Zack Sabre Jr.

Oct 8, 2020 - by Jamie Cruickshank

Real Name: Lucas Eatwell
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 180 lbs.
Date of Birth: July 24, 1987
From: Isle of Sheppey, Kent (England)
Resides: Cantebury, Kent
Pro Debut: 2002
Trained By: NWA-UK Hammerlock
Finishing Move: Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; The Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness

Biography

– Eatwell began his career on the British independent scene as ‘Zack Sabre Jr’ in 2002
– On October 22, 2005, Sabre defeated Falcon to win the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title
– On July 12, 2006, Sabre defeated David Deville to retain the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title
– On September 20, Sabre fought Paddy Morrow to a time-limit draw to retain the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title
– On November 24, Sabre defeated Jimmy Havoc to retain the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title
– On November 29, Sabre defeated Mike Bind to retain the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title
– On February 28, 2007, Sabre defeated Jimmy Havoc to retain the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title
– On April 25, Sabre defeated El Generico to retain the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title
– On July 18, Sabre defeated Jamie Stirling to retain the NWA-UK Junior Heavyweight Title
– In mid-2008, Sabre began competing regularly in mainland European promotions, as well as in his homeland
– On September 24, 2008, Sabre defeated Jimmy Havoc & Peter Jay to win the NWA-UK Hardcore Lottery Tournament
– At wXw’s 8th Anniversary Show, Sabre defeated Big Van Walter by DQ
– At wXw’s 100th show special, Sabre defeated Claudio Castagnoli in an Iron Man Match
– On May 3, 2009, The Leaders Of The New School (Sabre & Marty Scurll) defeated The Thrillers (Mark Haskins & Joel Redman) to win the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On July 5, The Leaders Of The New School defeated The Thrillers by DQ to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On September 10, The Leaders Of The New School defeated Paul Tracey & Jonny Storm to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– At IPW:UK’s 5th Anniversary Show, The Leaders Of The New School defeated The Thrillers (Mark Haskins & Joel Redman) in a TLC Match to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On October 10, The Leaders Of The New School defeated The Bhangra Knights (RJ Singh & Darrell Amrah) to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On October 17, Sabre defeated Thumbtack Jack to win the GSW Breakthrough Title and defended it against Axeman the next day
– On November 22, The Leaders Of The New School (Sabre & Marty Scurll) defeated Paul Malen & Stixx by DQ to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– At wXw’s 9th Anniversary Show, Sabre & Tommy End defeated Jon Ryan & Terry Frazier
– On January 16, 2010, Sabre defeated Mark Haskins, Tommy End & Emil Sitoci in a 4-Way Dance to win the wXw Lightweight Title
– On January 23, Sabre defeated Sonjay Dutt, Emil Sitoci & X-Dream to retain the GSW Breakthrough Title and win the Four Nations Cup for the UK
– On February 21, The Leaders Of The New School (Sabre & Marty Scurll) defeated Up In Smoke (Cheech & Cloudy) to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On March 7, Sabre defeated Munenori Sawa to retain the wXw Lightweight Title
– On March 13, Sabre defeated TJP to retain the wXw Lightweight Title
– On March 27, Sabre defeated Emil Sitoci, Thumbtack Jack & Super Dave in a TLC Match to retain the GSW Breakthrough Title
– On April 10, Sabre defeated Thumbtack Jack in a No-DQ Match to retain the GSW Breakthrough Title
– On June 5, Sabre defeated Steve Douglas to unify the wXw Lightweight and Heavyweight Titles into the wXw Unified World Title
– The next day, The Leaders Of The New School (Sabre & Marty Scurll) defeated Paul Malen & Stixx to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On July 30, Sabre defeated Tommy End to retain the wXw Unified World Title
– On August 1, The Leaders Of The New School (Sabre & Marty Scurll) defeated Mark Haskins & PAC to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On September 5, Sabre defeated Adam Shame to win the TXW Title
– A week later, Sabre defeated Masaaki Mochizuki to retain the wXw Unified World Title
– On October 25, Sabre won the PWF Ian Dowland Trophy, defeating Karl Atlas in the final
– On December 5, The Leaders Of The New School (Sabre & Marty Scurll) won a 3-Way Round Robin Tournament over The All Stars (Mikey Whiplash & Robbie Dynamite) and Peligro Abejas (Paul London & El Generico) to regain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On March 6, 2011, The Leaders Of The New School defeated Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– In July 2011, Sabre travelled to Japan for the first time, touring with Pro Wrestling NOAH
