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Noam Dar (; born 28 July 1993) is an Israeli-Scottish
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. He is currently signed to
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, and is a record setting two-time NXT UK Heritage Cup Champion. He also wrestles for Scottish promotion
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(ICW). Dar first competed for WWE in the 2016
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, and is the first Israeli professional wrestler to perform for the company. He has also worked for
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(TNA) and on its ''
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'' series, as well as
Progress Wrestling Progress Wrestling (stylized as PROGRESS) is a British professional wrestling promotion that was established in 2011 by comedian Jim Smallman, events and comedy promoter Jon Briley, and later, actor Glen Robinson (professionally known as Glen ...
,
Preston City Wrestling Pro Championship Wrestling (PCW UK) is a British owned independent professional wrestling promotion established as Preston City Wrestling in 2011. It was re-branded as Pro Championship Wrestling in 2020, and is still stylised as PCW. PCW runs t ...
(PCW), Dragon Gate UK (DGUK),
Revolution Pro Wrestling Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro/RPW) is a British professional wrestling promotion founded on 26 August 2012 by Andy Quildan after separating from International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom. Revolution Pro Wrestling currently has partnershi ...
(RPW),
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(wXw),
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(GFW), and
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(ROH). He is a two-time ICW Zero-G Champion, a one-time PCW Cruiserweight Champion, and a one-time ICW World Heavyweight Champion, among other championships and accomplishments.


Early life

Noam Dar was born in
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on 28 July 1993. He moved with his family to Scotland at the age of five and was raised in
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, where he became a supporter of the football team
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.


Professional wrestling career


Independent circuit (2008–2016)

Dar debuted on the British
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at the age of 15, working for Scottish promotions such as British Championship Wrestling and Premiere British Wrestling. Dar would get his first international experience wrestling in
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for Dragon Gate's "European Invasion" and Zero1 Spain, with winning efforts over Colin McKaye and Sean South, respectively. On 1 May 2011, Dar captured his first championship by becoming one half of the Premier British Wrestling (PBW) Tag Team Champions with Liam Thomson, holding the titles for over 11 months, with six title defenses, before losing them to the team of Lionheart and Wolfgang. Dar entered a tournament to become the
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1PW World Heavyweight Champion in February 2011; he was unsuccessful but later that year went on to become the final
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, winning the vacant title in a four-way match with
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,
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and Joey Hayes and successfully defending it against Bad Bones and
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at 1PW's final show. In October 2011, Dar worked a
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for Dragon Gate UK's "Yosuka vs Shingo 3" event, in a winning effort against Daniel Robert. Dar finished 2011 with another trip overseas, scoring a win over MK McKinnan for
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(wXw), which qualified him to return in 2012 to compete in a series of matches at the wXw 16 Carat Gold 2012 shows. In 2011, Dar began working higher profile matches, challenging multiple times for the BCW Heavyweight and Openweight Championships, albeit unsuccessfully and wrestling bigger name opponents such as Eddie Edwards for IPW, continuing the feud into 2012. For the
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promotion, Dar wrestled
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and challenged
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for the RPW Cruiserweight Championship. Dar entered the SWE Speed King Championship tournament, qualifying for the finals with a win over
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but failing to capture the championship. Dar competed unsuccessfully in two tournaments for IPW, losing to
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in a Quarter Finals match for the IPW:UK Cruiserweight Championship and a first round loss to
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in a tournament to crown the first British National Champion. In April 2012, Dar began competing for Lionheart's Pro Wrestling Elite promotion, debuting with a win over
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, before a loss to
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. Dar was entered into a tournament to crown a PWE World Heavyweight Champion, defeating
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and Mikey Whiplash before losing to Andy Wild in the finals. Dar captured the PBW "King of Cruisers 2012" crown in a six-way match to finish a successful year in the promotion. 2013 saw Dar return to Dragon Gate UK, working a series of matches against
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,
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and
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. RPW invited Dar back for a run of shows which saw him defeat Mark Andrews in his return, but lose contests to
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and Marty Scurll. Dar ended 2013 by finally capturing the BCW Openweight Championship from Andy Wild, Dar would hold the championship for well over a year before losing it to Kenny Williams in April 2015. Dar was granted a rematch for the title against Williams in a triple threat also involving
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but Williams retained. Between 2014 and 2015, Dar had a three match feud with
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over the PWE World Heavyweight Championship, where Dar first scored a disqualification victory, in a subsequent rematch they wrestled to a no-contest before Grado was finally victorious in a third defense, ending their feud. During this period, Dar also scored a notable win over Christopher Daniels. In late 2015, Dar debuted for
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(GFW), defeating Chris Ridgeway. As a result of winning PWE's "Elite Rumble", Dar received another shot at the PWE World Heavyweight Championship. Dar succeeded in dethroning Iestyn Rees for the title on 23 July 2016 at PWE's "Five Year Anniversary: Dar Wars – The Final Episode" Show.


