Benjamin Buchanan (born August 21, 2001) is an American
professional wrestler
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. He is signed to
WWE
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where he performs on the
NXT brand
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under the ring name Brooks Jensen. He is a former
one-time and the final NXT UK Tag Team Champion.
Buchanan is a second generation wrestler and is the son of
Bull Buchanan
Barry Buchanan (born January 15, 1968) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/WWE) under the ring names Recon, Bull Buchanan and B² and for his appeara ...
, who wrestled with the WWE from 1997 until 2003.
Early life
Buchanan was born in 2001 in Ranburne,
Alabama
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and is the son of former
WWE
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wrestler Barry Buchanan, who wrestled in the WWE from 1997 to 2003 under the ring names
Bull Buchanan
Barry Buchanan (born January 15, 1968) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/WWE) under the ring names Recon, Bull Buchanan and B² and for his appeara ...
and B².
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2019–2021)
Buchanan debuted on March 2, 2019. He went on to work throughout the southern wrestling territories, mostly appearing in promotions in Alabama and Georgia. He became a one-time Heavyweight Champion
and a multiple-time Tag Team Champion between 2020 and 2021.
WWE (2021–present)
It was announced on August 30, 2021, Buchanan was one of six athletes signed to report to the
WWE Performance Center
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. He made his in ring debut on the September 14 episode of ''
NXT 2.0'' as Brooks Jensen, teaming with fellow NXT rookie
Josh Briggs in a tag match against
Imperium
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(
Marcel Barthel and
Fabian Aichner). They would work as a tag team during the following month, participating in the
2022 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament and had two matches for the
NXT Tag Team Championship
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, but they didn't win the tournament nor the titles. On June 22 taping of ''
NXT UK
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'', they would make their debut in the
NXT UK
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brand
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in a
fatal four-way tag team elimination match to win the vacant
NXT UK Tag Team Championship, making them the first and only non-European tag team to win the titles,
as well as the first ever male superstar born in the 2000s to win a championship in WWE. At
Worlds Collide on September 4,
Pretty Deadly (
Elton Prince and
Kit Wilson) defeated Jensen and Briggs, NXT Tag Team Champions
Creed Brothers (
Brutus Creed and
Julius Creed), and
Gallus (
Mark Coffey
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and
Wolfgang) in a fatal four-way tag team elimination match to unify the NXT UK Tag Team Championship into the NXT Tag Team Championship, ending Jensen and Briggs' reign at 73 days while being recognized as the final NXT UK Tag Team Champions.
On April 1, 2023, at
NXT Stand & Deliver, Jensen refused to give
Kiana James her handbag to cheat and caused James and
Fallon Henley to lose the
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship to
Alba Fyre
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and
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Isla Dawn
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. On the April 11 episode of ''NXT'', Jensen shoves Briggs on the floor causing Henley and James to lose their title rematch against Fyre and Dawn. On the April 25 episode of
''Spring Breakin, Jensen and James were defeated by Briggs and Henley in a mixed tag team match. After the match, James walked out on Jensen causing him to go back to Briggs and Henley. On the December 27 episode of ''NXT'', Briggs, Henley and Jensen agreed to go their separate ways, splitting up the team.
On June 21, 2024, Jensen posted on
X that he was (
kayfabe
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) released by WWE, which began a storyline where he wasn’t working for the company. Jensen has subsequently appeared on indie events at this time, and he has also appeared in the background of NXT arena to target Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative
Shawn Michaels
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. He was also seen intruding the WWE Performance Center during tapings of ''NXT''. On the July 9 episode of ''NXT'', Jensen had a sit down with NXT General Manager
Ava, who agreed to give Jensen a second chance after Briggs vouched for Jensen. Moments later, he was seen attacking
Je'Von Evans
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backstage. On the following week, Jensen was defeated by Evans. After the match, Jensen attacked Evans and was stopped by Briggs, to which Jensen challenged Briggs to a
No Disqualification match
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where Jenson won after interference from
Shawn Spears
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. On the August 13 episode of ''NXT'', Jensen acknowledged Spears as his mentor, solidifying his
heel
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Structure
To distribute the compressive forces exerted ...
turn for the first time in his career. On the October 15 episode of ''NXT'', Jensen, now a full-fledged ally of Shawn Spears faced
Ashante "Thee" Adonis in a winning effort. Jensen and Spears later added
Izzi Dame
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and
Niko Vance to their alliance and formed The Culling. On the June 3, 2025 episode of ''NXT'', Jensen was kicked out of The Culling.
Championships and accomplishments
*Anarchy Wrestling
**Anarchy Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with
Bull Buchanan
Barry Buchanan (born January 15, 1968) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/WWE) under the ring names Recon, Bull Buchanan and B² and for his appeara ...
(1) and
Griff Garrison (1)
*Southern Fried Championship Wrestling
**SFCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bull Buchanan
*Victory Championship Wrestling
**VCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*
WWE
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**
NXT UK Tag Team Championship (
1 time, final) – with
Josh Briggs
References
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2001 births
21st-century male professional wrestlers
21st-century American professional wrestlers
American male professional wrestlers
American male sport wrestlers
Living people
NXT UK Tag Team Champions
Professional wrestlers from Alabama
People from Alabama
Sportspeople from Alabama
21st-century American sportsmen