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Sha Samuels
Shaaheen Hosseinpour (born 27 February 1985), better known by the ring name Sha Samuels, is an English professional wrestler, currently performing for Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro). He is also known for his time in WWE where he performed on the NXT UK brand. Professional wrestling career Insane Championship Wrestling (2014–present) Sha Samuels debuted for Insane Championship Wrestling in 2014 in London, teaming alongside Rob Cage & Jackie Polo, in a losing effort against Grado, Wolfgang & Noam Dar. Samuels quickly become embroiled in a rivalry against Grado, with Sha tormenting Grado for months, leading to a singles match between the two at Fear & Loathing VII at the Barrowland Ballroom. Sha would be victorious in this match, after Martin Stone became involved in the contest. The following year, Sha aligned himself with James R. Kennedy's faction, The 55, composed of Sha, Kid Fite, Timm Wylie, Martin Kirby & Bram. Often acting as hired mercenaries for The Black Labe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashton Smith (wrestler)
Ashton Trent Smith (born 15 December 1988) is a Jamaican-English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed on the NXT UK brand under his real name. He is a former NXT UK Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Early career (2007–2013) Smith made his debut in British wrestling on 11 February 2007 with Triple X Wrestling, which he lost to Zack Sabre Jr. He wrestled his last match in the promotion on 7 October, losing to Spud. From 2007 to 2013, Smith wrestled for independent British promotions such as SAS Wrestling, Pro Championship Wrestling, Alternative Wrestling World, One Pro Wrestling, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Pro Evolution Wrestling and Devon Wrestling Association. Preston City Wrestling (2014–2018) Smith debuted at PCW Who Dares Wins on 28 March 2014, competing in a 30-man Royal Rumble for the Preston City Wrestling Heavyweight Championship. Throughout 2015, Smith compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Jester
Lee John Greig (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Jack Jester. He wrestles for numerous promotions in the British independent wrestling circuit, but is best known for his work in Insane Championship Wrestling, Greig is a Wrestling Coach at GPWA Glasgow Asylum. Greig has appeared for Xhamster videos and in several professional wrestling documentaries including ''The British Wrestler'' (VICE) and ''Smack 'Em Up'' (RTÉ). He was also one of the stars of BBC documentaries ''Insane Fight Club'' and ''Insane Fight Club 2''. In 2016, Jester challenged Drew Galloway for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in British Championship Wrestling. He was raised in the Fernhill area of Rutherglen, and began wrestling at the age of 16. Professional Wrestling Career Jester debuted in 1998. He won the Scottish Heavyweight Championship from Johnny Moss in 2007. He beat Mikey Whiplash for the ICW Heavyweight Championship in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICW Tag Team Championship
The ICW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling) owned by Scotland's Insane Championship Wrestling promotion. Complimenting ICW's two established singles titles ( ICW World Heavyweight Championship and ICW Zero-G Championship), the Tag Team Championship was first established on September 2, 2012 when The S.T.I (Dickie Divers and William Grange) won a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. The titles were defended outside of the United Kingdom for the first time on 29 February 2016 at a show in Dublin, Ireland. The ICW Tag Team Championships have also been defended in several other promotions, including Fife Pro Wrestling Asylum, Pro Wrestling Chaos, Premier British Wrestling and Copenhagen Championship Wrestling. Title history Combined reigns As of May 31, 2025. By team By wrestler See also * Insane Championship Wrestling * ICW World Heavyweight Championship *ICW Zero-G Championship The ICW Zero-G C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Frazier
The Kartel was a professional wrestling tag team made up of Terry Frazier and Sha Samuels. They are best known their work on the independent circuit mainly within the United Kingdom. Professional wrestling career Frazier, and Samuels, The East End Mauler, both hail from east London and would begin training at the Dropkixx academy sometime at the beginning of the 21st century; training with various teachers under the watchful eye of Dino Scarlo. Frazier, at the age of 14 and using the name Scott Frazier, faced Matt Stevens in his first professional match while Samuels faced Kristian Linnell around the same time. It wasn't long before both men were brought together to become the (often heel) tag team known as The Kartel. The self professed "''Winners''" gained a measure of success, winning titles in various smaller promotions while also competing in more high profile UK independents; including SAS Wrestling, and International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom. The Kartel would al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4 Front Wrestling
British Kingdom Pro-Wrestling previously 4 Front Wrestling (Sometimes acronymed as 4FW) is a pro wrestling company based in the South West of England, established in 2004 by Dave Sharp. Since 2004, the company has promoted a range of shows; utilising events through England, primarily in the Swindon and Oxford areas. Style and partners 4FW is well known for its use of United Kingdom wrestlers, but also its partners with international promotions. The promotion has a high puroresu vibe, and has had its own wrestlers appear in Japan and Mexico. The company has a working relationship with Michinoku Pro wrestling, as well as Wrestle-1. It is also a regular occurrence for high-profile wrestlers from Japan and United States of America to have one-off matches in the company. 4FW also has a 'Junior Heavyweight' Championship, which is common in Japan, rather than a more traditional cruiserweight, or light heavyweight in the rest of the world. Synopsis 4FWs first show was held at Pinehurst P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOS Championship
