History Wrestling / ZackGibson

Jack Rea (born August 8, 1990 at Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish former UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball player turned {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and wrestling trainer who is signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}} (more specifically, the [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT UK]] brand) and also competes in Wrestling/PROGRESSWrestling. He was trained by Alex Shane and Andy Baker.

He was signed to the WWE in 2018 and debuted at the ''WWE UK Championship Tournament'', which he won, granting him a championship shot against the WWE UK champion [[Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle Pete Dunne]]. As part of NXT UK, he's 1x NXT UK Tag Team Champion with James Drake.

You can find more info about him on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Gibson That Other Wiki]], [[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=9976 Cagematch]] and [[https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=7215 WrestlingData]].

* PhraseCatcher: "Shoes off if you hate Gibson."

Outside of wrestling he has his own promotion, called ''Infinite Promotions''.

* AscendedMeme: Being from Liverpool[[note]]Which is heavily stereotyped as being entirely made of thieves[[/note]] he usually gets "Where's my car stereo?" chanted at him in ''PROGRESS''. At ''Chapter 35'', he actually brought a car stereo out from under the ring to use as a weapon.

* BitingTheHandHumor: To an extent, at ''Defiant #5'' he takes some potshots towards ''WebVideo/WhatCultureWrestling'', the channel which gave birth to WCPW, now Defiant. [[spoiler:Afterwards, he reveals himself as part of IPW]].
* TheBusCameBack: In ''PROGRESS'', he didn't have any appearances between Chapters 1 and 12.

* CheapHeat: A master of these. Being from Liverpool, and with ''PROGRESS'' mainly doing shows in London, his gimmick is that he's [[AuthorAppeal a Liverpool FC fan]], and he's [[FandomRivalry a huge heat magnet because of it]]. It comes across as him being a ForeignWrestlingHeel despite living and being born in the same country the promotion is active in. Then there's the constant [[TakeThatAudience lecturings]] to the [[SmartMark "smart fans"]] such as the one he did at ''Defiant #10''.[[invoked]]

** In ''FSW'' he was part of Team GB with Sam Bailey, Zack Attack with Jack Lightning, and Carnival Krew with The [=JokeRico=].

--> ''"I'm looking 'round the room and I'm seeing a lot of Wrestling/BulletClub tops. A lot of Bullet Club tops from a room full of people who are absolutely blaggin' that they watch ''Wrestling/{{New Japan|ProWrestling}}''. Absolutely blaggin that you subscribe to New Japan. There are only two subscriptions on your bank statements: the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWE Network]] and [[TheInternetIsForPorn Pornhub Premium]]. ([[CheapHeat *heat*]]) Don't laugh, don't patronize me. Listen! Just because after every match you send your 5-star ratings to [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Big Dave]]... it does not make you smart. Just because when this div here is doing his intros you shout 'One Fall!'... it does not make you smart. What it makes you... is a large collection of absolutely bellends. [[SmartMark You.]] [[ThisLoserIsYou You are the problem with wrestling.]] You are the ones pushing this great industry further, and further, [[PanderingToTheBase into a niche market.]] And I, [[RedBaron Liverpool's Number One]], Zack Gibson, am the one who is going to take it back to the mainstream, where we belong!"''

* WrestlingMonster: Was built as a heelish one in ''Defiant Wrestling'' after the promotion's name change. He even defeated future Defiant champion Rampage, but the streak came to an end at the qualifiers for the Magnificent Seven briefcase with Primate squashing him.

->'''[[IncomingHam I AM ZACK GIBSON! LIVERPOOL'S NUMBER ONE! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON TO BE RECOGNIZED AS TVTROPES WIKI'S NUMBER ONE! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE UK'S NUMBER ONE! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE!]]'''

Jack Rea (born August 8, 1990 at Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish former UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball player turned ProfessionalWrestling {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and wrestling trainer who is signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}} (more specifically, the [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT UK]] brand) and also competes in Wrestling/PROGRESSWrestling. He was trained by Alex Shane and Andy Baker.

