Personal Info
Birth date
1990-08-08 (34 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Also known as
Zack Gibson
Rip Fowler
Jack Rea
Biography
Jack Rea, better known by the ring name Zack Gibson, is an English professional wrestler and promoter. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and also competes on the independent circuit. He has also wrestled in WWE's NXT brand, where he performed under the ring name Rip Fowler as a member of The Dyad. He formed the tag team Grizzled Young Veterans with James Drake in 2017, becoming the inaugural NXT UK Tag Team Champions and three-time Progress Tag Team Champions. He and Drake run a wrestling promotion called Burning Heart Pro Wrestling.
Filmography
WWE Main Event
7.86
Overview:
WWE Main Event is a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that airs on Peacock and streams on Hulu Plus in the United States. The show features WWE wrestlers and complements WWE's primary programs Raw and SmackDown.WWE NXT
6.7
Overview:
Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.All Elite Wrestling: Collision
8.4
Overview:
An in-ring show featuring more wrestlers, more stories and more action to super-serve fans.TNA No Surrender 2024
6.5
Overview:
Get ready for an epic showdown as TNA Wrestling presents "No Surrender" - a night of intense, no-holds-barred action on February 23, 2024!ROH: Final Battle
6.167
Overview:
The 2024 Final Battle was a professional wrestling live streaming event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It was the 23rd Final Battle event and took place on December 20, 2024, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. The event aired exclusively on ROH's streaming service, Honor Club. Thirteen matches were contested at the event, including four on the Zero Hour pre-show. In the event's final match, which was promoted as part of a double main event, Athena fought Billie Starkz for the ROH Women's World Championship. In the other main event, Chris Jericho faced off against Matt Cardona for the ROH World Championship.NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II
7.5
Overview:
NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II is a WWE Network event produced by WWE for their NXT UK brand. It takes place at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, Lancashire, England and is the third event promoted under the NXT UK TakeOver chronology.TNA Sacrifice 2024
6.3
Overview:
On March 8, the new era of TNA Wrestling returns to Windsor, Ontario, Canada for a must-see special event, Sacrifice, streaming LIVE on TNA+ from St. Clair College.WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2023
7.4
Overview:
The 2023 NXT Stand & Deliver was the third annual Stand & Deliver professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event took place on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California as part of WrestleMania Weekend, being held the same day as WrestleMania 39 Night 1 with a special start time of 1 p.m. Eastern Time 10 a.m. Pacific Time. WWE wrestlers Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) served as the hosts of the event.PROGRESS Chapter 75: These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends
4
Overview:
We're back at our London home for a special Bank Holiday Monday show - Chapter 75: These Violent Delights Have Violent EndsWWE Worlds Collide
7
Overview:
WWE Worlds Collide is a two-day professional wrestling show and WWE Network event featuring their 205 Live, NXT, and NXT UK brands. This event features the 15-man Worlds Collide tournament, with the wrestlers being equally divided amongst the NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live rosters. Winner of said tournament receives an NXT Championship Title Match of their choosing.WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1
8.1
Overview:
For the first-time ever, NXT is bringing two whole nights of what the black and gold brand can bring for WrestleMania weekend as night one of this two-night event features NXT UK Champion Walter defending his gold against Tommaso Ciampa, a #1 Contender's Gauntlet Eliminator Match for a North American Championship Match at night two, and the NXT Women's Championship on the line as Io Shirai defends her title against Raquel Gonzalez.NJPW: Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024
NYR
Overview:
Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2024) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 8, 2024 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States.NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff
8
Overview:
NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff is a professional wrestling show and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their NXT UK brand. It took place on August 31, 2019, at Motorpoint Arena Cardiff in Cardiff, Wales and was streamed live on the WWE Network. It is the second event promoted under the NXT UK TakeOver chronology, after NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool.WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup 2017 • English Qualifier
NYR
Overview:
On March 21st, 2017 WCPW presents the English Qualifier for the 2017 Pro Wrestling World Cup in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The show features an 8-man tournament qualifer plus a ROH World Title Match with Christopher Daniels (c) versus El Ligero • Drew Galloway vs. Ricochet • Liam Slater & Matt Riddle vs. Prospect • Adam Cole, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Gabriel Kidd vs. BT Gunn, Joe Coffey, Joe Hendry & Travis Banks.PROGRESS Chapter 22: Trust, Encouragement, Reward, Loyalty, Satisfaction
NYR
Overview:
and we’re back to Camden’s Electric Ballroom for PROGRESS Chapter 22 from October 2015, and the overly-titled “Trust, Encouragement, Reward, Loyalty, Satisfaction”. If that sounds familiar, it might be because you’re a fan of a British comedy… We open up with a spoof of a scene from the British version of The Office, featuring the GZRS’ Tom Irvin in the role of David Brent. Funny if you get the reference, and still pretty good if you didn’t!NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV
8.5
Overview:
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV is an upcoming professional wrestling show and WWE Network event that will take place on August 18, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event is produced by WWE for the NXT brand that will streamed live on the WWE Network.NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool
7.5
Overview:
NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool was a professional wrestling show and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their NXT UK brand. It took place on January 12, 2019, at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, Lancashire, England and was streamed live on the WWE Network. It was the first event promoted under the NXT UK TakeOver chronology.TNA Hard To Kill 2024
6.5
Overview:
The 2024 Hard To Kill was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling. It took place on January 13, 2024, at the Palms Casino Resort in Paradise, Nevada. It was the fifth event under the Hard To Kill chronology, the first event promoted under the TNA name to broadcast live since Bound for Glory in 2016. Twelve matches took place at the event, including three on the pre-show. In the main event, Moose took on Alex Shelley to for the TNA World Championship.PROGRESS Chapter 23: What A Time To Be Alive!
NYR
Overview:
Back to PROGRESS now, and we go back six months for November 2015’s show: Chapter 23 – What A Time To Be Alive! There are no old men thawing out of a freezer here, but we do have a rare event which included a pre-show, and that match that broke the ring… in the main show opener, too!NJPW Capital Collision 2024
NYR
Overview:
NJPW Capital Collision 2024 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on August 30, 2024 in Washington, D.C. at the Entertainment & Sports Arena. It was broadcast on FITE TV.PROGRESS Chapter 21: You Know We Don't Like to Use the Sit Down Gun
NYR
Overview:
We return to Camden’s Electric Ballroom, for PROGRESS’ Chapter 21 event from September 2015, entitled “You Know We Don’t Like To Use The Sit Down Gun”. Google it – you’ll find a video of a talking bird! Whilst this show featured the last match of Kris Travis, as his comeback ended when his cancer returned to ultimately claim his life, it also marked the start of a new era of PROGRESS, with new champion Will Ospreay having his first title defence.NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
8.1
Overview:
A massacre is sure to happen at the Capitol Wrestling Center on St. Valentine's Day as the finals of the Men's and Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic are underway, Johnny Gargano defends his North American Championship against Kushida, Io Shirai takes on Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez for the NXT Women's Championship in a Triple Threat Match and Finn Bálor goes one-on-one with Pete Dunne in order to defend his NXT Championship.PROGRESS Chapter 26: Unknown Pleasures
NYR
Overview:
PROGRESS Title Match: MARTY SCURLL (c) vs MARK HASKINS, TIMOTHY THATCHER vs JACK GALLAGHER, JAMES DAVIS vs TOMMY END, MIKEY WHIPLASH vs RAMPAGE BROWN, JACK SEXSMITH vs BUBBLEGUM, THE SOUTH PACIFIC POWER COUPLE vs 'FLASH' MORGAN WEBSTER & POLLYANNA, THE ORIGIN (Gibson/Mastiff) vs O'CONNOR & COFFEY vs SWEET JESUS (Mambo/Eaver) vs THE DAZZLER TEAM (Allen/Black Jr)An Extraordinary Gentleman
