Murat Bosporus

Murat Bosporus
Birth name	Özgür Bakar
Born	(1979-12-16) December 16, 1979 Wolfratshausen, Germany
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Murat Bosporus Murat
Billed height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Billed weight	110 kg (240 lb)
Trained by	Christian Eckstein Tony St. Clair
Debut	March 13, 2002

Özgür Bakar (born 16 December 1979 in Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria) is a Turkish German professional wrestler mostly known as his ringname Murat Bosporus in independent circuit.

Career

Bakar was an amateur before he started a career as a professional wrestler. His debut match took place in March 2002 with the local European Wrestling Promotion. Since then he has become one of the top German wrestlers working for over 30 promotion worldwide in countries such as France, Italy, Spain, England, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Austria, among others.

In 2006 he became the first German to work for the Japanese Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he made numerous acclaimed matches. Meanwhile, he also had a tryout match with WWE and TNA while both promotions visited Germany for live events.

In 2008 he was a regular in the major African promotion World Wrestling Professionals based in South Africa working alongside Joe E Legend who later that year invited him to tour Canada with BSE Pro.

As of 2011 he works regularly for German Stampede Wrestling and Turkish Power Wrestling.

In 2011 he teamed with his fellow TPW competitor Big Boy and Dave Finlay in Japanese promotion Smash pro wrestling. They had competed against Tajiri , Ohara and Fujiwara. Team Tajiri won the match by pinning Big Boy.

In Turkish Power Wrestling he defended his title against Joe E. Legend, Low Ki, Tom La Ruffa, Yoshihiro Tajiri and Doug Williams.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Anatoliaplex '05 (German suplex)
  • Anatolia Splash (Frog splash)
  • M. K. G. (Snap suplex into front choke hold) – innovated
• Signature moves
  • 3 Columns Of Islam (Triple clotheslines)
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • Overhead belly-to-belly
    • Snap
• Nicknames
  • "Turkish Wrestling Machine"
• Entrance themes
  • "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica
  • "Infinity" by Stratovarius
  • "Murat" by Eko Fresh

Championships and accomplishments

• Championship Of Wrestling
  • cOw Interstate Championship (1 time)
• German Hurricane Wrestling
  • GHW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• German Stampede Wrestling
  • GSW Breakthrough Championship (1 time)
• German Wrestling Promotion
  • Dragonhearts Championship (1 time)
• New Blood Wrestling
  • Winner of the 2005 NBW Dutch Masters Tournament
• Power of Wrestling
  • POW Intercontinental Championship (1 time, current)
  • POW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Hakem Wakuur (1) and James Mason (1)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #180 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
• Turkish Power Wrestling
  • TPW Intercontinental Championship (1 time, current)
• Westside Xtreme Wrestling
  • wXw Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Wesley Croton
• Wrestling School Austria
  • WSA European Championship (1 time)

External links

• Official website
• Profile at German Stampede Wrestling
• Profile at Turkish Power Wrestling
• Murat Bosporus's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database
• Murat Bosporus at IMDb