Crist Brothers | |
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![]() Dave (left) and Jake (right) in February 2019 | |
Birth name | David Crist Jr. (Dave) John Crist (Jake) |
Born | New Carlisle, Ohio, U.S.[1][2] |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | The Crist Brothers The Flying Mendoza Brothers The Irish Airborne Lotus and Crazy J Ohio Is 4 Killers[3][4] Ohio Versus Everything The Ring Rydas |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) – Dave 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) – Jake |
Billed weight | 393 lb (178 kg) 198 lb (90 kg) – Dave 195 lb (88 kg) – Jake |
Billed from | Dayton, Ohio Dublin, Ohio Southwest Detroit |
Trained by | Bill Kovaleski Matt Stryker |
Debut | 2003 |
Retired | 2020 |
The Crist Brothers were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers David Crist Jr. and John Crist, who are best known by their ring names Dave Crist and Jake Crist. They are best known for their time with Impact Wrestling where Jake was a one-time Impact X Division Champion.
For much of their career, they wrestled on the Midwest independent circuit, most notably for the Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) as The Irish Airborne, where they won the HWA Tag Team Championship a record six times. They also wrestled for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Chikara, IWA Mid-South (IWA MS), and Ring of Honor (ROH), as well as Canadian promotions, Far North Wrestling (FNW) and UWA Hardcore Wrestling (UWA). After years of being The Irish Airborne, they changed their name to Ohio Is 4 Killers (OI4K). The team also competed for Juggalo Championship Wrestling as The Ring Rydas, where they are former JCW Tag Team Champions. They are also known for their time in Impact Wrestling, where they are one-time Impact World Tag Team Champions.