Rob Cage
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Robert Smith BA is a British Professional Wrestler better known by his in ring name Rob Cage. Cage lives in England and competes mainly in Northern England and Central Scotland. He is best known for his appearances in British Championship Wrestling. He competes across the UK, as well as appearing in Ireland and Germany on a regular basis.
Cage continued to wrestle for the promotion, along with Premier British Wrestling where he established himself as a villainous wrestler both in singles and tag team action, where he and fellow Englishman Andy Wild aligned themselves with Charles Boddington as The Heritage.
The duo didn't last long, however, as Cage and Wild had been noted as "too similar" and were forced to go into singles careers.
During 2008 Rob Cage wrestled for several promotions in England.
Throughout 2009 Cage began to wrestle for other promotions across Scotland and England, with Scottish School of Wrestling
and UK Wrestling Experience being two family orientated promotions, along with the holiday camp circuits. As well as these, Cage made his debut in Germany for the Deutsch Wrestling Alliance in Visselhovede
and Mad Wrestling Association in Lübeck
, Hamburg
. He is also the first Englishman to wrestle in Poland for the Do or Die Wrestling promotion.
As well as making his first European appearances, 2009 was also the first time Cage appeared for Insane Championship Wrestling where he and Noam Dar attacked former trainer Colin McKay.
This storyline lead to Cage's first match for the company in 2010.
Cage picked up his first Championship at UKW- UK Wrestling Experience in December 2009 Rob Cage
Cage's career in 2010 began with a strong start. He appeared at the annual Wrestling Legends Tour hosted by Deutsch Wrestling Alliance, wXw
and CWN where he faced Ulf Herman
and Karsten Beck on both nights of the tour.
Cage continued his European appearances by joining the Irish Whip Wrestling
Roster, where he has competed in both singles and Tag Team bouts, as well as the King of Cork Tournament.
As well as working with IwW, Cage also wrestled several dates for LDN including a Capital Championship match against Alan Lee Travis, being beaten via pinfall.
Rob Cage's ICW in ring debut was against Jack Jester in the first ever Insane DeathMatch. The match was loosely based on matches from the King of the Death Match Tournament in Japan, and saw both men in a bloody state, something neither man had seen in such capacity.
Cage also became the first Englishman to wrestle in Poland for the Do or Die Wrestling promotion, in Warsaw
Cage featured in the UKW Wrestlebration 2 event, which was at Blackpool Tower
where he pinned Dylan Roberts in the Main Event to gain his second UKW Championship.
In November 2010, Rob Cage defeated Steve Douglas for the EPW Promotion in Bremen, Germany to become the first European Jr. Heavyweight Champion. The match was a 20 minute time limit and the two fought up to the 19th minute before a Go to Sleep
/Shining Wizard combo was used to give Cage the win.
, as well as being featured heavily on the UK Wrestling Experience television show featured on Sky
TV.
Cage successfully defended the UKW Championship against Valkabious before Bruce Sheila cashed in a title shot, costing Cage his 6 month title reign. Cage recently lost the UKW Championship to The Great Naga
His first appearance for ICW in 2011 saw Absolution (Cage and Dar) taking on Chris Renfrew and B.T. Gunn, a match that saw all 4 men brawling all around the venue causing mayhem.
Competing in his second Legend Tour, Cage teamed with fellow Brit Logan Storm as Los Conquistadors, as well as being featured several times as himself.
Cage has continued his work in Europe, competing for promotions such as PWF in Hamburg, and a return visit to Poland.
With experience in the Lucha Libre style, Cage made his debut alongside fellow LDN Alumni, William Gaylord, as Steakley Bakewell, one half of The Fabulous Bakewell Boys for the London based Cabaret Sinestro show: Lucha Britannia.
Steakley, and his "brother" Jerry depict Northern English miners, perform comedy hybrid style of British traditional wrestling with the acrobatic performance of Lucha Libre.
with a BA(Hons) Degree in Media Production. When not wrestling Rob works in the Television Industry as a freelance Editor.
