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Hartley 'Jag' Jackson could be the
most decorated wrestler to have ever competed in Australia.
After starting his career in South Australia in 1998, he is in
his tenth year of professional wrestling. Very few Australian
wrestlers can match what he has achieved in his decade dedicated
to the industry he loves so dearly.
Having trained extensively under the guidance of veteran Col
Devaney, Jackson is the now the trainer and mentor to his own
brand of South Australian wrestlers who are setting the local
scene on fire in Adelaide. Having wrestled in more Australian
states than anyone and claimed more title belts than he can care
to remember, Hartley Jackson knows he needs just one more title
to cement himself as the premiere professional wrestler in
Australia. The NWA Australian championship; currently held by
another man vying for that crown, Mikey Nicholls.
Mikey Nicholls' achievements, however, cannot be forgotten in
this comparison. Having had half the length of career of
Jackson, Nicholls has crammed in a whole lot of success in his
six years. He has been a 2 time EPW Champion, EWF United States
Champion and was named by our fans as the best wrestler of the
first five years of EPW. An impressive list that only gets
better when you add his becoming the very first NWA Australian
Champion in late 2007.
Hartley Jackson was in the building that night, after a
hard-fought cage match representing his country against the
might of the United States team of 'Machine Gun' Karl Anderson &
Joey Ryan. Jackson then stood alongside some of the worlds
greatest pro wrestlers behind the curtain as Mikey Nicholls
defeated Bobby Marshall in the tournament's final.
During EPW's first Monday Night Wrestling taping, Hartley
Jackson won the right to challenge Mikey Nicholls for the NWA
Australian Championship, and did so in impressive fashion. After
he and his partner Davis Storm made short work of Drake Wallace
& Ferguson Block, Jackson finished off old foe Jimmy Payne in a
bruising encounter. That win left him staring across the ring at
the man whom he waged war with in the Ironman Match three years
ago. Hartley Jackson & Davis Storm fought a tough physical
encounter before the South Australian pinned Storm to be named
the #1 Contender to the NWA Australian Title.
It's set up what some have called a dream match between two of
Australia's finest in their physical prime. Hartley Jackson has
dominated nearly all of his opponents during his decade in
Australian wrestling but that cannot be said for the times he's
gone up against Mikey Nicholls. While most have always been
intimidated by Jackson, Nicholls has carried his no fear
attitude into his previous encounters with his challenger & has
enjoyed unparalleled success against him. Mikey seems to have
that X-factor that allows him to stand toe-to-toe with Jag &
this match is certain to blow anything you have previously seen
from the two, out of the water!
Mikey has plenty of weapons in the arsenal with the superkick,
shooting star press & sunset bomb at his disposal. Hartley
Jackson's finisher, the Death Valley Driver, saw him put away
four of EPW’s finest in the space of two days. With his superior
strength & unmatched mat-wrestling ability, Jackson has shown
time and time that he has the formula for victory.
Both men are strong, fit & ready to put it all on the line next
Saturday at the Venville Centre in Maylands.
If there has ever been a match in EPW history that is too close
to call, it's this epic encounter at Rise or Fall.
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