Noam Dar Noam Dar ( 28 July 1993 ) is an Israeli - Scottish professional wrestler currently signed to WWE , where he performs on the Raw brand . He first competed for WWE in the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic . He has also competed for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) and its " British Boot Camp " series , PROGRESS Wrestling , Preston City Wrestling ( PCW ) , Insane Championship Wrestling ( ICW ) , Dragon Gate UK ( DGUK ) , Revolution Pro Wrestling ( RPW ) , Westside Xtreme Wrestling ( wXw ) , Global Force Wrestling ( GFW ) and Ring of Honor ( ROH ) . Dar is a former two time ICW Zero - G Champion and a former PCW Cruiserweight Champion , among other championships and accomplishments . Early life . Dar was born in Tel Aviv . He was raised in Ayr , where he resided until 2016 . Dar is also a fan of football and supports Rangers F . C . Professional wrestling career . Independent circuit ( 2008 – 2016 ) . Dar debuted on the British independent circuit at the age of 15 , working for Scottish promotions such as British Championship Wrestling and Premiere British Wrestling . Dar would get his first international experience wrestling in Spain for Dragon Gate ' s " European Invasion " and Zero1 Spain , with winning efforts over Colin McKaye and Sean South , respectively . On 1 May 2011 , Dar captured his first championship by becoming one half of the Premier British Wrestling ( PBW ) Tag Team Champions with Liam Thomson , holding the titles for over 11 months , with six title defenses , before losing them to the team of Lionheart & Wolfgang . Dar entered a tournament to become the One Pro Wrestling 1PW World Heavyweight Champion in February 2011 ; he was unsuccessful but later that year went on to become the final 1PW Openweight Champion , winning the vacant title in a four - way match with Marty Scurll , Kris Travis and Joey Hayes and successfully defending it against Bad Bones and Kid Kash at 1PW ' s final show . In October 2011 , Dar worked a dark match for Dragon Gate UK ' s " Yosuka vs Shingo 3 " event , in a winning effort against Daniel Robert . Dar finished 2011 with another trip overseas , scoring a win over MK McKinnan for Westside Xtreme Wrestling ( wXw ) , which qualified him to return in 2012 to compete in a series of matches at the wXw 16 Carat Gold 2012 shows . In 2011 , Dar began working higher profile matches , challenging multiple times for the BCW Heavyweight and Openweight Championships , albeit unsuccessfully and wrestling bigger name opponents such as Eddie Edwards for , and this continued into 2012 . For the Revolution Pro Wrestling promotion , Dar wrestled Jerry Lynn and challenged Prince Devitt for the RPW Cruiserweight Championship . Dar entered the SWE Speed King Championship tournament , qualifying for the finals with a win over Spud but failing to capture the championship . Dar competed unsuccessfully in two tournaments for IPW , losing to Sami Callihan in a Quarter Finals match for the IPW : UK Cruiserweight Championship and a first round loss to Zack Sabre Jr . in a tournament to crown the first British National Champion . In April 2012 , Dar began competing for Lionheart ' s Pro Wrestling Elite promotion , debuting with a win over Mark Haskins , before a loss to AJ Styles . Dar was entered into a tournament to crown a PWE World Heavyweight Champion , defeating El Ligero and Mikey Whiplash before losing to Andy Wild in the finals . Dar captured the PBW " King of Cruisers 2012 " crown in a six - way match to finish a successful year in the promotion . 2013 saw Dar return to Dragon Gate UK , working a series of matches against Yamato , Jimmy Susumu and Masaaki Mochizuki . RPW invited Dar back for a run of shows which saw him defeat Mark Andrews in his return , but lose contests to Michael Elgin and Marty Scurll . Dar ended 2013 by finally capturing the BCW Openweight Championship from Andy Wild , Dar would hold the championship for well over a year before losing it to Kenny Williams in April 2015 . Dar was granted a rematch for the title against Williams in a triple threat also involving Will Ospreay but Williams retained . Between 2014 and 2015 , Dar had a three match feud with Grado over the PWE World Heavyweight Championship , where Dar first scored a disqualification victory , in a subsequent rematch they wrestled to a no - contest before Grado was finally victorious in a third defense , ending their feud . During this period , Dar also scored a notable win over Christopher Daniels . In late 2015 , Dar debuted for Global Force Wrestling ( GFW ) , defeating Chris Ridgeway . As a result of winning PWE ' s " Elite Rumble " , Dar received another shot at the PWE World Heavyweight Championship . Dar succeeded in dethroning Iestyn