Neil Faith

Neil Faith
Neil Andrew Horsfall (born 29 April 1981), better known by the ring name Neil Faith, is an English professional wrestler.
Early life
Faith was born in Colchester, Essex. He was raised in London and Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. He also attended the Thomas Adams School in Wem, Shropshire. He played football and rugby in high school. He studied kickboxing and was also a submission wrestler, competing in numerous shoot wrestling tournaments.
Professional wrestling career
In April 1999, Faith started training for professional wrestling in England at the Hammerlock Wrestling Academy. After leaving the Hammerlock Wrestling Academy he traveled to Florida to wrestle for BANG TV on Fox, Then in January 2002 he moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to train with the Hart family.
Faith made his Stampede Wrestling debut in 02.22.2002 beating "Highlander" Rob Roy with a spinning tombstone piledriver. He then went on to team with fellow British wrestler Rick Vain to feud with Bruce and Teddy Hart in tag team matches. After departing from Stampede Wrestling in April 2002, he traveled to Japan to train in the New Japan Dojo in Tokyo.
Faith returned to Europe where he wrestled on independent wrestling shows. In 2002 he wrestled P. N. News in Dublin, Ireland at the national basketball arena. In 2002 he continued to wrestle all over Europe where he filmed a documentary called Ultimate Warriors on The Bravo Channel and appeared regularly on The Wrestling Channel on SKY TV.
Faith returned to Florida to wrestle for Dory Funk Jr.'s BANG TV show on Fox and Throwdown on The Brighthouse network.
After leaving BANG TV He returned again to Europe where he Worked tours for NWA - UK and made it to the Semi-Finals of The NWA-UK 2003 King of the Ring tournament.
From 2003 to 2004, he wrestled all over Europe, In countries such as Germany, Ireland, Russia, Holland, Scotland, Wales and England. He wrestled his last match in Europe on 05.02.2005 appearing for Revolution British Wrestling in London.
In June 2005, he permanently moved to the United States where he began working for Southern Championship Wrestling and World Xtreme Wrestling's Rage TV, which airs on the brighthouse network in Central Florida and is owned and operated by WWE Hall of Famer Afa the Wild Samoan.
In October 2008, Faith had several WWE tryouts in Tampa, Florida. At Vintage Wrestling's first show, "Ignition", held in 2009 in Sanford, Florida, he wrestled in the main event against Jake "The Snake" Roberts. In December 2009, he started a tag team with Adam Windsor called European Union. Quickly after joining WXW they defeated tag team champions Hatchet City All-Stars to become the WXW Tag Team Champions.
As of July 2010, The European Union are regularly listed in the top 5 Tag Teams in the state of Florida in polls ran by wrestling911.com and marcuspitts.com, they are also currently listed in the top 5 tag teams for NWA Florida/NWA Fusion as well. In 2010, Faith was also ranked #4 in the top 50 wrestlers in Florida poll by www.marcuspitt.com and www.wrestling911.com. He was also rated #8 in the top ten most hated wrestlers in Florida list in January 2011.
On 11 September 2010. The European Union defeated Los Ben Dejo's for the Vintage Wrestling Tag Team titles in a 2 out of 3 falls match. Faith was also listed as a trainer at the Hard Knocks Wrestling Academy in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Personal life
Faith married his current wife in 2005. They have two children.
Championships and accomplishments
!Bang!
BANG International Championship (1 time)
BANG TV European Championship (1 time)
BANG TV Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Adam Windsor
Dynamite Championship Wrestling
DCW Heavyweight Championship
First Class Championship Wrestling
FCCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Main Event Championship Wrestling
MECW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Vintage Wrestling
Vintage Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Adam Windsor
World Xtreme Wrestling
WXW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Adam Windsor
Other titles
SWF Tag Team Championship - with Adam Windsor
Filmography
References
External links
Neil Faith on Instagram- His Instagram profile
The Horsfall Team- His Real Estate Company
Neil Faith on Twitter- His Twitter profile
Neil Faith's Facebook Page- His Facebook page
German Website with Match Information on Neil Faith
Vintage Wrestlings Spotlight on Neil Faith
cagematch.net profile on Neil Faith
Online World Of Wrestling Profile on Neil Faith
1Wrestling.com Article "the Great Britons" (Paragraph 30)
Official European Union YouTube Site
1981 births
Living people
21st-century professional wrestlers
English male professional wrestlers
People from Burnham-on-Crouch