Paul Burchill
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| Stage names | Burchill (FWA) Paul Birchill |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Weight | 268 lb (127 kg) |
| Born | 1979 |
| Hometown | Guildford, Surrey |
| Debut | August, 2002 |
Paul Burchill is a British professional wrestler, who works for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand. A former primary school teacher from Surrey, England, Burchill got into pro wrestling in 2001 by walking into a FWA Weekend Training camp, and quickly impressing the man running the camp, Mark Sloan.
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Career
European promotions
After finishing his training at the FWA Training Academy, under Sloan's guidance, Burchill made his debut in August 2002. He made a huge impact in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, interfering in many matches and leaving a trail of broken bodies along the way.
In May 2003, Burchill's exploits earned him the notice of top British manager, Dean Ayass, who took Burchill on as a client. Over the rest of that year, Burchill competed in several handicap matches, defeating FWA-based tag teams by knockout. Burchill was named Total Wrestling and 1 Stop Wrestling's "Rookie of the Year" for 2003.
Burchill would continue to wrestle in the FWA aswell as various other promotions in 2004, both in England and around Europe, promotions such as the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, The Wrestling Alliance, All Star Premier Promotions, GBH, HCW, High Impact Promotions, WXW Germany, IWP, British Championship Wrestling and Italian Championship Wrestling.
On August 1, 2004, Burchill defeated Doug Williams and The Zebra Kid (Roy Bevis) in a No Holds Barred Three-Way Dance to become the IWP Champion, a title he would hold until November 6th, when he lost a Falls Count Anywhere match to D-Lo Brown. Five days later, On November 11, 2004 Burchill signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, and left England to train at its farm federation Ohio Valley Wrestling.
Before leaving, during one of Burchill's last appearnaces in the FWA at its British Uprising III event, which saw him team with Terry Funk and Paul Travell to defeat Drew McDonald, Raj Ghosh and Guy Thunder, Burchill received a standing ovation and a "Please Don't Go" chant from the 1800 fans in attendance.
World Wrestling Entertainment
Burchill trained in OVW as well as performing in WWE's other farm federation Deep South Wrestling, LLC, before being called up to the main roster.
Burchill made his WWE debut on an episode of WWE Velocity, which aired 27 August 2005, when he interrupted a match between his fellow Englishman, William Regal and Scotty 2 Hotty. Burchill quickly established an alliance with his countryman, helping Regal to beat down Scotty 2 Hotty.
His SmackDown! debut occurred on the September 1 episode of SmackDown! in a tag team match. In this match Burchill teamed up with William Regal to defeat Scotty 2 Hotty and Shoichi Funaki, after Burchill forced Scotty tap out with a Fujiwara armbar. The week after on SmackDown! Burchill defeated Scotty 2 Hotty in a singles match with the same armbar submission.
In wrestling
Previous managers/allies
- "Twisted Genius" Dean Ayass
- William Regal
Finishing and signature moves (WWE)
Finishing and signature moves (pre-WWE)
- C-4 Hotwired (Moonsault ura-nage)
- Move With No Name (Pumphandle sidewalk slam)
- Rolling samoan crash
- Standing moonsault
- Standing shooting star press
- No-handed suicide senton dive to the outside
- Northern lights suplex into air raid crash
- Corner-to-corner moonsault
Championships and accomplishments
- 1-time IWP Heavyweight Champion
