Paul Burchill

Real name: Paul Birchall
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 280 lbs.
Date of birth: October 8, 1979
Hometown: Guildford, Surrey
Pro debut: August 2002
Trained by: Mark Sloan
Finishing move: The C-4

Biography

– Birchall began his career for the FWA Academy promotion in 2002
– Birchall began working full FWA shows under the tweaked name of ‘Paul Burchill’ in May 2003
– On August 1, 2004, Burchill defeated Doug Williams & Zebra Kid in a No Holds Barred Match to win the vacant IWP Heavyweight Title
– In November 2004, Burchill signed a WWE developmental contract
– Burchill began working for OVW in May of 2005
– In August 2005, WWE called up Burchill to the Smackdown roster.
– In February 2006, Burchill debuted his pirate gimmick
– In June, Burchill was written off television following an attack from Mark Henry. He would return to OVW in the meantime
– On December 15, 2006 in Louisville, KY, Burchill defeated Chet the Jett to capture the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On January 6, 2007, Burchill defeated Jacob Duncan & Chet The Jett to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On January 13, Burchill defeated Chet The Jett & Steve Lewington to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On January 17, Burchill defeated Lewington to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On January 25, Burchill defeated Jacob Duncan to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On January 27, Burchill defeated Cody Runnels to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On January 31, Burchill defeated Chet The Jett & Jacob Duncan to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On February 7, Burchill defeated Chet The Jett to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On February 21, Burchill defeated Deuce to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On March 7, Burchill defeated Little Guido to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– Burchill lost the OVW Heavyweight Title to Idol Stevens on March 14, but regained it on May 9
– Burchill retained the title against Stevens at a Raw brand house show on May 18
– Burchill lost the OVW Heavyweight Title to Jay Bradley on June 1, only to regain it on June 27
– On June 30, Burchill defeated Shawn Spears & Mike Kruel to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On July 13, Burchill defeated Vladimir Kozlov to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On July 20, Burchill defeated Kozlov by DQ to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On July 28, Burchill defeated Johnny Jeter & Jay Bradley to retain the OVW Heavyweight Title
– On January 2, 2008, Burchill & Stu Sanders defeated Colt Cabana & Charles Evans to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
– On January 16, Burchill & Sanders defeated The Mobile Homers (Adam Revolver & Ted McNaler) to retain the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
– On January 26, Burchill & Sanders defeated Ace Steel & Jamin Olivencia to retain the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
– On February 6, Burchill & Sanders defeated Los Locos (Raul & Ramon) to retain the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
– On February 8, Burchill & Sanders defeated Colt Cabana & Charles Evans to retain the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
– Burchill was called back up to Raw on February 11, 2008
– In December 2008, Burchill was moved to the ECW brand
– WWE released Burchill on February 26, 2010
– ‘Paul Birchall’ returned to the indies on April 10, 2010, losing to Simon Dean at an AAPW event in Illinois. He would wrestle only infrequently through 2013, when he retired from wrestling to train as a firefighter and EMT
– Burchill came out of retirement briefly in 2017, wrestling a few dates for OVW
– Burchill came out of retirement again in 2023, signing a short-term deal with the NWA