| Luke Jacobs | |
|---|---|
 Jacobs (right) in March 2020 | |
| Born | August 21, 2000 [1] Manchester, England |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Luke Jacobs [2] |
| Debut | 2018 |
Luke Jacobs is an English professional wrestler currently working for the British promotions Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Progress Wrestling. In RevPro, he a former Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion, and in Progress, a former Atlas Champion. [3]
Jacobs is known for competing in various of the British independent scene. At Royal Quest II, an event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling on British territory on October 2, 2022, Jacobs teamed up with Ethan Allen in a losing effort against Los Ingobernables de Japon (Sanada and Hiromu Takahashi). [4]
Jacobs made his professional wrestling debut in Future Shock Wrestling at FutureShock UnderGround #27 on June 16, 2018, where he teamed up with Ethan Allen and Ashton Smith to defeat Cyanide and WonderLand (Henry T. Grodd and Noah) in a six-man tag team match. [5]
Jacobs made his debut in Progress Wrestling at PROGRESS Chapter 92: Entertaining Friends on July 7, 2019, where he fell short to Soner Dursun in a dark match. [6] He continued to make appearances for the company, marking his very next arrival at PROGRESS Chapter 96: True Friends Stab You In The Front on October 13, 2019, where he teamed up with his long-time "The Young Guns" tag team partner Ethan Allen in a losing effort against Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker). [7] Jacobs was signed by the company at the beginning of 2021, and soon after, he began chasing for various championships promoted by it. At PROGRESS Chapter 106: Stick A Pony In Me Pocket on March 13, 2021, he unsuccessfully challenged Cara Noir for the PROGRESS World Championship. [8] Jacobs and Ethan Allen competed in a tournament for the vacant PROGRESS Tag Team Championship in which they defeated Chris Ridgeway and Danny Black in the first rounds from PROGRESS Chapter 108: Of Course You Realize This Means War on April 10, 2021, [9] Sunshine Machine (TK Cooper and Chuck Mambo at PROGRESS Chapter 110: Skeleton Head from May 8, 2021, in the semifinals, [10] but fell short to Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II) at PROGRESS Chapter 112: The Flowers Are Still Standing on June 5, 2021, in the finals. [11] At PROGRESS Chapter 131: 10th Anniversary Show on March 25, 2022, Jacobs teamed up with Chris Ridgeway as "North West Strong" to unsuccessfully challenge for the tag titles again in a gauntlet tag team match won by The 0121 (Dan Moloney and Man Like DeReiss), and also involving reigning champions The Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling & Nick Riley), Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II), and The Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper). [12] Jacobs competed in a tournament for the vacant Progress Wrestling Atlas Championship which began at PROGRESS Chapter 132: By The Beard Of Zeus on April 17, 2022, where he defeated Big Damo in the first rounds. [13] In the semifinals from PROGRESS Chapter 133 Stop Motion Skeleton Battle from April 18, Jacobs defeated Warren Banks. The finals took place the same night as he defeated Jonah to win the vacant title. [14]
He competed in various of the promotion's signature events. The first of them was the Natural Progression Series, making his first appearance at the seventh edition which he won by defeating Man Like DeReiss in the first rounds, Ethan Allen in the second ones and Warren Banks in the finals which took place at PROGRESS Chapter 105: Bring The Thunder on February 27, 2021. [15] Another tournament he took part of was the Super Strong Style 16, making his first appearance at the 2023 edition where he defeated Rampage Brown in the first rounds, Shigehiro Irie in the second ones, but fell short to Mark Haskins in the semifinals. [16]
Jacobs made his debut in Revolution Pro Wrestling at RevPro Live In Bristol 3 on July 18, 2021, where he teamed up with Ethan Allen and fell short to The Dream Team (Dean Allmark and Robbie X) in one of the 2021 edition of the "Great British Tag League" block A matches. [17] Jacobs and Allen continued their evolution in the tournament by falling short to Destination Everywhere (Connor Mills and Michael Oku) at RevPro Live At The Cockpit 52 on August 1, [18] and defeated Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II) at RevPro Pop-Up Show on August 15, 2021, finishing the tournament with a total of three points. [19] At RevPro Live At NOT The Cockpit 53 on Jacobs teamed up with Allen to unsuccessfully challenge Destination Everywhere (Connor Mills and Michael Oku) for the British Tag Team Championship. [20] At the 2021 edition of the RevPro British J Cup, Jacobs defeated Robbie X in the first rounds, and then unsuccessfully competed in a four-way match in the finals won by Mike Bailey and also involving Connor Mills and Michael Oku. [21] At RevPro Summer Sizzler 2022 on July 23, Jacobs defeated Michael Oku to win the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship . [22] At RevPro Revolution Rumble 2023, Jacobs competed in the traditional rumble match won by Michael Oku and also involving notable opponents such as Francesco Akira, Eddie Dennis, Gabriel Kidd, Ricky Knight Jr., Zack Sabre Jr., Trent Seven, Leon Slater, Gideon Grey and many others. [23]
Jacobs often competes for the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling. He made his first appearance on the second night of the 2020 edition of the 16 Carat Gold Tournament, where he teamed up with Ethan Allen to defeat Avalanche and Black Taurus, Chris Ridgeway and Scotty Davis, D.J. Hyde and Levaniel, Julian Pace and Puma King, Leon van Gasteren and Lucky Kid, and Norman Harras and Tarik in a gauntlet tag team match. [24] One night later at wXw We Love Wrestling #1, Jacobs and Allen unsuccessfully challenged Jay-AA (Absolute Andy and Jay Skillet) for the wXw World Tag Team Championship. [25] After three years of absence, Jacobs returned at wXw We Love Wrestling #46 on May 27, 2023, where he unsuccessfully challenged Shigehiro Irie for the WXw Unified World Wrestling Championship. [26]
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