Johnny Saint
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| Ring name(s) | Johnny Saint |
| Billed height | 5"8" 1/8 |
| Billed weight | 154 lbs. (11 stone) |
| Born | June 29, 1941 Failsworth, Greater Manchester, England[1] |
| Resides | Rhyl, Wales[1] |
| Billed from | Blackpool, Lancashire, England |
| Trained by |
Billy Robinson[1] |
| Debut | June 1958 |
John Miller[2] (born June 29, 1941) is a semi-retired English professional wrestler better known by his ring name Johnny Saint, who worked around the United Kingdom during the World of Sport era.
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[edit] Career
After finishing school at the age of fifteen, Saint followed his father's footsteps and became a factory worker. By this time he was already an amateur boxer.
One day Saint's mother went to the hair salon, and her hair was cut by Billy Robinson's mother. They introduced the two and Saint started training at Robinson's father's gym.
During June 1958, Johnny Saint was defeated by Colin McDonald in Saint's debut match.[1]
On May 5, 1973, Johnny Saint wrestled Jim Breaks for the British Lightweight Championship. Saint lost in the 5th round due to referee stoppage, due to a laceration on his forehead.
On November 3, 1976 Johnny Saint won his first World Lightweight title and would be featured in the World of Sport in England, though was underrated in America due to his strait-laced attitude to wrestling.
[edit] Retirement and return
On October 10, 1996 Johnny Saint defeated Naohiro Hoshikawa at a Michinoku Pro Wrestling event in Saint's retirement match.[1]
On November 27, 2007, more than 10 years after he retired, Saint returned to the ring under the banner of LDN Wrestling defeating Johnny Kidd.[1] Saint has wrestled a further eight matches for LDN, including two very aggressive meetings against the three time LDN British Heavyweight Champion 'Gentleman' Jon Ritchie, In which Johnny gave tremendous account of himself but was defeated by the Heavier Champion.
He was defeated by Mike Quackenbush at Chikara's Tag World Grand Prix 2008 by KO after he did not get up from the referee's ten count after he suffered a knee injury while performing a knee breaker.
Saint made his debut in America at Chikara's King of Trios Tournament on March 27, 2009 with Mike Quackenbush and Jorge "Skayde" Rivera in "The Masters of a Thousand Holds" team. The team would win their opening round match against "Incoherence" (Delirious, Hallowicked and Frightmare), but would lose their quarter-final round match against "Team Uppercut", which consisted of Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, and Dave Taylor. Saint returned to Chikara on July 30, 2011, losing to Johnny Kidd in a match contested under World of Sport rules.[3] The following day Saint, teaming with Mike Quackenbush, pinned Kidd, teaming with Colt Cabana, in a tag team match.[3]
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Johnny Saint Special (Lady of The Lake) [1]
- Russ Abbot Special (Saint performs a leapfrog, crawls backwards between opponent's legs and performs a school boy roll-up[1])
- Signature moves
- Nicknames
- The Man of a Thousand Holds
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- British Championships
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Online World of Wrestling". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/johnny-saint.html. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ "Leeds Reunion March 2011". THE WRESTLING FURNACE. 2011-03-06. http://www.wrestlingfurnace.com/fraternity/leedsmar11/leedsmar11.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ a b "Past results". Chikara. http://www.chikarapro.com/results.php. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
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