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Kyle Fletcher

May 21, 2023

Kyle Fletcher (born 24 December 1998) is an Australian professional wrestler currently appearing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he is currently half of the IWGP Tag Team Champions, in his first reign and Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion in his second reign and Revolution Pro Wrestling, where he is a two-time Undisputed British Tag Team Champion.

Kyle Fletcher
Fletcher in April 2019
Born (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 24)[1]
Sydney, New South Wales
Professional wrestling career
Billed height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Billed weight98 kg (216 lb)
Trained byPWA Academy
Madison Eagles
Ryan Eagles
Robbie Eagles
Travis Banks

He and fellow Australian wrestler Mark Davis team as a tag team as Aussie Open, where both are members of the United Empire stable. He has also made appearances in All Elite Wrestling and several British Independent promotions, such as Progress Wrestling and Attack! Pro Wrestling. Fletcher commonly wrestled in the Australian Independent circuit, for companies such as Melbourne City Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2014–2016)

Fletcher debuted in July 2014, wrestling around the New South Wales state, wrestling for companies such as Melbourne City Wrestling.[2]

Aussie Open & Freelancing (2017–Present)

Main article: Aussie Open (professional wrestling)

In May 2017, Fletcher traveled to the United Kingdom to work on their independent scene, commonly working for WhatCulture Pro-Wrestling (WCPW) and Attack! Pro Wrestling. During July of the same year, Fletcher teamed up with Fellow Australian wrestler Mark Davis as The Aussie Assault. The two commonly teamed from there on and eventually changed, their team name to Aussie Open, competing together across the UK. Fletcher made an appearance for the Chikara promotion. Aussie Open also competed in Europe, for promotions such as Westside Xtreme Wrestling.[3] In August, Aussie Open made their debuts for Revolution Pro Wrestling and continued to work with them in the long term. This meant that they would work with New Japan Pro-Wrestling talent due to their working agreement with RevPro. Aussie Open commonly faced talent such as Roppongi 3K, who were on a learning excursion from New Japan.[4] During their tour of the UK in May 2018, Aussie Open made their Ring of Honor debut, losing to Dalton Castle's "boys".[5] In March 2019, Aussie Open won the wXw World Tag Team Championship, before losing them to Ilja Dragunov and WALTER, ending their reign at 147 days.[6][7] They regained the championships 41 days later but had to vacate them after 14 days, due to Davis suffering a leg injury. In May 2019, Aussie Open achieved a massive victory, by defeating NJPW's Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.), to win the British Tag Team Championships for the first time. They lost the titles to Sha Samuels and Josh Bodom, ending their reign at 50 days.[8]

Appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and United Empire (2019–Present)

Main article: United Empire

Aussie Open made their NJPW debut at NJPW Royal Quest on August 31, losing in an IWGP Tag Team Championship match to Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa).[9] Aussie Open wrestled infrequently in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2021, Aussie Open returned to Australia, for the first time as a team, wrestling on several independent shows. Aussie Open returned to RevPro on August 21, 2021, and regained the British Tag Team Championships the following month. On September 19, at RevPro's High Stakes Event, Aussie Open joined Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship Will Ospreay in attacking The Young Guns and Shota Umino, joining the United Empire stable and turning heel.[10] The three consistently began teaming as a trio across the UK. They lost the championships to Roy Knight and Ricky Knight Jr, ending their reign at 63 days. On April 10, 2022, Aussie Open, made their NJPW Strong debuts, teaming with fellow United Empire stablemate, Jeff Cobb to defeat TMDK.[11] On April 16 at Windy City Riot, Aussie Open and Cobb, teamed with fellow stablemates, Great-O-Khan, T. J. Perkins and Aaron Henare to defeat Bullet Club representatives, The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson), Chris Bey, El Phantasmo and guest member Scott Norton in a 12-man tag-team match.[12] At Capital Collision, Cobb, Henare and Aussie Open lost to TMDK in an 8-man tag-team match.[13]

On the June 19th edition of NJPW Strong Ignition, Aussie Open competed in a tournament to crown the inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship. In the first round, they defeated The Dark Order's Evil Uno and Alan Angels and they defeated the Stray Dog Army in the semi-finals.[14] In the finals at Strong: High Alert, Fletcher and Davis defeated Christopher Daniels and Yuya Uemura to become the inaugural champions.[15]

At Music City Mayhem, Aussie Open teamed with T. J. Perkins to defeat the team of Alex Zayne and the IWGP Tag Team Champions, FTR.[16] After the match, Aussie Open challenged FTR to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.[17] They received their match at Royal Quest II, where they lost to FTR.[18] At Rumble on 44th Street, Aussie Open lost the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships to The Motor City Machine Guns in a three-way tag-team match also involving The DKC and Kevin Knight, ending their inaugural reign at 76 days.[19]

