Drew McDonald
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| Ring name(s) | Drew McDonald, Ben Doon McDonald |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in |
| Billed weight | 22 Stone |
| Born | 1955 Perth, Scotland |
| Billed from | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Trained by | Ian Law |
| Debut | 1983 |
Drew McDonald is a Scottish professional wrestler, who has wrestled throughout the United Kingdom's independent circuit since the early 1980's'
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[edit] Career
McDonald first got into wrestling when friend of his who ran a school in Perth for wayward kids was promoting a wrestling show to make funds for the school. Ian Law who was the British Middleweight Champion at the time was helping his friend to run the show. One of the wrestlers had got himself seriously injured two weeks out from the show and his friend asked McDonald if he would stand in for the missing man, like nearly everyone, McDonald was convinced that wrestling was all show and that anyone could do it, but McDonald was in for a shock, he had a two week crash course before first pro match against Wild Angus, The match lasted 5 rounds with Angus beating McDonald by the final bell.
McDonald stayed in Scotland wrestling for another year after that first match, in April 1984 he went down to England to work for Joint Promotions; the biggest promoters at that time (in the United Kingdom).
The next 5 years saw McDonald wrestle against the likes of Ray Steele and Gill Singh. McDonald would also develop freindships with the likes of Danny Collins, Dave Finlay and Referee Jeff Kaye.
McDonald at one point would join the army at the Guards Depot at Pirbright where he joined with the Scots Guards. During his time there he would met Dave Taylor of WCW Fame, who had enlisted in the same regiment as McDonald, as a bandsman on the same day.
McDonald would wrestle though out all the top promotions in the UK as well as traveling all over the world, wrestling for promotions like Canada's Stampede Wrestling under the name Ben Doon McDonald feuding with stars like Chris Benoit.
Back in the UK Drew McDonald would win many top titles including Scottish Championship Wrestling's Scottish Heavyweight Championship, and All Star Wrestling's British Heavyweight Championship. McDonald won the British title when he defeated Robbie Brookside in Croydon on the 7th of July 2005.
McDonald would also team up with many long time wrestlers, including Dave Finlay (in the Catch Wrestling Association), Ulf Herman, and Robbie Brookside. Later McDonald would team with rookie stars like Thunder, and Raj Gosh. During a time when both Thunder and Gosh wrestled in Frontier Wrestling Alliance at the same time as McDonald the group banded together under the stable name "The Triad."
During January 2006, Steve Sonic defeated Drew McDonald in a ladder match for All Star Wrestling's British Heavyweight Championship. Throughout 2006 McDonald would continue to wrestle in All Star as well as with other British independent promotions; including Real Quality Wrestling.
Drew McDonald also runs his own wrestling school along with former wrestler and referee Jeff Kaye in Stanningley, Leeds.
[edit] In wrestling
- Nicknames
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- "Highlander From Hell"
- "Highlander"
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Celtic Crusher (Stunner)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- 1-time ASW British Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time SCW Scottish Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time TWA British Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time SCW Hardcore Champion
- 1-time SCW Glasgow Champion
- 1-time FWA British Tag Team Champion (with Ulf Herman)
- Winner of the EWP Iron Man Tournament (2005)
- Winner of the Scotland Games
