Thornton le Clay

Thornton le Clay is an English wrestler signed to British e-fed World Championship CAWs. He is a one time WCC World Championship winner.

## Career

Thornton made his debut at the 2019 Supercard, Genesis, appearing backstage. He next appeared on the fifth episode of World Championship CAWs addressing the audience as "plebs" and talking about his upbringing. He then claimed to have been the person who assaulted Austin Jones backstage at Genesis and wanted him to be his first opponent in WCC.

## Thornton le Clay

### Debut

Genesis 2019

On the following episode Austin Jones called le Clay out to the ring and challenged him to a match. Thornton balked at the idea and instead inserted his friend Barton Willows into the match with Jones. After the match le Clay attacked Jones from behind.

On episode seven le Clay again attacked Austin Jones after a match, this time however he was assisted by Barton Willows and the newly heel Percy Bolton.

At Something Halloween'y Thornton made his in ring debut against Austin Jones. During the match Bolton and Willows made their presence felt at ring side, attacking Jones while le Clay distracted the referee. The match continued but le Clay couldn't overcome his opponent, opting to take a DQ loss and attacked him with a steel chair. After the bell le Clay continued his assault and DDT'ed Jones on the hard ring side.

### Empire

On the following episode of World Championship CAWs Thornton approached World Champion Iestyn Roberts and offered him a position in the group that had now been named Empire. Iestyn took some time to reflect on the proposition but at the end of the show informed le Clay he wouldn't be joining. Le Clay, accompanied by Percy Bolton and Barton Willows came to the ring and, during the distraction Rattigan attacked Roberts from behind, ending the episode.

On the December 6th episode le Clay came to the ring, declaring the Empire would take Iestyn Roberts' title forcibly if he wouldn't join them. He was then interrupted by Austin Jones who claimed he was next in line for a World title shot. They were in turn interrupted by Rattigan who was attacked from behind by Rex Bundy. During the fracas le Clay was superkicked by Jones. Later in the evening, General Manager Walter Church set a fatal four-way match for the  following episode between le Clay, Jones, Bundy and Rattigan to determine who would face Iestyn Roberts at Seasons Beatings for the World title. That same evening le Clay attempted to attack Roberts following his match, but his attempt was thwarted, leaving the Champ standing tall at the end of the night.

The main event of episode ten saw le Clay face off against Rattigan, Austin Jones and Rex Bundy for the number one contenders position. After Rattigan was eliminated le Clay eliminated Jones with a pedigree. He then battled with Bundy, eventually pinning the American after three pedigrees.

At Seasons Beatings le Clay faced off against reigning champion Iestyn Roberts in the main event. Following interference from Percy Bolton and Barton Willows, le Clay attacked Roberts with a steel chair before a Pedigree to put Roberts away.

On his first appearance as Champion, le Clay appeared as a guest on The Salon with Freddie Armani and announced his "executioner" Jack Ketch was finally going to put an end to Iestyn Roberts and that he would be defending his title that night against a special opponent. It was revealed his opponent would be Diamond Donnie Drescher. le Clay easily beat Drescher, then, with the aid of Barton Willows and Percy Bolton set about beating Drescher.

On Episode 13, le Clay came to the ring to gloat about taking out Iestyn Roberts and there was no longer a number one contender. He was confronted by the GM Walter Church who told him they were going to hold a Royal Rumble that night to find one. The following episode Le Clay called out the winner of the Rumble, Austin Jones, in a bid to trap him. The move backfired and Jones dropped Le Clay with a superkick before a suicide dive knocked Ketch off his feet.

At Gan Radge Thornton le Clay faced Austin Jones for the World title. Following the return of Iestyn Roberts earlier in the evening le Clay requested a security escort to the ring as Roberts had spent the show attacking other members of The Empire. In the main event le Clay and Jones battled back and forth trading finishers and beating one another with weapons until a distraction from Iestyn Roberts. The former champ's music played as le Clay had Jones pinned. Distracted Thornton stood up and began gesturing towards the ramp expecting the Welshman to appear. With his back turned Roberts, who had been at ringside dressed as security all along, sneaked into the ring and hit le Clay with a Swansea Swing. This allowed Austin Jones to crawl over and pin Le Clay to win the title.

On the following episode an irate le Clay came to the ring to challenge Roberts to a match. During the promo he compared Roberts to a modern day Hercules and set him three labors he would need to complete before the rematch. He would have to beat Rex Bundy, Fujimoko and Ketch in the coming weeks in order to face le Clay at Game Over.

## In Wrestling

* Finishing Moves
	+ Pedigree
* Signature Moves
	+ Discus Elbow

## Championships and Accomplishments

* World Championship CAWs
	+ WCC World Championship