Martin Scurll (born 26 July 1988) is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in

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(ROH) as the leader of the stable

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, where he was a one-time

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and a one-time

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, as well as being a former member of the

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stable. He also worked for

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(NJPW), where he is a former

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and

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. From May 2017 to late October 2018, he was a member of the

stable, which splintered into the new faction The Elite. The latter left ROH at the end of 2018 which led Scurll to form a new stable with ROH's new signees King and PCO called

, which debuted during December's post-

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television tapings. He has wrestled for numerous promotions around the world - such as the

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based

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and ROH partner Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), the UK's

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and

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(RPW),

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(wXw), and the

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based

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(WSW).

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2005–2019)

Marty started training at Frank Rimer's Dropkixx training school which would also produce wrestlers like Martin Stone,

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and Paul Robinson. Marty made his debut for Dropkixx at the Fondu Club in Purfleet, defeating Jimmy Starr by two falls to one. Once under the tutorship of Jon Ritchie, who by this time was in charge at Dropkixx, Marty took part in Dropkixx's Shoot Fighting Tournament. Scurll would go on to win the middleweight tournament, in the process becoming Dropkixx's first middleweight champion. Scurll also competed regularly for Summit Promotions, and at the end of the year formed a tag team with Paul Robinson as 'The Party Boys' (or 'The Midnight Ravers', as they were sometimes billed). Scurll would go on to appear for Premier Promotions and this would be the place where he would meet

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, who he ended up wrestling many times in the summer season on the holiday camps circuit. During the rest of the year, Scurll debuted for the likes of IPW:UK and RQW, wrestling

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and many others. On 5 June 2007, Marty made his debut for

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by defeating Jimmy Starr at Gravesend. Marty competed regularly for All Star, including main eventing Fairfield Halls, Croydon against Pro Wrestling NOAH's

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and

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. In IPW:UK, Marty would reform his tag team with

Zack Sabre Jr. Lucas Eatwell (born 24 July 1987), better known by his ring name Zack Sabre Jr. (Katakana: ザック・セイバーJr, ''Zakku Seibā Jr.''), is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Outsid ...

, but under the name The Leaders of the New School. They then feuded with BritRage ( Mark Sloan and Wade Flitzgerald) and

. Scurll wrestled and lost to Doug Williams in IPW:UK's British National Championship Tournament. Marty Scurll British Cruiserweight Champion

In 2009, Scurll and Sabre focused their attention on the IPW:UK tag team division, and picked up a memorable win against tag team champions The Thrillers (

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and

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) during the company's February tour. A highly anticipated rematch finally took place between the teams at the 2009 "Sittingbourne Spectacular" after the Leaders' scheduled opponents had to pull out through injury. This time the championships were on the line, and the Leaders won again to claim their first championship gold in IPW:UK. The feud between the Leaders and the Thrillers became the dominant storyline in IPW:UK through the summer, culminating in the Leaders winning a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match against their rivals in September. The Leaders have enjoyed an unbroken reign as champions since that time. Scurll and Sabre competed in the first match of the newly re-launched

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in August 2009, beating Northern Xposure (NX) at "New Frontiers". On 28 April 2012, Scurll defeated

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in the final of an eight-man tournament to determine the new IPW:UK British Cruiserweight Champion. On 15 March 2014, Scurll defeated Colt Cabana in a 30 Minute Iron Fist match to become

(RevPro) Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion. Scurll would go on to successfully defend the championship against the likes of

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, Martin Stone, Davey Richards, Doug Williams,

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and others, before losing the title to

(NJPW) wrestler

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at the 2015 Summer Sizzler event on 14 June 2015. Scurll debuted for Scotland's

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promotion in late 2014, unsuccessfully challenging Kenny Williams for the

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before continuing to appear for the promotion in 2015, culminating in a main-event non-title loss to reigning ICW World Heavyweight Champion

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. Scurll scored his first win in ICW in a four-way match against

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, Jack Gallagher and Dan Moloney. On 4 April 2015, at a sold-out British Championship Wrestling event in Scotland, Scurll challenged Galloway in a Double Title match for both the

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and the

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, but was defeated. In October 2015, Scurll debuted for

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(GFW) on their "UK Invasion", losing to GFW Global Champion

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in a singles match and teaming with

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in a losing effort against Doug Williams and Aldis. Scurll returned to the company in March 2016, unsuccessfully challenging

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for the GFW NEX*GEN Championship. In early October 2017 at What Culture Pro Wrestling's (WCPW) event Refuse to Lose, Scurll won a triple threat match between Joe Hendry and

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and himself to become the sixth and final WCPW champion, before the company rebranded as Defiant Wrestling. On 4 December at Defiant Wrestling's iPPV, titled WeAreDefiant, Scurll was given the new championship belt by General Manager Stu Bennett, and had a confrontation with the debuting

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at the beginning of the show. In the main event of the evening, Scurll successfully defended the championship in a triple threat match between himself,

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and Martin Kirby. However, on 5 December at Defiant's first episode of their new weekly show (uploaded 15 December on

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), Scurll lost the championship to Aries, ending his reign at 34 days.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2012–2013)

In late 2012, Scurll began competing in TNA's newest program '' TNA Wrestling: British Boot Camp'' that began airing on 1 January 2013 on Challenge. On 14 February edition of ''

'', he teamed up with

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(Hannah and Holly) to face the team of

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, Tara and

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. They were defeated after Gail Kim pinned Hannah. During the match, Scurll was injured after performing a suicide dive into the metal railing.

