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Scotty Rawk
Personal information
NicknamesThe Dogz Bollox
The Greebo Grappler
BornConnor Gregory
1997 (age 28–29)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Professional wrestling career
Billed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Billed weight169 lb (77 kg)
Billed fromGrimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Trained bySteve Sykes
Nathan Cruz
James Drake
Zack Gibson
Sid Scala
Debut2016

Connor Gregory (born 1997)[2][3] is an English professional wrestler from Grimsby who competes under the ring name Scotty Rawk.[4][5] Openly bisexual, he wrestles across the British independent circuit and is most closely associated with NORTH Wrestling, while also appearing regularly for British Wrestling Revolution (BWR), TNT Extreme Wrestling and Revolution Pro Wrestling.[4][6][7] He is also known by the nickname "The Dogz Bollox".[4][8]

Outside the ring, Gregory is known as a mental-health campaigner, and his story has attracted national attention, including a 2019 BBC Radio 1 documentary series, How Wrestling Saved My Life; a TEDx talk the same year; and a 2026 feature in Attitude.[3][9][10][4][11]

Early life

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Gregory was born in 1997 and grew up in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, raised by his mother; press profiles gave his age as 20 in October 2018, 21 in August 2019 and 25 in May 2023.[2][3][12][4] He has said he was drawn to wrestling from the age of two, when he and his mother would stay up to watch the American promotion World Championship Wrestling and its programme Monday Nitro; the aerial styles of Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio, and the punk look of Jeff Hardy, were early influences.[4] He appeared in school drama productions and later fronted a run of pop-punk bands.[4] From around the age of nine he trained in martial arts, in a kickboxing discipline that he has said developed into Jeet Kune Do, earning a black belt at 16, and he took up professional wrestling training at 17.[13][12][4] He later studied audio production at university in Liverpool, qualifying as a sound engineer.[12][2]

Gregory has been candid about his mental health, having lived with depression and generalised anxiety disorder; he has said his mental health declined after he moved away for university, leading to alcohol dependency and suicidal thoughts, and has credited wrestling and the community around it with his recovery.[2][9]

Professional wrestling career

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Early career and British Wrestling Revolution (2016–2021)

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Rawk made his in-ring debut in January 2016 for the Grimsby-based Great Wrestling Association.[5][14] His first coach was Steve Sykes at the Grimsby Wrestling Academy; after that school folded he trained at New Generation Wrestling under Nathan Cruz and, once he had moved to Liverpool for university, at the Fighting Spirit Academy under James Drake and Zack Gibson of the Grizzled Young Veterans. He has more recently worked under Sid Scala at Hustle Wrestling in London.[13][12][15][7] He became a regular performer for British Wrestling Revolution (BWR), a promotion set up in his home town of Grimsby that he helped establish in its early days, wrestling on its first show in July 2017 as one half of a regular tag team.[2][7][3][8] The team held the BWR Tag Team Championship three times between 2018 and 2020, first winning the belts on 31 August 2018 at Uprising 2; along the way they beat the veteran pairing of Jody Fleisch and Jonny Storm in November 2018 and defended against the Grizzled Young Veterans in November 2019.[8][14] After his partner was seriously injured, Rawk turned to singles competition, a shift chronicled in the 2019 BBC Radio 1 series How Wrestling Saved My Life.[3]

British independent circuit (2021–present)

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Rawk claimed his first major singles title on 25 September 2021, winning the TNT Ultra X Championship in a four-way elimination match against Kid Lykos II, Ethan Allen and Man Like DeReiss at Thrill Kill 2021 in Liverpool; his reign ran until 10 March 2022, when Mark Haskins took the title from him.[14][8][6] He also held the BWR Cruiserweight Championship between March 2022 and February 2023.[8]

Rawk subsequently won further titles across Britain and mainland Europe, among them the TIDAL Championship (2023–2024) and the CATCHweight Championship, and, teaming with Kira Chimera as The Dogz Bollox, the United Wrestling UK Tag Team Championship.[8] In BWR, he competed in a series of matches against Tyler Devlin: he won the promotion's Anarchy briefcase ladder match on 8 July 2023, then faced Devlin in a steel cage match at Viva La Revolution, held at Grimsby Auditorium in November 2024.[14][4][16] He appeared for the revived One Pro Wrestling (1PW), including a June 2023 match against Zachary Wentz, and competed in the five-way Ultimate X match at the GCW/TNT Project X show in September 2023.[17][18][14] His 1PW dates also included a six-way scramble at All or Nothing 2023 alongside Frankie Kazarian and Lio Rush, and he has wrestled for Revolution Pro Wrestling.[14][19][20]