GTF (Go To Sleep
)
Bombs Away (Reverse Wheelbarrow Facebuster)
Synchronicity 3 Shoulder Roll/Spear
Combo
Ear Ringer
Vain Cutter Diving Neckbreaker
Heavyweight Championship (December 2009 - December 2009) (July 2010 - February 2011) (April 2011 - July 2011) (UK)
EPW Junior Heavyweight Championship (November 2010 - Current) (Germany)
Irish Whip Wrestling
King of Cork 2010 (Joint held with Mandrake) (Ireland)
AWM Limit-X Championship (April 2011 - Current) (Germany)
LDN Wrestling Capital Champion (July 2011 - July 2011)
Early Years
Rob Cage began training under the guidance of General Trent Steel and Iceman towards the end of 2005. The WZW training school closed its doors in 2007, a few months after Cage had made his debut for Carlisle based promotion TTP. Cage then moved his wrestling training to Glasgow to British Championship Wrestling.Career 2007-2008
Rob had been wrestling for TTP for several months before making his Scottish debut for BCW at the annual Supershow No Blood No Sympathy 5 where he entered a Royal Rumble for the vacant BCW Heavyweight Championship, vacated from now current WWE Superstar Drew Mcintyre.Cage continued to wrestle for the promotion, along with Premier British Wrestling where he established himself as a villainous wrestler both in singles and tag team action, where he and fellow Englishman Andy Wild aligned themselves with Charles Boddington as The Heritage.
The duo didn't last long, however, as Cage and Wild had been noted as "too similar" and were forced to go into singles careers.
During 2008 Rob Cage wrestled for several promotions in England.
Career 2009 - 2010
Early 2009 saw Rob Cage continue competing for BCW as well as heading to Ireland, where The Heritage reformed for one night only NWA Ireland at the Fight Factory.Throughout 2009 Cage began to wrestle for other promotions across Scotland and England, with Scottish School of Wrestling
Scottish School of Wrestling
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and UK Wrestling Experience being two family orientated promotions, along with the holiday camp circuits. As well as these, Cage made his debut in Germany for the Deutsch Wrestling Alliance in Visselhovede
Visselhövede
Visselhövede is a town in the district of Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Nearby towns include the district capital Rotenburg, Walsrode and Verden. Larger cities within a 100 km radius are Bremen, Hanover and Hamburg....
and Mad Wrestling Association in Lübeck
Lübeck
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
, Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. He is also the first Englishman to wrestle in Poland for the Do or Die Wrestling promotion.
As well as making his first European appearances, 2009 was also the first time Cage appeared for Insane Championship Wrestling where he and Noam Dar attacked former trainer Colin McKay.
This storyline lead to Cage's first match for the company in 2010.
Cage picked up his first Championship at UKW- UK Wrestling Experience in December 2009 Rob Cage
Cage's career in 2010 began with a strong start. He appeared at the annual Wrestling Legends Tour hosted by Deutsch Wrestling Alliance, wXw
World Xtreme Wrestling
World Xtreme Wrestling is a Northeastern-based independent professional wrestling promotion which has held events across the United States and have toured in Japan, the Middle East and South Pacific region including American Samoa and Guam....
and CWN where he faced 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 Karsten Beck on both nights of the tour.
Cage continued his European appearances by joining the 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...
Roster, where he has competed in both singles and Tag Team bouts, as well as the King of Cork Tournament.
As well as working with IwW, Cage also wrestled several dates for LDN including a Capital Championship match against Alan Lee Travis, being beaten via pinfall.
Rob Cage's ICW in ring debut was against Jack Jester in the first ever Insane DeathMatch. The match was loosely based on matches from the King of the Death Match Tournament in Japan, and saw both men in a bloody state, something neither man had seen in such capacity.
Cage also became the first Englishman to wrestle in Poland for the Do or Die Wrestling promotion, in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
Cage featured in the UKW Wrestlebration 2 event, which was at Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower Eye is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire in England which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. . Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it rises to 518 feet & 9 inches . The tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers...
where he pinned Dylan Roberts in the Main Event to gain his second UKW Championship.
