Name: Dave Murphy
Height: 6’1
Weight: 14 stone 12lbs
Age: 28
Ambition: Murphy has no formal aspirations of grandeur, claiming that he doesn’t like to presume a level above his station. He’s genuinely quite content competing with the best Britain has to offer – and is sure that he can cement a place for his own name in that list with enough time and competition.
Favourite wrestlers: Murphy is a true student of the game, taking in wrestling from all across the globe. He lists Eddie Guerrero, Dave “Fit” Finlay, Jyushin “Thunder” Liger, Davey-Boy Smith, Triple H and Mick McManus as some of his greatest influences in the sport.
Profile: Dave Murphy left his homeland of Northern Ireland in 2006, travelling to Leicester, England to study a degree at De Montfort University. Within one week of his arrival, he heard that Robbie Brookside had become head trainer at a local wrestling school and had headed down to check it out. 10 years later, Murphy’s passion for professional wrestling has not dwindled – despite a number of set-backs.
Murphy spent a number of years honing his craft under Brookside’s watchful eye; a part of the same class which gave British wrestling the likes of Jimmy Meadows, The Crazy Horse, C.K. Light and Vortex. Developing a unique style for a student of the school, combining an intricate technical ability with powerful and aggressive brawling and striking technique; Murphy would soon make his way to All-Star Wrestling and Premier Promotions, smashing his way into the British wrestling scene.
Murphy’s career saw him take on some of the greats of British wrestling, including James Mason, Steve Grey, Barry Cooper and even The Wildcat, Robbie Brookside himself. He soon established an affinity for multi-man competition and began to refer to himself as a tag team specialist, claiming an ability to form a championship-worthy team with any wrestler in the country; something which he was close to backing up.
However, at the tail end of 2012 in a match with Steve Grey and Barry Cooper, Murphy sustained a knee injury. After spending nearly 6 months trying to work through the pain, Murphy was forced onto the injured list in 2013; a move that would take him out of the ring for nearly 3 years. In February 2016 he returned to Brookside’s School Of Wrestling in the best shape of his career, ready to return to action. Just one month later he would return to the ring in a 6-man tag at the first ever trainee show for Brookside’s School Of Wrestling; teaming with Brad Payne and Matt Clay to defeat C.K. Light, Neon and [whatever Matt Lanes’ ring name is]; making the first step to reclaiming his moniker of tag team specialist.
Height: 6’1
Weight: 14 stone 12lbs
Age: 28
Ambition: Murphy has no formal aspirations of grandeur, claiming that he doesn’t like to presume a level above his station. He’s genuinely quite content competing with the best Britain has to offer – and is sure that he can cement a place for his own name in that list with enough time and competition.
Favourite wrestlers: Murphy is a true student of the game, taking in wrestling from all across the globe. He lists Eddie Guerrero, Dave “Fit” Finlay, Jyushin “Thunder” Liger, Davey-Boy Smith, Triple H and Mick McManus as some of his greatest influences in the sport.
Profile: Dave Murphy left his homeland of Northern Ireland in 2006, travelling to Leicester, England to study a degree at De Montfort University. Within one week of his arrival, he heard that Robbie Brookside had become head trainer at a local wrestling school and had headed down to check it out. 10 years later, Murphy’s passion for professional wrestling has not dwindled – despite a number of set-backs.
Murphy spent a number of years honing his craft under Brookside’s watchful eye; a part of the same class which gave British wrestling the likes of Jimmy Meadows, The Crazy Horse, C.K. Light and Vortex. Developing a unique style for a student of the school, combining an intricate technical ability with powerful and aggressive brawling and striking technique; Murphy would soon make his way to All-Star Wrestling and Premier Promotions, smashing his way into the British wrestling scene.
Murphy’s career saw him take on some of the greats of British wrestling, including James Mason, Steve Grey, Barry Cooper and even The Wildcat, Robbie Brookside himself. He soon established an affinity for multi-man competition and began to refer to himself as a tag team specialist, claiming an ability to form a championship-worthy team with any wrestler in the country; something which he was close to backing up.
However, at the tail end of 2012 in a match with Steve Grey and Barry Cooper, Murphy sustained a knee injury. After spending nearly 6 months trying to work through the pain, Murphy was forced onto the injured list in 2013; a move that would take him out of the ring for nearly 3 years. In February 2016 he returned to Brookside’s School Of Wrestling in the best shape of his career, ready to return to action. Just one month later he would return to the ring in a 6-man tag at the first ever trainee show for Brookside’s School Of Wrestling; teaming with Brad Payne and Matt Clay to defeat C.K. Light, Neon and [whatever Matt Lanes’ ring name is]; making the first step to reclaiming his moniker of tag team specialist.