DeReiss Gordon – better known by his

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Man Like DeReiss – is an English

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, currently working as a freelancer. He is best known for his tenure with

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, where he is a former

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and for his promotions with the British independent scene.

Professional wrestling career

British independent circuit (2018–present)

Gordon shared brief or longer tenures with various promotions from the British independent scene such as Attack! Pro Wrestling, One Pro Wrestling, Over the Top Wrestling and many others. At ''RevPro Summer Sizzler 2022'', an event promoted by

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, Gordon competed in an AEW All-Atlantic Championship six-way scramble number one contendership won by Connor Mills and also involving Callum Newman, Ricky Knight Jr., Robbie X and Will Kroos.

Progress Wrestling (2021–present)

Gordon made his debut in

at ''Progress Chapter 104: Natural Progression'' in the 2021 edition of the namesake tournament of

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, where he fell short to

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in the first rounds. During his time with the promotion, Gordon chased for various championships promoted by it. At ''Progress Chapter 125: Castle Of Illusion'' on 13 November 2021, he unsuccessfully took part into a six-way scramble for the number one contendership at the Progress World Championship won by Gene Munny and also involving Big Guns Joe, Ethan Allen, Kid Lykos II and LK Mezinger. He found himself in another match of this kind at ''Progress Chapter 127: And The Word Was Progress...'' on 23 January 2022, where he fell short to the winner Warren Banks and Dan Moloney,

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, Malik and Roy Johnson. At ''Progress Chapter 131: 10th Anniversary Show'' on 25 March 2022, Gordon teamed up with his "The 0121" tag team partner Dan Moloney and defeated reigning champions Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley) in a five-way tag team match also involving Lykos Gym (

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and Kid Lykos II),

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( Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper), and North West Strong (

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and

). At ''Progress Chapter 137: The Deadly Viper Tour'' on 13 August 2022, Gordon competed in a three-way match for the

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won by retaining champion Luke Jacobs and Mark Davis. Gordon competed for the first time directly for the Progress World Championship at ''Progress Chapter 142: The Deadly Viper Tour'' on 25 September 2022, where he fell short to

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. He also came out unsuccessfully from the same type of match which occurred at '' Chapter 166: Freedom Walks Again'' on 5 April 2024, where he unsuccessfully challenged

. Gordon unsuccessfully competed for

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's wXw Shotgun Championship at ''Progress Chapter 145'' on 23 October 2022, where he fell short to

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. As for the

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, the biggest annual tournament promoted by Progress, Gordon made his first appearance at the 2023 edition where he fell short to

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in the first rounds. At the 2024 edition, he defeated

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in the first rounds,

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in the second rounds, but fell short to

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in the semifinals.

WWE (2019–2020)

Gordon briefly competed for WWE's

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branch as indie developmental talent under the ring name of DeReiss Gordon. He made his first appearance at ''WWE NXT UK #70'' on 21 November 2019, where he fell short to

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. He made his last appearance at ''WWE NXT UK #83'' on 20 February 2020, he teamed up with Dan Moloney in a losing effort against Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker).

Game Changer Wrestling (2022–present)

Gordon competed in

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(GCW) events as TNT developmental talent. He made his first appearance in a co-promoted event at ''TNT Supreme Extreme 2022'' on 15 September 2022, where he unsuccessfully challenged Matt Cardona for the latter's unsanctioned Internet Championship. Two nights later at ''TNT Vs. GCW 2022'' on 17 September 2022, where he defeated

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. At ''TNT Vs. GCW 2023'' on 17 September Gordon unsuccessfully challenged

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for the GCW World Championship. Gordon participated at the 2024 edition of the Joey Janela's Spring Break where he competed in an 80-person Clusterfuck Battle Royal won by

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and also involving various other notable opponents such as

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, Shane Douglas, SeXXXy Eddy and many others.

Championships and accomplishments

* Attack! Pro Wrestling **

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(2 times) – with Dan Moloney *British Wrestling Revolution **BWR Underground Championship (1 time) *Evolution Wrestling **Evolution Middleweight Championship (2 time, current) *Fight Club: PRO **FCP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dan Moloney *Kamikaze Pro **Kamikaze Pro Championship (1 time, current) *North Wrestling **North Tag Team Championship (1 time, inaugural) – with Leon Slater * One Pro Wrestling ** 1PW Tag Team Championship ( 1 time, final) – with

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** Progress Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Dan Moloney *''

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'' **Ranked No. 226 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2024 **Ranked No. 89 of the top 100 tag teams in the '' PWI Tag Team 100'' of 2023 – with

*Squash A Jobber Wrestling **ASCA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Leon Slater * TNT Extreme Wrestling ** TNT Ultra X Championship (1 time, current) *Wrestle Carnival **King Of The Carnival Championship (1 time) *Wrestling Resurgence **Resurgence Championship (1 time) **Resurgence Arthouse Championship (1 time) *Slammasters Wrestling **SMW Championship (1 time) *Tidal Championship Wrestling **TCW Open Championship (1 time)

References

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