Jack Rea (born 8 August 1990), better known by the

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Zack Gibson, is an English

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and promoter. He is making appearances on the

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, where he also make appearances to

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(AEW). He has also wrestled in

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's NXT

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, where he performed under the

Rip Fowler as a member of The Dyad. He formed the tag team

Grizzled Young Veterans Grizzled Young Veterans (also shortened as GYV) are an English professional wrestling tag team consisting of James Drake and Zack Gibson. Primarily touring the independent circuit, they also appear on All Elite Wrestling (AEW), its sister promo ...

with James Drake in 2017, becoming the inaugural

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and three-time

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. He and Drake run a wrestling promotion called Burning Heart Pro Wrestling. Rea, born in Liverpool on August 8, 1990, began his wrestling career in 2009 after being trained by Alex Shane. As Zack Gibson, he wrestled in various promotions including FutureShock Wrestling,

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, and WhatCulture Pro Wrestling/Defiant Wrestling. In

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 ...

, he formed a tag team called Grizzled Young Veterans with James Drake and won the Progress tag team championship. He also wrestled in

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and

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. In 2018, Gibson joined WWE's

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brand, where he and Drake became the inaugural NXT UK Tag Team Champions. They later transitioned to NXT in 2020 and competed in the

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. Rea is a fan of

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and

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, naming his finishing moves after them.

Early life

Rea was born in

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on 8 August 1990. He grew up in nearby

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, where he attended

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. He graduated with a degree in accounting and finance from

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in 2011. Before wrestling, he played

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2009–2019, 2023–present)

After being trained by

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, Rea made his pro-wrestling debut in 2009 for English promotion, FutureShock Wrestling as ''Zack Diamond''. For FSW, he would become a three-time FSW Heavyweight Champion in a series of matches with

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, Jack Gallagher, Andy Wild,

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Fabian Aichner Fabian Aichner (born 21 July 1990) is an Italian professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Giovanni Vinci. Aichner signed with WWE in 2017 and joined the group Imperium, becoming a two-t ...

, Ashton Smith and others. In March 2010, Rea started using the ring name of ''Zack Gibson''. Gibson entered the FutureShock Trophy Tournament 2011 making it to the finals only to lose to CJ Banks. In 2010, Rea made his debut for

as Zack Diamond losing to Jack Gallagher. Diamond became GPW British Champion after defeating former champion CJ Banks, Gallagher and Martin Kirby in a four-way scramble match. A year later after his GPW debut, Diamond teamed with Xander Cooper,

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and

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where they defeated Gallagher, Bruce Sheila, William Gaylord and Noam Dar. At GPW Heroes & Villains, Diamond lost the championship to Jack Gallagher. In 2015, Gibson unsuccessfully challenged Kid Fite for the Union of European Wrestling Alliances European Cruiserweight Championship for Infinite Promotions. In 2016, Gibson made his debut for

, losing to

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. In 2018, before the promotion's closure, Gibson made his return to 5 Star losing to

Rey Mysterio Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio (born December 11, 1974), better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. Widely regarded as both one of the greatest '' luch ...

by disqualification after hitting Mysterio with a low blow. In March 2017 Gibson made his debut for

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Pro Wrestling (later Defiant Wrestling) as part of the Pro Wrestling World Cup English qualifiers, losing to

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in the first round. He began wrestling on Defiant's weekly program ''Loaded'' in late 2017 into 2018. He defeated

at the February 18, 2018 event Chain Reaction. His final match for the promotion before leaving for WWE, would be in March 2018, with Gibson losing a Magnificent 7 qualifying match. On October 14, 2023, both Gibson and Drake announced that they would take independent bookings. The following day, they made their first independent appearance since being released at Deadlock Pro-Wrestling's Live 3 event where they answered an open challenge set by DPW's tag team champions, The Workhorsemen. On April 25, 2024, Gibson and Drake announced the launch of their professional wrestling promotion, Burning Heart Wrestling. The promotion's first event will take place on June 21.

Progress Wrestling (2012, 2014–2019, 2024)

In 2012, Gibson made his

debut at the debut show for Progress. In 2014, Gibson returned to Progress at Chapter Twelve, defeating

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. In 2017, Gibson and James Drake formed villainous a tag team called

. Grizzled Young Veterans defeated

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and

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of CCK to become the

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. They successfully defended the titles against Aussie Open at Progress Chapter 59. At Chapter 61, Grizzled Young Veterans defeated

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(

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and

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)to retain their championships. In 2018, Gibson took part of the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament, defeating

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in the first round and

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by disqualification in the quarter finals before he was eliminated by

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in the semi-finals.

Insane Championship Wrestling (2015–2017)

Gibson debuted for

in 2015 during the Road to Fear and Loathing tour losing an eight-man tag team match to the New Age Kliq. In 2015, he challenged

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for the

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in a three-way match with Dave Mastiff where Grado retained. On 20 November 2016 at '' ICW: Fear & Loathing IX'', Gibson entered the Seven Man Stairway to Heaven match for the

ICW Zero-G Championship The ICW Zero-G Championship is a professional wrestling junior heavyweight championship owned by United Kingdom's Insane Championship Wrestling promotion. The title was first established as the Zero Gravity Championship at Fear & Loathing III ...

