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Chester Black
BlackChampion
Chester Black as OLYMPUS-FS Heavyweight Champion.
Birth name Chester Manning Jr
Born (1983-04-20) April 20, 1983 (age 41)
Birmingham, West Midlands,
England
Resides Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
Spouse Faye Wakefield (m. 2015)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Chester Black
Luke Berzinsky
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 243 lb (110 kg)
Billed from The Black Country, West
Midlands
Trained By Oliver Thatcher
Debut 2009

Chester Manning Jr is an English professional wrestler better known by his stage name Chester Black. He is currently signed to DYSTOPIA [Fight Club] under a freelance contract while also wrestling in the United Kingdom where he competes in promotions such as KINGDOM, Kings Road Wrestling. Olympus Fighting Summit and Snake Saloon Fight Night.

Training and Early Career:[]

Chester Manning trained exclusively under Oliver Thatcher, becoming his protege alongside Maxwell Wakefield. The two would train together and become rivals upon their debut in a similar fashion to how Oliver and his eternal career rival Don Faulkner became rivals. Before he could make his in-ring debut, Chester suffered a lower back injury while setting up a ring for Faulkners Olympus Fighting Summit promotion and would be sidelined until 2009, having to catch up to his arranged rival Maxwell. Chester would suffer an ankle injury later that year, which ultimately saw Oliver Thatcher lose favor in Chester and would ultimately decide that Maxwell would be his sole protege if he's unable to prove his worth before the end of the year. In December of that year, he would challenge Maxwell to an Olympus-FS rules match, which he would win with his now signature Bloodchoke Sleeper submission hold, impressing Thatcher enough to return him to his former status.

Kings Road Wrestling:[]

Olympus Fighting Summit:[]

DYSTOPIA [Fight Club]:[]

On July 9th, Chester Manning Jr was reported to have signed with the DYSTOPIA [Fight Club] promotion.

Personal Life:[]

Chester Manning is a co-owner of a small tavern and music venue in Birmingham called The Snakepit, an operation he runs alongside fellow professional wrestler, Jack McGuinness. Other wrestlers have found employment at the Snakepit, such as Russ Callard and Jayce Kovacs. The venue has also held sporadic wrestling events, labelling their shows "Snake Saloon Fight Night".

Chester married fellow professional wrestler Faye Wakefield in September of 2015. They had their first child together in July 2016, a daughter named Constance.

In-Wrestling:[]

BlackPiledriver

Chester Black performing the Thatcher-Style Piledriver.

  • Finishing Moves:
    • Ankle Lock - Early career; used as a signature thereafter
    • Bloodchoke Sleeper Hold (Sleeper hold, occasionally with body scissors)
    • Thatcher-Style Piledriver (Jumping Cradle Piledriver) - Adopted from Oliver Thatcher
    • Thatcher-Style Tombstone Piledriver (Jumping Cradle Tombstone Piledriver) - Adopted from Oliver Thatcher
BlackCrab

Chester Black applying a Single leg Boston crab.

  • Signature Moves:
    • Back body drop
    • Black Laces (Step shin kicks to the head of an opponent on his hands and knees)
    • Corner forearm smash
    • European uppercut, sometimes to the back of opponent's neck
    • Half nelson backbreaker
    • Mafia Kick
    • Multiple suplex variations
      • Double underhook
      • German
      • Leg-hook belly to back
      • Overhead throwing
      • Sleeper
    • Rolling fireman's carry slam
    • Shinbreaker
    • Single leg Boston crab, occasionally with an arm trap
  • Nicknames:
    • The Vagabond
  • Entrance Music:
    • "Do the Evolution" by Pearl Jam
    • "Snake Eyes" by Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
    • "Sing From The Gallows" by Diablo Blvd

Championships and Other Accomplishments:[]

  • Kings Road Wrestling:
    • KRW Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
    • KRW Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (2 time) with Maxwell Wakefield (1) and Dylan Thatcher (1)
  • Olympus Fighting Summit:
    • OLYMPUS-FS Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
    • Mount Olympus British Qualifier Winner (2013, 2014)
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Characters:
Males: Caylen McAvey · Chester Black · Corey Lazarus · Don Faulkner · Finnegan Wakefield · Flash Ashton Cassidy · Harold Saxon Jr. · Hayato Sekishima · Jason Sabian · Jayce Kovacs · Jonah Masirewa · Kris Sawyer · Kyle Radcliffe · Levi Silvera · Masanori Kawada · Mordos Kull · Nelson Tethers · Nick Moretti · Noah Kaplan · Noah Kaplan · Oliver Thatcher · Oskar Heydrich · Ozzy Kellett · Riki NAKAI · Russ Callard · Shaun Kasiano · Sonny Levitt · Verdugo
Females: Hayley Valentine · JUNKO · Kaya Rayleigh · Sydney St. Clair
Misc.: Chet Kensington · Dwight Miller · Faye Wakefield · Johnny Rivers · Larry Blackwell · Vernon Tressler
Groups: The Rogues Gallery · Valhalla Death Squad · Velocity 54*
Miscellanious:
Statistic Pages: Finnegan Wakefield · Masanori Kawada · Sydney St. Clair
Image Galleries: Finnegan Wakefield · Masanori Kawada · Sydney St. Clair · Valhalla Death Squad
Federations: Olympus Fighting Summit
Training Schools: Catch Sports Pro-Wrestling Academy · Olympus-FS Fighter Factory
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