_(cropped).jpg) Slater in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 September 2004[3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Leon Slater[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] |
| Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | Bradford, England |
| Trained by | Liam Slater[2] |
| Debut | 5 May 2019[2] |
Leon Slater (born 27 September 2004) is an English professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is the TNA X Division Champion in his first reign. He also appears in partner promotion WWE on the NXT brand.
Slater also had tenures in England in Revolution Pro Wrestling and Progress Wrestling.[5]
Professional wrestling career
Revolution Pro Wrestling (2022–present)
Slater made his debut in Revolution Pro Wrestling at RevPro Live In London 64 on August 7, 2022, where he unsuccessfully challenged Luke Jacobs for the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship.[6] He continued to make regular appearances in the company's signature events such as the British J-Cup, where he made his first appearance at the 2022 edition where he defeated Lio Rush in the first rounds but fell short to Robbie X, Lee Hunter and Will Kaven in a four-way match in the finals which occurred on the same night.[7] One year later, Slater succeeded in winning the cup by defeating Will Kaven in the first rounds and then Harrison Bennett, Máscara Dorada and Wild Boar in the four-way match of the finals.[8] At RevPro Revolution Rumble 2023 on March 26, Slater competed in the traditional royal rumble match, bout won by Michael Oku and also involving various other notable opponents such as Big Damo, Callum Newman, Eddie Dennis, Gabriel Kidd, Francesco Akira, Rampage Brown, Sha Samuels, Trent Seven, Zack Sabre Jr. and many others.[9] At RevPro 11th Anniversary Show on August 26, 2023, Slater defeated Dan Moloney in singles competition.[10] At RevPro Uprising 2023 on December 16, Slater defeated Connor Mills to win the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship.[11]
Slater competed at Royal Quest III, a cross-over event promoted by RevPro in partnership with New Japan Pro Wrestling on October 14, 2023, where he teamed up with Cameron Khai to unsuccessfully challenge Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[12]
Game Changer Wrestling (2022–present)
Slater has shared a stint tenure with American promotion Game Changer Wrestling since 2022. He made his first appearance at GCW In Liverpool 2022 on September 16, where he unsuccessfully challenged Cole Radrick, Joe Lando and Tony Deppen for the GCW Extreme Championship.[13] At GCW 56 Nights 2023 on January 1, Slater competed twice. First in a 30-person rumble won by Masha Slamovich and also involving various other notable opponents, both male and female such as Billie Starkz, Allie Katch, Effy, John Wayne Murdoch, Jordan Oliver, Mance Warner and many others. On the same night, he fell short to Nick Wayne.[14] At GCW In Liverpool 2023 on September 16, Slater unsuccessfully challenged Blake Christian for the GCW World Championship.[15]
Progress Wrestling (2022–present)
Slater made his debut in Progress Wrestling at Progress Chapter 134: No Mountain High Enough on May 15, 2022, where he fell short to Ricky Knight Jr.[16] At Progress Chapter 136: 24/7 on July 24, 2022, he teamed up with Ricky Knight Jr. to unsuccessfully challenge Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper) for the Progress Tag Team Championship.[17] Slater competed in one of the promotion's top tournaments, the Natural Progression Series, in which he made his first appearance at the 2023 edition where he defeated Liam Slater in the first rounds but fell short to Ricky Knight Jr. in the semifinals.[18] As for the Super Strong Style 16, Slater made his first appearance at the 2023 edition where he fell short to Mark Haskins in the first rounds.[19]
Impact Wrestling / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2023–present)
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In October 2023, Slater signed a contract with Impact Wrestling.[4] He made his debut in the promotion at Turning Point on October 27, 2023, where he defeated Mark Haskins to retain the North Wrestling Championship.[20] On the third night of the Impact Wrestling UK Invasion Tour from October 29, 2023, he fell short to Trey Miguel in singles competition.[21]
On May 23, 2025 at Under Siege, Slater teamed with Matt Hardy as an injury replacement for Jeff Hardy in an unsuccessful challenge of Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth for the TNA World Tag Team Championship.[22][23] On July 20 at Slammiversary, Slater defeated Moose to win the TNA X Division Championship and became the youngest champion. After the match, he was congratulated by a returning AJ Styles.[24] On August 15 at Emergence, Slater defeated Cedric Alexander in his first title defence.[25] At Victory Road on September 26, Slater retained the X Division Championship against Myron Reed.[26][27] At Bound for Glory on October 12, 2025, Slater defended the title against NXT's Je'Von Evans in a match that first went to a 20-minute time limit draw, then was restarted by Director of Authority Santino Marella and subsequently ended in a no contest following interference from DarkState.[28][29] At Turning Point on November 14, Slater retained the X Division Championship against Rich Swann. At Final Resolution on December 5, Slater retained the X Division Championship against A. J. Francis. At Thursday Night Impact! premiere on AMC on 15 January 2026, Slater was originally scheduled to defend the TNA X Division Championship against Myron Reed. However, the match was shelved after Slater could not appear due to a visa issue.[30]
WWE (2025–present)
On the October 21 episode of NXT, Slater successfully defended the TNA X Division Championship against Stacks.[31] At NXT Halloween Havoc on October 25, Slater teamed up with Evans to defeat Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide's Mr. Iguana and La Parka in a tag team match.[32] Slater and Evans then faced DarkState (Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin) for the NXT Tag Team Championships at Week 1 of NXT: Gold Rush on November 18 but failed to win the titles.[33] At NXT Deadline on December 6, John Cena selected Slater as one of the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge participants which was won by Evans.[34][35] At Saturday Night's Main Event XLII on December 13, Evans and Slater were selected by Cena in his final event to face World Tag Team Champions AJ Styles and Dragon Lee in a non-title match, where the match was won by Styles and Lee.[36] On the December 16 episode of NXT, Slater won a Fatal Four-Way match defeating Dion Lennox, Joe Hendry and Myles Borne to earn a NXT Championship match at NXT: New Year's Evil on 6 January 2026[37] but failed to win the title.[38] Slater made his WWE main roster debut on the 16 January episode of SmackDown, where he answered United States Champion Carmelo Hayes' open challenge but failed to win the title.[39]
Championships and accomplishments
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- One Pro Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Revolution Pro Wrestling
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- TNA X Division Championship (1 time, current)[43]
- TNA Year End Awards (3 time)
- One to Watch in 2025[44]
- X-Division Star of the Year (2025)
- Finishing Move of the Year (2025)
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- ^ Walraven, Noah (August 7, 2022). "RevPro Live In London (8/7) Results: Shoto Umino, Connor Mills, And More". fightful.com. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
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- ^ "'WELCOME HOME' – SUPER STRONG STYLE 16 RETURNS TO THE DOME – DAY ONE REPORT". PROGRESS Wrestling. May 27, 2023. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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External links
- Leon Slater's profile at Cagematch , Wrestlingdata , Internet Wrestling Database
- Leon Slater's Total Nonstop Action Wrestling profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 8, 2025)
- 2004 births
- Living people
- English male professional wrestlers
- British J-Cup winners
- Sportspeople from Bradford
- 21st-century male professional wrestlers
- Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champions
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- TNA/Impact X Division Champions
- 21st-century Black British people
- Black British sportsmen
