. As of 2011, the current champions are Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver, known as The Elite in their fourth reign...
. They successfully defended the championship against MNM and The Heart Throbs
The Heart Throbs
The Heart Throbs is the name of a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Antonio Thomas and Romeo Roselli, currently wrestling on the independent circuit. Thomas and Roselli are billed as being popular "with the ladies", and typically approach the ring while performing pelvic thrusts to the...
, before losing it to the Blond Bombers
Blond Bombers
The Blond Bombers is a name used by several tag teams in professional wrestling. The first team to use the name was the combination of Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson. It was later used by Pat Patterson and Ray Stevens, who began teaming in 1965...
(Tank
John Toland (wrestler)
John Michael Toland is an American professional wrestler best known for his work in independent promotion Ring of Honor, under the name Tank Toland...
and Chad Toland
Chad Wicks
Charles "Chad" Wicks is an American professional wrestler best known for his time with the World Wrestling Entertainment...
) on April 6.
On July 27, The Thrillseekers defeated MNM to become the number one contenders to the Tag Team Championship, in a match with the added stipulation that whoever gained the pin would receive a match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship
OVW Heavyweight Championship
The OVW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling promotion. The title was introduced on August 17, 1997 at an OVW live event, then known as the NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship due to OVW's relationship with the National...
. The Thrillseekers got simultaneous pins, but it was Jeter who received the championship match. On August 3, Jeter defeated the OVW Heavyweight Champion, Brent Albright
Brent Albright
Brent Alan Albright is an American professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment, during which he appeared on Friday Night SmackDown! as Gunner Scott...
, to win the championship, after Ken Anderson and Daniel Puder
Daniel Puder
Daniel Puder is an American professional mixed martial artist, who is currently undefeated in MMA competition, holding a a record of eight wins and zero losses...
interfered on his behalf. After the match, Jeter turned into a heel
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
(villainous character) by attacking Cappotelli, who had suffered an injury. In the following weeks, Jeter also attacked Albright, announcer Dean Hill, and official Danny Davis.
Jeter quickly formed an alliance with Ken Anderson, who helped him retain the championship on several occasions. They later added Paul Burchill
Paul Burchill
Paul Birchill , better known by his ring name Paul Burchill, is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment , where he signed after training and debuting for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance in his home country.-Frontier Wrestling Alliance...
to the alliance as an enforcer. After holding the OVW Heavyweight Championship for five months, Jeter lost it to Cappotelli in a two out of three falls match on November 9, 2005. Jeter challenged Cappotelli on numerous occasions Cappotelli in an attempt to regain the championship, but was unsuccessful.
In 2006, Johnny was called up to the WWE with Mike Mondo, Nic Nemeth, Ken Dykstra, and Nick Mitchell to form the tag team "The Spirit Squad".
Spirit Squad (2006)
In OVW, he became a part of the Spirit SquadSpirit Squad
The Spirit Squad was a professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment and Ohio Valley Wrestling that consisted of Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey. The team's ring personas were those of an all-male cheerleading squad....
, a faction using the in-ring personas of male cheerleaders, using the name "Johnny". On January 23, 2006, they had their WWE television debut as a group, appearing on Raw
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
and helping Jonathan Coachman
Jonathan Coachman
Jonathan William Coachman , also known as "The Coach", is a former professional wrestling color commentator and authority figure. He is also a former college basketball player, and football play-by-play announcer...
win a Royal Rumble
Royal Rumble (2006)
Royal Rumble was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on January 29, 2006 in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands...
qualifying match against Jerry "The King" Lawler
Jerry Lawler
Jerry O'Neil Lawler is an American professional wrestler, wrestling commentator, musician, businessman, commercial artist and film actor, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is currently signed to WWE, working on its Raw brand as the color commentator and occasional...
by distracting Lawler and performing cheers for Coachman. They later became a part of the on-going scripted feud between WWE chairman Vince McMahon
Vince McMahon
Vincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon is an American professional wrestling promoter, announcer, commentator, film producer, actor and former occasional professional wrestler. McMahon is the current Chairman, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of professional wrestling promotion WWE...
and Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom , better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American television host and retired professional wrestler. He presents the Outdoor Channel show MacMillan River Adventures, and is currently signed to WWE, where he has served in an ambassadorial role since December...
. The heel
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
(villainous) McMahon brought in the Squad to attack Michaels on numerous occasions, including placing them in multiple handicap matches.
Big Show and Kane
Kane and Big Show are two professional wrestlers currently signed to WWE, who formed a tag team during three periods: 2001-2002, 2005-2006 and 2011...
