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Brendan Vink
Brendan Vink (born 8 February 1990) is an Australian professional wrestler currently performing in the independent circuit under the ring name Duke Hanson. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Duke Hudson and is a former List of NXT Tag Team Champions, one-time NXT Tag Team Championship, NXT Tag Team Champion. He is also known for his time in Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2006–2019) Brendan Vink made his professional wrestling debut on 28 April 2006 under the ring name Elliot Sexton. Wrestling primarily in Australia, Sexton appeared in independent promotions including Melbourne City Wrestling (MCW) and Wrestle Rampage. During his time in both promotions, Sexton became a one-time Melbourne City Wrestling#MCW World Heavyweight Championship, MCW Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WrestleRock Champion. In 2018, he made his international debut in matches for the Japanese promotion Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre; the demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Native title in Australia#Traditional owner, traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna, with the name referring to the area of the city centre and surrounding Adelaide Park Lands, Park Lands, in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the Adelaide Hills, foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Show
A house show (also commonly called a live event) is a professional wrestling event produced by a major Professional wrestling promotion, promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded. Promotions use house shows mainly to cash in on the exposure that they and their wrestlers receive during televised events, as well as to test reactions to matches, wrestlers, and Gimmick (professional wrestling), gimmicks that are being considered for the main televised programming and upcoming pay-per-views. As house shows are not televised, all matches are technically dark matches, though that term is usually reserved for non-televised matches at otherwise televised events. House shows are also often scripted to make the Face (professional wrestling), face wrestlers win most matches, largely to send the crowd home happy. If a Heel (professional wrestling), heel defends a title, the face may win by disqualification, preventing the title from changing hands. Until the 1990s, most t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedric Alexander
Cedric Alexander Johnson (born August 16, 1989) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is performing on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and Ring of Honor (ROH). Alexander worked for ROH from 2010 until 2016. He started as part of C&C Factory, a tag team with Caprice Coleman. They worked together until 2014, then he worked as a singles wrestler. He left ROH in 2016, when he was invited to WWE's Cruiserweight Classic tournament. After that, Alexander would sign a contract with WWE after an impressive performance at the tournament despite losing, which gained critical and fan praise, and would begin performing in their new Cruiserweight (professional wrestling), cruiserweight division. At WrestleMania 34, Alexander won a tournament to win the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, WWE Cruiserweight Championship. He would then be drafted to the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand, later becoming part of The Hurt Business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Profits
The Street Profits are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford. They are signed to WWE, where they perform on the SmackDown brand, and are the current WWE Tag Team Champions in their second reign. They are four-time tag team champions in WWE, having held the SmackDown/WWE (twice), Raw/World, and NXT Tag Team Championships once each and are the second WWE Tag Team Triple Crown Champions. This makes them one of only three teams (the other two being The Revival and The New Day) to achieve this while now being the fastest to do so in 499 days. They had a combined 312-day reign as tag team champions on both the Raw and SmackDown brands. History WWE Debut and NXT Tag Team Champions (2016–2019) Gary Gordon and Kenneth Crawford signed a contract with WWE in 2012 and 2015 respectively. Gordon, under the ring name Angelo Dawkins, initially was the hype man for Sasha Banks, later becoming a part of a tag team in the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWE Raw
''WWE Raw'', also known as ''Monday Night Raw'' or simply ''Raw'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE. It currently airs Live television, live every Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Netflix. The show features characters from the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand, to which WWE wrestlers are assigned to work and perform. It debuted on January 11, 1993, and is considered to be one of WWE's two flagship programs, along with ''WWE SmackDown, Friday Night SmackDown''. Since its first episode, ''Raw'' has been broadcast live from 210 different arenas, 173 cities and towns, and twelve different nations, mostly in the United States; ''Raw'' shows have also been broadcast and taped in Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq as part of WWE Tribute to the Troops results, ''Tribute to the Troops''. Debuting on the USA Network television channel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Ruff
Dartanyon Ruffin is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE where he performed under the ring name Leon Ruff, and was a one-time NXT North American Champion. Professional wrestling career Evolve (2018–2020) Ruffin adopted his ring name "Leon Ruff" to honor his grandfather Leon Ruffin. Ruff made his debut at Evolve 106 on June 23, 2018, teaming with Tommy Maserati in a losing effort against Adrian Alanis and Liam Gray. At Evolve 131 on July 13, 2019, Ruff and A. R. Fox defeated The UnWanted (Eddie Kingston and Joe Gacy) to win the Evolve Tag Team Championship. At Evolve 142 on December 7, Ruff and Fox lost the titles to The Besties in the World (Davey Vega and Mat Fitchett), ending their reign at 147 days. WWE (2019–2021) Though not under contract, Ruff made an appearance on the December 4, 2019 episode of '' NXT'', teaming with Adrian Alanis in a losing effort against The Forgotten Sons ( Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake). Throughout e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colby Corino
