David Minton (born 21 July 1984) is an English

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. He is most known for his time in

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, where he performed on its

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brand under the ring name "Bomber" Dave Mastiff.

Professional wrestling career

Mastiff debuted in 2002 as Moralez (later Dave Moralez). In his early career he would work for

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and

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.https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=2621&page=20 He held a number of titles on the independents. On 14 September 2013 in Lionheart's Pro Wrestling Elite promotion, Mastiff cashed in his contract from winning the Elite Rumble to interrupt a match between El Ligero and PWE World Heavyweight Champion Andy Wild and win the title himself. On 11 July 2015 Mastiff defeated Chris Masters for the PCW Heavyweight Championship, which he would hold for 210 days and defend against

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and

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before he was defeated by Sha Samuels. Mastiff has also worked for Insane Championship Wrestling,

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, 5 Star Wrestling,

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, WhatCulture Pro Wrestling,

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and numerous others.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2014–2015)

Mastiff appeared for

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(TNA) in 2014 on the second season of '' TNA British Boot Camp''. Mastiff’s first match on the show was aired on 9 November, when he defeated Rampage Brown. In his second match of the show, which aired on 30 November, Mastiff was once again victorious in an eight-person tag team match alongside Brown,

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and

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where they defeated

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, Grado, Kay Lee Ray and Mark Andrews. Mastiff advanced to the final six, but the competition was eventually won by Andrews. Through January 2015, Mastiff worked couple matches on '' Xplosion'', where he lost to Mandrews (formerly known as Mark Andrews) and

World of Sport Wrestling (2016)

On 11 November 2016, Mastiff defeated Grado to win the inaugural WOS Championship, however, Mastiff lost the championship to Grado on the same episode.

WWE

NXT UK (2018–2022)

Mastiff made his

debut on 9 June 2018, when he participated in the United Kingdom Championship Tournament. Mastiff advanced from the first round after defeating Kenny Williams, however, was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Joe Coffey. Mastiff made his ''

'' debut on the first episode of the show which aired on 17 October, when he defeated Sid Scala. Mastiff, who was yet to be defeated on ''NXT UK'', fought Eddie Dennis to a double disqualification on the 2 January 2019 episode of the show. This led to a

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on NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, on 12 January, which Mastiff won. On the 5 June episode of ''NXT UK'', Mastiff competed in a Fatal four-way match against Joe Coffey,

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and Travis Banks to determine the #1 contender for the

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. Banks won the match, as Mastiff suffered his first loss on the show. After Coffey and Mastiff wrestled to a double countout on the 7 August episode of ''NXT UK'', both faced in a

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on NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, on 31 August, when Mastiff was defeated. On the 30 January 2020 episode of ''NXT UK,'' Mastiff lost a six-man tag team match with Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster, against Imperium's Marcel Barthel, Fabian Aichner and Alexander Wolfe. On the February 13 episode of ''NXT UK'', Mastiff defeated

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. On 18 August 2022 Mastiff was released from his WWE contract.

Personal life

On 17 October 2020, Minton announced his marriage.

Championships and accomplishments

* Anti-Watershed Wrestling ** AWW Heavyweight Championship (1 times) * Athletik Club Wrestling ** ACW World Wrestling Championship (1 time) * Attack! Pro Wrestling ** Attack! 24:7 Championship (1 time) * Be. Catch Company ** BCC Championship (1 time, inaugural) ** BCC Championship Tournament (2010) * Big League Wrestling ** BLW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Big Grizzly * Fight Club: Pro ** FCP Championship (1 time) * International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom ** IPW:UK World Championship (1 time) * Power of Wrestling ** POW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Douglas Williams * Preston City Wrestling ** PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * Pro Wrestling Elite **PWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 307 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019 * Real Quality Wrestling ** RQW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jack Storm ** RQW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2007) – with Jack Storm * Vertigo Pro Wrestling ** VPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time, inaugural) ** VPW Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2015) *

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** WOS Championship (1 time)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mastiff, Dave Living people Sportspeople from Dudley English male professional wrestlers 1984 births Undisputed British Heavyweight Champions 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century English sportsmen