Sawyer Fulton

Sawyer Fulton
Fulton in April 2016
Birth name Jacob Southwick
Born (1990-04-02) April 2, 1990
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Big Jake South
Jacob Southwick
Madman Fulton
Sawyer Fulton
Billed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)[1]
Billed weight 315 lb (143 kg)[1]
Billed from Toledo, Ohio[1]
Trained by Jimmie Lee
Debut 2010

Jacob Southwick (born April 2, 1990) is an American professional wrestler currently competing on the independent circuit under the ring name Madman Fulton. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he worked in their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Sawyer Fulton, and was part of the NXT faction Sanity.

Early life

Southwick was born on April 2, 1990, in Toledo, Ohio. He trained under Jimmie Lee. Southwick attended Ashland University, where he is a former Greco-Roman All-American and a two-time NCAA All-American amateur wrestler.[2] He cited Kurt Angle as his favorite wrestler growing up.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Mid-Ohio Wrestling (2010–2012)

Southwick trained to be a professional wrestler at the ASWA Pro Wrestling Training Center in Mansfield, Ohio.[2] He made his professional wrestling debut for Mid-Ohio Wrestling as Big Jake South on Oct 16, 2010, defeating Izzy Lambert. He won the Mid-Ohio Tag Team Titles with Cyrus Poe, and challenged unsuccessfully for various other championships within the promotion including as the Tri-County Heavyweight Title and the World Title.[4]

WWE

NXT (2012–2017)

In September 2012 it was reported that Southwick had signed with WWE.[2] He was later renamed Sawyer Fulton. He made his televised NXT debut on May 2, 2013, where he appeared as an enhancement talent in a tag-team match against The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper).[5] He then continued to make sporadic televised appearances on NXT as an enhancement talent over the next three years, often as part of a tag-team with Angelo Dawkins with the duo being defeated by teams such as Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady, The Vaudevillains, Blake and Murphy and The Hype Bros.[6]

In March 2016, Fulton formed a tag-team with Alexander Wolfe at NXT live events.[7] In September 2016, Fulton and Wolfe joined a stable named Sanity along with Eric Young and Nikki Cross. The stable made its debut on the October 12, 2016 episode of NXT, with Wolfe and Fulton defeating the team of Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger as part of the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. On November 2, in the second round of the Tag Team Classic, Fulton and Wolfe beat fan favourites T.J. Perkins and Kota Ibushi. They were knocked out of the tournament in the semi finals by TM61. Fulton subsequently suffered a torn pectoral muscle which ruled him out of action for several months.[8] At the NXT tapings on November 30, 2016, it was teased that Fulton was no longer associated with SAnitY after Eric Young stomped on Fulton's jacket before kicking it out of the ring. He was later replaced in the group by Killian Dain, with no on-screen explanation provided for his absence. On November 3, 2017, Fulton was released from his NXT contract by the WWE without making another televised appearance.[9]

Major League Wrestling (2018)

In Summer of 2018, Fulton began appearing as a member of Sami Callihan's Death Machines stable in MLW, where he participated in the Battle Riot event and a War Games match [10]

Other media

Fulton made his first and only appearance as a playable character in WWE 2K18.

Championships and accomplishments

  • American States Wrestling Alliance
    • ASWA Heavyweight Championship (2 time, current)[11]
  • Atomic Wrestling Entertainment
    • AWE Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Vertigo Rivera[12]
  • Mid-Ohio Wrestling
    • Mid-Ohio Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cyrus Poe
  • National Backyard Wrestling Federation
    • NBWF Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Fred Drosser
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • PWI ranked him #444 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sawyer Fulton
  2. 1 2 3 Indie wrestler heads to WWE developmental
  3. ↑ Grappling and gorilla suits: The story of Jake Southwick
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ 5/30 Gutteridge's WWE NXT Review: Battle Royal to determine the No.1 Contender for the NXT Title, Big E Langston vs. Derrick Bateman, Stephanie McMahon's big announcement, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan in action
  6. ↑ Gutteridge's WWE NXT Hit List: Finn Bálor and Kevin Owens sign the contract for NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, plus Eva Marie returns to the ring, Bayley vs. Emma, VaudeVillains vs. Sawyer Fulton and Angelo Dawkins, and Samoa Joe vs. Mike Rawlis
  7. ↑ NXT Bartow, FL, live results: Patrick Clark's interesting new gimmick; Andrade vs. Dillinger
  8. ↑ https://www.solowrestling.com/new/66136-sawyer-fulton--en-exclusiva-estoy-seguro-de-que-wwe-tenia-cero-planes-para-mi-despues-de-la-lesion
  9. ↑ http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/sawyer-fulton-released-wwe/
  10. ↑ https://mlw.com/fighters/
  11. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=3566
  12. ↑ https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=3341
  13. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2017". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
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