Jack Jester
| Jack Jester | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lee John Greig |
| Born | 10 July 1987 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | https://twitter.com/glasgowjester |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Billed weight | 19 st 0 lb 108 kg 238 lb and 3 tangerines. |
Lee John Greig[1][2] (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Jack Jester.[1] He wrestles for numerous promotions in the British independent wrestling circuit, but is best known for his work in Insane Championship wrestling,[3][4] Greig is a Wrestling Coach at GPWA Glasgow Asylum.
Greig has appeared for Xhamster videos and in several professional wrestling documentaries including The British Wrestler (VICE)[5] and Smack 'Em Up (RTÉ).[6] He was also one of the stars of BBC documentaries Insane Fight Club[7] and Insane Fight Club 2.[2][8] In 2016, Jester challenged Drew Galloway for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in British Championship Wrestling.[9]
He was raised in the Fernhill area of Rutherglen,[2] and began wrestling at the age of 16.[10]
Professional Wrestling Career
[edit]Jester debuted in 1998.[11] He won the Scottish Heavyweight Championship from Johnny Moss in 2007.[12] He beat Mikey Whiplash for the ICW Heavyweight Championship in 2013, holding it for 385 days with defences against Sabu, Fergal Devitt, Joe Coffey, Grado, Wolfgang, Jimmy Havoc, Big Damo, Mark Coffey and Martin Stone before losing the title to Drew Galloway in 2015. Jester received two rematches but was unsuccessful.
On ICW: Fight Club in 2018, Jester and Sha Samuels defeated Rampage Brown and Ashton Starr for the ICW Tag Team Championships[13] before losing them back to Brown and Starr at ICW: Fear & Loathing XI.[14]
On 8 August 2022, Jester defeated Andy Wild, Krieger and Jason Reed to become number one contender to the ICW World Heavyweight Championship[15] but was defeated by champion Kez Evans at ICW: Shug's Hoose Party 7.[16]
Acting career
[edit]Greig under his Jack Jester ring name had a small role in the 2014 Horror film The House of Him.[17] Grieg starred in the pilot[18] for and two seasons of the BBC Scotland comedy The Scotts between 2021 and 2022.[19]
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- British Wrestling Revolution
- BWR Anarchy Briefcase (2018)
- BWR Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Insane Championship Wrestling
- ICW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[20]
- ICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sha Samuels[20]
- King of Insanity (2022)[21]
- British Championship Wrestling
- BCW Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)[20]
- BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mikey Whiplash[20]
- Fools Gold Rumble (2006)[22]
- Jimmy Havoc Presents Wrestling
- Preston City Wrestling
- PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sha Samuels
- Wrestling Experience Scotland
- Scotland's Elite Championship (1 time, Current)
- Pro Wrestling Elite
- Scottish Wrestling Alliance
- NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship (2 time, Current)[20]
- House of Pain: Evolution
- HOPE Championship (3 times)[20]
- Rock N Wrestle
- RNW/SWA Highland Championship (2 times)[20]
- WrestleZone
- WrestleZone Undisputed Championship (1 time)[20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jack Jester « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "Fernhill Wrestler back on the telly in Insane Fight Club II". Daily Record. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "ICW: Jack Jester". insanewrestling.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "ICW World Heavyweight Championship". insanewrestling.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "The British Wrestler | VICE | United Kingdom". VICE. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Watch Reality Bites: Smack 'Em Up online". RTÉ Player. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Insane Fight Club, Insane Fight Club - BBC One". BBC. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Episode 2, Insane Fight Club - BBC One". BBC. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Title Reigns « Impact World Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Episode 2, Insane Fight Club - BBC One". BBC. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Jack Jester". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Scottish Heavyweight Championship". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "ICW Fight Club #91". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ Sinclair, Andrew (7 December 2018). "ICW Fear and Loathing XI Results & Review". Voices of Wrestling. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "ICW Fight Club #221". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "ICW Results: Shug's Hoose Party 7 Night 2 – Glasgow, Scotland (7/30)". www.wrestling-news.net. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ Florence, Robert (31 October 2014), The House of Him (Horror), Richard Rankin, Louise Stewart, Kirsty Strain, Bold Yin, retrieved 21 April 2024
- ^ Davidson, Iain (6 January 2020), Pilot, The Scotts, Iain Connell, Robert Florence, Lee Greig, retrieved 21 April 2024
- ^ The Scotts (Comedy), Iain Connell, Robert Florence, Sharon Young, 6 September 2021, retrieved 21 April 2024
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i "Titles « Jack Jester « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ ICW Fear & Loathing XIV CageMatch. Retrieved 29 March 2023
- ^ "BCW Fools Gold". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Jimmy Havoc Presents Wrestling « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "PWE Heavyweight Championship". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Grado's Big Family Wrestling Bash Results – Glasgow, Scotland (5/7)". www.wrestling-news.net. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.