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Philip Cartner better known by his ring name Bubblegum, is a British
professional wrestler. He has wrestled in many independent promotions
within the United Kingdom
but he is perhaps best known for his work in Norton British Wrestling
, and his television exposer with Frontier Wrestling Alliance
, Real Quality Wrestling
and Irish Whip Wrestling
.
based Allied Independent Wrestling Federation-Great Britain (AIWF-GB) promotion run by Chris Curtis, Cartner's extra training came from the likes of fellow AIWF stars such as Mark "5 Star" Belton, Dirk Feelgood, Johnny Phere, Kid Kaos and the 20 year veteran Keith Myatt.
Bubblegum found his place as a break out star of the Nottingham based Norton British Wrestling
promotion, having a long standing feud
with Kris Travis over NBW's cruiserweight title since July 2005. On 8 April 2006, Bubblegum would pick up his first title winning a tag team tournament with Stixx to become the first NBW Tag Team Champions.
In late 2005, Bubblegum was given the chance to show off his highflying skills on television with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance
as part of the FWA's Flyweight Division
. Bubblegum would later be given more TV exposure, this time with Irish
promotion Irish Whip Wrestling. Bubblegum continued to work for several other independent promotions during this time, forming a tag team
with lucha libre
wrestler El Ligero
, known as Hubba-Bubba Lucha; and in Garage Pro Wrestling
with Dirk Feelgood as The Remarkables.
On 18 August 2006, Bubblegum won a 9-Man Elimination Match at Real Quality Wrestling
's Summer Brawl 2006 to represent RQW at British Under 23's Championship event on November 18 of that year. The win would also put Bubblegum in contention to become the first Cruiserweight Champion of the company, and though Bubblegum would be unable to win the Under 23's Championship he would defeat Red Vinny at No Pain, No Gain 2007 to become the first RQW Cruiserweight Champion.
Bubblegum performed in the re-launched Frontier Wrestling Alliance
during its first six months in existence, before apparently retiring in March 2010. Having just become a father, it was believed that Cartner wanted to focus on caring for his newborn son.
Despite retiring, he returned to Grand Pro Wrestling in September, where he turned on Joey Hayes and joined Dirk Feelgood's stable The Masterplan. Since then he has returned to active wrestling in GPW.
On the 28th October 2011, Bubblegum appeared as the surprise 6th participant in a 6 man elimination match on PCW's Preston City Wrestling vs Premier British Wrestling show. Bubblegum came out on top in that match, outlasting Raynaldo, Davey Blaze, TJ Rage, CJ Banks and Martin Kirby.
Bubblegum will return to PCW on December 3rd in a show that also features Desmond Wolfe in a 6 way match where the winner gets a title shot at any time in the next 12 months
Outside of wrestling Cartner works at an elevator
maintenance company in Cheshire.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
professional wrestler. He has wrestled in many independent promotions
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...
within 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...
but he is perhaps best known for his work in Norton British Wrestling
Revolution British Wrestling
Revolution British Wrestling was a British professional wrestling promotion, that governed over smaller branches across the United Kingdom.-History:...
, and his television exposer with 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...
, Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling is a British professional wrestling organisation. Len Davies is the Owner and chairman of the company and their sister company, Spectrum Multimedia. The company began as an independent promotion, but soon became an umbrella promotion in 2007 with the self-stated aim to...
and Irish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling is an Irish owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of...
.
Professional wrestling career
Cartner began training in August 2002 with the Stoke-on-TrentStoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
based Allied Independent Wrestling Federation-Great Britain (AIWF-GB) promotion run by Chris Curtis, Cartner's extra training came from the likes of fellow AIWF stars such as Mark "5 Star" Belton, Dirk Feelgood, Johnny Phere, Kid Kaos and the 20 year veteran Keith Myatt.
Bubblegum found his place as a break out star of the Nottingham based Norton British Wrestling
Revolution British Wrestling
Revolution British Wrestling was a British professional wrestling promotion, that governed over smaller branches across the United Kingdom.-History:...
promotion, having a long standing feud
Feud (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
with Kris Travis over NBW's cruiserweight title since July 2005. On 8 April 2006, Bubblegum would pick up his first title winning a tag team tournament with Stixx to become the first NBW Tag Team Champions.
In late 2005, Bubblegum was given the chance to show off his highflying skills on television with the 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...
as part of the FWA's Flyweight Division
FWA Flyweight Championship
The British Flyweight Championship is a British flyweight professional wrestling championship currently defended in XWA. It was created in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance , a promotion that was closed in 2007...
