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Dave Taylor (wrestler)

March 04, 2023

For other people named David Taylor, see David Taylor.

David Taylor[1] (born 1 May 1957) is a retired English professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the United States with World Championship Wrestling from 1995 to 2000 and with World Wrestling Entertainment from 2006 to 2007.[1][2]

Dave Taylor
Birth nameDavid Taylor
Born (1957-05-01) 1 May 1957 (age 65)[1]
Yorkshire, England, UK[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Dave Taylor[1]
David Taylor[1]
Tim Shea[2]
Billed height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[3]
Billed weight256 lb (116 kg)[3]
Billed fromQueensbury, West Yorkshire, England
Trained byEric Taylor[1]
Joe Taylor[1]
Debut1977
Retired2012[2]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1977–1989)

A third-generation wrestler, Taylor was trained by his father Eric Taylor (who held the British Heavy-Middleweight title for the 14 years 1953–67) and grandfather Joe who competed in Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games. After winning several awards as an amateur wrestler, Taylor made his professional debut in 1978 under the ring name Dave "Rocky" Taylor.

Taylor eventually joined All Star Wrestling, making his terrestrial TV debut in 1987 when the company gained a share of ITV's wrestling coverage. In early 1988, he was tangentially involved in the falling out of Kendo Nagasaki and Rollerball Rocco when he and 'Ironfist' Clive Myers faced the duo in a televised contest in Croydon. Taylor was attempting, mid-match, to unmask Nagasaki and had nearly succeeded when Rocco intervened. Rocco attempted to pull the mask back down, but Taylor forearm-smashed Rocco, causing the mask to come off in his hands. As Taylor and Myers celebrated, Kendo fled to the dressing room and returned with another mask. Kendo's manager George Gillette blamed Rocco for the unmasking, igniting a major feud that would run on into the early 1990s.[4]

Taylor defeated Dave Finlay for the All-Star British Heavyweight Championship in King's Lynn on 4 June 1991.[5] He held the title for two years before losing to Tony St. Clair on 4 May 1993 in Croydon. After St. Claire vacated the title in 1995, Taylor entered a tournament for the belt, and defeated Marty Jones in the tournament final in August 1995 in Croydon. His second reign lasted until 1996, when he was defeated by Jones in Croydon.

Catch Wrestling Association (1989–1995)

In the early 1990s, Taylor began wrestling for the German Catch Wrestling Association. On 21 December 1991 in Bremen, he and Chris Benoit defeated Franz Schumann and Miles Zrno for the CWA World Tag Team Championship.[6] They vacated the titles in June 1992 after Taylor suffered an injury and Benoit left the CWA to compete in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Taylor won the CWA Tag Team Championship on a second occasion on 18 July 1993, teaming with Mile Zrno to defeat Larry Cameron and Mad Bull Buster. Cameron and Buster regained the titles on 24 October 1993 in Hanover.[6]

World Championship Wrestling (1995–2000)

See also: The Blue Bloods

In the mid-1990s, Taylor traveled to the United States of America and joined the Atlanta-based World Championship Wrestling promotion. Taylor, renamed Squire David Taylor, formed a stable with Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton known as The Blue Bloods.[1] After Eaton (an American) left the group, Taylor and Regal feuded with him. Taylor continued to team with Regal until Regal was fired from WCW in 1998, at which point Taylor also left the promotion.

World Wrestling Federation (2001)

In 2001, Taylor joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), acting as a trainer and wrestler in Ohio Valley Wrestling, a subsidiary of the WWF.[1] Taylor eventually left the WWF after they asked him to relocate to Cincinnati, Ohio, where the Heartland Wrestling Association was located.[1]

Independent circuit (2001–2006)

In May 2002, Taylor, William (formerly Steven) Regal and Dave Finlay opened the Atlantan "Blue Bloods Wrestling Academy", a professional wrestling school.[1]

On 7 April 2004 Taylor made an appearance in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a mentor/coach of Team Britain during the TNA 2004 America's X-Cup Tournament.[1]

In February 2005, Taylor came back to the UK for three weeks with Brian Dixon's All Star Wrestling, where he responded to some comments made by Drew McDonald.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2006–2008)

Taylor was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in January 2006 to train wrestling students at Deep South Wrestling (DSW) in McDonough, Georgia.[1] On 23 March 2006, Taylor returned to the ring in DSW to once again team with William Regal.[1]