Rawk won the BWR Heavyweight Championship in 2023 and, holding it for more than a year, defended it internationally.[8][7][6][16] On 3 February 2024 he defended it against "Speedball" Mike Bailey at Prime Time Wrestling's PTW 5: Gold Rush in Częstochowa, Poland, on a card shown on TrillerTV with former WWE performer Santino Marella on English-language commentary.[21][22][14] His overseas bookings have also taken him to Italy, France, Denmark and Norway.[19][14] On 27 September 2025 he won the Rainbow Rumble at TNT's Effy's Big Gay Brunch in Liverpool, an event streamed on TrillerTV,[23] and in February 2026 he became PWE Men's Champion, defeating RJ Singh and Truman Roswell in a three-way match.[19][24]

NORTH Wrestling (2025–present)

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Rawk won the NORTH Wrestling Ultraviolent Championship on 16 November 2025, defeating Big Lou Nixon at The Big NORTH Weekender in Newcastle upon Tyne.[19][8] He went on to turn back Franco Fate and Clint Margera in early 2026, beat Trent Seven on 9 May 2026, and retained against Kenny Williams at the Insane NORTH Weekender on 20 June 2026.[19][25]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2026)

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In July 2026, Rawk took part in a tryout for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at the company's television tapings in Albany, New York, which was reported across the wrestling press.[6][20][7][26] The coverage quoted his description of himself as a "Queer Punk Rock Pro Wrestler" and cast him as a possible signing alongside fellow British wrestlers Leon Slater and Xia Brookside.[20][26][6]

Other media

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Rawk's advocacy around mental health has been covered by national media outlets. In October 2018 the website JOE ran a feature on him, "Pro wrestling saved my life", in which he spoke about depression, anxiety and his recovery through the sport.[2] That piece led to his TEDx talk, "Wrestling with my mental health", given at TEDxNewcastleCollege on 26 April 2019 and later hosted on TED.com.[10][27]

The following year, BBC Radio 1 built a three-part documentary series around him, How Wrestling Saved My Life, which launched the station's Tell It strand and aired on 14, 21 and 28 July 2019; the BBC also published an accompanying feature article about him on its website.[1][3][28][9] Recorded over six months, the series followed his life in Grimsby, his tag team, and his move into singles wrestling.[3] In 2026 he was the subject of a feature in Attitude (issue 370), headlined around his relationship and mental-health journey.[4][11]

Personal life

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Gregory is from Grimsby and is in a relationship with Adam Moverley, who wrestled as Tyler Devlin.[4] He came out publicly as bisexual in 2025, during a surprise appearance in which he won the Rainbow Rumble at Effy's Big Gay Brunch, a show streamed on TrillerTV.[4][13][23] Alongside his wrestling he works as a mental-health campaigner and a qualified Mental Health First Aid instructor, delivering training to companies around the United Kingdom, and has spoken about being a suicide survivor who stopped drinking in 2020.[2][4][12][29] In 2025 he was diagnosed with ADHD, and has discussed how it interacts with his generalised anxiety disorder.[13][29] He relocated from northern England to the London area later that year.[29]

