Cody Taylor Hall (born May 31, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for working for

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(NJPW), where he was a member of the

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stable. Hall is a second generation wrestler, as the son of the late

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Early life

Hall was born to

and Dana Lee Burgio in 1991 and has a sister, Cassidy. He considers fellow professional wrestlers

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and

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as uncles due to them being close friends of his father. Hall was a member of the United States Air Force and served an active duty service commitment with the 460th Security Forces Squadron at

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in Colorado. Hall departed to become a professional wrestler.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2012–2014)

Hall began to train as a professional wrestler in 2010 with his father, as he wanted to follow in his footsteps. Hall's first match took place on July 14, 2012, in Belleview Pro Wrestling, defeating Josh Hess. In the following years, Hall worked in various promotions, usually in tag matches with Kevin Nash or Sean Waltman, both Scott Hall's friends. On November 15, 2014, at Superstars of Wrestling 2, Hall won the Superstars of Wrestling Championship after defeating Tim Zbyszko in a ladder match. In 2014, Hall won the Georgia Heavyweight Championship from Southern Fried Championship Wrestling.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2015–2017)

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in February 2015 file:Cody Hall at NJPW.JPG, upHall working in NJPW in 2015 In January 2015, Hall began training at the

dojo. On January 5 at ''New Year Dash!!'', Hall debuted as

's personal "young boy" trainee. Hall made his NJPW in-ring debut on February 2, teaming with his stablemates

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and

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in a ten-man tag team main event, where they were defeated by

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, who pinned him for the win. As is usually the case with "young boys" in Japan, Hall would lose many of his first matches with NJPW, and often be pinned in multi-man tag matches, but achieved his first victory on April 29 at ''

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'' in a tag team match, where he and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Captain New Japan and

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. Hall, however, was not involved in the finish of the match. Over the next year, Hall mainly worked tag team matches with his Bullet Club stablemates, while also becoming an enforcer for

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(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). Hall scored his first win himself on April 2, 2016, when he submitted rookie

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in a singles match. Hall was injured later that month at

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, and remained sidelined until January 2017, when his profile was quietly removed from NJPW's roster page, signaling his departure from the promotion.

Pro Wrestling Noah (2017–2019)

On March 13, 2017, the Japanese

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promotion announced that Hall would start working regularly for the promotion on April 11. The following month, Hall teamed with Randy Reign in the

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, finishing with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals. During the tournament, Hall and Reign defeated eventual tournament winners and reigning

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and

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, making them the number one contenders to Taniguchi and Marufuji. Hall and Reign received their title shot on June 4, but were defeated by Taniguchi and Marufuji. On October 1, Hall unsuccessfully challenged

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for the

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. On February 24, 2019, Cody wrestled his final match for Noah.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2019–2020)

In 2019, Cody Hall began to work for the Japanese

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Major League Wrestling (2020)

On December 4, 2020,

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announced that Hall had been signed to the company, however, the next day he was released from his contract.

Championships and accomplishments

*Cincy Wrestling **Cincy Wrestling Championship (1 time) *European Wrestling Promotion **EWP Junior Championship (1 time) *Independent Pro Wrestling Germany **IPW International German Championship (1 time) *''

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'' **Ranked No. 317 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2018 *Southern Fried Championship Wrestling **SFCW Georgia Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Superstars of Wrestling **SOW Championship (1 time)

References

External links

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