Greg Bownds has wrestled in Japan, where he has worked for Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max, and Dragon Gate, one of very few Australian wrestlers to do so.
15 Facts About Greg Bownds
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Greg Bownds has studied Mexican lucha libre wrestling whilst in Mexico.
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Greg Bownds organises wrestling shows Australia wide for the Supanova Pop Culture Expo.
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Greg Bownds wrestled as "Tommy the Cat" and then "TNT Kid" for World Wide Wrestling and Australian Championship Wrestling.
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Greg Bownds won the Australasian Tag Team Championship with Kiss before leaving the promotion after a backstage dispute and vacated the title.
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In 1998 Greg Bownds defeated Mark Mercedes for the ACW Australian Heavyweight title in Fairfield, New South Wales when he was 21 years old.
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From here Greg Bownds moved to International Wrestling Australia in 1998 where he became a popular face.
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In 1999 Greg Bownds formed the AWF and toured Australia with the likes of Sabu, Marty Jannetty, Super Dragon and Chris Candido.
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Greg Bownds has made his biggest impact here, he has wrestled in, and booked for, the promotion since its inception in 1999.
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Greg Bownds toured Australia, wrestling as part of the World Series Wrestling events, defeating American stars Frankie Kazarian and Super Dragon in a triple threat match at the New South Wales show.
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In mid-2006 Greg Bownds toured Japan where he wrestled as Aussie Ozbone in Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max, he wrestled alongside TNA stars such as Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin.
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In January 2007, TNT defeated Steve Ravenous to win his third AWF Championship but lost it to Dragon Gate wrestler Cima soon after, Greg Bownds then regained the title the next night.
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Greg Bownds was named AWFs wrestler of the year for 2007 and was sought as a contender for the vacant AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship in late 2007.
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Greg Bownds later regained the title on 18 April 2008, in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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Greg Bownds is the head trainer of the AWF School of Pro Wrestling and has trained over 50 active Australian professional wrestlers.