In November 2010, Rob Cage defeated Steve Douglas for the EPW Promotion in Bremen, Germany to become the first European Jr. Heavyweight Champion. The match was a 20 minute time limit and the two fought up to the 19th minute before a Go to Sleep
Go to Sleep
"Go to Sleep" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the second single from their sixth album Hail to the Thief in 2003. The song has an initial time signature of 4/4, which alternates with 6/8 time throughout the duration of the song. The alternate title for the song as listed...
/Shining Wizard combo was used to give Cage the win.
Career 2011 - Present
Cage began 2011 wrestling on a regular basis for the London based promotion LDNLDN
LDN is a mobile phone abbreviation for London. It can also refer to:* LDN, a London based professional wrestling promotion.* London Daily News, the short-lived London newspaper owned by British newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell...
, as well as being featured heavily on the UK Wrestling Experience television show featured on Sky
Sky
The sky is the part of the atmosphere or outer space visible from the surface of any astronomical object. It is difficult to define precisely for several reasons. During daylight, the sky of Earth has the appearance of a pale blue surface because the air scatters the sunlight. The sky is sometimes...
TV.
Cage successfully defended the UKW Championship against Valkabious before Bruce Sheila cashed in a title shot, costing Cage his 6 month title reign. Cage recently lost the UKW Championship to The Great Naga
The Great Naga
The Great Naga is a professional wrestler based in the United Kingdom. He has been regarded as one of the top wrestlers currently wrestling in UKW and currently is the UKW Champion. Naga debuted on the 9th of July 2010 at UKW Wrestlebration 2 held at Blackpool Tower, At that event Naga fought, but...
His first appearance for ICW in 2011 saw Absolution (Cage and Dar) taking on Chris Renfrew and B.T. Gunn, a match that saw all 4 men brawling all around the venue causing mayhem.
Competing in his second Legend Tour, Cage teamed with fellow Brit Logan Storm as Los Conquistadors, as well as being featured several times as himself.
Cage has continued his work in Europe, competing for promotions such as PWF in Hamburg, and a return visit to Poland.
With experience in the Lucha Libre style, Cage made his debut alongside fellow LDN Alumni, William Gaylord, as Steakley Bakewell, one half of The Fabulous Bakewell Boys for the London based Cabaret Sinestro show: Lucha Britannia.
Steakley, and his "brother" Jerry depict Northern English miners, perform comedy hybrid style of British traditional wrestling with the acrobatic performance of Lucha Libre.
Personal life
Rob is a graduate from the University of Central LancashireUniversity of Central Lancashire
The University of Central Lancashire is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, England.The university has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge which was founded in 1828. In 1992 it was granted University status by the Privy Council...
with a BA(Hons) Degree in Media Production. When not wrestling Rob works in the Television Industry as a freelance Editor.
Finishing Moves
Shining Blizzard (Shining Wizard)GTF (Go To Sleep
Go to Sleep
"Go to Sleep" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the second single from their sixth album Hail to the Thief in 2003. The song has an initial time signature of 4/4, which alternates with 6/8 time throughout the duration of the song. The alternate title for the song as listed...
)
Bombs Away (Reverse Wheelbarrow Facebuster)
Signature Moves
Zenyatta Mondatta Shoulder Check and Capoeira RollSynchronicity 3 Shoulder Roll/Spear
Spear
A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head.The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with bamboo spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fastened to the shaft, such as flint, obsidian, iron, steel or...
Combo
Ear Ringer
Vain Cutter Diving Neckbreaker
Championships
UKW - UK Wrestling ExperienceUKW - UK Wrestling Experience
UKW – UK Wrestling Experience is a Wakefield based professional wrestling promotion founded in 2009. Its weekly television program UK Wrestling Experience Mayhem is currently the only British based professional wrestling program to have National Television coverage in the UK...
Heavyweight Championship (December 2009 - December 2009) (July 2010 - February 2011) (April 2011 - July 2011) (UK)
EPW Junior Heavyweight Championship (November 2010 - Current) (Germany)
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...
King of Cork 2010 (Joint held with Mandrake) (Ireland)
AWM Limit-X Championship (April 2011 - Current) (Germany)
LDN Wrestling Capital Champion (July 2011 - July 2011)