Bradley Cain

Early life

After graduating from Eastern Randolph High School, During his time in college, Cain was both a member of the United States Army Reserve, serving as an operating room specialist, and a bodybuilder.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1997)

In 1997, Cain trained as a wrestler under Extreme Championship Wrestling alumnus C. W. Anderson. He debuted later that year, and began wrestling on the independent circuit either as a singles competitor or with his roommate Curtis White, who competed under the ring name Toad, as the tag team Dangerous Minds.

World Championship Wrestling (1997–2000)

The Flock (1997–1998)

Lodi was a friend of Raven who helped him get a contract with WCW. After being signed by World Championship Wrestling, Cain began training in their Power Plant wrestling school. Lodi disappeared from WCW television several months later after suffering a fractured ankle in a match against Psicosis. Upon his return, Lodi would become involved in the feud between Saturn and Raven. Lodi defeated Saturn in a match on WCW Thunder thanks to Kanyon, which then meant Saturn had to be Lodi's personal assistant till the PPV. After weeks of making a mockery of Saturn, The Flock disbanded at the September 13, 1998 Fall Brawl when Perry Saturn defeated Raven to win the freedom of the Flock. It is rumored that the bad press caused by the incident was a determining factor in the firing of Eric Bischoff as vice president of WCW by Ted Turner.

After the hiatus, Lane and Lodi returned to television under the team name Standards and Practices with Miss Hancock as their manager. The name was intended to lampoon the censorship of TNT. Cain then continued to wrestle sporadically through the next few years before joining NWA Charlotte in 2009. In addition to commentating, Cain also began wrestling for the territory under his Lodi ring name, most notably against Raven while also competing in title matches for the territory's United States and Heavyweight Championships. Cain remained with the territory until its closing on July 3. Following NWA Charlotte's closure, Cain took another hiatus from wrestling.

Late career (2012–present)

He returned to wrestling on July 6, 2012, under his Lodi ring name, where he defeated Reid Flair in a match for Premiere Wrestling Xperience.

On November 2, 2014, Lodi and Sick Boy reunited to win the WrestleForce Tag Team Championship from The Bravado Brothers. The Folk lost the titles against The Bravado Brothers on February 8, 2015.

In 2015, Lodi has signed on to teach at a new wrestling school that is being set up by Chris Sore which runs the promotion Prowrestling NOW out of Fayetteville and Concord, North Carolina.

On September 15, 2017, at Palmetto Championship Wrestling in Columbia, SC, Lodi announced his recent third neck surgery has caused doctors to say he would never wrestle again, however, he told the crowd "Never say Never."

Lodi also spent time in the formerly named Christian Wrestling Federation (now Ephesians Pro Wrestling), in Rockwall Texas, a suburb of Dallas, before parting ways with the organization.

Lodi currently wrestles for Ring Wars Carolina and independent Christian Wrestling Federation. RWC is based out of Lumberton, North Carolina. In Lodi's RWC debut, He entered the inaugural RWC Television Championship tournament where he faced a student of his “Flex Appeal” Wrestling School name Ray-Mo. He would go on to make it to the finals in a losing effort against the Caribbean Tiger. On June 19, 2021, Lodi re-United with Sick Boy to take on the Extreme Horsemen, Consisting of CW Anderson and Preston Quinn.

Lodi made his debut appearance For Shockwave Wrestling Entertainment,(an east coast promotion based in North Carolina) as a special guest tag team partner in their anniversary show.

Personal life

Despite portraying homosexuals on television, Cain describes himself and his former tag team partner Lenny as "pretty much straight as nails." He refers to his fans as "Lodettes" and "Lodites".

In addition to wrestling, Cain is a personal fitness trainer, and operates a studio named Your FLEX Appeal in Charlotte, North Carolina. On May 17, 2004, Cain lost a number of personal possessions when his apartment building burned down.

In November 2005, Cain's first novel, Perfect, was published by Dog Ear Publishing.

Lodi is a born-again Christian and often uses his wrestling appearances to share his testimony.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Xtreme World Wrestling
  • XWW Television Championship (2 time)
  • AIWF Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
  • AIWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WrestleForce
  • WrestleForce Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Sick Boy
  • Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling<sup>1</sup>
  • NWA Mid-Atlantic Hardcore Championship (1 time)
  • Renegade Wrestling Alliance
  • RWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Tarheel Wrestling Entertainment
  • TWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

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Bibliography

  • Perfect (2005)

See also

  • Raven's Flock
  • The West Hollywood Blondes

References

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