William Ferrara (born June 30, 1991) is an American

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, formerly known on the indies by his

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Spartan. He also Makes Appearances

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and

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(TNA).

Professional wrestling career

Ring of Honor (2013-2021)

He made his debut in

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on a dark match on September 6, teaming with

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and Nick Merriman and winning his match against Aaron Solo, Mike Dean &

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. He competed for the first time on pay per view at Glory by Honor XII, on October 26, against The Romantic Touch in a losing effort. Then he started to wrestle with Bill Daly, forming "Team Benchmark". Their first tag team match occurred on February 22, and lost against

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(

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& Ray Rowe). They lost on April 18 at ''Future of Honor'' against

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. On September 29, he eliminated

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during a

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. This allowed him to face Lethal later in the night for the

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but he failed. On November 7, he lost his qualifying match for the 2015 Survival of the Fittest tournament against

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. In January 2015, he participated at the 2015 edition of Top Prospect Tournament, where he beat J.Diesel and Beer City Bruiser before losing against

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in the finals. On June 20, he competed and won his match against

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after a distraction from

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but lost his grudge match at

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. On October 24, Ferrara got defeated by

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at the Glory By Honor XIV. In 2017, Ferrara turned heel by turning on his longtime tag team partner

and formed a new team named "The Dawgs" with Rhett Titus.

Championships and accomplishments

* ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 220 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2015 ** UWC Year-End Award *** Newcomer of the Year (2011) * Warriors of Wrestling ** WOW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with All-Star Lou (1) and Nero (1)

References

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