Ashton Smith

Real Name: Ashton Trent Smith
Height: 5’8″
Weight: 200 lbs.
Date of Birth: December 15, 1988
From: Kingston, Jamaica
Pro Debut: February 11, 2007
Trained By: Sovereign Championship Wrestling
Finishing Move: Cool Runnings

Biography

– Smith was born in Jamaica, but has lived most of his life in the UK
– In his debut match, Smith was defeated by Zack Sabre Jr at a TXW event in Coventry, England
– In mid-2007, Smith began wrestling as ‘Derice Coffie’
– On September 13, 2008, Coffie won the SAS Prince of Gudjarat Trophy, defeating JC Hammer in the final
– On July 24, 2009, Coffie & Tyler Browne defeated Lyndon Ham & Scouse to win the CW Tag Team Titles, but would lose them to The Lightning Kid and Tommy Dean in their first defense just over a month later
– Smith took a hiatus from wrestling starting in mid-2010
– Smith returned to action under his real name for HXC Wrestling in April 2013
– On February 6, 2015, Smith won the 2015 NGW North West Cup, defeating Zack Gibson in the final
– On December 9, 2016, Smith defeated Bubblegum to win the PCW Cruiserweight Title
– The next day, Smith won the FutureShock Trophy, defeating James Drake in the final
– On February 3, 2017, Smith defeated Bubblegum to retain the PCW Cruiserweight Title
– On April 2, Smith defeated Mike Bailey to retain the PCW Cruiserweight Title
– On April 21, Smith defeated Chris Ridgeway to retain the PCW Cruiserweight Title
– On August 25, Smith defeated Zack Gibson to win the FSW Title
– On November 19, Smith defeated Tyson T-Bone by DQ to retain the FSW Title
– On December 3, Smith defeated Tyson T-Bone in a Bullrope Match to retain the FSW Title
– On January 21, 2018, Smith & Rampage Brown defeated Polo Promotions (Jackie Polo & Mark Coffey) to win the ICW Tag Team Titles
– On February 11, Smith & Brown defeated The Purge (Stevie James & Krobar) to retain the ICW Tag Team Titles
– On February 17, Smith defeated Joey Hayes to retain the FSW Title
– On February 23, Smith & Martin Kirby defeated The Bad Lads (Big Guns Joe, Micky Barnes & Drill) in a Handicap Match to win the GPW Tag Team Titles
– On March 11, Smith & Rampage Brown defeated Age Of Orion (Michael Chase & Theo Doros) to retain the ICW Tag Team Titles
– On April 14, Smith defeated Dave Mastiff to retain the FSW Title
– On May 13, Smith defeated Cyanide to retain the FSW Title
– Smith entered the first WWE United Kingdom Title Tournament, eventually losing to Travis Banks at the semi-final stage
– On June 24, 2018, Smith fought Zack Gibson to a no-contest to retain the FSW Title
– On July 15, Smith defeated Wolfgang to retain the FSW Title
– On December 2, POD (Smith & Rampage Brown) defeated The Kinky Party (Jack Jester & Sha Samuels) to win the ICW Tag Team Titles
– On December 23, POD defeated The Kinky Party to retain the ICW Tag Team Titles
– On May 18, 2019, Smith defeated Sandy Beach to win the GPW British Title
– In January 2020, Smith signed with WWE and would soon be competing exclusively on the NXT UK brand
– On the June 2, 2022 episode of NXT UK, Smith & Oliver Carter defeated Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven & Tyler Bate) and Die Familie (Rohan Raja & Teoman) to win the NXT UK Tag Team Titles. Unfortuately, Smith would suffer a knee injury during the match, leading to the titles being vacated soon after
– Smith was released by WWE on August 18, 2022
– Smith returned to action on the UK indies in September 2022, defeating Phillip Michael on a PCW event