Marty Scurll

At 35 years old, Marty Scurll has this physical status:

Martin Scurll (born 26 July 1988) is an English professional wrestler best known by the ring name Marty Scurll. As of recently, December 2019 will be a challenger to the NWA tens pounds gold, championship belt held by international superstar Nick Aldi's. Brody King and PCO compete in the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship as a member of Villain Enterprises.

He is also a one-time ROH World Television Champion.

He also works with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is also a former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team champion.

He was a member of the Bullet Club stable from May 2017 to late October 2018, which splintered into the new group The Elite.

The latter left ROH at the end of 2018, allowing Scurll to establish Villain Enterprises, the company's latest signees King and PCO, which debuted during December's post-Final Battle television tapings.

Progress Wrestling and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), Germany's Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), and the Australia-based World Series Wrestling (WSW), where he is currently the World Champion.

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Professional wrestling career

Marty began training at Frank Rimer's Dropkixx training academy, which would produce wrestlers like Martin Stone, The Kartel, and Paul Robinson. Marty made his Dropkixx debut at the Fondu Club in Purfleet, defeating Jimmy Starr by two falls to one. Marty competed in the Dropkixx Shooting Tournament under the tutorship of Jon Ritchie, who by this time was in charge of Dropkixx. Scurll would win the middleweight tournament, becoming Dropkixx's first middleweight champion. Scurll used to compete for Summit Promotions regularly, and at the end of the year formed a tag team with Paul Robinson titled 'The Party Boys' (or 'The Midnight Ravers,' as they were often billed).

Scurll will continue to compete for Premier Promotions, and this will be his first match against Phil Powers, who he defeated many times in the summer season on the holiday camps circuit. Scurll debuted for the likes of IPW: UK and RQW, including wrestling Jonny Storm, Taiji Ishimori, Bubblegum, and several others during the year. Marty made his All Star Wrestling debut on June 5, 2007, defeating Jimmy Starr at Gravesend. Marty appeared on All Star, including the main eventing Fairfield Halls, Croydon, against Pro Wrestling's Shuhei Taniyanagi. Marty will restructure his tag team with Zack Sabre Jr. in IPW:UK, but under the banner The Leaders of the New School. They then feuded with BritRage (Mark Sloan and Wade Flitzgerald) and The Kartel. In IPW: The British National Championship Tournament, Scurll wrestled and lost to Doug Williams.

During Scurll and Sabre's 2009 tour, the company concentrated on the IPW:UK tag team division, winning by a slew of victory over the Thrillers (Mark Haskins and Joel Redman), who received a major victory over the company's February tour. Following the Leaders' scheduled opponents' failure, a much awaited rematch took place between the teams at the 2009 "Sittingbourne Spectacular" after the Leaders' scheduled opponents had to cancel due to injury. This time, the championships were on target, and the Leaders took their first championship gold in IPW:UK. The feud between the Leaders and the Thrillers became the most popular storyline in IPW:UK during the summer, culminating in the Leaders winning a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match against their opponents in September. Since being champions for the first time, the Chiefs have enjoyed an unbroken reign.

In August 2009, Scurll and Sabre clashed in the first match of the newly formed Frontier Wrestling Alliance, defeating Northern Xposure (NX) at "New Frontiers." Scurll defeated Sami Callihan in the final of an eight-man competition on April 28, 2012, determining the current IPW:UK British Cruiserweight Champion. Scurll defeated Colt Cabana in a 30 Minute Iron Fist battle on March 15, 2014, becoming the Revolution Pro Wrestling Champion. (RevPro) Scurll would win the championship against Ricochet, Kevin Steen, Davey Richards, Doug Williams, Shelton Benjamin, Rocky Romero, and others before losing the title to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) wrestler AJ Styles at the 2015 Summer Sizzler tournament on June 14th.

In late 2014, Scurll debuted for Scotland's Insane Championship Wrestling Championship, unsuccessfully challenging Kenny Williams for the ICW Zero-G Championship before returning to the tournament in 2015, culminating in a main-event non-title loss to reigning ICW World Heavyweight Champion Drew Galloway. In a four-way match against Noam Dar, Jack Gallagher, and Dan Moloney, Scurll won his first match in the ICW. Scurll met Galloway in a Double Title match for both the Evolve World Championship and the Dragon Gate USA Open the Freedom Gate Championship in Scotland on April 4, 2015, but was disqualified.

