WWE stars lead tributes as London wrestler James Castle dies aged 35-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro

James Castle has died four years after being diagnosed with leukaemia (Picture: RevPro)

British wrestler James Castle has died aged 35 after being diagnosed with leukaemia four years ago.

The star, real name Jamie Stacey, was a regular on the London and UK wrestling scene over the years, and his death has left fans, family, fellow wrestlers and WWE stars in mourning.

Castle died on Saturday after revealing in January that his illness had returned, with doctors telling him he had ‘months rather than years left’.

The devastating news was confirmed by his partner Zoe Lucas, who wrote on X: ‘On Saturday 15th June after 4 years of treatment, 12 rounds of chemotherapy, 2 bone marrow transplants, radio therapy and countless experimental trials we lost Jamie Stacey @JamesCastle49 to Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.

‘Thank you for giving me the best 9 years of my life.’

Castle, whose last match was in December 2019, appeared for RevPro Wrestling in London over the years, where he held their tag titles as The Revolutionists with Sha Samuels.

The company paid tribute to the late wrestler on social media, and hailed him as ‘a truly wonderful human being’.

They wrote: ‘A former tag team Champion, Jamie was a super talent in the ring. The first wrestler trained from scratch at our Portsmouth School & without his help behind the scenes RevPro would not be here today.

‘A truly wonderful human being. A warrior. A fighter. The most interesting & intelligent man to ever step foot inside a RevPro ring.

‘There are so many stories to tell and we will make sure they are all told. We love you and will make sure you are remembered forever.’

Stars around the world have paid tribute to the UK wrestler (Picture: RevPro)

Some of wrestling’s biggest stars have paid tribute to Castle following his death, with WWE’s Pete Dunne retweeting RevPro’s post, while fellow SmackDown star Chelsea Green replied to Zoey’s post with a message of support.

‘Sending you so much love. 🤍,’ she wrote, while Nikki Cross added: ‘I’m so so sorry ❤️’

‘I am so sorry. Thoughts to you, and your family,’ Drake Maverick replied, while former NXT UK Joseph Conners said: ‘Truly sorry to read this. My sincere condolences 🙏’

And AEW’s Will Ospreay tweeted: ‘James & Zoe are the definition of a warrior. All my love to you 💚 RIP James Castle.’

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