| Bubblegum | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Phillip Cartner |
| Born | (1984-06-20)20 June 1984 (age 40) Mobberley, England |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bubblegum Phil Blitz |
| Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Billed weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
| Billed from | Hubba Bubbaville, The Blue Side OfManchester |
| Trained by | AIWF-GB Chris Curtis Mark Belton Keith Myatt |
| Debut | 2002 |
Philip "Pip" Cartner[1] (born 20 June 1984), better known by his ring nameBubblegum, is aBritishprofessional wrestler. He has wrestled in manyindependent promotions within theUnited Kingdom but he is perhaps best known for his work inBritish Championship Wrestling, Norton British Wrestling,Preston City Wrestling and his television exposure withFrontier Wrestling Alliance, Real Quality Wrestling,Irish Whip Wrestling andNew Generation Wrestling.
Cartner began training in August 2000 with theStoke-on-Trent based Allied Independent Wrestling Federation-Great Britain (AIWF-GB) promotion run by Chris Curtis, Cartner's extra training came from the likes of fellow AIWF stars such as Mark "5 Star" Belton, Dirk Feelgood, Johnny Phere, Kid Kaos and the 20-year veteran Keith Myatt.
Bubblegum found his place as a breakout star of the Nottingham-based Norton British Wrestling promotion, having a long-standingfeud withKris Travis over NBW's cruiserweight title since July 2005. On 8 April 2006, Bubblegum would pick up his first title winning a tag team tournament with Stixx to become the first NBW Tag Team Champions.
In 2005, Bubblegum was made into a headline act forGrand Pro Wrestling, a promotion he often calls "home" and credits for his exposure on the British scene and where he still is a main event performer. Later in 2005, he was given the chance to show off his highflying skills on television with theFrontier Wrestling Alliance as part of the FWA'sFlyweight Division. Bubblegum would later be given more TV exposure, this time withIrish promotion Irish Whip Wrestling. Bubblegum continued to work for several other independent promotions during this time, forming atag team withlucha libre wrestlerEl Ligero, known asHubba-Bubba Lucha.
On 18 August 2006, Bubblegum won a nine-man Elimination match at Real Quality Wrestling'sSummer Brawl 2006 to represent RQW at British Under 23's Championship event on 18 November of that year. The win would also put Bubblegum in contention to become the first Cruiserweight Champion of the company, and though Bubblegum would be unable to win the Under 23's Championship he would defeat Red Vinny atNo Pain, No Gain 2007 to become the firstRQW Cruiserweight Champion. He also won the first everCrazy Cruiser-8 tournament in 2006 for Grand Pro Wrestling.
Bubblegum performed in the re-launchedFrontier Wrestling Alliance during its first six months in existence, before apparently retiring in March 2010. Having just become a father, it was believed that Cartner wanted to focus on caring for his newborn son.
Despite retiring, he returned toGrand Pro Wrestling in September, where he turned on Joey Hayes and joined Dirk Feelgood's stableThe Masterplan. Since then, he has returned to active wrestling in GPW.
Since October 2011, Bubblegum has been a regular at Preston City Wrestling, where he won a 6-man elimination match on his first show and competed in aMoney in the Bank match in his 2nd.
In February, Bubblegum beat Greg Burridge to become the number one contender for the PCW title. He won the title match at the next show, Springslam, but as it was via disqualification, he did not win the title. However, Bubblegum did leave with the belt.
Bubblegum once again met the PCW Champion T-Bone on the 2 June show, Guild Wars.
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