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| Name = Mark Hollis
|names=Aussie Ozbone <br> '''TNT''' <br> TNT Kid <br> Tommy the Cat
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| Birth_name = Mark David Hollis
|real_weight =220 lb (100 kg)
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|birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1977|2|20|mf=y}}
| Born = {{birth date and age|1955|1|4}}
|birth_place = [[Sydney, Australia]]
| Died =
|trainer=[[Shane Fenton]]<br>[[Rey Misterio, Sr.]]
|debut= [[April 5]], [[1994]]
| Origin = [[Essex]], [[England]]
| Instrument = [[Vocals]], [[Guitar]], [[Piano]], [[Organ (music)|Organ]]
|retired=
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|}}
| Genre = [[New wave music|New Wave]], [[Post-rock]], [[Art rock]], [[Synthpop]], [[New Romantic]], [[Folk music|Folk]] [[Ambient music|Ambient]]
| Occupation = [[Musician]], [[Singer]], [[Songwriter]]
| Years_active = 1981&ndash;present
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| Associated_acts = [[Talk Talk]]
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'''Mark David Hollis''' (born [[4 January]] [[1955]] in [[Tottenham]], [[London]], [[England]]) is a [[composer]], [[musician]], [[singer-songwriter]].
'''Greg Bownds''' (born [[February 20]], [[1977]]) better known by his stage name '''TNT''', is an [[Professional wrestling in Australia|Australian professional wrestler]] and [[promoter]], currently working for the Australian Wrestling Federation.

Bownds is often regarded as one of the most well-known wrestlers in [[Australia]], not only becoming an established headliner amongst numerous [[professional wrestling promotions|promotions]] across the country but also in [[Japan]], where he has worked for [[Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX]] <ref name=Z1>[http://www.zerooneusa.com/news31.shtml Official review of the show on July 29, 2006]</ref><ref name=Ozborne>[http://www.zerooneusa.com/firefestival06.shtml Official results of the show on July 29, 2006 - Bownds as Aussie Ozbone defeating Osamu Namiguchi]</ref>, one of very few Australian wrestlers to do so, he also has studied [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[lucha libre]] wrestling whilst in [[Mexico]].


==Career==
==Career==
Hollis is most famous as the [[lead singer]] of the [[band (music)|band]] [[Talk Talk]]. It was he, along with unofficial Talk Talk member [[Tim Friese-Greene]], who took the lead in evolving the band's style from [[New Romantic]] into what would later become known as [[post-rock]].
===Beginning===
Bownds wrestled as "Tommy the Cat" and then "TNT Kid" for World Wide Wrestling and Australian Championship Wrestling. He won the Australasian Tag Team Championship with Kiss before leaving the promotion after a backstage dispute and vacated the title. In 1998 Bownds defeated Mark Mercedes for the ACW Heavyweight title in [[Fairfield, New South Wales]]. From here Bownds moved to International Wrestling Australia in 1998 where he became a popular [[Face (professional wrestling)|face]]. An ankle injury put him out of action for six months in 1999 until he formed the Australian Wrestling Federation.
===Australian Wrestling Federation===
====1999 - 2005====
In 1999 Bownds formed the AWF and toured Australia with the likes of [[Terry Brunk|Sabu]], [[Marty Jannetty]], [[Super Dragon]] and [[Chris Candido]]<ref whom he all booked to job to him name=interview>[http://www.mediaman.com.au/interviews/bownds.html Interview with Greg Bownds]</ref>. Bownds has made his biggest impact here, he has wrestled in, and [[Professional wrestling slang#B|booked]] for, the promotion since its inception in 1999. In August 2001 Bownds (wrestling as TNT) won an eight man tournament to become AWF Australasian Champion, defeating Lobo in the finals, holding the title for the next 12 months before losing it to Il Cognito.


In 1998 he released an eponymous [[solo (music)|solo]] [[debut album]], ''[[Mark Hollis (album)|Mark Hollis]]''. He has now retired from the music business. <ref>http://users.cybercity.dk/~bcc11425/News.html (search for "retired")</ref>
In November, 2002, TNT regained the AWF [[Australasian]] Heavyweight Championship after defeating Il Cognito. He then proved himself to the Australian fans after he defended it for months on end against all challengers. In March 2003, TNT lost the title to the same man he won it from, Il Cognito, in a 30-minute [[Iron Man match]].


