Scurll began his career in 2005, working on the British independent circuit. In 2012, he competed on the TNA's showTNA Wrestling: British Boot Camp, where some British wrestlers competed for a tryout with TNA. While working with PROGRESS Wrestling, where he won the World Championship twice, he chanaged his gimmick to The Villain. His popularity gave him the chance to work on the American independent circuit, working with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and signed a contract with Ring of Honor in 2016, quickly winning theROH World Television Championship. During his time with ROH, Scurll also worked with the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he became part of the stableBullet Club and becameIWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion andNEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. In 2018, Scurll formed his own stable,Villain Enterprises, winning theROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.
After several wrestlers left ROH to join the promotionAll Elite Wrestling, Scurll stayed with ROH and became the head booker in 2020. During theSpeaking Out Movement in June 2020, Scurll was accused of taking advantage of an inebriated 16-year-old girl in 2015, leaving the promotion the next year. At the end of 2021, Scurll began to work on several independent promotions.
Marty started training atFrank Rimer's Dropkixx training school which would also produce wrestlers likeMartin Stone,The Kartel and Paul Robinson. Marty made his debut for Dropkixx at the Fondu Club in Purfleet, defeating Jimmy Starr by two falls to one. Once under the tutorship of Jon Ritchie, who by this time was in charge at Dropkixx, Marty took part in Dropkixx's Shoot Fighting Tournament. Scurll would go on to win the middleweight tournament, in the process becoming Dropkixx's first middleweight champion. Scurll also competed regularly for Summit Promotions, and at the end of the year formed a tag team with Paul Robinson as 'The Party Boys' (or 'The Midnight Ravers', as they were sometimes billed).
Scurll would go on to appear for Premier Promotions and this would be the place where he would meetPhil Powers, who he ended up wrestling many times in the summer season on the holiday camps circuit. During the rest of the year, Scurll debuted for the likes ofIPW:UK and RQW, wrestlingJonny Storm,Taiji Ishimori,Bubblegum and many others. On 5 June 2007, Marty made his debut forAll Star Wrestling by defeating Jimmy Starr at Gravesend. Marty competed regularly for All Star, including main eventing Fairfield Halls, Croydon against Pro Wrestling NOAH'sShuhei Taniguchi andTsutomu Hirayanagi. In IPW:UK, Marty would reform his tag team withZack Sabre Jr., but under the name The Leaders of the New School. They then feuded with BritRage (Mark Sloan and Wade Flitzgerald) andThe Kartel. Scurll wrestled and lost toDoug Williams in IPW:UK's British National Championship Tournament.[7]
Scurll as the British Cruiserweight Champion in April 2012
In 2009, Scurll and Sabre focused their attention on the IPW:UK tag team division, and picked up a memorable win against tag team champions The Thrillers (Mark Haskins andJoel Redman) during the company's February tour. A highly anticipated rematch finally took place between the teams at the 2009 "Sittingbourne Spectacular" after the Leaders' scheduled opponents had to pull out through injury. This time the championships were on the line, and the Leaders won again to claim their first championship gold in IPW:UK. The feud between the Leaders and the Thrillers became the dominant storyline in IPW:UK through the summer, culminating in the Leaders winning aTables, Ladders, and Chairs match against their rivals in September. The Leaders have enjoyed an unbroken reign as champions since that time.