– On October 27, Sabre defeated Andy Simmonz to win the vacant PWF Middleweight Title
– On November 27, The Leaders Of The New School (Sabre & Marty Scurll) defeated The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On December 28, Sabre won the PWF Ken Joyce Trophy, defeating The Zulu Prince in the final
– On March 31, 2012, The Leaders Of The New School (Sabre & Marty Scurll) defeated Jimmy Havoc & Danny Garnell to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On April 1, The Leaders Of The New School defeated Jonny Storm & Dean Allmark to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– Sabre returned to NOAH in April 2012
– On August 1, The Leaders Of The New School (Sabre & Marty Scurll) defeated RJ Singh & Andy Boy Simmonz to retain the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles
– On August 14, Sabre defeated James Danmar to retain the PWF Middleweight Title
– On August 25, Sabre defeated Jimmy Havoc, Prince Devitt & Adam Shame to retain the TXW Title
– On December 30, Sabre won the PWF Worthing Trophy, defeating Jonny Storm in the final
– On January 18, 2013, Sabre won the wXw AMBITION 4 Tournament, defeating Heddi Karaoui in the final
– On May 18, Sabre defeated Sha Samuels to win the IPW:UK All England Title
– On December 7, Sabre & Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On December 30, Sabre retained the PWF Worthing Trophy, defeating Stingray Stevenson in this year’s final
– On March 8, 2014, Sabre & Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Hajime Ohara & Kenou to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On April 12, Sabre & Ogawa defeated BRAVE (Taiji Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge) to regain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles, having lost them less than a month earlier
– On May 3, Sabre & Ogawa defeated Little Galaxy (Shiori Asahi & Hiro Tonai) to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– Sabre won the 2014 UK Super 8 Tournament, defeating Will Ospreay in the final
– Sabre won the 2015 PWG Battle Of Los Angeles Tournament, defeating Mike Bailey & Chris Hero in the 3-Way final
– On October 4, 2015, Sabre & Big Daddy Walter defeated reDRagon (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in the final of a tournament to win the vacant wXw Tag Team Titles
– On January 16, 2016, Sabre defeated AJ Styles to win the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On March 5, Sabre defeated Roderick Strong to win the PWG World Title
– Sabre won the 2016 wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament, defeating Axel Dieter Jr in the final
– On April 17, Sabre defeated Michael Elgin to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On May 1, Sabre defeated Big Damo to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– Sabre competed in the 2016 WWE Cruiserweight Classic, eventually falling to Gran Metalik in the semi-finals
– On July 10, Sabre defeated Katsuyori Shibata to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On July 29, Sabre defeated Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong in separate singles matches to retain the PWG World Title
– On August 7, Sabre defeated Trent Seven to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On August 12, Sabre defeated Jeff Cobb to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On December 16, Sabre defeated Marty Scurll to retain the PWG World Title
– On February 18, 2017, Sabre defeated Chuck Taylor to retain the PWG World Title
– At EVOLVE 79, Sabre defeated Timothy Thatcher to win the EVOLVE Title
– At NJPW’s 45th Anniversary Show, a debuting Zack Sabre Jr defeated Katsuyori Shibata to regain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title, receiving an assist from new stablemates Minoru Suzuki & Davey Boy Smith Jr
– The next day, Suzuki-gun (Sabre, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi) defeated CHAOS (Gedo, Jado, Hirooki Goto & Beretta)
– On March 21, 2017, Sabre defeated Jimmy Havoc in the final of a tournament to qualify as the English representative in the WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup. In the tournament proper, he would fall to KUSHIDA at the quarter-final stage
– At EVOLVE 80, Sabre defeated ACH to retain the EVOLVE Title
– On March 31, Sabre defeated Pentagon Jr to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On April 1, Sabre defeated Mark Haskins to retain the EVOLVE Title
– On April 13, Sabre defeated KUSHIDA to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– At EVOLVE 83, Sabre defeated Lio Rush to retain the EVOLVE Title
– On May 19, Sabre defeated Trent to retain the PWG World Title
– At EVOLVE 84, Sabre defeated Ethan Page to retain the EVOLVE Title
– At EVOLVE 85, Sabre defeated Lio Rush to retain the EVOLVE Title
– At EVOLVE 87, Sabre defeated Jaka to retain the EVOLVE Title
– At EVOLVE 88, Sabre defeated Timothy Thatcher to retain the EVOLVE Title
