Bull Fraser (RLS CAS)

Ryan Fraser (born 4th April 1992 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish professional wrestler best known for a run in UNION Wrestling, where he performed under the name Bull Fraser.
He is most famous outside of UNION Wrestling for two stints under his real name in Fife Wrestling Kingdom from 2014 to 2017 and 2018 onwards, where he has held the King Championship five times.
== Career ==
=== Training & Beginnings, Rise at FWK (2007-2016) ===
Fraser began training at the age of fifteen in July 2007, something he says may have saved him from less reputable pastimes, at a gym near to his home in Gretna. He soon came to the attention of Cameron Spiers, the future booker of Fife Wrestling Kingdom, who was responsible for much of Fraser's later training and early bookings.
From 2011 to 2013, Fraser would work security for FWK while honing his skills and preparing to debut, which he did in January 2014 as a heel. He began styling himself as "HellFraser1", a gimmick that saw him brutalise opponents and get into loud arguments with plants in the crowd. He would wrestle his last match for the Kingdom in December 2016, dropping the King Championship to Big Barton in a Cage Match at Kingdom Come III in Kirkcaldy.
=== PWU/Union Wrestling (2016-2018) ===
Fraser would wrestle a try-out match for the then-PWU branded promotion before Hardcore Brawl 2016 began streaming, in a winning effort against Matsuda while using his real name and the generic "Spear" name for his finisher. The match, as well as the scouting done on Fraser prior to it, was enough to persuade them to give the Scot a contract.
It was intended that Fraser, under the guise of a "Mystery Attacker" harassing first Ravi Rafik and then his rival Wroe, would debut almost immediately after PWU Money In The Bank 2017, however this was severely complicated by the rebrand and the now-UNION Wrestling branded promotion's ban from debuting new talent until October. UW appealed to the arbitration panel overseeing the rebranding, citing the fact that the Mystery Attacker had already appeared on Live From The Union prior to the ruling, and that he was always intended to be the character and wasn't breaching the debuting rule by unmasking and revealing his identity. Eddie Hamer later stated that he was unsure that would be taken seriously, and was delighted when Fraser was eventually given the green light2.
This delay, however, significantly hurt the angle, with a large and noticeable gap between the Mystery Attacker's initial beat down of Rafik and his eventual beating of Wroe and Rafik in the weeks leading up to Open Challenge 2017, at which he defeated both men in a Handicap Match to restore some of the spark to his push.3 On the Live From The Union following this event, he- somewhat ironically- answered Sinyster's open challenge and ended it in a No Contest by rendering him near-unconscious.
He'd win the Inter Championship at Heavy Metal 2017 from Mayhem, despite him having Ace in his corner, beginning what was intended to a long and dominant reign. He defend the title, rebranded the Internet Championship, for the first time on the debut of second season show UNION Unleashed, defeating Ravi Rafik. Rafik would complain of Fraser's stiff style following the match, something echoed by Andy Fortis when he faced him a few weeks later, which led to Fortis taking the title from him- contrary to original plans- at Uneasy Alliance 2017.
This would lead to several sources within the promotion confirming to various sources, including Squared Circle Insider, in the following weeks that Fraser was "rude and unapproachable" backstage, bitter at having the title take away and unable to understand that he was exacerbating the issues. Eddie Hamer would later opine that Fraser was used to being a star in FKW, very much a big fish in a little pond, something that he couldn't adapt out of when coming to the bigger UNION4.
He was suspended, initially for two weeks, in December 2017 for no-showing an episode of LIVE, with GM Rob Neale stating he'd be back "in the new year". He did return, and wrestle a few more matches, but would leave UNION Wrestling in 2018, released due to what the company called "persistent attitude clashes", though Fraser contended that the loss of Mikey Ace as his only backstage ally in the company was the real reason5.
=== Indy scene (2018-present) ===
Fraser would return to FKW following his release from UNION Wrestling, winning the King Championship in 2020 before COVID closed the promotion's doors temporarily. He'd return when the shows began again, still holding the title, in July 2021.6
== In-Wrestling ==
=== Signature Moves ===
Avalanche Landslide
Flip Sideway Flapjack
Bodyslam Throw (2014-2016, used as a regular move fairly regularly in UNION Wrestling)
=== Finishing Moves ===
Hellraiser (formerly known as the Bulldozer in UW) (Spear)
Helldriver (Jumping Tombstone Piledriver)
=== Nicknames ===
"HellFraser" (in FWK)
The Raging Bull o' The Union (UNION Wrestling)
== Accomplishments ==
2x FWK Prince Champion
5x FWK King Champion
== Trivia ==
* Fraser has the distinction of being the first person to win the pre-Live Event Dark Match in the WWE Era, making him "the first" in most in-universe narrative as much of the pre-streaming storylines- particularly those with little impact- are seemingly now not considered "canon".7
* Fraser was, at one point, aboard a train back to Scotland having handed his notice in to Eddie Hamer, citing the delay in his debut and the farcical state of his "Mystery Attacker" angle as reasons for just wanting to go back to FWK. It was Ace, apparently, who managed to talk him round, and persuade him to give it a chance to settle.8
==Behind-the-Scenes/Notes==
#The HellFraser gimmick was a pretty horrific one, with him trussed up like Pinhead from the Hellraiser franchise.
#The issues were actually based around something in the attire/appearance options on the CAW causes crashes and glitches. A patch seemingly fixed them, though oddly from what I recall it wasn't straight away.
#The whole situation made me think his push wouldn't work, but at the time I figured I'd press ahead. It never truly worked, for me, though, given the delay, which led to the CAW being one I earmarked back then to phase out.
#And this was all the narrative embellishment to make his eventual exit as logical in-universe as possible.
#My own move away from UNION when the PS4 gave up the ghost made this largely redundant, so his actual leaving was eventually a retcon added when sorting out the canon/non-canon details for a potential UNION return in 2K22.
#I consider him "happy" in FKW, and one of the least likely faces to ever rock back up in UNION.
#This is, itself, now possibly non-canon, as I don't know if I'll be referencing the WWE "partnership" in any UNION reboot.
#Narrative fluff to flesh out the character.
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