On 20 October 2006 episode of SmackDown!, Regal announced that Taylor would be joining him on the brand.[7] The two debuted the same night, earning a dominating victory over Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki.[7] Though the pair reformed their previous tag team, Regal and Taylor would not reuse the Blue Bloods gimmick, instead portraying themselves as sadistic fighters. The team was quickly put into jeopardy in their second match together when Taylor suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee. Taylor took a more relaxed role for a couple of weeks as a corner man for Regal and only wrestled a few short house show matches. Taylor would quickly heal from his injury and the pair went on to feud with Paul London and Brian Kendrick in the hunt for the WWE Tag Team Championship. After defeating London and Kendrick on several occasions, they earned a WWE Tag Team Championship match at Armageddon in December.[8][9][10] The match was changed into a fatal-four way ladder match also involving MNM and The Hardys, and London and Kendrick retained their titles.[11] In a subsequent regular tag rematch on SmackDown! Regal and Taylor came up short of winning the titles.[12]

After WrestleMania 23, Regal and Taylor began a feud with Kane when after a match between Kane and Taylor, Taylor and Regal attacked Kane.[13] The Boogeyman soon joined the feud as Kane's tag team partner, but the feud ended after Kane defeated Regal in a singles match.[14][15][16] On 25 May edition of SmackDown!, Regal and Taylor competed in a number one contenders match for the WWE Tag Team Championship against Kendrick and London which they lost when Deuce 'n Domino interfered, making both teams the number one contenders.[17] This led to a triple threat match the next week on SmackDown!, where Deuce 'n Domino retained.[18] Taylor and Regal's tag team would come to an end on 17 June when Regal was drafted to Raw during the Supplemental Draft.[19]

Following Regal's departure, Taylor was absent from SmackDown! for several weeks and began teaming with Paul Burchill at house shows and dark matches. Since then, Taylor had only competed on SmackDown! sparingly, competing in a 20-Man Battle Royal for the then-vacant World Heavyweight Championship and losing a match to former rival Kane. Taylor brought Drew McIntyre to SmackDown! in October 2007 and acted as his mentor, but McIntyre would only make a few appearances before moving to the Raw brand in January 2008.[20][21][22] Following McIntyre's move, Taylor went on a leave of absence from WWE television. He was released by WWE on 28 April 2008.[23]

Independent circuit (2008–2012)

On 26 and 27 September Taylor took part in the 2008 Ted Petty Invitational held by IWA Mid-South in Joliet, Illinois.[24] He defeated Tracy Smothers in the first round, but lost out to Claudio Castagnoli in the quarter finals.

From 27 to 29 March 2009, he competed in Chikara's King of Trios Tournament as a member of "Team Uppercut", along with Castagnoli and Bryan Danielson. The team made it all the way to the finals before losing to "F.I.S.T." of Gran Akuma, Icarus and Chuck Taylor.

On 4 April 2009, Taylor lost a fourway match for the HPW Heavyweight Championship against HPW heavyweight champion Vito "the Violator" Toscani, Anthony Zeus and Eddy De La Combe in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

In March 2010 Taylor received a tryout as an agent for TNA Wrestling.[1]

On 2 April 2011, Taylor appeared at the Ring of Honor pay-per-view Honor Takes Center Stage as the newest member of Prince Nana's The Embassy stable, facing Colt Cabana in a losing effort.[25]

On 9 September 2011, Taylor made his debut for small British promotion New Generation Wrestling (NGW) in a winning effort against Jack Gallagher

