UK Pitbulls
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 The UK Pitbulls - Bulk standing behind Big Dave |
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| Tag team | |
| Members | Bulk Big Dave |
| Name(s) | UK Pitbulls |
| Billed from | Norwich, England |
| Debuted | July 1998 against Johnny Steele (Bulk) May 10th 1998 against Crusher Mason (Big Dave) |
The UK Pitbulls are an English professional wrestling tag team that consists of brothers Bulk (Mike Waters, born 1979) and Big Dave (Dave Waters, born 1972). With the motto "if we don't beat you, we eat you!" The UK Pitbulls are considered one of the most dominant tag team in the United Kingdom, and have won many tag titles not just in England but in Europe and the United States also.
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[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Bulk
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- Bulkishi Driver (Over-the-shoulder belly-to-belly piledriver)
- Bulk-A-Rolla (Rolling senton)
- Buffet Buster (Leg drop)
- Crowd Killa (Front flip senton from the ring apron to the floor)
- Big Dave
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- Pitfall (Full nelson slam)
- Rack Of Ribs (Over-the-shoulder backbreaker)
- Dog Collar (Cobra clutch)
- As a team
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- Pair Drop (Sitdown spike powerbomb)
- Double Whopper (Leg drop (Bulk) / big splash (Dave) combo)
- Club Sandwich (Irish whip aided body avalanche)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Bulk
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- WAW King of the Ring (1998)
- 1-time WAW Youth Champion
- 1-time SCW Commonwealth Champion
- Big Dave
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- 1-time WAW Open Champion
- WAW Wrestler of the Year (2001)
- As a team
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- 1-time ICWA World Tag Team Champions
- 1-time RDW Tag Team Champions
- 1-time PWF Tag Team Champions
- 1-time DAM Tag Team Champions
- 3-time AIWF World Hardcore Tag Team Champions
- 4-time WAW Tag Team Champions
- 1-time AIWF-GB Tag Team Champions
- 1-time FWA Tag Team Champions
- 1-time BRAWL Tag Team Champions
- 1-time K-Star Tag Team Champions
- 1-time UCW Tag Team Champions
- 1-time UWA Tag Team Champions
- 1-time EWC Tag Team Champions
- British Wrestling Website's British Tag Team of the Year (2004-2005)
- UKWW's UK Tag Team of the Year (2005)
[edit] Trivia
- Bulk is part of the Rock band "Spot" playing the drums as Big Mike with Chris (guitar), Ollie (bass), and Bub (guitar/vocals) which formed in 1996. Bulk would leave the band for a short time to also feature in another band "OVER-BORED"
- Big Dave competed heavily in strongman competitions from 1990-2000, and has reached the UK finals 3 years running gaining a second place in 1995. In 1996 he was ranked no.1 in the UK and Europe. However as of August 2003, Dave retired from strongman competition to pursue a full-time career in professional wrestling. However, Dave occasionally returns to run some highly regarded strongman competitions.
- The UK Pitbulls name is actually a play on the World Wrestling Federation's British Bulldogs tag team name; Bulk and Big Dave were asked to wrestle as the British Bulldogs on a holiday camp but declined and suggested the name UK Pitbulls instead.
- The UK Pitbulls gimmick is very similar to that of the Extreme Championship Wrestling tag team The Pitbulls, including ring attire.
- The UK Pitbulls opened a wrestling and powerlifting gym "Pitbull Powerhouse" in Cromer, Norfolk. Here they run a wrestling training school and concentrate on the heavier side of weightlifting, including strongman training also fitness weight loss and any routine to personal requirements.
- The UK Pitbulls would hold a record breaking 7 different tag team titles in one calendar year (2002).
- The UK Pitbulls have appeared on local TV, Trisha, Documentaries on Channel 5 and ITV 2, in an independent film called "Slumber Party" and the BBC 6 o'clock news. The UK Pitbulls would also appeared on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast, and in 2003 they filmed several segments for MTV's "Dirty Sanchez" and ITV's Celebrity Wrestling.
