Scott Future Bio & History So Far...

In 1998 – after a year of training (the training school was an 8 hour round trip!), Scott made his pro wrestling debut for Hammerlock Wrestling in Folkstone, Kent, under his real name, in an over the top battle royal. The following evening he made his singles debut as Scott Future (a name he came up with himself) in a gauntlet match against now former NWA heavyweight champion Gary Steele.  Between 1998 and 2001 Scott continued to wrestle regularly for Hammerlock Wrestling.  He received great guidance from Andre Baker, Justin Richards, Alex Shane, John Ryan and Doug Williams. He also wrestled 3 dark matches for Meridian Television on Hammerlock’s Transatlantic Wrestling Challenge series. (Scott was seen in a promotional vignette with Chris Champion on TV.)

In 2000 Scott sent footage to Bruce Hart who was revamping Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Canada.  Scott was invited to stay on the famous Hart property where he met Stu Hart and even trained a session in the legendary ‘Dungeon’. (He was the first Englishman/ European to be invited to Calgary in many years). He was also privileged to receive training at BJ’s gym in Calgary (where legends such as Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior have trained) with Teddy Hart, but decided not to stay in Calgary due to visa limitations and an ongoing degree at University. During his stay Scott received precious advice from Stu Hart and Teddy Hart, both of whom told him he had the potential to go further in wrestling.

After some success with Hammerlock Wrestling, most notably winning a number of over the top rope battle royal matches, Scott felt he wanted to pursue other invitations to wrestle, having paid his dues for a number of years. Unfortunately Hammerlock operated an agreement where wrestlers could not work for other promotions and so he focused his energies into becoming a loyal member of the promotion. Scott enjoyed many roles within Hammerlock on the road to becoming a regular wrestler including referee, lighting and sound technician, and also played chaperone to some of the bigger stars who were new in town. Hammerlock instilled in him the 'old school' values: history, tradition, and respect that wrestling deserves to be recognised for. It was during this time that Scott met Chris “Tatanka” Chavis, who Scott credits with being one of his early mentors in the wrestling business, teaching him about faith, professionalism and how to behave correctly in the wrestling industry.

Scott stayed on with Hammerlock until mid 2001. Eager to progress he finally jumped ship to the then promising “WrestleXpress” venture in the hope of wrestling more frequently and gaining further experience.  Scott had sent his wrestling footage to the owner, Ryan Hewson, who was impressed with his in ring enthusiasm and energy, and invited him to London where the two hit it off. Scott was offered a role as a wrestler on the first UK show set for October 2001 in Coventry. Scott travelled with the WrestleXpress crew for a match in Iowa, USA where he wrestled and defeated former WCW cruiserweight champion Lenny Lane, but disorganisation within the company management began to creep in before the first UK show in Coventry.

Despite Hewson’s drive and ambition his promotion never fully got off the ground and the nail in the groups’ coffin was hammered in when the TV channel that WrestleXpress had a PPV deal with went out of business amidts in-fighting between the financial backers. It must be noted that this was a significant time for Scott, during the launch of WrestleXpress, he was given publicity on an international level and is very appreciative of his short time there.  He signed a 2 year, full time, exclusive contract just days before the closure was announced. 

Other talent approached by WrestleXpress included WWE Hall of Fame inductee, Jimmy “The Mouth of the South” Hart, and WCW executive and talent – Sonny Onoo.  Scott credits both men with teaching him a lot about the wrestling business during their many hours on the road both in London and in the USA.  Jimmy Hart was commissioned to produce an entrance theme tune for Scott which he managed to complete.  Jimmy, Scott and Sonny also filmed a promotional TV advertisement in London that was never aired.  After the video was shot, Scott was honoured to receive a compliment from the great Jimmy Hart who told him he did well on camera.

But during this time Scott was also saddled by WrestleXpress management with a new wrestling name that he was not sorry to leave behind – they named him “Mr William” (a character inspired by Prince William and not William Regal as was understandably thought by many). Scott’s one and only match as “Mr William” was against Lenny Lane in the USA.

When an agent from Texas approached Scott in early 2002, "Scott Future" made his in-ring return on his birthday (February 8th) in Houston against WWE star Chris “Harvard” Nowinski for 'Warriors of Wrestling'. The following night he appeared on a show alongside other wrestlers such as Rey Mysterio Jr, Konnan and Buff Bagwell for the Elite Wrestling Federation where he beat Fast Eddie in a fast paced and critically acclaimed match in front of 1,000 people at Sam Houston’s Race Park.

Racking up the air miles, Scott also flew to Dublin, Ireland in 2002 - where he showed his reliability and professionalism, wrestling on the 2 opening shows of 'Irish Whip Wrestling' in 1 day with a temporarily trapped nerve.

100% Fit and ready to go, Scott made a surprise debut in 2003 for Revolution British Wrestling in Nottingham where he was a replacement opponent for British wrestling legend, Johnny Kidd. Johnny won the 2 out of 3 falls contest 2-1 but following the match Kidd made an unscheduled speech in front of the wrestling fans in attendance, telling them that Scott Future was an apt name for someone with a bright future such as Scott. Scott has always been very thankful to Johnny for that. On the back of his classic 'old school' technical match with Johnny Kidd, Revolution British Wrestling launched a wrestling school, with Scott at the helm.  The classes were run from the sports centre at Nott's County Football Stadium on Meadow Lane and the school has changed hands many times since then, but still runs successfully to this day.

Scott was head trainer at the school for approximately a year where he had a chance to train and influence many of today’s wrestling stars.  Scott created a popular school which saw member numbers increase for RBW on a weekly basis. He also became the youngest ever RBW Mid Heavyweight Champion, a title he lost to Blondie Barratt controversially - he was stripped of the title and never pinned after accidentally hitting the referee when Blondie pulled him into Scott’s path.

Between 2003 and 2005 Scott contunued to make an impact on the British wrestling scene, grappling in main events for RBW, UWL, NCW, BRAWL and others.

In November 2005 Scott was granted an in ring WWE tryout, overseen by Kurt Angle, Shelton Benjamin, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and Dave “Fit Finlay”.  He and a handful of other wrestlers were picked from a selection of thousands for the tryout which took place at the Manchester Evening News Arena. Scott had a promising tryout and was given credit for his ability to talk on the microphone, and his level of charisma, and promised to keep in touch and to continue to gain wrestling experience.  The door was now open and Scott was recognised as a top contender by people he had great respect and admiration for.
 
Between 2006 and 2008 Scott gained further experience wrestling in main events for many promotions before landing in CWC, in Southampton, where he became a regular – becoming the CWC All Counties Champion and defending against legends such as John Ritchie and Brett Summers.  Scott was also profiled by LA Muscle on a DVD that was distributed on the cover of Muscle and Fitness Magazine. In 2009 Scott continued to train but took time out of the ring to spend time with his wife and newly born baby daughter – returning to action in 2010 in the best shape of his career so far wrestling many matches for 'Rough & Ready' racing at the world famous Santa Pod Race track infront of thousands.