Nathan Cruz
| Birth name | Nathan Irwin |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 September 1990 Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Nathan Cruz Nathan Irwin |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Billed weight | 213 lb (97 kg) |
| Billed from |
Hull East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Trained by |
El Ligero Rampage Brown Marty Jones |
| Debut | August 2006 |
Nathan Irwin (born 10 September 1990) is a British professional wrestler. He currently works for New Generation Wrestling where he performs under the name Nathan Cruz. He also performs for a number of British, European and International promotions.
After making his professional debut aged fifteen, Cruz worked for a number of independent promotions throughout Europe including PROGRESS, Real Deal Wrestling, Southside Wrestling, SOLO (Spain), WS (France) and EPW (Italy). In August 2009 while competing for RDW, he captured the RDW Tag Team Championships with Colossus, holding them for six months before losing them to Sykes and Lee Chaos.
Between March and December 2012, Cruz was the first ever Progress Champion, winning it in a four way bout with Mike Mason, Marty Scurll and El Ligero. Throughout his reign Cruz refused to allow Ligero a second attempt at the championship, insisting he had already had the opportunity. He eventually lost the belt to El Ligero in a singles bout having bowed to continuous pressure to grant him a title match. In 2013 Cruz was a vocal part of the Screw Indy Wrestling movement and feuded with Stixx. After an absence of over two years, in March 2015 at Chapter 19: Super Strong Style 16 Night 1 he was revealed to be the motivating force for heel group the Faceless, two of whom had recently become Progress Tag Team Championship. He also revealed old enemy El Ligero as another member of the group, renamed the Origin, and that he and Ligero held the championship belts. Dave Mastiff and Zack Gibson were later revealed as members. Explaining his actions, Cruz announced he was declaring war on the PROGRESS fanbase, with the intention of destroying all they held dear about PROGRESS and anyone who chose to stand in their way. The next night Cruz and Ligero lost the tag team titles to the Sumerian Death Squad (Tommy End and Michael Dante). However, Cruz and Ligero won the titles back in November 2015 at Chapter 23.
Cruz and Ligero went on to successfully defend the titles against the Sumerian Death Squad, Tommaso Ciampa & Zack Sabre Jr, and F.S.U (Mark Andrews & Eddie Dennis) before feuding with the London Riots (James Davis & Rob Lynch) who eventually won the titles from the Origin on 29 June 2016.
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