. After winning the championship, all five members of the Spirit Squad were recognized as the champions, allowing any combination of them to defend the championship.
In May, McMahon signed another handicap match, with the Spirit Squad facing Michaels. The Spirit Squad instead attacked Michaels before the match had started, and Triple H came out to help the Squad. Triple H felt disrespected, however, and as a result, helped Michaels instead. This led to Triple H and Michaels reforming D-Generation X
D-Generation X
D-Generation X was a professional wrestling stable in WWE . The group originated in the midst of the WWF's "Attitude Era" from 1997 to 2000...
(DX) and they began a feud with the Spirit Squad. DX played various sophomoric
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
jokes
Practical joke
A practical joke is a mischievous trick played on someone, typically causing the victim to experience embarrassment, indignity, or discomfort. Practical jokes differ from confidence tricks in that the victim finds out, or is let in on the joke, rather than being fooled into handing over money or...
on the Squad and the McMahons, as well as defeating the Spirit Squad in handicap tag team matches at Vengeance
Vengeance (2006)
Vengeance was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on June 25, 2006 at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the sixth annual Vengeance event. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the...
and a clean sweep in an elimination handicap match at Saturday Night's Main Event.
At the same time as their feud with DX and their alignment with McMahon, the Squad also wrestled other teams in Raw
Jim Duggan
James Edward Duggan , better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment in the 1980s, when it was known as World Wrestling Federation , and World Championship Wrestling...
and Eugene
Nick Dinsmore
Nicholas "Nick" Dinsmore , better known by his ring names Eugene and U-Gene, is an American professional wrestler...
, Charlie Haas
Charlie Haas
Charles "Charlie" Doyle Haas II is an American professional wrestler and former collegiate amateur wrestler. He competes on the independent circuit, and is signed to Ring of Honor , where he is one-half of the reigning ROH World Tag Team Champions with Shelton Benjamin...
and Viscera
Nelson Frazier, Jr.
Nelson Frazier, Jr. is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring names Mabel, Viscera, Big Daddy V, and King V. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment...
, and Snitsky
Gene Snitsky
Eugene Alan "Gene" Snisky is a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Snitsky, who is best known for his time spent with World Wrestling Entertainment. He had played college football at the University of Missouri and was on the pre-season roster in 1995 for the Birmingham Barracudas...
and Val Venis
Sean Morley
Sean Allen Morley is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Val Venis, during his time with World Wrestling Federation, later known as World Wrestling Entertainment...
. They then entered a lengthy feud with The Highlanders
The Highlanders (professional wrestling)
The Highlanders are a Scottish professional wrestling tag team consisting of storyline cousins Robbie and Rory McAllister who were best known for wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Raw brand.-History:Couch and Murray were both born and raised in Oban, Scotland The Highlanders are...
, whom they eventually defeated to retain the championship at the Unforgiven
Unforgiven (2006)
Unforgiven was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on September 17, 2006 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the eighth annual Unforgiven event. The show's seven matches showcased prominent WWE wrestlers, who...
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
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in September. The Squad as a whole later began a losing streak with Johnny, Mikey, and Mitch
Nick Mitchell
Nicholas Cole "Nick" Mitchell is an American professional wrestler who is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment as Mitch of the Spirit Squad on the Raw brand. Before starting a wrestling career, Mitchell played football for the Beaumont Drillers while at Blinn College...
losing singles matches to Ric Flair
Ric Flair
Richard Morgan Fliehr is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ric Flair. Also known as "The Nature Boy", Flair is one of the most well-known professional wrestlers in the world....
on consecutive episodes of Raw. After two consecutive losses to the debuting Cryme Tyme
Cryme Tyme
For animated series named Crime Time, visit Crime TimeCryme Tyme was a professional wrestling tag team that was signed to WWE.The team consisted of JTG and Shad , an over-the-top parody of stereotypical street thugs.-Early lives:Of Haitian and...
, Kenny announced that he was going to defeat Flair, and was successful with the help of the other Squad members. It was then announced that Flair and a legend, selected by interactive voting, would wrestle the team for the World Tag Team Championship at the Cyber Sunday
Cyber Sunday (2006)
Cyber Sunday was the first annual Cyber Sunday professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on November 5, 2006 at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio, with 7,000 fans attending...
pay-per-view in early November. The fans chose Roddy Piper
Roddy Piper
Roderick George Toombs , better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler and film actor who is currently signed to WWE. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his work with WWE...
, and he and Flair defeated Kenny and Mikey to win the championship.