Taylor retired from professional wrestling in 2012.[2]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Dave Taylor". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Dave Taylor". Cagematch.de. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b "British Heavyweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "C.W.A. World Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  7. ^ a b Waldman, Jon (21 October 2006). "Smackdown: A-1 matches better "A-list" celebs". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  8. ^ McNamara, Andy (18 November 2006). "Smackdown: Batista crowns the King". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  9. ^ McNamara, Andy (25 November 2006). "Smackdown: A royal thrashing". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  10. ^ McNamara, Andy (9 December 2006). "Smackdown: Deadman plays mind games". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  11. ^ Elliott, Brian (18 December 2006). "Unexpected ladder contest steals Armageddon". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  12. ^ Waldman, Jon (13 January 2007). "Smackdown: The last dash to the Rumble". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  13. ^ McNamara, Andy (8 April 2007). "Booker's kingdom continues to crumble". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  14. ^ McNamara, Andy (28 April 2007). "Smackdown: Kennedy and Finlay falter". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  15. ^ Waldman, Jon (12 May 2007). "Smackdown: The title's on the line..." SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  16. ^ McNamara, Andy (19 May 2007). "Smackdown: Edge addresses the masses". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  17. ^ McNamara, Andy (26 May 2007). "Smackdown: The Animal rises again". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  18. ^ McNamara, Andy (30 May 2007). . SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  19. ^ Dee, Louie (17 June 2007). "2007 Supplemental Draft results". WWE. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  20. ^ DiFino, Lennie (12 October 2007). "Scottish invasion". WWE. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  21. ^ DiFino, Lennie (19 October 2007). "One of our own". WWE. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  22. ^ "WWE.com HEAT archives". WWE. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  23. ^ "Dave Taylor released". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  24. ^ . iwamidsouth.com. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  25. ^ Caldwell, James; Radican, Sean (2 April 2011). "ROH Internet PPV report 4/2: Caldwell & Radican's ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live ROH PPV from Atlanta". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  26. ^ . Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

External links

  • David Taylor at IMDb
  • Dave Taylor's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database