Progress Wrestling (2012–2017)

Scurll was part of the very first

show, Chapter One, in a tournament to determine the first ever Progress Champion. He beat

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in an acclaimed semi-final match before competing in a four-way match for the title against Mike Mason,

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and winner

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. Scurll went on to challenge Cruz for the title in a Two Out of Three Falls match at Chapter Two, failing to capture the title. Competing regularly for Progress, he was notably part of a four-way match for the Progress Championship at Chapter Twelve, facing

and then-champion

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, and fighting again for the title at Chapter Eighteen against

, Dave Mastiff, Paul Robinson and champion

. Scurll reached the quarter-finals of the first Super Strong Style 16 tournament in 2015, beating

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on Day One and Dave Mastiff in the quarter-finals before losing to

on Day Two, and was runner-up to

in the 2015 Thunderbastard match at Chapter Twenty. He lost to

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at Chapter Twenty-One, Travis' final match before his retirement from wrestling and death from stomach cancer. Scurll turned firmly villainous following this match; gaining a demented mean streak that saw him win the Progress Championship for the first time in a No Disqualification match against

at Chapter Twenty-Five. Scurll went on to successfully defend the title against

, Chris Hero, and

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in singles competition and against seven opponents in the 2016 Thunderbastard match which he won. He was the first Progress Champion to defend the title overseas – successfully defending the belt against

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SuperShow 2016 in Dallas, Texas and against Zack Gibson in Italy for Power Wrestling Entertainment. Scurll lost the title to Pastor William Eaver at Chapter Thirty-Two and regained it a month later at Chapter Thirty-Three, making him the first person to ever win the Progress Championship more than once. After successfully defending the belt against Mark Andrews at Chapter Thirty-Five, Scurll lost the Progress Championship to

in a triple-threat main event match also involving

at Chapter Thirty-Six, PROGRESS' biggest show to date, held at the

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. During the match, Scurll attacked three referees as he became frustrated at not being able to win; before attacking a fourth official

returned to attack Scurll, leading to his loss. At Chapter 38, Scurll failed to regain the Progress Championship in a match that also included

. After being disqualified against Havoc at Chapter 39, the two had a No Disqualification at Chapter 40 where Scurll lost. In 2017 Scurll returned to Progress on Chapter 55 being defeated by Zack Sabre Jr.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2015–2018)

Scurll made his PWG debut at the 2015 Battle of Los Angeles, where he beat

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in round one,

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in the quarter-finals and lost to

in the semi-finals. Scurll then suffered a string of singles losses; losing to

at All Star Weekend 11 Night One and to

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on Night Two, to

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on All Star Weekend 12 Night One and to Chuck Taylor on Night Two. At ''Prince'', he won a match against Mark Andrews and at ''Thirteen'', gained victory over

. In September, Scurll participated the 2016 Battle of Los Angeles, defeating Pentagón Jr. in the first round,

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in the quarterfinals,

in the semifinals, and both

and

in a three-way elimination final to win the tournament. On 18 February 2017, Scurll reunited with Sabre, as they attacked Chuck Taylor, only to see Trent? come to Taylor's defence. At PWG Mystery Vortex V on 12 January 2018 Marty was defeated by Trent?.

Ring of Honor (2016–2021)

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On 22 August 2016, the American

(ROH) promotion announced Scurll's upcoming debut for the promotion. ''Pro Wrestling Torch'' reported that Scurll had signed with the company after giving his notice to Evolve the previous month. Scurll made his ROH debut during the promotion's three-day tour of the United Kingdom in November. On 20 November, during the final day of the tour, Scurll defeated Will Ospreay to win the

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. Scurll successfully defended his newly won title against previous champion Ospreay and Dragon Lee in a triple threat match at ROH's biggest pay-per-view, Final Battle 2016. The beginning of 2017 saw Scurll make many successful defences of his title against

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and

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. During a successful defence against

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, both

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and the returning

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returned. On 29 April 2017 at ROH Masters of the Craft Scurll successful retained the ROH World Television Championship against Ken Anderson. On 12 May 2017, during the third night of the NJPW and ROH co-produced

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tour, Scurll was revealed as the newest member of

, replacing Adam Cole. Two days later, on the final night of the tour, Scurll lost the ROH World Television Championship to

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, following a distraction from Cole. The Elite, minus Scurll, left ROH after 14 December 2018's

pay-per-view. During an in-ring promo at the following night's television tapings in Philadelphia, Scurll would be confronted by The Kingdom, which led the former to unveil his new stable,

, with

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and PCO. A brawl ensued which ended with Villain Enterprises standing tall. At the

