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{{Short description|Scottish Professional Wrestler}}

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| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
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'''Lee Greig'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Jack Jester « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|url = http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648&gimmick=Jack+Jester|website = www.cagematch.net|accessdate = 2015-11-18}}</ref> (born 1987<ref name=":0" />) is a Scottish professional wrestler, better known by his ring name '''Jack Jester'''<ref name=":0" /> He wrestles for numerous promotions in the [[Professional wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom|British independent wrestling circuit]], but is best known for his work in [[Insane Championship Wrestling|Insane Championship wrestling]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = ICW: Jack Jester|url = http://insanewrestling.co.uk/profile.php?id=15|website = insanewrestling.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-11-18}}</ref> where he is a former [[ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)|ICW Heavyweight Champion]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = ICW World Heavyweight Championship|url = http://insanewrestling.co.uk/heavyweight_title.php|website = insanewrestling.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-11-18}}</ref>
'''Lee John Greig'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Jack Jester « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|url = http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648&gimmick=Jack+Jester|website = www.cagematch.net|accessdate = 2015-11-18}}</ref><ref name=Fernhill>{{Cite news|title = Fernhill Wrestler back on the telly in Insane Fight Club II|url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/fernhill-wrestler-back-telly-insane-5010761|newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|date=21 January 2015|accessdate =5 August 2017}}</ref> (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name '''Jack Jester'''.<ref name=":0" /> He wrestles for numerous promotions in the [[Professional wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom|British independent wrestling circuit]], but is best known for his work in [[Insane Championship Wrestling|Insane Championship wrestling]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = ICW: Jack Jester|url = http://insanewrestling.co.uk/profile.php?id=15|website = insanewrestling.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = ICW World Heavyweight Championship|url = http://insanewrestling.co.uk/heavyweight_title.php|website = insanewrestling.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-11-18|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161123174713/http://insanewrestling.co.uk/heavyweight_title.php|archive-date = 23 November 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref> Greig is a Wrestling Coach at GPWA Glasgow Asylum.

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Greig has appeared for Xhamster videos and in several professional wrestling documentaries including ''The British Wrestler'' ([[Vice Media, Inc.|VICE]])<ref>{{Cite web|title = The British Wrestler {{!}} VICE {{!}} United Kingdom|url = https://www.vice.com/en_uk/video/the-british-wrestler-full-length|website = VICE|accessdate = 2015-11-19|language = en-uk}}</ref> and ''Smack 'Em Up'' ([[RTÉ]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title = Watch Reality Bites: Smack 'Em Up online|url = http://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/smack-em-up-30003144/10488230/|website = RTÉ Player|accessdate = 2015-11-19}}</ref> He was also one of the stars of [[BBC]] documentaries ''Insane Fight Club''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Insane Fight Club, Insane Fight Club - BBC One|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01qv39d|website = [[BBC]]|date=11 March 2014|accessdate = 19 November 2015}}</ref> and ''Insane Fight Club 2''.<ref name=Fernhill/><ref>{{Cite web|title = Episode 2, Insane Fight Club - BBC One|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02dlcf3|website = BBC|date=21 January 2015|accessdate = 19 November 2015}}</ref> In 2016, Jester challenged [[Drew Galloway]] for the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] in [[British Championship Wrestling]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=557&page=5&reign=36|title=Title Reigns « Impact World Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>

He was raised in the [[Fernhill, South Lanarkshire|Fernhill]] area of [[Rutherglen]],<ref name=Fernhill/> and began wrestling at the age of 16.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Episode 2, Insane Fight Club - BBC One|url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26382526|website = BBC|date=11 March 2014|accessdate =5 August 2017}}</ref>

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==Professional Wrestling Career==