March 04, 2023
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For other people named David Taylor see David Taylor David Taylor 1 born 1 May 1957 is a retired English professional wrestler He is best known for his appearances in the United States with World Championship Wrestling from 1995 to 2000 and with World Wrestling Entertainment from 2006 to 2007 1 2 Dave TaylorBirth nameDavid TaylorBorn 1957 05 01 1 May 1957 age 65 1 Yorkshire England UK 1 Professional wrestling careerRing name s Dave Taylor 1 David Taylor 1 Tim Shea 2 Billed height6 ft 3 in 191 cm 3 Billed weight256 lb 116 kg 3 Billed fromQueensbury West Yorkshire EnglandTrained byEric Taylor 1 Joe Taylor 1 Debut1977Retired2012 2 Contents 1 Professional wrestling career 1 1 Early career 1977 1989 1 2 Catch Wrestling Association 1989 1995 1 3 World Championship Wrestling 1995 2000 1 4 World Wrestling Federation 2001 1 5 Independent circuit 2001 2006 1 6 World Wrestling Entertainment 2006 2008 1 7 Independent circuit 2008 2012 2 Championships and accomplishments 3 References 4 External linksProfessional wrestling career EditEarly career 1977 1989 Edit A third generation wrestler Taylor was trained by his father Eric Taylor who held the British Heavy Middleweight title for the 14 years 1953 67 and grandfather Joe who competed in Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games After winning several awards as an amateur wrestler Taylor made his professional debut in 1978 under the ring name Dave Rocky Taylor Taylor eventually joined All Star Wrestling making his terrestrial TV debut in 1987 when the company gained a share of ITV s wrestling coverage In early 1988 he was tangentially involved in the falling out of Kendo Nagasaki and Rollerball Rocco when he and Ironfist Clive Myers faced the duo in a televised contest in Croydon Taylor was attempting mid match to unmask Nagasaki and had nearly succeeded when Rocco intervened Rocco attempted to pull the mask back down but Taylor forearm smashed Rocco causing the mask to come off in his hands As Taylor and Myers celebrated Kendo fled to the dressing room and returned with another mask Kendo s manager George Gillette blamed Rocco for the unmasking igniting a major feud that would run on into the early 1990s 4 Taylor defeated Dave Finlay for the All Star British Heavyweight Championship in King s Lynn on 4 June 1991 5 He held the title for two years before losing to Tony St Clair on 4 May 1993 in Croydon After St Claire vacated the title in 1995 Taylor entered a tournament for the belt and defeated Marty Jones in the tournament final in August 1995 in Croydon His second reign lasted until 1996 when he was defeated by Jones in Croydon Catch Wrestling Association 1989 1995 Edit In the early 1990s Taylor began wrestling for the German Catch Wrestling Association On 21 December 1991 in Bremen he and Chris Benoit defeated Franz Schumann and Miles Zrno for the CWA World Tag Team Championship 6 They vacated the titles in June 1992 after Taylor suffered an injury and Benoit left the CWA to compete in New Japan Pro Wrestling Taylor won the CWA Tag Team Championship on a second occasion on 18 July 1993 teaming with Mile Zrno to defeat Larry Cameron and Mad Bull Buster Cameron and Buster regained the titles on 24 October 1993 in Hanover 6 World Championship Wrestling 1995 2000 Edit See also The Blue Bloods In the mid 1990s Taylor traveled to the United States of America and joined the Atlanta based World Championship Wrestling promotion Taylor renamed Squire David Taylor formed a stable with Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton known as The Blue Bloods 1 After Eaton an American left the group Taylor and Regal feuded with him Taylor continued to team with Regal until Regal was fired from WCW in 1998 at which point Taylor also left the promotion World Wrestling Federation 2001 Edit In 2001 Taylor joined the World Wrestling Federation WWF acting as a trainer and wrestler in Ohio Valley Wrestling a subsidiary of the WWF 1 Taylor eventually left the WWF after they asked him to relocate to Cincinnati Ohio where the Heartland Wrestling Association was located 1 Independent circuit 2001 2006 Edit In May 2002 Taylor William formerly Steven Regal and Dave Finlay opened the Atlantan Blue Bloods Wrestling Academy a professional wrestling school 1 On 7 April 2004 Taylor made an appearance in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a mentor coach of Team Britain during the TNA 2004 America s X Cup Tournament 1 In February 2005 Taylor came back to the UK for three weeks with Brian Dixon s All Star Wrestling where he responded to some comments made by Drew McDonald World Wrestling Entertainment 2006 2008 Edit Taylor was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment WWE in January 2006 to train wrestling students at Deep South Wrestling DSW in McDonough Georgia 1 On 23 March 2006 Taylor returned to the ring in DSW to once again team with William Regal 1 On 20 October 2006 episode of SmackDown Regal announced that Taylor would be joining him on the brand 7 The two debuted the same night earning a dominating victory over Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki 7 Though the pair reformed their previous tag team Regal and Taylor would not reuse the Blue Bloods gimmick instead portraying themselves as sadistic fighters The team was quickly put into jeopardy in their second match together when Taylor suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee Taylor took a more relaxed role for a couple of weeks as a corner man for Regal and only wrestled a few short house show matches Taylor would quickly heal from his injury and the pair went on to feud with Paul London and Brian Kendrick in the hunt for the WWE Tag Team Championship After defeating London and Kendrick on several occasions they earned a WWE Tag Team Championship match at Armageddon in December 8 9 10 The match was changed into a fatal four way ladder match also involving MNM and The Hardys and London and Kendrick retained their titles 11 In a subsequent regular tag rematch on SmackDown Regal and Taylor came