Bangura (RLS CAS)

Bangura at an MPW show in 2022

**Theodore "Teddy" Bangura** *(born 23rd January 1986, in Serekunda, The Gambia)* is a Gambian professional wrestler best known for a spell with UNION Wrestling, where he performed under the name **Bangura**.

## Career

### Training, early career (2010-2013)

Bangura would train with trailblazing alternative wrestler Sandor "Sandy" Nemeth, beginning in 2010, with his first shows coming around this time for Lucha Europa and Nemeth's own Classical Pro Wrestling, both under the name Teddy Bangura.

He would defeat the Unmasked Luchador for the Lucha Europa Internet Championship in February 2011, beginning a reign that would be recognised as the longest for nearly a decade before being broken by Azteka, finally dropping it to The Bully at a show in May 2012.

In CPW, he defeated John-Joe Forde at The Classic 2012 in August of that year to capture the Classic Championship, though he would be stripped soon after for breaking the Code of the Classics. He broke the code again, in June 2013, and was fired from the promotion, in reality having signed an exclusive contract elsewhere.

### BoB Wrestling (2013-2014)

Best of British Wrestling announced the signing of Bangura in late-June 2013, as part of what was seen as a "cheaper (and) more sustainable" alternative given the promotion's financial instability. Despite the collapse of the promotion over the next year, Bangura was largely considered one of the few positives of the time, carrying the shows, at times, by working more than one match as the roster began to shrink.

He'd contest the Best of British Championship on three occasions, twice against Lyle Smith and once against Zodiak, though on all three occasions he would come up short. After the promotion folded in 2014, he took an extended break from wrestling to have long put off elbow surgery.

### UNION Wrestling (2015-2020)

Under the mononym Bangura, he would return to wrestling in late 2015 for UNION Wrestling (at the time still called PWU), taking part on their year of tours prior to setting up an established schedule. He'd feud with Wroe and Mikey Ace during this time, winning the now-defunct Inter Championship from the former and dropping it to the latter.

He'd debut during the first season of the promotion's full run during a November 2016 episode of Live From The UNION, taking part in a four-man match also involving Grayson Gage, Tyrone Riske and Damien Raven that Gage would win. Towards the end of the month, Eddie Hamer announced him as one of the names added to the tournament to decide the inaugural Brawl Championship, defeating The Cowpoke in the first round before going down to Gage in the Quarter-Final.

He would next appear in a Battle Royal on UNION Unleashed in April 2017 to determine the Brawl Championship #1 Contender, though he'd fail to win. His appearances on programming would be reduced around this period, including losses to British Samurai and Inter Champion Ace. The latter was a more traditional "squash" match, which weren't generally used in UNION Wrestling at the time, which was reportedly due to Bangura missing a live show appearance. This would mark his last appearance during the first season.

Despite rumours of a parting of the ways, Bangura returned in the season season, taking part in an 8-Man Eliminator to determine the #1 Contendership for the Inter Championship, though he was eliminated by eventual winner Andy Fortis. He wasn't scheduled to appear again for some time, however he did step in to take over from Bull Fraser on an episode of UNION Live, with Fraser informing the promotion of his intention to return to Scotland. He'd lose the match to Skorch.

At Deadly Weapons 2017, he'd take part in the dark match before the show, being defeated by guest Dirty L.A. His last performance on programming was another loss to Skorch on Live in January 2018. The promotion would go through a drastic restructuring and downsizing in the coming months, eventually returning to it's live touring roots. Bangura was a common competitor on these live shows, battling faces such as Robbie Armada and Andy Fortis, before the COVID-19 pandemic formed him to have to take a leave of absence.

### MPW (2022)

Bangura, again using the forename Teddy, would make his first wrestling appearance in more than a year at MPW's first 2022 show in January, jumping the guard rail after being confirmed as guest ringside enforcer for a match between Dempsey and Adrian Buckley. He confirmed soon after that this would be only appearance for the promotion, however, after failing to agree terms.

## In-Wrestling

### Signatures

Kneeling Armbar Takedown

Arm Wrench Knee Strike