Trent Acid Michael Verdi ( November 12 , 1980 - June 18 , 2010 ) was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Trent Acid . Trent has worked as a tag team wrestler for most of his career , primarily as part of The Backseat Boyz tag team with Johnny Kashmere , in several independent promotions in America , including Ring of Honor , Pro Wrestling Unplugged , and Combat Zone Wrestling . However , Acid has also worked a singles career with several promotions , including Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Verdi passed away on June 18 , 2010 , due to an apparent overdose . He was 29 years old . Career . Combat Zone Wrestling . Trent Acid is well known for competing in Combat Zone Wrestling . He debuted with CZW in 1999 and competed mostly in singles matches . At the first " Cage of Death " , he teamed with White Lotus to face the Kashmerinoes of Johnny Kashmere and Robbie Mireno . Acid wrestled many matches against Kashmere before teaming up with him to form The Backseat Boyz . The Backseat Boyz became a very successful team and won the CZW Tag Team Championship . While part of this team , Acid still wrestled in the singles division and won the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship three times , competing against the likes of Ruckus and Justice Pain for the title . He also became the second Best of the Best winner by defeating Jody Fleisch in the final match at " Best of the Best 2 " . In September 2003 , Acid won the vacant CZW Iron Man Championship by defeating Nick Gage and Jimmy Rave in a three way match . Around this time , Trent Acid along with Johnny Kashmere joined the Hi - V stable and feuded with Zandig and his ultraviolent team . This feud came to an end at " Cage of Death V " in the Cage of Death match . However , before competing in the Cage of Death match , Acid first had to defend his Iron Man Championship against Jimmy Rave . The match went to a time limit draw with each man scoring one fall , but the match was ordered to restart and Rave won the title . Acid went on to the Cage of Death but was eliminated and his team eventually lost . The Hi - V broke up after this and The Backseat Boyz soon left CZW . Acid returned to CZW later in 2004 and feuded with Teddy Hart and Messiah . He left again shortly after . On June 14 , 2008 , Acid made his return to CZW when he faced World Champion Nick Gage in a non - title match . It was the first time Acid had been seen in a CZW ring since his departure from the company in 2004 . At ' An Eye for an Eye ' - 11 April 2009 , Acid made what is said to be his Full Time return to CZW . It was the main event of the evening as Sami Callihan and Jon Moxley took on Brain Damage and Drake Younger - the lights went out during Sami Callihan cutting a promo & standing behind him was none other than Acid . Acid gave Callihan a Yakuza Kick to the head , he then helped Drake up onto his feet and talked to him for a moment , before shaking hands with him and letting Drake go onto the corner to get his pop . Once Drake got down and turned around , he was also nailed with a Yakuza Kick . Trent then cut a promo about how he was in jail for 10 months and said ' f * * k you ' to anyone who doubts him or hopes bad things happen to him . He then said that he ' s going after Drake and the CZW Title . Ring of Honor . Trent Acid is also known from Ring of Honor . He began his ROH career in 2002 , when he and Johnny Kashmere defeated Homicide and Steve Corino in an interpromotional match between ROH and CZW at the first " Glory By Honor " . The Backseat Boyz would go on to work for ROH permanently . They continued wrestling together and competed in many scramble matches against the likes of The SAT , The Carnage Crew and Special K . However , Acid is perhaps best known from ROH for his feud with Homicide , which featured some classic Fights Without Honor . After this feud , The Backseat Boyz won the ROH Tag Team Championship by defeating Special K in the final round of a gauntlet match for the vacant title . This made The Backseat Boyz the first team to win both the CZW and ROH Tag Team Championships . Acid and Kashmere lost the title to Special K at the next show . Later , Johnny Kashmere would later leave ROH and Acid would continue as a singles wrestler . At " Testing the Limit " ' , he challenged Samoa Joe for the ROH World Championship , but didn ' t win . He was also part of the " Scramble Cage Melee " main event in the scramble cage . Acid had his last ROH match at " Final Battle 2004 " against Jimmy Jacobs . After losing this match , he quit ROH . Pro Wrestling Unplugged . Trent Acid joined Pro Wrestling Unplugged at its inception in 2004 , eventually feuding with Homicide , 2 Cold Scorpio , and Devon Moore over the PWU World Heavyweight Title . Acid made the title a world title when he defended the belt in Mexico . In 2005 , Trent feuded with his old friend and new rival , Hellter Skelter . The feud lasted a few months , starting with Hellter claiming that Trent turned his back on their friendship and made him the evil person he is today . After months of feuding , Acid defeated Skelter in a " Philadelphia Street Fight " match on August 20 , 2005 . The feud continued in 2007 , with Hellter wanting a rematch , and recording disturbing promos on PWU " Surge TV " , calling out Acid and claiming he would " carve [ Acid ' s ] flesh " . Finally on November 23 , 2007 , Acid accepted the rematch and lost to Skelter , who had outside help from former WWE diva Sunny . Acid made his return to PWU , following knee surgery , on March 16 , 2008 , at the event " Haunted " , wrestling Television Champion ZBarr to a time - limit draw . Since the departure of Tod Gordon , and subsequent handoff of sole ownership to tag - team partner Johnny Kashmere , Acid has been named co - owner of the company . Juggalo Championship Wrestling . In 2007 , he appeared in Juggalo Championship Wrestling for Season 1 of " SlamTV ! " . There he competed under the name " Holy " Trent Acid ( self - proclaimed " Savior of JCW " ) , and took the role as one of the main heel s . Trent won the JCW World Heavyweight title from Corporal Robinson at West Side Wars , but lost it to Robinson at East Side Wars inside a steel cage in Philly . Pro Wrestling Syndicate . Trent worked for the new promotion Pro Wrestling Syndicate where he has had matches with Alex Shelley , Human Tornado , Danny Doring , Justin Credible and Sabu . Death . Verdi was found dead June 18 , 2010 at home by his mother . He had a history of heroin use . He was 29 years old .