 Jacobs in April 2025 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (2000-08-21)August 21, 2000 (age 25)[4] |
| Alma mater | Middleton Technology School Hopwood Hall College |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Luke Jacobs[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[2] |
| Billed weight | 165 lb (75 kg)[2] |
| Trained by | James Drake[3] Zack Gibson[3] |
| Debut | 2018 |
Luke Jacobs (born August 21, 2000) is anEnglishprofessional wrestler working for the BritishpromotionsRevolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) andProgress Wrestling. In RevPro, he is a formerUndisputed British Heavyweight Champion, and a formerUndisputed British Cruiserweight Champion; and in Progress, a formerProgress Atlas Champion and the former one-timePROGRESS World Champion.[5]
Jacobs was born on August 21, 2000 in Manchester England. He attended theMiddleton Technology School and laterHopwood Hall College. At age 15, Jacobs began training at the FutureShock Wrestling Performance Centre under the instructions ofJames Drake andZack Gibson.[3]
Jacobs is known for competing in various of theBritish independent scene. AtRoyal Quest II, an event promoted byNew Japan Pro Wrestling on British territory on October 2, 2022, Jacobs teamed up with Ethan Allen in a losing effort againstLos Ingobernables de Japon (Sanada andHiromu Takahashi).[6]
Jacobs made hisprofessional wrestling debut in Future Shock Wrestling atFutureShock UnderGround #27 on June 16, 2018, where he teamed up with Ethan Allen andAshton Smith to defeat Cyanide and WonderLand (Henry T. Grodd and Noah) in asix-man tag team match.[7]
Jacobs made his debut inProgress Wrestling atPROGRESS Chapter 92: Entertaining Friends on July 7, 2019, where he fell short to Soner Dursun in adark match.[8] He continued to make appearances for the company, marking his very next arrival atPROGRESS Chapter 96: True Friends Stab You In The Front on October 13, 2019, where he teamed up with his long-time "The Young Guns" tag team partner Ethan Allen in a losing effort againstPretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker).[9] Jacobs was signed by the company at the beginning of 2021, and soon after, he began chasing for various championships promoted by it. AtPROGRESS Chapter 106: Stick A Pony In Me Pocket on March 13, 2021, he unsuccessfully challengedCara Noir for thePROGRESS World Championship.[10] Jacobs and Ethan Allen competed in a tournament for the vacantPROGRESS Tag Team Championship in which they defeatedChris Ridgeway and Danny Black in the first rounds fromPROGRESS Chapter 108: Of Course You Realize This Means War on April 10, 2021,[11]Sunshine Machine (TK Cooper and Chuck Mambo atPROGRESS Chapter 110: Skeleton Head from May 8, 2021, in the semifinals,[12] but fell short to Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II) atPROGRESS Chapter 112: The Flowers Are Still Standing on June 5, 2021, in the finals.[13] AtPROGRESS Chapter 131: 10th Anniversary Show on March 25, 2022, Jacobs teamed up with Chris Ridgeway as "North West Strong" to unsuccessfully challenge for the tag titles again in agauntlet tag team match won by The 0121 (Dan Moloney and Man Like DeReiss), and also involving reigning champions The Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling & Nick Riley), Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II), and The Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper).[14] Jacobs competed in a tournament for the vacantProgress Wrestling Atlas Championship which began atPROGRESS Chapter 132: By The Beard Of Zeus on April 17, 2022, where he defeatedBig Damo in the first rounds.[15] In the semifinals fromPROGRESS Chapter 133 Stop Motion Skeleton Battle from April 18, Jacobs defeated Warren Banks. The finals took place the same night as he defeatedJonah to win the vacant title.[16]
He competed in various of the promotion'ssignature events. The first of them was theNatural Progression Series, making his first appearance at the seventh edition which he won by defeating Man Like DeReiss in the first rounds, Ethan Allen in the second ones and Warren Banks in the finals which took place atPROGRESS Chapter 105: Bring The Thunder on February 27, 2021.[17] Another tournament he took part of was theSuper Strong Style 16, making his first appearance at the 2023 edition where he defeatedRampage Brown in the first rounds,Shigehiro Irie in the second ones, but fell short toMark Haskins in the semifinals.[18]
Jacobs made his debut inRevolution Pro Wrestling atRevPro Live In Bristol 3 on July 18, 2021, where he teamed up with Ethan Allen and fell short to The Dream Team (Dean Allmark andRobbie X) in one of the 2021 edition of the "Great British Tag League" block A matches.[19] Jacobs and Allen continued their evolution in the tournament by falling short to Destination Everywhere (Connor Mills and Michael Oku) atRevPro Live At The Cockpit 52 on August 1,[20] and defeated Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II) atRevPro Pop-Up Show on August 15, 2021, finishing the tournament with a total of three points.[21] AtRevPro Live At NOT The Cockpit 53 on Jacobs teamed up with Allen to unsuccessfully challenge Destination Everywhere (Connor Mills and Michael Oku) for theBritish Tag Team Championship.[22] At the 2021 edition of the RevPro British J Cup, Jacobs defeated Robbie X in the first rounds, and then unsuccessfully competed in afour-way match in the finals won byMike Bailey and also involving Connor Mills and Michael Oku.[23] AtRevPro Summer Sizzler 2022 on July 23, Jacobs defeated Michael Oku to win theUndisputed British Cruiserweight Championship .[24] AtRevPro Revolution Rumble 2023, Jacobs competed in the traditionalrumble match won by Michael Oku and also involving notable opponents such asFrancesco Akira,Eddie Dennis,Gabriel Kidd,Ricky Knight Jr.,Zack Sabre Jr.,Trent Seven,Leon Slater, Gideon Grey and many others.[25]
Jacobs often competes for the German promotionWestside Xtreme Wrestling. He made his first appearance on the second night of the 2020 edition of the16 Carat Gold Tournament, where he teamed up with Ethan Allen to defeatAvalanche andBlack Taurus, Chris Ridgeway and Scotty Davis,D.J. Hyde andLevaniel, Julian Pace andPuma King, Leon van Gasteren andLucky Kid, andNorman Harras and Tarik in agauntlet tag team match.[26] One night later atwXw We Love Wrestling #1, Jacobs and Allen unsuccessfully challenged Jay-AA (Absolute Andy andJay Skillet) for thewXw World Tag Team Championship.[27] After three years of absence, Jacobs returned atwXw We Love Wrestling #46 on May 27, 2023, where he unsuccessfully challenged Shigehiro Irie for theWXw Unified World Wrestling Championship.[28]