'''[[IncomingHam I AM ZACK GIBSON! LIVERPOOL'S NUMBER ONE! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON TO BE RECOGNIZED AS TVTROPES WIKI'S NUMBER ONE! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE UK'S NUMBER ONE! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE!]]'''

'''Jack Rea''' (born August 8, 1990 at Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{England}} british]] [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball former football player]] turned [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] and wrestling trainer who is signed to ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' (more specifically, the [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT UK]] brand) and also competes in ''Wrestling/PROGRESSWrestling''. He was trained by Alex Shane and Andy Baker.

He also competed in other promotions such as ''[=FutureShock=] Wrestling'' (where he debuted in 2009 as Zack Diamond), ''Preston City Wrestling'', ''Insane Championship Wrestling'', ''IPW: UK'' and ''Wrestling/DefiantWrestling''. He's 2x FSW Champion, 2x GPW British champion, 1x GPW Heavyweight champion, 1x NGW tag Team champion, 1x PWI:BWP World Catchweight champion and 2x PROGRESS Tag Team champion with James Drake.

He was signed to the WWE in 2018 and debuted at the ''WWE UK Championship Tournament'', which he won, granting him a championship shot against the WWE UK champion [[Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle Pete Dunne]]. As part of ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT UK]]'', he's 1x NXT UK Tag Team Champion with James Drake.

** His involvement with [[spoiler:the IPW invaders]] at ''Defiant Wrestling'' wasn't fully explored and he moved on to a feud against Rampage Brown.

--> ''"I'm looking 'round the room and I'm seeing a lot of Wrestling/BulletClub tops. A lot of Bullet Club tops from a room full of people who are absolutely blaggin' that they watch ''Wrestling/{{New Japan|ProWrestling}}''. Absolutely blaggin that you subscribe to New Japan. There are only two subscriptions on your bank statemets: the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWE Network]] and [[TheInternetIsForPorn Pornhub Premium]]. ([[CheapHeat *heat*]]) Don't laugh, don't patronize me. Listen! Just because after every match you send your 5-star ratings to [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Big Dave]]... it does not make you smart. Just because when this div here is doing his intros you shout 'One Fall!'... it does not make you smart. What it makes you... is a large collection of absolutely bellends. [[SmartMark You.]] [[ThisLoserIsYou You are the problem with wrestling.]] You are the ones pushing this great industry further, and further, [[PanderingToTheBase into a niche market.]] And I, [[RedBaron Liverpool's Number One]], Zack Gibson, am the one who is going to take it back to the mainstream, where we belong!"''

'''[[IncomingHam I AM ZACK GIBSON! LIVERPOOL'S NUMBER ONE! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON TO BE RECOGNIZED AS TVTROPES WIKI'S NUMBER ONE! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE UK'S NUMBER ONE! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE WEHRLD'S NUMBER ONE!]]'''

You can find more info about him on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Gibson That Other Wiki]], [[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=9976 his Cagematch profile]] and [[https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=7215 his WrestlingData profile]].

* CheapHeat: A master of these. See TakeThatAudience below for an example.
** Being from Liverpool, and with ''PROGRESS'' mainly doing shows in London, his gimmick is that he's [[AuthorAppeal a Liverpool FC fan]], and he's [[FandomRivalry a huge heat magnet because of it]]. It comes across as him being a ForeignWrestlingHeel despite living and being born in the same country the promotion is active in. [[invoked]]

** The Rapture, with Charlie Sterling and Sha Samuels.

'''Jack Rea''' (born August 8, 1990 at Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is a [[UsefulNotes/England british]] [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball former football player]] turned [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] and wrestling trainer who is signed to ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' (more specifically, the [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT UK]] brand) and also competes in ''Wrestling/PROGRESSWrestling''. He was trained by Alex Shane and Andy Baker.

