Birth name | Danny Woodward |
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Born | Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Delicious Danny Hope Danny Rio |
Billed weight | 199 lb (90 kg) |
Trained by | Grand Pro Wrestling |
Debut | 2004 |
Danny Woodward is an English professional wrestler, better known by ring name Delicious Danny Hope. He is part of the tag team called The Models along with Joey Hayes. He has wrestled for companies such as Preston City Wrestling, British Championship Wrestling, FutureShock Wrestling, Insane Championship Wrestling (where he is a former one-time ICW Zero-G Champion), PBW Wrestling, NGW Wrestling and the now defunct One Pro Wrestling plus many more.
Danny was trained by and started his career with Grand Pro Wrestling.
Hope started his first ever wrestling show with Grand Pro Wrestling, in 2004. Danny's first match was an eight way match, with Scotty Hexx defeating C-Juice, D'Lyrium, Hope, El Ligero, Jack Toxic, Kris Travis and Rockstar Spud. Danny's second show at Grand Pro Wrestling, on 22 August 2004, was a Fatal Four Way Elimination. Hope lost again. But then at his third show at Wrestling Wrestling Grand Pro Wrestling on 17 October in an eight man tag-team, his team won when Hope, Dom Travis, Jiggy Walker and Tony Sefton defeated D'Lyrium, Dave Rayne, Jamie Flynt & Paul Zantar. In 2005 Hope and Paddy D had three matches one after the other, the first match that they had Hope lose to Paddy D, but after that match Hope beat Paddy D in the last 2 matches they had together. On 20 March 2008 The Young Offenders (Damon Leigh and Joey Hayes) defeated The MilAnfield Connection (Hope and Jiggy Walker) with the GPW Tag Team Title on the line, with the losing team forced to disband as a result. Hope lost his first street fight on 18 April 2008, against his former partner Jiggy Walker.
Danny went on to become the Grand Pro Wrestling British Champion in October 2012 when he defeated Ste "Bin" Man before losing the title to Zack Gisbon in a Lumberjack Match in February 2013. His last appearance for GPW was a re-match for the title in September 2013.