Scurll made their debut with Global Force Wrestling (GFW) in October 2015, losing to GFW World Champion Nick Aldis in a singles match and teaming with Rampage Brown in a losing battle against Doug Williams and Aldis. Scurll returned to the company in March 2016, unsuccessfully suing Sonjay Dutt for the GFW NEX*GEN Championship.

Joe Hendry, Will Ospreay and himself defeated him in a triple threat match against Culture Pro Wrestling (WCPW) in early October 2017 before the event rebranded as Defiant Wrestling. Scurll was given the new championship belt by GM Stu Bennett on December 4th, and he clashed with the debuting Austin Aries at the start of the competition. Scurll defended the championship in a triple threat match between himself, Joe Hendry, and Martin Kirby in the evening's main event. Scurll lost the championship to Aries on December 5th in Defiant's first episode of their new weekly show (uploaded 15 December on YouTube), ending his reign at 34 days.

In late 2012, Scurll began competing in TNA's new program TNA Wrestling: British Boot Camp, which first aired on Challenge on January 1, 2013. On the 14th edition of Impact Wrestling, he teamed up with The Blossom Twins (Hannah and Holly) to face Jessie Godderz, Tara, and Gail Kim. They were disqualified after Gail Kim pinned Hannah. Scurll was wounded during the match after completing a suicide dive into the metal railing.

Scurll was part of the first Progress Wrestling exhibition, Chapter One, in a tournament to determine the first ever Progress Champion. In an exciting semi-final match against Zack Sabre Jr., he defeated him in a thrilling final match before facing them in a four-way match for the championship against Mike Mason, El Ligero, and champion Nathan Cruz. In a Two Out of Three Falls match at Chapter Two, Scurll advanced to face Cruz for the title, but he was unable to win the title. He was notably involved in a four-way match for the Progress Championship at Chapter Twelve, facing Rampage Brown, El Ligero, and then-champion Jimmy Havoc, and then-champion Jimmy Havoc, and then-champion Jimmy Havoc, fighting for the title against Will Ospreay, Noam Dartiff, Paul Robinson, and champion Jimmy Havoc.

Scurll reached the quarterfinals of the first Super Strong Style 16 tournament in 2015, defeating Eddie Dennis on Day One and Dave Mastiff before losing to Zack Sabre Jr on Day Two, and runner-up to Mark Haskins in the 2015 Thunderbastard tournament at Chapter Twenty. At Chapter Twenty-One, Travis' last match before his retirement from wrestling and death from stomach cancer, he lost to Kris Travis. Following this match, Scurll's demented mean streak saw him win the Progress Championship for the first time in a No Disqualification match against Will Ospreay at Chapter Twenty-Five.

In singles competition and against seven opponents in the 2016 Thunderbastard tournament, Scurll continued to defend the title against Mark Haskins, Chris Hero, and Tommy End. He was the first Progress Champion to defend the world's first progress champion, defeating Will Ospreay in Dallas, Texas, and Zack Gibson in Italy for Power Wrestling Entertainment. Scurll lost the title to Pastor William Eaver at Chapter Thirty-Two and recovered it a month later at Chapter Thirty-Three, making him the first person to ever win the Progress Championship more than once. Scurll lost the Progress Championship to Mark Haskins in a triple-thoat main event match, which was also featuring Tommy End at Chapter Thirty-Six, PROGRESS' biggest show to date, at the Brixton Academy in London, after successfully defending the belt against Mark Andrews at Chapter Thirty-Five. Scurll became angry about not being able to win, and he assaulted three referees during the match, resulting in his death. In a match that also included Jimmy Havoc, Scurll failed to recover the Progress Championship at Chapter 38. The two were disqualified against Havoc at Chapter 39, but not before that, where Scurll lost.

After being defeated by Zack Sabre Jr. in Chapter 55, Scurll returned to Progress on Chapter 55.

Scurll made his PWG debut at the 2015 Battle of Los Angeles, where he defeated Rich Swann in round one, Trevor Lee in the quarter-finals, and lost to Zack Sabre Jr. in the semi-finals. Scurll then suffered a string of singles losses, losing to Ricochet on Night One and to Timothy Thatcher on Night Two; all Star Weekend 11 Night One and Night Two. To Kyle O'Reilly on Night One and Chuck Taylor on Night Two. He won a match against Mark Andrews at Prince and defeated Sami Callihan over Thirteen. Scurll won the 2016 Battle of Los Angeles, defeating Pentagón Jr. in the first round, Cody Rhodes in the quarterfinals, Mark Haskins in the semifinals, and Will Ospreay and Trevor Lee in a three-way elimination final.

