Caylen Croft

Caylen Croft
Croft in 2009
Birth nameKris Pavone
Born (1980-05-02) May 2, 1980 (age 44)
Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.[1]
Alma materYoungstown State University
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Caylen Croft
Chris Banks
Chris Cage
Chris Pavone
French Man Deux
Billed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Billed weight210 lb (95 kg)[2]
Trained byNightmare Danny Davis
Nick Dinsmore
Debut2001
RetiredNovember 19, 2010

Kris Pavone (born May 2, 1980) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he wrestled under the ring name Caylen Croft. He was one half of the DudeBusters tag team with Trent Barreta.

Pavone debuted in 2001 using the name Chris Cage. After two years on the independent circuit, he signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was assigned to the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) territory. In OVW, he won the Southern Tag Team Championship four times (three times with Tank Toland and once with Mike Mizanin) and the Heavyweight Championship once. He was released from his WWE developmental contract in March 2006 before being re-signed in 2008. He competed for the Florida Championship Wrestling developmental territory, where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice, and debuted for the ECW brand in December 2009.

  1. ^ "Caylen Croft". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference teach was invoked but never defined (see the help page).