Casey Kage
Casey Stanfield (born October 25, 1985) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ringname Casey Kage.
Georgia
Stanfield began training in 2003 under former NWA Wildside star Big Henry Hoss. He had his first match in Georgia on June 14, 2003 for RCW, this is where he met Jess Wade and Shane Williams who furthered his training. Shortly after Stanfield began with the company, Scott Prater bought and renamed the company the Championship Wrestling Alliance. Stanfield held every title in the CWA, the first being the Cruiserweight title by defeating CC Devline in July 2003. Stanfield also formed a very successful tag team with Matt Jordan known as "The Prodigal Sons" and they would go on to hold the CWA tag team titles on two different occasions.
Creating the Chaos Wrestling Federation
Stanfield and his longtime best friend Joey AKA Jay West began their own company in January 2003 before they were fully trained and involved in the wrestling business. They did not hold their first professional event until October 2004 (Disturbance 2). This event was held at the National Guard Armory in Cleveland,TN with over 250 fans in attendance.
USA Championship Wrestling
After more than a year working for CWA and other southern independents, Stanfield sent out his contact information to other wrestling promoters in an attempt to expand his career. Bert Prentice, the owner of USA Championship Wrestling (formerly Music City Wrestling a WCW development territory) out of Nashville,TN agreed to give him a tryout match in January 2005. USACW had produced many young talents for World Championship Wrestling , World Wrestling Entertainment, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling such as Chase Stevens, Chris Harris, James Storm, Andy Douglas, Cassidy Riley, Air Paris, and many others. Before getting a break, Stanfield was used in undercard matches on Nashville television and also brought in Matt Jordan to reform the "Prodigal Sons" on one occasion. Stanfield was turned heel and became known as the "Ultimate Entertainer" which was similar to the early 90's Jeff Jarrett gimmick in the WWF. Stanfield's "Ultimate Entertainer" gimmick took off and he would become a top heel within the company feuding with the likes of Cassidy Riley and Brandon West over the number one contendership to the USACW Heavyweight title. In an attempt to get the Chattanooga television program off the ground, USACW went on the road holding Rock City Rumble 1 & 2 at the Camp Jordan Arena in East Ridge,TN. At Rock City Rumble 1, Stanfield defeated Jeff Bowman in the opening contest and then defeated Hammerjack the next month at Rock City Rumble 2. After the Chattanooga TV program was lost, USACW went back to just promoting around the Nashville area. In 2006, USACW stopped airing its weekly Nashville television program and began only doing house shows. Stanfield appeared on and off and soon disappeared from the company.
World Wrestling Entertainment
Stanfield was used on WWE's Raw brand in 2005, but did not appear on television and was never signed to a contract.
National Wrestling Alliance
After leaving USACW, Stanfield dropped the Ultimate Entertainer persona and briefly appeared for Prentice’s rival company, the United States Wrestling Organization owned by Tony Faulk. He then took a leave from Nashville wrestling and moved back to his hometown of Cleveland, TN. While at a Georgia independent show he met Ted Allen (trainer of Arn Anderson), who he soon began traveling with and working for many different promotions, mainly in the southeastern United States.
Stanfield had worked for many different NWA territories but it wasn't until he was called back to the Nashville area to work for Mike Sircy’s NWA Top-Rope promotion that he would receive his greatest NWA push yet. Stanfield was brought into NWA Top-Rope along with manager Jay West to feud with Kory Williams for the NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship, he would go on to defeat Williams in a Texas Bullrope Match for the title on September 30, 2006. Stanfield defended the title on NWA television and all over the southeast for about four months before having a falling out with promoter Mike Sircy and leaving the company in 2007. During his time at NWA Top-Rope, the alias "Mr. Controversy" would be added to his list of many nicknames. He would go on to appear on other independent wrestling events throughout Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Alabama, and Tennessee until September 2008 when he took time off the road to rehab an ankle injury.
CWF
After nearly six months away, Stanfield would make his in ring return at CWF Disturbance 5 to defeat Johnny Rokk in the finals of the CWF Championship tournament and become a three time champion.
His third title reign would be short-lived, as he would lose the CWF Championship one month later to Johnny Rokk in April 2008.
For the next six months he was involved in a mid-card feud with Paul Dryver over the CWF No Limits Championship. During this time he and manager Jay West would also form the stable "The Mirror Image" (implying that they were a mirror image of the 4 Horsemen). Members include Casey Kage, Brian Rivers, Keith Hart, and Kenneth T. Hamill, with manager Jay West.
Stanfield would not stay out of the CWF Championship picture for long though, he regained the title for the fourth time on October 18, 2008 at CWF Disturbance 6 in Benton,TN.
Personal life
Stanfield and his girlfriend Ashley welcomed their first daughter, MaKaylee Faith Stanfield on February 15, 2008.
Championships & Accomplishments
Chaos Wrestling Federation
CWF Championship (4 times, current)
CWF No Limits Championship (2 times)
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship(1 time)
NWA's Most Promising Wrestler of the Year (2006)
Other Championships
CWA Cruiserweight Championship (6 times)
CWA Tag Team Championship (3 times)
CWA Georgia Championship (1 time)
CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
OSCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
ASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
ASW tag team Championship (2 time)
ARW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
NWCW National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
LCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)