NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING

PROFILE

Zack Sabre Jr.

UNIT

TMDK 

HEIGHT

186cm 

WEIGHT

96kg 

YEAR OF BIRTH

24 Jul 1987 

Zack Sabre Jr.
HEIGHT
186cm 
WEIGHT
96kg 
YEAR OF BIRTH
24 Jul 1987 
PLACE OF BIRTH
Isle of Sheppey, Kent, United Kingdom 
DEBUT
2004/4/20 
FINISH HOLD

Orienteering With Napalm Death, European Clutch, Zack Driver, Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This Shall Be Better Than The Last; The Inexorable March Of Progress Shall Lead Us All To Happiness

 
TWITTER
@zacksabrejr 

BIOGRAPHY

A master of joint locks and holds, ZSJ debuted in England in March 2004 and has experience fighting all over Europe, America and Japan. His New Japan debut opposite Katsuyori Shibata at the 45th Anniversary event in 2017 saw him join the ranks of Suzuki-Gun post match.

Sabre would hold RevPro’s British heavyweight championship three times while competing under the Suzuki-Gun banner for a total of four reigns, including both winning and defending British gold in the Tokyo Dome twice, before tagging with Dangerous Tekkers partner Taichi to capture IWGP Tag Team gold three times between 2020 and 2022.

Yet ZSJ was still dangerous and brutal as a singles competitor. The 2022 New Japan Cup saw Sabre surge to victory, and the Briton only just fell short to Kazuchika Okada later in the spring as they battled for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Hungry for his first singles NJPW title, he was crowned the first NJPW World TV Champion at Wrestle Kingdom 17, joining TMDK as the group’s new ‘frontman’ immediately afterward.

ZSJ was a fighting champion, and within a nine month span, had become the winngest champion of the modern era in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Seeking to reach 20 defences before 2023 was through, he also entertained other plans- though he came up short in a battle of the best technical wrestlers with Bryan Danielson at AEW’s Wrestle Dream, he reset his sights on the Best of British match with Will Ospreay at Royal Quest III over the IWGP UK Championship

A master of joint locks and holds, ZSJ debuted in England in March 2004 and has experience fighting all over Europe, America and Japan. His New Japan debut opposite Katsuyori Shibata at the 45th Anniversary event in 2017 saw him join the ranks of Suzuki-Gun post match.

Sabre would hold RevPro’s British heavyweight championship three times while competing under the Suzuki-Gun banner for a total of four reigns, including both winning and defending British gold in the Tokyo Dome twice, before tagging with Dangerous Tekkers partner Taichi to capture IWGP Tag Team gold three times between 2020 and 2022.

Yet ZSJ was still dangerous and brutal as a singles competitor. The 2022 New Japan Cup saw Sabre surge to victory, and the Briton only just fell short to Kazuchika Okada later in the spring as they battled for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Hungry for his first singles NJPW title, he was crowned the first NJPW World TV Champion at Wrestle Kingdom 17, joining TMDK as the group’s new ‘frontman’ immediately afterward.

ZSJ was a fighting champion, and within a nine month span, had become the winngest champion of the modern era in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Seeking to reach 20 defences before 2023 was through, he also entertained other plans- though he came up short in a battle of the best technical wrestlers with Bryan Danielson at AEW’s Wrestle Dream, he reset his sights on the Best of British match with Will Ospreay at Royal Quest III over the IWGP UK Championship

FINISH HOLD

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    Orienteering With Napalm Death

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    Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This Shall Be Better Than The Last; The Iexorable March Of Progress Shall Lead Us All To Happiness

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