Jester debuted in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack Jester |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648 |access-date=2024-04-21}}</ref> He won the [[Scottish Heavyweight Championship]] from Johnny Moss in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scottish Heavyweight Championship |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=321&page=5&reign=8 |access-date=2024-04-21}}</ref> He beat Mikey Whiplash for the [[ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)|ICW Heavyweight Championship]] in 2013, holding it for 385 days with defences against [[Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu]], [[Fergal Devitt]], [[Joe Coffey (wrestler)|Joe Coffey]], [[Grado (wrestler)|Grado]], [[Wolfgang (wrestler)|Wolfgang]], [[Jimmy Havoc]], [[Killian Dain|Big Damo]], [[Mark Coffey]] and [[Danny Burch|Martin Stone]] before losing the title to [[Drew McIntyre|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 Championship]]s<ref>{{Cite web |title=ICW Fight Club #91 |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=298368 |access-date=2024-04-21}}</ref> before losing them back to Brown and Starr at ICW: Fear & Loathing XI.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Andrew |date=2018-12-07 |title=ICW Fear and Loathing XI Results & Review |url=https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2018/12/07/icw-fear-and-loathing-xi-results-review/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Voices of Wrestling |language=en-US}}</ref>
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Greig has appeared in several professional wrestling documentaries including The British Wrestler ([[Vice Media, Inc.|VICE]])<ref>{{Cite web|title = The British Wrestler {{!}} VICE {{!}} United Kingdom|url = http://www.vice.com/en_uk/video/the-british-wrestler-full-length|website = VICE|accessdate = 2015-11-19|language = en-uk}}</ref> and Smack 'Em Up ([[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title = Watch Reality Bites: Smack 'Em Up online|url = http://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/smack-em-up-30003144/10488230/|website = RTÉ Player|accessdate = 2015-11-19}}</ref> He was also one of the stars of [[BBC]] documentaries: Insane Fight Club<ref>{{Cite web|title = Insane Fight Club, Insane Fight Club - BBC One|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01qv39d|website = BBC|accessdate = 2015-11-19}}</ref> and Insane Fight Club 2.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Episode 2, Insane Fight Club - BBC One|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02dlcf3|website = BBC|accessdate = 2015-11-19}}</ref>


On 8 August 2022, Jester defeated Andy Wild, Krieger and Jason Reed to become number one contender to the ICW World Heavyweight Championship<ref>{{Cite web |title=ICW Fight Club #221 |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=344563 |access-date=2024-04-21}}</ref> but was defeated by champion [[Kez Evans]] at ''ICW: Shug's Hoose Party 7.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-31 |title=ICW Results: Shug’s Hoose Party 7 Night 2 – Glasgow, Scotland (7/30) |url=https://www.wrestling-news.net/icw-shugs-hoose-party-7-night-2-results/190022/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.wrestling-news.net |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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== In Wrestling ==
* '''Finishing moves'''
** ''Tombstone Piledriver'' (Kneeling reverse piledriver)


==Acting career==
* '''Nicknames'''
Greig under his Jack Jester ring name had a small role in the 2014 Horror film ''The House of Him''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Florence |first=Robert |title=The House of Him |date=2014-10-31 |type=Horror |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3475058/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |others=Richard Rankin, Louise Stewart, Kirsty Strain |publisher=Bold Yin}}</ref> Grieg starred in the pilot<ref>{{Citation |last=Davidson |first=Iain |title=Pilot |date=2020-01-06 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11586086/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |series=The Scotts |others=Iain Connell, Robert Florence, Lee Greig}}</ref> for and two seasons of the [[BBC Scotland (TV channel)|BBC Scotland]] comedy ''The Scotts'' between 2021 and 2022.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Scotts |date=2021-09-06 |type=Comedy |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15391472/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |others=Iain Connell, Robert Florence, Sharon Young}}</ref>
** "The Hardcore Icon"
** '''"Big Kink"'''
* '''[[Entrance theme|Entrance themes]]'''
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** 'Crank' by Psyko Dalek ([[Insane Championship Wrestling|ICW]])


