Mark Sloan
Encyclopedia
Mark Sloan is a British
professional wrestler
. Sloan is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance
due to founding the promotion and being head trainer in the company's training academy, FWA Academy.
In 1999, whilst working at Ross Records, Mark Sloan founded the Fratton Wrestling Alliance, the company which would go on to become the now defunct Frontier Wrestling Alliance
of today. Sloan was the first ever holder of its FWA British Heavyweight Championship
, defeating Paul Glory in a tournament on July 11, 1999, before losing the title to Alex Shane
on February 27, 2000.
Sloan has also held the FWA All England Championship
before, defeating former tag team partner Paul Travell on September 1, 2001 before losing the title to Zebra Kid
a few months later.
Sloan would become the head trainer of FWA's main training school. While in the FWA Academy which is located in Sloan's hometown of Portsmouth, Sloan trained many future British wrestlers, most notably Drew McIntyre
, a former WWE Intercontinental Champion
and Paul Burchill
and Katie Lea Burchill
who went on to wrestle for the WWE's
ECW brand, but also Hade Vansen
, Andy Boy Simmonz, James Tighe
, Luke (Fruit Corner) Horner, "The Star Attraction" Mark Haskins
and The Enigma.
Sloan would go on to lead the EntouRAGE, a faction consisting of FWA Academy students working as heels
during FWA main shows while acting as babyface
s during FWA:A shows. The EntouRAGE has consisted of Sloan, Ollie Burns, Alan Gallagher, Graham Hughes, Matt Campbell, Tyrone Johnson, Ant Lacayo and Wade Fitzgerald. While part of the EntouRAGE Sloan and Burns would often work as a tag team and soon became the first holders of FWA:A's tag team titles after defeating Dan James and Harry Mills in a tournament final to become first ever champions on November 25, 2005. They would hold the tag titles for a year before losing them to Joel Redman and then FWA:A Champion LT Summers in a Round Robin tournament.
Mark Sloan closed the FWA:A shortly afterwards, as he was unhappy at the poor attitude of new students as well as students leaving FWA:A after a few weeks/months and telling wrestling promoters that they had been trained by him in order to get work. He continues to train a small group of no more than 8 students who he feels are sufficiently dedicated to forging a career in professional wrestling.
Currently, Sloan wrestles alongside Wade Fitzgerald as the tag team BritRAGE, as well as making singles appearances for IPW:UK. Additionally, he sells wrestling/MMA merchandise, fitness supplements and print services under the business name A-Merchandise. He also promoted Pro Wrestling Noah
's debut in the UK at the Coventry Skydome, European Navigation 2008, in June 2008 and 4 shows of Dragon Gate
in 2009 & 2010. Sloan also ran two hugely successful Pro Wrestling NOAH
shows on May 13th/May 14th in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire and Wolverhampton
which included two GHC Heavyweight championship
title defences.
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...
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...
. Sloan is best known for his work 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...
due to founding the promotion and being head trainer in the company's training academy, FWA Academy.
Professional wrestling career
Mark Sloan started training to become a wrestler in 1990, and made his debut 5 years later on September 19, 1995.In 1999, whilst working at Ross Records, Mark Sloan founded the Fratton Wrestling Alliance, the company which would go on to become the now defunct 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...
of today. Sloan was the first ever holder of its FWA British Heavyweight Championship
FWA British Heavyweight Championship
The British Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the XWA. The championship was originally created and contested for in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance but moved to XWA when the former company became defunct...
, defeating Paul Glory in a tournament on July 11, 1999, before losing the title to Alex Shane
Alex Shane
Alexander Daniel Spilling is a British professional wrestler who is best known by his ring name "The Ascension" Alex Shane. Spilling also works as a promoter and wrestling teacher.-Early career:...
on February 27, 2000.
Sloan has also held the FWA All England Championship
FWA All England Championship
The All-England Championship was a professional wrestling championship which was originally contested for in Frontier Wrestling Alliance and subsequently in International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom after FWA's closure...
before, defeating former tag team partner Paul Travell on September 1, 2001 before losing the title to Zebra Kid
Roy Bevis
Roy Bevis, better known by his ring name Zebra Kid is a British professional wrestler. Bevis is the son of the well-known wrestler-turned-promoter, Ricky Knight...
a few months later.
Sloan would become the head trainer of FWA's main training school. While in the FWA Academy which is located in Sloan's hometown of Portsmouth, Sloan trained many future British wrestlers, most notably Drew McIntyre
Drew Galloway
Andrew "Drew" Galloway is a Scottish professional wrestler signed with WWE, where he wrestles on the Raw brand as Drew McIntyre.He began training from the age of 15 in England, before moving back to Scotland to begin his career...
