Danny Hope (wrestler)

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Danny Hope
Birth nameDaniel Woodward[1]
BornHitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Delicious Danny Hope
Danny Rio
Billed weight199 lb (90 kg)
Trained byGrand Pro Wrestling
Debut2004

Daniel Woodward is an English professional wrestler, better known by ring name Delicious Danny Hope.[2] He is part of the tag team called "The Models" along with Joey Hayes. He has wrestled for companies such as Preston City Wrestling, British Championship Wrestling, FutureShock Wrestling, Insane Championship Wrestling (where he is a former one-time ICW Zero-G Champion), PBW Wrestling, NGW Wrestling and the now defunct One Pro Wrestling, plus many more.

Danny was trained by and started his career with Grand Pro Wrestling.[3][4][5]

Professional wrestling career[]

Grand Pro Wrestling (2004–2018)[]

Hope started his first ever wrestling show with Grand Pro Wrestling, in 2004. Danny's first match was an eight way match, with Scotty Hexx defeating C-Juice, D'Lyrium, Hope, El Ligero, Jack Toxic, Kris Travis and Rockstar Spud. Danny's second show at Grand Pro Wrestling, on 22 August 2004, was a Fatal Four Way Elimination. Hope lost again. But then at his third show at Wrestling Wrestling Grand Pro Wrestling on 17 October in an eight man tag-team, his team won when Hope, Dom Travis, Jiggy Walker and Tony Sefton defeated D'Lyrium, Dave Rayne, Jamie Flynt & Paul Zantar. In 2005 Hope and Paddy D had three matches one after the other, the first match that they had Hope lose to Paddy D, but after that match Hope beat Paddy D in the last 2 matches they had together. On 16 January 2009 The Young Offenders (Damon Leigh and Joey Hayes) defeated The MilAnfield Connection (Hope and Jiggy Walker) with the GPW Tag Team Title on the line, with the losing team forced to disband as a result. Hope lost his first street fight on 18 April 2009, against his former partner Jiggy Walker.

Danny went on to become the Grand Pro Wrestling British Champion in October 2012 when he defeated Ste "Bin" Man before losing the title to Zack Gibson in a Lumberjack Match in February 2013. His last appearance for GPW was a re-match for the title in September 2013.

Danny returned to Grand Pro in 2018 for the promotion's 15th Anniversary celebrations reuniting with Jiggy Walker as fan favourites. Danny went on to have a critically acclaimed singles match with Joey Hayes at the Dom Travis Memorial.

Original Pro Wrestling Organisation (2005)[]

Hope made his OPWO debut on 4 March 2005. His first match was a six man tag-team in which his team won when he, Justine and KOBE defeated Heresy, Johnny Phere and Psycho.

FutureShock Wrestling (2006–present)[]

At FuturesShock #6, Hope made his debut on 11 February 2006, he had a singles match in which he defeated Dirk Feelgood. In his second match at FutureShock #11 he had a six man tag-team, in which his team won when he, Alex Cyanide, Jack Toxic & Kris Travis defeated Charity, El Ligero, Faith & Jamal Lewis.

Dutch Pro Wrestling (2006)[]

Hope had nine matches with Dutch Pro wrestling in 2006, his first match was a singles match against The Trouble Maker, who defeated him. His second match was a Gold Mine Tournament Semi Final Rumble when Chris Wyld defeated Big Bull Johnson, Bubblegum, Hope, El Ligero, Heresy, JC Thunder, Joey Hayes, Mark Kodiak and Max Damon. This was a big match for all of the wrestlers. Hope would go on to defeat Bubblegum on 26th Match 2006 and Krish Raj on 16 April 2006, in a singles Match with special referee The Trouble Maker. Hope defeated El Ligero on 25 May 2006. The Remarkables (Bubblegum and Dirk Feelgood) defeated Hope and Ross Jordan, on 6 August 2004 in the DCW Tag Team Title Tournament Semi Final. On 30 August 2006 Hope had two matches in one night when he and Max Damon defeated El Ligero and The Trouble Maker before defeating Bonnie in a singles match. His last show with Dutch Pro Wrestling was a grudge match in which he was defeated by The Trouble Maker on 1 September.