Davis and Fletcher would compete individually in the 2023 New Japan Cup. Fletcher defeated IWGP Tag Team Champion, Yoshi-Hashi, but was defeated by the other half of the tag-team champions Hirooki Goto.[20][21] Due to both Davis' success in the tournament and Fletcher's victory over Tag Team Champion Yoshi-Hashi, Aussie Open earnt a shot at the IWGP Tag Team Championships, against Bishamon at Sakura Genesis.[22] On April 8 at the event, Aussie Open defeated Bishamon to win their first IWGP Tag Team Championship.[23] On April 15 at Capital Collision, Fletcher and Davis defeated The Motor City Machine Guns and the team of Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi, in a three-way tag-team match, to regain the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships for a second time, making them double champions in NJPW.[24]

All Elite Wrestling & Ring of Honor (2022–present)

 
Fletcher (left) who accompanied Will Ospreay at AEWxNJPW: Forbidden Door on June 26, 2022.

On the June 8th episode of Dynamite, Aussie Open and Aaron Henare made their All Elite Wrestling debuts, aiding Will Ospreay in attacking FTR and Trent Beretta, who Cobb and O-Khan had attacked two weeks prior.[25] They made their in-ring debuts on the June 10th edition of Rampage, where they and Ospreay lost to FTR and Beretta in a 6-man tag-team match.[26] Aussie Open returned on the June 15th special Road Rager edition of Dynamite attacking FTR and Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) after Ospreay, defeated FTR's Dax Harwood, however, they were stopped by Orange Cassidy who was announced to face Ospreay at AEWxNJPW: Forbidden Door for Ospreay's IWGP United States Championship, along with O-Khan and Cobb facing FTR and Roppongi Vice in a triple threat tag-team match, for both Cobb and O-Khan's IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships and FTR's ROH World Tag Team Championships .[27][28] At the event, Aussie Open accompanied Ospreay to the ring for his match against Cassidy, often assisting Ospreay during the match. Ospreay eventually retained the championship, and along with Aussie Open, attacked Cassidy and Roppongi Vice after the match. However, Ospreay and Aussie Open were interrupted by Katsuyori Shibata, who beat down the trio, saving Cassidy and Roppongi Vice.[29]

On July 27, the AEW World Trios Championship was revealed, Aussie Open and Ospreay being named as participants in the inaugural tournament. On August 24, Aussie Open and Ospreay defeated Death Triangle to progress to the semifinals, where they were defeated by The Elite (The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega) on August 31.[30] After the match, United Empire attacked The Elite.[31]

Fletcher and Davis returned to AEW on the February 22 edition of Dynamite, competing in the Revolution Tag Team Battle Royal, but failed to win.[32] On the same weeks edition of Rampage, Davis and Fletcher lost to The Young Bucks.[33] The following week on Dynamite, Aussie Open competed in the Casino Tag Team Royale, but again failed to win.[34]

On March 9, Fletcher and Davis made their return to Ring of Honor (ROH), which was now AEW's sister promotion, following Tony Khan's purchase of the company, defeating Rhett Titus and Tracy Williams.[35]

A week after winning the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships, Fletcher and Davis made their first title defense against Best Friends, defeating them and retaining the titles on the April 14 edition of Rampage.[36]

Championships and accomplishments

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External links

  • Kyle Fletcher Profile at Online World of Wrestling
  • Kyle Fletcher's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
  • Kyle Fletcher on Twitter
  • Kyle Fletcher (VII) at IMDb

