Damian Slater
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| Birth name | Andrew Baggio |
| Born |
14 June 1987 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Damian Slater Ocean Neal |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 193 lb (88 kg) |
| Billed from | Adelaide, Australia |
| Trained by | Col Dervany |
| Debut | May 14, 2003 |
Andrew Baggio (born 14 June 1987) is an Australian professional wrestler who competed in the inaugural WWE Cruiserweight Classic under the ring name Damian Slater.
Slater began watching World Wrestling Entertainment at the age of 12 in 1999, then beginning his training in 2002. Slater was originally trained by Col Dervany at the Monster Factory in Salisbury, South Australia.
Slater made his debut for Joint Promotions Wrestling (then known as Maximum Power Wrestling) in May 2003 against fellow debutants Will Power and Daryl Wylde. He would later capture the Lightweight Championship from Bustar on 9 July 2005.
Then known as EPW Adelaide, Slater was one of the original headline acts of the new promotion. In the debut event EPW Emerging, Damian Slater & Shane Haste defeated Davis Storm & Hartley Jackson for the EPW Tag Team Championships. However, as the match ended in a disqualification, Slater & Haste were not able to capture the titles. The promotion eventually underwent several name changes to NWA Pro Australia, ZERO-1 Australia and most recently, Wrestle Rampage.
Slater had notable matches with Zero-1 star Ikuto Hidaka in November 2012 and New Japan star Shinsuke Nakamura in March 2014.
Wrestle Rampage's main championship, the Australian National Championship, was originally under the jurisdiction of the National Wrestling Alliance. Slater captured the title twice, against Ryan Eagles in November 2013 and Jonah Rock in May 2016.
For various periods over 2007-2009, Slater stayed in San Bernardino, California to train under Jesse Hernandez at the School of Hard Knocks. During that time, Slater would wrestle for various chapters of the National Wrestling Alliance around the West Coast of the USA. Slater wrestled for Empire Wrestling Federation, Alternative Wrestling Show, SoCal Pro, Mach One Wrestling.
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