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- | | align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size: | + | | align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''Dax Hoovestall'''</span><br> |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" | ''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Birth name''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |Andrew Hoovestall |
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Billed weight''' | | style="text-align: left;" | '''Billed weight''' | ||
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | 254 lb (115 kg; 18 st) | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |6 June 1985 (age 29)<br>Ayr, Scotland |
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+ | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3"|'''[[Professional Wrestling|Professional wrestling career]]''' | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Ring name(s)''' | ||
+ | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |Drew McIntyre<br>'''Dax Hoovestall''' | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Billed height''' | ||
+ | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Billed weight''' | ||
+ | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |254 lb (115 kg; 18 st) | ||
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- | | style="text-align: left;" | '''Born''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Born''' |
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | June 6, 1985 (age 26) <br> Ayr, Scotland | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | June 6, 1985 (age 26) <br> Ayr, Scotland | ||
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- | | style="text-align: left;" | '''Billed from''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Billed from''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Ayr, Scotland | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |Ayr, Scotland |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" | '''Trained by''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Trained by''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Justin Richards <br> James Tighe <br> Mark Sloan <br> Colin McKay <br> Spinner McKenzie | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |Justin Richards <br> James Tighe <br> Mark Sloan <br> Colin McKay <br> Spinner McKenzie |
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- | | style="text-align: left;" | '''Debut''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" |'''Debut''' |
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | 2003 | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" |2003 |
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- | '''Andrew "Dax" Hoovestall''' (born June 6, 1985) is a Scottish | + | '''Andrew "Dax" Hoovestall''' (born June 6, 1985) is a Scottish [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestler]], best known for his tenure with [[IWE]] under the ring name '''Drew McIntyre'''. He currently competes under his real name '''Dax Hoovestall''' for [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA). |
- | He began training from the age of 15 in England, | + | He began training from the age of 15 in [[England]], he commuted between there and [[Scotland]] to begin his career. Before long, he became a regular in British Championship Wrestling (BCW), using the gimmick "Thee" Dax Hoovestall and winning their Heavyweight Championship twice, along with the Heavyweight Championship of [[Insane Championship Wrestling]]. He also found success abroad in [[Irish Whip Wrestling]], winning their top title. During this time, he completed an [[Undergraduate Degree|undergraduate degree]] in [[Criminology|criminology]]. |
- | After touring the independent circuit around the British Isles, | + | After touring the independent circuit around the [[British Isles]], Galloway moved to the [[United States]] in 2007 to sign with [[WWE]]. Along with a brief stint on the ''SmackDown'' brand, he spent time in developmental territories [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] and [[Florida Championship Wrestling]], winning the [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship|Heavyweight]] and [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship|Tag Team Championships]] later, before returning to ''SmackDown'' and quickly winning the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship]]. In 2010, he held the [[IWE Tag Team Championship]] with [[Mark Semmler]]. McIntyre then experienced a dramatic plunge down the card, becoming an occasional competitor on ''[[IWE Superstars]]''. In late 2012, he became a member of [[Devin Keller|Heath Slater]]'s 3MB faction before being released in June 2014. He began competing on the American [[Independent Circuit|independent circuit]], and won the [[Evolve Championship]] (re-named "Evolve World Championship" in January 2015, following a string of international defenses) in August (his first post-IWE match), the [[Insane Championship Wrestling]] (ICW) Heavyweight Championship in November and the Danish Pro Wrestling (DPW) Heavyweight Championship in December. |
==Professional wrestling career== | ==Professional wrestling career== | ||
- | === | + | ===Independent circuit (2001–2007)=== |
