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'''Michael Nicholls'''<ref name=WWESigning/> (born 20 August 1985) is an Australian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name '''Mikey Nicholls''', currently working for [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW) as a freelancer. He is best known for his work in the [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] promotion, where, as part of [[The Mighty Don't Kneel]], he is a former two-time [[GHC Tag Team Champion]]. Other promotions he has wrestled for include WWE, (as Nick Miller), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and Ring of Honor in the United States.
 
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| billed = Perth, Australia
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'''Michael Nicholls'''<ref name="WWESigning" /> (born 20 August 1985) is an Australian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name '''Mikey Nicholls''', currently working for [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW) as a freelancer. He is best known for his work in the [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] promotion, where, as part of [[The Mighty Don't Kneel]], he is a former two-time [[GHC Tag Team Championship|GHC Tag Team Champion]]. Other promotions he has wrestled for include WWE, (as Nick Miller), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and Ring of Honor in the United States.
   
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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===Pro Wrestling NOAH (2011–2016)===
 
===Pro Wrestling NOAH (2011–2016)===
 
On 23 February 2011 Haste made his debut in [[Pro Wrestling NOAH]] as he had a try-out match against his teammate [[Shane Haste]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=768|title=ザ・リーヴ presents 第29回プロレスリング・セム|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> A month after the try-out match both men started to work full-time with the Japanese promotion. Nicholls competed in both the 2012 and 2013 Global League tournaments as a singles competitor.<ref name="GLT2012">{{cite web | title=Global League Tournament 2012 | url=http://www.noah.co.jp/league20121103.php | work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]] | accessdate=23 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="GLT2013">{{cite web | title=「グローバル・リーグ戦 2013」ブロック分け決定! | url=http://www.noah.co.jp/news_detail.php?news_id=5492 | date=24 September 2013 | work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]] | accessdate=24 September 2013}}</ref> On 7 July 2013 Haste and Nicholls, known together as [[The Mighty Don't Kneel]] (TMDK), won the [[GHC Tag Team Championship]] after they defeated [[Toru Yano]] and [[Takashi Iizuka]].<ref name="Noah070713">{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=1162|title=Great Voyage 2013 in Tokyo "七夕決戦~みんなの願い~"|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/fight/all/2013070701/|title=Kentaが宿敵・丸藤との35分越え死闘を制しGHCヘビーV4|date=2013-07-07|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=Sports Navi|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/f-bt-tp0-20130707-1153954.html|script-title=ja:ニコルス&ヘイスト組が王座奪還/ノア|date=2013-07-07|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Nikkan Sports]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> On 16 September, Nicholls unsuccessfully challenged [[Hideo Itami|KENTA]] for NOAH's top title, the [[GHC Heavyweight Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=1175|script-title=ja:2013年9月16日(月)|accessdate=2014-04-06|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/p-bt-tp0-20130917-1190571.html|title=KentaがGHCヘビー級V7/ノア|date=2013-09-17|accessdate=2014-04-06|work=[[Nikkan Sports]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> At the end of 2013, the Tokyo Sports magazine named Nicholls and Haste the tag team of the year, making them the first foreign team to win the award since [[Stan Hansen]] and [[Big Van Vader|Vader]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/212692/|script-title=ja:【プロレス大賞】ハンセン、ベイダー組に並んだTMDK|date=2013-12-10|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Tokyo Sports]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> Nicholls and Haste lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to [[Maybach Taniguchi]] and [[Takeshi Morishima]] on 25 January 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=1242|title=The First Navig.2014|accessdate=2014-01-25|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201401260001-spnavi|title=森嶋がGHCタッグ奪取でヘビー級二冠王に 新軍団名は「超危暴軍」に決定|date=2014-01-26|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=Sports Navi|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/228195/|script-title=ja:GHCタッグ奪取の森嶋「超危暴軍」を旗揚げ|date=2014-01-27|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Tokyo Sports]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> They regained the title from [[Dangan Yankies]] ([[Masato Tanaka]] and [[Takashi Sugiura]]) on 10 January 2015.<ref name="Noah011014">{{cite web|url=http://noah.co.jp/tour_detail.php?tour_id=1381|title=New Year Navig. 2015|accessdate=2015-01-10|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> They lost the title to [[Killer Elite Squad|K.E.S.]] ([[Davey Boy Smith Jr.]], [[Lance Archer]]) on 11 February.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/tour_detail.php?tour_id=1390|title=Great Voyage 2015 in Nagoya|accessdate=2015-02-11|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> On 28 December 2015, Noah announced that Nicholls and Haste would leave the promotion following their contracts expiring at the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noah.co.jp/news_detail.php?news_id=7871|title=契約期間満了に関するご報告|date=2015-12-28|accessdate=2015-12-29|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> On 11 February 2016, Noah announced that Nicholls and Haste would return to the promotion the following month to take part in a five-show-long farewell tour, entitled "Departure to the World".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noah.co.jp/news_detail.php?news_id=8069|title=TMDK参戦決定!【3・2ディファ有明大会~3・10後楽園ホール大会 】|date=2016-02-11|accessdate=2016-02-11|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> Their final Noah match took place on 10 March and saw them defeat [[Naomichi Marufuji]] and Mitsuhiro Kitamiya.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=1566|title=Spring Navig.2016|accessdate=2016-03-10|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/03/10/intl-tag-team-tmdk-finishes-noah-run-heading-nxt/|title=Int’l tag team TMDK finishes Noah run, heading to NXT|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2016-03-10|accessdate=2016-03-11|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
 
