Progress Wrestling champ Cara Noir on depression, key match and new licking rule

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wrestler Cara Noir is very much an enigma and a trailblazer in the UK.From his ballet-like attire – complete with dramatic wings – to his Swan Lake entrance music, Noir is a far cry from Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks.The person behind the white make-up and dramatic movements is 35-year-old Tom Dawkins.And during the Daily Star's exclusive chat with Tom, ahead of his headline bout against Ring of Honor champion Jonathan Gresham, it was clear that Cara and Tom are very much two different people.Cara will be putting his Progress Wrestling title on the line against Gresham – who will be putting his championship at stake, too – at Progress Wrestling's Chapter 130: Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive Dodge event at The Electric Ballroom in London on Sunday.And it has been labelled as the biggest match in modern British independent wrestling history.Tom said of his upcoming title vs title bout: ”It's so exciting because I've never had the opportunity to wrestle Gresham at all. “But I've been watching him for years and I feel that he's now at a point where he's doubling down the things that he loves, and the style that he loves to work. “He's just killing it - every match that he has is different and exciting, and to be able to step in with people that are better than yourself is a real test. “As a performer it's the only way you can grow.”For Tom, the match is win or bust – if he comes out of it with a win, then he will hold the biggest wrestling title outside of anything created by WWE, AEW or Impact Wrestling, with bouts in the US surely to follow when Ring of Honor returns to action in April.If he loses, however, then he leaves London with nothing.“I guess you just have to go big or go home right?,” he joked.“I've been champion for such.