, a former WWE Intercontinental Champion
WWE Intercontinental Championship
The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It is the original secondary title of the promotion. Currently, it is the secondary championship exclusive to the SmackDown brand...
and Paul Burchill
Paul Burchill
Paul Birchill , better known by his ring name Paul Burchill, is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment , where he signed after training and debuting for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance in his home country.-Frontier Wrestling Alliance...
and Katie Lea Burchill
Katarina Waters
Katarina Leigh Waters is a German-born English professional wrestler and valet, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Winter. She is best known for her time in World Wrestling Entertainment, performing on its Raw brand under the ring name Katie Lea...
who went on to wrestle for the WWE's
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
ECW brand, but also Hade Vansen
Hade Vansen
Hade Vansen is an English professional wrestler who was under a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment until he was released from his contract on January 9, 2009.-Career:...
, Andy Boy Simmonz, James Tighe
James Tighe
James Tighe is a British professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with Frontier Wrestling Alliance. He currently competes around the United Kingdom.-Professional wrestling career:...
, Luke (Fruit Corner) Horner, "The Star Attraction" Mark Haskins
Mark Haskins
Mark Haskins , is an English professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He is also known for his appearances in Dragon Gate.-Total Nonstop Action Wrestling :...
and The Enigma.
Sloan would go on to lead the EntouRAGE, a faction consisting of FWA Academy students working as heels
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
during FWA main shows while acting as babyface
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
s during FWA:A shows. The EntouRAGE has consisted of Sloan, Ollie Burns, Alan Gallagher, Graham Hughes, Matt Campbell, Tyrone Johnson, Ant Lacayo and Wade Fitzgerald. While part of the EntouRAGE Sloan and Burns would often work as a tag team and soon became the first holders of FWA:A's tag team titles after defeating Dan James and Harry Mills in a tournament final to become first ever champions on November 25, 2005. They would hold the tag titles for a year before losing them to Joel Redman and then FWA:A Champion LT Summers in a Round Robin tournament.
Mark Sloan closed the FWA:A shortly afterwards, as he was unhappy at the poor attitude of new students as well as students leaving FWA:A after a few weeks/months and telling wrestling promoters that they had been trained by him in order to get work. He continues to train a small group of no more than 8 students who he feels are sufficiently dedicated to forging a career in professional wrestling.
Currently, Sloan wrestles alongside Wade Fitzgerald as the tag team BritRAGE, as well as making singles appearances for IPW:UK. Additionally, he sells wrestling/MMA merchandise, fitness supplements and print services under the business name A-Merchandise. He also promoted Pro Wrestling Noah
Pro Wrestling Noah
is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa. NOAH is broadcast weekly in Japan...
's debut in the UK at the Coventry Skydome, European Navigation 2008, in June 2008 and 4 shows of Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion formerly known as Toryumon Japan. Most of Dragon Gate's wrestlers are graduates from Último Dragón's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion is based on a Junior Heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers, flashy technical grappling,...
in 2009 & 2010. Sloan also ran two hugely successful Pro Wrestling NOAH
Pro Wrestling NOAH
is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa. NOAH is broadcast weekly in Japan...
shows on May 13th/May 14th in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire and Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
which included two GHC Heavyweight championship
GHC Heavyweight Championship
The Global Honored Crown Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on April 15, 2001 when Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a 16-man tournament final...
title defences.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Cradle DDT
- Specialist Driver (Spinning lifting double underhook DDT)
- Specialist Theory (Bridging wrist-clutch exploder suplex)
- Tomorrow Driver (Brainbuster onto the kneeBrainbusterA brainbuster is a professional wrestling throw in which a wrestler puts his/her opponent in a front facelock, hooks his/her pants, and lifts him/her up as if he/she was executing a vertical suplex. The wrestler then falls onto his/her back so that the opponent lands on his/her head while remaining...
)
- Signature moves
- Cloverleaf
- Rolling cradle suplexes
- Running big boot
- Spinning heel kick
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "The Specialist" Mark Sloan
Championships and accomplishments
- 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 British Heavyweight ChampionshipFWA British Heavyweight ChampionshipThe British Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the XWA. The championship was originally created and contested for in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance but moved to XWA when the former company became defunct...
(1 time) - FWA All England ChampionshipFWA All England ChampionshipThe All-England Championship was a professional wrestling championship which was originally contested for in Frontier Wrestling Alliance and subsequently in International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom after FWA's closure...
(1 time)
- FWA British Heavyweight Championship
- FWA Academy
- FWA Academy Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ollie Burns
- Wrestle Zone Wrestling
- WZW Inter-Promotional Championship (1 time)
- Other titles
- 4FW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Wade Fitzgerald