Championships and accomplishments

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  • British Wrestling Revolution
    • BWR Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[8][6][7][16]
    • BWR Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[8]
    • BWR Tag Team Championship (3 times)[8]
  • CATCH
    • CATCHweight Championship (1 time)[8]
  • NORTH Wrestling
    • NORTH Ultraviolent Championship (1 time)[8][6][7]
  • PWE
  • TIDAL Wrestling
    • TIDAL Championship (1 time)[8]
  • TNT Extreme Wrestling
    • TNT Ultra X Championship (1 time)[8][6]
  • United Wrestling UK
    • United Wrestling Absolute Championship (1 time)[8]
    • United Wrestling Phantom Weight Championship (1 time)[8][7]
    • United Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kira Chimera[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "How Wrestling Saved My Life". Tell It. 2019. BBC Radio 1. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Jones, Wil (8 October 2018). "Pro wrestling saved my life: How people are using fake fighting to overcome real mental health problems". JOE. Retrieved 8 July 2026. He is 20-year-old Connor Gregory, from Grimsby. ... A new promotion, British Wrestling Revolution, was starting up in his home town. Gregory got involved ... and helped build the company from the ground up. ... managed to finish his degree
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "How Wrestling Saved My Life". Just Radio. August 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2026. The story of 21 year-old indie wrestler Connor Gregory from Grimsby AKA Scotty Rawk. ... A three part podcast series to launch Radio 1's new documentary podcast 'Tell It'. ... Broadcast Date: 14th, 21st and 28th July 2019
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Jones, Jude (9 June 2026). "A queer wrestling love story: Scotty Rawk on how the ring saved his life". Attitude. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Scotty Rawk". Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Skudder, Jake (3 July 2026). "UK standout gets TNA tryout in Albany, New York". F4WOnline. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Adamson, Dave (3 July 2026). "Independent Star Undergoes TNA Wrestling Tryout". WrestleTalk. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Scotty Rawk – Titles". Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  9. ^ a b c "Hairdos, outfits and mental health – the untold story of British wrestling". BBC. 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  10. ^ a b Gregory, Connor (April 2019). "Wrestling with my mental health". TED. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  11. ^ a b Attitude Staff (28 April 2026). "What to discover in Attitude's new-look issue: Kieron Moore, Carlos Gu, The Pussycat Dolls, Tori Amos and more". Attitude. No. 370. Retrieved 8 July 2026. Wrestling: Scotty Rawk on finding love in the boxing ring.
  12. ^ a b c d e Butler, Matthew (10 May 2023). "#23 – Connor Gregory: Mental Health, Anxiety, Depression, Alcohol, Recovery, Trauma & How Wrestling Saved His Life". Believe in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma (Podcast). ReNew. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  13. ^ a b c d "From Grimsby to the World". WrestHings (Podcast). 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h "Scotty Rawk – Matches (page 2)". Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  15. ^ Johnson, Jamie (29 February 2024). "Keeping Up With The Indies: Nathan Cruz". Wrestle Inn. Retrieved 8 July 2026. Nathan Cruz has cemented himself as one of the more well-known trainers in British wrestling, working with the likes of Scotty Rawk and Ace Matthews over recent years.
  16. ^ a b c "Love Island star to compete at 'Grimsby's biggest wrestling event'". Grimsby Telegraph. 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  17. ^ Vetter, Chris (23 June 2023). "1PW "Devil's Due" results: Vetter's review of Will Ospreay vs. Matt Cardona for the 1PW Title, ... Zachary Wentz vs. Scotty Rawk". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  18. ^ Vetter, Chris (15 September 2023). "GCW and TNT Extreme Wrestling "Project X" results: Vetter's review of a five-way Ultimate X match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  19. ^ a b c d e "Scotty Rawk – Matches". Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  20. ^ a b c Lambert, Jeremy (3 July 2026). "Scotty Rawk Earns TNA Wrestling Tryout". Fightful. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  21. ^ Giero (4 February 2024). "PTW #5: Gold Rush: Podsumowanie gali". Wrestling Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  22. ^ "PTW: Gold Rush". TrillerTV. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  23. ^ a b Brennan, Corey (28 September 2025). "TNT Effy's Big Gay Brunch 2025 Results (9/27): Rainbow Rumble Match Takes Place". Fightful. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  24. ^ a b "Scotty Rawk Lives His Dream With TNA Tryout". eWrestlingNews. 3 July 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  25. ^ "Full Results: Insane Championship Wrestling x NORTH Wrestling 'Insane NORTH Weekender' Night 1 (20 Jun 2026)". Scottish Wrestling Network. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  26. ^ a b Boone, Matt (3 July 2026). "TNA Wrestling Brings In UK Wrestling Standout For Tryout At iMPACT Taping In Albany, NY". Wrestling Headlines. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  27. ^ "Newcastle Students Explore Mental Health By Hosting First TEDx Event". FE News. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  28. ^ "How Wrestling Saved My Life: Episode 1". Tell It (BBC Radio 1), via Apple Podcasts. 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  29. ^ a b c Scotty Rawk (6 November 2025). Scotty Rawk opens up about coming out and how an ADHD diagnosis has helped him as a wrestler. Grapple Theory. Retrieved 8 July 2026 – via YouTube.


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