Jimmy Havoc

James McAhren (born 19 March 1984) is a British former professional wrestler best known under the ring name Jimmy Havoc.

He is known for his work with Progress Wrestling, Defiant Wrestling, Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), Major League Wrestling (MLW) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

Havoc is a former Progress World Champion.

Jimmy Havoc trained at NWA UK Hammerlock under Andre Baker and Jon Ryan, alongside the likes of Zack Sabre Jr.. and Fergal Devitt before making his debut in 2004.

Wrestling exclusively under the Hammerlock banner until 2006, he made his first appearances outside of the promotion for Triple X Wrestling where he first started appearing as a "deathmatch" or hardcore wrestler.

He quickly became known as one of the top deathmatch wrestlers in Europe, debuting for International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom in 2008, Germany's Westside Xtreme Wrestling in 2009 and appearing on a joint show between wXw and U.S. hardcore promotion Combat Zone Wrestling in 2010.

Havoc appeared in European versions of the CZW Tournament of Death in both 2010 and 2012.

On 1 April 2012, Havoc made his debut for Insane Championship Wrestling, at 'So's Yer Maw' in The Garage, tagging with Iceman against Jack Jester & Chris Renfrew.

A few months later, Havoc would face Renfrew again, in the first ever Scottish Rules match, with the final result coming to 1-1.

One month later, he would compete as part of Team ICW in a Glasgow Street Fight, defeating The Official Community.

On 2 September 2012 at ICW: Hadouken!, Havoc challenged Andy Wild for the ICW Zero-G Championship but was defeated.

Havoc debuted for Progress Wrestling on the Chapter Two event in May 2012 and went on to lose six matches without registering a victory, though became very popular with the Progress fans as an underdog babyface.

As of 2013, he has made appearances in other independent companies such as Mid-Atlantic Wrestling and Full Impact Pro.

In 2013, Havoc would enter a rivalry with James Scott, who took exception to Jimmy's hardcore style of wrestling.

This led to a 2 out of 3 falls match, which Havoc would go on to win.

Shortly after this, Havoc was at odds with the New Age Kliq, first competing in tag team match alongside Jack Jester, that was deemed too violent to air on YouTube.

As the rivalry continued, Jimmy defeated BT Gunn in ICW's first ever Thumbtack Kickpad match, for the right to face Rhyno at Fear & Loathing VI.

After James Scott was later added to the match, Havoc defeated both Scott & Rhyno in a Three Way Dance at Fear & Loathing VI.

In November 2013, at Chapter Nine, Havoc attacked promoter Jim Smallman, and aligned himself with the London Riots, turning heel in the process.

Havoc would then use an open contract given to him by Smallman to defeat Progress Champion Mark Andrews (who had just wrestled both Paul Robinson and Rampage Brown in consecutive matches) to become champion and pick up his first victory in Progress.

In his first title defense at Chapter Eleven, Havoc defeated Zack Sabre Jr.. with the help of his newest associate, Progress trainee "The Omega" Isaac Zercher.

Havoc was joined at Chapter Thirteen by Paul Robinson, and the group later christened themselves "Regression" as a play on the name of the company and to symbolize their hatred of Progress Wrestling.

The group lost its first members at Chapter Fifteen, as the four members of the group (not including Zercher) took on Progress Tag Team Champions Eddie Dennis and Mark Andrews, Will Ospreay and Noam Dar in a "titles vs careers" match.

Ospreay pinned James Davis of the London Riots, meaning that the Riots were gone from Progress.

Havoc eventually lost the title at Chapter Twenty to Ospreay in a no disqualification match, with his 609-day reign equaling that of all previous champions combined.

In February 2015, he captured the FPW Championship, adding the IPW:UK All-England Championship in March.

In August 2015, he became IPW:UK World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Bad Bones in a TLC match.

Also towards the end of February 2016, Havoc made special appearances for Melbourne City Wrestling.

His first one was at MCW At Out Best where he faced Mikey Nicholls from TMDK.

However, he got injured at the St Kilda Festival, and missed out on facing Mr Juicy at MCW Uncensored.

On 4 October 2016, it was announced that Jimmy Havoc would be making his Canadian debut for Smash Wrestling on their 4th Anniversary Tour in November 2016.

On 24 January 2016, Havoc entered the ICW Square Go!

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On 19 November, Havoc defeated Bram.

On 18 March 2017, he and Clint Margera wrestled as "Callous Hearts" in a losing effort against #CCK (Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos) in the Dream Tag Team Invitational qualifier match at Fight Club: Pro The First Female Of Fight Club.

On 23 July 2017, Havoc defeated Carlito retaining the IPW:UK World Heavyweight Championship.

On 6 July Havoc defeated Joseph Conners and Pete Dunne for the British Wrestling Revolution Heavyweight Championship.

After competing in the Square Go match in early 2017, Havoc returned at Shug's Hoose Party 4, appearing from inside a coffin to attack Mikey Whiplash, and announce the first ever King Of Insanity match at Fear & Loathing X. Battling Mikey Whiplash, Chris Renfrew & Stevie Boy on the Road To Fear & Loathing Tour, Havoc would be unsuccessful in the King Of Insanity match, losing to Stevie Boy.

Havoc would not be seen again in ICW until 1 April 2018, when he returned to The Garage to face Mikey Whiplash in a Death Match for the chance to challenge for the ICW World Heavyweight Championship, with Mikey gaining the victory by delivering a Zombie Maker to Havoc through a sheet of glass.

Havoc then teamed with Mark Haskins in late 2018, defeating the Kings Of Catch, and gaining a spot in a 6 team Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at Fear & Loathing XI.