Ashton Trent Smith (born 15 December 1988) is an Jamaican-English professional wrestler. He is mostly known for his time in

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where he performed on the

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under his real name. He is a former NXT UK Tag Team Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2007–2013)

Smith made his debut in British wrestling on 11 February 2007 with Triple X Wrestling, which he lost to

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He wrestled his last match in the promotion on 7 October, losing to

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. From 2007 to 2013, Smith wrestled for independent British promotions such as SAS Wrestling, Pro Championship Wrestling, Alternative Wrestling World, One Pro Wrestling, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom,

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, Pro Evolution Wrestling and Devon Wrestling Association.

Preston City Wrestling (2014–2018)

Smith debuted at PCW Who Dares Wins on 28 March 2014, competing in a 30-man Royal Rumble for the Preston City Wrestling Heavyweight Championship. Throughout 2015, Smith competed for the PCW Cruiserweight, PCW Tag Team, and PCW Heavyweight titles, but he did not win these titles. While at PCW, Smith had the opportunity to face off against

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and Team War Machine (

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and Ray Rowe). On 9 December 2016, Smith challenged and defeated reigning champion Bubblegum to win the PCW Cruiserweight Championship for the first time. On 17 June 2017, Smith lost the title to

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. During this time, he also performed for other promotions such as FutureShock Wrestling, Grand Pro Wrestling and

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WWE (2018–2022)

Smith debuted on 8 June 2018 during NXT At Download 2018 and competed in a #1 Contenders match for the

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. After defeating Joseph Conners, he progressed one round. He returned two nights later and teamed with

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to defeat the Forgotten Sons ( Steve Cutler and

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). On 18 June, he was eliminated from the tournament after losing to

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. He made his debut for

on 28 July. Since then he has contested several individual and tag team matches, some of which he was able to win. On the 2 June 2022 episode of ''

'', Carter and Smith won the

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by defeating previous champions

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(

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and

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) and Die Familie (

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and Rohan Raja) in a

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. On the 23 June episode of ''NXT UK'', Carter and Smith were set to defend their titles against NXT 2.0's

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and

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, but Smith suffered a knee injury and had to vacate them. On 18 August 2022, Smith was released from his WWE contract.

Championships and accomplishments

* Celtic Wrestling ** Celtic Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tyler Browne * Futureshock Wrestling ** FutureShock Trophy Winner (2016) ** Futureshock Wrestling Championship (1 time) * Grand Pro Wrestling ** GPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Martin Kirby ** GPW British Championship (1 time) *

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(2 times) – with

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( 1 time) – with Oliver Carter

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Ashton 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica English male professional wrestlers English people of Jamaican descent NXT UK Tag Team Champions