On 23 February 2011 Haste made his debut in [[Pro Wrestling NOAH]] as he had a try-out match against his teammate [[Shane Haste]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=768|title=ザ・リーヴ presents 第29回プロレスリング・セム|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> A month after the try-out match both men started to work full-time with the Japanese promotion. Nicholls competed in both the 2012 and 2013 Global League tournaments as a singles competitor.<ref name="GLT2012">{{cite web | title=Global League Tournament 2012 | url=http://www.noah.co.jp/league20121103.php | work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]] | accessdate=23 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="GLT2013">{{cite web | title=「グローバル・リーグ戦 2013」ブロック分け決定! | url=http://www.noah.co.jp/news_detail.php?news_id=5492 | date=24 September 2013 | work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]] | accessdate=24 September 2013}}</ref> On 7 July 2013 Haste and Nicholls, known together as [[The Mighty Don't Kneel]] (TMDK), won the [[GHC Tag Team Championship]] after they defeated [[Toru Yano]] and [[Takashi Iizuka]].<ref name="Noah070713">{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=1162|title=Great Voyage 2013 in Tokyo "七夕決戦~みんなの願い~"|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/fight/all/2013070701/|title=Kentaが宿敵・丸藤との35分越え死闘を制しGHCヘビーV4|date=2013-07-07|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=Sports Navi|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/f-bt-tp0-20130707-1153954.html|script-title=ja:ニコルス&ヘイスト組が王座奪還/ノア|date=2013-07-07|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Nikkan Sports]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> On 16 September, Nicholls unsuccessfully challenged [[Hideo Itami|KENTA]] for NOAH's top title, the [[GHC Heavyweight Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=1175|script-title=ja:2013年9月16日(月)|accessdate=2014-04-06|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/p-bt-tp0-20130917-1190571.html|title=KentaがGHCヘビー級V7/ノア|date=2013-09-17|accessdate=2014-04-06|work=[[Nikkan Sports]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> At the end of 2013, the Tokyo Sports magazine named Nicholls and Haste the tag team of the year, making them the first foreign team to win the award since [[Stan Hansen]] and [[Big Van Vader|Vader]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/212692/|script-title=ja:【プロレス大賞】ハンセン、ベイダー組に並んだTMDK|date=2013-12-10|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Tokyo Sports]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> Nicholls and Haste lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to [[Maybach Taniguchi]] and [[Takeshi Morishima]] on 25 January 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=1242|title=The First Navig.2014|accessdate=2014-01-25|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201401260001-spnavi|title=森嶋がGHCタッグ奪取でヘビー級二冠王に 新軍団名は「超危暴軍」に決定|date=2014-01-26|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=Sports Navi|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/228195/|script-title=ja:GHCタッグ奪取の森嶋「超危暴軍」を旗揚げ|date=2014-01-27|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Tokyo Sports]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> They regained the title from [[Dangan Yankies]] ([[Masato Tanaka]] and [[Takashi Sugiura]]) on 10 January 2015.<ref name="Noah011014">{{cite web|url=http://noah.co.jp/tour_detail.php?tour_id=1381|title=New Year Navig. 2015|accessdate=2015-01-10|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> They lost the title to [[Killer Elite Squad|K.E.S.]] ([[Davey Boy Smith Jr.]], [[Lance Archer]]) on 11 February.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noah.co.jp/tour_detail.php?tour_id=1390|title=Great Voyage 2015 in Nagoya|accessdate=2015-02-11|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> On 28 December 2015, Noah announced that Nicholls and Haste would leave the promotion following their contracts expiring at the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noah.co.jp/news_detail.php?news_id=7871|title=契約期間満了に関するご報告|date=2015-12-28|accessdate=2015-12-29|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> On 11 February 2016, Noah announced that Nicholls and Haste would return to the promotion the following month to take part in a five-show-long farewell tour, entitled "Departure to the World".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noah.co.jp/news_detail.php?news_id=8069|title=TMDK参戦決定!【3・2ディファ有明大会~3・10後楽園ホール大会 】|date=2016-02-11|accessdate=2016-02-11|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref> Their final Noah match took place on 10 March and saw them defeat [[Naomichi Marufuji]] and Mitsuhiro Kitamiya.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noah.co.jp/result.php?tour_id=1566|title=Spring Navig.2016|accessdate=2016-03-10|work=[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/03/10/intl-tag-team-tmdk-finishes-noah-run-heading-nxt/|title=Int’l tag team TMDK finishes Noah run, heading to NXT|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2016-03-10|accessdate=2016-03-11|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
 
