Noam Dar is an Israeli-Scottish professional wrestler.
60 Facts About Noam Dar
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Noam Dar is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand and is the current NXT Heritage Cup Champion in his record-setting second reign.
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Noam Dar wrestles for Scottish promotion Insane Championship Wrestling.
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Noam Dar has worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and on its British Boot Camp series, as well as Progress Wrestling, Preston City Wrestling, Dragon Gate UK, Revolution Pro Wrestling, Westside Xtreme Wrestling, Global Force Wrestling, and Ring of Honor.
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Noam Dar is a two-time ICW Zero-G Champion, a one-time PCW Cruiserweight Champion, and a one-time ICW World Heavyweight Champion, among other championships and accomplishments.
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Noam Dar was born in Be'er Ya'akov on 28 July 1993.
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Noam Dar moved with his family to Scotland at the age of five and was raised in Ayr, where he became a supporter of the football team Rangers FC.
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Noam Dar debuted on the British independent circuit at the age of 15, working for Scottish promotions such as British Championship Wrestling and Premiere British Wrestling.
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Noam Dar would get his first international experience wrestling in Spain for Dragon Gate's "European Invasion" and Zero1 Spain, with winning efforts over Colin McKaye and Sean South, respectively.
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On 1 May 2011, Noam Dar captured his first championship by becoming one half of the Premier British Wrestling Tag Team Champions with Liam Thomson, holding the titles for over 11 months, with six title defenses, before losing them to the team of Lionheart and Wolfgang.
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Noam Dar entered a tournament to become the One Pro Wrestling 1PW World Heavyweight Champion in February 2011; he was unsuccessful but later that year went on to become the final 1PW Openweight Champion, winning the vacant title in a four-way match with Marty Scurll, Kris Travis and Joey Hayes and successfully defending it against Bad Bones and Kid Kash at 1PW's final show.
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In October 2011, Noam Dar worked a dark match for Dragon Gate UK's "Yosuka vs Shingo 3" event, in a winning effort against Daniel Robert.
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Noam Dar finished 2011 with another trip overseas, scoring a win over MK McKinnan for Westside Xtreme Wrestling, which qualified him to return in 2012 to compete in a series of matches at the wXw 16 Carat Gold 2012 shows.
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In 2011, Noam Dar began working higher profile matches, challenging multiple times for the BCW Heavyweight and Openweight Championships, albeit unsuccessfully and wrestling bigger name opponents such as Eddie Edwards for IPW, continuing the feud into 2012.
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Noam Dar entered the SWE Speed King Championship tournament, qualifying for the finals with a win over Spud but failing to capture the championship.
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Noam Dar competed unsuccessfully in two tournaments for IPW, losing to Sami Callihan in a Quarter Finals match for the IPW:UK Cruiserweight Championship and a first round loss to Zack Sabre Jr.
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Noam Dar was entered into a tournament to crown a PWE World Heavyweight Champion, defeating El Ligero and Mikey Whiplash before losing to Andy Wild in the finals.
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Noam Dar captured the PBW "King of Cruisers 2012" crown in a six-way match to finish a successful year in the promotion.
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Noam Dar ended 2013 by finally capturing the BCW Openweight Championship from Andy Wild, Noam Dar would hold the championship for well over a year before losing it to Kenny Williams in April 2015.
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Noam Dar was granted a rematch for the title against Williams in a triple threat involving Will Ospreay but Williams retained.
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Between 2014 and 2015, Noam Dar had a three match feud with Grado over the PWE World Heavyweight Championship, where Noam Dar first scored a disqualification victory, in a subsequent rematch they wrestled to a no-contest before Grado was finally victorious in a third defense, ending their feud.
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In late 2015, Noam Dar debuted for Global Force Wrestling, defeating Chris Ridgeway.
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Noam Dar debuted in Insane Championship Wrestling with a win over The Highlander before winning a tournament to become the inaugural ICW Zero-G Champion.
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Noam Dar held the title for 266 days before losing it to Lionheart.
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Noam Dar won the championship back less than two months later to become the first two-time ICW Zero-G Champion.
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Noam Dar lost before giving a farewell speech and receiving an ovation from the crowd and ICW roster.
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Noam Dar returned to ICW for one night only on 29 July 2017 for Shug's Hoose Party 4, Night One, tagging with Sha Samuels in a winning effort against Joe Coffey and Bram.
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On 11 November 2018, it was announced Noam Dar would make a further appearance at ICW Fear and Loathing XI, teaming with Wolfgang and BT Gunn against British Strong Style.