Insane Championship Wrestling (2010–2016, 2019–present)

Dar debuted in
Insane Championship Wrestling Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Mark Dallas in 2006. It mixes elements of traditional sports entertainment with hardcore wrestling; thus admittance is restricted to ...
(ICW) with a win over The Highlander before winning a tournament to become the inaugural ICW Zero-G Champion. Dar held the title for 266 days (the longest reign in the title's history) before losing it to Lionheart. Dar won the championship back less than two months later to become the first two-time ICW Zero-G Champion. Dar's second reign would last 252 days, where he was defeated by Andy Wilde. In 2012, Dar would challenge unsuccessfully for both the ICW Tag Team Titles and
ICW Heavyweight Championship The ICW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship of International Championship Wrestling. Many title defenses featured matches between Randy Savage and his real-life brother Lanny Poffo. After th ...
. From 2013 to 2015, Dar would continue his pursuit of championships in ICW, he challenged subsequent champions Mark Coffey, Wolfgang, Kenny Williams, and Stevie Boy unsuccessfully to regain the ICW Zero-G Championship and began teaming with Kenny Williams as Champagne Superbollocks to challenge Polo Promotions for the ICW Tag Team Championships on two occasions, one (swiftly interrupted) no-contest and one loss. However, following a Best of Five series with Joe Coffey where Dar was bested 3-2 and a lengthy feud with ICW authority figure Red Lightning, Dar would end 2015 on a high in ICW by defeating
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in an ICW World Heavyweight Championship No.1 Contender match and gaining a win over former two-time champion
Drew Galloway Andrew McLean Galloway IV (born 6 June 1985) is a Scottish professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Drew McIntyre. McIntyre is a two-time WWE Champion, one-time WWE In ...
. Dar remained prominent in ICW throughout 2016, entering the 30-man Square Go! match and challenging for the Zero-G Championship in addition to wins over Doug Williams,
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and Liam Thomson. Dar was in one of the three main-events of ICW's debut iPPV Shug's Hoose Party 3 teaming with
Sha Samuels Shaaheen Hosseinpour (born 27 February 1985) is an English professional wrestler. He is mostly known for his time in WWE where he performed on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Sha Samuels. Professional wrestling career Insane Championship ...
and
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as "Team Mark Dallas" to defeat The Black Label (Drew Galloway,
Jack Jester Lee Greig (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Jack Jester He wrestles for numerous promotions in the British independent wrestling circuit, but is best known for his work in Insane ...
and Wolfgang), thus restoring 50% of ICW ownership to Mark Dallas. Due to signing with WWE, Dar's final ICW match was against Andy Wilde on 11 September 2016. Dar lost before giving a farewell speech and receiving an ovation from the crowd and ICW roster. Dar returned to ICW for one night only on 29 July 2017 for ''Shug's Hoose Party 4, Night One'', tagging with Sha Samuels in a winning effort against Joe Coffey and
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. On 11 November 2018, it was announced Dar would make a further appearance at ''ICW Fear and Loathing XI'', teaming with Wolfgang and
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against
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. Dar returned to ICW on Night Two of Fear & Loathing XII, and defeated Kieran Kelly & Leyton Buzzard in a triple threat match. After said match, Dar was interviewed and announced that he will be returning to ICW on a full-time basis, along with competing on NXT UK, due to WWE's Global Expansion and partnership with ICW. In the main event of ICW's 9th Annual Square Go! Event, Noam Dar defeated Stevie Xavier to capture the ICW World Heavyweight Title for the first time, something he never managed to do in his first stint with the promotion. Dar is the first ICW World Heavyweight Champion of non-British descent, being born in Israel to an Israeli father.