==Solo discography==
Throughout late 2002 and early 2003, Bownds went to [[Mexico]] and studied the Lucha libre wrestling style under [[Rey Misterio, Sr.]]<ref name=interview>[http://www.mediaman.com.au/interviews/bownds.html Interview with Greg Bownds]</ref> and Phobia, two of the sports' most respected wrestlers.
* ''[[Mark Hollis (album)|Mark Hollis]]'' (1998)


See also [[Talk Talk#Discography|Talk Talk discography]]''
In April 2004 TNT attempted to regain the AWF Heavyweight Championship in a championship-crowning [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches#Basic elimination matches|fatal fourway match]] after the title was vacated by the injured Il Cognito. In the match finale TNT was pinned by high flyer Mark Hilton.


==Collaborations==
Throughout 2005 Bownds feuded with Hilton, Scotty Club and Dean Draven. He also toured Australia, wrestling as part of the [[World Series Wrestling]] events (marketed as ''International Assault'')<ref>[http://www.internationalassault.com/ Official WSW website at the time]</ref>, defeating American stars [[Frankie Kazarian]] and [[Super Dragon]] in a triple threat match at the [[New South Wales]] show.<ref>[http://docriot.blogspot.com/2005/10/international-assault-aj-styles.html International Assault NSW results and review]</ref>
* Hollis played the [[piano]] on the track 'Piano' from the 1998 [[minimalism|minimalist]] album ''AV 1'' by Phill Brown and Dave Allinson under the pseudonym John Cope.
* Hollis played the piano on the track 'Chaos' on the 1998 [[trip-hop]] album ''[[Psyence Fiction]]'' by [[UNKLE]].
* Hollis provided several roles in support of [[Anja Garbarek]]'s 2001 album ''Smiling & Waving''.


====2006 - Present====
==External links==
* [http://users.cybercity.dk/~bcc11425/ Within Without] - large unofficial Mark Hollis and Talk Talk homepage
In mid-2006 Greg toured Japan where he wrestled as Aussie Ozbone in [[Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX]], he wrestled alongside TNA stars such as [[Alex Shelley]] and [[Chris Sabin]].<ref name=Z1>[http://www.zerooneusa.com/news31.shtml Official review of the show on July 29, 2006]</ref><ref name=Ozborne>[http://www.zerooneusa.com/firefestival06.shtml Official results of the show on July 29, 2006 - Bownds as Aussie Ozbone defeating Osamu Namiguchi]</ref>
* [http://mitglied.lycos.de/talkingspace/ Talkingspace] [[Germany|German]] Mark Hollis and Talk Talk fan page
* [http://talktalk.free.fr/ It's My Talk Talk Pages] - Unofficial French Talk Talk page


== References ==
In January 2007, TNT defeated Steve Ravenous to win his third AWF Championship but lost it to [[Dragon Gate]] wrestler [[Nobuhiko Oshima|CIMA]] soon after, Bownds then regained the title the next night.
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In March 2007, TNT defeated [[Steve Corino]] in the suburb of Cardiff in [[Newcastle, New South Wales]] to win the [[AWA Superstars World Heavyweight Championship|AWA World Heavyweight Championship]]<ref>[http://www.prowrestlingoz.com/html/aussie_reviews/aussie53.html Review of AWF show]</ref>. However, the title would soon be returned to Corino and the title change negated when the "proper paperwork" could not be found.
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In May 2007 TNT and the AWF went to [[Queensland]] for two shows featuring [[Bryan Danielson]]. TNT defeated Danielson on the second show's main event. In June 2007 TNT defended his AWF Heavyweight Championship at ''International Assault 2'' (a co-promotion of the AWF and World Series Wrestling) against [[Kid Kash]], [[Austin Aries]] and [[Billy Kidman]].


