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Danny Basham

Also known as Damaja, Danny Holiday, Private Security Force #2

Personal Data

Birthday:

03.10.1977

Birthplace:

Seymour, Indiana, USA

Gender:

male

Height:

6' 3" (190 cm)

Weight:

249 lbs (113 kg)

Background in sports:

Football, Basketball

Career Data

Alter egos:

Danny Basham
a.k.a. Damaja
Danny Holiday
Private Security Force #2

Roles:

Singles Wrestler
Tag Team Wrestler
On-Air Official

Beginning of in-ring career:

1998

End of in-ring career:

2008

In-ring experience:

10 years

Wrestling style:

Technician, Brawler, Martial Arts

Trainer:

Danny Davis & Doug Basham

Signature moves:

Brain Damage

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Current Total Rating (?)

Valid votes: 107

Number of comments: 15

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Average rating: 4.15 [107]

Average rating in 2026: 4.00 [1]

Average rating in 2025: 6.00 [2]

Average rating in 2024: 4.00 [5]

Average rating in 2023: 4.50 [6]

Average rating in 2022: 4.00 [4]

Average rating in 2021: 4.00 [2]

Average rating in 2020: 3.33 [3]

Average rating in 2019: 4.00 [1]

Average rating in 2018: 4.33 [3]

Average rating in 2017: 5.00 [1]

Average rating in 2016: 5.00 [3]

Average rating in 2015: 4.25 [4]

Average rating in 2014: 3.00 [1]

Average rating in 2013: 4.00 [1]

Average rating in 2011: 3.33 [3]

Average rating in 2010: 3.50 [2]

Average rating in 2009: 4.25 [4]

Average rating in 2008: 3.20 [10]

Average rating in 2007: 4.31 [51]

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Latest comments of the CAGEMATCH inmates

dysboat wrote on 26.10.2025:

[9.0] "am i being hyperbolic? i dont know, but i've been watching early 2000s ovw as my latest wrestling obsession and i am now retroactively quite upset at the trajectory of the damaja's career after leaving louisville. was he the absolute greatest wrestler in the world, the second coming of danny hodge in the ring, the second coming of ric flair on the microphone? did he have frank ocean's voice and james brown's stage presence? no, obviously not, but he was a young guy who was very dedicated to his craft, and he could've been a lot more than "danny basham" to the average wrestling fan. watch his ovw stuff!"

Giantfan1980 wrote on 21.05.2023:

[4.0] "Never cared for tag teams of identical twins or guys made to look near identical. Doug and Danny Basham were more or less the Harris Brothers revisited, but probably better in the ring."

Khalid Ace wrote on 21.06.2020:

[2.0] "The Bashams never connected to the fans & they never convinced me in the ring. I think Danny was the worst wrestler in the team however his personality is more appealing than Doug."

DanTalksRasslin wrote on 25.11.2018:

[4.0] "When called up to the WWE main roster, the OVW alum formerly known as "the Damaja" was paired up with Doug Basham and recast as his "brother" Danny Basham. Danny had perhaps a bit more of a power/brawling-based style than his counterpart, and was hampered by a lack of charisma, but made for a solid if not standout tag wrestler."

RatingsMachine wrote on 11.10.2018:

[6.0] "Danny Basham was a decent worker, good enough that he would have been a perfect utility guy. But a terrible gimmick that took away all of his charisma, and he had good charisma, meant that Basham never got the kind of run he should have."

PWC wrote on 20.06.2015:

[2.0] "I remember Jim Cornette being very high on the Basham Brothers in multiple shoot interviews he gave and how the WWE screwed them up but, I never really saw it. They had opportunities with being paired up with JBL in his "Cabinet" and had a lot matches with Eddie Guerrrero and Rey Mysterio and they never really got over and just lacked... something and I don't know what it was and we'll never know."