Preston City Wrestling (2011–2016)

Dar debuted in
Preston City Wrestling Pro Championship Wrestling (PCW UK) is a British owned independent professional wrestling promotion established as Preston City Wrestling in 2011. It was re-branded as Pro Championship Wrestling in 2020, and is still stylised as PCW. PCW runs t ...
(PCW) in 2011, fighting his way to finals of a tournament to crown the first PCW Heavyweight Champion before being bested by T-Bone. However, Dar would remain in title contention and in 2012 he became the inaugural PCW Cruiserweight Champion, holding the championship for 168 days before losing the title to Dave Rayne in 2013. Dar bounced back into title contention by winning the 2013 "Road to Glory" tournament, with wins over CJ Banks,
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and Joey Hayes. The tournament win earned him another shot at the PCW Heavyweight Championship. Cashing in his title opportunity, he wrestled champion Doug Williams to a time-limit draw, before challenging later champion Lionheart in a losing effort. Dar rounded up 2013 with a loss to Doug Williams, a victory over
Johnny Gargano John Anthony Nicholas Gargano (born August 14, 1987) is an American professional wrestler best known under the ring name Johnny Gargano. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. He is best known for his time in NXT, wh ...
and a Tag Team loss to both Williams and Lionheart where Dar was teamed with
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. Following the championship loss, Dar would remain a prominent figure in PCW in 2014 and 2015, wrestling established names like
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,
Steve Corino Steven Eugene "Steve" Corino (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler currently signed with WWE as a trainer and producer for their developmental territory NXT. He is best known for his tenure with Extreme Championship ...
, Chris Hero,
Tommaso Ciampa Tommaso Whitney (born May 8, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Tommaso Ciampa. Whitney began his career in 2005, working on several independent ...
, John Morrison and
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. Dar had a violent three match feud with former WWE star Drew Galloway, which Dar won 2:1. Due to a working relationship between PCW and
Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was so ...
(ROH), Dar has competed on a number of ROH/PCW "Supershows", wrestling the likes of
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,
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,
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,
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and
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– as well as challenging
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for the ROH World Championship. Dar entered the 2016 "Road to Glory" tournament, eliminating
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and El Ligero but eliminated in the semi-finals by Drew Galloway. In March 2016, Dar wrestled
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in a losing effort for the PCW vs GFW "Global Conflict" show. Dar would begin a climb up the card following this loss, with wins over Phillip Michaels, John Morrison and PCW Heavyweight Champion Sha Samuels, in a match originally billed as a championship contest, reversed to a non-title match by GM Joanna Rose following his victory. Dar was a surprise addition to the main-event of "Tribute to the Troops 3" iPPV on 25 June 2016, defeating Drew Galloway and Sha Samuels to win the PCW Heavyweight Championship. He retained the title twice in one night on 6 August 2016 at the "Fifth Anniversary" iPPV, defeating Samuels in a rematch and "Road to Glory" 2016 winner and current PCW Tag Team Champion Rampage Brown, respectively. Dar again retained the PCW Heavyweight Championship on September 3, 2016, at PCW "Collision Course".