Rees for the title on 23 July 2016 at PWE ' s " Five Year Anniversary : Dar Wars - The Final Episode " Show . Insane Championship Wrestling ( 2010 – 2016 ) . Dar debuted in Insane Championship Wrestling ( ICW ) with a win over The Highlander before winning a tournament to become the inaugural ICW Zero - G Champion . Dar held the title for 266 days ( the longest reign in the title ' s history ) before losing it to Lionheart . Dar won the championship back less than two months later to become the first two time ICW Zero - G Champion . Dar ' s second reign would last 252 days , where he was defeated by Andy Wilde . In 2012 , Dar would challenge unsuccessfully for both the ICW Tag Team Titles and ICW Heavyweight Championship . From 2013 to 2015 , Dar would continue his pursuit of championships in ICW , he challenged subsequent champions Mark Coffey , Wolfgang , Kenny Williams , and Stevie Boy unsuccessfully to regain the ICW Zero - G Championship and began teaming with Kenny Williams as Champagne Superbollocks to challenge Polo Promotions for the ICW Tag Team Championships on two occasions , one ( swiftly interrupted ) no - contest and one loss . However , following a Best of Five series with Joe Coffey where Dar was bested 3 - 2 and a lengthy feud with ICW authority figure Red Lightning , Dar would end 2015 on a high in ICW by defeating Joe Hendry in an ICW World Heavyweight Championship No . 1 Contender match and gaining a win over former two - time champion Drew Galloway . Dar remained prominent in ICW throughout 2016 , entering the 30 - man Square Go ! match and challenging for the Zero - G Championship in addition to wins over Doug Williams , Sha Samuels and Liam Thomson . Dar was in one of the three main - events of ICW ' s debut iPPV Shug ' s Hoose Party 3 teaming with Sha Samuels and Grado as " Team Mark Dallas " to defeat The Black Label ( Drew Galloway , Jack Jester and Wolfgang ) , thus restoring 50 % of ICW ownership to Mark Dallas . Due to signing with WWE , Dar ' s final ICW match was against Andy Wilde on September 11 , 2016 . Dar lost before giving a farewell speech and receiving an ovation from the crowd and ICW roster . Preston City Wrestling ( 2011 – 2016 ) . Dar debuted in Preston City Wrestling ( PCW ) in 2011 , fighting his way to finals of a tournament to crown the first PCW Heavyweight Champion before being bested by T - Bone . However , Dar would remain in title contention and in 2012 he became the inaugural PCW Cruiserweight Champion , holding the championship for 168 days before losing the title to Dave Rayne in 2013 . Dar bounced back into title contention by winning the 2013 " Road to Glory " tournament , with wins over CJ Banks , Brian Kendrick and Joey Hayes . The tournament win earned him another shot at the PCW Heavyweight Championship . Cashing in his title opportunity , he wrestled champion Doug Williams to a time - limit draw , before challenging later champion Lionheart in a losing effort . Dar rounded up 2013 with a loss to Doug Williams , a victory over Johnny Gargano and a Tag Team loss to both Williams and Lionheart where Dar was teamed with Uhaa Nation . Following the championship loss , Dar would remain a prominent figure in PCW in 2014 and 2015 , wrestling established names like Paul London , Steve Corino , Chris Hero , Tommaso Ciampa , John Morrison and Rob Van Dam . Dar had a violent three match feud with former WWE star Drew Galloway , which Dar won 2 : 1 . Due to a working relationship between PCW and Ring of Honor ( ROH ) , Dar has competed on a number of ROH / PCW " Supershows " , wrestling the likes of Cedric Alexander , Adam Cole , Roderick Strong , Bobby Fish and ACH - as well as challenging Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship . Dar entered the 2016 " Road to Glory " tournament , eliminating Timothy Thatcher and El Ligero but eliminated in the semi - finals by Drew Galloway . In March 2016 , Dar wrestled Jeff Jarrett in a losing effort for the PCW vs GFW " Global Conflict " show . Dar would begin a climb up the card following this loss , with wins over Phillip Michaels , John Morrison and PCW Heavyweight Champion Sha Samuels , in a match originally billed as a championship contest , reversed to a non - title match by GM Joanna Rose following his victory . Dar was a surprise addition to the main - event of " Tribute to the Troops 3 " iPPV on June 25 , 2016 , defeating Drew Galloway and Sha Samuels to win the PCW Heavyweight Championship . He retained the title twice in one night on August 6 , 2016 at the " Fifth Anniversary " iPPV , defeating Samuels in a rematch and " Road to Glory " 2016 winner and current PCW Tag Team Champion Rampage Brown , respectively . Dar again retained the PCW Heavyweight Championship on September 3 , 2016 , at PCW " Collision Course " . Progress Wrestling ( 2012 – 2015 ) . Dar competed at the first Progress Wrestling show in 2012 , entering a tournament to become the inaugural Progress Champion , he was unsuccessful in the tournament but then began a winning streak that would last the remainder of the year and continue into 2013 when he became the No . 