===Other promotions (2012–2016)===
 
After starting out in Noah, Nicholls returned to the United States and Ring of Honor in February 2012. He and Haste won a tournament at ROH Rise & Prove, defeating two other teams to qualify for a match against [[the Briscoe Brothers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ROH Underground/Rise and Prove combo DVD review: two shows for the price of one as new teams compete for a chance at the proving ground, Team Ambition chases the ROH World Tag Team Title, and much more|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/68251/|publisher=PWInsider|accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Arena_Reports_10/article_58271.shtml|title=2/17 ROH results Cincinnati, Ohio: Debut show with Tag Title main event, TV champion Lethal, Rise & Prove tournament|last=Ruddick|first=Robert|date=2012-02-18|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> At the ROH Showdown in the Sun iPPV in March 2012, the Briscoe Brothers defeated Nicholls and Haste in a Proving Ground match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2012/03/30/pf-19574471.html|title=ROH Showdown in the Sun: Richards retains, Steen gets unexpected help|last=Bishop|first=Matt|date=2012-03-30|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>
 
 
Also in February 2012, Nicholls and Haste wrestled television matches for NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web|title=NWA Hollywood TV taping report|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/65797/nwa-hollywood-tv-taping-live-report.html?p=1|publisher=PWInsider|accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref> Also in March 2012, Nicholls and Haste started wrestling for Ohio Valley Wrestling,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/24608-ovw-tv-taping-report-3-7-louisville|title=OVW TV taping report 3-7 Louisville|last=Van Drisse|first=Trent|accessdate=2014-04-04|work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]}}</ref> during their stint there, they were defeated in a title match for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship by Rudy Switchblade and Jessie Godderz.<ref>{{cite web|title=OVW TV taping report|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/24699-ovw-tv-taping-report|work=Wrestling Observer|accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref>
 
   
 