''WOS Wrestling'' (originally an acronym for ''World of Sport Wrestling'') is a British professional wrestling television series and promotion. It was marketed as a relaunch of the wrestling segment from the ITV sports programme '' World of Sport'', which ran between 2 January 1965 and 28 September 1985. ''WOS Wrestling'' debuted on 31 December 2016 with a two-hour special on ITV. This was followed by a ten-episode series in 2018, and a six-date live tour between January and February 2019. The promotion would go on a five-year hiatus before announcing its return on 28 June 2024, with a TV taping to take place later that year on 14 September. History Background ITV transmitted professional wrestling for over 33 years from November 1955 to December 1988. The bulk of this was screened on Saturday afternoons or lunchtimes (although other slots including midweek late evenings, midweek lunchtimes and bank holiday Monday afternoons were also used). Throughout ''World of Sport'' lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Coffey (wrestler)
Joseph Coffey (born 22 May 1988) is a Scottish professional wrestler, He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand as the leader of Gallus. Coffey wrestles for many promotions in the British independent wrestling circuit, including Insane Championship Wrestling where he is former 2 time ICW World Heavyweight Champion and a former ICW Zero-G Champion. Coffey has also earlier fought in Japan for Pro Wrestling ZERO1 where he became the first ever Scottish wrestler to perform in the Korakuen Hall. Coffey's younger brother Mark Coffey is also a professional wrestler and the pair often tag team together as "The Coffey Brothers". Professional wrestling career Insane Championship Wrestling (2011–2018) On 6 February 2011 Coffey made his Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) debut at ''The Notorious ICW'', in a match where he teamed with Vinnie James in a defeat against The Bucky Boys (Davey Blaze and Stevie Xavier). On 3 April, at ''Nightmare on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWE Performance Center
WWE Performance Center (WWE PC) is a group of professional wrestling schools owned by American company WWE. They serve as tryout and training facilities for WWE, and also contain sports science and medical facilities as well as live events and production studios. WWE currently operates two Performance Center locations, with the first opened in Orlando, Florida on July 11, 2013, replacing the training facility of WWE's former developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. A second branch opened on January 11, 2019, in Enfield, London. The Performance Center in Orlando temporarily became the home venue for WWE's Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with its weekly television programs '' Monday Night Raw'', '' Friday Night Smackdown'', '' 205 Live'', and '' Main Event'', as well as pay-per-view events (including WrestleMania 36) being recorded in a studio at the Performance Center with no audience. In August 2020, WWE mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit (often shortened to the indie circuit or the indies) is the collective name of independently owned promotions which are deemed to be smaller and more regionalized than major national promotions. Independent promotions are essentially viewed as a minor league or farm system for the larger national promotions, as wrestlers in "indie" companies (especially young wrestlers just starting their careers) are usually honing their craft with the goal of being noticed and signed by a major national promotion such as WWE, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) (which also owns Ring of Honor (ROH)), or Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the United States, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (which is owned by WWE) or Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico, or New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Dragongate, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wonder Ring Stardom or the CyberFight promotions in Japan. It is also not uncommon for veteran wrestlers who have had past tenures w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston Guild Hall
Preston Guild Hall is an entertainment venue in Preston, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1973. History The Guild Hall was commissioned to replace the town's Public Hall. The new building, which was designed by Robert Matthew, Johnson Marshall, was due to be ready for the Preston Guild of 1972, but after construction was delayed, it only officially opened in 1973. The complex has two performance venues, the Grand Hall which holds 2,034 people and the Charter Theatre which holds 780 people. There is direct pedestrian access, via footbridge, from the adjacent Preston bus station and car park. Artists that have performed at the venue include Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek and Vasily Petrenko. Led Zeppelin and David Bowie both performed at the venue in 1973 and The Smiths in 1986 among others. Bing Crosby gave one of his last concerts at the Guild Hall in September 1977, less than a month before his death. It also hosted the UK Snooker Championship fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Jarrett
Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he both wrestles and serves as Director of Business Development. He is also the founder of the revived Acclaim Entertainment. Beginning his career in his father Jerry Jarrett's Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) in 1986, Jarrett first came to prominence upon debuting with a country music star gimmick in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1993. Over the next nine years, he alternated between the WWF and its main competitor, World Championship Wrestling (WCW). After WCW was purchased by the WWF in 2001, Jarrett joined the upstart World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) promotion. In 2002, Jarrett and his father together founded NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA, now Total Nonstop Action Wrestling). After departing the promotion in 2014, Jarrett founded another new promotion, Global Force Wrestli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
