James Drake (wrestler)
James Drake | |
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Birth name | James Dowell[1] |
Born | [1] Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom[2] | 4 March 1993
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | James Drake JD Sassoon[2] Jagger Reid |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] |
Billed weight | 181 lb (82 kg)[3] |
Billed from | Blackpool, England[3] |
Debut | 2010[2] |
James Dowell (born 4 March 1993) is an English
Professional wrestling career
Progress Wrestling (2016–2019)
In 2017, Drake and Zack Gibson formed a villainous tag team called Grizzled Young Veterans in Progress Wrestling. Grizzled Young Veterans defeated Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos of CCK to become the Progress tag team champions.[4] They successfully defended the titles against Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) at Progress Chapter 59.[5] At Chapter 61, Grizzled Young Veterans defeated Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) to retain their championships.[6]
WWE
NXT UK (2017–2020)
In January 2017, Drake participated in the
NXT (2020–2023)
On the 19 February 2020 episode of
Independent circuit (2023–present)
On October 14, 2023, both Drake and Gibson announced that they would take independent bookings.[11] The following day, they made their first independent appearance since being released at Deadlock Pro-Wrestling's Live 3 event where they answered an open challenge set by DPW's tag team champions, The Workhorsemen.[12]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2024–present)
On December 26, 2023, it was revealed that Gibson and Drake will make their
Championships and accomplishments
- Attack! Pro Wrestling
- Attack! 24:7 Championship (1 time)[19]
- Britannia Wrestling Promotions
- BWP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Axl Rage[20]
- FutureShock Wrestling
- FSW Adrenaline Championship (1 time)[21]
- FSW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Axl Rage (1) and Zack Gibson (1)[22]
- Grand Pro Wrestling
- GPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – with Dave Rayne, Axl Rage, Sean Daniels and Zack Diamond[23]
- Pro Wrestling Revolver
- PWR Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Zack Gibson
- Progress Wrestling
- Progress Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Zack Gibson[1]
- Pro Wrestling Chaos
- King Of Chaos Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Revolution Pro Wrestling
- 1 time, current) – with Zack Gibson
- WWE
- NXT UK Tag Team Championship (1 time, inaugural) – with Zack Gibson[25]
References
- ^ a b c "James Drake News, Pictures, Videos and Biography". Wrestling Inc.
- ^ a b c "James Drake « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
- ^ a b c "James Drake". WWE.
- ^ "PROGRESS Chapter 58: Live Your Best Life". Cagematch. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "PROGRESS Chapter 59: Whatever People Say We Are, That's What We're Not". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "PROGRESS Chapter 61: Don't Touch Me ... Don't ... Don't Touch Me". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "SOUCek's WWE UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT REPORT 1/14: Ongoing coverage of night one of UK Championship tournament". 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Moustache Mountain battles Zack Gibson & James Drake to crown the first-ever NXT UK Tag Team Champions". WWE.
- ^ Garretson, Jordan (19 February 2020). "The Grizzled Young Veterans def. Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde". WWE. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (14 October 2023). "Grizzled Young Veterans Are Officially Free Agents | Fightful News". www.fightful.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (14 October 2023). "Grizzled Young Veterans Are Officially Free Agents | Fightful News". www.fightful.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (16 October 2023). "Grizzled Young Veterans appear at DEADLOCK Pro Wrestling's 10/15 event". POST Wrestling. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Grizzled Young Veterans Are Coming to TNA Hard To Kill & Snake Eyes". Impact Wrestling. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Santino Marella Makes Huge TNA World Tag Team Title Match for Hard To Kill". Impact Wrestling. Impact Wrestling Staff. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ Powell, Jason (13 January 2024). "TNA Hard To Kill results: Powell's live review of Alex Shelley vs. Moose for the TNA Title, Trinity vs. Jordynne Grace for the Knockouts Title, Josh Alexander vs. Alex Hammerstone". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ Moore, John (2 February 2024). "TNA Impact results (2/1): Moore's review of ABC vs. Grizzled Young Veterans in the first match of the best of three series for the TNA Tag Titles, Nic Nemeth vs. Trey Miguel". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ a b TNA Wrestling Staff (15 February 2024). "ABC & GYV Settle the Score in Final Match of Best of 3 Series at No Surrender". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "TNA No Surrender 2024". Cagematch. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Titles « James Drake « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net.
- ^ "Titles « BWP World Tag Team Championship « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net.
- ^ "Titles « FSW Adrenaline Championship « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net.
- ^ "Titles « FSW Tag Team Championship « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net.
- ^ "Titles « GPW Heavyweight Championship « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2019 - the Internet Wrestling Database".
- ^ "NXT UK Tag Team Championship". WWE. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
External links
- James Drake on WWE.com
- James Drake's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
- James Drake on Twitter
- James Dowell (II) at IMDb