Drew McDonald
Encyclopedia
Drew McDonaldchanged his name by deed poll to Drew McDonald is a Scottish
professional wrestler
. He is best known for wrestling on the independent circuit
in the United Kingdom
since the 1980s.
McDonald stayed in Scotland wrestling for another year after that first match, in April 1984 he went down to England
to work for Joint Promotions; the biggest promoters at that time (in the United Kingdom).
The next 5 years saw McDonald wrestle against the likes of Ray Steele and Gill Singh. McDonald would also develop friendships with the likes of Danny Boy Collins, Dave Finlay
and referee Jeff Kaye.
McDonald at one point would join the army at the Guards Depot at Pirbright
where he joined with the Scots Guards
. During his time there he would met Dave Taylor
of WCW
fame, who had enlisted in the same regiment as McDonald, as a bandsman on the same day.
McDonald would wrestle though out all the top promotions in the UK, including armdrag matches with The American Dream Steve Adonis as well as traveling all over the world, wrestling for promotions like Canada
's Stampede Wrestling
under the name Ben Doon McDonald feuding with stars like Chris Benoit
. When World Championship Wrestling
was in England
, Drew wrestled on their show, WCW worldwide, but was defeated by Buff Bagwell
.
Back in the UK Drew McDonald would win many top titles including Scottish Championship Wrestling's Scottish Heavyweight Championship, and All Star Wrestling
's British Heavyweight Championship
. McDonald won the British title when he defeated Robbie Brookside
in Croydon
on the 7 July 2005.
McDonald would also team up with many long time wrestlers, including Dave Finlay (in the Catch Wrestling Association
), Ulf Herman
, and Robbie Brookside
. Later McDonald would team with rookie stars like Thunder, and Raj Gosh. During a time when both Thunder and Gosh wrestled in Frontier Wrestling Alliance
at the same time as McDonald the group banded together under the stable name "The Triad."
During January 2006, Steve Sonic
defeated McDonald in a ladder match
for All Star Wrestling's British Heavyweight Championship. Throughout 2006 McDonald would continue to wrestle in All Star as well as with other British independent promotions. McDonald also runs his own wrestling school along with former wrestler and referee Jeff Kaye in Stanningley
, Leeds
.In 2008 Mcdonald started working for Superstars Of Wrestling.
.
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
. He is best known for wrestling on the independent circuit
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
since the 1980s.
Professional wrestling career
McDonald first got into wrestling when friend of his who ran a school in Perth for wayward children was promoting a wrestling show to make funds for the school. Ian Law who held a splinter claim to the British Middleweight Championship at the time (the main lineage being held by Brian 'Goldbelt' Maxine) was helping his friend to run the show. One of the wrestlers had got himself seriously injured two weeks out from the show and his friend asked McDonald if he would stand in for the missing man, like nearly everyone, McDonald was convinced that wrestling was all show and that anyone could do it, but McDonald was in for a shock, he had a two week crash course before first pro match against Wild Angus, The match lasted 5 rounds with Angus beating McDonald by the final bell.McDonald stayed in Scotland wrestling for another year after that first match, in April 1984 he went down to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
to work for Joint Promotions; the biggest promoters at that time (in the United Kingdom).
The next 5 years saw McDonald wrestle against the likes of Ray Steele and Gill Singh. McDonald would also develop friendships with the likes of Danny Boy Collins, Dave Finlay
Dave Finlay
David John "Fit" Finlay Jr. is a Northern Irish professional wrestler and road agent. He is perhaps best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and WWE as an active wrestler and later as a road agent...
and referee Jeff Kaye.
McDonald at one point would join the army at the Guards Depot at Pirbright
Pirbright
Pirbright is a village in Surrey, England. Neighbouring villages include Worplesdon, Deepcut, Brookwood and Normandy. Pirbright parish has an area of some falling into two distinct communities with the military area to the north of the railway and the village to the south...
where he joined with the Scots Guards
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...
. During his time there he would met Dave Taylor
David Taylor (wrestler)
David Taylor is an English professional wrestler best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment...
of WCW
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
fame, who had enlisted in the same regiment as McDonald, as a bandsman on the same day.
McDonald would wrestle though out all the top promotions in the UK, including armdrag matches with The American Dream Steve Adonis as well as traveling all over the world, wrestling for promotions like Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
's Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling is a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta and was for nearly 50 years one of the main promotions in western Canada and the Canadian Prairies...
under the name Ben Doon McDonald feuding with stars like Chris Benoit
Chris Benoit
Christopher Michael "Chris" Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler whose career and life ended in a murder–suicide...
. When World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
was in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Drew wrestled on their show, WCW worldwide, but was defeated by Buff Bagwell
Buff Bagwell
Marcus Alexander Bagwell is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name, Buff Bagwell. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling between 1991 and 2001, where he was a five time World Tag Team Champion.-Professional wrestling career: Bagwell...
