Welsh professional wrestler
Drew Parker Parker in 2020
Born (1997-12-29 ) 29 December 1997 (age 27) [ 1] Connah's Quay , WalesRing name(s) The Human Drewplex MachineDrew Parker Billed height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[ 2] Billed weight 75 kg (165 lb) Trained by Mike Roberts Debut 2012
Drew Jacob Parker (born 29 December 1997) is a Welsh professional wrestler , best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), and currently appearing in the British independent circuit .[ 3]
Professional wrestling career
Parker made his professional wrestling debut in the British circuit and is known for his matches in various promotions. At ATTACK! Memento Mori , an event promoted by Attack! Pro Wrestling on 18 November 2018, he teamed up with Chuck Mambo as "Nothing To Prove" and unsuccessfully challenged Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis ) and The Hunter Brothers (Jim Hunter & Lee Hunter) for the Attack! Tag Team Championship in a three-way tag team match .[ 4]
He worked for Progress Wrestling , making appearances at their signature events such as the PROGRESS Chapter 76: Hello Wembley! from 30 September 2018, where he competed in a 20-man battle royal also involving Chris Ridgeway , Sid Scala, William Eaver and others.[ 5] PROGRESS Chapter 88: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament from 5 May 2019, where Parker teamed up with his "Do Not Resuscitate" stablemates Chuck Mambo , Spike Trivet and William Eaver, falling short to Jimmy Havoc , El Ligero , Mark Andrews and Mark Haskins in an eight-man tag team match .[ 6]
At GLEAT Fan Meeting In Sapporo , an event promoted by the Gleat promotion on 5 May 2021, Parker teamed up with Kota Sekifuda in a losing effort to Cima and Kaz Hayashi .[ 7]
Parker made his debut in Big Japan Pro Wrestling on 4 January 2019, at BJW Death Match Kings , event where he teamed up with Rickey Shane Page , falling short to Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto ) in a Light tubes tag team deathmatch .[ 8] Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion , title which he won for the first time alongside Abdullah Kobayashi and Yoshihisa Uto by defeating 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers (Masaya Takahashi , Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda ) at a house show from 30 May 2019.[ 9] deathmatches but also does seldom in battle royals such as the one from BJW Ueno Park Convention on 1 February 2020, match which also involved Yuji Okabayashi , Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu , Yasufumi Nakanoue and others.[ 10] BJW/ZERO1/2AW Big Clash , a cross-over event produced by BJW in partnership with Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Active Advance Pro Wrestling on 7 April 2021, Parker teamed up with Yuya Aoki to defeat Ayame Sasamura and Tatsuya Hanami.[ 11]
Parker made apprarances in several of the promotion's signature events. At the 2020 Saikyo Tag League , he teamed up with Orca Uto, placing themselves in the Deatmhatch Block, scoring a total of four points after going against the teams of Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto , Rickey Shane Page and Ryuji Ito , Abdullah Kobayashi and Kankuro Hoshino , Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto , Toshiyuki Sakuda and Yuki Ishikawa , and Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki.[ 12]
At the 2021 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor , Parker placed himself in the Block B where he defeated Takumi Tsukamoto , Yuko Miyamoto and Shunma Katsumata , and finally Ryuji Ito in the finals to win the tournament.[ 13] BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship , title which he won by defeating Takumi Tsukamoto at the BJW Korakuen Hall Tournament on 23 July 2021.[ 14]
One of Parker's first and most notable matches in DDT Pro Wrestling took place at DDT Get Alive 2020 on 7 September where he unsuccessfully challenged Chris Brookes for the DDT Universal Championship .[ 15] DDT Who's Gonna TOP? 2020 from September 27 where he teamed up with Chris Brookes to unsuccessfully challenge Nautilus (Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno ) for the KO-D Tag Team Championship .[ 16]
Parker also works for the Basara branch of the promotion, making an appearance at DDT Ganbare Pro Joshi Pro-Wrestling ~ Kocho Ranbu 2021 on 24 April where he teamed up with Chris Brookes and Miyako Matsumoto to unsuccessfully challenge Asuka , Hagane Shinno and Shinichiro Tominaga for the GWC 6-Man Tag Team Championship .[ 17]
Parker started working in the American independent circuit in 2018, making an appearance in Combat Zone Wrestling 's CZW Tournament of Death 17 , where he fell short to Rickey Shane Page in a first-round match .[ 18] GCW Homecoming Weekend an event promoted by Game Changer Wrestling on 24 July 2021, Parker defeated Alex Colon in a Winner-takes-all match to win the GCW Ultraviolent Championship , his BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship was also on the line.[ 19]
Parker announced his retirement after an independent wrestling event on August 21, 2023. The following day, Big Japan Pro Wrestling issued a statement, confirming the news and wishing Parker well on his future.[ 20]
Parker returned under a mask to attack Emersyn Jayne at TNT Extreme Wrestling 's Going Off Big Time event on April 6, 2024. This led to an announcement of a match between the two scheduled for June 1, 2024.[ 21]
Championships and accomplishments
References
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