Ho Ho Lun

Ho Ho Lun
Birth name Wong Yuk Lun
Born (1987-07-19) 19 July 1987
British Hong Kong
(today Hong Kong, China)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) HoHo Lun
Ho Ho Lun
Billed height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Billed weight 155 lb (70 kg)[1]
Billed from Tai Po, Hong Kong[2]
Trained by David Sharp
Debut June 6, 2009

Wong Yuk Lun (born 19 July 1987), better known by his ring name Ho Ho Lun (Hoholun, 何顥麟), is a Hong Kong professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with WWE, where he competed in their developmental territory NXT. He is the founder of the Hong Kong Pro-Wrestling Federation. Due to his experience performing in Hong Kong, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Europe, Ho Ho Lun was a participant in WWE's Cruiserweight Classic.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Ho Ho Lun grew up as a fan of professional wrestling. After being influenced by the stars of the World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Lun aspired to become a professional wrestler. In 2007, his professional wrestling career began after relocating to Guangzhou, China, where he joined China Wrestling Entertainment (CWE) and began his training.

Hong Kong Pro-Wrestling Federation/Zero1 Hong Kong

After travelling back and forth from Guangzhou to Hong Kong every week for two years, Ho decided to open a wrestling gym of his own in his homeland of Hong Kong. He founded Hong Kong Pro-Wrestling Federation and launched its gym in Shatin, Hong Kong, where he and other Hong Kong wrestlers had been training. Notable wrestlers from the gym include Jason Lee, Ladybeard, and Bit Man. The group had their first show on June 6, 2009, this event served as a starting point for the sport of professional wrestling in Hong Kong. In 2012, Lun challenged Jason Lee for the AWGC Junior Heavyweight Championship but fell short. In 2015, he formed a new stable call Outer Space with fellow Hong Kong wrestlers Jeff Man, Kevin Man, Ham Sap Chan and Beijing wrestler Gao Yuan.

European independent circuit

Ho Ho Lun first traveled to the United Kingdom in 2010, training with the 4 Front Wrestling promotion. In 2011, he traveled to the UK for a second time, this time staying in the nation for six months. During his 2011 tour in the UK, Lun wrestled for 4FW, Triple X Wrestling (TXW), Pro Wrestling Live (PWL) and other independent promotions. The most notable match of his 2011 tour was a BWE Championship match in Essex. In 2013, Ho Ho Lun return to the UK again and wrestled in a various promotions, including Attack Pro Wrestling and Fight Club Pro. During his 2013 European trip, Lun also wrestled in Spain and Portugal. In 2015, Lun returned to Europe for a short two week tour, wrestling in Portugal and in England for Pro Wrestling Pride where he would challenge for the PWP Catch Division Championship in a fatal-4-way.

Touring in Japan

Ho Ho Lun's first match at a Japanese wrestling event occurred in 2012, when he participated in the Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) Tenkaichi Jr Tournament. Lun was eliminated in the first round by Irish wrestler Sean Guinness. Lun returned to Zero1 in 2014, where he wrestled primarily on the promotion's events held in North-Eastern Japan. During his 2014 Japanese tour, Lun would also wrestle for longtime Japanese independent group Michinoku Pro Wrestling. In 2016, Lun returned to Japan for the first time in two years, wrestling in Yokohama for Land's End Pro Wrestling.

Touring in Asia

Ho Ho Lun's first match outside Hong Kong took place for Taiwan Wrestling Taipei (TWT) at an event held in Taiwan in 2010. Since 2010, Lun has wrestled for many other companies in Taiwan including Impact Wrestling LOVE (IWL) and New Taiwan Wrestling (NTW). Lun has challenged for the NTW Tag Team Championship on multiple occasions. In 2014 and 2015, Ho Ho Lun toured in Chongqing, China for Crazy League Pro Wrestling. He is also a regular roster member of Mainland China based wrestling companies China Wrestling Entertainment (CWE) and Middle Kingdom Wrestling (MKW).[4] Ho Ho Lun has also been wrestling in Singapore since 2012 and makes regular appearances for Singapore Pro Wrestling's City Asia sub-brand.

WWE (2016–2017)

Ho Ho Lun was a participant in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic tournament. The tournament began on 23 June with Lun defeating Ariya Daivari in his first round match.[5] On 14 July, Lun was eliminated from the tournament by Noam Dar.[6]

On 2 October, Lun was announced for NXT's 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, teaming with Tian Bing.[7] Lun and Bing were eliminated from the tournament by Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.

On 2 November, Lun was announced as a roster member for the cruiserweight-centric 205 Live show.[8] On the 8 March, 2017, episode of NXT, Lun made an appearance, in a losing effort to Andrade Almas. On the June 28 episode of NXT, Lun made an appearance, in a losing effort to The Velveteen Dream, which would be his final appearance. On August 3, WWE announced that Lun was released from his WWE contract, to care for his ailing mother.[9]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 "HoHo Lun".
  2. ↑ "HoHo Lun".
  3. ↑ John Clapp (2016-04-03). "Triple H reveals first Global Cruiserweight Series participants". WWE. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  4. ↑ "Roster – Middle Kingdom Wrestling". middlekingdomwrestling.com.
  5. ↑ Williams, JJ (2016-06-23). "WWE Cruiserweight Classic round one spoilers: Sabre Jr, Swann, Gargano, Ibushi, more!". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  6. ↑ "WWE Cruiserweight Classic round two spoilers". 14 July 2016.
  7. ↑ WWE NXT [@WWENXT] (2 October 2016). "PLUS: The Chinese duo of @hoholun719 and #BinWang will look to take the 2016 #DustyClassic by storm!..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ Staff, WWE.com. "205 Live premieres Nov. 29 on WWE Network". WWE.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  9. ↑ Satin, Ryan. "HoHo Lun Requested Release From WWE to Deal with Family Situation". ProWrestlingSheet.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  10. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2017". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "ZERO1 Hong Kong King Of Wrestling 2016 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH — The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
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