Trent Seven

Trent Seven

Seven in January 2017
Birth name Benjamin Maurice Webb
Born (1981-08-21) August 21, 1981[1]
Wolverhampton,
West Midlands, England, United Kingdom[2]
Residence Kingston upon Hull, England
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Trent Seven[1]
Billed height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Billed weight 98 kg (216 lb)[2]
Debut 2010[3]

Benjamin "Ben" Maurice Webb (born August 21, 1981) is a British professional wrestler, currently working for various independent companies in Europe and occasionally the United States under the ring name Trent Seven.[1] Seven and Tyler Bate form the tag team "Moustache Mountain" who collectively have won the Progress Tag Team Championship in the UK and the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas in the United States. Seven, Bate and Pete Dunne collectively form "British Strong Style".

Early life

As a child, Webb aspired to be an actor until he watched WrestleMania, which made him want to become a wrestler.[2] As a teenager, Webb and several of his friends would often wrestle each other in their backyards.[3] In 2008 he decided to train for a career professional wrestling, going so far as to buying his own wrestling ring to properly train.[3] It would not be until 2010 that he made his in ring debut, adopting the ring name "Trent Seven" for his debut on an Alternative Wrestling World show in Birmingham in 2010.[3] In the subsequent years he would wrestle part-time, splitting his time between wrestling and a day job.

Professional wrestling career

In 2011 and in 2012, Seven traveled to the United States to wrestle for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), losing on both occasions.[4] He also traveled to Japan in 2012, working three shows for Big Japan Pro Wrestling, including a show at Korakuen Hall.[3]

Fight Club Pro (2010–2011)

Despite being a "part timer", Seven was granted a match for the Ring of Honor World Championship during ROH's 2011 tour of the United Kingdom. Seven lost to defending champion Davey Richards on 15 July 2011 on a show promoted by Fight Club Pro (FCP).[5] At some point in 2011 Seven became the first holder of the FCP Championship, holding it until 25 November where he lost the title to Eddie Edwards.[6] In 2013 he won FCP's annual "Infinity Trophy Tournament" when he defeated Mark Haskins in the finals.[7] During an FCP show on 5 February 2016 Trent Seven unsuccessfully challenged Trevor Lee for the TNA X-Division Championship.[8] On 7 January 2017 Moustache Mountain (Seven and Tyler Bate) teamed up with Joel Allen to defeat #CCK (Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos) and Shay Purser, with the win Allen became the title holder of the Attack! 24:7 Championship, only for Allen to lose it the same night.[9]

Chikara (2015–2016)

In early 2015, Seven, alongside Bate, debuted in American promotion Chikara as part of their tour of the United Kingdom, defeating The Hunter Brothers in a dark match on 3 April[10] and losing to the Devastation Corporation (Max Smashmaster and Blaster McMassive) in another dark match on 6 April.[11] In their final dark match on the tour, Seven and Bate teamed with Clint Margera to take on Pete Dunne, Damian Dunne and Jimmy Havoc in a losing effort.[12] Seven teamed with Bate and Dan Moloney at that year's King of Trios as Team Fight Club: Pro, making it to the semi-finals before being eliminated by the Bullet Club (AJ Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[13] In 2016, Seven and Bate began competing more regularly in Chikara, and on 21 August they defeated Los Ice Creams (Hijo Del Ice Cream and Ice Cream Jr.), N_R_G (Hype Rockwell and Race Jaxon) and The Devastation Corporation to win the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas.[14]

Progress Wrestling (2016–present)

Seven debuted with Progress Wrestling at Chapter 28 alongside Tyler Bate, losing to Damian and Pete Dunne.[15] Seven returned at Chapter 32, losing to Rampage Brown.[16] At Chapter 33, Seven turned heel, attacking Tyler Bate and aligning himself with Pete Dunne to form British Strong Style.[17] At Chapter 36, Seven and Dunne defeated The London Riots (James Davis and Rob Lynch) to win the Progress Tag Team Championships,[18] and successfully defended them in a rematch at Chapter 39.[19] By virtue of winning that match, both Seven and Dunne were entered into a 7-man elimination match for the vacant Progress Wrestling Championship, which was eventually won by Dunne after Tyler Bate returned and attacked Jimmy Havoc, thus turning heel and aligning himself with Seven and Dunne.[19] On 16 December, Seven and Dunne were stripped of the Progress Tag Team Championship after Dunne attempted to give his half of the shield to Bate. Two weeks later at Chapter 41, Seven and Bate defeated The London Riots and The LDRS of the New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr) in a three-way tag team match to win the vacant titles.[20].

