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Havoc is preparing to face Callihan in a barbed wire bat deathmatch at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester.

The King of the Goths told Daily Star Online there is going to be “a lot of blood” when he takes on The Draw this Sunday as part of Wrestling MediaCon 2018.

Deathmatch legend Havoc is known for his brutal matches and vicious in ring style, and has had a storied career on the UK scene.

The 34-year-old is the longest reigning PROGRESS Wrestling champion with run of 609 days, and is Defiant Wrestling’s reigning Hardcore Champion.

Getting into a deathmatch with Havoc, will often involve chairs, thumbtacks, light tubes, tables, papercuts and plenty of blood and bruises.

Havoc told Daily Star Online: “I am a big fan of Sami’s to be honest with you, we have been friends for a few years now but we have never actually wrestled.

“We both like to fight, so we are both going to be feeling this one the next day.”

He added: “With it being a barbed wire deathmatch, there is going to be blood.

“Whether either of us want to or not, I don’t think we have a choice with barbed wire being involved.”

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Havoc, originally from Dartford, Kent, got his introduction to deathmatch wrestling while watching tapes of famed US show Extreme Championship Wrestling while at school in London.

He then went from fan to wrestler after signing up to the NWA UK Hammerlock school, training alongside grapplers such as WWE’s Finn Balor and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Zack Sabre Junior.

Quickly forging out a reputation as one of world’s top deathmatch wrestlers, Havoc has been on the forefront of the professional wrestling revival in the UK.

Previously appearing on IMPACT Wrestling back in 2016, he has also earned status in the US as one of Britain’s top grappling exports.

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Havoc told Daily Star Online: “I like to creatively use my environment to my benefit - I am not the biggest guy in the world, but I will take a f***ing kicking.

“I will find anything I can that is in close proximity to hurt you.

“The match is going to be a wrestling convention, I will have to see what I can find, but I am sure there will be lots of eight by ten photos I can do paper cuts with.”

Callihan has also had an impressive career on the independent wrestling scene, forging his legacy in Combat Zone Wrestling, a promotion known for its ultraviolence.

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Often ending his matches covered in buckets of blood, Havoc said the most painful matches of his career have seen his arms cut open and lemon juice poured into the wounds.

He said: “That really sucks, I try to justify it to myself as ‘cleaning the wound’. But I think I am lying to myself at this point.

“The pain isn’t part of the job, the job is trying to make it look painful without it being painful.

“I am just a f***ing idiot - that s*** actually hurts.”

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First being introduced to professional wrestling by watching Hulk Hogan vs the Ultimate Warrior on a WrestleMania 6 VHS tape, Havoc says in his later years he gravitated to hardcore wrestlers like Mick Foley.

Havoc said: “Foley was the first guy as an older teenager I really got into, with stuff at King of the Ring 1998 and being thrown off the Hell in the Cell.

“It says something about a person who sees someone being thrown off a 20 foot cell through a table and then thinks ‘I want to do that, that looks like a lot of fun’.”

IMPACT’s show in Manchester will also feature bouts such as Eli Drake vs Joe Hendry and IMPACT Tag Team Champions LAX facing British wrestling legends Jonny Storm and Jody Fleisch

The show will be broadcast live on Twitch TV from 5pm.