The group disbanded on the November 27 episode of Raw, when they were defeated in a five-on-three handicap match by DX and Flair. In a backstage segment later that night, DX placed all members into a crate stamped "OVW, Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
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", a reference to the developmental territory from which the Squad had come.
Following the breakup of the Spirit Squad, Johnny became the second member of the team to return, coming back during a 30-man battle royal
Battle royal (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...
on the December 18, 2006 episode of Raw, wearing new wrestling attire.
Johnny soon transferred to the SMACKDOWN/ECW brand and changed his name to "Jayden Jeter". Jeter performed countless dark matches and overseas tours for WWE while still occasionally appearing on OVW television.
Return to developmental territories (2007)
Jeter made his return to OVW on February 14, 2007, by defeating Deuce in a dark match prior to the television tapings. He competed in several dark matches before the OVW television tapings over the next several months, wrestling people including DominoCliff Compton
Clifford "Cliff" Compton is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Domino. He is signed with Ohio Valley Wrestling , where he is a former two–time OVW Heavyweight Champion...
, Cody Runnels, and Shawn Spears
Ronnie Arniell
Ronnie William Arneill is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name as Shawn Spears. He is perhaps best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand, where he briefly performed under the ring name Gavin Spears.-Early life:Born and raised in St...
. In May 2007, Jeter challenged Shawn Spears for the OVW Television Championship, but was unsuccessful. In June, he formed a team with Seth Skyfire
Seth Skyfire
Steve Adkins is a retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Seth Skyfire. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling .-Career:...
, before returning to competing in the singles division. He challenged Paul Burchill
Paul Burchill
Paul Birchill , better known by his ring name Paul Burchill, is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment , where he signed after training and debuting for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance in his home country.-Frontier Wrestling Alliance...
for the OVW Heavyweight Championship in mid-2008, but was unsuccessful.
Beginning in August, Jeter made numerous appearances in dark matches prior to Raw and SmackDown!. He also wrestled at ECW live events
House show
A house show is a professional wrestling show run by a major promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded. Promotions use house shows mainly to cash in on the exposure that they and their wrestlers receive during televised events, as well as test reactions to matches, wrestlers, and...
.After changing his name to "JAYDEN JETER", Jeter wrestled countless more dark matches and overseas tours before quietly asking for his release in August of 2008. From what he has mentioned in interviews, he lost his passion for wrestling and wanted to pursue other avenues in life. The door is left open if a return is in the cards.
After his release, Johnny wrestled a few more OVW matches recreationally before moving back to his hometown in San Diego, CA
Personal life
Jeter is good friends with his former Spirit Squad teammates, and all five stay in contact. He lives in West Hollywood, CA and is pursuing an Accountancy: Information Systems degree at California State University Northridge.In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Johnny Go Round (WWEWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
) / 540 kick540 kickIn martial arts and tricking, the 540 kick, also known as inside turning kick, jump inside kick, tornado kick and Xuanfengjiao , is a jump kick move...
, sometimes from the top turnbuckle
- Johnny Go Round (WWE
- Signature moves
- Springboard moonsault
- Superkick
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "Thrillseeker"
Championships and accomplishments
- Ohio Valley WrestlingOhio Valley WrestlingOhio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...
- OVW Heavyweight ChampionshipOVW Heavyweight ChampionshipThe OVW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling promotion. The title was introduced on August 17, 1997 at an OVW live event, then known as the NWA-OVW Heavyweight Championship due to OVW's relationship with the National...
(2 times) - OVW Southern Tag Team ChampionshipOVW Southern Tag Team ChampionshipThe OVW Southern Tag Team Championship is the tag team titles of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Created in 1997, the first champions were Nick Dinsmore and Flash Flanagan. As of 2011, the current champions are Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver, known as The Elite in their fourth reign...
(1 time) – with Matt CappotelliMatt CappotelliMatthew Lee "Matt" Cappotelli is an American professional wrestler, last working in Ohio Valley Wrestling, which was the primary developmental territory for World Wrestling Entertainment until February 7, 2008...
- OVW Heavyweight Championship
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him #70 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2004
- World Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
- World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – as a member of the Spirit SquadSpirit SquadThe Spirit Squad was a professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment and Ohio Valley Wrestling that consisted of Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey. The team's ring personas were those of an all-male cheerleading squad....
- World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – as a member of the Spirit Squad
See also
- Spirit SquadSpirit SquadThe Spirit Squad was a professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment and Ohio Valley Wrestling that consisted of Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey. The team's ring personas were those of an all-male cheerleading squad....