Hartley Jackson

Hartley Jackson
Born (1980-04-17) 17 April 1980
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Residence Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) JAG
Hartley Jackson
Brett James
Jacko Kerrigan
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Billed weight 240 lb (110 kg)
Billed from Adelaide, South Australia
Trained by Col Dervany, NJPW Dojo, Antonio Inoki & Kendo Kashin
Debut 4 October 1999

Hartley Jackson an Australian professional wrestler who is known under the name JAG.[1][2][3][4]

Professional wrestling career

Jackson began wrestling training in 1998 under former Australian wrestler Col Dervany. Jackson helped open the first official pro wrestling school in South Australia called the Monster Factory, with Dervany as the head trainer. Hartley made his official debut on 4 October 1999 against Bruce ‘Havok’ Mills at the Octagon Theatre in Elizabeth, South Australia.[5] Jackson quickly rose to become one of the top ranking Australian wrestlers becoming the first ever Pro Wrestling South Australia Champion defeating Bruce ‘Havok’ Mills in a Ladder Match at Thebarton Theatre on 24 March 2000. Hartley has competed domestically and internationally, particularly in Japan.[4]

Trainer

In 2002, a group of aspiring wrestlers from Perth – where there was no wrestling school at the time - travelled to South Australia and trained under Col Dervany, Bruce Mills and Hartley Jackson. The group from Perth eventually went on to open their own wrestling school become Explosive Pro Wrestling which is regarded as one of the top promotions currently in Australia. In 2003, Jag and Havok ventured to Perth on multiple occasions to wrestle for EPW, as well as become guest instructors and help further train the EPW roster and train wrestlers like Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste (TMDK).[4] Hartley Jackson later opened a new training centre in Adelaide called Pro Wrestling Dojo.[4]

NJPW

In 2005, Hartley Jackson made his first trip to the USA which was sponsored by Rick Sanders, a founder of EPW in Perth, and took Mikey Nicholls with him. Hartley and Mikey lived and trained at New Japan Pro Wrestling's dojo in Los Angeles, California, where they trained pro wrestling with Kendo Kashin, Rocky Romero, Antonio Inoki and Terry Taylor and also trained in MMA which was coached by UFC referee Herb Dean. Also present at the school when Hartley and Nicolls arrived was Fergal Devitt, Rocky Romero and Alex Koslov. A few months later Karl Anderson soon joined them and the 5 became a tight group that always trained together and became a part of the team ‘6 against the World’ from the LA Dojo.

Zero1

In 2010, Hartley Jackson signed for a 6-week tour with Zero1 Japan and formed a tag team with Steve Corino. Both Hartley and Corino faced Akebono and Otani in a World Tag Team Title Match in April, narrowly losing the encounter. During the course of the tour, Hartley Jackson feuded with Kanemura and they faced off in a Strap Match at Korakuen Hall.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Hartley Jackson". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  2. ↑ Chris Dalgleish. "Hartley Jackson / Jag - AustralianWrestling.org". Australianwrestling.org. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  3. ↑ "Hartley Jackson". Australianwrestling.org. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "A Word With Hartley Jackson - Merge". Merge.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  5. ↑ "“Jag” Hartley Jackson". Johnsontranscript.com. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  6. 1 2 "Hartley Jackson". PWA Australia.
  7. ↑ "Heavyweight". Pacific Pro Wrestling. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  8. ↑ "NWA Australian Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  9. ↑ "Tag Team". Pacific Pro Wrestling. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  10. ↑ "PWA Champion – Jack Bonza". PWA Australia. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  11. ↑

External links

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