Cassidy Riley Cassidy O ' Reilly ( November 21 , 1976 ) is an American professional wrestler , also known as Cassidy Reilly , Cassidy O ' Riley , Kassidy James and Cassidy Riley best known for his work with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment and Global Force Wrestling . Early career . O ' Reilly began his career in the NWA Mississippi promotion and won the NWA Southern Television Championship on June 5 , 1999 . While holding the title he also worked for the Nashville - based promotion Music City Wrestling . While there he formed a tag team with Air Paris and on August 14 they defeated Ashley Hudson and Corey Williams for the vacant MCW Tag Team Championships . They would eventually split up when Paris got signed to World Championship Wrestling WCW . In 2000 WCW began a talent exchange program with Bert Prentice who was running the promotion that O ' Reilly was working for at the time . O ' Reilly would work in WCW for a year and half . Alongside James Storm and Chris Harris , He became a member of " R & B Security " , which were a group of jobbers who were billed as the bodyguards of Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff . They would be involved with one - sided confrontations with the bigger stars of Nitro and Thunder . The only time O ' Reilly would make an appearance on the big stage was at the start of the Mike Awesome and DDP as a medic in the back of the ambulance . TNA . O ' Reilly formed a new tag team with Chase Stevens known as " The Hotshots " . The Hotshots worked in Nashville before appearing with the fledgling NWA : TNA promotion in July 2002 , when they were signed to full - time contracts . Following a feud with America ' s Most Wanted , the team split in October 2002 when O ' Reilly left TNA due to travel problems , returning to Louisiana and taking a hiatus from wrestling . O ' Reilly returned to TNA in 2004 as " Cassidy Riley " , with his earlier appearances never acknowledged by the promotion . He was booked as a fan favorite underdog who regularly lost to physically more powerful villains . Riley faced Raven on the January 21 , 2005 episode of " TNA Impact ! " , and was promptly squashed , with Raven passing on several chances to pin him before finally pinning Riley and then casually breaking two of his fingers after the match . Riley was saved by Dustin Rhodes , who he subsequently developed an onscreen friendship with . Riley teamed with Rhodes on several occasions until Rhodes left the company , then resumed his singles career . On July 8 , 2005 , Riley was squashed by the number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , Abyss . After Abyss continued to attack O ' Reilly after pinning him , Raven ( the reigning champion ) ran to ringside and attacked Abyss , but was overpowered . The following week , Riley thanked Raven and told him that he would be there if Raven needed him . On July 17 at TNA No Surrender 2005 , Riley was seen in the audience dressed in Raven ' s signature " grunge " style . His continued emulation of Raven ' s dress style and mannerisms made him a target for Raven ' s enemies , Jeff Jarrett and Rhino , who attacked him on the July 29 episode of " Impact ! " . Raven interrupted the proceedings , however , and spared Riley a piledriver at the hands of Rhino . At TNA Sacrifice 2005 on August 14 , Riley interfered in the main event tag team match , preventing Jeff Jarrett from hitting Raven with a guitar . At TNA Unbreakable on September 11 , he faced Jerrelle Clark in a free - for - all match which ended in an abrupt draw when Monty Brown entered the ring and attacked both men . Later that night , Riley attempted to help Raven during his NWA World Heavyweight Championship title match with Rhino , but inadvertently distracted the referee just as Raven went for a pinfall . In the weeks prior to Bound for Glory pay - per - view , Raven appeared to accept Riley as his follower . On the Saturday prior to Bound For Glory , Riley appeared on " Impact ! " and stated that Raven would be attending the event . The following evening , he accompanied Raven to the ring for his confrontation with Rhino , and was Gored twice by Rhino as security attempted to separate Raven and Rhino . On the December 4 episode of " Impact ! " Raven was booked in a three - on - one handicap " House of Fun " match against all three members of the Diamonds in the Rough - Simon Diamond , David Young , and Elix Skipper . This was part of Larry Zbyszko ' s personal crusade to convince Raven to sign his release from TNA . Raven was heavily beaten for several minutes before Riley came to his aid , and held off the Diamonds in the Rough for a few moments . Eventually , the numbers overwhelmed him , but he had given Raven an opening that enabled him to take control of the match momentarily . Ultimately , however , Raven was defeated . Riley continued to aid Raven until Zbyszko finally managed to oust him from the promotion at TNA Final Resolution 2006 on January 15 . Riley came to the ring and remonstrated with Zbyszko until Raven signalled for him to drop the issue and left the building . Riley departed from TNA in early 2007 . WWE . O ' Reilly made his first appearance on WWE television as a jobber on the ECW brand where , as Cassidy Riley , he was defeated by fellow TNA alumnus Marcus Cor Von ( formerly TNA ' s Monty Brown ) on January 16 , 2007 . Two nights later , it was announced that he had signed a developmental contract with WWE and would be reporting to Ohio Valley Wrestling . On March 20 , 2007 , O ' Reilly was on ECW again , he lost to Snitsky . On May 5 , 2007 O ' Reilly appeared in his first OVW match as his new gimmick as Kassidy James , the little brother of OVW / WWE wrestler K . C . James . On June 29 , 2007 The James Boys defeated the Major Brothers to re - capture the OVW Southern Tag Team Championships . They then lost the belts on August 1 to the team of T . J . Dalton and Jamin Olivencia . On August 24 , they regained the titles , defeating Olivencia in a handicap match . After again losing the titles to Steve Lewington and Chet the Jet on September 5 , they regained the titles for the fourth time three weeks later . He was released from the WWE along with five other developmental wrestlers on February 4 , 2008 . Global Force Wrestling ( 2015 – present ) . On May 11 , 2015 , Riley was announced as part of the roster of the Global Force Wrestling ( GFW ) promotion . Personal life . Cassidy grew up in Oak Grove , Louisiana .