 Robbie Dynamite wrestling Mikey Whiplash for Insane Championship Wrestling inGlasgow, April 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1982-07-21)21 July 1982 (age 43) Stoke on Trent, England |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Robbie Dynamite |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 209 lb (95 kg) |
| Billed from | Stoke on Trent, England |
| Trained by | Keith Myatt Chris Curtis |
| Debut | 1999 |
Robbie Dynamite (born Robert Berzins) is a Britishprofessional wrestler. He is the former five-timeBritish Mid-Heavyweight champion and has also held theBritish Open Tag Team Championship and Unified British Tag Team Championship with Mikey Whiplash. He also hold former one-timeBritish Heavyweight Champion
Dynamite began his career withStaffordshire promotion GBH, later being headhunted byAll Star Wrestling in 2001 along with fellow GBH alumnusDean Allmark. Initially, he was ablue eye teamed with Allmark, but soon turned heel on him, igniting a feud that would run throughout the 2000s. As a heel, Dynamite adopted the moniker "The Body" (previously made famous by American wrestler turned commentator turned politicianJesse Ventura.)
In April 2002, Dynamite defeated Allmark to capture the vacant British Mid-Heavyweight title, thus reviving the historic championship left vacant for the past 21 years since the death of previous championMike Marino in 1981. Over the course of the remainder of the decade, he would lose and regain the championship four times, mostly to Allmark. He also formed a tag team with "Chippendale" Mikey Whiplash and together, they captured the British Open Tag Team Title from the UK Dream Team of Allmark and Kid Cool in February 2006 in Staffordshire.[2][3]
In 2013, Dynamite challengedMikey Whiplash for theICW Heavyweight Championship but was defeated.[4]
On 29 March 2014, Dynamite unsuccessfully challenged Chaos for the Union of European Wrestling AlliancesEuropean Heavyweight Championship inKiel, Germany.[5]
At Wrestling Festival 2015, Dynamite defeatedMinoru Tanaka for the EWP Intercontinental Championship.[6]
At a house show inRhyl on 30 August 2016, Dynamite defeated James Mason to win theBritish Heavyweight Championship (left vacant afterSam Adonis was stripped of the title for lack of defences) but lost the belt later in the night to Allmark, who had earned the championship match in a Money In The Bank match earlier in the evening.
Robbie Dynamite was a member ofTeam Britain inTNA Wrestling's2004 America's X-Cup. Team Britain was led by James Mason, mentored byDavid Taylor, and also includedDean Allmark and Frankie Sloan. Team Britain finished in last place in America's X-Cup behindTeam Mexico,Team USA, andTeam Canada. The Tournament was virtually dominated byAAA'sTeam Mexico. After America's X-Cup ended, Team Britain did not return to TNA for the2004 World X-Cup. The fourth Team spot was filled byTeam Japan.
