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Iley is a wrestler, plain and simple. He learned back in his hometown of Newcastle upon Tyne, England from the age of 16. By his 18th birthday he had his first match, wrestling infront of 250 people in his local leisure centre. From there John began his long journey in the world of pro wrestling. Winning the UK's light heavyweight title at 19 and representing England in a wrestling tournament which took place all over Europe, he finished 4th overall.

Returning from the tournament, John would continue to wrestle around England, earning small wages, just enough to cover his expenses (if he got paid that is, sometimes he ended up travelling to an arena and ending not being paid at all). He would also work as a bouncer on the doors of nightclubs around Newcastle, just to earn that little bit of extra cash.

He also wrestled in Japan and did a six month tour there. His time in England made him ready for the small crowds he would face over there. He found it an experience, toughening himself up more and also learning the STF which he started to use as a finisher (The Geordie Aggro).

After his time in Japan he returned to England, wrestling and working the doors of Newcastle nightclubs. Then during one of his nights wrestling, he was spotted by a agent for wrestlers in the US. Impressed by John's style he signed John up and took him to America. John continued his English style there, the crowd seemed to enjoy it as it was something they werent used to seeing. John ended up working for a federation known as the New York State Wrestling Federation (NYSWF) . John started off in the Academy of the NYSWF becoming their Junior Heavyweight champion (and held the title longer than anyone else) John wrestled in the main fed for just over 18 months. During that time Iley ended up with the burn scars on his body. He was in a cage match in which the ringside area inside the cage was surrounded by fire. Iley ended up in the flames but luckily medics and a fire crew were on hand incase such a thing happened. Thankfully only his arms and chest area were burnt. But it was a back injury put him out of action. The injury was so bad John had to give up wrestling.

He returned as the feds commissioner and at one point was attacked and powerbombed through a table at ringside from within the ring, people thought Iley was crippled or even dead, but, after some pioneering surgery his back healed and he returned to wrestle in the NYSWF, then shortly after his return the federation, the NYSWF closed. John then went to a couple of other federations and wrestled his last match in a fed called the CWC which was a crusierweight based fed. Iley slimed down from 245 to 235 to be allowed to wrestle, but John's back injury came back to haunt him and he left, spending plenty of time in rehab and money on investments. His back finally recovered but John decided not to return to wrestling, instead he ended up living in Toronto, owning a string of clubs and bars. His time working the doors in England taught him how to run such a place and he's made plenty from it.

He then made a return to a fed ran by the former owner of the NYSWF, the fed only lasted 6 months but he became the fed's only Undisputed Heavyweight champion after wrestling 3 times in one night. When the fed closed Iley decided to hang up the boots, until now. Some old fires still burn within him and he has some scores to settle, some of which are right here in LEGACY.