Introduction
David Minton (born 21 July 1984) is an English professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on its NXT UK brand under the ring name Dave Mastiff.
Professional wrestling career
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2014–2015)
Mastiff appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2014 on the second season of TNA British Boot Camp. Mastiff first match on the show was aired on 9 November, when he defeated Rampage Brown. In his second match of the show, which aired on 30 November, Mastiff was once again victorious in an eight-person tag team match alongside Brown, Angelina Love and Noam Dar where they defeated Al Snow, Grado, Kay Lee Ray and Mark Andrews. Mastiff advanced to the final six, but the competition was eventually won by Andrews.
Through January 2015, Mastiff worked couple matches on Xplosion, where he lost to Mandrews (formerly known as Mark Andrews) and Samoa Joe.
World of Sport Wrestling (2016)
On 11 November 2016 Mastiff defeated Grado to win the inaugural WOS Championship, however, Mastiff lost the championship to Grado on the same episode.
WWE
NXT UK (2018–present)
Mastiff made his WWE debut on 9 June 2018, when he participated in the United Kingdom Championship Tournament. Mastiff advanced from the first round after defeating Kenny Williams, however, was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Joe Coffey. Mastiff made his NXT UK debut on the first episode of the show which aired on 17 October, when he defeated Sid Scala.
Mastiff, who was yet to be defeated on NXT UK, fought Eddie Dennis to a double disqualification on the 2 January 2019 episode of the show. This led to a No Disqualification match on NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, on 12 January, which Mastiff won.
On the 5 June episode of NXT UK, Mastiff competed in a Fatal four-way match against Joe Coffey, Jordan Devlin and Travis Banks to determine the #1 contender for the WWE United Kingdom Championship. Banks won the match, as Mastiff suffered his first loss on the show. After Coffey and Mastiff wrestled to a double countout on the 7 August episode of NXT UK, both faced in a Last Man Standing match on NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, on 31 August, when Mastiff was defeated.
On the 30 January 2020 episode of NXT UK, Mastiff lost a six-man tag team match with Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster, against Imperium's Marcel Barthel, Fabian Aichner and Alexander Wolfe. On the February 13 episode of NXT UK, Mastiff defeated Saxon Huxley.
Championships and accomplishments
- Anti-Watershed Wrestling
- AWW Heavyweight Championship (1 times)
- Athletik Club Wrestling
- ACW World Wrestling Championship (1 time)
- Attack! Pro Wrestling
- Attack! 24:7 Championship (1 time)
- Be. Catch Company
- BCC Championship (1 time)
- BCC Championship Tournament (2010)
- Big League Wrestling
- BLW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Big Grizzly
- Fight Club: Pro
- FCP Championship (1 time)
- International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
- IPW:UK World Championship (1 time)
- Power of Wrestling
- POW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Douglas Williams
- Preston City Wrestling
- PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Elite
- PWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 307 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019
- Real Quality Wrestling
- RQW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jack Storm
- RQW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2007) – with Jack Storm
- Vertigo Pro Wrestling
- VPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- VPW Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2015)
- World of Sport Wrestling
- WOS Championship (1 time)