Shad Gaspard
Shad Gaspard (January 13, 1981 – May 17, 2020) was an American professional wrestler and actor. He was best known for his time with WWE, where he teamed with his partner JTG as a member of Cryme Tyme under his real name.[4]
After departing WWE in 2010, Gaspard pursued an acting career that included several films and television roles such as Think Like a Man Too, Get Hard, The Game, and From Dusk till Dawn: The Series. He was also the co-creator of the 2011 graphic novel Assassin & Son.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Gaspard was of Haitian and Curaçaoan descent. His father, Ben Gaspard, was a former enforcer for street gangs and then a personal security guard in the early 1970s; he worked for gangster Frank Lucas and currently owns McFay Contracting Inc. Shad is the third of six siblings.[citation needed]
At age 5, Shad was trained by his father in boxing, and at age eight he began training in a mixture of different martial arts such as Judo, Jeet Kune Do, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai. As a student, Gaspard quickly developed into an aggressive fighter, winning many fight tournaments as an amateur. His mother, Ingrid Chittick, gave him the nickname “Beast” as a result of his aggressiveness. At age sixteen, Gaspard began prize fighting for promoter Hardbody Harrison, a former World Championship Wrestling wrestler and FX Tough Man Champion, in bar fighting tournaments such as boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts (MMA), and tough man competitions. Even though Gaspard was only sixteen years old, he competed against adults who were older than he was by five to twenty years, due to his large size. Gaspard holds win-loss records as a No Holds Barred fighter (35–7) and an amateur boxer (57–26).[citation needed]
Gaspard was extensively involved in athletics during his high school years, specializing in wrestling, track, and basketball.[5] After high school, he continued to play basketball at Georgia Perimeter College, and after leaving, he became a bodyguard for several rappers and actors, including pop star Britney Spears, Puff Daddy, and Mike Tyson
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