Scurll and Sabre competed in the first match of the newly re-launchedFrontier Wrestling Alliance in August 2009, beating Northern Xposure (NX) at "New Frontiers". On 28 April 2012, Scurll defeatedSami Callihan in the final of an eight-man tournament to determine the new IPW:UK British Cruiserweight Champion.[8] On 15 March 2014, Scurll defeated Colt Cabana in a 30 Minute Iron Fist match to becomeRevolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion. Scurll would go on to successfully defend the championship against the likes ofRicochet,Kevin Steen,Martin Stone,Davey Richards,Doug Williams,Shelton Benjamin,Rocky Romero and others, before losing the title toNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) wrestlerAJ Styles at the 2015 Summer Sizzler event on 14 June 2015.[9]
In October 2015, Scurll debuted forGlobal Force Wrestling (GFW) on their "UK Invasion", losing to GFW Global ChampionNick Aldis in a singles match and teaming withRampage Brown in a losing effort against Doug Williams and Aldis.[14] Scurll returned to the company in March 2016, unsuccessfully challengingSonjay Dutt for the GFW NEX*GEN Championship.[15]
In early October 2017 atWhat Culture Pro Wrestling's (WCPW) event Refuse to Lose, Scurll won a triple threat match between Joe Hendry andWill Ospreay and himself to become the sixth and final WCPW champion, before the company rebranded as Defiant Wrestling. On 4 December at Defiant Wrestling's iPPV, titled WeAreDefiant, Scurll was given the new championship belt by General ManagerStu Bennett, and had a confrontation with the debutingAustin Aries at the beginning of the show. In the main event of the evening, Scurll successfully defended the championship in a triple threat match between himself,Joe Hendry and Martin Kirby. However, on 5 December at Defiant's first episode of their new weekly show (uploaded 15 December onYouTube), Scurll lost the championship to Aries, ending his reign at 34 days.
Scurll was part of the very firstProgress Wrestling show,Chapter One, in a tournament to determine the first everProgress Champion. He beatZack Sabre Jr in an acclaimed semi-final match before competing in a four-way match for the title against Mike Mason,El Ligero and winnerNathan Cruz.[18] Scurll went on to challenge Cruz for the title in a Two Out of Three Falls match at Chapter Two, failing to capture the title.[19] Competing regularly for Progress, he was notably part of a four-way match for the Progress Championship at Chapter Twelve, facingRampage Brown,El Ligero and then-championJimmy Havoc,[20] and fighting again for the title at Chapter Eighteen againstWill Ospreay,Noam Dar, Dave Mastiff, Paul Robinson and championJimmy Havoc.[21]
Scurll reached the quarter-finals of the first Super Strong Style 16 tournament in 2015, beatingEddie Dennis on Day One[22] and Dave Mastiff in the quarter-finals before losing toZack Sabre Jr on Day Two,[23] and was runner-up toMark Haskins in the 2015 Thunderbastard match at Chapter Twenty.[24] He lost toKris Travis at Chapter Twenty-One,[25] Travis' final match before his retirement from wrestling and death from stomach cancer. Scurll turned firmly villainous following this match; gaining a demented mean streak that saw him win the Progress Championship for the first time in a No Disqualification match againstWill Ospreay at Chapter Twenty-Five.[26]
Scurll went on to successfully defend the title againstMark Haskins,[27]Chris Hero,[28] andTommy End[29] in singles competition and against seven opponents in the 2016 Thunderbastard match which he won.[30] He was the first Progress Champion to defend the title overseas – successfully defending the belt againstWill Ospreay atWrestleCon SuperShow 2016 in Dallas, Texas[31] and against Zack Gibson in Italy for Power Wrestling Entertainment.[32] Scurll lost the title to Pastor William Eaver at Chapter Thirty-Two[29] and regained it a month later at Chapter Thirty-Three,[33] making him the first person to ever win the Progress Championship more than once. After successfully defending the belt againstMark Andrews at Chapter Thirty-Five, Scurll lost the Progress Championship toMark Haskins in a triple-threat main event match also involvingTommy End at Chapter Thirty-Six, PROGRESS' biggest show to date, held at theBrixton Academy inLondon. During the match, Scurll attacked three referees as he became frustrated at not being able to win; before attacking a fourth officialJimmy Havoc returned to attack Scurll, leading to his loss.At Chapter 38, Scurll failed to regain the Progress Championship in a match that also includedJimmy Havoc.[34] After being disqualified against Havoc at Chapter 39, the two had a No Disqualification at Chapter 40 where Scurll lost.[35]
In 2017 Scurll returned to Progress on Chapter 55 being defeated by Zack Sabre Jr.[36]
On 18 February 2017, Scurll reunited with Sabre, as they attackedChuck Taylor, only to seeTrent? come to Taylor's defence.[47] At PWG Mystery Vortex V on 12 January 2018 Marty was defeated by Trent?.
