Birth name | Adrian McCallum |
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Born |
Coventry, England |
December 17, 1982
Website | https://twitter.com/LionheartUK |
Professional wrestling career | |
Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Billed weight | 15 st 5 lb (215 lb; 98 kg) |
Trained by | Colin McKay |
Debut | 2002 |
Adrian McCallum (Born 17 December 1982) is a British professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter and actor, often better known by his ring name Lionheart. He wrestles for numerous promotions in the British Independent wrestling circuit including Insane Championship Wrestling and Preston City Wrestling. He is also the owner of Ayrshire-based wrestling promotion: Pro Wrestling Elite.
On 11 February 2007 Lionheart made his Insane Championship Wrestling debut, losing to James Wallace. On 3 April 2016, Lionheart captured the Insane Championship Wrestling Zero-G Championship from Davey Boy in a 6 way match at ICW Barramania II. He then proceeded to lose the title in a 6 Man Stairway to Heaven Match to Kenny Williams on 20 November at Fear & Loathing IX
On 23 September 2011, Lionheart made his Preston City Wrestling debut on their "Road to Glory" show defeating Jack Gallagher. In March 2014, at a Preston City Wrestling show, McCallum broke his neck in 2 places after receiving the Styles Clash following match against AJ Styles. As a result of the injury doctors warned McCallum that he may never walk again. Just over a year later, McCallum defied doctors orders and returned to in-ring competition in March 2015.
In 2008, McCallum competed for the ROH World Championship against then-champion Nigel McGuinness at a One Pro Wrestling show in a triple threat match also involving Keith Myatt. In January 2011, McCallum competed for TNA, losing to Jeff Jarrett at a houseshow in Glasgow, Scotland. Later that year he also competed for WWE, losing to Justin Gabriel in a dark match on Smackdown in Liverpool, England.