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Dean Allmark (born 25 August 1983) is an English
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trainer and retired professional wrestler. He has worked for promotions including
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,
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, and Pro Wrestling Live (PWL). He often goes by the
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s "Xtreme" or "2-Xtreme" and was one half of the UK Dream Team with Kid Cool.


Early life

Allmark was born in
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on 25 August 1983.


Career

Allmark began his wrestling career in the Stoke-based wrestling promotion Great British Hardcore (GBH) in 1999, where he was trained in its school by Keith Myatt and Chris Curtis. He had his first professional match in January 2000 at Longton WMC against Chris Curtis. During his time in GBH, he won the British tag team titles twice, once with fellow trainee Timm Wiley and once with Robbie Dynamite. After this, he moved to
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to join his future father-in-law Brian Dixon's promotion
All Star Wrestling All Star Wrestling (ASW), also known as Super Slam Wrestling (SSW), is a British professional wrestling promotion founded by Brian Dixon in 1970 and based in Birkenhead, England. Founded as Wrestling Enterprises of Birkenhead in October 1970, i ...
. In 2001, he became part of All Star's roster and found new tag team partners with
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and Kid Cool. Teaming with Kid Cool became a lasting partnership as the pair became known as the UK Dream Team. Dynamite's partnership with Allmark was less successful, with both men beginning a long-standing personal
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. On 7 April 2004, Allmark made his biggest appearance outside the UK when he was chosen to be a part of Team Britain during
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's America's X-Cup. During the PPV from
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, Allmark failed to win his singles match against
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's Mr. Águila but picked up a win in a tag match against Heavy Metal and
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when Allmark's tag partner James Mason made one of the opponents submit. Team Mexico eventually won America's X-Cup. Back in England on 7 June 2005, the UK Dream Team defeated The Chippendales (
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and Johnny Midnight) and became recognised by All Star Promotions as the British Tag Team Champions. Allmark went on to renew his feud with Dynamite, and things came to a head months later when Allmark defeated Dynamite in January 2006 for his All Star British Mid-Heavyweight title, making Allmark a double champion in the promotion. Dynamite and Whiplash defeated the UK Dream Team on 25 February 2006 to win the British Tag Team Championship; Allmark was hospitalised after the match with an injury to the head that needed nine stitches. He tried to return to action a month later, but the wound reopened and he returned to hospital for more treatment. Allmark and Dynamite were scheduled to face each other in a no-holds-barred match in
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on 18 March. However, the match never took place as Allmark received news a few hours before the event that his 18-month-old son was ill. The two rivals repeatedly met in matches throughout the rest of 2006, many of which were for Allmark's Mid-Heavyweight title. Dynamite finally defeated Allmark for the title in 2007. On 1 September 2010, Allmark wrestled for Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, where he defeated Stixx. On 10 July 2010, he wrestled for IPW:UK's Summer Sizzler to compete in the quarter-final of the IPW:UK Cruiserweight Championship Tournament. He went on to defeat Max Angleus to make it to the semifinals of the tournament. On 3 December 2011, he made his debut for Preston City Wrestling, taking on
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. This show also featured
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's return to a UK ring. Allmark next appeared for PCW on 24 February, taking part in a 4-way cruiserweight match against
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, Joey Hayes, and
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On 20 February 2013, he won a rumble match; his reward was to choose a partner on 10 April 2013 to face Robbie Dynamite and Rampage Brown in the first ever cage match in
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, which they won. Through ASW's relationship with Japanese promotion
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, Allmark made his debut for Wrestle-1 on 6 July 2014, losing the British Light Heavyweight Championship to
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. He regained the title from Yoshioka back in the UK on 19 August. On 19 December 2021, after a brief time away from wrestling, he had a 30-minute two falls to finish against Mad Dog Maxx at Pro Wrestling Live. Neither wrestler could get the second pinfall, but agreed to later have a rematch. Allmark retired following his 25th anniversary show on 25 January 2025, and has since focused on training new wrestlers at his C.L.A.W. (Come Learn About Wrestling) school in
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; although he did not establish the school until 2020, he has a long record as a wrestling trainer, being the head trainer at All Star Wrestling's school from 2006 to 2023. His former students include
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, who has called him one of her biggest influences and credited him with her success, and
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. During his career, he received press coverage in the '' Chester Standard'', ''
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'', and '' Sutton & Croydon Guardian''.


Personal life

Allmark resides in
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.https://tiktok.com/@deanallmark He was married to Letitia Dixon, the daughter of
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(ASW) founder Brian Dixon, until their divorce in January 2022. They have two children together. In July 2022, their son Joseph (who worked in the industry as a referee) took over ASW's road managerial duties from his grandfather, who continued running the company from its
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office. Following Brian Dixon's death on 27 May 2023, Joseph became owner of the company and continued overseeing its road managerial aspects whilst office duties were taken up by Letitia and Danny Collins.


Championships and accomplishments

*
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**ASW Superslam
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( 1 time) ** British Light Heavyweight Championship (
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) ** British Mid-Heavyweight Championship ( 3 times) ** British Open Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with Kid Cool **Wrestler of the Year (2006, 2008, 2009) *Great British Hardcore **GBH Catchweight Championship (1 time) **GBH Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Timm Wylie (1) and Robbie Dynamite (1) * Preston City Wrestling ** PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** PCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) **PCW Road to Glory (2018)


References


External links


Dean Allmark's Cagematch profile

Dean Allmark's All Star Wrestling profile
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