===New Japan Pro Wrestling (2014–2015, 2019–Present)===
 
===New Japan Pro Wrestling (2014–2015, 2019–Present)===
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==Championships and accomplishments==
 
==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''Empire Wrestling Federation'''
 
**EWF American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="EWFAC" />
 
*'''Explosive Professional Wrestling'''
 
**EPW Championship (2 time)<ref>http://www.wrestling-titles.com/australia/epw/epw-h.html</ref>
 
**EPW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Shane Haste<ref>http://www.wrestling-titles.com/australia/epw/epw-t.html</ref>
 
**EPW Wrestler of the Year (2004, 2005)<ref name="waprowrestling.weebly.com">http://waprowrestling.weebly.com/mikey-nicholls.html</ref>
 
**EPW Best Wrestler of the first five Years (2006)<ref name="waprowrestling.weebly.com" />
 
**EPW Match of the Year (2002) - vs. Jimmy Payne at Retribution<ref name="waprowrestling.weebly.com" />
 
**EPW Telethon Rumble winner (2009)<ref name="waprowrestling.weebly.com" />
 
*'''NWA Pro Wrestling'''
 
**NWA Australian National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>http://www.wrestling-titles.com/australia/nwa-aus-h.html</ref>
 
**NWA Australian National Championship Tournament winner (2007)<ref>https://westsideprowrestling.wordpress.com/results/</ref><ref>http://waprowrestling.weebly.com/nwa-pro-results-2007.html</ref><ref>http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/nwa/_2007/</ref><ref>http://www.australianwrestling.org/index.php/results/93-2007</ref>
 
 
*'''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'''
 
*'''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'''
 
**PWI ranked him #'''154''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2016.html|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016|accessdate=1 September 2016|work=The Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref>
 
**PWI ranked him #'''154''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2016.html|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016|accessdate=1 September 2016|work=The Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref>
 
*'''[[Pro Wrestling NOAH]]'''
 
*'''[[Pro Wrestling NOAH]]'''
**[[GHC Tag Team Championship]] (2 times) – with Shane Haste<ref name="Noah070713" /><ref name="Noah011014" />
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**[[GHC Tag Team Championship]] (2 times) – with [[Shane Thorne|Shane Haste]]<ref name="Noah070713" /><ref name="Noah011014" />
 
**Global Tag League Fighting Spirit Award (2015) – with Shane Haste<ref>{{cite web|url=http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/sports/fight_all/4263/|script-title=ja:ノア「グローバル・タッグリーグ戦2015」優勝決定戦|date=4 May 2015|accessdate=6 May 2015|work=Sports Navi|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|language=Japanese}}</ref>
 
**Global Tag League Fighting Spirit Award (2015) – with Shane Haste<ref>{{cite web|url=http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/sports/fight_all/4263/|script-title=ja:ノア「グローバル・タッグリーグ戦2015」優勝決定戦|date=4 May 2015|accessdate=6 May 2015|work=Sports Navi|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|language=Japanese}}</ref>
*'''Ring of Honor'''
 
**Rise and Prove Tournament (2012) – with Shane Haste<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/rise-prove-winners-get-big-opportunity|title=The Rise & Prove Winners Get A Big Opportunity|accessdate=2014-05-23|work=[[Ring of Honor]]}}</ref>
 
* '''Tokyo Sports'''
 
**Best Tag Team Award (2013) – with Shane Haste<ref>{{cite web|url=http://battle-news.com/news/2013/12/002053.php|title=オカダが2年連続でプロレス大賞MVPを受賞!史上4人目の快挙だが、本人は「当たり前の結果」|date=2013-12-10|accessdate=2014-01-21|work=Battle News|language=Japanese}}</ref>
 
*'''Westside Pro Wrestling'''
 
**EPW Match of the Year (2012) - TMDK vs. Team Victoria at State of Origin<ref name="waprowrestling.weebly.com" />
 
**International Impact Award (2009, 2011 co-winner)<ref name="waprowrestling.weebly.com" />
 
**Tag Team of the Year (2010) - TMDK<ref name="waprowrestling.weebly.com" />
 
*'''Other'''
 
**The Grand Slam Club (2011)<ref name="waprowrestling.weebly.com" />
 
   
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 23:19, 26 February 2019

Michael Nicholls[1] (born 20 August 1985) is an Australian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Mikey Nicholls, currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as a freelancer. He is best known for his work in the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion, where, as part of The Mighty Don't Kneel, he is a former two-time GHC Tag Team Champion. Other promotions he has wrestled for include WWE, (as Nick Miller), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and Ring of Honor in the United States.