Scurll and Sabre reunited on February 18, 2017, with Chuck Taylor being the first to see Trent? Taylor defends Taylor. Marty was defeated by Trent at PWG Mystery Vortex V on January 12, 2018.

Scurll's upcoming debut for the campaign was revealed on August 22, 2016 by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) group. Scurll had signed with the company after giving his notice to Evolve the previous month, according to Pro Wrestling Torch. During the promotion's three-day tour of the United Kingdom in November, Scurll made his ROH debut. Scurll defeated Will Ospreay on the 20th of the tour on the 20th of November, defeating him on the final day of the tour. In a triple threat match in ROH's biggest pay-per-view tournament, Scurll defended his recently won title against former champion Ospreay and Dragon Lee. Scurll made several unsuccessful defenses of his title against Juice Robinson, Donovan Dijak, Sonjay Dutt, Lio Rush, and Adam Cole, beginning in 2017. Both Hangman Page and returning Matt Sydal returned from a fruitful defense against Frankie Kazarian. ROH Masters of the Craft Scurll defeated Ken Anderson on ROH World Television Championships on April 29, 2017.

Scurll was named as the newest member of Bullet Club on Friday, replacing Adam Cole on the third night of the NJPW and ROH co-produced War of the Worlds tour. Scurll lost the ROH World Television Championship to Kushida two days later, on the final night of the tour, after a Cole distraction.

After 14 December 2018's Final Battle pay-per-view, the Elite, minus Scurll, left ROH. Scurll would be confronted by The Kingdom, which led to the former's unveiling of Villain Enterprises and Brody King and PCO during an in-ring preview at Philadelphia's television tapings the following night. A brawl ensued, with Villain Enterprises posing at the top.

Scurll defeated Kenny King at the ROH 17th Anniversary Show, and the next night, Scurll, King, and PCO defeated the Kingdom to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship for the first time.

Scurll's head booker of the process was promoted to ROH in January 2020, making him the head booker of the process. Ring of Honor revealed on June 25 that they had launched an investigation into Scurll's sexual harassment allegations. Scurll wasn't on the tapings neither as a wrestler nor a booker when ROH began the TV tapings after a hiatus due to the pandemic, he wasn't involved as a wrestler or writer. Scurll's biography was taken from ROH's website in October 2020.

Ring of Honor announced in January 2021 that Marty Scurll was no longer under contract until the two parties mutually agreed not to part ways.

Scurll was named as a participant in the 2017 Best of the Super Juniors tournament on May 3rd, 2017. He ended the tournament with a record of four victories and three losses, but was unable to advance to the finals. Scurll defeated Will Ospreay on Friday to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. In a four-way match involving Hiromu Takahashi and Kushida, Scurll lost the title to return to Ospreay at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2018. Scurll failed to regain the title from Ospreay at Sakura Genesis on April 1st.

He and the Young Bucks defeated Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Loa to win the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship on May 3rdotaku 2018. NJPW announced Scurll as a participant in the 2018 Best of the Super Juniors tournament on May 3rd. He finished the tournament with a record of four victories and three losses, but did not make it to the finals like the previous year. Scurll and the Young Bucks lost the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship to Bullet Club OG's Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and Taiji Ishimori on August 12th. In the pre-show gauntlet at Wrestle Kingdom 13 for NEVER Openweight Six Man Championship number one contenderships, Scurll, Hangman Page, and Yujiro Takahashi represented The Elite. They were the first team to be disqualified. Scurll returned to NJPW for the first time since the Wrestle Kingdom on the New Beginning in USA event on January 30, 2019. Scurll also competed in the Best of the Super Junior XXVI tournament, scoring 10 points and losing with 10 points.

Following a NWA Championship match between Nick Aldis and James Storm, Scurll made a surprise appearance on NWA's Into the Fire on December 14th. On April 19, 2020, he was supposed to face Aldis in the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship at the Crockett Cup, but he was forced to cancel the match due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On September 22, 2021, Puerto Rican promoter CWA announced that Scurll would attend their Halloween Fan Fest celebration on October 23. Scurll's first match since the charges against Scurll During Speaking Out in June 2020 was against Star Roger. Scurll told Contralona that he would be working in Puerto Rico and CWA long term before the event.

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