Liam Slater
| Liam Slater | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1993[1] Keighley, West Yorkshire, England |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Liam Slater Liam Lazarus |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 181 lb (82 kg) |
| Billed from | Keighley |
| Trained by | El Ligero |
| Debut | 2012 |
Liam Slater (born October 7, 1993) is a British professional wrestler. He is currently working for New Generation Wrestling where he performs under his own name.[2] He also performs for a number of other British professional wrestling promotions under the ring name Liam Lazarus.[3]
Professional wrestling career
Various British Promotions (2012-)
Liam started training at UK Wrestling, Wakefield in 2012 under MVK Valkabious. He went on to win the UKW Academy Championship soon after his debut until being defeated a year later by Rocky Future. Liam then began training under El Ligero, and (using the name Liam Lazarus) worked for a variety of independent UK promotions, including Great British Wrestling, Megaslam Wrestling, ICE Wrestling and Tidal Championship Wrestling. While working for TCW, Lazarus engaged in a feud with Rampage Brown over possession of the TCW Championship. Having defeated former champion and mentor El Ligero, Lazarus captured the title from Brown in a singles match at Silent Nightmare but was knocked out at one point during the bout. Due to the nature of his victory, Brown constantly challenged Lazarus to prove the validity of his championship status while preparing for their rematch. Lazarus fought successful defences against Joey Hayes, Morgan Webster, Johnny Gargano, Martin Kirby, Kenny Williams and Jackie Polo, before facing Brown in a rematch at High Tide 2015 under last man standing rules, a match which Lazarus won following interference from long-time rival Sean Only. He eventually lost the title to Dara Diablo on 27 September at Against All Odds 2 in a four corners chair match which also featured El Ligero and Matt Myers. Diablo defeated El Ligero to win the match, meaning Liam Lazarus lost his title without being pinned or submitting. Slater would also wrestle in What Culture Pro Wrestling in 2016 and Slator and Johnny Moss would participate in the tournament to become first the WCPW Tag Team Championship. At the WCPW Delete WCPW PPV Slater and Moss defeated The Coffey Brothers Joe Coffey and Mark Coffey to become the first champions.
New Generation Wrestling (2013-)
Slater made his NGW debut in May 2013 at their Ambition house show, wrestling Ricky Halestorm to a no contest. He has spent most of his time with NGW working as enhancement talent, competing and losing in matches against wrestlers including Zack Gibson, Rampage Brown, Joseph Connors, Justin Sysum, Mike Hitchum and Dara Diablo. He enjoyed greater success as a tag team wrestler with partner Dan James, earning his first televised victory against The Control in a six-man tag with alongside James and Justin Sysum at the NGW 7th Anniversary show.[4] At Ultimate Showdown, James abandoned Slater during a tag team match with The Proven, turning heel and beginning a feud between the two. He would go on to interfere in a match between Slater and 'The Righteous' Joseph Connors at Collision Course 2015, costing Slater the victory and seemingly allying himself with Connors.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Venga Buster (Inverted suplex slam)
- Signature moves
- Entrance themes
- "We Like To Party" by Vengaboys
- "Lazarus" by David Bowie
- "Loser" by Beck
Championships and accomplishments
- Tidal Championship Wrestling [5]
- TCW Championship (1 time)
- TCW Open Championship (1 time)
- Great British Wrestling
- GBW Championship (1 time)
- UK Wrestling
- Academy Championship (1 time)
- What Culture Pro Wrestling
- WCPW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) with Johnny Moss