 Seven in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | Benjamin Maurice Webb (1981-08-21)21 August 1981 (age 44) Wolverhampton, England |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Abuelo Santos Sr.[1] Ben Webb[1] Trent Seven[1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[2] |
| Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | Moustache Mountain |
| Trained by | None[a] |
| Debut | 2010 |
Benjamin Maurice Webb (born 21 August 1981), known by thering nameTrent Seven, is an Englishprofessional wrestler andwrestling promoter. He has worked forWWE, where he performed on theirNXT UK brand andTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Seven &Tyler Bate formed the tag teamMoustache Mountain, who also had won theProgress Tag Team Championship and theRPW Undisputed British Tag Team Championship in the UK, as well as theChikara Campeonatos de Parejas in the US. Seven, Bate andPete Dunne collectively form the teamBritish Strong Style. Seven is also a former 1-timeICW World Heavyweight Champion.
Benjamin Maurice Webb was born inWolverhampton on 21 August 1981.[1][4] He is of Irish descent, with his grandfather having leftMenlough to settle in Wolverhampton'sTettenhall area.[5] He aspired to be an actor until he watchedWrestleMania, which made him want to become a wrestler instead.[4] As a young boy, he and his friends would often wrestle each other in their back gardens.[3] In 2008, at the relatively late age of 27, he decided to train for a career in professional wrestling; he purchased his own wrestling ring and taught himself, an unusual feat in the professional wrestling world.[3]
Webb made his debut at the age of 29 during an Alternative Wrestling World show inBirmingham in 2010 and adopted thering nameTrent Seven, a play onSevern Trent, the company that supplies water to the region of England where he was raised.[3] In the subsequent years, he split his time between wrestling and a day job. In 2011 and 2012, he traveled to the U.S. to wrestle forCombat Zone Wrestling (CZW), losing on both occasions.[6] He also traveled to Japan in 2012, working three shows forBig Japan Pro Wrestling, including a show atKorakuen Hall.[3]
Seven was granted a match for theRing of HonorWorld Championship during ROH's 2011 tour of the United Kingdom, but lost to defending championDavey Richards on 15 July 2011 on a show promoted by Fight Club Pro (FCP).[7] At some point in 2011, Seven became the first holder of the FCP Championship, holding it until 25 November where he lost the title toEddie Edwards.[8] In 2013, he won FCP's annual "Infinity Trophy Tournament" when he defeatedMark Haskins in the finals.[9] During an FCP show on 5 February 2016, Trent Seven unsuccessfully challengedTrevor Lee for theTNA X-Division Championship.[10] On 7 January 2017,Moustache Mountain (Seven andTyler Bate) teamed up with Joel Allen to defeat #CCK (Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos) and Shay Purser. With the win, Allen became the title holder of the Attack! 24:7 Championship, only for Allen to lose it the same night.[11]
In early 2015, Seven, alongside Bate, debuted in the American promotionChikara as part of their tour of the United Kingdom, defeating The Hunter Brothers in a dark match on 3 April[12] and losing to the Devastation Corporation (Max Smashmaster and Blaster McMassive) in another dark match on 6 April.[13] In their final dark match on the tour, Seven and Bate teamed with up with Clint Margera to take onPete Dunne, Damian Dunne andJimmy Havoc in a losing effort.[14] Seven teamed with Bate andDan Moloney at that year's King of Trios as Team Fight Club: Pro, making it to the semi-finals before being eliminated by theBullet Club (AJ Styles,Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[15]
In 2016, Seven and Bate began competing more regularly in Chikara. On 21 August they defeated Los Ice Creams (Hijo Del Ice Cream and Ice Cream Jr.), N_R_G (Hype Rockwell and Race Jaxon) and The Devastation Corporation to win theChikara Campeonatos de Parejas.[16] However, they were stripped of the title during Chikara's secret season 16.
