Bingo Ballance
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| Born | 1984 |
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| Residence | Dublin, Ireland |
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Bingo Ballance Matt Richards |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Billed weight | 172 lb (78 kg) |
| Debut | 26 June 2005 |
Gary Ballance (born 1984) is a professional wrestler from Dublin, Ireland, who is better known by his ring name Bingo Ballance. Ballance lives and competes in Ireland, and is perhaps most well known for his four-year stint with Irish Whip Wrestling. He now competes independently in Ireland, England, Scotland and Germany.
Ballance began his career with Irish Whip Wrestling (IwW), training in their school in Baldoyle from early June 2005. Ballance debuted in a battle royal at Gym Wars 3, three weeks after he had begun training. Over the course of the year, he took part in a number of tag team matches, teaming mainly with Bam Katraz, to oppose Red Vinny, and had a singles match with Mad Man Manson towards the end of 2005.
During 2006, Ballance began to move away from tag wrestling, following a series of matches where he teamed with former rival Red Vinny to face The Ballymun Bruiser and Keego Ward, and developed into a singles wrestler, helping to pioneer what IwW dubbed its "Zero Gravity" cruiserweight division, in matches with Red Vinny, Pac, J. P. Monroe, Bubblegum, TJ Wilson, The Hornet, and Ricky Marvin. It was also in 2006 that Ballance was appointed Head Trainer of the IwW Training School.
In January 2007, Ballance became the first ever Irish Whip Wrestling Zero Gravity Champion, during the Zero Gravity Championship tournament in Balbriggan. Ballance defeated Pac in the finals. He lost the Championship in Balbriggan to hometown favourite Bam Katraz at IwW Doomsday on 23 June. Ballance recaptured the Zero Gravity Title two weeks later, at IwW Global Impact in Waterford, pinning Katraz during a triple threat match also featuring Pac. After successful defences against Red Vinny, Brother Skelly, Andy Barton, Kid Kash, and Kenichiro Arai, he was defeated by Red Vinny in Kilkenny for the championship on 20 October. Ballance finished out the year with a singles match, defeating LA Warren in his hometown of Clontarf, in Dublin.
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