Colby Steven Corino (born August 28, 1996) is an American professional wrestler performing for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, and also appears on the independent circuit. He is the son of former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion Steve Corino. Professional wrestling career Early career (2014–2023) Corino signed a contract with Ring of Honor in 2014 and debuted soon after, joining The Decade and aligning himself with B. J. Whitmer, Jimmy Jacobs and Adam Page as their "young boy". The addition of Corino to The Decade caused friction between Whitmer and Jacobs, leading to a match between the two at Supercard of Honor IX, won by Whitmer in what would go on to be Jacobs' final match in Ring Of Honor. After Jacobs' departure, as part of the "young boy" storyline, Whitmer would regularly berate, embarrass and even attack Corino in front of his father, then-color commentator and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Evolve Wrestling Events
Evolve Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion which was founded in 2010 by former Ring of Honor booker and Dragon Gate USA vice president, Gabe Sapolsky. Over the course of its history, it held 146 events. ''Evolve 1: Richards vs. Ibushi'' The inaugural Evolve show, Evolve 1: Richards vs. Ibushi, was held in Rahway, New Jersey at the Rahway Rec Center. Lenny Leonard and Leonard F. Chikarason served as the commentators. In the main event, Davey Richards, accompanied by Kyle O'Reilly and Tony Kozina, faced against Kota Ibushi, who was accompanied by Michael Nakazawa. ''Evolve 2: Hero vs. Hidaka'' ;Elimination match ''Evolve 3: Rise Or Fall'' ''Evolve 4: Danielson vs. Fish'' ''Evolve 5: Danielson vs. Sawa'' ''Evolve 6: Aries vs. Taylor'' ''Evolve 7: Aries Vs. Moxley'' ''Evolve 8: Style Battle'' Evolve 8: Style Battle, was held in Union City, New Jersey at The ACE Arena. The show featured the Style Battle Style Battle was an American pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evolve (professional Wrestling)
Evolve (stylized all caps) was an United States of America, American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2010 by former Ring of Honor Professional wrestling terms#B, booker and Dragon Gate USA vice president, Gabe Sapolsky. The company featured a roster of wrestlers from all over America, as well as Puroresu, several competitors from Japan. The promotion had a close working relationship with sister promotion Dragon Gate USA until Dragon Gate USA's closure in August 2015. In the same year, Evolve formed a relationship with WWE, allowing WWE to scout Evolve talent and potentially sign them. On July 2, 2020, WWE officially purchased Evolve. In March 2025, WWE relaunched Evolve (WWE brand), Evolve as a new WWE brand extension, brand division with a new series titled ''WWE Evolve'' on Tubi. History In 2009, Gabe Sapolsky announced a new wrestling promotion via some viral videos featuring one of the company's competitors, Jimmy Jacobs. After this more videos were produced pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Burch
Martin Harris (born 31 December 1981) is an English professional wrestler best known for his time with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand under the ring name Danny Burch. He is a former one time NXT Tag Team Champion with Oney Lorcan. He has worked in the British independent circuit under the ring name Martin Stone with promotions such as Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA), and International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK). Early life Martin Harris was born on 31 December 1981 in London, England. Professional wrestling career European independent circuit (2003–2011) Harris trained in the FWA Academy in 2003–04; competing under the ring name Joe Riot in various shows, including a match for All Star Wrestling in Croydon in Summer 2003; making his first appearance at FWA:A's ''Revenge – Chapter IV'' in losing effort to Leroy Kincaide on 29 November 2003 in Portsmouth. Harris made his first main roster appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oney Lorcan
Christopher Girard (born December 21, 1985) is an American retired professional wrestler signed to WWE as a coach at the Performance Center as well as a producer for NXT, having previously performed on said brand under the ring name Oney Lorcan. He is a former NXT Tag Team Champion with Danny Burch. He has worked frequently for independent promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Top Rope Promotions (TRP), and Chaotic Wrestling (CW) under the ring name Biff Busick. He is a one-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion. In addition, he has appeared in notable independent promotions like Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), Evolve, and Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA). Early life Christopher Girard was born on December 21, 1985, in Boston, Massachusetts. Professional wrestling career Early career (2008–2012) Girard began training at the Chaotic Training Center in August 2008. After two years of training and working for Chaotic Wrestling, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Thorne
Shane Veryzer (born 24 September 1985), known by his ring name Shane Haste, is an Australian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of The Mighty Don't Kneel (TMDK). He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring names Shane Thorne and Slapjack. He is also known for his work in Pro Wrestling Noah, where, as part of The Mighty Don't Kneel with partner Mikey Nicholls, he is a former two-time GHC Tag Team Championship, GHC Tag Team Champion. He also competed for Ring of Honor (ROH) and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) in the United States. He signed with WWE in 2016 and was assigned to the NXT brand, where he was given the Shane Thorne ring name. In early 2020, Thorne debuted on Raw (WWE brand), Raw, and in August of that year was repackaged as "Slapjack", a mask wearing member of Retribution (professional wrestling), Retribution. Following the stable's split, he reverted to his previou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