==Championships and accomplishments==
==Championships and accomplishments==
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* '''British Wrestling Revolution'''
** BWR Anarchy Briefcase (2018)
** BWR Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*'''[[Insane Championship Wrestling]]'''
*'''[[Insane Championship Wrestling]]'''
** [[ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)|ICW Heavyweight Championship]] ([[ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)#Reigns|1 time]])<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = Titles « Jack Jester « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|url = http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648&page=11|website = www.cagematch.net|accessdate = 2015-11-19}}</ref>
** [[ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)|ICW World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)#Reigns|2 times]])<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = Titles « Jack Jester « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|url = http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648&page=11|website = www.cagematch.net|accessdate = 2018-04-26}}</ref>
** [[ICW Tag Team Championship]] (1 time) – with [[Sha Samuels]]<ref name=":1" />
* '''British Championship Wrestling'''
** [[Insane Championship Wrestling#King of Insanity|King of Insanity]] (2022)<ref>[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=356286 ICW Fear & Loathing XIV] CageMatch. Retrieved 29 March 2023</ref>
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* '''[[British Championship Wrestling]]'''
** BCW Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)<ref name=":1" />
** BCW Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)<ref name=":1" />
** BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with [[Mikey Whiplash]]<ref name=":1" />
** BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with [[Mikey Whiplash]]<ref name=":1" />
**Fools Gold Rumble (2006)<ref>{{Cite web |title=BCW Fools Gold |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=7366 |access-date=2024-04-21}}</ref>
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* '''[[Premier British Wrestling]]'''
* '''[[Jimmy Havoc|Jimmy Havoc Presents Wrestling]]'''
**Hardcore Tournament (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=161254|title=Jimmy Havoc Presents Wrestling « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>
** PBW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name=":1" />
** PBW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name=":1" />
** PBW Heavyweight Title Tournament (2015)
** PBW Heavyweight Title Tournament (2015)
* '''[[Scottish Wrestling Alliance]]'''
*'''[[Preston City Wrestling]]'''
** [[NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship]] (1 time)<ref name=":1" />
**PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with [[Sha Samuels]]
*'''Wrestling Experience Scotland'''
**Scotland's Elite Championship (1 time, current)
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Elite]]'''
**PWE World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{Cite web |title=PWE Heavyweight Championship |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1837&page=5&reign=11 |access-date=2024-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-08 |title=Grado’s Big Family Wrestling Bash Results – Glasgow, Scotland (5/7) |url=https://www.wrestling-news.net/grado-big-family-wrestling-bash-may-7th-results/186061/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.wrestling-news.net |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* '''Scottish Wrestling Alliance'''
** [[NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship]] (2 time, current)<ref name=":1" />
* '''House of Pain: Evolution'''
* '''House of Pain: Evolution'''
** HOPE Championship (1 time, current)<ref name=":1" />
** HOPE Championship (3 times)<ref name=":1" />
* '''Rock N Wrestle'''
* '''Rock N Wrestle'''
** RNW Highland Championship (1 time)<ref name=":1" />
** RNW/SWA Highland Championship (2 times)<ref name=":1" />
* '''WrestleZone'''
* '''WrestleZone'''
** WrestleZone Undisputed Championship (1 time)<ref name=":1" />
** WrestleZone Undisputed Championship (1 time)<ref name=":1" />
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==External links==
{{ICW Tag Team Championship}}


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Latest revision as of 08:39, 17 December 2024

Jack Jester
Birth nameLee John Greig
Born (1987-07-10) 10 July 1987 (age 37)
Glasgow, Scotland
Children3
Websitehttps://twitter.com/glasgowjester
Professional wrestling career
Billed height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight19 st 0 lb 108 kg 238 lb

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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Jack Jester « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Fernhill Wrestler back on the telly in Insane Fight Club II". Daily Record. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. ^ "ICW: Jack Jester". insanewrestling.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. ^ "ICW World Heavyweight Championship". insanewrestling.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. ^ "The British Wrestler | VICE | United Kingdom". VICE. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Watch Reality Bites: Smack 'Em Up online". RTÉ Player. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Insane Fight Club, Insane Fight Club - BBC One". BBC. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Episode 2, Insane Fight Club - BBC One". BBC. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Title Reigns « Impact World Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Episode 2, Insane Fight Club - BBC One". BBC. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Jack Jester". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Scottish Heavyweight Championship". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  13. ^ "ICW Fight Club #91". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  14. ^ Sinclair, Andrew (7 December 2018). "ICW Fear and Loathing XI Results & Review". Voices of Wrestling. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  15. ^ "ICW Fight Club #221". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  16. ^ "ICW Results: Shug's Hoose Party 7 Night 2 – Glasgow, Scotland (7/30)". www.wrestling-news.net. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  17. ^ Florence, Robert (31 October 2014), The House of Him (Horror), Richard Rankin, Louise Stewart, Kirsty Strain, Bold Yin, retrieved 21 April 2024
  18. ^ Davidson, Iain (6 January 2020), Pilot, The Scotts, Iain Connell, Robert Florence, Lee Greig, retrieved 21 April 2024
  19. ^ The Scotts (Comedy), Iain Connell, Robert Florence, Sharon Young, 6 September 2021, retrieved 21 April 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ ICW Fear & Loathing XIV CageMatch. Retrieved 29 March 2023
  22. ^ "BCW Fools Gold". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Jimmy Havoc Presents Wrestling « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  24. ^ "PWE Heavyweight Championship". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Grado's Big Family Wrestling Bash Results – Glasgow, Scotland (5/7)". www.wrestling-news.net. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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