Nick Berk

Nick Berk
Ring name(s)	Nick Berk D-Sex (1990s) "The Red Bull" Nick Berk Nicky Benz
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight	198 lb (90 kg)
Born	May 11, 1980 (1980-05-11) (age 31) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Billed from	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Trained by	Don Montoya Mike Kehner Reckless Youth Afa Anoa'i
Debut	March 16, 1997

Nicholas K. "Nick" Berk (born May 11, 1980), also known by his ring name Nicky Benz, is an American independent professional wrestler, best known for his work in Combat Zone Wrestling, where he is a former CZW World Heavyweight and Iron Man Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Berk was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a regular worker for Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as Force One Pro Wrestling, under his real name and sometimes under the stage name Nicky Benz. He was featured in the documentary "On the Road with Raven", where he and Raven are shown setting up an angle and later having a match. In 2005, Berk, had several tryout matches with World Wrestling Entertainment in which he was squashed by Carlito, Val Venis Ken Kennedy and others. None of these tryouts resulted in any contractual interest by the company. On November 27, 2006 WWE RAW Nick Berk played a "comedian" in a skit that made fun of comedian Michael Richards

In wrestling

• Finishing moves

• Berkocet (Spinning lifting double underhook facebuster)
• Elevated cloverleaf
• Sitout Death Valley driver

• Signature moves

• Cloverleaf leg laced Boston crab
• Inverted STF

• Nicknames

• "The Midnight Idol"

Championships and accomplishments

• Blackball'd Wrestling Organization

• BWO Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

• Championship Wrestling from Florida

• NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Z-Barr^[1]

• Combat Zone Wrestling

• CZW Iron Man Championship (1 time)^[2]
• CZW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[2]

• NWA Force One Pro Wrestling

• NWA Force 1 Heritage Championship (1 time)
• Force One Iron League Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Force One Iron League Championship (1 time)

• Hardway Wrestling

• HW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
• HW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Jersey All Pro Wrestling

• JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #353 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010^[3]

• Thunder Zone Wrestling

• TZW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• USA Xtreme Wrestling

• UXW Xtreme Championship (1 time, current)

References

1. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - March 2002". onlineworldofwrestling.com. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/other/2002-03.html. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "CZW title history". CZWrestling.com. http://www.czwrestling.com/titlehistory/. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
3. ^ ""PWI 500": 301–400". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2010-07-27. http://prowrestlingillustrated.blogspot.com/2010/07/pwi-500-301-400.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 

External links

Professional wrestling portal

• Online World of Wrestling profile
• Cagematch profile (German)

Persondata
Name	Berk, Nick
Alternative names	Berk, Nicholas K.; Benz, Nicky
Short description	professional wrestler
Date of birth	May 11, 1980
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death
Place of death