{{Short description|British professional wrestler}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox professional wrestler |name=Neil Faith |image= Faith1.jpg |image_size=150px |caption=Faith in 2010 |names= Lord Neil Faith<br />'''Neil Faith'''<br />The Whitechapel Ripper |height={{height|ft=6|in=5}} |weight={{convert|268|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |birth_date={{birth date and age|1981|04|29|df=y}} |birth_name = Neil Andrew Horsfall |birth_place = Colchester, Essex, England |billed=Whitechapel, England |trainer=Bruce Hart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4986501/maindetails|title=Neil Faith at IMDB}}</ref><br />Andre Baker<br />New Japan Dojo |debut=1999 }}
'''Neil Andrew Horsfall''' (born 29 April 1981), better known by the ring name '''Neil Faith''', is an English professional wrestler.
==Early life== Faith was born in Colchester, Essex. He was raised in London and Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. He also attended the Thomas Adams School in Wem, Shropshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shropshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/wems-greg-davies-makes-it-big-comedian-stand-up-comedy-31213|title=Shropshire Life Article (Paragraph 20)|access-date=19 January 2012|archive-date=17 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117090735/http://shropshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/wems-greg-davies-makes-it-big-comedian-stand-up-comedy-31213/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He played football and rugby in high school. He studied kickboxing and was also a submission wrestler, competing in numerous shoot wrestling tournaments.
==Professional wrestling career== In April 1999, Faith started training for professional wrestling in England at the Hammerlock Wrestling Academy. After leaving the Hammerlock Wrestling Academy he traveled to Florida to wrestle for BANG TV on Fox, Then in January 2002 he moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to train with the Hart family.
Faith made his Stampede Wrestling debut in 02.22.2002 beating "Highlander" Rob Roy with a spinning tombstone piledriver. He then went on to team with fellow British wrestler Rick Vain to feud with Bruce and Teddy Hart in tag team matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/stampede/|title=Stampede Wrestling Results}}</ref> After departing from Stampede Wrestling in April 2002, he traveled to Japan to train in the New Japan Dojo in Tokyo.
Faith returned to Europe where he wrestled on independent wrestling shows. In 2002 he wrestled P. N. News in Dublin, Ireland at the national basketball arena.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/p/p-n-news.html|title=PN News at Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> In 2002 he continued to wrestle all over Europe where he filmed a documentary called ''Ultimate Warriors'' on The Bravo Channel and appeared regularly on The Wrestling Channel on SKY TV.
Faith returned to Florida to wrestle for Dory Funk Jr.'s ''BANG TV'' show on Fox and ''Throwdown'' on The Brighthouse network.
After leaving ''BANG TV'' He returned again to Europe where he Worked tours for NWA - UK and made it to the Semi-Finals of The NWA-UK 2003 King of the Ring tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=16835&page=2|title=NWA-UK King of the Ring Final (results)}}</ref>
From 2003 to 2004, he wrestled all over Europe, In countries such as Germany, Ireland, Russia, Holland, Scotland, Wales and England. He wrestled his last match in Europe on 05.02.2005 appearing for Revolution British Wrestling in London.
