Rhys Davidson

Rhys Davidson (Feb 2022)

Rhys Davidson is an English professional wrestler and former Olympian that is currently signed to TLW. Due to the GWA Collective Agreement, he is able to wrestle for many other companies such as ECPW, KSW, AWF, QCW and do management in L.O.V.E. Rhys came to wrestling after gaining fame after winning gold for Team GB in 109+ KG Weightlifting at Tokyo 2020 and became the first British male to win gold since 1896 in Olympic Weightlifting. Rhys uses this to his advantage in the ring by adapting a power based style which has seen him gain a lot of success so far in his wrestling career.

## Early Life

Rhys was born in Tottenham, England which is a town inside of North London. Tottenham is a place with a high crime rate in which many young teenagers from the area get involved with gang crime that is prevalent throughout the town. To help Rhys avoid that same fate that some of the kids he hung around with did, Rhys' parents bought him a gym membership to give him something else to focus on when not in school. The gym became a place that Rhys called a second home and quickly he was addicted. When not at the gym, Rhys became a home and away supporter of his local football team; Tottenham Hotspurs where he travelled all around the country and around Europe with his father to watch the games.

Rhys was never a massive wrestling fan when growing up but he did know who the main people in the wrestling world were but he never became a fan due to time zones and a lack of time to catch up. Rhys in school was just like any other teenager in that he didn't want to be there, but he managed to focus in time for his exams and passed. He was noted around the school for being taller than most from a young age so naturally they never picked on him and he became a well liked person around his classes due to his personality.

With his time in the gym, he naturally became one of the strongest in there due to his time spent there from a young age. In turn, he was encouraged to compete in competitions around the country in his age group and quickly became one of the more successful weightlifters that Great Britain had seen at a young age.

## Olympic Career

With his success at competitions and tournaments around the country, he was enlisted into Team GB from the age of 18, where travelled to represent the country all around the world to compete. When he was 19, he suffered a major injury which stopped him from competing at the Rio Olympics in 2016. This injury made him completely rethink his life and whether he could continue to compete at a high level anymore. The news that he couldn't compete at the Olympics devastated him and nearly made him quit the sport entirely. After a heart to heart talk with his father, he rehabbed his injury and made it his mission that he would not miss the 2020 Olympics. This gave him the motivation he needed and he became a different level of work ethic to become the best he possibly could, he successfully won World Championships in 2018 and made his way with Team GB to the 2020 Olympics where he won the gold medal.

## Life after the Olympics

After winning the gold medal, Rhys became a local hero and made press runs all around the country where he shared his experiences and achievements to the delight of the British audience. Though, knowing how hard it took to get him to the level where he won the medal, he didn't want to have his life focused around a gym and knew the life wasn't sustainable. Rhys would get an opportunity sent to him by his agent from the All Star Wrestling School, who knew his worth in popularity, to make him one of the best wrestlers in the world and promised to give him the best trainers they possibly could. Rhys saw it as a can't miss opportunity and officially announced his retirement from Olympic competition and started training with the help of Harrison Brown and English legend; Justin Jordan.

## Three Lions Wrestling

Following the connection he had with Justin Jordan and Harrison Brown, he was a lock to join the company. This was confirmed early on and he entered the World Title tournament early where he was unsuccessful when he was defeated by Mason Leroy. After this he got off to a bad start it never really recovered with him taking a secondary role within the company. However, with the turn of Madness in Manchester and his success around the world, a new Rhys was discovered when he aligned with new United Kingdom Champion; Jayden Drake in an attempt to takeover TLW.