Joel Redman
Joel Redman | |
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Exeter, Devon, England | |
Alma mater | East Devon College |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Joel Pettifer Joel Redman Joey Redman Jules Redman Oliver Grey |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg)[2] |
Billed from | Devon[2] |
Trained by | Revolution British Wrestling Victory Pro Wrestling Frontier Wrestling Alliance |
Debut | 2006 |
Joel Pettyfer (born 21 February 1987), is an English
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2006)
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Pettyfer started wrestling with Devon Junior Wrestling Alliance, where he wrestled under his own name, before going to Revolution British Wrestling and other UK indie promotions. His first appearance in the newly named Varsity Pro Wrestling (formerly RBW's southwest branch) was in Crediton, Devon where he would wrestle as Joel Redman in a match where he would be defeated by American wrestler Spiro from San Antonio, Texas on 26 January 2006.
On a later VPW show, Redman attacked Aviv Maayan after Maayan's match. "The Twisted Genius" Dean Ayass then made his way to the ring and introduced Redman as his new protégé. On VPW's first Charity Show, Maayan got his chance to face Redman which Maayan won. However, this would not end their feud as once again after Mayaan lost a match to
Redman's feud with Aviv Mayaan would not just be contained to VPW. After becoming an alumnus of the training school, Redman went on to train in the
Premier Promotions (2006–2012)
Over the year, Redman has become a regular for Premier Promotions and made his debut in 2006 teaming with Kris Kay to defeat Chris Andrews and Sam Andrews.
UK "New School" promotions (2007–2009, 2015–2017)
Redman formed a team with
The team debuted for Real Quality Wrestling on 16 February 2008 and defeated the Maximum Head (Dan Head & Max Voltage) and would next month beat The Lost Boys (Danny Darko and Jo FX). After their two successful matches they challenged The Damned Nation (Cameron Kraze and Dragon Aisu) on 26 April for the RQW Tag Team Championship which they won.[4]
The Thrillers returned to
Upon their return to IPW:UK, The Thrillers lost the Unified British Tag Team Championship to The Leaders of The New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.). The Thrillers tried to regain the championship on two separate occasions, the first ending in DQ and the second where they were defeated clean in a tables, ladder and chairs match.[citation needed]
On 15 February 2015, Martin Stone was confirmed to have returned to the United States for another company, so Joel Redman had to choose another partner to substitute for Stone. At High Stakes, this partner was revealed to be Mark Haskins, not only successfully defending the titles, but reuniting once more. After Haskins was injured in mid-2015, Jake McCluskey stepped in as a replacement partner at Summer Sizzler, however, Redman and McCluskey were unable to defeat The Kartel (Sha Samuels and James Castle) and subsequently lost the British Tag Team Championship.[5] In 2016, Redman began teaming with Charlie Garrett, and the duo successfully defeated The Kartel on 12 June 2016 at Angle vs Sabre Jr. to end their reign at two days short of one year.[6]
Their first defence took place the next month at Summer Sizzler, defeating
Irish Whip Wrestling (2008–2009)
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Redman made his debut for Irish Whip Wrestling on 5 July 2008 in a four corners match for the IWW International Heavyweight Championship which Mandrake won, the match also involved Doug Basham and Vic Viper. After competing only a few matches in 2008, the next year he became a regular at the promotion. He took on LA Warren for the IWW Zero Gravity Championship and Mandrake for the IWW International Heavyweight Championship on multiple occasions but would also come up short. In mid-2009, Redman had formed a partner ship with Captain Rooney which for their short time together worked, winning all their matches, however Rooney would turn on Redman and joined up with Bingo Ballance. The Redman and Ballance feud culminated with Ballance coming out on top. Redman's last match for IWW was against Mandrake for the IWW International Heavyweight Championship, once again losing.
WWE
Florida Championship Wrestling (2012)
In a March 2012 interview, Pettyfer stated that he had signed a contract with
NXT (2012–2014)
On 19 September 2012, Pettyfer made his NXT televised debut using the ring name Oliver Grey and lost two sparring matches to Kassius Ohno.[11][12]
In early 2013, Grey began teaming with
After more than a year off television, Grey returned on the 10 April 2014 episode of NXT,
All Star Wrestling (2017-present)
On 22 October 2017 in Ipswich, Redman as Oliver Grey defeated Harlem Bravado for the All Star Wrestling "Superslam" British Heavyweight Championship. In February 2020 in Gravesend, he lost the title to Niwa, a Maori from New Zealand. Due to his country's COVID-19 restrictions, Niwa was unavailable to defend his championship until 2022 at which point he returned to the UK and Grey regained the title in Telford, defending it in numerous rematches with Niwa for the remainder of the year. One such rematch on 16 October 2022 in New Brighton was attended by legendary masked wrestler Kendo Nagasaki as a ringside judge. During the match, Nagasaki used his "powers" to prevent Niwa seizing the championship belt to use as a weapon. Niwa and Grey/Redman have taken their feud to other UK promotions including Rumble Wrestling.
All Japan Pro Wrestling (2019)
On 4 April 2019, Redman debuted for the Japanese promotion
Personal life
From an early age, Pettyfer played rugby and participated in judo. He attended East Devon College. While wrestling in England, Pettyfer simultaneously worked as a forester.[25]
Championship and accomplishments
- All Star Wrestling
- "Superslam" British Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current)
- Devon Wrestling Association
- DWA Trophy Championship (2 times)
- DWA Trophy Championship Tournament (2009)
- Evolution Wrestling
- Evolution Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- Full Force Wrestling
- FFW Championship (1 time, current)
- FWA Academy
- FWA Academy Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with LT Summers
- FWA Tag wars Tournament - with LT Summers (2006)
- International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
- IPW:UK Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Doug Basham, Mark Haskins and Ricky Hype
- Premier Promotions
- PWF International Championship (1 time)
- Ian Dowland Trophy (2008)
- Ken Joyce Trophy (2010)
- Pro Evolution Wrestling
- Pro-EVW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[26]
- Pro Wrestling Pride
- PWP Catch Division Championship (1 time)
- PWP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Joshua Knott
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- REACH Wrestling
- REACH Championship (1 time)
- REACH Journey for Gold Tournament (2019)
- Real Quality Wrestling
- RQW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Haskins[28]
- Revolution Pro Wrestling
- Martin Stone (1), Mark Haskins (1) and Charlie Garrett (1)[30]
- United X Conquer Wrestling
- UXC Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
- Wrestling in Europa
- Southern Countries Trophy (2010)
- WWE
- Adrian Neville[31]
- NXT Tag Team Championship Tournament (2013) – with Adrian Neville
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