Danny Duggan Explained

Danny Duggan
Birth Name:Daniel Warren
Names:Danny Duggan
Height:[1] [2]
Weight:223lb
Birth Date:23 March 1987
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba
Billed:Falcon Beach, Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Trainer:Gene Swan
Johnny Devine
Debut:January 8, 2003

Daniel Warren (born March 23, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler and business entrepreneur who works for independent promotions all over Canada and United States under the name "Hotshot" Danny Duggan. He has worked for such promotions as High Impact Wrestling, Canadian Wrestling's Elite, Steel Domain Wrestling, NWA Wildside, among others. He has worked matches and been a prospect for Ring of Honor, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and WWE.[3]

Career

Training and early career

In 2001, at the age of 14, Duggan started training with "Tomahawk" Gene Swan and "Hot Shot" Johnny Devine. Swan was training out of the Canadian Wrestling Federation school. Devine was out of Winnipeg recovering from surgery and training in Action Wrestling Entertainment's facility. He worked the under cards of GPW before finally pushing to the Winnipeg Indy scene. At the age of 15, he made his debut for River City Wrestling on January 8, 2003, against "Sugar" Shane Rogers for the RCW 24/7 Championship in Winnipeg, but came up on the losing end.[1]

Independent wrestling (2003-present)

Steel Domain Wrestling (2003-present)

Duggan made his debut for Steel Domain Wrestling on January 8, 2003. He defeated AJ Sanchez in his debut. On July 20, 2013; Duggan defeated Mitch Paradise to win the vacant SDW Championship as Steel Domain Wrestling was coming out of hiatus. Duggan's first reign would be the longest in company history at On September 17, 2016; Duggan defeated Ace Steel to become new SDW Champion after Mitch Paradise vacated it earlier in the month due to injury. On October 22, Duggan lost the SDW Championship to Aaron Corbin in a dog collar match. On April 8, 2017; Duggan made a surprise return as the mystery partner of "Tasty" Travis Cole and helped him win the SDW Tag Team Championships.

Ring of Honor (2010, 2015, 2016)

On March 20, 2010; Duggan made his Ring of Honor debut in a gauntlet dark match at Epic Encounter III. Bobby Dempsey defeated Duggan, Hornet, Lou Crank, Nick Nemesis, Rahim Ali, and RJ City.[4] On November 13 at Fate of an Angel 2; Duggan teamed with Camikaze in a dark match. They lost to the team of Ashley Sixx and Rip Impact.[5] On April 25, 2015, on the Conquest Tour; Duggan lost to Arik Cannon.[6] On July 11, during the Aftershock Tour; Mark Briscoe defeated Duggan in a match taped for ROH TV. On June 11, 2016, on the Road to the Best in the World; He defeated Shaheem Ali in a dark match.[7] On June 12; Cheeseburger defeated Duggan in a dark match.[8]

Smash (2010)

In late 2010; Duggan made his debut for Tajiri's promotion Smash. On October 30 at Smash.9; Duggan teamed with Kim Nanpun to defeat Lin Bairon and Yusuke Kodama.[9]

Wrestling New Classic (2013)

In late 2013; Duggan returned to Japan and competed for Tajiri's follow up promotion Wrestling New Classic. On November 29, Duggan teamed with Shinose Mitoshichi, Koharu Hinata, Masato Shibata and defeated Masaya Takahashi, Kaho Kobayashi, Hiroki Murase and Fujiwara Rionne in an eight man tag team match.[10] On December 6; Duggan defeated Masaya Takahashi and Fujiwara Rionne in a three way match.[11]

WWE (2016, 2017)

Duggan was security in the triple threat main event of the October 24, 2016, edition of Raw. The next night in a dark match before SmackDown Live, Duggan lost to Jack Swagger via submission.[3] On the February 27, 2017, edition of Raw, Duggan was security during the Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman Fastlane contract signing. Reigns speared Strowman through the barricade wall, knocking Duggan over in the process.[12]

DDT (2017)

In the summer of 2017; Duggan returned to Japan and worked a few dates for DDT Pro-Wrestling. At King of DDT 2017 on June 25; he teamed up with Daiki Shimomura in a losing effort against Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Kouki Iwasaki in a dark match.[13] On July 2 at Good Evening from Shinkiba Village 2017; Duggan teamed up with Antonio Honda. They lost to the team of Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo.[14]