Seven returned to Chikara on 1 September 2017, when he, Tyler Bate, and Pete Dunne, billed collectively as "House Strong Style", entered the2017 King of Trios, defeating House Whitewolf (A-Kid, Adam Chase and Zayas) in their first round match.[17] Over the next two days, House Strong Style defeated House Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield,Mark Angelosetti andSimon Grimm) in the quarterfinals,[18] House Rot (Frightmare,Hallowicked andKobald) via forfeit in the semifinals and House Sendai Girls (Cassandra Miyagi,Dash Chisako andMeiko Satomura) in the finals to win the 2017 King of Trios.[19]
Seven made his debut forInsane Championship Wrestling in early 2015, facingMikey Whiplash at theO2 Academy Birmingham. Throughout the rest of the year, Seven would be seen competing on ICW's tour shows around the UK, quickly becoming a fan favorite.
In 2016, after returning to enter the 5th Annual Square Go match, Seven challengedBig Damo for theICW World Heavyweight Championship, before entering into a feud with Mikey Whiplash, eventually leading to a 6 man contest at Shug's Hoose Party 3, between Legion (Mikey Whiplash,Tommy End & Michael Dante) and Moustache Mountain & Lewis Girvan. After Trent picked up the win for his team, Whiplash, who had been campaigning to main event Fear & Loathing XI, stated that he believed Seven was the rightful challenger to the World Heavyweight Championship. In the months that followed, Seven, backed heavily by the ICW fans, campaigned for ICW GM Red Lightning to grant him a shot at the championship. After being disregarded by Lightning, Trent forced the GM to give him a match againstWolfgang at Fear & Loathing XI, with the title on the line inside aSteel Cage.
At Fear & Loathing XI, atThe SSE Hydro, in front of the largest independent UK wrestling crowd for over 30 years, Seven faced Wolfgang in a Steel Cage match for the ICW World Heavyweight Championship. However, after being overcome with rage, Seven punched Wolfgang with his own knuckleduster on top of the cage, causing Wolfgang to fall to the floor, inadvertently winning the match. After earning himself one more shot at the title by defeating Chris Renfrew, Seven once again faced Wolfgang, at theO2 Academy Newcastle, at the 6th Annual Square Go event, and succeeded in becoming ICW World Heavyweight Champion.
Seven would remain ICW World Heavyweight Champion for two months, defending the title against the likes ofBT Gunn, Pete Dunne,Jack Jester, andJordan Devlin, before losing the title toJoe Coffey at Barramania III. After a few months away, Seven returned briefly at Shug's Hoose Party 4, facing BT Gunn, Wolfgang, and Pete Dunne in a four-way match for theWWE United Kingdom Championship; this match marked the first time the title had been defended on UK soil outside of a WWE ring.
Trent would not return to ICW until almost 18 months later, at Fear & Loathing XI, where he joined Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate in a losing effort against the team of Wolfgang, BT Gunn, andNoam Dar.
Seven debuted withProgress Wrestling at Chapter 28 alongside Tyler Bate, losing to Damian and Pete Dunne.[20] Seven returned at Chapter 32, losing toRampage Brown.[21] At Chapter 33, Seven turnedheel, attacking Bate and aligning himself with Dunne to formBritish Strong Style.[22] At Chapter 36, Seven and Dunne defeated The London Riots (James Davis and Rob Lynch) to win theProgress Tag Team Championship,[23] and successfully defended it in a rematch at Chapter 39.[24] By virtue of winning that match, both Seven and Dunne were entered into a seven-man elimination match for the vacantProgress World Championship, which was eventually won by Dunne after Bate returned and attackedJimmy Havoc, thus turning heel and aligning himself with Seven and Dunne.[24] On 16 December, Seven and Dunne were stripped of the Progress Tag Team Championship after Dunne attempted to give his half of the shield to Bate. Two weeks later at Chapter 41, Seven and Bate defeated The London Riots and The LDRS of the New School (Marty Scurll andZack Sabre Jr.) in a three-way tag team match to win the vacant titles.[25]
