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But away from the ring the Ayrshire grappler has a hero close to his heart - his late mum Angela.

Luckily Isla has had far less trouble connecting with fans at home and abroad, with the Glasgow grappler winning the company's tag team titles in 2024 on an emotional night in Glasgow.

Each had different roles: Strikers hack at opponents, checkers run into them and knock them down, grapplers throw them to the ground.

In a documentary about his life called “The Sheik,” he said he became attracted to wrestling as a teen and as a grappler in the Iranian Army.

But that conversation led her to enrol at the training academy of Lance Storm - a legendary Canadian grappler widely regarded as one of the most technically gifted wrestlers to have competed.