K. C. Thunder

Kasey Geyer (born August 31, 1965),^[2][4][5] also known by the ring name K. C. Thunder, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. He was one of the top "heel" performers in the Southern United States during the 1990s. Geyer is perhaps best known for his tenure in Southern States Wrestling where he is a former SSW Heavyweight Champion and a five-time SSW Tag Team Champion with real-life cousins Beau James and Steve Flynn. He was also a member of Count Grog's stable "The Brotherhood" in Southern Championship Wrestling and was the promotion's first-ever SCW North Carolina Champion.^[3]

He also had a notable career in the Midwestern United States during the mid-to-late 1990s. Geyer wrestled for Al Snow's Global Wrestling Alliance promotion in Lima, Ohio, from 1996 to 1998. He eventually became of one of the GWA's biggest stars and was among its last heavyweight champions before the company folded.^[6] Additionally, Geyer was part of The Wild Bunch with "Machine Gun" Mike Kelly and together won the tag team championship in the Northern States Wrestling Alliance during this period.^[3]

From 2001 to 2002, Geyer and Shawn Hernandez wrestled as The Double Iron Sheiks in All Japan Pro Wrestling. An alumnus of Smoky Mountain Wrestling, Geyer appeared for NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the mid-2000s. In 2008, Geyer and Eddie Golden teamed as the fourth incarnation of The Heavenly Bodies. Geyer also operated the short-lived Smoky Mountain Championship Wrestling where he and Bobby Eaton trained several wrestlers.