Doug Basham Lyle Douglas " Doug " Basham , Jr . ( May 12 , 1972 ) is an American professional wrestler , He is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) between 2002 and 2007 , and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) under the ring name Basham in 2007 . Career . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 1990s , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 ) . Before being called up to WWE ' s main roster Basham competed in its developmental territory , Ohio Valley Wrestling . Basham is the nephew of OVW founder Danny Davis . Basham was a top fan favorite in the company winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship on a number of occasions . Basham turned villainous and was involved in a unique storyline that saw him compete under a mask as Machine . The story was that Basham and his real - life uncle and trainer Danny Davis had a falling out which led to Basham quitting the wrestling business . However , as his uncle ' s other OVW - trained superstars like Nick Dinsmore , Rob Conway and Damaja began getting opportunities to wrestle on WWE television and become contracted talents , Basham grew resentful and resurfaced as the masked Machine to spoil the opportunities for the other men Davis had trained . Dinsmore would go on to defeat The Machine in a Retirement versus Mask match at the Last Dance on June 27 , 2001 , and unmask Machine as Doug Basham . Basham went on to create the Revolution faction and feuded with OVW ' s top stars . Basham signed a WWE development contract in April 2002 and was soon signed to SmackDown ! in May 2003 . In OVW Doug took credit for The Basham Brothers gimmick as his way of getting back at Danny a . k . a . Damaja . The two took part in an epic final encounter which saw Revolution members ( including Johnny Spade , Mark Magnus , and Rob Conway ) handcuffed to Damaja ' s allies ( including Nick Dinsmore and Johnny Jeter ) with Matt Morgan on the entrance ramp to prevent any more run - ins . Damaja was victorious leading to Doug being forced out of OVW . After the match , Doug disbanded Revolution causing the members to attack him and Damaja running back into the ring armed with a Louisville Slugger to make the save . Doug then embraced former partner Damaja and his uncle OVW owner Danny Davis , before going to the back shaking hands with the OVW fans thus making him a face . After disappearing from WWE TV in September 2005 , Doug would return to OVW under a new gimmick ; " The Superstar of Superstars . " At this time , he came out to the ring using the Superman theme before signing a new deal with WWE in April 2006 . On March 7 , 2007 The Basham Brothers returned to OVW and defeated Wyatt Young and Mike Tolar in a dark match . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2002 - 2007 ) . With WWE impressed by his in - ring ability , Doug received numerous try - out matches in late 2002 and early 2003 against opponents such as Mark Jindrak , Charlie Haas , Lenny Lane , Val Venis , Nathan Jones , Redd Dogg , Nova , Johnny Jeter , Horshu , Shannon Moore , and Billy Kidman . He also teamed with the likes of Damaja , Sean O ' Haire , and Bull Buchanan . Basham made his official debut on the May 29 , 2003 episode of SmackDown ! as one - half of the tag team , The Basham Brothers with his tag partner Danny Basham . The Basham Brothers debuted as a team on May 29 and defeated the team of Rikishi and Brian Kendrick . The Basham Brothers were later joined by Shaniqua . They were given a bondage - based S & M gimmick and won their first WWE Tag Team Championship from Los Guerreros on the October 23 edition of SmackDown ! . The team would go on to lose the titles on the February 5 , 2004 episode of SmackDown ! to Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty . On February 15 at No Way Out , The Basham Brothers and Shaniqua faced Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi in a handicap match and lost when Shaniqua was pinned by Rikishi . The Basham Brothers would go on to lose their manager Shaniqua when she was sent to OVW for training not long after No Way Out . For the next few months the Basham Brothers were regulars on WWE Velocity and appeared on a few occasions on SmackDown ! generally losing . The Bashams were given a one - off television appearance on SmackDown as part of the Tough Enough IV qualifiers . The remaining contestants received 30 seconds each to retrieve a flag from the far corner of the ring . Anyone who succeeded within the time limit would be immune from elimination until the next round . However , the Bashams were the obstacles that were put in place to prevent the challengers from reaching the flag . The Bashams managed to resist all seven finalists consecutively . They also teased hot favorite Daniel Puder by letting him get within 1 inch of the flag in his final seconds of his turn . ( Puder had become the hot favorite one week earlier when he almost defeated a fresh Kurt Angle in a real wrestling match in seconds immediately after 3 hours of circuit training specifically designed to wear the contestants out ) . Impressed by their performance , the tag team were given a push . The Basham Brothers would go on to join John " Bradshaw " Layfield ' s Cabinet faction on November 25 and became known as JBL ' s Co - Secretaries of Defense . Their role was often to sacrifice themselves to prevent Layfield from getting harmed after he had provoked an opponent . The Bashams would once again win Tag Team gold defeating the teams of Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam , Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak , and Eddie Guerrero and Booker T in a four - way elimination match in January 2005 . The Basham Brothers lost the titles to Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero at No Way Out on February 20 . The Bashams would then win sporadically on SmackDown ! or defeat any teams that they faced on Velocity . The Basham Brothers quit Layfield ' s Cabinet on the June 16 , 2005 episode of SmackDown ! , claiming that they were tired of being " JBL ' s crash test dummies " and not getting enough respect . On June 30 , Danny became one of the last minute trades in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery , which saw him jump from SmackDown ! over to WWE Raw . This left both men in singles competition in WWE on different brands . Basham would return to TV on the August 27 edition of Velocity under " The Bash Man " Doug Basham gimmick . The Bash Man came out to the ring wearing sunglasses , a shiny leather vest , and shiny wool pants . Basham continued to work squash matches under this unexplained gimmick sporadically over several months . While disappearing off WWE TV , Basham would return to OVW for several stints before signing a new deal with WWE in April 2006 . Both Basham and Danny would reunite in WWE ' s revived ECW brand during July 2006 at several house shows before becoming on - screen unnamed masked " Security Enforcers " for ECW leader Paul Heyman . When Danny was injured with a torn biceps , he was replaced by Derek Neikirk , who continued Danny ' s role as the second masked enforcer . The Security Team ' s existence came into question after Heyman was removed from WWE television . The team stayed to compete in one handicap match against Bobby Lashley before disappearing from television themselves . On January 19 , 2007 , Basham was released by WWE along with a number of other wrestlers . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2007 ) . Doug Basham or simply Basham and Danny Basham ( now known as Damaja ) debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on the May 10 episode of TNA Impact ! . They were subsequently revealed to be allies of Christy Hemme , and at Sacrifice , Basham and Damaja defeated Hemme ' s rivals Kip James and Lance Hoyt in a tag team match . On August 15 , Basham along with Damaja left TNA wrestling . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2008 - 2009 ) . Basham returned to OVW and defeated JD Michaels with Al Barone by disqualification , due to Barone getting involved . Doug Basham continues to work sporadically at OVW events , and other independent professional wrestling organizations . He is now wrestling for IWA in Puerto Rico along with Damaja .