On 22 August 2016, the AmericanRing of Honor (ROH) promotion announced Scurll's upcoming debut for the promotion.Pro Wrestling Torch reported that Scurll had signed with the company after giving his notice toEvolve the previous month.[48] Scurll made his ROH debut during the promotion's three-day tour of the United Kingdom in November. On 20 November, during the final day of the tour, Scurll defeated Will Ospreay to win theROH World Television Championship.[49] Scurll successfully defended his newly won title against previous champion Ospreay andDragon Lee in a triple threat match at ROH's biggest pay-per-view,Final Battle 2016. The beginning of 2017 saw Scurll make many successful defences of his title againstJuice Robinson,Donovan Dijak,Sonjay Dutt,Lio Rush andAdam Cole. During a successful defence againstFrankie Kazarian, bothHangman Page and the returningMatt Sydal returned. On 29 April 2017 at ROH Masters of the Craft Scurll successful retained the ROH World Television Championship againstKen Anderson.
On 12 May 2017, during the third night of the NJPW and ROH co-producedWar of the Worlds tour, Scurll was revealed as the newest member ofBullet Club, replacing Adam Cole.[50][51] Two days later, on the final night of the tour, Scurll lost the ROH World Television Championship toKushida, following a distraction from Cole.[52]
The Elite, minus Scurll, left ROH after 14 December 2018'sFinal Battle pay-per-view.[53] During an in-ring promo at the following night's television tapings in Philadelphia, Scurll would be confronted byThe Kingdom, which led the former to unveil his new stable,Villain Enterprises, withBrody King andPCO.[54] A brawl ensued which ended with Villain Enterprises standing tall.[55][54]
In January 2020, Scurll signed a multi-year contract with ROH, becoming the head booker of the promotion in the process.[56]
During theSpeaking Out Movement in June 2020, Scurll was accused of taking advantage of an inebriated 16-year-old girl in 2015. Scurll released two statements in which he did not deny the allegations, but claimed the encounter was consensual.[57] ROH subsequently announced that they had launched an investigation concerning the allegations.[58] Scurll did not take part in TV tapings after ROH returned from a hiatus due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, and his profile was removed from the company's website in October.[59]
In January 2021, ROH announced that Scurll was no longer under contract after the two parties mutually agreed to part ways.[60]
On 3 May, atWrestling Dontaku 2018, he and the Young Bucks defeatedBad Luck Fale,Tama Tonga andTanga Loa to win theNEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship. On 3 May, NJPW announced Scurll as a participant in the 2018 Best of the Super Juniors tournament.[65] Like the previous year, he finished the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals.[66] On 12 August, at the G1 Climax Finals, Scurll and the Young Bucks lost the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship to Bullet Club OG's Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, andTaiji Ishimori.[67] Scurll,Hangman Page andYujiro Takahashi representedThe Elite in the pre-show gauntlet atWrestle Kingdom 13 for NEVER Openweight Six Man Championship number one contendership. They were the first team eliminated. Scurll returned to NJPW for the first time since Wrestle Kingdom on the New Beginning in USA event on 30 January 2019.[68] Scurll also participated in the Best of the Super Junior XXVI tournament, ending with 10 points.
On September 22, 2021, Puerto Rican promotion CWA announced Scurll would take part in their Halloween Fan Fest event on October 23.[71] The match, which was against Star Roger, was Scurll's first since the accusations made against Scurll during theSpeaking Out movement in June 2020.[72] Prior to the event, Scurll told Contralona that he would be working in Puerto Rico and CWA long term.[73] He also made appearances at a Polish promotion,Prime Time Wrestling in February and November 2022.[74]
In 2012, Scurll appeared on UK dating game show,Take Me Out in which he attempted to find a woman to take on a date with him. His appearance on the show contained vignettes which also featured fellow British professional wrestlerJimmy Havoc.[76]
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