. Bubblegum would later be given more TV exposure, this time with Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
promotion Irish Whip Wrestling. Bubblegum continued to work for several other independent promotions during this time, forming a tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
with lucha libre
Lucha libre
Lucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...
wrestler El Ligero
El Ligero
Simon Musk is a British professional wrestler better known by his ring name El Ligero. He has been regarded as one of the top wrestlers currently wrestling in Europe.-Professional wrestling career:...
, known as Hubba-Bubba Lucha; and in Garage Pro Wrestling
Garage Pro Wrestling
Grand Pro Wrestling or GPW is a British professional wrestling promotion based in the north west of England. The promotion was set up by former British wrestler - "The Middleman" Lee Butler - in February 2003...
with Dirk Feelgood as The Remarkables.
On 18 August 2006, Bubblegum won a 9-Man Elimination Match at Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling is a British professional wrestling organisation. Len Davies is the Owner and chairman of the company and their sister company, Spectrum Multimedia. The company began as an independent promotion, but soon became an umbrella promotion in 2007 with the self-stated aim to...
's Summer Brawl 2006 to represent RQW at British Under 23's Championship event on November 18 of that year. The win would also put Bubblegum in contention to become the first Cruiserweight Champion of the company, and though Bubblegum would be unable to win the Under 23's Championship he would defeat Red Vinny at No Pain, No Gain 2007 to become the first RQW Cruiserweight Champion.
Bubblegum performed in the re-launched 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...
during its first six months in existence, before apparently retiring in March 2010. Having just become a father, it was believed that Cartner wanted to focus on caring for his newborn son.
Despite retiring, he returned to Grand Pro Wrestling in September, where he turned on Joey Hayes and joined Dirk Feelgood's stable The Masterplan. Since then he has returned to active wrestling in GPW.
On the 28th October 2011, Bubblegum appeared as the surprise 6th participant in a 6 man elimination match on PCW's Preston City Wrestling vs Premier British Wrestling show. Bubblegum came out on top in that match, outlasting Raynaldo, Davey Blaze, TJ Rage, CJ Banks and Martin Kirby.
Bubblegum will return to PCW on December 3rd in a show that also features Desmond Wolfe in a 6 way match where the winner gets a title shot at any time in the next 12 months
Outside of wrestling Cartner works at an elevator
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
maintenance company in Cheshire.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Juicy Fruit Driver (Belly to back wheelbarrow facebuster)
- Thundercracker (Tornado DDT)
- Vanilla Thriller (Shooting star press)
- Signature moves
- Backbreaker rack dropped into a facebuster
- Bubble-Go-Round (Running somersault hurricanrana pin)
- Gob Stopper (Sitout rear mat slam, sometimes as a belly to back suplex counter)
- Sitout facebuster, sometimes from the second rope
- Sugar Rush (Shining wizard)
Championships and accomplishments
- Garage Pro WrestlingGarage Pro WrestlingGrand Pro Wrestling or GPW is a British professional wrestling promotion based in the north west of England. The promotion was set up by former British wrestler - "The Middleman" Lee Butler - in February 2003...
- GPW International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Crazy Cruiser 8 Tournament (2006)
- Norton British Wrestling
- NBW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Stixx
- NBW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- One Pro WrestlingOne Pro WrestlingOne Pro Wrestling was a British professional wrestling promotion. 1PW was founded in 2005 by Steven Gauntley until the promotion went into liquidation in 2007; it was restarted within the same year..It ended in August 2011....
- 1PW Tag Team Championship1PW Tag Team ChampionshipThe One Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in One Pro Wrestling. The title was established in 2006. Title reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers, involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and...
(1 time) - with El LigeroEl LigeroSimon Musk is a British professional wrestler better known by his ring name El Ligero. He has been regarded as one of the top wrestlers currently wrestling in Europe.-Professional wrestling career:...
- Premier British Wrestling
- PBW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brad Fusion
- Real Quality Wrestling / SAS WrestlingReal Quality WrestlingReal Quality Wrestling is a British professional wrestling organisation. Len Davies is the Owner and chairman of the company and their sister company, Spectrum Multimedia. The company began as an independent promotion, but soon became an umbrella promotion in 2007 with the self-stated aim to...
- RQW Cruiserweight ChampionshipRQW Cruiserweight ChampionshipThe Real Quality Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship in Real Quality Wrestling. The title was established in 2007 and is the second highest ranked championship in the company. Title reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches with different...
(1 time) - SAS Tag Team ChampionshipSAS Tag Team ChampionshipThe SAS Wrestling Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned and copyrighted by SAS Wrestling. The title was established in 2008. The SAS Tag Team Championship title reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches...
(1 time) - with El Ligero