David Young David Williams ( August 25 , 1972 ) , better known by his ring name , David Young , is an American professional wrestler . Though he has mainly appeared with NWA Wildside and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , Young has also competed for Ring of Honor , Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and ZERO - ONE . He will also be appearing in All - Japan Pro Wrestling . Career . Williams was a professional wrestling fan from an early age , and announced his intention to become a wrestler to his parents at the age of five . On August 17 , 1989 a seventeen year old Williams attended a wrestling show at which his friend was working as a security guard , and was asked to wrestle . He began training the next day with the Dalton , Georgia - based Mountain Wrestling Federation under Larry Santo , and adopted the ring name " David Young " . NWA Wildside . Young , dubbed " The Messiah of the Spinebuster " , spent his early career in National Championship Wrestling as a singles wrestler before joining the team Body Count with " Heavy Metal " Ric Savage . Young and Savage feuded with Rusty Riddle and Kid Kash for the National Championship Wrestling world tag - team titles . Young stayed with NCW as it grew into NWA Wildside where Young became known as a tag team specialist , teaming with Shane Austin as " The Sex Pistols " . On August 19 , 1999 The Sex Pistols defeated Bart Sawyer and Terry Lawler in Loganville , Georgia for the NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship . On November 4 , Austin was replaced by Rick Michaels , with Young and Michaels naming themselves Bad Attitude . On November 20 , 1999 in Cornelia , Georgia , Young and Michaels lost the Tag Team Championships to The Road Hoggs ( Joe Harley and Pan Head Nelson ) . Bad Attitude continued to pursue the Wildside Tag Team Championships , and on January 11 , 2000 they defeated The Underdogs ( Mark E . Mark and Big Eddie Cool ) for the NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship , which they held until February 19 , when they were defeated by The Rock ' n ' Roll Express . Bad Attitude reclaimed the Tag Team Titles on June 17 in a two out of three falls match , making Young a three time NWA Wildside Tag Team Champion . Bad Attitude set their sights on the World Tag Team Championship , and on August 15 in Tampa , Florida they defeated Curtis Thompson and Jeff Justice for the NWA World Tag Team Championship . As a result , they were stripped of the Wildside Tag Team Championship on August 19 . They held the World Tag Team Championship until February 3 , 2001 , when they lost to Joey Matthews and Christian York in Nashville , Tennessee . Bad Attitude reclaimed the title in their home territory , Cornelia , on February 17 , but soon lost them once more , losing to Dan Factor and David Flair on March 22 in Athens , Georgia . They took the title a third time the next day in Toccoa , Georgia , with what would be their final reign lasting until April 24 , when they lost to The New Heavenly Bodies ( Casanova Chris and Vivacious Vito ) in Tampa . Michaels and Young eventually parted ways in a somewhat acrimonious split , and Michaels went on to win the NWA Wildside ( Georgia ) Heavyweight Championship . During a December 22 , 2001 title defense against A . J . Styles , Young interfered , enabling Styles to pin Michaels and win the belt . This led to a three way dance on March 23 , 2002 at Hardcore Hell 2002 , with Young eventually taking the win and becoming the Wildside Heavyweight Champion . He held the title until June 1 , when he lost to Jason Cross . After Cross retired from wrestling , Adam Jacobs won the vacant title , but failed to appear for an August 3 title defence against John Phoenix . Young , a Wildside mainstay , was substituted into the match , and defeated Phoenix to become a two - time Wildside Heavyweight Championship . He held the belt until September 22 , 2002 when he lost to Edward Chastaine " Iceberg " . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . David Young joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in June 2002 , and wrestled a dark match against Apolo on June 19 , during the match the ring ropes broke , moments prior to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling making their pay per view debut . He worked in TNA as a lower - card heel . On September 24 , 2003 , Young acted as the tag team partner of Simon Diamond when Diamond ' s usual partner , Johnny Swinger , was sidelined with appendicitis . The next week , Young assumed that he was now a member of Glenn Gilberti ' s stable along with Diamond and Swinger , but Gilberti insisted that he first had to " prove himself " by defeating The Sandman . Young lost , and was subsequently beaten down by Gilberti and his clients . The following week , Young earned a spot in the group by helping them defeat the 3Live Kru in a six - man tag match . The stable began to fall apart , and on January 14 , 2004 split into two tag teams ; Gilberti and Young , and Swinger and Diamond . Gilberti and Young went on to feud with the Insane Clown Posse , with Young claiming to be afraid of clowns . Young then began regularly losing his matches , with his losing streak leading Gilberti to turn on him . On August 11 , Young finally broke his losing streak by pinning Gilberti in a " Final Gut Check match " , then left TNA for several months . He returned on December 24 , losing to Abyss . Young appeared sporadically with TNA for several months , and on July 17 at TNA No Surrender 2005 he reforged his alliance with Simon Diamond , who offered to make him " a diamond in the rough " . On February 22 , 2007 , TNA released David Young . Georgia Championship Wrestling . Young joined Georgia Championship Wrestling in mid - 2004 , forming a tag team with Sonny Siaki . Young and Siaki became the first ever GCW Tag Team Champions on July 27 , 2004 in Columbus , Georgia when they defeated John Bogey and Jason Cross . They held the title until October 30 , when they lost to A . J . Steele and Bull Buchanan . Young formed a stable known as " Bad Company " with Bull Buchanan , The Wrestler ( Ted Allen ) , and Sonny Siaki . However , on March 5 , 2005 Buchanan and Young turned on Siaki and accepted the managerial services of Greg Brown . Young then went on to win the GCW Heavyweight Championship from Siaki , and on April 23 he and Buchanan won the GCW Tag Team Championship in a three way tag match . On June 11 , Buchanan teamed with Chris Stevens , the latter of whom replaced Young due to Young being unavailable for the title defense , and Buchanan and Stevens lost the GCW Tag Team Championship to John Bogie and Lee Thomas . Upon returning , Young teamed with Stevens to regain the titles on June 25 . Young lost the GCW Heavyweight Championship to Erik Watts on August 13 , 2005 . In October 2005 , the promotion was renamed Great Championship Wrestling . On December 11 , 2005 , Young regained the GCW Heavyweight Championship from Watts . On January 1 , 2006 , Young and Stevens lost the GCW Tag Team Championships to Watts and Bogie . On April 22 , 2006 , Young lost the GCW Heavyweight Championship to Deathrow . Young also appeared at Georgia Wrestling Promotions teaming with Bill DeMott to take on a hometown team in the main event . The following week he appeared again with DeMott as they went on to lose against Tank and Iceberg the main event . Young continued to work for the company during its transition into " Great Championship Wrestling " , and was featured on top in major feuds with Sonny Siaki and Johnny Swinger . After a bitter rivalry that lasted for three months with Siaki , the two were slated to battle on September 4 at the 2008 Fred Ward Memorial . However , on August 22 , 2008 , Great Championship Wrestling severed ties with Young , ending a long - standing business relationship .