Will Ferrara
Will Ferrara | |
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Birth name | Will Ferrara |
Born |
[1] Queens, New York City, New York, United States[2] | June 30, 1991
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Will Ferrara[3] Spartan[2] |
Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] |
Billed weight | 178 lb (81 kg)[1] |
Trained by |
Johnny Rodz[2] Tazz[2] |
Debut | July 1, 2006[2][4] |
Will Ferrara is an American professional wrestler, formerly known on the indy by his ring name Spartan. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH). He also works as an assistant trainer at the ROH Dojo.[5]
Professional wrestling career
Ring of Honor (2013-present)
He made his debut in Ring of Honor on a dark match on September 6, teaming with Cheeseburger and Nick Merriman and winning his match against Aaron Solo, Mike Dean & Travis Banks. He competited for the first time on pay per view at Glory by Honor XII on October 26 against The Romantic Touch on a losing effort. Then he started to wrestle with Bill Daly, forming Team Benchmark. Their first tag team match occurred on February 22 and lost against War Machine (Hanson & Ray Rowe). They lost on April 18 at Future of Honor against The Briscoe Brothers. On September 29, he eliminated Jay Lethal during a battle royal. This allowed to him to face Lethal later at the night for the ROH World Television Championship but he failed. On November 7, he lost his qualifying match for the 2015 Survival of the Fittest tournament against Tommaso Ciampa.
In January 2015, he participated at the 2015 edition of Top Prospect Tournament, where he beat J.Diesel and Beer City Bruiser before losing against Donovan Dijak on the finals. On June 20, he competed and won his match against Silas Young after a distraction of Dalton Castle but lost his grudge match at Death Before Dishonor XIII. On October 24, Ferrara got defeated by Adam Cole at the Glory By Honor XIV
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Eyes Wide Shut (Single knee facebreaker)[6]
- Signature moves
- Nickname
- "The Hype"[2]
- "Lil Willie"
- Entrance Theme
- "Go" by MDC (ROH)[8]
Championships and accomplishments
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Warriors of Wrestling
- WOW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with All-Star Lou (1) and Nero (1) [10]
References
- 1 2 3 "4 Corner Wrestling profile".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Cagematch profile".
- ↑ "Donovan Dijak". Ring of Honor. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Online World of Wrestling profile".
- ↑ Caldwell, James (July 14, 2016). "ROH re-opening wrestling school as "ROH Dojo"". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Ring Of Honor TV Report: Top Prospect Tourney kicks off".
- ↑ "Ring Of Honor TV Results: First Destination America Show, NJPW Talent Meets ROH Talent, Briscoes".
- ↑ "Entrance Theme Cagematch".
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2015". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- ↑ "WOW Tag Team Championship Cagematch".