Drew Parker

Parker in December 2021

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Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom

**Drew Parker** (born December 29, 1997) is a Welsh professional wrestler that is known for his work at Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), where he is a former two-times BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion and the winner of the 2021 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor. Parker also works for Pro Wrestling Freedoms, where he is a one-time King of Freedoms World Champion.

## Professional wrestling career

### Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2019–2022)

Parker made his debut in Big Japan Pro Wrestling on January 4, 2019, at *BJW Death Match Kings*, event where he teamed up with Rickey Shane Page, falling short to Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto) in a Light tubes tag team deathmatch. Parker would win Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion, alongside Abdullah Kobayashi and Yoshihisa Uto by defeating 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers (Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda) at a house show from May 30, 2019. He would usually competing in deathmatches but also did seldomly in battle royals such as the one from *BJW Ueno Park Convention* on February 1, 2020, match which also involved Yuji Okabayashi, Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu, Yasufumi Nakanoue and others. At *BJW/ZERO1/2AW Big Clash*, a cross-over event produced by BJW in partnership with Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Active Advance Pro Wrestling on April 7, 2021, Parker teamed up with Yuya Aoki to defeat Ayame Sasamura and Tatsuya Hanami. Parker would particpate in the 2019 Saikyo Tag League, he teamed up with Orca Uto, placing themselves in the Deatmhatch Block, scoring a total of four points finishing with two wins and four losses. From March to May Parker would participate in the 2021 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor, where he placed himself in the Block B where he defeated Takumi Tsukamoto, Yuko Miyamoto and Shunma Katsumata, and finally Ryuji Ito in the finals to win the tournament. As a reward, he received a shot to the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship, title which he won by defeating Takumi Tsukamoto at the *BJW Korakuen Hall Tournament* on July 23, 2021. On September 5, Parker lost the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship to Yuko Miyamoto. On November 11, 2021 Parker announced he was leaving BJW due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan with him returning to his home country in Wales making his last apperance on December 12 only to return a month a later in January 2022. On May 5, 2022 Parker won the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship back from Miyamoto only to later vacate the title eight days later after he left the promotion for the second time.

### DDT Pro Wrestling (2020–2021)

One of Parker's first and most notable matches in DDT Pro-Wrestling took place at *DDT Get Alive 2020* on September 7, where he unsuccessfully challenged Chris Brookes for the DDT Universal Championship. He continued working for the company as a freelancer, making sporadical appearances at various shows such as *DDT Who's Gonna Top? 2020* from September 27 where he teamed up with Chris Brookes to unsuccessfully challenge Nautilus (Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno) for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. Parker would made his last DDT apperance on November 3, 2021 where he teamed with Brookes to defeat 37KAMIINA (MAO and Shunma Katsumata).

## Personal life

Parker is a vegan. He names Hayabusa, Jeff Hardy, Sabu, Trent Acid and Nick Mondo as influences to become a professional wrestler.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Red Dragon* (450° splash)
	+ Brainbuster
	+ Fisherman driver
	+ Michinoku driver
	+ Swanton Bomb
* **Nicknames**
	+ "Urchin Prince"
	+ "Deathmatch Prince"
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Territorial Pissings" by Nirvana

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Big Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	+ Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Abdullah Kobayashi and Yoshihisa Uto
	+ Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor (2021)
* **Japan Indie Awards**
	+ Newcomer Award (2021)
* **Pro Wrestling Freedoms**
	+ King of Freedom World Championship (1 time, current)
* **Pro Wrestling Illustrated**
	+ Ranked No. 402 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2021