up short of winning the titles 12 After WrestleMania 23 Regal and Taylor began a feud with Kane when after a match between Kane and Taylor Taylor and Regal attacked Kane 13 The Boogeyman soon joined the feud as Kane s tag team partner but the feud ended after Kane defeated Regal in a singles match 14 15 16 On 25 May edition of SmackDown Regal and Taylor competed in a number one contenders match for the WWE Tag Team Championship against Kendrick and London which they lost when Deuce n Domino interfered making both teams the number one contenders 17 This led to a triple threat match the next week on SmackDown where Deuce n Domino retained 18 Taylor and Regal s tag team would come to an end on 17 June when Regal was drafted to Raw during the Supplemental Draft 19 Following Regal s departure Taylor was absent from SmackDown for several weeks and began teaming with Paul Burchill at house shows and dark matches Since then Taylor had only competed on SmackDown sparingly competing in a 20 Man Battle Royal for the then vacant World Heavyweight Championship and losing a match to former rival Kane Taylor brought Drew McIntyre to SmackDown in October 2007 and acted as his mentor but McIntyre would only make a few appearances before moving to the Raw brand in January 2008 20 21 22 Following McIntyre s move Taylor went on a leave of absence from WWE television He was released by WWE on 28 April 2008 23 Independent circuit 2008 2012 Edit On 26 and 27 September Taylor took part in the 2008 Ted Petty Invitational held by IWA Mid South in Joliet Illinois 24 He defeated Tracy Smothers in the first round but lost out to Claudio Castagnoli in the quarter finals From 27 to 29 March 2009 he competed in Chikara s King of Trios Tournament as a member of Team Uppercut along with Castagnoli and Bryan Danielson The team made it all the way to the finals before losing to F I S T of Gran Akuma Icarus and Chuck Taylor On 4 April 2009 Taylor lost a fourway match for the HPW Heavyweight Championship against HPW heavyweight champion Vito the Violator Toscani Anthony Zeus and Eddy De La Combe in Eindhoven the Netherlands In March 2010 Taylor received a tryout as an agent for TNA Wrestling 1 On 2 April 2011 Taylor appeared at the Ring of Honor pay per view Honor Takes Center Stage as the newest member of Prince Nana s The Embassy stable facing Colt Cabana in a losing effort 25 On 9 September 2011 Taylor made his debut for small British promotion New Generation Wrestling NGW in a winning effort against Jack GallagherTaylor retired from professional wrestling in 2012 2 Championships and accomplishments EditAll Star Promotions British Heavyweight Championship 2 times 5 Catch Wrestling Association CWA World Tag Team Championship 2 times 6 with Chris Benoit 1 and Miles Zrno 1 1 Hanover Tournament 2004 CWF Mid Atlantic CWF Mid Atlantic Heavyweight Championship 1 time 1 Frontier Wrestling Alliance European Heavyweight Championship 1 time 1 Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him 214 in the PWI 500 in 2007 26 References Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Dave Taylor Online World of Wrestling Retrieved 17 April 2017 a b c d Dave Taylor Cagematch de Retrieved 17 April 2017 a b Shields Brian Sullivan Kevin 2009 WWE Encyclopedia DK p 74 ISBN 978 0 7566 4190 0 The Comeback Archived from the original on 14 November 2007 Retrieved 18 April 2017 a b British Heavyweight Title Puroresu Dojo Retrieved 17 April 2017 a b c C W A World Tag Team Title Puroresu Dojo Retrieved 17 April 2017 a b Waldman Jon 21 October 2006 Smackdown A 1 matches better A list celebs SLAM Sports Retrieved 17 April 2017 McNamara Andy 18 November 2006 Smackdown Batista crowns the King SLAM Sports Retrieved 17 April 2017 McNamara Andy 25 November 2006 Smackdown A royal thrashing SLAM Sports Archived from the original on 13 July 2012 Retrieved 17 April 2017 McNamara Andy 9 December 2006 Smackdown Deadman plays mind games SLAM Sports Archived from the original on 15 July 2012 Retrieved 17 April 2017 Elliott Brian 18 December 2006 Unexpected ladder contest steals Armageddon SLAM Sports Retrieved 17 April 2017 Waldman Jon 13 January 2007 Smackdown The last dash to the Rumble SLAM Sports Archived from the original on 15 July 2012 Retrieved 17 April 2017 McNamara Andy 8 April 2007 Booker s kingdom continues to crumble SLAM Sports Archived from the original on 15 July 2012 Retrieved 17 April 2017 McNamara Andy 28 April 2007 Smackdown Kennedy and Finlay falter SLAM Sports Archived from the original on 30 June 2012 Retrieved 17 April 2017 Waldman Jon 12 May 2007 Smackdown The title s on the line SLAM Sports Retrieved 17 April 2017 McNamara Andy 19 May 2007 Smackdown Edge addresses the masses SLAM Sports Retrieved 17 April 2017 McNamara Andy 26 May 2007 Smackdown The Animal rises again SLAM Sports Archived from the original on 4 August 2012 Retrieved 17 April 2017 McNamara Andy 30 May 2007 Smackdown The Animal cuts down Edge SLAM Sports Archived from the original on 25 May 2011 Retrieved 17 April 2017 Dee Louie 17 June 2007 2007 Supplemental Draft results WWE Retrieved 20 January 2008 DiFino Lennie 12 October 2007 Scottish invasion WWE Retrieved 17 April 2017 DiFino Lennie 19 October 2007 One of our own WWE Retrieved 17 April 2017 WWE com HEAT archives WWE 4 January 2008 Retrieved 17 April 2017 Dave Taylor released World Wrestling Entertainment Retrieved 17 April 2017 2008 TPI iwamidsouth com 14 July 2008 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 17 April 2017 Caldwell James Radican Sean 2 April 2011 ROH Internet PPV report 4 2 Caldwell amp Radican s ongoing virtual time coverage of live ROH PPV from Atlanta Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 17 April 2017 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 2007 Wrestling Information Archive Archived from the original on 7 July 2011 Retrieved 17 April 2017 External links EditDavid Taylor at IMDb Dave Taylor s profile at Cagematch net Wrestlingdata com Internet Wrestling Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dave Taylor 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