Lance Cade

Lance Kurtis McNaught (March 2, 1981 – August 13, 2010) was an American professional wrestler.

He was best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where he performed under the ring names Garrison Cade and Lance Cade.

After being trained by Shawn Michaels, Cade made his debut in 1999 and worked in Japan before being signed to a developmental contract by WWE.

Cade started his wrestling career by becoming a student of Shawn Michaels at the Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy in San Antonio, Texas in 1999.

Cade and fellow wrestler Bryan Danielson went to Japan on December 1, 1999.

They competed in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).

Cade and Danielson worked as a tag team for a while before they went their separate ways; Cade stayed in FMW and faced off against Extreme Championship Wrestling wrestler Balls Mahoney in tag team matches and a three-way dance against another FMW wrestler.

Cade left FMW after he was defeated by Mahoney in a three-way dance on February 25, 2000, also involving Crazy Boy.

After Cade signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), he was sent to Memphis Championship Wrestling in 2001.

During the summer of that same year, he was moved to Les Thatcher's Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA).

Cade quickly formed a tag-team with Surfer Cody Hawk, but the team split after only a few months when Cade joined the World Championship Wrestling camp in HWA's Invasion angle.

Cade aligned with Mike Sanders, a former WCW wrestler.

The downfall of the team came on February 13, 2002, when Lance Cade and Mike Sanders defeated Val Venis and Steve Bradley to win the HWA Tag-Team titles.

Cade and Sanders broke up that very day, and the titles were vacated.

The next week, Cade faced Sanders and defeated him in a singles match, giving Cade the belts.

Cade then chose Steve Bradley to be his new partner.

However, Cade and Bradley had problems defeating WWF competition, as Hugh Morrus and Raven defeated on March 12, 2002, for the titles.

Cade and Bradley, however, won the HWA Tag Titles three days later.

In April 2002, Cade's first HWA tag-team partner returned, as Cody Hawk and the Ice Cream Man defeated Cade and Bradley for the tag-team titles.

Cade and Bradley tried for the next month to get the titles back, even winning a tag team championship contendership match to get another shot, but never managed to get the titles back.

On May 19, 2002, Cade defeated Johnny the Bull to become the HWA Heavyweight Champion.

Cade defended the title for 2 months before Johnny the Bull won the title back on July 20.

On the same night, however, Cade defeated Johnny in a second match, becoming the 2-time Heavyweight Champion.

This reign lasted only one day, as Cade, lost his title to Cody Hawk.

During the summer of 2002, the HWA was dropped as a developmental territory by the renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), but Cade was transferred over to WWE's main developmental company, Ohio Valley Wrestling when he signed a developmental contract in 2003.

Cade continued to search for a strong tag-team partner to work with.

He found René Duprée and both joined Kenny Bolin's Bolin Services.

The two worked as a tag-team throughout most of their stay in OVW.

He was assigned to Memphis Championship Wrestling, and later Heartland Wrestling Association, before ending up in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in 2003.

In OVW, he formed a tag team with Mark Jindrak, and they were promoted to the Raw brand in June 2003.

In the OVW Tag Team Championship Tournament contested in February/March 2003, Cade and Duprée defeated Matt Morgan and BJ Payne, but could not beat the Disciples of Synn in the finals.

Cade and Duprée had another shot at Spring Break-Out 2003, but the current champions at the time were WWE regulars The APA, and Cade and Duprée could not overcome the odds.

Mark Jindrak later joined Bolin Services.

Duprée appeared in WWE only a few weeks after their title shot.

Cade continued tagging with Mark Jindrak, but was promoted to the Raw brand in June 2003 under the name, Garrison Cade.

In 2004, the team split up, and Cade took time off after a knee injury, before returning to Raw with new tag partner Trevor Murdoch.

The pair teamed together for almost three years before they broke up in May 2008.

Cade then entered a storyline with Chris Jericho and Michaels, however, he was released in October 2008.

Cade was a three-time World Tag Team Champion with Murdoch in WWE and has also held the HWA Heavyweight Championship and HWA Tag Team Championship with both Steve Bradley and Mike Sanders.

He was a one-time TWA Television Champion in the Texas Wrestling Alliance.