Dave Mastiff
Dave Mastiff | |
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Birth name | David Minton[1] |
Born | Dudley, West Midlands, England[2] | 21 July 1984
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Dave Mastiff Dave Moralez Moralez[2] |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] |
Billed weight | 322 lb (146 kg)[3] |
Billed from | The Black Country, England[3] |
Debut | 2002[2] |
David Minton (born 21 July 1984) is an English
Professional wrestling career
Mastiff debuted in 2002 as Moralez[4] (later Dave Moralez).[5] In his early career he would work for One Pro Wrestling, Frontier Wrestling Alliance and Westside Xtreme Wrestling.[6]
He held a number of titles on the independents. On 14 September 2013 in
Mastiff has also worked for
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2014–2015)
Mastiff appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2014 on the second season of TNA British Boot Camp. Mastiff’s first match on the show was aired on 9 November, when he defeated Rampage Brown.[13] In his second match of the show, which aired on 30 November, Mastiff was once again victorious in an eight-person tag team match alongside Brown, Angelina Love and Noam Dar where they defeated Al Snow, Grado, Kay Lee Ray and Mark Andrews.[14] Mastiff advanced to the final six, but the competition was eventually won by Andrews.[15]
Through January 2015, Mastiff worked couple matches on
World of Sport Wrestling (2016)
On 11 November 2016, Mastiff defeated
WWE
NXT UK (2018–2022)
Mastiff made his WWE debut on 9 June 2018, when he participated in the United Kingdom Championship Tournament.[17] Mastiff advanced from the first round after defeating Kenny Williams, however, was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Joe Coffey.[18][19] Mastiff made his NXT UK debut on the first episode of the show which aired on 17 October, when he defeated Sid Scala.[20]
Mastiff, who was yet to be defeated on NXT UK, fought
On the 5 June episode of NXT UK, Mastiff competed in a
On the 30 January 2020 episode of NXT UK, Mastiff lost a six-man tag team match with
On August 18, 2022, Mastiff was released from his WWE contract.
Personal life
On 17 October 2020, Minton announced his marriage.[28]
Championships and accomplishments
- Anti-Watershed Wrestling
- AWW Heavyweight Championship (1 times)[2]
- Athletik Club Wrestling
- ACW World Wrestling Championship (1 time)[2]
- Attack! Pro Wrestling
- Attack! 24:7 Championship (1 time)[2]
- Be. Catch Company
- Big League Wrestling
- BLW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Big Grizzly[2]
- Fight Club: Pro
- FCP Championship (1 time)[2]
- International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
- IPW:UK World Championship (1 time)[2]
- Power of Wrestling
- POW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Douglas Williams[2]
- POW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
- Preston City Wrestling
- PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[2]
- Pro Wrestling Elite
- PWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[2]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 307 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019[29]
- Ranked No. 307 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
- Real Quality Wrestling
- Vertigo Pro Wrestling
- World of Sport Wrestling
- WOS Championship (1 time)[16]
References
- ^ "Dave Mastiff – Wrestlers Database". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Dave Mastiff". OWW.
- ^ a b c d "Dave Mastiff". WWE. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=27511
- ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=306732
- ^ a b https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=2621&page=20
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20131115020722/http://www.prowrestlingelite.com/news/2013/09/15/new-champion
- ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=88700
- ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1622&page=5&reign=12
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z-sGL03SOg
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MxrdsW8EIQ
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpKVE4IRdy0
- ^ Matheson, Danielle. "British Boot Camp 2, Episode 4 Recap: Anyways, Here's Wonderwall". URPOXX. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "TNA British Boot Camp #2.7 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Mark Andrews Wins British Boot Camp 2!". TNA. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CAGEMATCH » Events Database » World Of Sport Wrestling". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Dave Mastiff". WWE. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018.
- ^ "WWE U.K. Championship Tournament First Round results". WWE. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Powell, Jason (25 June 2018). "6/25 WWE UK Championship Tournament 2018 Day One live review: A tournament for a shot at the WWE UK Championship, Undisputed Era vs. Pete Dunne, Trent Seven, and Tyler Bate, Triple Threat for a shot at the NXT Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ Csonka, Larry. "Csonka's NXT UK Review 10.17.18". 411MANIA. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ Burdick, Michael. ""Bomber" Dave Mastiff vs. Eddie Dennis (No Disqualification Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Powell, Jason. "1/12 Powell's NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool live review – Rhea Ripley vs. Tony Storm for the NXT UK Women's Championship, Pete Dunne vs. Joe Coffey for the WWE UK Championship, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate vs. Zack Gibson and James Drake to become the first NXT UK Tag Champions". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Cook, Ryan. "WWE NXT UK Results for 6/5/19 NXT UK Championship Fatal Four Way Number One Contender Match". Fightful. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ Burdick, Michael (31 August 2019). "Joe Coffey def. Dave Mastiff in a Last Man Standing Match". WWE. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ Powell, Jason. "8/31 Powell's NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff live review – Walter vs. Tyler Bate for the WWE UK Championship, Toni Storm vs. Kay Lee Ray for the NXT UK Women's Championship, Zack Gibson and James Drake vs. Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster vs. Mark Coffey and Wolfgang for the NXT UK Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "NXT UK results, Jan. 30, 2020: Mastiff comes in conflict with WALTER as Imperium emerge victorious in a Six-Man Tag Team main event". WWE. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "NXT UK results, Feb 13, 2020: Gallus remind Dragunov that NXT UK is their kingdom with a three-on-one onslaught". WWE. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ Zak, Brad (17 October 2020). "WWE NXT UK Superstar Dave Mastiff gets married". WWE. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2019". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
External links
- Dave Mastiff's profile at Cagematch.net
- Dave Mastiff on WWE.com