Robbie Eagles (ロビー・イーグルス　''Robī Īgurusu'', born 13 February 1990) is an Australian

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, who currently works for

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(NJPW), where he is a member of

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. Eagles is a former

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and was one-half of the

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with his partner

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. Eagles started wrestling on the Australian independent scene, for companies like Professional Wrestling Alliance,

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and

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. Eagles has also gained prominence in other countries wrestling for companies such as Chikara,

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and

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2008–present)

Robbie Eagles made his

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debut in March 2008 for Australian promotion Professional Wrestling Alliance. In November 2008, Eagles defeated Rick Sterling and Troy The Boy to become the PWA A1GP champion for his first time. In February 2009, Eagles and

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defeated Mike Valuable and

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. In May 2009, Eagles defended his A1GP championship against his brother, Ryan, to a 30-minute time limit draw. Eagles successfully defended his title against Matt Silva. In October 2009, Eagles was defeated by William Kidd, losing the A1GP championship. In 2010, Eagles was defeated by Damian Slater. In 2018, at a PWA and

joint show, Eagles was defeated by

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. In 2018, Eagles lost his PWA heavyweight championship to

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. In 2010, Eagles made his

debut as part of PWA Invades MCW, where he represented PWA. In Eagles second MCW match he defeated

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. Eagles and Adam Brooks defeated

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in the quarter final round of the MCW Tag Team Title Tournament in 2012 before being eliminated by Hard Way Inc. In 2011, Eagles made his Chikara debut taking part in the

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. In 2012, Eagles made his

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debut as Robby Eagle. In his debut, Eagles and Marcus Bean defeated

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and Yoshikazu Yokoyama. In June, Eagle and

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defeated Bean and Classic. On 1 July Eagle, now again named Robbie Eagles and Hidaka defeated

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and Classic. On 20 July Eagles, Gresham and Hikada defeated

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and Jonny Vandal.

World Series Wrestling (2017–present)

In 2017, Eagles debuted for

, losing to

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In 2018, Eagles defeated

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and

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in a four-way hardcore match. On 26 June 2018 Eagles and

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defeated Slex and

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2018–present)

Eagles made his

debut in 2018 during New Japan's Fallout Down Under tour. On day 2, Eagles and Mick Moretti were defeated by TMDK. On day 3, Eagles and Moretti were defeated by

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and

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. On day 4, Eagles and

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were defeated by

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. On 8 October 2018,

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announced that Eagles would be

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's tag partner in the 2018 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, thus aligning himself with the

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. Ishimori and Eagles finished the tournament with a result of three wins and four losses. On 29 June 2019 at

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, Eagles was unsuccessful in challenging

for the

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. The following night he turned on Bullet Club leader

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, leaving the Bullet Club and turning face in the process and joining

. On 31 August at

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, Eagles teamed up with Ospreay as the "Birds Of Prey" to defeat

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and Taiji Ishimori in a non-title match. On the 16 September, Ospreay and Eagles unsuccessfully challenged Phantasmo and Ishimori for the championships at Destruction in Kagoshima. At

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on July 25, 2021, Eagles defeated El Desperado by submission to win the

for the first time in his career. He would then team with

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to defeat El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru for their

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on the Road to Power Struggle. Eagles would lose his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship back to El Desperado at

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Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2018–2019)

Eagles made his debut for

during All Star Weekend 14, where he and

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were defeated by Sammy Guevara. The next night he was defeated by Joey Janela. At PWG Bask in his Glory he was defeated by Bandido. He would later enter the 2018 Battle of Los Angeles, where he defeated DJZ in the first round, but lost to

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in the second round. Eagles returned to PWG on 18 January 2019 for their event Hand of Doom in Los Angeles, California where he defeated

at the event.

Wrestlers trained

*Jax Jordan *Kai Drake * Matty Wahlberg *Ricky South *Snapchad *Tree Hugger Luchi

Championships and accomplishments

*Blue Mountains Pro Wrestling **BMPW Heritage Championship (1 time) **BMPW World Heritage Series (1 time) *

** MCW Intercommonwealth Championship (1 time) *Newcastle Pro Wrestling **Kings Of The Castle winner (1 time) – with Mat Diamond **Newy Pro Middleweight Championship (3 times) *

( 1 time) **

( 1 time) - with

*Professional Wrestling Alliance/Pro Wrestling Australia **A1GP Championship **King Of The New School 2010 Tag Team Tournament winner (1 time) - Mat Diamond **PWA Heavyweight Championship (3 times) **PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mat Diamond *''

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'' **Ranked No. 267 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019 *

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(1 time)

References

External links

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