Seven entered the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament in 2017, losing to Matt Riddle in the first round.[21] On night 2, Seven and Dunne defeated David Starr and Pastor William Eaver[22] and on night 3 Seven beat Mark Haskins in a submission match.[23] After successful defending the tag team championship against teams such as the South Pacific Power Trip (TK Cooper and Travis Banks)[24] and the Hunter Brothers,[25], Seven and Bate eventually lost the titles at Chapter 50 to #CCK (Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos)[26] before winning them back less than a month later at Chapter 51.[27]

WWE (2016–present)

On December 15, 2016 it was revealed that Seven would be one of 16 men competing in a two night tournament to crown the first ever WWE United Kingdom Champion[28] on 14 and 15 January 2017. Prior to the tournament Seven, along with Pete Dunne were mentioned among the favorites to win the tournament.[3] In the first round, Seven defeated HC Dyer to advance to the quarter finals, where he was defeated by Wolfgang.[29][30] On 15 February 2017, Seven made his debut in WWE's developmental territory NXT, unsuccessfully challenging Bate for the United Kingdom Championship.[31]

Personal life

Like his British Strong Style teammates, Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate, Seven is a vegan.[32]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Seven (back) holding the Progress Tag Team Championship shield with his British Strong Style partners Tyler Bate (left) and Pete Dunne (front).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Atkin, Nicolas (January 13, 2017). "WWE U.K. Championship tournament preview, part 1". ESPN. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Atkin, Nicolas (January 9, 2017). "Pete Dunne and Trent Seven front and center ahead of WWE U.K. Championship tournament". ESPN. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Trent Seven > Matches > Americas". CageMatch. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  5. ↑ "FCP Fight For Honour". CageMatch. July 15, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Kreikenbohm, Philip. "FCP Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH".
  7. 1 2 Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Infinity Trophy 2013 « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH".
  8. ↑ "FCP All The Best 2016". CageMatch. February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  9. ↑ "ATTACK! 24:7 Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  10. ↑ "CHIKARA For British Eyes Only at Wulfrun Hall wrestling results".
  11. ↑ "CHIKARA Let 'em Eat Cake at Wulfrun Hall wrestling results".
  12. ↑ "CHIKARA Afternoon Delight at The Garage wrestling results".
  13. ↑ "CHIKARA King of Trios '15 – Night 3 at Palmer Community Center wrestling results".
  14. ↑ "CHIKARA No One's First, And You're Next at The Wrestle Factory wrestling results".
  15. ↑ "PROGRESS Chapter 28: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want at The Ritz wrestling results".
  16. ↑ "PROGRESS Chapter 32: 5000 to 1 at Electric Ballroom wrestling results".
  17. ↑ "PROGRESS Chapter 33: Malice In Wonderland at Electric Ballroom wrestling results".
  18. ↑ "PROGRESS Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again at O2 Academy Brixton wrestling results".
  19. 1 2 "PROGRESS Chapter 39: The Graps of Wrath at Electric Ballroom wrestling results".
  20. ↑ "PROGRESS Chapter 41: Unboxing Live! at Electric Ballroom wrestling results".
  21. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=162684
  22. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=162685
  23. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=162686
  24. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=162673
  25. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=162674
  26. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=162687
  27. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=162688
  28. ↑ "Photos from the historic U.K. press conference".
  29. ↑ Soucek, Andrew. "SOUCEK’S WWE UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT REPORT 1/14: Ongoing coverage of night one of UK Championship tournament". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  30. ↑ Soucek, Andrew. "SOUCEK’S WWE UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT REPORT 1/15: Ongoing coverage of night two of UK Championship tournament". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  31. ↑ http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2017-02-15
  32. ↑ "Interview with Tyler Bate and Trent Seven on their Vegan trent seven is into Lauren Lifestyles".
  33. 1 2 Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Themes « Trent Seven « Wrestlers Database".
  34. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "ATTACK! 24:7 Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH".
  35. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CHIKARA Campeonatos de Parejas Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH".
  36. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Title Reigns « PROGRESS Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH".
  37. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Title Reigns « PROGRESS Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH".
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