.
Back in the UK Drew McDonald would win many top titles including Scottish Championship Wrestling's Scottish Heavyweight Championship, and All Star Wrestling
All Star Wrestling
All Star Wrestling is a British Professional wrestling promotion also known as All Star Promotions, Superslam Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling and originally known as Wrestling Enterprises , run by Brian Dixon and based in Liverpool, England...
's British Heavyweight Championship
British Heavyweight Championship
The British Heavyweight Championship is a top British wrestling championship found throughout the country's circuit.Many versions of the British Heavyweight Championship exist in the independent circuit of the United Kingdom at any given time but the scene is usually dominated by one companies...
. McDonald won the British title when he defeated Robbie Brookside
Robbie Brookside
Robert Edward Brooks , better known by his ring name Robbie Brookside, is a British professional wrestler. He has toured all over the world during his career including such countries as the United States, Japan, Germany, and Mexico...
in Croydon
Croydon
Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
on the 7 July 2005.
McDonald would also team up with many long time wrestlers, including Dave Finlay (in the Catch Wrestling Association
Catch Wrestling Association
The Catch Wrestling Association was a professional wrestling organization based in Austria and Germany and was founded in 1973. It was formerly run by famous AWA champion Otto Wanz. The CWA featured a traditional brand of mat wrestling mixed with various “Strong Man” competitions...
), Ulf Herman
Ulf Herman
Ulf Nadrowski is a German professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ulf Herman. He is best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1998-1999 where he would join with the Full Blooded Italians faction...
, and Robbie Brookside
Robbie Brookside
Robert Edward Brooks , better known by his ring name Robbie Brookside, is a British professional wrestler. He has toured all over the world during his career including such countries as the United States, Japan, Germany, and Mexico...
. Later McDonald would team with rookie stars like Thunder, and Raj Gosh. During a time when both Thunder and Gosh wrestled in Frontier Wrestling Alliance
Frontier Wrestling Alliance
Frontier Wrestling Alliance is a British professional wrestling promotion. Established in 1993 as the Fratton Wrestling Association it soon became the Frontier Wrestling Alliance six years later and until 2007 when it lost a scripted inter-promotional feud with International Pro Wrestling: United...
at the same time as McDonald the group banded together under the stable name "The Triad."
During January 2006, Steve Sonic
Steven Lewington
Steven Paul Lewington is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment where he competed as DJ Gabriel.- All Star Promotions and Ohio Valley Wrestling :...
defeated McDonald in a ladder match
Ladder match
A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling that is most commonly used to describe a match where an item is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item...
for All Star Wrestling's British Heavyweight Championship. Throughout 2006 McDonald would continue to wrestle in All Star as well as with other British independent promotions. McDonald also runs his own wrestling school along with former wrestler and referee Jeff Kaye in Stanningley
Stanningley
Stanningley is a district of Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Leeds city centre on the original main road from Leeds to Bradford...
, Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
.In 2008 Mcdonald started working for Superstars Of Wrestling.
.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Celtic Crusher (Sitout three-quarter facelock jawbreakerStunner (professional wrestling)A stunner is a common term in professional wrestling referring to the seated three-quarter facelock jawbreaker maneuver, predominantly used by Stone Cold Steve Austin and named for his Stone Cold Stunner finisher...
)
- Celtic Crusher (Sitout three-quarter facelock jawbreaker
- Nicknames
- "The Highlander From Hell"
- "The Highlander"
- "Mad McDonald"
- "Comrade McDonald"
- "The Spoiler" (Wearing a mask)
- "Ben Doon McDonald"
- "The Ultimate Chippendale"
Championships and accomplishments
- All Star Promotions
- ASW British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- European Wrestling Promotion
- EWP Iron Man Tournament winner (2005)
- Frontier Wrestling AllianceFrontier Wrestling AllianceFrontier Wrestling Alliance is a British professional wrestling promotion. Established in 1993 as the Fratton Wrestling Association it soon became the Frontier Wrestling Alliance six years later and until 2007 when it lost a scripted inter-promotional feud with International Pro Wrestling: United...
- FWA Tag Team ChampionshipFWA Tag Team ChampionshipThe Frontier Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship contested for in the British Frontier Wrestling Alliance promotion. The title was only contestable by male tag teams and in tag team matches...
(1 time) - with Ulf HermanUlf HermanUlf Nadrowski is a German professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ulf Herman. He is best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1998-1999 where he would join with the Full Blooded Italians faction...
- Scottish Championship Wrestling
- SCW Glasgow Championship (1 time)
- SCW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
- SCW Scotland Games winner
- SCW Scottish Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- The Wrestling Alliance
- TWA British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)