Steven Taylor (born 25 January 1986) is an English

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currently competing on the independent circuit. He is also known for working in

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's developmental territories

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under the ring name Tommy Taylor.

Professional wrestling career

United Kingdom

Taylor started training at Jeff Kaye's Wrestling School in Leeds, England in May 2002, with his first professional match taking place on 24 January 2003. Working for promotions such as

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, Orig Williams Promotions and Premier Promotions, he would continue to tour the

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and the rest of

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, often facing long time rival and eventual tag team partner Chris Gray. In November 2005, Taylor wrestled two tryout matches for WWE during a tour of the UK, losing to Carlito and

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on '' Sunday night Heat''.

United States

On 16 April 2007 Taylor signed a WWE developmental contract with

, winning his debut match where he teamed with

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against

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and Chris Gray. He would go on to have a number of singles matches throughout the rest of the year and into 2008, before forming a tag team with Gray called the ''British Lions'' to try to capture the

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. On 22 April 2008 Taylor was released from his contract. In August, Taylor and Gray made their debut for

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wrestling with a loss to Rex Sterling and Damien Wayne. This led to a long-running feud which would continue through the rest of the year, with both teams trading victories. On 3 October, at ''Fallout 2009'', Taylor and Gray would defeat

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and

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to win the

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. They would hold the title for just over 300 days before losing it to

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( Jon Davis and

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) on 31 July 2010. After some time away from the ring, Taylor would return to FIP on 1 February 2013, defeating Johnny Vandal in a match. Over the next few weeks he would go on form a tag team with Kenneth Cameron to aid him in his feud with ''The Scene''. On 14 November 2013 Kenneth and Taylor debuted in

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but they were defeated by Los Ben Dejos. On 25 November 2013 Taylor had a shot for the Ring Warriors Bahamian Championship, but he was defeated by Alex Chamberlain.

Championship and accomplishments

( 1 time) - with Chris Gray *Go Wrestle **GW Speedweight Championship (1 time) *Midlands Wrestling **Midlands Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Gray *

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( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) - with Andreas Rossi *Ultimate Championship Wrestling **UCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Gray

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Tommy 1986 births Living people English male professional wrestlers Martial artists from Leeds 21st-century professional wrestlers NWA Florida Heavyweight Champions