1. Andrew Simmons is worked on the independent circuit in the United Kingdom for several promotions.
23 Facts About Andrew Simmons
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Andrew Simmons later returned to the FWA under the ring name Andy Boy Andrew Simmons but remained face.
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Andrew Simmons has taken on many elements of the Bulldog character including the ring gear and the finishing move.
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Andrew Simmons first planned to train to become a wrestler at the NWA-UK Hammerlock training school, but not long after securing a week-long training session in August 2000 Andrew Simmons received news of a new training centre starting up in Portsmouth, The FWA Academy, which was 30 minutes away from him.
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Outside of the more mainstream promotions Andrew Simmons competes for many independent promotions in the UK, most notably All Star, Real Quality Wrestling, Varsity Pro Wrestling and abroad on various European tours.
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Andrew Simmons was flown back early from the tour to have surgery which should have put him out of action until 2007.
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Andrew Simmons took part in the final TWA tour facing British wrestling superstars "The Anarchist" Doug Williams, Jody Fleisch, and Robbie Brookside.
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Andrew Simmons came up into the FWA main roster with the gimmick of a stereotypical English butler, in the style of Jeeves in the Jeeves and Wooster novels.
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Andrew Simmons set out to find a new tag partner, one he could team with to win the tag belts from the champs Stixx and Stone.
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Andrew Simmons has appeared regularly in International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom shows from late 2004 right through into 2006.
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Andrew Simmons would become one of the British stars in the 1 Pro Wrestling roster from its inception in 2005, competing under his heel persona.
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Andrew Simmons appeared in 1PW's inaugural match the Proving Ground Battle Royal but didn't appear again on a 1PW card for several months for a brief stint before leaving the company .
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In 2006, Andrew Simmons would make a return to 1PW as the surprise tag team partner from Lance Storm before working a pro wrestling storyline in which he would take open challenges from any competitor for a match.
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Andrew Simmons would make appearances in Real Quality Wrestling as both a face and a heel.
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Andrew Simmons is known for teaming with James Tighe as The Iron Lions.
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Andrew Simmons was a part of WWE's 2006 tour of the United Kingdom where he worked for the company, competing on both its WWE Velocity and WWE Heat shows.
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Andrew Simmons would compete against Matt Hardy in a singles match on Velocity and teamed with Eric Schwarz to face the team of Goldust and Snitsky during Heat.
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On 15 October 2007 Birmingham, England edition of WWE Raw, Andrew Simmons competed in a few squash matches against Umaga.
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Andrew Simmons was put through 3 types of matches by Mr McMahon: a Street Fight, a First Blood Match, and a Steel Cage Match.
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In June 2008, Andrew Simmons took part in an Irish Whip Wrestling Show in the ESB Arena in Dublin where he beat Chad Collyer.
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On 16 November 2010, Andrew Simmons competed in a Championship Tournament for Fightstar Sports Entertainment's vacant All-Counties Championship at the Barrington Centre in Ferndown, Dorset.
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Andrew Simmons was an active competitor and trainer for Revolution Pro Wrestling at the FWA's former training facility.
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Andrew Simmons made his last main show RevPro match in 2014.