Josh Faulkner

Josh Faulkner(Born 28th august 1995) is an English professional wrestler from Victoria, Central London.
Career
A lifelong fan of professional wrestling,Faulkner was introduced to the WWF shortly after his 5th birthday by his brother who at the time was a wrestling fan. When his brother lost interest in the sport Faulkner became capitvated by it, tuning in regulary to see favourites such as The Rock, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and Triple H.
Shortly after his 10th birthday Faulkner saw posters advertising a wrestling show set to take place at the Beck Theatre in Hayes.Faulkner attended the show with his grandfather and saw British names such as James Mason, Robbie Brookside and Dean Allmark. It was after this that Faulkner took an interest in British Wrestling, Regular trips to All Star Wrestling bills in Hayes, Croydon, Catford and High Wycombe inspired Faulkner to start training to become a professional wrestler.
Faulkner began training under Jon Ritchie at the Dropkixx Wrestling Academy in East Tilbury, Essex. Faulkner made his show debut on February 28, 2010 at the St Andrews Club in his hometown of Victoria,in a losing effort to Gary Docherty. In the coming months Josh would compete for Dropkixx frequently going up against the likes of Tough Tony, Dan Eels, Lucas Jackson, Thomas Reisig to name a few. In September 2010 Faulkner competed in the Lightweight division at the IWC Shoots and won, defeating John Taylor in the finals.
It was around this time that Josh started working for LDN Wrestling promotions, ran by Sanjay Bagga. Faulkner started ighoff wrestling in Rumbles in Harlesden, Romford and Edmonton under the moniker of 'Hade Vansen'. After an ear operation in May 2010, Faulkner took to the sidelines for 2 months working behind the scenes at LDN events refereeing, putting up the ring, putting up show promotional posters and selling merchandise. After leaving LDN, Faulkner went onto wrestling for All Star Promotions.
Faulkner debuted for All Star on January 16, 2011 at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon losing to Phil Powers. Faulkner would wrestle for All Star again on the 23rd of January at the Alban Arena in St Albans, being defeated by Mikey Whiplash.
Personal life
Faulkner is currently being educated at the Pimlico Academy in Westminster, Central London. Faulkner writes left handed. Although not a fan of any other sports Faulkner is known to be a Brentford FC fan. Faulkner also has an intrest in bodybuilding and works out with weights 5 times a week, Faulkner first gained an intrest in weight lifting at the age of 13.
Championships and achievemnts
IWC Lightweight Champion (September 2010 - present)
IWC Junior Heavyweight Champion (September 2010 - present)
In wrestling
Finishing moves
* OMJ (Oh My Josh) forward fireman's carry slam
Signature moves
* Twisting Samoan Drop
* Spine Buster
* Flying European Uppercut (to a seated upright opponent)
* Attomic Drop
* Snap Suplex
* Crossbody (from running and the top rope)
* Leg Drop
* Dropkick
* Running Powerslam
* Lou Thesz Press followed by multiple punches
* Short arm clothesline
* Throwback
Nicknames
The South London Superstar (2009-2010)
SLS (2009-2010)

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