History Wrestling / RecklessYouth

Thomas Carter (born September 18, 1974) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and trainer from Mount Holly, New Jersey who competed from the 1990s until 2010 as Reckless Youth. He was a major figure in the independent scene, competing heavily in the Mid-Atlantic area alongside Wrestling/DevonStorm, Ace Darling and Lance Diamond. Along with Wrestling/MikeQuackenbush, he was one of the founders of Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} in 2002. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/others/na-h.html NWA North American Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/de/ecwa/ecwa-ma.html ECWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/md/mcw/mcw-c.html MCW (Maryland) Cruiserweight Champion]]. He retired in 2007 and presently works as an accountant.

You can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckless_Youth Wikipedia]].

* BadassTeacher: He was one of the original trainers at the CHIKARA Wrestle Factory, and helped train Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}}, Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}, Wrestling/GranAkuma and Wrestling/{{Icarus|Wrestling}}, among others.

* ItAmusedMe: The main event of ''CHIKARA The Second Show'', May 31, 2002, was the Black T-Shirt Squad (Quack/Reckless/Montoya) vs. the Night Shift (Wrestling/BlindRage[=/=]Hallowicked/Ichabod Slayne [Icarus]), which is the second disc in the two-DVD set ''CHIKARA The Renaissance Dawns''. At one point, Reckless is doing the waterpump spot to Hallowicked's arm. On the DVD Commentary track, Quackenbush noted that sometimes Reckless did things to entertain the fans and sometimes he did things to entertain himself.

* BashBrothers: Mike Quackenbush, Don Montoya

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite being one of CHIKARA's Founding Fathers, he is not listed on the Past Stars of CHIKARA page on CHIKARA's web site.

* TagTeam:
** Wizards in the Air, with Ace Darling
** The East Coast Invasion, with "Dirty" Don Montoya and Lance Diamond
** The New Freebirds, with Don Montoya and Pablo Marquez
** The Black T-Shirt Squad, with Mike Quackenbush and Don Montoya

* TonightInThisVeryRing: After the Night Shift defeated the Black T-Shirt Squad at ''The Second Show'' (see It Amused Me above), the Squad tried to continue the fight. That ended when it was announced that the Athletic Commission wouldn't let them continue the show past a certain time. Reckless announced that next week, in that very ring, they would face the Night Shift in singles matches.
* TournamentArc: He won several, including Jersey Championship Wrestling's ''Jersey J-Cup 2002'', Maryland Championship Wrestling's ''Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2002'', NWA Florida's ''Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup 2003'' and ''HCW Incredible 8 2003''

* BadassTeacher: He was one of the original trainers at the CHIKARA Wrestle Factory, and helped train Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}}, Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}, Wrestling/GranAkuma and Icarus, among others.

* BadassTeacher: He was one of the original trainers at the CHIKARA Wrestle Factory, and helped train Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}}, Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}, Gran Akuma and Icarus, among others.

Tom Carter is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and trainer from Mount Holly, New Jersey who competed from the 1990s until 2010 as Reckless Youth. He was a major figure in the independent scene, competing heavily in the Mid-Atlantic area alongside Wrestling/DevonStorm, Ace Darling and Lance Diamond. Along with Wrestling/MikeQuackenbush, he was one of the founders of Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} in 2002. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/others/na-h.html NWA North American Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/de/ecwa/ecwa-ma.html ECWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/md/mcw/mcw-c.html MCW (Maryland) Cruiserweight Champion]]. He retired in 2007 and presently works as an accountant.

!!!"Reckless Tropes":

* ItAmusedMe: The main event of ''CHIKARA The Second Show'', May 31, 2002, was the Black T-Shirt Squad (Quack/Reckless/Montoya) vs. the Night Shift (Blind Rage/Hallowicked/Ichabod Slayne [Icarus]), which is the second disc in the two-DVD set ''CHIKARA The Renaissance Dawns''. At one point, Reckless is doing the waterpump spot to Hallowicked's arm. On the DVD Commentary track, Quackenbush noted that sometimes Reckless did things to entertain the fans and sometimes he did things to entertain himself.

You can find the basics at Wikipedia.