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Nick Kelly's beginning in this sport was anything but glamorous. It was countless hours of training in some of the darkest and most dingy gyms ever seen. No expenses were spared, as Flair paid for the best. When the time came for Nick to learn the power game, Mike Higginbottom, formerly Road Warrior Hawk, was brought in. For the scientific aspects, long time Flair friend and adversary, Ricky Steamboat was chosen. But for the mind games, and the psycological aspects no one knew more than the Nature Boy himself, and he added the help of his longtime friend, Arn Anderson. The problem they began to have, however, was that Nick Kelly was learning way too fast. They couldn't keep up with him anymore. They couldn't wait any longer, it was time to debut this young man into the world of Professional Wrestling. They didn't want to toss him to the wolves first time out, so instead, it was a six man tag match pitting Flair, Anderson, and Nick Kelly against Dustin Rhodes, Kendall Windham, and another youngster named Paul Roma, himself a future Horseman. It was only about 4 minutes into the match when Kelly begged to be tagged in. What happened next was more than even Flair himself could have imagined. Kelly beat Windham down in the corner with lefts and rights. He then proceeded to Irish Whip Kendall into his own corner where he was able to tag in Dustin Rhodes. Immediately, Nick Kelly bounced off the ropes and as Dustin ducked his head to step into the ring, he was met immediately by a spinning neck breaker. Kelly slowly walked across the ring and stood in a neutral corner. Very reluctantly, Paul Roma tagged in the match. He made his way to the center of the ring, and there he was met by Nick Kelly's outstretched hand. Roma slowly went to accept the seeming sign of friendship, but at the last second, Nick pulled slightly back then gave a quick knife-edge jab to Roma's throat, causing Roma to fall to one knee. Nick reached down and stood Roma back up. He grabbed Roma's arm in a pump-handle type position and then turned and looked at Flair with a "Watch This" kind of glance. In one fluid motion, he lifted the man way into the air before slamming him hard to the mat, himself also falling to the mat to add to the already devestating impact. Flair's eyes open wide in both pride, and what also might have been read as fear. Had Flair unleashed an uncontrolable beast? Only time would tell. The pin was academic, as Nick covered him with a textbook cover, even going so far as to hook the legs. Flair, Anderson, and Kelly raised their arms in victory. Flair offered Nick Kelly a position within his about to be reformed version of the Horsemen. Nick Kelly declined his mentors offer saying he had to find his own way from here on out, but would owe Flair a major favor for the lesson and the opportunity Flair gave him. Ironically, Paul Roma was the man to take the available slot, and for the Horsemen, the rest was history. But for Nick Kelly, history was about to be written.

Nick set out onto the independant scene to make a name for himself. He took on the monnicker of "All Natural" Nick Kelly in honor of his mentor, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. After winning various independant titles, Nick Kelly had finally found his nitche in life. After an independant card, Nick Kelly was approached by a man promising him a bright future in this business. A new federation had formed to challenge the big 3 of WCW, WWF, and at the time, ECW. This federation was known as Xtreme Championship Wrestling, or the XCW. The man he was chatting with was XCW Vice President Ricketts, who set up a meeting with one of the most influential Commissioner's and Presidents in the business, President Hall of the XCW. After lengthy discussions with the XCW offices, Nick Kelly once again sought the advice of Ric Flair. In response to the questions, Flair told Kelly his destiny was written for him well before that chance meeting outside the Chicago Stadium, and that he had what it took to be the best in this game. Nick Kelly signed that contract with XCW, and his legacy has been thusfar amazing with his holding of the XCW Hardcore, United States, North American, and Television titles all within 6 months of being there. Nick then went on to become the single most dominant XCW World Champion of all time. But the legacy was only beginning. A few months later, Nick Kelly won the XCW World Title in a three way dance and continued to hold it until the day the federation drew to a close. During those final moments, Nick made his way to a new land, the land of the WFW.

It was in the WFW, that Nick Kelly would set the world on fire by challenging and defeating Anson Drake to become the first ever Unified World Champion, holding both the WFW as well as the XCW World Titles before tossing the defunct XCW's title in the trash as a symbol of its demise. Nick would go on to hold various other titles along his career in the WFW prior to that World title victory, and then, strangly out of the blue, noting personal reasons, Nick Kelly disappeared, and the title was vacated.

But now is the dawning of a new era. Nick Kelly is back and he is back with a vengence. The one time force behind Dangerous Intentions has brought his brand of kicking asses and taking names to the NIWF. I would hate to be the men who stands in his way!