May 21, 2023
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Kyle Fletcher born 24 December 1998 is an Australian professional wrestler currently appearing for New Japan Pro Wrestling where he is currently half of the IWGP Tag Team Champions in his first reign and Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion in his second reign and Revolution Pro Wrestling where he is a two time Undisputed British Tag Team Champion Kyle FletcherFletcher in April 2019Born 1998 12 24 24 December 1998 age 24 1 Sydney New South WalesProfessional wrestling careerBilled height6 ft 3 in 191 cm Billed weight98 kg 216 lb Trained byPWA AcademyMadison EaglesRyan EaglesRobbie EaglesTravis BanksHe and fellow Australian wrestler Mark Davis team as a tag team as Aussie Open where both are members of the United Empire stable He has also made appearances in All Elite Wrestling and several British Independent promotions such as Progress Wrestling and Attack Pro Wrestling Fletcher commonly wrestled in the Australian Independent circuit for companies such as Melbourne City Wrestling Contents 1 Professional wrestling career 1 1 Early career 2014 2016 1 2 Aussie Open amp Freelancing 2017 Present 1 3 Appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling and United Empire 2019 Present 1 4 All Elite Wrestling amp Ring of Honor 2022 present 2 Championships and accomplishments 3 References 4 External linksProfessional wrestling career EditEarly career 2014 2016 Edit Fletcher debuted in July 2014 wrestling around the New South Wales state wrestling for companies such as Melbourne City Wrestling 2 Aussie Open amp Freelancing 2017 Present Edit Main article Aussie Open professional wrestling In May 2017 Fletcher traveled to the United Kingdom to work on their independent scene commonly working for WhatCulture Pro Wrestling WCPW and Attack Pro Wrestling During July of the same year Fletcher teamed up with Fellow Australian wrestler Mark Davis as The Aussie Assault The two commonly teamed from there on and eventually changed their team name to Aussie Open competing together across the UK Fletcher made an appearance for the Chikara promotion Aussie Open also competed in Europe for promotions such as Westside Xtreme Wrestling 3 In August Aussie Open made their debuts for Revolution Pro Wrestling and continued to work with them in the long term This meant that they would work with New Japan Pro Wrestling talent due to their working agreement with RevPro Aussie Open commonly faced talent such as Roppongi 3K who were on a learning excursion from New Japan 4 During their tour of the UK in May 2018 Aussie Open made their Ring of Honor debut losing to Dalton Castle s boys 5 In March 2019 Aussie Open won the wXw World Tag Team Championship before losing them to Ilja Dragunov and WALTER ending their reign at 147 days 6 7 They regained the championships 41 days later but had to vacate them after 14 days due to Davis suffering a leg injury In May 2019 Aussie Open achieved a massive victory by defeating NJPW s Suzuki gun Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr to win the British Tag Team Championships for the first time They lost the titles to Sha Samuels and Josh Bodom ending their reign at 50 days 8 Appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling and United Empire 2019 Present Edit Main article United Empire Aussie Open made their NJPW debut at NJPW Royal Quest on August 31 losing in an IWGP Tag Team Championship match to Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa 9 Aussie Open wrestled infrequently in 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic In February 2021 Aussie Open returned to Australia for the first time as a team wrestling on several independent shows Aussie Open returned to RevPro on August 21 2021 and regained the British Tag Team Championships the following month On September 19 at RevPro s High Stakes Event Aussie Open joined Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship Will Ospreay in attacking The Young Guns and Shota Umino joining the United Empire stable and turning heel 10 The three consistently began teaming as a trio across the UK They lost the championships to Roy Knight and Ricky Knight Jr ending their reign at 63 days On April 10 2022 Aussie Open made their NJPW Strong debuts teaming with fellow United Empire stablemate Jeff Cobb to defeat TMDK 11 On April 16 at Windy City Riot Aussie Open and Cobb teamed with fellow stablemates Great O Khan T J Perkins and Aaron Henare to defeat Bullet Club representatives The Good Brothers Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson Chris Bey El Phantasmo and guest member Scott Norton in a 12 man tag team match 12 At Capital Collision Cobb Henare and Aussie Open lost to TMDK in an 8 man tag team match 13 On the June 19th edition of NJPW Strong Ignition Aussie Open competed in a tournament to crown the inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship In the first round they defeated The Dark Order s Evil Uno and Alan Angels and they defeated the Stray Dog Army in the semi finals 14 In the finals at Strong High Alert Fletcher and Davis defeated Christopher Daniels and Yuya Uemura to become the inaugural champions 15 At Music City Mayhem Aussie Open teamed with T J Perkins to defeat the team of Alex Zayne and the IWGP Tag Team Champions FTR 16 After the match Aussie Open challenged FTR to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championships 17 They received their match at Royal Quest II where they lost to FTR 18 At Rumble on 44th Street Aussie Open lost the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships to The Motor City Machine Guns in a three way tag team match also involving The DKC and Kevin Knight ending their inaugural reign at 76 days 19 Davis and Fletcher