, he faced Aaron Echo, Lionheart, Liam Thomson, Iestyn Rees and Kenny Williams but was first eliminated. In 2017 at ''ICW:Fear & Loathing X'', Gibson and

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were defeated by Lionheart in a three-way elimination match. On 16 June 2017 Gibson defeated Kenny Williams in a falls count anywhere match to win the ICW Zero-G Championship. Gibson lost the championship back to Williams the following month in a ladder match.

Revolution Pro Wrestling (2017–2018, 2023-2024)

Gibson was defeated by Trent Seven in his

(RevPro) debut match. At RevPro Epic Encounter 2017, Gibson was defeated by

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. In June, Gibson defeated

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. At Summer Sizzler, Gibson defeated

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. Gibson took part of RevPro and

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's joint show,

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losing to

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on night one and

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on night two. Gibson and Josh Bodom defeated Aussie Open to become number one contenders for the RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Championships. Gibson and Bodom lost to RevPro tag team champions, Moustache Mountain.

WWE

NXT UK (2018–2020)

Gibson was announced for

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during

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weekend as part of a

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invitational where he lost to Mark Andrews in the first round. On day four of axxess, Grizzled Young Veterans retained their Progress tag team championships by disqualification against

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(

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and

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). Around this time, it was revealed by

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that Gibson was signed to a WWE contract. On 16 May 2018, it was announced that Gibson would be one of the 16 participants in the upcoming

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with the winner of the tournament facing Pete Dunne for the United Kingdom Championship. Gibson defeated Amir Jordan in the opening round. He would go on to defeat Gentleman Jack Gallagher and

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in the second round and semi-finals, respectively. He would then defeat

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in the finals and would go on to challenge WWE United Kingdom Champion, Pete Dunne, the next night in a losing effort. In 2019, they defeated Moustache Mountain at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural

. After some defences, they would lose the titles to Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster at NXT Takeover: Cardiff in a triple-threat tag team also involving Gallus. On 11 September Drake and Gibson unsuccessfully challenged Andrews and Webster in a rematch. They would have another title match at NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool II against the new champions Gallus, Andrews & Webster and Imperium (

and Marcel Barthel) in a ladder match where the champions retained. In parallel to their NXT UK Tag Team Championship pursuit at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II, Drake and Gibson competed in the 2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. They defeated Kushida and Alex Shelley in the quarterfinals and

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and

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in the semifinals, before losing to The BroserWeights (

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and Pete Dunne) in the finals.

NXT (2020–2023)

On the 19 February 2020 episode of '' NXT'', the Grizzled Young Veterans joined the NXT brand, defeating Raul Mendoza and

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before announcing their intent to take over NXT's tag team division, establishing themselves as tweeners. At the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic The Grizzled Young Veterans got to the finals before losing to MSK. At NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver The Grizzled Young Veterans were defeated by MSK for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship also involving

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. On the 21 July episode of NXT The Grizzled Young Veterans defeated

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and

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. On the 19 July 2022 edition of NXT, Drake and Gibson were revealed as

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's Dyad, being renamed to Jagger Reid and Rip Fowler, respectively. On 14 October 2023, both Drake and Gibson announced that their WWE contracts have expired and they would take independent bookings.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2024)

On December 26, 2023, it was revealed that Gibson and Drake will make their

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debuts at

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. They were later announced as challenging for the

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, along with

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(

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and

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) and Speedball Mountain ( Mike Bailey and

), against champions

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(

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and

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), which was won by ABC. Director of Authority

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would then make a best of three series between the two teams over the titles, with GYV winning the first match and ABC winning the second. GYV lost the third and decisive match at No Surrender.

All Elite Wrestling (2024–present)

On April 25, 2024, it was revealed that Gibson and Drake will make their

on the April 27 episode of ''

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'', where they were defeated by The Acclaimed (

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& Max Caster). At All In on August 25, Gibson and Drake made their return to AEW and stared down

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( Nicholas Jackson and Matthew Jackson) before attacking FTR (

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and

Dax Harwood David Michael Harwood (born June 30, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Dax Harwood. Teamed with Cash Wheeler as FTR, Harwood is a two-time AEW World Tag Team Champion. H ...

Personal life

Rea is a fan of

and

. He named his submission hold and finishing move to reference both respectively: a

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called the '' Shankly Gates'' and an over-the-shoulder double knee facebreaker called the ''

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''.

Championships and accomplishments

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**Attack! 24:7 Championship (1 time) – with Sam Bailey *Burning Heart Pro Wrestling **Burning Heart Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with James Drake * Britannia Wrestling Promotions **One Night Tournament (2011) **PWI: BWP World Catchweight Championship (1 time) * Deadlock Pro Wrestling **DPW World Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with James Drake * FutureShock Wrestling **FSW Championship (3 times) **FSW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with James Drake **FSW Trophy Tournament 2015 winner (1 time) **Lotto-Thunder Tournament 2013 winner (1 time) *

**GPW British Championship (2 times) **GPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – with Sean Daniels, James Drake, Axl Rage, and Dave Rayne **2018 Thunderbrawl Winner *

(1 time) *

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**NGW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sam Bailey *

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( 1 time) – with James Drake *

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**OTT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Charlie Sterling and

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 t ...

** Progress Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with James Drake *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 207 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019 *Pro Wrestling Revolver **PWR Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with James Drake *

** Undisputed British Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with James Drake *

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(1 time, inaugural) – with James Drake ** NXT UK Tag Team Championship Tournament (2019) **

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