Progress Wrestling (2012–2015)

Dar competed at the first
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show in 2012, entering a tournament to become the inaugural Progress Champion, he was unsuccessful in the tournament but then began a winning streak that would last the remainder of the year and continue into 2013 when he became the No.1 Contender to Progress Championship with a win over Dave Mastiff, but Dar was unable to unseat
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for the title. In 2014, Dar entered and won the first Progress World Cup tournament; representing Israel he defeated Darrell Allen (Jamaica), Grado (Scotland) and
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(England). The tournament win earned him another shot at the Progress Championship against
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. During the match, he made Havoc tap out but as the referee was knocked out at the time the decision didn't count and Havoc eventually won. In 2015, at Chapter 18 Dar again challenged Havoc for the championship in a six-way elimination match. Dar eliminated Mastiff first, who then came back into the match and attacked Dar causing him to be eliminated too. He then entered the inaugural "Super Strong Style 16" tournament but was eliminated in the first round by Dave Mastiff due to referee stoppage and a storyline injury. The two were due to meet at Chapter 20, however travel issues prevented Mastiff from appearing and so Dar faced Pastor William Eaver and lost in what would become Dar's last Progress match.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2014–2015)

Dar was a contestant on Season 2 of
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's
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which was televised nationally in the UK on
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. He advanced to the final six but the competition was eventually won by Mark Andrews. Dar worked a handful of matches for TNA in the UK and US, most notably a loss on Xplosion to former
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. As one of the final six, Dar accompanied TNA on their UK stadium tour where he was victorious in a pair of Tag Team matches and wrestled to a no-contest with
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.


What Culture Pro Wrestling (2016)

On 2 June 2016, Dar was announced to be a part of the What Culture Pro Wrestling roster. He wrestled his first match for the promotion against Rampage on the 4 July episode of ''Loaded'', in which Dar lost via pinfall. On the 18 July episode of ''Loaded'', he faced
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in a winning effort. At WCPW Built To Destroy, he faced off against
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for the ROH World Championship, but was defeated via pinfall. On the 8 August episode of ''Loaded'', Dar faced off against
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and
El Ligero Simon Musk (born 7 January 1985) is an English professional wrestler better known under his in-ring persona of masked Mexican luchador, El Ligero (or simply Ligero). He is most known for his time in WWE, on their NXT UK brand. Professional wre ...
in a triple threat match. Ospreay emerged victorious, after an ''OsCutter'' on Dar. On the 15 August episode of ''Loaded'', Dar put his WCPW career on the line against Doug Williams for a chance to face
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in October, and after a controversial finish, Williams picked up the win, forcing Dar to leave WCPW.


WWE


Initial storylines (2016–2020)

