Crash Holly

Early life Lockwood was born on August 25, 1971, in San Francisco, California. He was raised in Pacifica, California, where he graduated from Terra Nova High School. Erin O'Grady lost four untelevised matches in ECW, including a dark match at November to Remember. Following his stint in ECW, Lockwood returned to APW where he performed until October 1998.

World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment (1998–2003)

Developmental territories (1998–1999) O'Grady wrestled Vic Grimes in a try-out match for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on January 20, 1998, and both were signed to contracts. At Rebellion, the Holly Cousins competed against APA and Edge and Christian in a triangle match, which Edge and Christian won. On October 17, at No Mercy, the Holly Cousins defeated The New Age Outlaws by disqualification. The next night on Raw is War, they defeated the Rock 'n' Sock Connection for the WWF Tag Team Championship.

At Survivor Series on November 14, the Holly Cousins teamed with Too Cool to defeat Edge & Christian and the Hardy Boyz in a survivor series match. Later that month, the Holly Cousins began a short feud with Too Cool and Rikishi Phatu. At Armageddon on December 12, 1999, they defeated Phatu and Viscera. The feud continued into February 2000. At the Royal Rumble on January 23, 2000, both Hollys took part in the titular Royal Rumble match, with Crash Holly being eliminated by The Rock.

Championship reigns (2000–2001)

Holly and Pat Patterson in the ring at King of the Ring in June 2000. In February 2000, Crash Holly joined the hardcore division. On the February 24 episode of SmackDown!, he defeated Test to begin his first of 22 Hardcore Championship reigns. He frequently defended the championship against non-wrestlers, including referees and road agents, like Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson. On the March 18, 2001, episode of Heat, Crash defeated Dean Malenko to win the Light Heavyweight Championship. He defended it on two episodes of Heat, against Funaki and Grandmaster Sexay, before dropping it to the debuting Jerry Lynn on the April 29 episode. He jumped ship to SmackDown! on the September 2, 2002, episode of Raw during a match with Jeff Hardy. Earlier, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff was informed that a Raw wrestler would leave to reunite with a relative on SmackDown!, and ordered a beatdown by 3-Minute Warning on Hardy, who he wrongly suspected of planning to join his brother, Matt Hardy, until Crash revealed that he was the one who was leaving, planning to join his cousin Hardcore Holly on SmackDown!. In his first SmackDown! match, on September 5, he defeated The Hurricane. He then feuded with Cruiserweight Champion Jamie Noble. On the October 3 SmackDown!, Noble defeated Holly to retain the title.

On the December 19 SmackDown!, Holly teamed with Bill DeMott to defeat Noble and Nunzio. This led to a match on the next SmackDown!, which DeMott won. After being sidelined for three months, Holly returned on the April 24, 2003, episode of SmackDown!. His last several matches with the company were tag matches with Moore, as well as house show matches against newcomer Orlando Jordan. On June 30, 2003, Lockwood was released from WWE.

Personal life Lockwood met his wife, Christeena Wheeler, when she escorted Mark Henry to the ring at Unforgiven 1999, in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2002, he opened "Crash Holly's School of Professional Wrestling" in Salisbury, North Carolina, where Wheeler grew up.

Death

Lockwood died on November 6, 2003, at his friend and fellow wrestler Stevie Richards' house in Florida. Empty bottles of the prescription drug carisoprodol and a partially consumed bottle of alcohol were found nearby. His death, caused by choking on his own vomit, was officially ruled a suicide. At ECW One Night Stand in 2005, Lockwood was one of the deceased former ECW wrestlers honored in a video package.

Championships and accomplishments All Pro Wrestling APW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) International Wrestling Association IWA Hardcore Championship (1 time) IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation MEWF Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) Power Pro Wrestling PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Vic Grimes PPW Young Guns Championship (1 time) Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No. 36 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000 Supreme Pro Wrestling SPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hook Bomberry World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment WWF European Championship (1 time) WWF/E Hardcore Championship (22 times) WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hardcore Holly