– At EVOLVE 89, Sabre defeated Fred Yehi to retain the EVOLVE Title
– On August 17, Sabre defeated Chris Brookes to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On August 25, Sabre defeated Gabriel Kidd to win the WCPW Internet Title
– At EVOLVE 93, Sabre defeated Keith Lee to retain the EVOLVE Title
– On October 1, Sabre defeated Extreme Tiger to retain the WCPW Internet Title
– At EVOLVE 95, Sabre defeated Tracy Williams to retain the EVOLVE Title
– At Global Wars 2017, Sabre defeated Will Ospreay to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On December 8, Sabre defeated Matt Riddle to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– At EVOLVE 97, Sabre defeated Jaka to retain the EVOLVE Title
– On December 12, Sabre defeated Mike Bailey to retain the now-renamed Defiant Internet Title
– At New Year Dash 2018, Suzuki-gun (Sabre, Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, Ray Rowe & Hanson
– On January 7, Sabre defeated Martin Stone to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– At EVOLVE 98, Sabre defeated Darby Allin to retain the EVOLVE Title
– On January 20, Suzuki-gun (Sabre & Minoru Suzuki) defeated Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven & Tyler Bate) to win the RevPro British Tag Team Titles
– On February 15, Sabre defeated Trent Seven to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– At EVOLVE 100, Sabre defeated Austin Theory to retain the EVOLVE Title
– On March 4, Sabre defeated El Phantasmo to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– Sabre won the 2018 New Japan Cup, defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi in the final
– At Wrestling Hinokuni 2018, Suzuki-gun (Sabre, TAKA Michinoku, Takashi Iizuka & Taichi) defeated Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
– Sabre won the 2018 PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 Tournament, defeating Kassius Ohno in the final
– On May 11, Suzuki-gun (Sabre & Minoru Suzuki) defeated CCK (Chris Brookes & Travis Banks) to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Titles
– At Dominion 2018, Suzuki-gun (Sabre & Minoru Suzuki) defeated CHAOS (Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii)
– On June 30, Suzuki-gun (Sabre & Suzuki) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction in Beppu 2018, Suzuki-gun (Sabre, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA)
– At Global Wars 2018, Sabre defeated Hirooki Goto
– On November 9, Suzuki-gun (Sabre & Minoru Suzuki) defeated Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Titles
– At ROH Final Battle 2018, Sabre defeated Jonathan Gresham
– At Wrestle Kingdom 13, Sabre defeated Tomohiro Ishii to regain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title
– At New Year Dash 2019, Suzuki-gun (Sabre, Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA)
– On January 11, Sabre defeated Shigehiro Irie to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title
– At Bound By Honor 2019, Sabre defeated Colt Cabana
– At Honor Rising 2019, Sabre defeated Shota Umino
– On March 31, Sabre defeated James Mason to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title
– At the 2019 ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard, Sabre defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title
– On June 25, Sabre defeated YOSHI-HASHI to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title
– On June 29, Sabre defeated SANADA to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title
– At Destruction in Beppu 2019, Sabre defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to regain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title, having lost it at the previous month’s Royal Quest event
– At Destruction in Kobe 2019, Suzuki-gun (Sabre, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask & Rocky Romero by DQ
– At Wrestle Kingdom 14, Sabre defeated SANADA to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title
– At The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020, Sabre defeated Will Ospreay to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title
– At Dominion 2020, Dangerous Tekkers (Sabre & Taichi) defeated Golden Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On August 29, Dangerous Tekkers defeated Golden Ace to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On November 2, Dangerous Tekkers defeated CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021, Suzuki-gun (Sabre, Taichi & DOUKI) defeated Gabriel Kidd, Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2021, Sabre defeated Tanga Loa
– On June 1, Dangerous Tekkers (Sabre & Taichi) defeated The Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Grand Slam Tokyo 2021, Dangerous Tekkers defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi) to regain the IWGP Tag Team Titles, having lost them two weeks earlier