1 Contender to Progress Championship with a win over Dave Mastiff , but Dar was unable to unseat El Ligero for the title . In 2014 , Dar entered and won the first Progress World Cup tournament ; representing Israel he defeated Darrell Allen ( Jamaica ) , Grado ( Scotland ) and Rampage Brown ( England ) . The tournament win earned him another shot at the Progress Championship against Jimmy Havoc . During the match , he made Havoc tap out but as the referee was knocked out at the time the decision didn ' t count and Havoc eventually won . In 2015 , at Chapter 18 Dar again challenged Havoc for the championship in a six - way elimination match . Dar eliminated Mastiff first , who then came back into the match and attacked Dar causing him to be eliminated too . He then entered the inaugural " Super Strong Style 16 " tournament but was eliminated in the first round by Dave Mastiff due to referee stoppage and a storyline injury . The two were due to meet at Chapter 20 , however travel issues prevented Mastiff from appearing and so Dar faced Pastor William Eaver and lost in what would become Dar ' s last Progress match . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2014 – 2015 ) . Noam Dar was a contestant on Season 2 of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s British Boot Camp which was televised nationally in the UK on Challenge TV . Dar advanced to the final six but the competition was eventually won by Mark Andrews . Dar worked a handful of matches for TNA in the UK and US , most notably a loss on Xplosion to former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries . As one of the final six , Dar accompanied TNA on their UK stadium tour where he was victorious in a pair of Tag Team matches and wrestled to a no - contest with Rampage Brown . WhatCulture Pro Wrestling ( 2016 ) . On 2 June 2016 , Dar was announced to be a part of WhatCulture Pro Wrestling roster . He wrestled his first match for the promotion against Rampage on the 4 July 2016 episode of WCPW Loaded , in which Dar had lost via pinfall . He faced Joseph Conners the next week in a winning effort . At WCPW Built To Destroy he faced off against Jay Lethal for the Ring Of Honor World Championship but was defeated via pinfall . On the August 8 , 2016 episode of WCPW Loaded , Dar faced off against Will Ospreay and El Ligero in a triple threat match . Will Ospreay emerged victorious after an OsCutter on Dar . On the 15 August episode of WCPW Loaded , Dar put his WCPW Career on the line against Doug Williams for a chance to face former WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes in October , and after a controversial finish Williams picked up the win , forcing Dar to leave WCPW . WWE . Cruiserweight division ( 2016 – present ) . On 31 March 2016 , Dar was announced as a participant in WWE ' s upcoming Global Cruiserweight Series tournament . On 1 May 2016 , Dar was victorious over Josh Bodom in a tournament Qualifier match held in London , England by RPW . The tournament , now renamed the " Cruiserweight Classic " , began on June 23 with Dar defeating Gurv Sihra in his first round match . On 14 July , Dar defeated Ho Ho Lun in his second round match . On 26 August , Dar was eliminated from the tournament in the quarterfinals by Zack Sabre Jr . During the Cruiserweight Classic finale , Dar teamed with Cedric Alexander in a losing effort against Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano . On the 22 August episode of " Raw " , Dar was announced as part of the upcoming cruiserweight division and had signed with WWE in the process . On the 7 November episode of " Raw " , Dar teamed with The Brian Kendrick in a losing effort against Rich Swann and Sin Cara on his main roster debut . On the 6 December episode of " WWE 205 Live " , Dar was victorious over Cedric Alexander . After the match , Dar cut a villainous promo dedicating his victory to Alexander ' s girlfriend , Alicia Fox , establishing himself as a heel in the process . Dar became determined to win Fox ' s love , attempting to seduce her two weeks later after his rematch with Alexander , which he lost . On January 10 , 2017 , Dar defeated Alexander after Fox interfered and confusingly protected Dar . Alexander then dumped Fox , and she became Dar ' s new girlfriend . At Fastlane 2017 kickoff , Dar teamed up with Brian Kendrick in a losing effort against Rich Swann and Akira Tozawa .