David Minton (born 21 July 1984) is an English

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

. He is most known for his time in

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, where he performed on its

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brand under the ring name "Bomber" Dave Mastiff.

Professional wrestling career

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2014–2015)

Mastiff appeared for

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(TNA) in 2014 on the second season of ''

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''. Mastiff first match on the show was aired on 9 November, when he defeated

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. In his second match of the show, which aired on 30 November, Mastiff was once again victorious in an eight-person tag team match alongside Brown,

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and

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where they defeated

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and Mark Andrews. Mastiff advanced to the final six, but the competition was eventually won by Andrews. Through January 2015, Mastiff worked couple matches on '' Xplosion'', where he lost to Mandrews (formerly known as Mark Andrews) and

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World of Sport Wrestling (2016)

On 11 November 2016, Mastiff defeated

to win the inaugural WOS Championship, however, Mastiff lost the championship to Grado on the same episode.

WWE

NXT UK (2018–2022)

Mastiff made his

debut on 9 June 2018, when he participated in the United Kingdom Championship Tournament. Mastiff advanced from the first round after defeating Kenny Williams, however, was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Joe Coffey. Mastiff made his ''

'' debut on the first episode of the show which aired on 17 October, when he defeated Sid Scala. Mastiff, who was yet to be defeated on ''NXT UK'', fought

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to a double disqualification on the 2 January 2019 episode of the show. This led to a

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on NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, on 12 January, which Mastiff won. On the 5 June episode of ''NXT UK'', Mastiff competed in a

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against Joe Coffey,

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and

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to determine the #1 contender for the

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. Banks won the match, as Mastiff suffered his first loss on the show. After Coffey and Mastiff wrestled to a double countout on the 7 August episode of ''NXT UK'', both faced in a

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on NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, on 31 August, when Mastiff was defeated. On the 30 January 2020 episode of ''NXT UK,'' Mastiff lost a six-man tag team match with Mark Andrews and

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, against Imperium's

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and Alexander Wolfe. On the February 13 episode of ''NXT UK'', Mastiff defeated

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. On August 18th 2022, Mastiff was released from his WWE contract.

Personal life

On 17 October 2020, Minton announced his marriage.

Championships and accomplishments

* Anti-Watershed Wrestling ** AWW Heavyweight Championship (1 times) * Athletik Club Wrestling ** ACW World Wrestling Championship (1 time) *

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** Attack! 24:7 Championship (1 time) * Be. Catch Company ** BCC Championship (1 time) ** BCC Championship Tournament (2010) * Big League Wrestling ** BLW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Big Grizzly * Fight Club: Pro ** FCP Championship (1 time) * International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom ** IPW:UK World Championship (1 time) * Power of Wrestling ** POW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Douglas Williams *

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(1 time) * Pro Wrestling Elite **PWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 307 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019 * Real Quality Wrestling ** RQW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jack Storm ** RQW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2007) – with Jack Storm * Vertigo Pro Wrestling ** VPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** VPW Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2015) *

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** WOS Championship (1 time)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mastiff, Dave Living people Sportspeople from Dudley English male professional wrestlers 1984 births Undisputed British Heavyweight Champions