It's technical wrestler versus technical wrestler in this match between American Timothy Thatcher and Frenchman Tristan Archer. All photos by Richard Strickland.
That's what I thought, until I fact checked : Timothy Moura, better known by the ring name Timothy Thatcher, is an American professional wrestler. Standing 6'3" and 16 stone, Tim Moura started his wrestling career in 2006 after training at Sacramento's Supreme Pro Wrestling Training Academy. The son of a Portuguese immigrant father and a British immigrant mother, Moura made his first trip to the UK in 2007, spending three months working in England for All Star Wrestling and Premiere Promotions. He would return to England again for another tour in 2008. Now competing primarily throughout California and Nevada, Moura has continued to make a name for himself across the western United States. Influenced by Japan's legendary UWFI promotion as well as the famed British World of Sport, Thatcher has developed a unique style that combines mat-based British wrestling with a Japanese style focus on holds and submissions. Currently training in catch-as-catch-can wrestling at the Sacramento Grapplers Toe Hold Club, Tim Moura now brings his diverse set of in-ring skills to the cast of the WRESTLING REVOLUTION PROJECT.
Thatcher is from the UK.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought, until I fact checked : Timothy Moura, better known by the ring name Timothy Thatcher, is an American professional wrestler. Standing 6'3" and 16 stone, Tim Moura started his wrestling career in 2006 after training at Sacramento's Supreme Pro Wrestling Training Academy. The son of a Portuguese immigrant father and a British immigrant mother, Moura made his first trip to the UK in 2007, spending three months working in England for All Star Wrestling and Premiere Promotions. He would return to England again for another tour in 2008. Now competing primarily throughout California and Nevada, Moura has continued to make a name for himself across the western United States. Influenced by Japan's legendary UWFI promotion as well as the famed British World of Sport, Thatcher has developed a unique style that combines mat-based British wrestling with a Japanese style focus on holds and submissions. Currently training in catch-as-catch-can wrestling at the Sacramento Grapplers Toe Hold Club, Tim Moura now brings his diverse set of in-ring skills to the cast of the WRESTLING REVOLUTION PROJECT.
DeleteWow great research Bruno! I knew he was American but didn't know he actually had British origins
DeleteMan I would kill to see this match :(. I hope Thatcher really put some hot stretches on Tristan
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