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Mark Haskins

Mark Haskins (born June 25, 1988), is an English professional wrestler. He is known internationally for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, as well as his appearances in Ring of Honor, Progress Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling, Dragon Gate, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom.

Haskins debuted on July 22, 2006, for FWA Academy by teaming up with Tom Langford to defeat Mark Sloan and Ollie Burns. He was involved in his first cage match just days after his debut, losing to Mark Sloan and Ollie Burns. He debuted for Premier Promotions on September 7, 2006. Haskins would go on to wrestle many matches for Premier Promotions over the years, mostly British Rules matches. He was part of the FWA Academy Championship Number One Contendership tournament and got to the semi-finals before being eliminated by Max Voltage. His last match for FWA Academy came at the beginning of 2007 by teaming with Tommy Langford and defeating Doug Williams and Jake McCluskey.

Haskins debuted for International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom on April 1, 2007, with Dan James, Harry Mills, & Tommy Langford defeating Ian Logan, Jake McCluskey, Jamie Brum, and Wade Fitzgerald. He would then team up with The Chavs (Dan James and Harry Mills) in a losing effort on April 4, 2007. Haskins and Mills participated in a One Pro Wrestling six-team gauntlet match for the 1PW Tag Team Championship and also lost to BritRage in a match for the 4FW Tag Team Championship. In August, he debuted for Joint Promotions and real-quality wrestling. He participated in a British National Championship Tournament and got to the quarterfinals before being beaten by Terry Fraizer. For one night on January 13, 2008, he changed his name to Skins and lost to El Ligero. Haskins teamed with The Saint to take on BritRage for the 4FW Tag Team Championship in February and lost. Haskins won an IPW:UK Championship #1 Contendership Battle Royal only to lose to the champion Martin Stone. In March, he lost a 28-man Royal Rumble at IPW:UK. Haskins and Bison Smith lost to Kotaro Suzuki and Mitsuharu Misawa at A-Merchandise's Noah vs. UK event. Upon making his debut for Irish Whip Wrestling on December 6, 2008, he beat Red Vinny, The Ballymun Bruiser and Vic Viper for the RQW Cruiserweight Championship. At the beginning of 2009, he lost a 4FW Heavyweight Championship Number One Contendership five-way ladder match. On February 28, 2009, he lost the Extreme Measures 2009 Tournament, and at Premier Promotion, he lost in the finals of a one-night tournament. On April 6, 2009, Haskins and Mark Sloan won the PWF Tag Team Championship Tournament for the vacant PWF Tag Team Championship by defeating Roy Knight and Zak Zodiac. He lost the RQW Cruiserweight Championship to the British Eagle only to win it back days later. Haskins lost a three-way match for the wXW World Lightweight Championship on July 4, 2009. He also won the 2009 Ian Dowland Trophy. On his return to Europe from Dragon Gate, he performed at the British Allstar Wrestling Alliance, losing to Team H8 (Gideon and Jeckel). At All-Star Wrestling, he lost to Mikey Whiplash for the World Mid-Heavyweight Championship. In the 2011 16 Carat Gold Tournament, Haskins advanced to the quarterfinals before being eliminated by Big Van Walter.

Haskins formed a team with Joel Redman known as The Thrillers; on their debut match together, they lost to The South Coast Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ian Logan and Jake McCluskey) on July 14, 2007, which involved a special guest referee. The team would go on a losing streak for the next few months and even lost to The Kartel (Sha Samuels and Terry Frazier) in a match for the IPW:UK Tag Team Championship. The Thrillers won their first match as a tag team in a dark match by defeating JP Monroe and Jules Lambrini on January 27 January 2008.

The team debuted for Real Quality Wrestling on February 16, 2008, and defeated the Maximum Head (Dan Head & Max Voltage) and would next month beat The Lost Boys (Danny Darko and Jo FX). After their two successful matches, they challenged The Damned Nation (Cameron Kraze and Dragon Aisu) on April 26, 2008, for the RQW Tag Team Championship which they won.

The Thrillers returned to IPW:UK on May 4, 2008, triumphant with tag team gold in the form of the RQW Tag Team Championship, only to lose the championship to The Kartel (Sha Samuels & Terry Frazier) in a championship unification match that also involved the IPW:UK Tag Team Championship. The team debuted for One Pro Wrestling losing to BritRage (Mark Sloan & Wade Fitzgerald). However, they would beat The Kartel on September 28, 2008, for the Unified British Tag Team Championship. The Thrillers would then debut for Westside Xtreme Wrestling at the beginning of 2009 and win a wXw Tag Team Championship contendership match defeating Adam Polak and Lazio Fe. With that win, they challenged Doug Williams and Martin Stone for the wXw Tag Team Championship the following month, but were unable to win the title.

Upon their return to IPW:UK, The Thrillers lost the Unified British Tag Team Championship to The Leaders of The New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.). The Thrillers tried to regain the championship on two separate occasions, the first ending in DQ and the second where they were defeated cleanly in a tables, ladder and chairs match.

Haskins debuted for Dragongate on October 31, 2009, during their European tour stop in Germany, teaming with Tommy End in a losing effort against The Young Bucks. A day later, in the UK, Haskins defeated Kagetora. Haskins joined Dragon Gate in February 2010 for a two-month tour, making his Japanese debut on February 6 and losing to Don Fujii. The Haskins tour finished on March 22, teaming with Akira Tozawa and Kagetora and losing to Makoto Hashi, Naoki Tanizaki and Pac at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. Haskins returned to Dragon Gate in May for another two-month tour, finishing up on July 11 at Dragon Gate's biggest show of the year, the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival. In August, Haskins teamed up with Pac to take part in the Summer Adventure Tag League, finishing the tournament with one win and four losses. On September 6, Haskins lost to Pac in his final Dragon Gate match in Japan. Haskins has further competed in Dragon Gate as part of their European and UK tours in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014.

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