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===International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE=== | ===International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE=== | ||
- | ==== | + | ====Florida Championship Wrestling (2007–2009)==== |
====The Chosen One (2009–2011)==== | ====The Chosen One (2009–2011)==== | ||
- | ==== | + | ====Various storylines (2011–2012)==== |
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- | + | ====3MB (2012–2014)==== | |
+ | :''Main article: [[The Encore|3MB]]'' | ||
- | == | + | ===Return to ICW (2014–2017)=== |
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- | == | + | ===Evolve (2014–2017)=== |
- | == | + | ===Return to the independent circuit (2014–2017)=== |
- | == | + | ===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling=== |
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- | + | ====The Rising (2015–2016)==== | |
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- | + | ====Championship reigns (2016–2017)==== | |
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+ | ===Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2015–2016)=== | ||
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+ | ===What Culture Pro Wrestling (2016–2017)=== | ||
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+ | ===Return to IWE=== | ||
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+ | ====NXT Champion (2017–2018)==== | ||
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+ | ====Alliance with Dolph Ziggler (2018–present)==== | ||
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+ | ==Personal life== | ||
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- | *'''[[Irish Whip Wrestling]]''' | + | == Championships and accomplishments == |
- | **[[Irish Whip Wrestling#Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship|IWW International Heavyweight Championship]] (1 time) | + | [[File:Smackdown Superstar Drew McIntyre.jpg|thumb|McIntyre as the Florida Heavyweight Champion]] |
+ | * '''British Championship Wrestling''' | ||
+ | ** BCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times) | ||
+ | * '''Danish Pro Wrestling''' | ||
+ | ** DPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) | ||
+ | * '''[[Evolve (professional wrestling)|Evolve]]''' | ||
+ | ** [[Evolve Championship]] ([[Evolve Championship#Title history|1 time]]) | ||
+ | ** [[Evolve Tag Team Championship]] ([[Evolve Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]], current) – with [[Stephen Honzel|Johnny Gargano]] | ||
+ | ** [[Open the Freedom Gate Championship]] ([[Open the Freedom Gate Championship|1 time]]) | ||
+ | * '''''[[Fighting Spirit Magazine]]''''' | ||
+ | ** British Wrestler of the Year (2014) | ||
+ | * '''[[Florida Championship Wrestling]]''' | ||
+ | ** [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship]] ([[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]]) | ||
+ | ** [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]] ([[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship#Title history|2 times]]) – with [[Daniel Gonzalez|Stu Sanders]] | ||
+ | *'''''Indy Power Rankings''''' | ||
+ | ** IPR Ranked him #03 of the best 100 independent wrestlers in the world in the IPR100 of 2015 | ||
+ | * '''[[Insane Championship Wrestling]]''' | ||
+ | ** [[ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)|ICW World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)#Reigns|2 times]]) | ||
+ | ** ICW Award for Moment of the Year (2014) – <small>Surprise return at "Shug's Hoose Party"</small> | ||
+ | * '''[[Irish Whip Wrestling]]''' | ||
+ | ** [[Irish Whip Wrestling#Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship|IWW International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)]] | ||
+ | * '''Outback Championship Wrestling''' | ||
+ | ** OCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) | ||
+ | * '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]''''' | ||
+ | ** PWI ranked him #'''30''' of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2010 | ||
+ | * '''[[Scottish Wrestling Alliance]]''' | ||
+ | ** [[NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship|Scottish Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship|1 time]]) | ||
+ | *'''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]''' | ||
+ | ** [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions|1 time]]) | ||
+ | **[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#Joker.27s Wild|TNA Joker's Wild]] ([[TNA One Night Only#Joker Wild 4|2016]]) | ||
+ | **[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#Feast or Fired|Feast or Fired]] ([[Feast or Fired#2016|2016]] – [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#Feast or Fired|World Heavyweight Championship contract]]) | ||
+ | **[[TNA One Night Only#Global Impact: USA vs The World|Global Impact Tournament (2015)]] – with Team International {{small|([[Nicolas Leeds (wrestler)|Magnus]], [[The Great Muta]], [[Extreme Tiger|Tigre Uno]], [[Jared Cox (wrestler)|Bram]], [[Jonathon Cassel|Rockstar Spud]], [[Mahabali Shera|Khoya]], [[Jerimiah Dutt|Sonjay Dutt]] and [[Angelina Love]])}} | ||
+ | *'''[[Union of European Wrestling Alliances]]''' | ||
+ | **[[European Heavyweight Championship]] (1 time) | ||