NYR
Overview:
He is a WWE superstar... A learned scholar of the fighting arts... A Mancunian born and bred... Above all else however he is and always will be known as a gentleman. He is the Extraordinary Gentleman Jack Gallagher and this is his story.NJPW: Strong Style Evolved
6
Overview:
Strong Style Evolved 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The show took place on December 15, 2024, in Long Beach, California, United States at the Walter Pyramid.RevPro Revolution Rumble 2024
NYR
Overview:
Revolution Rumble (2024) was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) that took place on March 31, 2024, at the York Hall in London, England.PROGRESS Chapter 44: Old Man Yells At Cloud
NYR
Overview:
FEBRUARY 26, 2017. CAMDEN, LONDON AT THE ELECTRIC BALLROOMPROGRESS Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again
NYR
Overview:
ATLAS TITLE TOURNAMENT FINAL JOE COFFEY vs RAMPAGE BROWN DAHLIA BLACK, ALEX WINDSOR and JINNY vs NIXON NEWELL, LAURA DI MATTEO and POLLYANNA PROGRESS TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH THE LONDON RIOTS (c) vs BRITISH STRONG STYLE PAUL ROBINSON vs CHUCK MAMBO TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS MATCH TOMMASO CIAMPA vs ZACK SABRE JR IF THE ORIGIN LOSE THEY MUST DISBAND THE ORIGIN (GIBSON, LIGERO, CRUZ, MASTIFF) vs JACK GALLAGHER, DAMON MOSER and F.S.U (ANDREWS and DENNIS) PROGRESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH MARTY SCURLL (c) vs TOMMY END vs MARK HASKINSActing
2025DPW Limit Break 2025 as Zack Gibson
2024ROH: Final Battle as Zack Gibson
2024NJPW: Strong Style Evolved as Zack Gibson
2024NJPW: Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024 as Zack Gibson
2024NJPW Capital Collision 2024 as Zack Gibson
2024RevPro Revolution Rumble 2024 as Zack Gibson
2024TNA Sacrifice 2024 as Zack Gibson
2024TNA No Surrender 2024 as Zack Gibson
2024TNA Hard To Kill 2024 as Zack Gibson
2023RevPro: Uprising 2023 as Zack Gibson
2023All Elite Wrestling: Collision (5 Episodes) as Zack Gibson
2023WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2023 as Rip Fowler
2023NXT Stand & Deliver 2023 Kickoff as Rip Fowler
2022Hey! (EW) (1 Episode) as Zack Gibson
2021WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 as Zack Gibson
2021NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day as Zack Gibson
2020NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II as Zack Gibson
2019PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please as Zack Gibson
2019NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff as Zack Gibson
2019PROGRESS Chapter 93: Cheer Up Juice as Zack Gibson
2019WWE Worlds Collide as Zack Gibson
2019NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool as Zack Gibson
2018PROGRESS Chapter 78: 24 Hour PROGRESS People as Zack Gibson
2018WWE NXT UK (8 Episodes) as Zack Gibson
2018PROGRESS Chapter 75: These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends as Unknown
2018NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV as Unknown
2018PROGRESS Coast To Coast Tour: Boston as Zack Gibson
2018Discovery Wrestling Presents DW The Wrestling Show Of The Future, Today! as Zack Gibson
2018RIPTIDE: Rumble as Zack Gibson
2018PROGRESS Chapter 70: May 27th 1978 as Unknown
2018ScrapperMania 4 as Unknown
2018PROGRESS Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 - Day 1 as Himself
2018RIPTIDE: Spring Break as Zack Gibson
2018PROGRESS Chapter 63: Take Me Underground as Himself
2017Over The Top Wrestling Presents Being The Elite as Zack Gibson
2017An Extraordinary Gentleman as Self
2017HOPE Wrestling Presents Freakshow 6 as Zack Gibson
2017Over The Top Wrestling Presents Scrappermania 3 as Zack Gibson
2017WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup 2017 • English Qualifier as Zack Gibson (Wrestler)
2017PROGRESS Chapter 44: Old Man Yells At Cloud as Unknown
2016IPW:UK Supershow 5 as Zack Gibson
2016PROGRESS Chapter 37: A Sudden Sense Of Liberty as Himself
2016PROGRESS Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again as Zack Gibson
2016PROGRESS Chapter 26: Unknown Pleasures as Himself
2016PROGRESS Chapter 25: Chat Shit Get Banged as Himself
2015PROGRESS Chapter 23: What A Time To Be Alive! as Zack Gibson
2015PROGRESS Chapter 22: Trust, Encouragement, Reward, Loyalty, Satisfaction as Zack Gibson
2015PROGRESS Chapter 21: You Know We Don't Like to Use the Sit Down Gun as Zack Gibson
2012WWE Main Event (1 Episode) as Rip Fowler
2012PROGRESS Chapter 1: In The Beginning... as Himself
2010WWE NXT (1 Episode) as Rip Fowler