Bubblegum (wrestler)
| Bubblegum | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 June 1984 Mobberley, England, United Kingdom |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Bubblegum Phil Blitz |
| Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Billed weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
| Billed from |
Hubba Bubbaville, The Blue Side Of Manchester |
| Trained by |
AIWF-GB Chris Curtis Mark Belton Keith Myatt |
| Debut | 2002 |
Philip Cartner[1] (born 20 June 1984), better known by his ring name Bubblegum, is a British professional wrestler. He has wrestled in many independent promotions within the United Kingdom but he is perhaps best known for his work in Norton British Wrestling, Preston City Wrestling and his television exposure with Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Real Quality Wrestling and Irish Whip Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career
Cartner began training in August 2000 with the Stoke-on-Trent based Allied Independent Wrestling Federation-Great Britain (AIWF-GB) promotion run by Chris Curtis, Cartner's extra training came from the likes of fellow AIWF stars such as Mark "5 Star" Belton, Dirk Feelgood, Johnny Phere, Kid Kaos and the 20-year veteran Keith Myatt.
Bubblegum found his place as a break out star of the Nottingham-based Norton British Wrestling promotion, having a long-standing feud with Kris Travis over NBW's cruiserweight title since July 2005. On 8 April 2006, Bubblegum would pick up his first title winning a tag team tournament with Stixx to become the first NBW Tag Team Champions.
In late 2005, Bubblegum was given the chance to show off his highflying skills on television with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance as part of the FWA's Flyweight Division. Bubblegum would later be given more TV exposure, this time with Irish promotion Irish Whip Wrestling. Bubblegum continued to work for several other independent promotions during this time, forming a tag team with lucha libre wrestler El Ligero, known as Hubba-Bubba Lucha; and in Garage Pro Wrestling with Dirk Feelgood as The Remarkables.
On 18 August 2006, Bubblegum won a nine-man Elimination match at Real Quality Wrestling's Summer Brawl 2006 to represent RQW at British Under 23's Championship event on 18 November of that year. The win would also put Bubblegum in contention to become the first Cruiserweight Champion of the company, and though Bubblegum would be unable to win the Under 23's Championship he would defeat Red Vinny at No Pain, No Gain 2007 to become the first RQW Cruiserweight Champion.
Bubblegum performed in the re-launched Frontier Wrestling Alliance during its first six months in existence, before apparently retiring in March 2010. Having just become a father, it was believed that Cartner wanted to focus on caring for his newborn son.
Despite retiring, he returned to Grand Pro Wrestling in September, where he turned on Joey Hayes and joined Dirk Feelgood's stable The Masterplan. Since then he has returned to active wrestling in GPW.
Since October 2011, Bubblegum has been a regular at Preston city Wrestling, where he won a 6-man elimination match on his first show, and competed in a Money In The Bank match in his 2nd.
In February, Bubblegum beat Greg Burridge to become the number one contender for the PCW title. He won the titlematch at the next show, Springslam, but as it was via disqualification, he did not win the title. However, Bubblegum did leave with the belt.
Bubblegum will once again meet the PCW champion T-Bone on 2 June show, Guild Wars
Outside of wrestling Cartner worked at an elevator maintenance company in Cheshire, but now wrestles full time.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Double underhook facebuster, usually preceded by overhead kick
- Juicy Fruit Driver (Belly-to-back wheelbarrow facebuster)
- Thundercracker (Tornado DDT)
- Vanilla Thrilla (Shooting star press)
- Signature moves
- Backbreaker rack dropped into a facebuster
- Bubble-Go-Round (Running dragonrana)
- Gobstopper (Sitout rear mat slam, sometimes as a belly-to-back suplex counter)
- Sitout facebuster, sometimes from the second rope
- Sugar Rush (Shining wizard)
Championships and accomplishments
- GPW International Heavyweight Championship (2 time)[2]
- Crazy Cruiser 8 Tournament (2006)
- GPW British Heavyweight Championship (Current)
- New Generation Wrestling
- NGW Gen-X Championship (1 time, current)[3]
- Norton British Wrestling
- NBW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Stixx
- NBW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Northern Wrestling League
- NWL Elite Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with El Ligero
- PCW Cruiserweight Champion (1 time)
- Road to Glory Tournament (2015)
- 1PW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with El Ligero[4]
- PBW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[5] – with Brad Fusion
- RQW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[6]
- SAS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with El Ligero[7]
References
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=515336067
- ↑ "Garage Professional Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ↑ https://wrestleropesuk.wordpress.com/2015/12/22/new-generation-wrestling-eternal-glory-at-christmas-full-results/
- ↑ "1-Pro Wrestling 2007 Results". 1pwonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- ↑ "Premier British Wrestling". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ↑ "Real Quality Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ↑ "SAS Wrestling Home Page". saswrestling.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
External links
- Official website
- Bubblegum - Cagematch Database
- Bubblegum at NortonBritishWrestling.co.uk
- The Wrestling Archive Profile