Seven entered the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament in 2017, losing toMatt Riddle in the first round.[26] On night 2, Seven and Dunne defeatedDavid Starr and Pastor William Eaver[27] and on night 3 Seven beat Mark Haskins in a submission match.[28] After successful defending the tag team championship against teams such as the South Pacific Power Trip (TK Cooper andTravis Banks),[29] and the Hunter Brothers,[30] Seven and Bate eventually lost the title at Chapter 50 to #CCK,[31] before winning it back less than a month later at Chapter 51.[32] On 10 September, Seven and Bate lost the title to #CCK in aladder match.[33]
At Chapter 64, Seven participated in the Thunderbastard match winning by Morgan Webster while Seven was eliminated by TK Cooper.[34] At Chapter 66, Moustache Mountain were unable to win back the Progress Tag Team Championships againstGrizzled Young Veterans.[35]At Chapter 76, Seven defeatedDoug Williams to win the Progress Atlas Championship. On Chapter 78, Seven defeatedZack Gibson to retain the Progress Atlas Championship.[36]
On 15 December 2016, it was revealed that Seven would be one of 16 men competing in a two nighttournament to crown the first-everWWE United Kingdom Champion[37] on 14 and 15 January 2017. Prior to the tournament, Seven, along with Pete Dunne were mentioned among the favorites to win the tournament.[3] In the first round, Seven defeated HC Dyer to advance to the quarter-finals, where he was defeated by Wolfgang.[38][39] Seven signed a contract with WWE, which allowed him to continue taking independent bookings with some restrictions.[40] On 15 February, Seven made his debut in WWE'sdevelopmental territoryNXT, unsuccessfully challenging Bate for the United Kingdom Championship.[41]
On 11 November, Moustache Mountain defeated the team of Pete Dunne andMark Andrews. On 6 December, Seven was defeated byKillian Dain in a #1 contender's qualifying match for theNXT Championship. On 18 June at theUnited Kingdom Championship Tournament, Seven reformed British Strong Style with Bate and Dunne to defeatThe Undisputed Era (Adam Cole,Kyle O'Reilly, andRoderick Strong) in a six-man tag team match on 18 June. The following night, Mustache Mountain defeated O'Reilly and Strong to win the NXT Tag Team Championship, but lost the titles back to them two days at the 21 JuneNXT tapings (aired on 11 July) after Bate threw in the towel due to Seven's injured knee being targeted. After Seven's match with Zack Gibson on the 14 November episode ofNXT UK,Gallus (Joe Coffey,Mark Coffey, and Wolfgang) would beat up Seven.
On 9 December 2021 episode ofNXT UK, Moustache Mountain defeatedPretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker) to win theNXT UK Tag Team Championship.[42] On 2 June 2022 episode ofNXT UK, Moustache Mountain lost the title againstAshton Smith andOliver Carter.[43][44] On 16 June episode ofNXT UK, Seven attacked Bate, thus turning heel and disbanding the Moustache Mountain.[45]On 18 August 2022, it was announced that Seven was released from his WWE contract.[46]
Seven made hisAll Elite Wrestling debut on the 7 December episode ofAEW Rampage. He lost anAEW All-Atlantic Championship match toOrange Cassidy.
Seven made hisImpact Wrestling debut atFinal Resolution on December 9, 2023, asMike Bailey's mystery partner againstThe Rascalz (Zachary Wentz andTrey Miguel). After the match he signed with the company. After convincing Mike Bailey to put his X-Division championship on the line against Moose on Nov. 7 edition of Impact, Bailey would go on to lose the X-Division championship. After the match Trent came out to console him, but ended up turning on Bailey and hitting him with a low blow, breaking up Speedball Mountain and turning heel in the process.[47] Seven left TNA in December 2024.[48]
Webb portrayed Hengist inTransformers: The Last Knight (2017).[49]
Webb continues to reside in his nativeWolverhampton. Like hisBritish Strong Style teammatesPete Dunne andTyler Bate, he became avegan after watching the documentaryCowspiracy (2014).[50][51][52]
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| 2021–2022 | WWE The Run-In | Co-Host | BT Sport |
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