Will Ferrara

William Ferrara (born June 30, 1991) is an American professional wrestler, formerly known on the indies by his ring name Spartan.

Will Ferrara
Birth name	William Ferrara
Born	(1991-06-30) June 30, 1991 (age 33)[1] Queens, New York, New York, U.S.[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Will Ferrara[3] Spartan[2]
Billed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Billed weight	178 lb (81 kg)[1]
Trained by	Johnny Rodz[2] Taz[2]
Debut	July 1, 2006[2][4]

Professional wrestling career

Ring of Honor (2013-2021)

He made his debut in Ring of Honor on a dark match on September 6, teaming with Cheeseburger and Nick Merriman and winning his match against Aaron Solo, Mike Dean & Travis Banks. He competed for the first time on pay per view at Glory by Honor XII, on October 26, against The Romantic Touch in a losing effort. Then he started to wrestle with Bill Daly, forming "Team Benchmark". Their first tag team match occurred on February 22, and lost against War Machine (Hanson & Ray Rowe). They lost on April 18 at Future of Honor against The Briscoe Brothers. On September 29, he eliminated Jay Lethal during a battle royal. This allowed him to face Lethal later in the night for the ROH World Television Championship but he failed. On November 7, he lost his qualifying match for the 2015 Survival of the Fittest tournament against Tommaso Ciampa.

In January 2015, he participated at the 2015 edition of Top Prospect Tournament, where he beat J.Diesel and Beer City Bruiser before losing against Donovan Dijak in the finals. On June 20, he competed and won his match against Silas Young after a distraction from Dalton Castle but lost his grudge match at Death Before Dishonor XIII. On October 24, Ferrara got defeated by Adam Cole at the Glory By Honor XIV.

In 2017, Ferrara turned heel by turning on his longtime tag team partner Cheeseburger and formed a new team named "The Dawgs" with Rhett Titus.^[5]

Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 220 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015^[6]
  • UWC Year-End Award
    • Newcomer of the Year (2011)
• Warriors of Wrestling
  • WOW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with All-Star Lou (1) and Nero (1) ^[7]

References

1. "4 Corner Wrestling profile".
2. "Cagematch profile".
3. "Donovan Dijak". Ring of Honor. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
4. "Online World of Wrestling profile".
5. "Coast 2 Coast face off with The Dawgs at Global Wars: Buffalo". Ring of Honor. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
6. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2015". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
7. "WOW Tag Team Championship Cagematch".