+ | * '''[[IWE|International Wrestling Entertainment]]''' | ||
+ | **[[IWE Championship]] ([[List of IWE Champions|2 times]]) | ||
+ | **[[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)#Reigns|1 time]]) | ||
+ | ** [[IWE Intercontinental Championship]] ([[List of IWE Intercontinental Champions|1 time]]) | ||
+ | ** [[IWE Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWE Tag Team Champions|2 times]]) – with [[Mark Semmler|Cody Rhodes]] (1) and [[Nick Kessler|Dolph Ziggler]] (1) | ||
+ | * '''[[IWE NXT]]''' | ||
+ | ** [[NXT Championship]] ([[NXT Championship#Reigns|1 time]]) | ||
+ | * '''Wrestlezone Scotland''' | ||
+ | ** Battle of the Nations (2014) – representing Scotland | ||
- | + | ==References== | |
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Current revision as of 23:49, 7 April 2024
Dax Hoovestall | ||
Birth name | Andrew Hoovestall | |
Billed weight | 6 June 1985 (age 29) Ayr, Scotland | |
Professional wrestling career | ||
Ring name(s) | Drew McIntyre Dax Hoovestall | |
Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |
Billed weight | 254 lb (115 kg; 18 st) | |
Born | June 6, 1985 (age 26) Ayr, Scotland | |
Billed from | Ayr, Scotland | |
Trained by | Justin Richards James Tighe Mark Sloan Colin McKay Spinner McKenzie | |
Debut | 2003 |
Andrew "Dax" Hoovestall (born June 6, 1985) is a Scottish professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with IWE under the ring name Drew McIntyre. He currently competes under his real name Dax Hoovestall for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
He began training from the age of 15 in England, he commuted between there and Scotland to begin his career. Before long, he became a regular in British Championship Wrestling (BCW), using the gimmick "Thee" Dax Hoovestall and winning their Heavyweight Championship twice, along with the Heavyweight Championship of Insane Championship Wrestling. He also found success abroad in Irish Whip Wrestling, winning their top title. During this time, he completed an undergraduate degree in criminology.
After touring the independent circuit around the British Isles, Galloway moved to the United States in 2007 to sign with WWE. Along with a brief stint on the SmackDown brand, he spent time in developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling, winning the Heavyweight and Tag Team Championships later, before returning to SmackDown and quickly winning the IWE Intercontinental Championship. In 2010, he held the IWE Tag Team Championship with Mark Semmler. McIntyre then experienced a dramatic plunge down the card, becoming an occasional competitor on IWE Superstars. In late 2012, he became a member of Heath Slater's 3MB faction before being released in June 2014. He began competing on the American independent circuit, and won the Evolve Championship (re-named "Evolve World Championship" in January 2015, following a string of international defenses) in August (his first post-IWE match), the Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) Heavyweight Championship in November and the Danish Pro Wrestling (DPW) Heavyweight Championship in December.
[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] Independent circuit (2001–2007)
[edit] Insane Championship Wrestling (2006–2007)
[edit] International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE
[edit] Florida Championship Wrestling (2007–2009)
[edit] The Chosen One (2009–2011)
[edit] Various storylines (2011–2012)
[edit] 3MB (2012–2014)
- Main article: 3MB
[edit] Return to ICW (2014–2017)
[edit] Evolve (2014–2017)
[edit] Return to the independent circuit (2014–2017)
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
[edit] The Rising (2015–2016)
[edit] Championship reigns (2016–2017)
[edit] Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2015–2016)
[edit] What Culture Pro Wrestling (2016–2017)
[edit] Return to IWE
[edit] NXT Champion (2017–2018)
[edit] Alliance with Dolph Ziggler (2018–present)
[edit] Personal life
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- British Championship Wrestling
- BCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Danish Pro Wrestling
- DPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Evolve
- Fighting Spirit Magazine
- British Wrestler of the Year (2014)
- Florida Championship Wrestling
- Indy Power Rankings
- IPR Ranked him #03 of the best 100 independent wrestlers in the world in the IPR100 of 2015
- Insane Championship Wrestling
- ICW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- ICW Award for Moment of the Year (2014) – Surprise return at "Shug's Hoose Party"
- Irish Whip Wrestling
- Outback Championship Wrestling
- OCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #30 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010
- Scottish Wrestling Alliance
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- TNA Joker's Wild (2016)
- Feast or Fired (2016 – World Heavyweight Championship contract)
- Global Impact Tournament (2015) – with Team International (Magnus, The Great Muta, Tigre Uno, Bram, Rockstar Spud, Khoya, Sonjay Dutt and Angelina Love)
- Union of European Wrestling Alliances
- European Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- International Wrestling Entertainment
- IWE NXT
- Wrestlezone Scotland
- Battle of the Nations (2014) – representing Scotland