Championships and accomplishments

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Hotshot" Danny Duggan profile. October 26, 2016. Online World of Wrestling.
  2. Web site: "Hotshot" Danny Duggan CWE profile. October 26, 2016. CWECanada.ca.
  3. Web site: WWE News: The Ascension Reads a Scary Story, Smackdown Dark Match. Thomas. Jeremy. October 25, 2016. 411Mania. March 22, 2018.
  4. Web site: ROH Epic Encounter III. Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. March 27, 2018.
  5. Web site: ROH Fate of an Angel 2. Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. March 27, 2018.
  6. Web site: ROH Conquest Tour Results 4.25.15: Hopkins, MN (Spoilers). Csonka. Larry. April 25, 2015. 411Mania. March 22, 2018.
  7. Web site: 6/11 ROH in Hopkins, Minn. – Dehnel's In-Person Report on Tag Wars 2016 Night 1 (w/Photo Gallery). Dehnel. Joel. June 11, 2016. PWTorch. March 22, 2018.
  8. Web site: 6/12 ROH in Milwaukee, Wis. – Tag Wars finale, Lethal & Cabana vs. Young Bucks main event. Reilly. Blake. June 12, 2016. Pro Wrestling Torch. March 27, 2018.
  9. Web site: NJPW (G1 Tag Day 5), NOAH (Jr Tag Finals), Osaka Pro vs. Chikara & SMASH.9 Results for Oct. 30th, 2010!. BushidoRX. October 30, 2010. Puroresu Spirit. March 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180630215503/http://puroresuspirit.net/2010/10/njpw-noah-osaka-pro-vs-chikara-smash-9-results-for-oct-30th-2010/. June 30, 2018. dead.
  10. Web site: WNC [WNC Championship: Tajiri vs Pantera] results for November 29, 2013]. BushidoRX. November 29, 2013. Puroresu Spirit. March 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180630185717/http://www.puroresuspirit.net/2013/11/wnc-wnc-championship-tajiri-vs-pantera-results/. June 30, 2018. dead.
  11. Web site: WNC [WNC Championship: Tajiri vs Bodyguard] results for December 6, 2013]. BushidoRX. December 6, 2013. Puroresu Spirit. March 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180630215509/http://puroresuspirit.net/2013/12/wnc-wnc-championship-tajiri-vs-bodyguard/. June 30, 2018. dead.
  12. Web site: Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman sign their WWE Fastlane contract: Raw, Feb. 27, 2017. July 7, 2017. WWE.
  13. Web site: DDT results for June 25, 2017. BushidoRX. June 25, 2017. Puroresu Spirit. March 22, 2018.
  14. Web site: DDT results for July 2, 2017. BushidoRX. July 2, 2017. Puroresu Spirit. March 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180322143245/http://puroresuspirit.net/2017/06/ddt-results-for-june-25-2017/. March 22, 2018. dead.
  15. Web site: CWE Championship. 2013-08-05. CageMatch.net.
  16. Web site: 123Approved.ca Open Rules Championship. October 26, 2016. Cagematch.net.
  17. Web site: CWE Tag Team Championship. 2013-08-05. Cagematch.net.
  18. Web site: Slam! Wrestling News. May 16, 2018. May 17, 2018. Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. https://web.archive.org/web/20180515041520/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/news.html. May 15, 2018. dead. CWE Champion "Canadian Hercules" Tyler Colton & "Hotshot" Danny Duggan became the NEW CWE Tag Team Champions by defeating The Cannon Clan.
  19. Web site: Danny Duggan - Tournaments. August 11, 2017. Cagematch.net - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  20. Web site: CWE Tag Team Title Tournament (2010). August 11, 2017. Cagematch.net - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  21. Web site: PCW Tag Team Championship. October 26, 2016. PCWAction.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026233200/http://www.pcwaction.com/tagteam.php. October 26, 2016. dead.
  22. Web site: RCW Midweight Championship. October 26, 2016. WrestlingData.com.
  23. Web site: Duggan Seizes Opportunity: Wins Northern States Title. October 26, 2016. Steel Domain Wrestling. July 21, 2013. Waggoner. Peter. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026235333/http://www.steeldomainwrestling.com/news_article/show/272320?referrer_id=526146. October 26, 2016. dead.
  24. Web site: WCWC Pacific Northwest Championship. August 10, 2017. Wrestling-Titles.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026235333/http://www.steeldomainwrestling.com/news_article/show/272320?referrer_id=526146. October 26, 2016. dead.

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