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, Scurll defeated

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, and the following night during the ''

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'' tapings, Scurll, King, and PCO defeated the Kingdom to win the

for the first time. In January 2020, Scurll signed a multi-year contract with ROH, becoming the head booker of the promotion in the process. On 25 June,

announced that they launched an investigation concerning sexual harassment allegations made against Scurll. When ROH started the TV tapings after a hiatus because of the pandemic, Scurll wasn't part of the tapings neither as a wrestler nor booker. In October 2020, Scurll's profile was removed from ROH website. In January 2021, Ring of Honor announced that Marty Scurll was no longer under contract after the two parties mutually agreed to part ways.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2017–2020)

On 3 May 2017,

(NJPW) announced Scurll as a participant in the 2017 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. He finished the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals. On 5 November at

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, Scurll defeated

to become the new

. On 4 January 2018, Scurll lost the title to back to Ospreay at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome in a four-way match, also involving

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and

. On 1 April, Scurll failed to regain the title from Ospreay at

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. On 3 May, at Wrestling Dontaku 2018, he and the Young Bucks defeated

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and

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to win the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship. On 3 May, NJPW announced Scurll as a participant in the 2018 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. Like the previous year, he finished the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals. On 12 August, at the G1 Climax Finals, Scurll and the Young Bucks lost the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship to Bullet Club OG's Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and

. Scurll,

and

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represented The Elite in the pre-show gauntlet at

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for NEVER Openweight Six Man Championship number one contendership. They were the first team eliminated. Scurll returned to NJPW for the first time since Wrestle Kingdom on the New Beginning in USA event on 30 January 2019. Scurll also participated in the Best of the Super Junior XXVI tournament, ending with 10 points.

National Wrestling Alliance (2019–2020)

On 14 December 2019, Scurll made a surprise appearance on

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's Into the Fire following a NWA Championship match between

and James Storm. He was scheduled to face Aldis for the

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at the

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on April 19, 2020, but was forced to cancel the event because of the

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Return to wrestling and Puerto Rico (2021–present)

On September 22, 2021, Puerto Rican promotion CWA announced Scurll would take part in their Halloween Fan Fest event on October 23. The match, which was against Star Roger, was Scurll's first since the accusations made against Scurll during Speaking Out in June 2020. Prior to the event, Scurll told Contralona that he would be working in Puerto Rico and CWA long term.

Other media

In 2012, Scurll appeared on UK dating game show, '' Take Me Out'' in which he attempted to find a woman to take on a date with him. His appearance on the show contained vignettes which also featured fellow British professional wrestler

Speaking Out

During the

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, Scurll was accused of taking advantage of an inebriated 16-year-old (the legal age of consent in the UK) girl in 2015. Scurll would release two statements in which he did not deny the allegations, but claimed the encounter was consensual. As a result of an independent investigation by ROH, Scurll was stripped of booking duties and released from the company.

Championships and accomplishments

Marty Scurll IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion

*CWA Puerto Rico **CWAPR Acción Vibrante Championship (1 time) *Danish Pro Wrestling **DPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Destiny World Wrestling **Destiny World Championship (1 time) *Dropkixx Wrestling **IWC Middleweight Championship (1 time) **IWC Middleweight Title Tournament (2005) **Best Babyface Award (2005) *Federacion Universitaria de Lucha Libre **Chilean National Undisputed Championship (1 time) *Fight! Nation Wrestling **FNW British Championship (1 time) * International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom **British Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) ** IPW:UK Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with

**IPW:UK British Cruiserweight Championship Tournament (2012) **Selsey Cup (2012) **Extreme Measures (2012) *

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**MCW Invitational Tournament (2016) *

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( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) - with Nick and Matt Jackson *

Fight! Nation **NWA British Championship / FNW British Championship (1 time) ** NWA British Championship Tournament (2015) * Pro Wrestling Guerrilla **

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( 2016) *''

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'' **Ranked him No. 31 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2017 *

** Progress World Championship (

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) **Thunderbastard (2016) *

** British Cruiserweight Championship ( 1 time) ** British Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **

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(

) – with

**Extreme Measures Tournament (2013) ** First Triple Crown Champion *

( 1 time) - with

and PCO **

( 1 time) ** Survival of the Fittest ( 2018) ** ROH Year-End Award (3 times) ** Best Final Battle Entrance (2017) *** Faction of the Year (2019) - with

*** Match of the Year (2019) *Southside Wrestling Entertainment **SWE Speed King Championship (1 time) **Speed King Title Tournament (2012) *Swiss Wrestling Entertainment **SWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Maik Tuga *Ultimate Pro Wrestling **UPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **UPW Heavyweight Title Tournament (2015) * Unlimited Wrestling **

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( 1 time) *

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( 1 time) *What Culture Pro Wrestling / Defiant Wrestling **WCPW/Defiant Championship (1 time) *

** WSW World Championship ( 1 time) ** WSW World Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with

*Wrestling Superstar **Wrestling Superstar National Championship (1 time)

References

External links

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Ring of Honor profile
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