1. Hartley Jackson has wrestled for the likes of Pro Wrestling Zero1, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Ganbare Pro-Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Gleat and Active Advance Pro Wrestling.
27 Facts About Hartley Jackson
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Hartley Jackson began wrestling in Adelaide, Australia, training under retired regional champion Col Dervaney.
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Hartley Jackson wrestled across the country and competed in a Survival Of The Fittest event, a 60 Iron Man minute match, before heading off on his first international excursion overseas.
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Hartley Jackson got involved in an altercation with Australian sports journalist and news presenter, Mark Aiston, where the two would eventually square off in a professional wrestling match.
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In 2014, Hartley Jackson wrestled NJPW's Shinsuke Nakamura during his first tour of Australia for Wrestle Rampage.
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Hartley Jackson continued to travel across Australia, winning the NWA Australian National championship.
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Hartley Jackson formed the South Australian Serial Killers tag team in 2014.
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In Los Angeles, Hartley Jackson continued to further his professional wrestling training under NJPW founder Antonio Inoki at the NJPW LA Dojo.
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Hartley Jackson wrestled on the NJPW Dojo events, co-produced with NWA Pro, that took place at the LA Dojo in Santa Monica, including a match for the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship against Fergal Devitt.
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In October 2008, Hartley Jackson returned to Japan to take part in the "PROWRES EXPO 2008" in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.
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In 2010, Hartley Jackson participated in his first tour for Zero1, where he would remain a fixture for the company.
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Hartley Jackson formed a tag team with Steve Corino where they battled Akebono Taro and Shinjiro Otani for the Intercontinental Tag Team Championships.
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Between 2016 and 2018, Hartley Jackson moved to Japan full-time to work for Zero1.
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Also in this time, Hartley Jackson participated in a series of Exploding Bat matches, fighting against Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling's Atsushi Onita.
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Hartley Jackson returned to Zero1 in 2020 on a permanent basis.
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Hartley Jackson has fought for the World Heavyweight Championship and was named as one of the participants in the 2020 Zero1 Fire Festival.
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On September 3,2022, Hartley Jackson defeated Yumehito Imanari to win the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship.
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Hartley Jackson then appeared on the Road to King Of Pro-Wrestling and Road to Tokyo Dome tours, as well as at Yuji Nagata's annual Blue Justice show, where he was predominately used in six-man tag team matches.
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In 2006, Hartley Jackson became head coach of what is called the Wrestle Rampage Dojo in Adelaide, Australia.
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Hartley Jackson helped recruit and scout wrestlers for the WWE both at the PC in Orlando and internationally.
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Hartley Jackson helped train the talent from local independent promotions for WWE's recruitment camps.
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In 2019, Hartley Jackson amicably parted ways with WWE to continue his professional wrestling career in Japan.
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In 2020, Hartley Jackson returned to Japan where he is an active wrestler, but took over head coach duties for Pro Wrestling Zero1 at their Dojo.
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Hartley Jackson appeared as a tough guy in the 2008 Bollywood movie, Love Story 2050.
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In 2016, Hartley Jackson played the role of Connor in web series Runaway Moon, and was a guest on the full episode of Talkn' Shop Live in Australia, presented by Talk is Jericho.
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On September 28,2017, Hartley Jackson made his Lethwei debut at Lethwei in Japan 5: Nexurise for International Lethwei Federation Japan in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall.
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Hartley Jackson has expressed interest in fighting again in the future.