'''Jack Rea''' (born in 1990 at Liverpool, England) is a british [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball former football player]] turned [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] and wrestling trainer who is signed to ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' (more specifically, the [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT UK]] brand) and also competes in ''Wrestling/PROGRESSWrestling''.

** ''Defiant #9'' was originally going to be Team Gibson vs. Team Rampage, as in, Zack Gibson and his two best trainees against Rampage against his two best trainees. What happened instead? Gibson's trainees couldn't make it to the shoe, so he instead found proper replacements in the form of [[spoiler:former Prospect members Alex Gracie and Drake]].

* DefectorFromDecadence: Got tired of Defiant's mistreating, and their crowd. Hence, [[spoiler:he turned to IPW]].

* ShoutOut: His finishing moves are the [[Music/TheBeatles Helter Skelter]] (a cradled corkscrew brainbuster) and [[ Shankly Gates]] (a grounded wrist-lock).

He was signed to the WWE in 2018 and debuted at the ''WWE UK Championship Tournament'', which he won, granting him a championship shot against the WWE UK champion [[Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle Pete Dunne]].

* CrowdChant: "Where's my car stereo?", "Stand up/sit down if you hate Gibson", and occasionally "Sign on, with a pen in your hand".

** In ''PROGRESS'' he's part of the Grizzled Young Veterans in Wrestling/PROGRESSWrestling with James Drake and previously A.J. Anderson. The Gibson-Drake duo was also known as The Kings of Europe.
** Also Lad Banter with Bubblegum.

'''Jack Rea''' (born in 1993 at Liverpool, England) is a british [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball former football player]] turned [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] and wrestling trainer who is signed to ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' (more specifically, the [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT UK]] brand) and also competes in ''Wrestling/PROGRESSWrestling''.

* HateSink: As part of The Origin with Nathan Cruz, some of the main reasons being:
** Both Nathan Cruz and him being prone to long, annoying promos.
** Their theme is a mellow power ballad with a good minute of intro before they even come out. Depending on how many matches they're in and could win, it plays up to 4 times a show.
** Throughout their second tag title reign, they kept winning matches in increasingly frustrating ways, show after show.
** At ''Thunderbastard 2016'', he eliminated about 5 faces just by avoiding everyone and locking in his submission move when they were down.

He also competed in other promotions such as ''[=FutureShock=] Wrestling'' (where he debuted in 2009 as Zack Diamond), ''Preston City Wrestling'', ''Insane Championship Wrestling'', ''IPW: UK'' and ''Wrestling/DefiantWrestling''. He's 2x FSW Champion, 2x GPW British champion, 1x GPW Heavyweight champion, 1x NGW tag Team champion, 1x PWI:BWP World Catchweight champion and 1x PROGRESS Tag Team champion with James Drake.

** ''Defiant #9'' was originally going to be Team Gibson vs. Team Rampage, as in, Zack Gibson and his two best trainees against Rampage against his two best trainees. What happened instead? Gibson's trainees couldn't make it to the shoe, so he instead found proper replacements in the form of former Prospect members [[spoiler:Alex Gracie and Drake]].

* DirtyCoward: At ''Defiant #9'' he was joined by former Prospect members Alex Gracie and Drake for his match against Team Rampage. [[spoiler:When he saw that his team was going to lose, he escaped and watched from the entrance how Drake was pinned]]. To add insult to injury, [[spoiler:if Team Gibson won the match, the fight at ''Defiant Chain Reaction'' was going to be a 3-on-1 handicap match]]. The result? [[spoiler:Team Gibson won, so the match at ''Defiant Chain Reaction'' is a straight 1-on-1 instead]].

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'''Jack Rea''' (born in 1993 at Liverpool, England) is a british [[AssociationFootball former football player]] turned [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] and wrestling trainer who is signed to ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' (more specifically, the [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT UK]] brand) and also competes in ''Wrestling/PROGRESSWrestling''.

* RealSongThemeTune: He used Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Turn the Page" at certain promotions.

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