SAS Wrestling (2007–2009)[]

Danny Hope debuted along with Joey Hayes at SAS Wrestling on 24th Match 2007, where The Models were first seen as a Tag-team. Their first tag-team match was Hubba Bubba Lucha (Bubblegum and El Ligero) defeated The Models, The Models lost all their first four matches at SAS wrestling. Until they finally won a match and defeated Hubba Bubba Lucha.

Northern Wrestling League (2007–2008)[]

Hope and Joey Hayes as The Models had four matches at League Northern Wrestling League. They had two in 2007, the first match was a NWL Elite Tag Team Title Match, in which they defeated James E. Real and Paul Malen. Their second match was also a NWL Elite Tag Team Title, in which they defeated Hubba Bubba Lucha. Then in 2008 they had their last two matches, their first match in 2008 was NWL Elite Tag Team Title, again Hubba Bubba Lucha beat them. At this point The Models lost the Tag-team belts to Hubba Bubba Lucha. Their second match in 2008 was a 6 man tag match with Kris Travis & The Models defeating Danny Veraille, Mikey Riot & Shane Valentine.

Various Promotions (2008–present)[]

Hope remained increasingly active on the UK Independent scene, both as a singles competitor and a tag team wrestler.

In March 2014, Hope won a 30-man royal rumble to become the Preston City Wrestling Champion. The reign was short-lived however as he would lose the title the same night to longtime partner Joey Hayes.[6]

Hope debuted for Insane Championship Wrestling in 2012, entering a tournament with Joey Hayes for the ICW Tag Team Championship - but they were eliminated.[7] In 2015, they received a tag team title shot against Polo Promotions but were again unsuccessful.[8] Soon after, Hope captured the ICW Zero-G Championship from Kenny Williams but lost it a week later to Stevie Boy in a multi-man match.[9] Hope returned to ICW in 2016, teaming with Polo Promotions in a victorious six-man tag effort.[10]

Championships and accomplishments[]

  • Britannia Wrestling Promotions
    • BWP Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Joey Hayes[11]
  • British Championship Wrestling
    • BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Joey Hayes[12]
  • FutureShock Wrestling
    • FSW Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Joey Hayes & Chris Egan
  • Grand Pro Wrestling
    • GPW British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • GPW British Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jiggy Walker
  • Infinite Promotions
    • Infinite Promotions Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current)[13]
  • Insane Championship Wrestling
  • Preston City Wrestling
    • PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[15]
    • PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Bram and Sheikh El Sham
  • SAS Wrestling
    • SAS Tag Team Championship (1 time)[16]
  • Northern Wrestling League
    • NWL Elite Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Joey Hayes[17]

References[]

  1. ^ "WrestlingData profile". Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Danny Hope". cagematch.net. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  3. ^ Martin Bean. "Danny Hope".
  4. ^ Martin Bean. "Danny Hope". Preston City Wrestling.
  5. ^ "ICW: Danny Hope".
  6. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Title Reigns « PCW Championship « Titles Database".
  7. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Matches « Danny Hope « Wrestlers Database".
  8. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Matches « Danny Hope « Wrestlers Database".
  9. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Title Reigns « ICW Zero-G Championship « Titles Database".
  10. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Matches « Danny Hope « Wrestlers Database".
  11. ^ Axel Saalbach. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database".
  12. ^ Martin Bean. "BCW Tag Team Championship".
  13. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Infinite Promotions Heavyweight Championship".
  14. ^ "ICW: Danny Hope Wins The ICW Zero-G Championship!".
  15. ^ Martin Bean. "PCW Heavyweight Championship History". Preston City Wrestling.
  16. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm. "SAS Tag Team Championship".
  17. ^ Philip Kreikenbohm. "NWL Elite Tag Team Championship".
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