Drew Parker Announces Retirement From Professional Wrestling

Last night, August 19th 2023, Drew Parker announced his retirement from professional wrestling.

If you aren’t aware of Drew Parker he was a wrestler from Wales who went to Japan to take over the deathmatch scene he has since then toured America and the UK collecting belts and winning deathmatch tournaments all across the world. He’s done it all at the age of 25.

Some of Drew’s accolades include: BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion, GCW Ultraviolent Champion, King of Freedom Champion, GCW TOS winner and BJW tournament winner.

Drew’s first deathmatch was the 22nd September 2017 at FCP Project Mayhem VI. This was a tag team match where Clint Margera was stood at the opposite side. This match is full of violence with barbed wire barricades, carpet strips, thumbtacks and even features a scaffold build which Clint and Drew both dive off. You can watch highlights of this match on YouTube.

Since then Clint and Drew have fought multiple times since in ICW Fight Club, APW, Progress Wrestling, Kamikaze Pro, TNT Extreme Wrestling and a few others too.

Drew Parker spoke briefly after his match at TNT Extreme Wrestling Summer Explosion. “I’ve been asked why Clint was going to be final opponent to me. It was the most obvious choice.”

Summer Explosion featured a heap of violence and I was lucky enough to be front row for it there was syringes, chairs, light tubes, panes of glass, barbed wire and more which you will be able to watch on Demand Progress Plus keep an eye on their socials for more information.

This match to me told the importance of not giving up on your dreams and that if you can keep your mind set you can achieve whatever you want to.

Thank you Drew Parker for everything you have done for the deathmatch world and we wish you well in whatever you decide to do next.