In June 2005, he permanently moved to the United States where he began working for Southern Championship Wrestling and World Xtreme Wrestling's Rage TV, which airs on the brighthouse network in Central Florida and is owned and operated by WWE Hall of Famer Afa the Wild Samoan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2011/0428/539084/rob-van-dam/|title=News: WXW on the brighthouse network}}</ref>
In October 2008, Faith had several WWE tryouts in Tampa, Florida. At Vintage Wrestling's first show, "Ignition", held in 2009 in Sanford, Florida, he wrestled in the main event against Jake "The Snake" Roberts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wrestlingnewscenter.blogspot.com/2009/04/vintage-wrestling-results-from-4-18-in.html|title=Ignition Results}}</ref> In December 2009, he started a tag team with Adam Windsor called European Union. Quickly after joining WXW they defeated tag team champions Hatchet City All-Stars to become the WXW Tag Team Champions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wxwwrestling.com/index.php/news/2010/05/|title=WXW Results}}</ref>
As of July 2010, The European Union are regularly listed in the top 5 Tag Teams in the state of Florida in polls ran by wrestling911.com and marcuspitts.com, they are also currently listed in the top 5 tag teams for NWA Florida/NWA Fusion as well. In 2010, Faith was also ranked #4 in the top 50 wrestlers in Florida poll by www.marcuspitt.com and www.wrestling911.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marcuspitt.com/2010/05/the-top-50-wrestlers-selected-by-the-pitt-is-here/ |title=Florida's top 50 wrestlers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714133251/http://www.marcuspitt.com/2010/05/the-top-50-wrestlers-selected-by-the-pitt-is-here/ |archivedate=14 July 2014 }}</ref> He was also rated #8 in the top ten most hated wrestlers in Florida list in January 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marcuspitt.com/category/the-monthly-top-ten/ |title=10 most hated wrestlers in Florida |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131221008/http://www.marcuspitt.com/category/the-monthly-top-ten/ |archivedate=31 January 2011 }}</ref>
On 11 September 2010. The European Union defeated Los Ben Dejo's for the Vintage Wrestling Tag Team titles in a 2 out of 3 falls match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1339&page=11|title=Title History}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gerweck.net/2010/09/12/news-on-tna-tickets-roh-signing-weidman-and-more/|title=Gerweck's Wrestling News}}</ref> Faith was also listed as a trainer at the Hard Knocks Wrestling Academy in Daytona Beach, Florida.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestlingclothesline.com/Schools.htm |title=Schools |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225105527/http://wrestlingclothesline.com/Schools.htm |archivedate=25 December 2008 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Faith married his current wife in 2005. They have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling911.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5870|title=Interview with Neil Faith}}</ref>
==Championships and accomplishments== *'''!Bang!''' **BANG International Championship (1 time) **BANG TV European Championship (1 time) **BANG TV Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Adam Windsor *'''Dynamite Championship Wrestling''' **DCW Heavyweight Championship (1 times) *'''First Class Championship Wrestling''' **FCCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *'''Main Event Championship Wrestling''' **MECW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *'''Vintage Wrestling''' **Vintage Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Adam Windsor *'''World Xtreme Wrestling''' **WXW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Adam Windsor *'''Southern Wrestling Federation''' **SWF Tag Team Championship - with Adam Windsor
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2001-2003 | ''BANG TV on Fox 51'' | Himself | Episodic TV Show |- | 2003 | ''Ultimate Warriors'' | Himself | Television documentary |- | 2004 | ''Irish Whip Wrestling on TWC'' | Himself | Episodic TV Show |- | 2010-2011 | ''WXW Rage TV'' | Himself | Episodic TV Show |- | 2011 | ''Thomas Sterling Cole'' | Drifter 1 | Film |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.instagram.com/thefitwrestler/ Neil Faith on Instagram]- His Instagram profile *[http://www.soldinocala.com The Horsfall Team]- His Real Estate Company *[https://twitter.com/thefitwrestler/ Neil Faith on Twitter]- His Twitter profile *[http://www.facebook.com/thefitwrestler/ Neil Faith's Facebook Page]- His Facebook page *[http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=1339&view=matches#matches German Website with Match Information on Neil Faith] *[https://archive.today/20131130182124/http://www.wrestlingvintage.com/2010/05/03/featured/featured-spotlight-neil-faith Vintage Wrestlings Spotlight on Neil Faith] *[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1339 cagematch.net profile on Neil Faith] *[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/n/neil-faith.html/ Online World Of Wrestling Profile on Neil Faith] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160130230409/http://www.1wrestling.com/2011/03/19/ringside-remembrances-the-great-britons/ 1Wrestling.com Article "the Great Britons" (Paragraph 30)]}} *[https://www.youtube.com/user/eurounionwrestling Official European Union YouTube Site]
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