I slept in my car with dog until I got big break in US wrestling

Luke tipped as next superstar

- BY GEMMA RYDER

A FORMER carer who once lived in his car with his dog is now making waves across the Atlantic as one of the rising stars in US wrestling.

Luke Scouler, from Motherwell - better known as Crixus - has quickly become one of the breakout stars of Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), the same promotion that launched WWE legends like John Cena and Batista.

Nicknamed the Scottish War Machine, Luke's journey has taken him from sleeping in a gym car park to headline matches. He made history as OVW's first Scottish champ and appears in the cult promotion featured in hit Netflix documentary Wrestlers.