The UK Pitbulls
| The UK Pitbulls | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members | Big Dave Bulk |
| Heights | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) - Big Dave 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) - Bulk |
| Combined weight |
884 lb (401 kg) |
| Billed from | Norwich, England, United Kingdom |
| Debut | 1998 |
| Disbanded | 2008 |
| Promotions | Independent circuit |
The UK Pitbulls were a professional wrestling tag team that consisted of brothers Bulk (Mike Waters, born 1978) and Big Dave (Dave Waters, born 1971). Their motto was "if we don't beat you, we eat you!". They held a number of titles in the United Kingdom, as well 11 countries worldwide and some minor United States promotions also. Their career as a tag team ended when Dave Waters sustained a crippling injury in a strongman contest which left him in a wheelchair. They are 20 time Tag team champions.
Bulk (Mike Waters) is part of the Rock band "Spot", which formed in 1996, playing the drums as Big Mike with Chris (guitar), Ollie (bass), and Bub (guitar and vocals). Bulk left the band for a short time to feature in another band "OVER–BORED".
Most of 2007 has been taken up recording with his band SPOT, who have signed to HellCat records and recorded songs for a successful movie franchise.
SPOT have now disbanded and Mike is busy with his other band projects and is due to be married to Sheena on Halloween 2009.
Mike has formed a new band called The Pocket Godzillas and they can be found on Myspace.
Mike is now married to sheena and still wrestling for select promoters. He is due to start filming for French TV. Mike is now retired – he had his last match at Heacham for Falling Star Promotions Sept 2011. He is now concentrating on family, band and work. Mike has done various TV and film appearances with his latest being an appearance in 'Malice in Wonderland' alongside Danny Dyer
Big Dave competed heavily in strongman competitions from 1990 to 2000 and has reached the UK finals three years running, gaining second place in 1995. In 1996, he was ranked #1 in the UK and Europe, he competed in the universally recognized competitions, such as the "Britain's Strongest Man" and "UK's Strongest Man" events, that were shown regularly on mainstream British television as well as SKY TV and shown in the USA and Europe. However, as of August 2003, Dave retired from strongman competition to pursue a full-time career in professional wrestling. However, Dave occasionally returns to run strongman competitions, and has spent most of 2007 coaching Richard "Bomber" Hudson for the Worlds Strongest man events. It was at a recent strongman event that he suffered his career-ending injury.
Dave used to own and run the "Pitbull Powerhouse Gym" in Cromer, Norfolk, which was open to the public and also has a pro-wrestling training facility as part of the setup. Dave and Mike were directly involved in the wrestling training as well as having regular guest trainers. The gym is now closed due to Dave's career-ending injury in the Britain's most powerful man competition on 29 June 2008 in Kent.[The video is here][1], 7m23 in. Dave dislocated his left knee, fully ruptured the left patella tendon, fully ruptured his right quad tendon and ruptured his right quad muscle. He was in hospital for 3 weeks, in double leg casts – groin to foot – for 8 weeks, he then suffered a deep vein thrombosis and was on warfarin for 4 months. The right leg is now ok but his left knee operation failed; he recently had an MRI (12 February 2009) scan and he was waiting for a date for another operation. He was on crutches and had to use a wheelchair quite a bit. Dave is now officially disabled indefinitely and will have to use crutches all the time, no more operations are planned – 3 operations on the left leg have left it with restricted circulation and severe swelling. Dave married Wendy in July 2011 but he and his wife have now separated.
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