Scottish Professional Wrestler
Jack Jester Birth name Lee John Greig Born (1987-07-10 ) 10 July 1987 (age 37) Glasgow , ScotlandChildren 3 Website https://twitter.com/glasgowjester 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
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
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
References
^ 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 }}
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^ 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 .
2010s 2020s
The Fite Network (Lou King Sharp and Krieger)
The Nine9 (Dickie Divers and Jack Morris )
The Kings of the North (Bonesaw and Damien Corvin)
Glasgow Grindhouse (Krieger and Lou King Sharp)
KoE (Adam King and Marcus King) (current)