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James Dowell

4th March 1993 Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK Acting

James Dowell is an English professional wrestler, better known under the ring name James Drake and is currently wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for their NXT brand. He is most notably known for wrestling in Progress Wrestling, teaming alongside Zack Gibson. Both Drake and Gibson have their own professional wrestling school based in Maghull, Liverpool called Fighting Spirit Wrestling.

22 Movies 11 TV Shows 36 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

DPW Limit Break 2025 poster

DPW Limit Break 2025 25th May 2025 as James Drake

NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2024 poster

NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2024 15th December 2024 as James Drake

NJPW Capital Collision 2024 poster

NJPW Capital Collision 2024 30th August 2024 as James Drake

TNA Sacrifice 2024 poster

TNA Sacrifice 2024 8th March 2024 as James Drake

WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2023 poster

WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2023 1st April 2023 as Jagger Reid

WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 poster

WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 7th April 2021 as James Drake

NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day poster

NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day 14th February 2021 as James Drake

NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II poster

NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II 12th January 2020 as James Drake

PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please poster

PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please 15th December 2019 as James Drake

NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff poster

NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff 31st August 2019 as James Drake

PROGRESS Chapter 93: Cheer Up Juice poster

PROGRESS Chapter 93: Cheer Up Juice 28th July 2019 as James Drake

EVOLVE 131-- 10th Anniversary poster

EVOLVE 131-- 10th Anniversary 13th July 2019

EVOLVE 125 poster

EVOLVE 125 4th April 2019 as JD Drake

NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool poster

NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool 12th January 2019 as James Drake

PROGRESS Chapter 75: These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends poster

PROGRESS Chapter 75: These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends 27th August 2018

PROGRESS Chapter 70: May 27th 1978 poster

PROGRESS Chapter 70: May 27th 1978 28th May 2018

EVOLVE 105 poster

EVOLVE 105 20th May 2018

EVOLVE 104 poster

EVOLVE 104 19th May 2018 as James Drake

PROGRESS Chapter 63: Take Me Underground poster

PROGRESS Chapter 63: Take Me Underground 11th February 2018 as Himself

PROGRESS Chapter 48: Bang The Drum poster

PROGRESS Chapter 48: Bang The Drum 13th May 2017 as Himself

PROGRESS: Orlando poster

PROGRESS: Orlando 31st March 2017 as Himself

PROGRESS Chapter 37: A Sudden Sense Of Liberty poster

PROGRESS Chapter 37: A Sudden Sense Of Liberty 16th October 2016 as Himself

MLP Mayhem poster

MLP Mayhem 15th July 2026 as James Drake

All Elite Wrestling: Collision poster

All Elite Wrestling: Collision 17th June 2023 as James Drake

All Elite Wrestling: Collision poster

All Elite Wrestling: Collision 17th June 2023

ROH on HonorClub poster

ROH on HonorClub 2nd March 2023 as James Drake

Hey! (EW) poster

Hey! (EW) 13th March 2022 as James Drake

WWE NXT UK poster

WWE NXT UK 17th October 2018 as James Drake

WWE 205 Live poster

WWE 205 Live 29th November 2016 as James Drake

WWE Main Event poster

WWE Main Event 3rd October 2012 as Jagger Reid

WWE NXT poster

WWE NXT 23rd February 2010 as Jagger Reid

WWE NXT poster

WWE NXT 23rd February 2010

WWE NXT poster

WWE NXT 23rd February 2010 as James Drake