DREW HANKINSON

'Andrew William Hankinson' is an American professional wrestler currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) making promos to debut on its SmackDown! brand.

Contents

Career

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

Career

Hankinson began his career in Pennsylvania with the World Star Wrestling Federation (AWA/World Star Wrestling), '''Summit Wrestling Association''' of Southern Pennsylvania, and Maryland-based 'National Wrestling League', wrestling as 'Dorian Deville'. In April 2005, he was signed to a contract by World Wrestling Entertainment and assigned to the Deep South Wrestling (DSW) developmental territory, where he formed a partnership with Palmer Cannon. Hankinson wrestled in DSW as 'Deacon Deville' before changing his ring name to 'The Freakin' Deacon'.
On May 29, 2006, the ''Wrestling Observer'' reported that Hankinson debuted on ''WWE RAW'', confronting Kane while dressed in Kane's original ring attire, complete with a full face mask. Without saying a word, Hankinson chokeslammed Kane. The two continued to battle one another over subsequent weeks, the impersonator continually gaining the upper hand, leading to a match being scheduled for ''Vengeance 2006''. In a match, Hankinson went on to defeat Kane at ''Vengeance'' with a chokeslam. On the following episode of ''RAW'', Hankinson was beaten down by the real Kane, who then tore the mask from his face and threw him out of the arena, claiming that it belonged to him. This marked Hankinson's last appearance on ''RAW''.
Following his feud with Kane, Hankinson returned to Deep South Wrestling, in addition to appearing at ''SmackDown!'' house shows as 'The Freakin' Deacon'. In late January he formed a tag team with G-Rilla.
On the May 11, 2007 edition of ''Smackdown!'', a vignette aired suggesting that Hankinson will be repackaged as 'Festus Dalton' as part of a tag team using a 'Southern' gimmick, alongside fellow WWE developmental talent Ray Gordy.
On June 2, 2007, it was reported that WWE was dropping the "Dalton Boys" gimmick. The explanation for the reason they didn't show up on Smackdown was because (kayfabe) they got lost on their way to the arena. Hankinson and Gordy had actually been sent back to OVW and Hankinson changed his name to 'Justice Dalton'. It marked the third time Hankinson had been dropped from the main roster.
On the June 29, 2007 edition of ''SmackDown!'', vignettes hyping the Dalton's return to the roster began to air.

In wrestling

★ 'Finishing and signature moves'
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★ '''Dalton Driver''' (Piledriver)
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★ '''Dalton Bomb''' (Chokebomb)
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★ '''Dalton DDT''' (Inverted DDT)
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★ '''Deacon Clutch''' (Cobra clutch)
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★ 'Chokeslam' - As 'Imposter Kane'
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★ Big boot / Running arched big boot
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★ Lariat clothesline

Championships and accomplishments

★ 'National Wrestling League'
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★ NWL Heavyweight Championship

★ 'Vanguard Championship Wrestling'
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★ VCW Heavyweight Championship

★ 'Summit Wrestling Association'
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★ SWA Heavyweight Championship

References

★ Drew Hankinson at Cagematch.net (In German)

★ ''The fake Kane is...''

★ The NWL Heavyweight Championship at the Wrestling Information Archive

★ The VCW Heavyweight Championship at VCW-Wrestling.com

★ Summit Wrestling Association Website