Timothy Andrew Moura (born March 17, 1983) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Timothy Thatcher, where he is known for working Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), where he is a former two-time GHC Tag Team Champion. He is best known for his time in WWE where he performed on the NXT brand.
Thatcher is known for his work in Evolve, where he is the longest-reigning Evolve Champion, as well as a former (and final) Open the Freedom Gate Champion, being the the second and final man to hold both belts simultaneously. In addition Thatcher has worked internationally for numerous notable promotions, including Major League Wrestling (MLW), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Progress Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw).
Professional wrestling career[]
Early years[]
Moura made his pro wrestling debut in September 2005 for Supreme Pro Wrestling in a match lost against Drake Smith. He then appeared in many independent promotions including Supreme Pro Wrestling, All Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Bushido, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla among others.
Evolve (2014–2019)[]
Thatcher made his Evolve debut at Evolve 31 in a Round Robin Challenge, losing to Drew Gulak. At Evolve 45, Thatcher became a double-champion, winning both the Open the Freedom Gate Championship and the Evolve Championship. Thatcher was the longest reigning Evolve Champion in history until he lost to Zack Sabre Jr. on February 25, 2017 at Evolve 79, ending his reign at 596 days.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2022–2024)[]
On June 7, after being released from WWE as part of budget cuts relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thatcher made his Pro Wrestling Noah debut joining the Sugiura-gun stable as a mystery partner in a ten-men tag team match. The following day, Thatcher made his singles debut, defeating Shuhei Taniguchi. On July 16, at Destination, Thatcher and Sugiura-gun stablemate Hideki Suzuki defeated Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura to win the vacant GHC Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to Takashi Sugiura and Satoshi Kojima on September 25 at Grand Ship In Nagoya.
On April 16, 2023, at Green Journey in Sendai, Thatcher and Saxon Huxley began teaming with each other, and the two developed a good chemistry with one another. Later that night, Hideki Suzuki on the behalf of Thatcher and Huxley challenged Shuhei Taniguchi and Takashi Sugiura to a title match for the GHC Tag Team Championship. After the relationship between Sugiura-gun members had just fizzled out over the previous months, Suzuki stated that Sugiura-gun wasn't working and was over, leading Sugiura to confirm that the stable had disbanded. On April 22, their stable was named "Real". On May 4 at Majestic, Thatcher and Huxley defeated Sugiura and Taniguchi to win the GHC Tag Team Championship. In August, Thatcher took part in the 2023 N-1 Victory, finishing the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. On September 24 at Grand Ship In Nagoya, Thatcher and Huxley lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Good Looking Guys (Jack Morris and Anthony Greene).
From February 24 to March 10, Thatcher and Huxley took part in the 2024 Victory Challenge Tag League, where they finished the tournament with a record of five wins and two losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On March 10, they were defeated in the finals of the tournament by Kaito Kiyomiya and Ryohei Oiwa. However on March 17, it was announced that Kiyomiya, was forced to withdraw from the title match for the GHC Tag Team Championship due to a spinal cord concussion sustained during training, leading Huxley and Thatcher, who finished as the Victory Challenge Tag League runners-up to replace them. At the title match, at Great Voyage in Yokohama, Thatcher and Huxley unsucessfully challenged Jack Morris and Anthony Greene for the GHC Tag Team Championship. This marked Thatcher and Huxley last appearance for the promotion.
Personal life[]
Moura is known for being very quiet about his personal life. He has no social media profiles and prefers to maintain a low profile.
Other media[]
Thatcher made his video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K22.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- Fujiwara Armbar
- Backdrop Suplex Hold (Bridging high-angle belly-to-back suplex)
- Cross Armbreaker
- Thatcher Stretch (Chickenwing over the shoulder crossface)
- Signature moves
- Multiple chops vatiations
- Knife-edged
- Overhead to an opponent lumped sideways on the top turnbuckle
- Zujōni Chop (Overhead)
- Dragon screw
- Arm whip
- Leg whip
- Rope-hung neck whip
- Elbow strike
- European Uppercut (Forearm uppercut)
- Catching
- London Bridge Falling Down (Belly-to-back suplex lifted into a)
- Ground-and-pound
- Headbutt
- High-angle arm-drag from a Kan'nuki-gatame
- Multiple kicks
- Big boot
- Corner
- Followed up by a lariat
- Gamengiri
- Enzuigiri
- Leg
- Shoot
- Spinal Tap (To a seated opponent's spine, usually proceeded from a snapmare)
- Big boot
- King Kong Kneedrop (Jumping knee drop to the head)
- Kitchen sink
- Knee lift
- Lariat
- Catching from a running opponent
- Northern Lariat (Standing or running to the back of the opponent's head)
- Shotgun Lariat (Running)
- Open-handed slap
- Piledriver
- Powerbomb
- Pressing stomp to an opponent leaned sideways over the top turnbuckle
- Scoop slam
- Stalling standing elbow drop
- Multiple submissions
- Abdominal stretch
- Ankle lock
- Bearhug
- Hammerlock
- Boston crab
- Liontamer (While kneeling on the opponent's back or neck)
- Single-leg knee-clutch
- Bow and arrow hold
- Crossface
- Dragon sleeper
- Beast Choker (With bodyscissors); adopted from Dan Severn
- Stretch Plum (Side with a single chickenwing on a sitting opponent)
- Gagne Hold (Sleeper Hold)
- Guillotine Choke
- Heel hook
- Indian deathlock
- Key lock
- Octopus Stretch
- Reverse figure-four leg-lock
- Soldier's Rest (Rear naked choke with bodyscissors)
- STF
- Multiple suplex variations
- Backdrop
- Belly-to-belly
- Overhead
- Twisting release
- Butterfly Suplex (Hand-clasped float-over double-under-hook)
- Avalanche
- Float-over hammerlock
- German Suplex
- Bridging
- Dead-lift
- Leg-trapped
- Dead-lift
- Head-hooked overhead pumphandle
- Bridging
- Karelin Lift (Stalling/release tossing gutwrench)
- Regular
- Snap
- Super (Avalanche)
- Sambo (Twisting exploder)
- Single-under-hook
- Avalanche
- Multiple chops vatiations
- Nicknames
- "The California Mad Man"
- "The Catch Wrestling Werewolf"
- "The Professor of Pain"
- "Real Grit"
- Entrance themes
- "Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World'' by Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
Championships and accomplishments[]
- DDT Pro-Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 71 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- GHC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Hideki Suzuki (1) and Saxon Huxley (1)