15 Wrestlers Taught By Surprising Trainers
2. Jack Gallagher: Billy Robinson
'Gentleman' Jack Gallagher is by far the biggest success story to emerge from last summer's Cruiserweight Classic. Even though he hasn't yet won a Cruiserweight Championship, he's far more over than TJ Perkins, Rich Swann, and Bryan Kendrick with the main roster audience, and he absolutely would have if not for Neville's resurgence as a real life Dragon Ball Z villain.
Jack was trained at the notoriously gnarly Snake Pit in Wigan by legendary catch wrestler Billy Robinson. Jackie Boy's a gifted technician with a whimsical streak a mile wide, but it's his brief flashes of heat-of-the-moment brutality that reveal the influence of his trainer. His sternum-cracking headbutts and corner dropkicks that make Daniel Bryan's look like butterfly kisses absolutely betray Robinson's tutelage, as do the two amateur MMA victories under his belt.