Career

Early career (2001–2011)

Nicholls started training in Perth at the Dynamite Factory, the wrestling school of Explosive Pro Wrestling. he moved to California and started working for promotions in the United States, such as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla,[2] NWA Pro,[3] and World League Wrestling.[4]

Nicholls has trained at the New Japan Pro Wrestling's L.A. Dojo, based in Los Angeles.[5] He wrestled for NJPW in Tokyo in 2006.[6] Also in 2006, Nicholls unsuccessfully challenged for the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship.[7]

In June 2007, after NWA split with TNA, Nicholls was involved in the Reclaiming the Glory tournament to crown a new NWA Heavyweight Champion,[8] but was defeated in the tournament by Fergal Devitt.[9] In September 2007, Nicholls defeated champion Karl Anderson and Ryan Taylor in a 30-minute Iron Man match for the Empire Wrestling Federation American Championship.[10] In 2009, Nicholls wrestled for Ring of Honor.[11][12]

Pro Wrestling NOAH (2011–2016)

On 23 February 2011 Haste made his debut in Pro Wrestling NOAH as he had a try-out match against his teammate Shane Haste.[13] A month after the try-out match both men started to work full-time with the Japanese promotion. Nicholls competed in both the 2012 and 2013 Global League tournaments as a singles competitor.[14][15] On 7 July 2013 Haste and Nicholls, known together as The Mighty Don't Kneel (TMDK), won the GHC Tag Team Championship after they defeated Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka.[16][17][18] On 16 September, Nicholls unsuccessfully challenged KENTA for NOAH's top title, the GHC Heavyweight Championship.[19][20] At the end of 2013, the Tokyo Sports magazine named Nicholls and Haste the tag team of the year, making them the first foreign team to win the award since Stan Hansen and Vader in 1998.[21] Nicholls and Haste lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Maybach Taniguchi and Takeshi Morishima on 25 January 2014.[22][23][24] They regained the title from Dangan Yankies (Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura) on 10 January 2015.[25] They lost the title to K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer) on 11 February.[26] On 28 December 2015, Noah announced that Nicholls and Haste would leave the promotion following their contracts expiring at the end of the year.[27] On 11 February 2016, Noah announced that Nicholls and Haste would return to the promotion the following month to take part in a five-show-long farewell tour, entitled "Departure to the World".[28] Their final Noah match took place on 10 March and saw them defeat Naomichi Marufuji and Mitsuhiro Kitamiya.[29][30]

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2014–2015, 2019–Present)

On 20 December 2014, Nicholls and Haste made their debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling, when they, along with Naomichi Marufuji, were revealed as Toru Yano's tag team partners at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome on 4 January 2015.[31] At the event, the four defeated Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer, Shelton X Benjamin and Takashi Iizuka) in an eight-man tag team match.[32]

On February 25, 2019, NJPW announced his return to the promotion, making his return match in the New Japan Cup. He was also announced as the newest member of CHAOS.

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
    • Blue Vengeance (Moonsault)[33] – 2014
    • Mikey Bomb (Spin-out powerbomb)[34]
    • Shooting star press[35]
  • Signature moves
    • Southern Cross Stretch (Modified figure-four leglock)[34]
    • Diving crossbody
    • Corner Clothesline
    • Lifting spinebuster
  • Nicknames
  • Entrance themes
    • "Joker & the Thief" by Wolfmother[34]

Championships and accomplishments

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