On 31 March 2016, Dar was announced as a participant in WWE's upcoming Global Cruiserweight Series tournament. The tournament, now renamed the "Cruiserweight Classic", began on June 23 with Dar defeating Gurv Sihra in his first round match. On 14 July, Dar defeated
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in his second round match. On 26 August, Dar was eliminated from the tournament in the quarterfinals by Zack Sabre Jr. During the Cruiserweight Classic finale, Dar teamed with
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in a losing effort against Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano. On the 22 August episode of ''
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'', Dar was announced as part of the upcoming cruiserweight division and had signed with WWE in the process. On the 7 November episode of ''Raw'', Dar teamed with
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in a losing effort against
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and
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in his main roster debut, which also was in his home country. On the 6 December episode of ''
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'', Dar was victorious over
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. After the match, Dar cut a villainous promo, establishing himself as a heel in the process. In early 2017, Dar began an on-screen relationship with
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, who was involved in an on-screen relationship with Alexander. After two separate occasions in which Alexander was defeated by Dar, the two had a third match on the January 10 edition of ''205 Live''. Fox interfered in the match on behalf of Dar, allowing him to defeat Alexander once again, officially siding with Dar. Dar and Fox would subsequently accompany each other to their respective matches. At Fastlane, Dar teamed with Kendrick in a losing effort against Swann and
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. After weeks of Fox receiving anonymous flowers (in which Dar would take credit for them), Swann revealed himself to be the sender on the 18 April edition of ''205 Live''. Fox chose to side with Swann, abandoning Dar. Dar and Fox reunited on the May 2 edition of ''205 Live'' after Dar defeated Swann. The two would team together in a losing effort to Swann and
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at Extreme Rules. Dar lost to a recently returning Alexander on the July 11 edition of ''205 Live'' in an "I Quit" match. Following his loss, Dar broke up with Fox. In the later-half of 2017, Dar joined "The Zo Train," a faction consisting of
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,
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,
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and
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. On December 12, 2017, it was reported that Dar had suffered a knee injury and that he would require surgery. Dar underwent successful surgery to his left knee on 14 December to repair a tear in his meniscus, and despite not having a definitive timetable for returning, stated that it was "more than likely going to be around the five-month mark." On the June 20, 2018 tapings for WWE's United Kingdom Championship Tournament, Dar returned to action in a fatal four-way match, defeating
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, Mark Andrews and
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to become the number one contender for the
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. On July 3, 2018, Dar made his return to ''205 Live'', defeating TJP. A week later, Dar had a rematch with TJP in a losing effort via submission. On his return, he began a brief feud with
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. Dar was supposed to face Rush on the September 19 episode of ''205 Live'', however Rush postponed the match for next week, which Rush won. On October 17, at the first episode of ''
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'', Dar unsuccessfully challenged
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for the WWE United Kingdom Championship in the main event. Dar began a feud with Tony Nese, with the two exchanging victories and Nese attacking him in the parking lot. The feud ended however on the February 12, 2019 edition of ''205 Live'' in a well-received
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, in which Nese won. On the March 13 episode of ''NXT UK'', Dar turned heel by hating on the cruiserweights in NXT UK. Dar then offered Mark Andrews a handshake, then tried attacking Andrews who countered and sent Dar out of the ring. The following episode featured a match between Andrews and Dar that resulted in a no-contest. During the match, Dar injured his knee, which kept him out of action for almost two months. On April 19, he returned from injury at the ''NXT UK'' television tapings. At NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, Dar defeated Travis Banks in his first TakeOver match of any kind. After NXT UK's return from the Covid-19 pandemic, it was announced that Dar will be a part of the NXT UK Heritage Cup tournament. He defeated Alexander Wolfe in the first round of the tournament, with former NXT UK and NXT Tag Team Champion, Pete Dunne, as the special guest referee. On the November 5, 2020, episode of NXT UK, Dar lost to eventual winner, A-Kid, in the second round of the Heritage Cup.


UK Heritage Cup Champion (2021–Present)

In 2021, Dar started hosting his own talk show called "Supernova Sessions" and begun an on-screen association with real life friend
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. On the October 7 episode of ''NXT UK'', Dar defeated Wolfgang to become the next #1 Contender to the NXT UK Heritage Cup. On the October 28 episode of ''NXT UK'', Dar defeated
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2-1 to win the NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship, winning his first championship in WWE in the process and becoming the first champion of Israeli descent in company history. On the July 14 episode of NXT UK, Noam Dar lost the NXT Heritage Cup Championship to Mark Coffey with the match ending in the sixth round. Noam Dar would go on to regain the NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship from Mark Coffey on the July 7 tapings of NXT UK.


Other media

Dar is a playable character in the video games ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''.


Championships and accomplishments

* British Championship Wrestling ** BCW Openweight Championship (1 time) *
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** ICW World Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **
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(
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) ** ICW Zero-G Title Tournament (2010) *
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** 1PW Openweight Championship (1 time) *
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** PCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) ** PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** Road to Glory Tournament (2013) * Premier British Wrestling ** PBW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Liam Thomson ** King of Cruisers (2012) *
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** Progress World Cup (2014) * Pro Wrestling Elite ** PWE World Heavyweight Champion (1 time) ** Elite Rumble (2015, 2016) * ''
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'' ** Ranked No. 106 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2016 *
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** NXT UK Heritage Cup (
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) ** NXT UK Heritage Cup #1 Contender Tournament (
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) * Wrestlers Reunion Scotland ** The George Kidd Scottish Wrestling Hall of Fame (2021)


See also

*
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References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dar, Noam 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Ayr Scottish male professional wrestlers Scottish people of Israeli descent Scottish Jews Jewish Israeli sportspeople Jewish professional wrestlers Israeli professional wrestlers Israeli emigrants to the United Kingdom 21st-century professional wrestlers