Jack Jester
{{Short description|Scottish Professional Wrestler}}
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{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
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| birth_name = Lee John Greig
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|07|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
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| height = 6 ft 1 in
| weight = 19 st 0 lb, 108 kg, 238 lbs
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| website = https://twitter.com/glasgowjester
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Lee John Greig{{Cite web|title = Jack Jester « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|url = http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648&gimmick=Jack+Jester|website = www.cagematch.net|accessdate = 2015-11-18}}{{Cite news|title = Fernhill Wrestler back on the telly in Insane Fight Club II|url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/fernhill-wrestler-back-telly-insane-5010761|newspaper=Daily Record|date=21 January 2015|accessdate =5 August 2017}} (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Jack Jester. He wrestles for numerous promotions in the British independent wrestling circuit, but is best known for his work in Insane Championship Wrestling,{{Cite web|title = ICW: Jack Jester|url = http://insanewrestling.co.uk/profile.php?id=15|website = insanewrestling.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-11-18}}{{Cite web|title = ICW World Heavyweight Championship|url = http://insanewrestling.co.uk/heavyweight_title.php|website = insanewrestling.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-11-18|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161123174713/http://insanewrestling.co.uk/heavyweight_title.php|archive-date = 23 November 2016|url-status = dead}} Greig is a Wrestling Coach at GPWA Glasgow Asylum.
Greig has appeared for Xhamster videos and in several professional wrestling documentaries including The British Wrestler (VICE){{Cite web|title = The British Wrestler {{!}} VICE|url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-british-wrestler-full-length/|website = VICE|access-date = 2015-11-19|language = en-uk}} and Smack 'Em Up (RTÉ).{{Cite web|title = Watch Reality Bites: Smack 'Em Up online|url = http://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/smack-em-up-30003144/10488230/|website = RTÉ Player|accessdate = 2015-11-19}} He was also one of the stars of BBC documentaries Insane Fight Club{{Cite web|title = Insane Fight Club, Insane Fight Club - BBC One|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01qv39d|website = BBC|date=11 March 2014|accessdate = 19 November 2015}} and Insane Fight Club 2.{{Cite web|title = Episode 2, Insane Fight Club - BBC One|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02dlcf3|website = BBC|date=21 January 2015|accessdate = 19 November 2015}} In 2016, Jester challenged Drew Galloway for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in British Championship Wrestling.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=557&page=5&reign=36|title=Title Reigns « Impact World Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=2020-04-07}}
He was raised in the Fernhill area of Rutherglen, and began wrestling at the age of 16.{{Cite web|title = Episode 2, Insane Fight Club - BBC One|url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26382526|website = BBC|date=11 March 2014|accessdate =5 August 2017}}
Professional Wrestling Career
Jester debuted in 1998.{{Cite web |title=Jack Jester |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648 |access-date=2024-04-21}} He won the Scottish Heavyweight Championship from Johnny Moss in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Scottish Heavyweight Championship |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=321&page=5&reign=8 |access-date=2024-04-21}} He beat Mikey Whiplash for the ICW Heavyweight Championship in 2013, holding it for 385 days with defences against Sabu, Fergal Devitt, Joe Coffey, Grado, Wolfgang, Jimmy Havoc, Big Damo, Mark Coffey and Martin Stone before losing the title to Drew Galloway in 2015. Jester received two rematches but was unsuccessful.
On ICW: Fight Club in 2018, Jester and Sha Samuels defeated Rampage Brown and Ashton Starr for the ICW Tag Team Championships{{Cite web |title=ICW Fight Club #91 |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=298368 |access-date=2024-04-21}} before losing them back to Brown and Starr at ICW: Fear & Loathing XI.{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Andrew |date=2018-12-07 |title=ICW Fear and Loathing XI Results & Review |url=https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2018/12/07/icw-fear-and-loathing-xi-results-review/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Voices of Wrestling |language=en-US}}
On 8 August 2022, Jester defeated Andy Wild, Krieger and Jason Reed to become number one contender to the ICW World Heavyweight Championship{{Cite web |title=ICW Fight Club #221 |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=344563 |access-date=2024-04-21}} but was defeated by champion Kez Evans at ICW: Shug's Hoose Party 7.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-31 |title=ICW Results: Shug’s Hoose Party 7 Night 2 – Glasgow, Scotland (7/30) |url=https://www.wrestling-news.net/icw-shugs-hoose-party-7-night-2-results/190022/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.wrestling-news.net |language=en-GB}}
Acting career
Greig under his Jack Jester ring name had a small role in the 2014 Horror film The House of Him.{{Citation |last=Florence |first=Robert |title=The House of Him |date=2014-10-31 |type=Horror |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3475058/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |others=Richard Rankin, Louise Stewart, Kirsty Strain |publisher=Bold Yin}} Grieg starred in the pilot{{Citation |last=Davidson |first=Iain |title=Pilot |date=2020-01-06 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11586086/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |series=The Scotts |others=Iain Connell, Robert Florence, Lee Greig}} for and two seasons of the BBC Scotland comedy The Scotts between 2021 and 2022.{{Citation |title=The Scotts |date=2021-09-06 |type=Comedy |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15391472/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |others=Iain Connell, Robert Florence, Sharon Young}}
Championships and accomplishments
- British Wrestling Revolution
- BWR Anarchy Briefcase (2018)
- BWR Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Insane Championship Wrestling
- ICW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times){{Cite web|title = Titles « Jack Jester « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|url = http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=3648&page=11|website = www.cagematch.net|accessdate = 2018-04-26}}
- ICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sha Samuels
- King of Insanity (2022)[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=356286 ICW Fear & Loathing XIV] CageMatch. Retrieved 29 March 2023
- British Championship Wrestling
- BCW Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)
- BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mikey Whiplash
- Fools Gold Rumble (2006){{Cite web |title=BCW Fools Gold |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=7366 |access-date=2024-04-21}}
- Jimmy Havoc Presents Wrestling
- Hardcore Tournament (2016){{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=161254|title=Jimmy Havoc Presents Wrestling « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=2020-04-07}}
- Premier British Wrestling
- PBW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- PBW Heavyweight Title Tournament (2015)
- Preston City Wrestling
- PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sha Samuels
- Wrestling Experience Scotland
- Scotland's Elite Championship (1 time, current)
- Pro Wrestling Elite
- PWE World Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{Cite web |title=PWE Heavyweight Championship |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1837&page=5&reign=11 |access-date=2024-04-21}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-08 |title=Grado’s Big Family Wrestling Bash Results – Glasgow, Scotland (5/7) |url=https://www.wrestling-news.net/grado-big-family-wrestling-bash-may-7th-results/186061/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.wrestling-news.net |language=en-GB}}
- Scottish Wrestling Alliance
- NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship (2 time, current)
- House of Pain: Evolution
- HOPE Championship (3 times)
- Rock N Wrestle
- RNW/SWA Highland Championship (2 times)
- WrestleZone
- WrestleZone Undisputed Championship (1 time)
References
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Category:Scottish male professional wrestlers
Category:Actors from Rutherglen
Category:Male actors from South Lanarkshire
Category:Professional wrestlers from Glasgow
Category:21st-century male professional wrestlers
Category:ICW World Heavyweight Champions
Category:ICW Tag Team Champions