Alex Shane
| Alex Shane | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Alexander Daniel Spilling |
| Born |
November 15, 1979 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Alex Shane LX Blade The Showstealer Robby Rage |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Billed weight | 280 lb (127 kg) |
| Trained by | Andre Baker, Dino Scarlo |
| Debut | 1995 |
Alexander Daniel Spilling is a British professional wrestler and professional wrestling commentator who is best known by his ring name "The Showstealer" Alex Shane. Spilling also works as a promoter, wrestling coach and television producer.
Alex Spilling began wrestling for the NWA UK Hammerlock promotion in 1995 under the tutelage of owner Andre Baker. After several years with the promotion, Spilling became an assistant trainer under Justin Richards and Doug Williams where he trained many of the Hammerlock roster such as Mad Dog Mcphie, Jonny Storm and Jody Fleisch, among others. Spilling later fell out with Baker and left to work for the brand-new UWA. During his time in the UWA, Spilling formed a tag team with fellow ex-hammerlock wrestler Guy Thunder and developed much of his in-ring ability and mic skills as well as creating his heel persona, Alex Shane.
In 1999, Alex Shane was taken under the wing of Dino Scarlo and Jody Fleisch. During this time, Shane joined the newly revived Frontier Wrestling Alliance promotion. He worked the company's second show and later became the British Heavyweight Champion.
Shane then, he opened his own wrestling school, Capital City Pro Wrestling. CCPW became the official London home of the FWA, and Shane became further involved in the company by helping to run the first-ever FWA London show at Barking, Essex in 2001. During this time, Shane also made appearances in a newly formed promotion known as Universal Championship Wrestling, it was here Shane was repackaged as LX Blade, The character was abandoned when the promotion folded after just two shows.
While promoting his CCPW venture, Shane appeared as a guest on the talkSPORT radio show hosted by Tommy Boyd. Shane soon became a regular co-host and helped the show become the UK's first fully fledged national wrestling radio show. During his time on the radio show in 2001, Shane returned to the FWA under his most successful persona "The Showstealer". Alex Shane later replaced Boyd with a brand new show: Wrestle-Talk. TalkSPORT canceled the show in December 2002 as it felt wrestling was not part of the image they wished to promote.
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