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==Professional Wrestling Career==


Jester debuted in 1998.<ref>https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648</ref> He won the [[Scottish Heavyweight Championship]] from Johnny Moss in 2007.<ref>https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=321&page=5&reign=8</ref> The beat Mikey Whiplash for the [[ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)|ICW Heavyweight Championship]] in 2013, holding it for 385 with defences against [[Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu]], [[Fergal Devitt|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ecstasyofgoldwrestling.wordpress.com/2022/11/01/new-phenom-the-icw-world-heavyweight-championship-reign-of-drew-galloway/ | title=New Phenom: The ICW World Heavyweight Championship Reign of Drew Galloway | date=November 2022 }}</ref>
Jester debuted in 1998.<ref>https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648</ref> He won the [[Scottish Heavyweight Championship]] from Johnny Moss in 2007.<ref>https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=321&page=5&reign=8</ref> The beat Mikey Whiplash for the [[ICW World Heavyweight Championship (Scotland)|ICW Heavyweight Championship]] in 2013, holding it for 385 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ecstasyofgoldwrestling.wordpress.com/2022/11/01/new-phenom-the-icw-world-heavyweight-championship-reign-of-drew-galloway/ | title=New Phenom: The ICW World Heavyweight Championship Reign of Drew Galloway | date=November 2022 }}</ref>


On ICW: Fight Club in 2018, Jester and [[Sha Samuels]] defeated [[Rampage Brown]] and Ashton Starr for the [[ICW Tag Team Championship|ICW Tag Team Championships]]<ref>https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=298368</ref><ref>https://swnscotland.com/2020/05/01/no-kinky-no-party-the-history-of-the-kinky-party-uncensored-part-one/</ref> before losing them back to Brown and Starr at ICW: Fear & Loathing XI.<ref>https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2018/12/07/icw-fear-and-loathing-xi-results-review/</ref>
On ICW: Fight Club in 2018, Jester and [[Sha Samuels]] defeated [[Rampage Brown]] and Ashton Starr for the [[ICW Tag Team Championship|ICW Tag Team Championships]]<ref>https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=298368</ref><ref>https://swnscotland.com/2020/05/01/no-kinky-no-party-the-history-of-the-kinky-party-uncensored-part-one/</ref> before losing them back to Brown and Starr at ICW: Fear & Loathing XI.<ref>https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2018/12/07/icw-fear-and-loathing-xi-results-review/</ref>

Revision as of 20:10, 8 September 2023

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

Lee 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] where he is a former ICW Heavyweight Champion.[4] Greig is a Wrestling Coach at GPWA Glasgow Asylum.

Greig has appeared 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] The beat Mikey Whiplash for the ICW Heavyweight Championship in 2013, holding it for 385 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.[13]

On ICW: Fight Club in 2018, Jester and Sha Samuels defeated Rampage Brown and Ashton Starr for the ICW Tag Team Championships[14][15] before losing them back to Brown and Starr at ICW: Fear & Loathing XI.[16]

On 8 August 2022, Jester defeated Andy Wild, Krieger and Jason Reed to become number one contender to the ICW World Heavyweight Championship[17] but was defeated by champion Kez Evans at ICW: Shug's Hoose Party 7[18][19]

Acting Career

Greig under his Jack Jester ring name had a small role in the 2014 Horror film The House of Him.[20] Grieg starred in the pilot[21] for and two seasons of the BBC Scotland comedy The Scotts between 2021 and 2022.[22]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  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. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648
  12. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=321&page=5&reign=8
  13. ^ "New Phenom: The ICW World Heavyweight Championship Reign of Drew Galloway". November 2022.
  14. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=298368
  15. ^ https://swnscotland.com/2020/05/01/no-kinky-no-party-the-history-of-the-kinky-party-uncensored-part-one/
  16. ^ https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2018/12/07/icw-fear-and-loathing-xi-results-review/
  17. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=344563
  18. ^ https://www.wrestling-news.net/icw-shugs-hoose-party-7-night-2-results/190022/
  19. ^ https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/lanarkshire/wrestler-jack-jester-daunting-challenge-24955047
  20. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3475058
  21. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11586086/
  22. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15391472/
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ ICW Fear & Loathing XIV CageMatch. Retrieved 29 March 2023
  25. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=7366
  26. ^ "Jimmy Havoc Presents Wrestling « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  27. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1837&page=5&reign=11
  28. ^ https://www.wrestling-news.net/grado-big-family-wrestling-bash-may-7th-results/186061/
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