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TNT then toured Japan with the [[Dragon Gate]] Promotion. Whilst over there he wrestled three matches. TNT teamed with [[Masaaki Mochizuki]] and defeated Super Shisa and Super Shenron, then teamed with [[Ryo Saito]] and defeated [[Shingo Takagi]] and [[Jack Evans]] and finally teamed with K-ness and Lupin Matsutani and was defeated by the team of Taka Iwasa, [[Akira Tozawa]] and [[Keni'chiro Arai]].
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[[fr:Mark Hollis]]
TNT defeated [[Masaaki Mochizuki]] at the AWF ''Double Dragon Challenge'' in July 2007, he also defeated [[Ryo Saito]] to successfully retain his AWF Heavyweight Title. In August TNT once again toured with WSW and defended the AWF title against Kid Kash. Later that month the AWF ran a show in which TNT once again successfully defended the AWF Heavyweight Title against Lee Starr.
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TNT continued to successfully defend his AWF Australasian Heavyweight Championship throughout 2007 against a variety of opponents including Mana, Lebo Ceda, Billy Flyswat, [[Sean Waltman]], [[Harry Hardshaw]] (of [[Irish Whip Wrestling]]) in Australia and against [[Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu]] (which was a no-contest) and [[Super Shenron]] of Dragon Gate. During his tenure as champion he also teamed with [[Scott Levy|Raven]] to defeat the Platinum Players and the Bastard Brothers on AWF shows. He was named AWF's wrestler of the year for 2007 and was also sought as a contender for the vacant [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]] in late 2007.<ref>[http://www.awastars.com/columns.html#zbyszko AWA's headline page]</ref>

===2008===

So far in 2008, TNT continued his title reign throughout [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] and formed a group known as ''The New Detonation Crew'' with AWF wrestlers Billy Flyswat, Chris X and Powerhouse Theo.
On the 11th of April 2008, at an AWF tour event at [[Penrith, New South Wales|Penrith]] [[New South Wales]] TNT lost the AWF Heavyweight Championship to former WWE and TNA veteran [[Scott Levy|Raven]], by pinfall. He later regained the title on April 18th 2008, in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Bownds is the head trainer of the AWF School of Pro Wrestling and has trained over 50 active Australian professional wrestlers. He is currently the AWF's head [[Wrestling Slang#B|booker]].

==In wrestling==
*'''Finishing and signature moves'''<ref>[http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/t/tnt.html Online World of Wrestling profile]</ref>
:*'''''Detonator''''' ([[Facebuster#Inverted double underhook facebuster|Inverted double underhook facebuster]])
:*''Outback Attack'' ([[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Corkscrew senton|Corkscrew senton]] twisted into an drop|elbow drop]]) [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Diving elbow
:*''The Detonation'' (fireman's carry cutter)
:*[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Flying neckbreaker|Diving neckbreaker]]
:*[[Neckbreaker#Swinging neckbreaker|Swinging neckbreaker]]
:*[[Suplex#Inverted suplex slam|Inverted suplex slam]]
:*[[Moonsault]]

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''Australian Championship Wrestling'''
**ACW Australian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*'''Australian Wrestling Federation'''
**AWF [[Australasian]] Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
**AWF Wrestler Of The Year 2007
*'''World Wide Wrestling Australia'''
**WWW Australasian Tag Team Championship (1 time) &ndash; with Kiss

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.awfwrestling.com.au AWF official website]

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Mark Hollis

Mark David Hollis (born 4 January 1955 in Tottenham, London, England) is a composer, musician, singer-songwriter.

Career

Hollis is most famous as the lead singer of the band Talk Talk. It was he, along with unofficial Talk Talk member Tim Friese-Greene, who took the lead in evolving the band's style from New Romantic into what would later become known as post-rock.

In 1998 he released an eponymous solo debut album, Mark Hollis. He has now retired from the music business. [1]

Solo discography

See also Talk Talk discography

Collaborations

  • Hollis played the piano on the track 'Piano' from the 1998 minimalist album AV 1 by Phill Brown and Dave Allinson under the pseudonym John Cope.
  • Hollis played the piano on the track 'Chaos' on the 1998 trip-hop album Psyence Fiction by UNKLE.
  • Hollis provided several roles in support of Anja Garbarek's 2001 album Smiling & Waving.

External links

References

  1. ^ http://users.cybercity.dk/~bcc11425/News.html (search for "retired")
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