Noam Dar

Noam Dar (born 28 July 1993) is a Scottish-Israeli professional wrestler.

He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand.

He is the leader of The Meta-Four stable and has held the NXT Heritage Cup a record-setting three times.

He also wrestles for Scottish promotion Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW).

Noam Dar was born in Be'er Ya'akov on 28 July 1993.

He moved with his family to Scotland at the age of five and was raised in Ayr, where he became a supporter of the football team Rangers.

Dar debuted on the British independent circuit at the age of 15, working for Scottish promotions such as British Championship Wrestling and Premiere British Wrestling.

Dar would get his first international experience wrestling in Spain for Dragon Gate's "European Invasion" and Zero1 Spain, with winning efforts over Colin McKaye and Sean South, respectively.

On 1 May 2011, Dar captured his first championship by becoming one half of the Premier British Wrestling (PBW) Tag Team Champions with Liam Thomson, holding the titles for over 11 months, with six title defenses, before losing them to the team of Lionheart and Wolfgang.

Dar entered a tournament to become the One Pro Wrestling 1PW World Heavyweight Champion in February 2011; he was unsuccessful but later that year went on to become the final 1PW Openweight Champion, winning the vacant title in a four-way match with Marty Scurll, Kris Travis and Joey Hayes and successfully defending it against Bad Bones and Kid Kash at 1PW's final show.

In October 2011, Dar worked a dark match for Dragon Gate UK's "Yosuka vs Shingo 3" event, in a winning effort against Daniel Robert.

Dar finished 2011 with another trip overseas, scoring a win over MK McKinnan for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), which qualified him to return in 2012 to compete in a series of matches at the wXw 16 Carat Gold 2012 shows.

In 2011, Dar began working higher profile matches, challenging multiple times for the BCW Heavyweight and Openweight Championships, albeit unsuccessfully and wrestling bigger name opponents such as Eddie Edwards for IPW, continuing the feud into 2012.

For the Revolution Pro Wrestling promotion, Dar wrestled Jerry Lynn and challenged Prince Devitt for the RPW Cruiserweight Championship.

Dar entered the SWE Speed King Championship tournament, qualifying for the finals with a win over Spud but failing to capture the championship.

Dar competed unsuccessfully in two tournaments for IPW, losing to Sami Callihan in a Quarter Finals match for the IPW:UK Cruiserweight Championship and a first round loss to Zack Sabre Jr.. in a tournament to crown the first British National Champion.

In April 2012, Dar began competing for Lionheart's Pro Wrestling Elite promotion, debuting with a win over Mark Haskins, before a loss to AJ Styles.

Dar was entered into a tournament to crown a PWE World Heavyweight Champion, defeating El Ligero and Mikey Whiplash before losing to Andy Wild in the finals.

Dar captured the PBW "King of Cruisers 2012" crown in a six-way match to finish a successful year in the promotion.

In 2012, Dar would challenge unsuccessfully for both the ICW Tag Team Titles and ICW Heavyweight Championship.

2013 saw Dar return to Dragon Gate UK, working a series of matches against Yamato, Jimmy Susumu and Masaaki Mochizuki.

RPW invited Dar back for a run of shows which saw him defeat Mark Andrews in his return, but lose contests to Michael Elgin and Marty Scurll.

Dar ended 2013 by finally capturing the BCW Openweight Championship from Andy Wild, Dar would hold the championship for well over a year before losing it to Kenny Williams in April 2015.

Dar was granted a rematch for the title against Williams in a triple threat also involving Will Ospreay but Williams retained.

From 2013 to 2015, Dar would continue his pursuit of championships in ICW, he challenged subsequent champions Mark Coffey, Wolfgang, Kenny Williams, and Stevie Boy unsuccessfully to regain the ICW Zero-G Championship and began teaming with Kenny Williams as Champagne Superbollocks to challenge Polo Promotions for the ICW Tag Team Championships on two occasions, one (swiftly interrupted) no-contest and one loss.

Between 2014 and 2015, Dar had a three match feud with Grado over the PWE World Heavyweight Championship, where Dar first scored a disqualification victory, in a subsequent rematch they wrestled to a no-contest before Grado was finally victorious in a third defense, ending their feud.

During this period, Dar also scored a notable win over Christopher Daniels.

In late 2015, Dar debuted for Global Force Wrestling (GFW), defeating Chris Ridgeway.

As a result of winning PWE's "Elite Rumble", Dar received another shot at the PWE World Heavyweight Championship.

However, following a Best of Five series with Joe Coffey where Dar was bested 3-2 and a lengthy feud with ICW authority figure Red Lightning, Dar would end 2015 on a high in ICW by defeating Joe Hendry in an ICW World Heavyweight Championship No.1 Contender match and gaining a win over former two-time champion Drew Galloway.

Dar first competed for WWE in the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic, and is the first Israeli professional wrestler to perform for the company.

He has also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and on its British Boot Camp series, as well as Progress Wrestling, Preston City Wrestling (PCW), Dragon Gate UK (DGUK), Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), Global Force Wrestling (GFW), and Ring of Honor (ROH).

He is a two-time ICW Zero-G Champion, a one-time PCW Cruiserweight Champion, and a one-time ICW World Heavyweight Champion, among other championships and accomplishments.

Dar succeeded in dethroning Iestyn Rees for the title on 23 July 2016 at PWE's "Five Year Anniversary: Dar Wars – The Final Episode" Show.

Dar debuted in Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) with a win over The Highlander before winning a tournament to become the inaugural ICW Zero-G Champion.

Dar held the title for 266 days (the longest reign in the title's history) before losing it to Lionheart.

Dar won the championship back less than two months later to become the first two-time ICW Zero-G Champion.

Dar's second reign would last 252 days, where he was defeated by Andy Wild.

Dar remained prominent in ICW throughout 2016, entering the 30-man Square Go!

match and challenging for the Zero-G Championship in addition to wins over Doug Williams, Sha Samuels and Liam Thomson.