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Noam Dar is the first ICW World Heavyweight Champion of non-British descent, being born in Israel to an Israeli father.
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Noam Dar debuted in Preston City Wrestling in 2011, fighting his way to finals of a tournament to crown the first PCW Heavyweight Champion before being bested by T-Bone.
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However, Noam Dar would remain in title contention and in 2012 he became the inaugural PCW Cruiserweight Champion, holding the championship for 168 days before losing the title to Dave Rayne in 2013.
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Noam Dar bounced back into title contention by winning the 2013 "Road to Glory" tournament, with wins over CJ Banks, Brian Kendrick and Joey Hayes.
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Noam Dar rounded up 2013 with a loss to Doug Williams, a victory over Johnny Gargano and a Tag Team loss to both Williams and Lionheart where Noam Dar was teamed with Uhaa Nation.
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Noam Dar had a violent three match feud with former WWE star Drew Galloway, which Noam Dar won 2:1.
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Noam Dar entered the 2016 "Road to Glory" tournament, eliminating Timothy Thatcher and El Ligero but eliminated in the semi-finals by Drew Galloway.
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In March 2016, Noam Dar wrestled Jeff Jarrett in a losing effort for the PCW vs GFW "Global Conflict" show.
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Noam Dar would begin a climb up the card following this loss, with wins over Phillip Michaels, John Morrison and PCW Heavyweight Champion Sha Samuels, in a match originally billed as a championship contest, reversed to a non-title match by GM Joanna Rose following his victory.
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Noam Dar was a surprise addition to the main-event of "Tribute to the Troops 3" iPPV on 25 June 2016, defeating Drew Galloway and Sha Samuels to win the PCW Heavyweight Championship.
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Noam Dar retained the title twice in one night on 6 August 2016 at the "Fifth Anniversary" iPPV, defeating Samuels in a rematch and "Road to Glory" 2016 winner and current PCW Tag Team Champion Rampage Brown, respectively.
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Noam Dar again retained the PCW Heavyweight Championship on 3 September 2016 at PCW "Collision Course".
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Noam Dar competed at the first Progress Wrestling show in 2012, entering a tournament to become the inaugural Progress Champion, he was unsuccessful in the tournament but then began a winning streak that would last the remainder of the year and continue into 2013 when he became the No 1 Contender to Progress Championship with a win over Dave Mastiff, but Noam Dar was unable to unseat El Ligero for the title.
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In 2015, at Chapter 18 Noam Dar again challenged Havoc for the championship in a six-way elimination match.
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Noam Dar eliminated Mastiff first, who then came back into the match and attacked Noam Dar causing him to be eliminated too.
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Noam Dar then entered the inaugural "Super Strong Style 16" tournament but was eliminated in the first round by Dave Mastiff due to referee stoppage and a storyline injury.
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Noam Dar was a contestant on Season 2 of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's British Boot Camp which was televised nationally in the UK on Challenge TV.
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Noam Dar worked a handful of matches for TNA in the UK and US, most notably a loss on Xplosion to former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries.
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On 2 June 2016, Noam Dar was announced to be a part of the What Culture Pro Wrestling roster.
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On 31 March 2016, Noam Dar was announced as a participant in WWE's upcoming Global Cruiserweight Series tournament.
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In early 2017, Noam Dar began an on-screen relationship with Alicia Fox, who was involved in an on-screen relationship with Alexander.
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Fox interfered in the match on behalf of Noam Dar, allowing him to defeat Alexander , officially siding with Noam Dar.
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At Fastlane, Noam Dar teamed with Kendrick in a losing effort against Swann and Akira Tozawa.
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On 12 December 2017, it was reported that Noam Dar had suffered a knee injury and that he would require surgery.
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On 3 July 2018, Noam Dar made his return to 205 Live as a face, defeating TJP.
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Noam Dar began a feud with Tony Nese, with the two exchanging victories and Nese attacking him in the parking lot.
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Noam Dar then offered Mark Andrews a handshake, then tried attacking Andrews who countered and sent Noam Dar out of the ring.
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At NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, Noam Dar defeated Travis Banks in his first TakeOver match of any kind.
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Noam Dar defeated Alexander Wolfe in the first round of the tournament, with former NXT UK and NXT Tag Team Champion, Pete Dunne, as the special guest referee.
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In 2021, Noam Dar started hosting his own talk show called "Supernova Sessions" and begun an on-screen association with real life friend Sha Samuels.
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Noam Dar then appeared on the 4 April 2023 episode of NXT.
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Noam Dar is a playable character in the video games WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20 and WWE 2K23.