Sawyer Fulton
 Fulton in April 2016 | |
| Birth name | Jacob Southwick |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 2, 1990 Toledo, Ohio, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Big Jake South Jacob Southwick Sawyer Fulton |
| Billed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 315 lb (143 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Toledo, Ohio, United States [1] |
| Trained by |
Jimmie Lee[2] WWE Performance Center |
| Debut | 2010 |
Jacob Southwick (born April 2, 1990) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is working in their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Sawyer Fulton.
Early life
Southwick attended Ashland University, where he is a former Greco-Roman All-American and a two-time NCAA All-American amateur wrestler.[2] He cited Kurt Angle as his favorite wrestler growing up.[3]
Professional wrestling career
Mid-Ohio Wrestling (2010–2012)
Southwick trained to be a professional wrestler at the ASWA Pro Wrestling Training Center in Mansfield, Ohio.[2] He made his professional wrestling debut for Mid-Ohio Wrestling as Big Jake South on Oct 16, 2010, defeating Izzy Lambert. He won the Mid-Ohio Tag Team Titles with Cyrus Poe, and challenged unsuccessfully for various other championships within the promotion including as the Tri-County Heavyweight Title and the World Title.[4]
WWE
NXT (2012–present)
In September 2012 it was reported that Southwick had signed with WWE.[2] He was later renamed Sawyer Fulton. He made his televised NXT debut on May 2, 2013, where he appeared as an enhancement talent in a tag-team match against The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper).[5] He then continued to make sporadic televised appearances on NXT as an enhancement talent over the next three years, often as part of a tag-team with Angelo Dawkins with the duo being defeated by teams such as Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady, The Vaudevillains, Blake and Murphy and The Hype Bros.[6]
In March 2016, Fulton formed a tag-team with Alexander Wolfe at NXT live events.[7]
In September 2016, Fulton and Wolfe joined a stable named Sanity along with Eric Young and Nikki Cross. The stable made its debut on the October 12, 2016 episode of NXT, with Wolfe and Fulton defeating the team of Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger as part of the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. On November 2, in the second round of the Tag Team Classic, Fulton and Wolfe beat fan favourites T.J. Perkins and Kota Ibushi. They were knocked out of the tournament in the semi finals by TM-61. Fulton was removed from Sanity after an injury in November 2016.
In wrestling
- Signature moves
- With Alexander Wolfe
- Double team finishing moves
- Managers
- Entrance themes
Championships and accomplishments
- Mid-Ohio Wrestling
- Mid-Ohio Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cyrus Poe
References
- 1 2 3 Sawyer Fulton
- 1 2 3 4 Indie wrestler heads to WWE developmental
- ↑ Grappling and gorilla suits: The story of Jake Southwick
- ↑
- ↑ 5/30 Gutteridge's WWE NXT Review: Battle Royal to determine the No.1 Contender for the NXT Title, Big E Langston vs. Derrick Bateman, Stephanie McMahon's big announcement, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan in action
- ↑ Gutteridge's WWE NXT Hit List: Finn Bálor and Kevin Owens sign the contract for NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, plus Eva Marie returns to the ring, Bayley vs. Emma, VaudeVillains vs. Sawyer Fulton and Angelo Dawkins, and Samoa Joe vs. Mike Rawlis
- ↑ NXT Bartow, FL, live results: Patrick Clark's interesting new gimmick; Andrade vs. Dillinger
- 1 2 "Wrestlingdata.com profile". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "10/12 Zim’s NXT TV Live Review: Sanity vs. Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger, Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss vs. TM61 in Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic matches". ProWrestling.Net. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "WWE: Controlled Chaos (SAnitY) - Single". iTunes. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
External links
- Sawyer Fulton on WWE.com