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 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.
[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.
[7] Thunder was defeated by Khan the Warlord in a tournament final in Kernersville, North Carolina, on August 23, 1992, for the then vacant CCWA Heavyweight Championship.
[10] On May 24, 1995, Thunder defeated Buddy Landel in Asheville, North Carolina, to become the Great American Wrestling Federation's inaugural heavyweight champion.
[16] On September 26, 1997, Thunder and Kelly won the NSWA Tag Team Championship from The Heatbreakers (Otis Apollo and Johnny Paradise) in Westland, Michigan.
They held on to the championship for over three months before their defeat by Rhythm and Blues (The Honky Tonk Man and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine) the following year.
[11] He remained champion for nearly a year, defending the title against challengers such as "Ruthless" Roger Anderson,[18] before being deposed by ex-Brotherhood member Boris Dragoff in Louisburg, North Carolina, on November 22, 1997.
[22] On October 18, The Legends defeated Death & Destruction (Frank "The Tank" Parker and "Ruthless" Roger Anderson) for the SSW Tag Team Championship in Mountain City, Tennessee.
A month later, Thunder made his first trip to Japan where he wrestled former mixed martial artist Kohei Sato at Korakuen Hall.
On March 9, 2000, Thunder and James lost to Ricky Harrison and The Iron Cross in Saltville, Virginia, in a match for the SSW Tag Team Championship.
At the first annual Mark Curtis Memorial Weekend of Champions, The Family defeated Harrison and The Iron Cross in a Loser Leaves SSW match.
James and Thunder won the match after special guest referee PJ Sharpe, their former manager, "turned heel" by hitting Harrison with a briefcase from behind and making a fast count.
[28] On October 13, The Family (Thunder, Beau James, Steve Flynn and manager PJ Sharp) defeated The Batten Twins and their allies Ricky Harrison and Scotty Ace in an 8-man tag team match.
On July 14, 2001, Thunder and Hernandez partnered with George Hines to defeat Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Yuto Aijima and Ryuji Hijikata at the Nippon Budokan.
As The Double Iron Sheiks, they scored victories over the teams of Masato Tanaka and Tomoaki Honma, Nobutaka Araya and Kazushi Miyamoto, and Shigeo Okumura and Ryuji Hijikata.
On February 20, The Double Iron Sheiks and Gran Naniwa lost to Mike Barton, Jim Steele and George Hines at the Worker's Sports Center in Iida, Nagano.
Thunder returned to Southern States Wrestling for the Mark Curtis Memorial Weekend of Champions (2003) to team with Beau James (with The Duke) against The Stud Stable (Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden) in the main event.
[1][40][41] On February 2, 2006, Thunder teamed up with James Storm and David Young to wrestle Tracy Smothers, Bobby Houston and Lance Stark at the Ricky Morton Benefit Show.
On November 23, 2006, Thunder and James teamed with Tony Givens to beat Adam York, Ryan Dookie and Thorn at "Thanksgiving Night Spectacular 2006".
[31] Thunder and The Beautiful Blondes (Eddie Golden and Stan Lee) were defeated by Jerry Lawler, Bobby Houston and The Iron Cross at an All Star Wrestling show on June 2, 2007.
[1] In February 2008, Thunder and Wayen Adkins wrestled Eddie and Jimmy Golden (with Stan Lee) at the SSW 17th Anniversary Show.
According to the pre-match stipulation, The Heavenly Bodies' valet Dawn Renae would have her head shaved if the team failed to win the belts.
A veteran of the original Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion, he had attempted to purchase the rights to the name from music producer Rick Rubin.
[47] In December 2012, Thunder and Stan Lee wrestled Deion Johnson and Diandre Jones as part of an anti-bullying event.
[50] On June 16, 2013, Thunder and Cerebus defeated Kid Kash and Stan Lee (with Tasha Simone) at the Brad Armstrong Memorial Show in Knoxville, Tennessee.