Robbie Eagles

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Robbie Eagles
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Eagles in July 2013
Born (1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 (age 31)[1]
New South Wales, Australia[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Robby Eagle
Robbie Eagles[1]
Billed height5 ft 10 in (177 cm)[1]
Billed weight176 lb (80 kg)[1]
Billed fromJonestown, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Trained byEagles Wrestling Academy
Ryan Eagles[1]
Madison Eagles[1]
DebutMarch 2008[1]

Robbie Eagles (ロビー・イーグルス　Robī Īgurusu, born 13 February 1990) is an Australian professional wrestler, who currently works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of Chaos, and is the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion in his first reign.[citation needed] Eagles started wrestling on the Australian independent scene, for companies like Professional Wrestling Alliance, Melbourne City Wrestling and World Series Wrestling. Eagles has also gained prominence in other countries wrestling for companies such as Chikara, Progress and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.

Professional wrestling career[]

Independent circuit (2008–present)[]

Robbie Eagles made his professional wrestling debut in March 2008 for Australian promotion Professional Wrestling Alliance. In November 2008, Eagles defeated Rick Sterling and Troy The Boy to become the PWA A1GP champion for his first time.[2] In February 2009, Eagles and KC Cassidy defeated Mike Valuable and Madison Eagles.[3] In May 2009, Eagles defended his A1GP championship against his brother, Ryan, to a 30-minute time limit draw.[4] Eagles successfully defended his title against Matt Silva.[5] In October 2009, Eagles was defeated by William Kidd, losing the A1GP championship.[6] In 2010, Eagles was defeated by Damian Slater.[7] In 2018, at a PWA and Progress joint show, Eagles was defeated by Travis Banks.[8] In 2018, Eagles lost his PWA heavyweight championship to Jonah Rock.[9]

In 2010, Eagles made his Melbourne City Wrestling debut as part of PWA Invades MCW, where he represented PWA.[10] In Eagles second MCW match he defeated Ryan Rollins.[11] Eagles and Adam Brooks defeated TMDK in the quarter final round of the MCW Tag Team Title Tournament in 2012 before being eliminated by Hard Way Inc.[12][13]

In 2011, Eagles made his Chikara debut taking part in the Young Lions Cup.[14][15] In 2012, Eagles made his Pro Wrestling Zero1 debut as Robby Eagle. In his debut, Eagles and Marcus Bean defeated Craig Classic and Yoshikazu Yokoyama.[16] In June, Eagle and Ikuto Hidaka defeated Bean and Classic. On 1 July Eagle, now again named Robbie Eagles and Hidaka defeated Jonathan Gresham and Classic.[17] On 20 July Eagles, Gresham and Hikada defeated Mineo Fujita, Takuya Sugawara and Jonny Vandal.[18]

World Series Wrestling (2017–present)[]

In 2017, Eagles debuted for World Series Wrestling, losing to Zack Sabre Jr.[19] In 2018, Eagles defeated Marty Scurll, Abyss and Jimmy Havoc in a four-way hardcore match.[20] On 26 June 2018 Eagles and Johnny Impact defeated Slex and Austin Aries.[21]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2018–present)[]

Eagles made his New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut in 2018 during New Japan's Fallout Down Under tour. On day 2, Eagles and Mick Moretti were defeated by TMDK. On day 3, Eagles and Moretti were defeated by Evil and Sanada of Los Ingobernables de Japon. On day 4, Eagles and Will Ospreay were defeated by Cody.[22][23] On 8 October 2018, Bad Luck Fale announced that Eagles would be Taiji Ishimori's tag partner in the 2018 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, thus aligning himself with the Bullet Club.[24] Ishimori and Eagles finished the tournament with a result of three wins and four losses.[citation needed]

On 29 June 2019 at Southern Showdown, Eagles was unsuccessful in challenging Will Ospreay for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. The following night he turned on Bullet Club leader Jay White, leaving the Bullet Club and turning face in the process and joining Chaos.[citation needed] On 31 August at NJPW Royal Quest, Eagles teamed up with Ospreay as the "Birds Of Prey" to defeat IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori in a non-title match. On the 16 September, Ospreay and Eagles unsuccessfully challenged Phantasmo and Ishimori for the championships at Destruction in Kagoshima. At Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome on July 25th 2021, Eagles defeated El Desperado by submission to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career.[citation needed]

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2018–2019)[]

Eagles made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla during All Star Weekend 14, where he and Morgan Webster were defeated by Sammy Guevara.[25][26] The next night he was defeated by Joey Janela. At PWG Bask in his Glory he was defeated by Bandido.[27][28] He would later enter the 2018 Battle of Los Angeles, where he defeated DJZ in the first round, but lost to Shingo Takagi in the second round. Eagles returned to PWG on 18 January 2019 for their event Hand of Doom in Los Angeles, California where he defeated Jonathan Gresham at the event.[29]

Championships and accomplishments[]

Wrestlers trained[]

References[]

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