Martin Stone Martyn Harris ( December 31 , 1981 ) , better known by his ring name Martin Stone , is a British professional wrestler . He best known for this time in WWE , where he was working in their developmental territory NXT Wrestling under the name Danny Burch . Harris is best known for wrestling under Frontier Wrestling Alliance ( FWA ) , ( IPW : UK ) , Real Quality Wrestling ( RQW ) and various other promotions throughout the United Kingdom , including All Star Wrestling . Professional wrestling career . European competition ( 2003 - 2012 ) . Harris trained in the FWA Academy and Dropkixx Academy in 2003 / 04 ; competing under the ring name Joe Riot in various shows , including a match for All Star Wrestling in Croydon in Summer 2003 ; making his first appearance at FWA : A ' s " Revenge - Chapter IV " in losing effort to Leroy Kincaide on November 29 , 2003 in Portsmouth . Harris made his first main roster appearance under the name Martin Stone on September 4 , 2004 , in a losing effort to Jack Xavier at a " Live in Morecambe " show . Stone would soon be paired with fellow FWA : A trainee Stixx and manager " Twisted Genius " Dean Ayass to form the tag team Stixx and Stone . While still in the FWA , Stone traveled all over the United Kingdom , competing in several other promotions including : IPW : UK , One Pro Wrestling , LDN Wrestling , and Real Quality Wrestling . Stone won several top titles in these promotions the most notable of which would be his 15 - month title reign as . Back in the FWA , Stixx and Stone would quickly capture the FWA Tag Team Championship s from the team of Hampton Court ( Duke of Danger and Simmons ) on June 18 , 2005 at " FWA NOAH Limits " . Stone would be stripped of the title 16 months later after being unable to make a mandatory title defence on November 19 , 2006 due to commitments with IPW : UK . The tag title strip happened at the height of FWA ' s " Civil War " with IPW : UK , which would quickly see then - IPW : UK champion Stone officially leave FWA to stay on the side of IPW : UK . Stone would lead the war against the FWA and is in preparation to face semi - retired FWA star Alex Shane in a Promotion v Promotion – Winner Takes All Match at Broxbourne on March 16 , 2007 . This match however ended up taking place in Orpington several weeks later , with Flash Barker replacing an injured Alex Shane . In late April 2007 , Stone represented Real Quality Wrestling in the prestigious King of Europe Cup where he was defeated by Go Shiozaki in the first round . During this time Stone would compete in and win an RQW tournament at " Not Just For Christmas " to become RQW ' s Heavyweight Champion . Stone defeated Iceman and Aviv Maayan in the first two rounds before defeating PAC in the final to win the vacant championship . In September 2007 , Stone began to compete regularly for the German promotion westside Xtreme wrestling . On July 26 , 2008 , Stone won the wXw Tag Team Championship alongside Doug Williams when the pair beat AbLas ( Absolute Andy and Steve Douglas ) at wXw Broken Rulz VIII in Oberhausen . In February 2008 , Stone competed Chikara ' s King of Trios tournament in Philadelphia , United States , teaming with The Kartel as Team IPW : UK , but were defeated in the second round of the tournament by the Golden Trio ( Delirious , Hallowicked and Helios ) . On 28 August 2008 , Stone defeated Eamon O ' Neill and James Tighe to win the Premier Promotions Worthing Trophy . On 13 February 2010 at the British Uproar event in Broxbourne , Martin Stone defeated Andy Simmonz in the tournament finals to become the first FWA World Heavyweight Champion . In a speech after the match he turned against the fans and claimed that he was only using British wrestling as a stepping stone to a big - money contract in the US . A month later he became the leader of " The Agenda " , a faction of FWA wrestlers with aims along the same lines . On 14 March 2010 at PW101 Unstoppable at The Hubs in Sheffield . Martin Stone defeated 11 other men in the 101 Championship Rush match last defeating Martin Kirby to become Pro Wrestling 101 ' s first and only Heavyweight Champion . WWE . NXT ( 2011 – 2014 ) . In late 2011 , Harris signed with WWE and reported to its developmental territory in June 2012 . He was given the ring name Danny Burch , and he made his televised debut for NXT Wrestling on 15 May 2013 , episode of " NXT " with a loss to Bray Wyatt . From then on , Burch was used sporadically as enhancement talent until it was reported on 30 April 2014 that he was released by WWE . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2014 – 2015 ) . In 2014 Harris , under his Martin Stone name , appeared on the second season of " TNA British Boot Camp " . On 16 February 2015 Harris competed at the TNA One Night Only : " Gut Check " , where he defeated Jessie Godderz to qualify for the final match later that night . He then competed in a five - way elimination match where the winner of that match would earn an appearance on the next episode of " Impact Wrestling " , though he was unsuccessful as the match was won by Tevita Fifita . Return to WWE ( 2015 – present ) . On July 16 , 2015 , though not re - signed to WWE , Stone made an appearance on an " NXT " television taping , where he lost to Kevin Owens . He made a second appearance on the August 13 , 2015 taping of " NXT " , where he lost to Apollo Crews . He made a third appearance on 16 September , where he was referred to as his old " NXT " name Danny Burch , losing to Tye Dillinger . He made a fourth appearance on the October 21 , 2015 taping of " NXT " , where he lost to James Storm . Burch made a further appearance on " NXT " on January 13 , 2016 in a losing effort against Tommaso Ciampa . He again faced Ciampa and Johnny Gargano , teaming up with Rob Ryzin on the May 18 taping of NXT , losing again . On September 14 , 2016 , during the Cruiserweight Classic Finale he teamed up with Sean Maluta and lost to The Bollywood Boyz , Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra , in a dark match . On January 6 , 2017 , it was announced by WWE that Burch will be a participant in the 16 man WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament . Burch was eliminated in the first round by Jordan Devlin .