Luke Jacobs (born August 21, 2000) is an English

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

working for the British promotions

Revolution Pro Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro/RPW) is a British professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded on 26 August 2012 by Andy Quildan after separating from International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom. Revolution Pro Wre ...

(RevPro) and

Progress Wrestling Progress Wrestling (stylized as PROGRESS) is a British professional wrestling promotion that was established in 2011 by comedian Jim Smallman, events and comedy promoter Jon Briley, and later, actor Glen Robinson (professionally known as Glen ...

. In RevPro, he is a former Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion, and a former Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion; and in Progress, a former Progress Atlas Champion and the current PROGRESS World Champion.

Early life

Jacobs was born on August 21, 2000 in Manchester England. He attended the Middleton Technology School and later Hopwood Hall College. At age 15, Jacobs began training at the FutureShock Wrestling Performance Centre under the instructions of James Drake and

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Professional wrestling career

British independent scene (2018–present)

Jacobs is known for competing in various of the British independent scene. At Royal Quest II, an event promoted by

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on British territory on October 2, 2022, Jacobs teamed up with Ethan Allen in a losing effort against '' Los Ingobernables de Japon'' (

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and

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Future Shock Wrestling (2018–2021)

Jacobs made his

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debut in Future Shock Wrestling at ''FutureShock UnderGround #27'' on June 16, 2018, where he teamed up with Ethan Allen and Ashton Smith to defeat Cyanide and WonderLand (Henry T. Grodd and Noah) in a

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Progress Wrestling (2019–present)

Jacobs made his debut in

at ''PROGRESS Chapter 92: Entertaining Friends'' on July 7, 2019, where he fell short to Soner Dursun in a

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. He continued to make appearances for the company, marking his very next arrival at ''PROGRESS Chapter 96: True Friends Stab You In The Front'' on October 13, 2019, where he teamed up with his long-time "The Young Guns" tag team partner Ethan Allen in a losing effort against Pretty Deadly ( Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker). Jacobs was signed by the company at the beginning of 2021, and soon after, he began chasing for various championships promoted by it. At ''PROGRESS Chapter 106: Stick A Pony In Me Pocket'' on March 13, 2021, he unsuccessfully challenged Cara Noir for the

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. Jacobs and Ethan Allen competed in a tournament for the vacant PROGRESS Tag Team Championship in which they defeated Chris Ridgeway and Danny Black in the first rounds from ''PROGRESS Chapter 108: Of Course You Realize This Means War'' on April 10, 2021,

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( TK Cooper and Chuck Mambo at ''PROGRESS Chapter 110: Skeleton Head'' from May 8, 2021, in the semifinals, but fell short to Lykos Gym (

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and Kid Lykos II) at ''PROGRESS Chapter 112: The Flowers Are Still Standing'' on June 5, 2021, in the finals. At ''PROGRESS Chapter 131: 10th Anniversary Show'' on March 25, 2022, Jacobs teamed up with Chris Ridgeway as "North West Strong" to unsuccessfully challenge for the tag titles again in a gauntlet tag team match won by The 0121 ( Dan Moloney and Man Like DeReiss), and also involving reigning champions The Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling & Nick Riley), Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II), and The Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper). Jacobs competed in a tournament for the vacant

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which began at ''PROGRESS Chapter 132: By The Beard Of Zeus'' on April 17, 2022, where he defeated

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in the first rounds. In the semifinals from ''PROGRESS Chapter 133 Stop Motion Skeleton Battle'' from April 18, Jacobs defeated Warren Banks. The finals took place the same night as he defeated

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to win the vacant title. He competed in various of the promotion's signature events. The first of them was the Natural Progression Series, making his first appearance at the seventh edition which he won by defeating Man Like DeReiss in the first rounds, Ethan Allen in the second ones and Warren Banks in the finals which took place at ''PROGRESS Chapter 105: Bring The Thunder'' on February 27, 2021. Another tournament he took part of was the Super Strong Style 16, making his first appearance at the 2023 edition where he defeated Rampage Brown in the first rounds,

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in the second ones, but fell short to Mark Haskins in the semifinals.

Revolution Pro Wrestling (2021–present)

Jacobs made his debut in

at ''RevPro Live In Bristol 3'' on July 18, 2021, where he teamed up with Ethan Allen and fell short to The Dream Team ( Dean Allmark and Robbie X) in one of the 2021 edition of the "Great British Tag League" block A matches. Jacobs and Allen continued their evolution in the tournament by falling short to Destination Everywhere (Connor Mills and Michael Oku) at ''RevPro Live At The Cockpit 52'' on August 1, and defeated Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II) at ''RevPro Pop-Up Show'' on August 15, 2021, finishing the tournament with a total of three points. At ''RevPro Live At NOT The Cockpit 53'' on Jacobs teamed up with Allen to unsuccessfully challenge Destination Everywhere (Connor Mills and Michael Oku) for the British Tag Team Championship. At the 2021 edition of the RevPro British J Cup, Jacobs defeated Robbie X in the first rounds, and then unsuccessfully competed in a

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in the finals won by Mike Bailey and also involving Connor Mills and Michael Oku. At ''RevPro Summer Sizzler 2022'' on July 23, Jacobs defeated Michael Oku to win the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship . At ''RevPro Revolution Rumble 2023'', Jacobs competed in the traditional rumble match won by Michael Oku and also involving notable opponents such as

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, Eddie Dennis, Gabriel Kidd, Ricky Knight Jr.,

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, Leon Slater, Gideon Grey and many others.

Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2020–present)

Jacobs often competes for the German promotion

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. He made his first appearance on the second night of the 2020 edition of the ''16 Carat Gold Tournament'', where he teamed up with Ethan Allen to defeat

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and

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, Chris Ridgeway and Scotty Davis, D.J. Hyde and Levaniel, Julian Pace and

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, Leon van Gasteren and Lucky Kid, and Norman Harras and Tarik in a gauntlet tag team match. One night later at ''wXw We Love Wrestling #1'', Jacobs and Allen unsuccessfully challenged Jay-AA (

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and Jay Skillet) for the

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. After three years of absence, Jacobs returned at ''wXw We Love Wrestling #46'' on May 27, 2023, where he unsuccessfully challenged Shigehiro Irie for the

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Championships and accomplishments

*Future Shock Wrestling **FSW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ethan Allen *Infinite Promotions **Infinite Promotions Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) *

( 1 time) **

( 1 time, current) ** Super Strong Style 16 (

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) ** Natural Progression Series (VII) **PROGRESS Atlas Title Tournament (2022) *''

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'' **Ranked No. 123 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2024 *

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( 1 time) ** Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship ( 1 time) ** Undisputed British Tag Team Championship ( 1 time, current) – with Ethan Allen ** Fourth Triple Crown Champion **Revolution Rumble (2024) *Squash A Jobber Wrestling **SAJ Openweight Championship (1 time)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs (wrestler), Luke 2000 births Living people English male professional wrestlers People from Manchester Sportspeople from Manchester 21st-century male professional wrestlers Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champions Undisputed British Heavyweight Champions Undisputed British Tag Team Champions Progress Wrestling Atlas Champions PROGRESS World Champions 21st-century English sportsmen Super Strong Style 16 winners