would compete individually in the 2023 New Japan Cup Fletcher defeated IWGP Tag Team Champion Yoshi Hashi but was defeated by the other half of the tag team champions Hirooki Goto 20 21 Due to both Davis success in the tournament and Fletcher s victory over Tag Team Champion Yoshi Hashi Aussie Open earnt a shot at the IWGP Tag Team Championships against Bishamon at Sakura Genesis 22 On April 8 at the event Aussie Open defeated Bishamon to win their first IWGP Tag Team Championship 23 On April 15 at Capital Collision Fletcher and Davis defeated The Motor City Machine Guns and the team of Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi in a three way tag team match to regain the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships for a second time making them double champions in NJPW 24 All Elite Wrestling amp Ring of Honor 2022 present Edit Fletcher left who accompanied Will Ospreay at AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door on June 26 2022 On the June 8th episode of Dynamite Aussie Open and Aaron Henare made their All Elite Wrestling debuts aiding Will Ospreay in attacking FTR and Trent Beretta who Cobb and O Khan had attacked two weeks prior 25 They made their in ring debuts on the June 10th edition of Rampage where they and Ospreay lost to FTR and Beretta in a 6 man tag team match 26 Aussie Open returned on the June 15th special Road Rager edition of Dynamite attacking FTR and Roppongi Vice Beretta and Rocky Romero after Ospreay defeated FTR s Dax Harwood however they were stopped by Orange Cassidy who was announced to face Ospreay at AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door for Ospreay s IWGP United States Championship along with O Khan and Cobb facing FTR and Roppongi Vice in a triple threat tag team match for both Cobb and O Khan s IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships and FTR s ROH World Tag Team Championships 27 28 At the event Aussie Open accompanied Ospreay to the ring for his match against Cassidy often assisting Ospreay during the match Ospreay eventually retained the championship and along with Aussie Open attacked Cassidy and Roppongi Vice after the match However Ospreay and Aussie Open were interrupted by Katsuyori Shibata who beat down the trio saving Cassidy and Roppongi Vice 29 On July 27 the AEW World Trios Championship was revealed Aussie Open and Ospreay being named as participants in the inaugural tournament On August 24 Aussie Open and Ospreay defeated Death Triangle to progress to the semifinals where they were defeated by The Elite The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega on August 31 30 After the match United Empire attacked The Elite 31 Fletcher and Davis returned to AEW on the February 22 edition of Dynamite competing in the Revolution Tag Team Battle Royal but failed to win 32 On the same weeks edition of Rampage Davis and Fletcher lost to The Young Bucks 33 The following week on Dynamite Aussie Open competed in the Casino Tag Team Royale but again failed to win 34 On March 9 Fletcher and Davis made their return to Ring of Honor ROH which was now AEW s sister promotion following Tony Khan s purchase of the company defeating Rhett Titus and Tracy Williams 35 A week after winning the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships Fletcher and Davis made their first title defense against Best Friends defeating them and retaining the titles on the April 14 edition of Rampage 36 Championships and accomplishments EditATTACK Pro Wrestling ATTACK 24 7 Championship 4 times 37 38 ATTACK Tag Team Championship 2 times with Mark Davis 39 40 41 42 43 Defiant Wrestling Defiant Tag Team Championship 2 times with Mark Davis 44 45 46 Fight Club PRO FCP Tag Team Championship 1 time with Chris Brookes 47 48 49 HOPE Wrestling HOPE 24 7 Hardcore Championship 4 times 50 51 52 HOPE Tag Team Championship 1 time with Mark Davis 53 54 55 New Japan Pro Wrestling Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship 2 times inaugural current with Mark Davis 56 57 58 Inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship Tournament with Mark Davis 59 IWGP Tag Team Championship 1 time current with Mark Davis 60 61 Over The Top Wrestling OTT Tag Team Championship 1 time with Mark Davis 62 63 PROGRESS Wrestling PROGRESS Tag Team Championship 2 times with Mark Davis 64 65 66 67 68 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No 378 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020 69 PWA Black Label PWA Tag Team Championship 1 time with Mark Davis 70 71 72 Revolution Pro Wrestling Undisputed British Tag Team Championship 2 times with Mark Davis 73 74 75 76 77 Road To Royal Quest Tag Team Tournament 2019 78 79 RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Title 1 Contendership Tournament 2018 19 80 81 Westside Xtreme Wrestling wXw World Tag Team Championship 2 times with Mark Davis 82 83 84 85 References Edit Saalbach Axel Kyle Fletcher The Wrestlingdata com Team Retrieved September 20 2021 https www cagematch net id 2 amp nr 19255 amp page 4 amp s 400 bare URL 5 things we learned at PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 76 Hello Wembley Daily Mirror October 2018 RevPro TV taping results Tag team tournament matches PCO amp Brody King Are Set to Face Aussie Open Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis During ROH s HONOR UNITED UK Tour 21 September 2019 AndNEW Aussie Open win WXW World Tag Team Championships 9 March 2019 AndNEW WALTER amp Ilja Dragunov Win WXW Tag Team Championship 5 August 2019 Aussie Open The Empire Strikes Back 18 October 2021 NJPW Royal Quest Results Kazuchika Okada retains former WWE star wins his first championship Aussie Open join NJPW s United Empire at RevPro High 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