– At Wrestle Grand Slam Saitama 2021, Dangerous Tekkers defeated CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) and Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & SANADA) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– Sabre was chosen as the opponent for Katsuyori Shibata’s return match on October 21, 2021. The pair wrestled a 5-minute draw
– Sabre won the 2022 New Japan Cup, defeating Tetsuya Naito in the final
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2022, Suzuki-gun (Sabre, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shiro Koshinaka, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI)
– At the NJPW/Stardom X-Over event, Sabre & Giulia defeated Tom Lawlor & Syuri
– At the end of 2022, Suzuki-gun disbanded
– At Wrestle Kingdom 17, Sabre defeated Ren Narita in the final of a tournament to become the first NJPW Television Champion. Following the match, Sabre aligned with Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste, joining the TMDK stable
– At New Year Dash 2023, TMDK (Sabre, Nicholls & Haste) defeated CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii)
– At The New Beginning in Nagoya 2023, TMDK (Sabre, Nicholls, Haste & Kosei Fujita) defeated CHAOS (Goto, Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Ryohei Oiwa)
– At The New Beginning in Sapporo 2023, Sabre defeated Tomohiro Ishii to retain the NJPW Television Title
– At Battle In The Valley 2023, Sabre defeated Clark Connors to retain the NJPW Television Title
– On the debut episode of ROH on HonorClub, Sabre defeated Blake Christian to retain the NJPW Television Title
– At Sakura Genesis 2023, Sabre defeated Shota Umino to retain the NJPW Television Title
– At Capital Collision 2023, Sabre defeated Tom Lawlor to retain the NJPW Television Title
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2023, Sabre fought Jeff Cobb to a time-limit draw to retain the NJPW Television Title
– On the May 18 episode of ROH on HonorClub, Sabre defeated AR Fox to retain the NJPW Television Title
– On the May 31 episode of AEW Rampage, Sabre defeated Action Andretti to retain the NJPW Television Title
– The next day on ROH on HonorClub, Sabre defeated Rocky Romero to retain the NJPW Television Title
– At Dominion 2023, Sabre defeated Jeff Cobb to retain the NJPW Television Title
– On August 16, Sabre defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the NJPW Television Title
– On August 19, Sabre defeated Metalik to retain the NJPW Television Title
– At RevPro’s 11th Anniversary Show, Sabre defeated Ricky Knight Jr
– On September 8, Sabre defeated Ryohei Oiwa to retain the NJPW Television Title
– The next day, Sabre defeated Satoshi Kojima to retain the NJPW Television Title
– At Destruction in Kobe 2023, TMDK (Sabre & Bad Dude Tito) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii)
– Sabre won the 2023 PWA Colosseum Tournament, defeating Paris De Silva in the final
– On October 24, Sabre defeated Oleg Boltin to retain the NJPW Television Title
– At Lonestar Shootout 2023, Sabre defeated Mike Bailey to retain the NJPW Television Title
– At Final Resolution 2023, Sabre & Josh Alexander defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
– At RevPro Uprising 2023, Sabre defeated JJ Gale
– At The New Beginning In Osaka 2024, Sabre defeated Bryan Danielson
– At Sakura Genesis 2024, TMDK (Sabre & Kosei Fujita) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado
– At Windy City Riot 2024, Sabre defeated Matt Riddle to regain the NJPW Television Title
– At Satsuma No Kune 2024, TMDK (Sabre, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita) defeated The United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, Callum Newman & Great O-Khan)
– At Resurgence 2024, Sabre defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi
– At Dominion 2024, TMDK (Sabre, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) defeated Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & LJ Cleary
– At the 2024 All Together Sapporo event, TMDK defeated Ulka Sasaki, Yu Owada & HAYATA
– At Forbidden Door 2024, Sabre defeated Orange Cassidy
– Sabre won the 2024 G1 Climax Tournament, defeating Yota Tsuji in the final
– At RevPro’s 12th Anniversary Show, Sabre defeated Hechicero
– At Capital Collision 2024, Sabre defeated Titan
– At Destruction 2024, TMDK (Sabre, Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa) defeated Just 5 Guys (SANADA, Taichi & Taka Michinoku)
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2024, Sabre defeated Tetsuya Naito to win the IWGP World Title
– At Global Wars UK 2024, Sabre defeated Robbie X
– At Royal Quest IV, Sabre defeated SANADA to retain the IWGP World Title
– At Power Struggle 2024, Sabre defeated Shingo Takagi to retain the IWGP World Title
– At NJPW/Stardom Historic X-Over II, Sabre & Maika defeated El Desperado & Starlight Kid
– At Strong Style Evolved 2024, TMDK (Sabre, Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito) defeated Tom Lawlor, Fred Rosser & Shota Umino

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