Mark Sloan (wrestler)
| Mark Sloan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 7, 1978 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Residence | Fratton, Portsmouth |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Mark Sloan |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Billed weight | 163 lb (74 kg) |
| Billed from | Fratton, Portsmouth |
| Trained by | Dave Hines |
| Debut | 1995 |
Mark Sloan (born July 7, 1978) is a British professional wrestler. Sloan is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance due to founding the promotion and being head trainer in the company's training academy, FWA Academy.
Mark Sloan started training to become a wrestler in 1990, and made his debut 5 years later on September 19, 1995.
In 1999, whilst working at Ross Records, Mark Sloan founded the Fratton Wrestling Alliance, the company which would go on to become the now defunct Frontier Wrestling Alliance of today. Sloan was the first ever holder of its FWA British Heavyweight Championship, defeating Paul Glory in a tournament on July 11, 1999, before losing the title to Alex Shane on February 27, 2000.
Sloan has also held the FWA All England Championship before, defeating former tag team partner Paul Travell on September 1, 2001 before losing the title to Zebra Kid a few months later.
Sloan would become the head trainer of FWA's main training school. While in the FWA Academy which is located in Sloan's hometown of Portsmouth, Sloan trained many future British wrestlers, most notably Drew McIntyre, a former WWE Intercontinental Champion and Paul Burchill and Katie Lea Burchill who went on to wrestle for the WWE's ECW brand, but also Hade Vansen, Andy Boy Simmonz, James Tighe, Luke (Fruit Corner) Horner, "The Star Attraction" Mark Haskins and The Enigma.
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