Ross Cooke (born 1 February 1988) is an English
professional wrestler. He is most recently signed to
WWE, where he performed on the
NXT UK brand under the ring name Saxon Huxley.
Early life
Saxon grew up in
Greatham Greatham may refer to:
*Greatham, County Durham
*Greatham, Hampshire
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village in
Hartlepool
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, England. He first saw WWE on SKY TV in early 1992 and cites the Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart match for the Intercontinental Title at
Wrestlemania 8
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as the reason he became a lifelong fan of wrestling. He attended
Manor College of Technology
Manor Community Academy is a secondary school in the Owton Manor area of Hartlepool, County Durham. It is an academy school which caters for students aged 11 to 16. It is part of the Northern Education Trust
Northern Education Trust is a mu ...
secondary school. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of Sunderland.
Professional wrestling career
Early training (2009–2015)
Saxon first began professional wrestling training in
Calgary
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,
Alberta, Canada where he graduated Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy September 2009 class. He would later go back to graduate the September 2013 class at the Storm Wrestling Academy.
In 2013 and 2014 Saxon spent both the entire summers training with Brian Kendrick at the Brian Kendrick School of Pro-Wrestling in
Los Angeles,
California.
From 2013 - 2015 Saxon would also attend the Dr.Tom Legends of Wrestling training camp hosted in Charlotte, North Carolina which was ran by Dr. Tom Prichard and Les Thatcher with a number of other guest trainers including Rip Rogers, Nigel McGuiness, and Lance Storm.
Saxon has also trained under World of Sport legend Marty Jones in the UK.
WWE (2017–2022)
Saxon made his WWE debut on 14 January, 2017 in the 2017 WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament. He was eliminated in the first round by Sam Gradwell.
NXT UK (2018–2022)
On the first episode of NXT UK on 31 October 2018, Huxley competed in his first match on the NXT UK brand was on 28 July, 2018 losing to
Trent Seven.
On 18 August 2022, Huxley was released from his WWE contract.
Other media
Saxon featured in the 2018 commercial for Smyths Toys kids game Watermelon Smash.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huxley, Saxon
1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from London
English male professional wrestlers
Sportspeople from Hartlepool