Mark Sloan
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Ring name(s) | Mark Sloan |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in |
Billed weight | 180 lb |
Born | 1978 Portsmouth |
Resides | Fratton, Portsmouth |
Billed from | Fratton, Portsmouth |
Debut | September 19, 1995 |
Mark Sloan is a British professional wrestler who is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance promotion.
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[edit] Career
Mark Sloan started training to become a wrestler in 1990, and made his debut 5 years later on September 19, 1995.
In 1999, Mark Sloan founded the Fratton Wrestling Alliance, the company which would go on to become the Frontier Wrestling Alliance of today. Sloan was the first ever holder of its FWA British Heavyweight Championship, defeating Paul Glory in a tournament on July 11, 1999, before losing the title to Alex Shane on February 27, 2000.
Sloan has also held the FWA All England Championship before, defeating former tag team partner Paul Travell on September 1, 2001 before losing the title to Zebra Kid a few months later.
Sloan would become the head trainer of FWA's main training school. While in the FWA Academy which is located in Sloan's hometown of Portsmouth Sloan wouls trained many future FWA wrestlers, such as James Tighe, Raj Ghosh, Andy Boy Simmonz and Paul Burchill (who would go on to wrestle in World Wrestling Entertainment).
Sloan would go on to lead the EntouRAGE, a faction consisting of FWA Academy students working as heels during FWA main shows while acting as babyfaces during FWA:A shows. The EntouRAGE has consisted of Sloan, Ollie Burns, Matt Campbell, Tyrone Johnson, Ant Lacayo and Wade Fitzgerald. While part of the EntouRAGE Sloan and Burns would often work as a tag team and soon became the first holders of FWA:A's tag team titles after defeating Dan James and Harry Mills in a tournament final to become first ever champions on November 25, 2005.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Tomorrow Driver (Brainbuster onto the knee)
- Speci Driver (Implant double underhook DDT)
- Dirty Man DDT (Cradle DDT)
- Yakuza kick
- Texas cloverleaf
- Nicknames
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- "The Specialist" Mark Sloan
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- FWA Academy Tag Team Championship (1 time, first and current) - with Ollie Burns