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Johnny Davis Jr. (born December 5, 1989) is an American
professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...
, better known by his
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J. T. Dunn. He also makes Appearances for
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(AEW). Since debuting in December 2009, Dunn has worked extensively across the United States for promotions such as
All Elite Wrestling All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned and operated by Shahid Khan, Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as President (corporate title), president an ...
WWE World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, ...
,
Impact Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busine ...
,
Combat Zone Wrestling Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion founded in 1999 by John Zandig. Commonly associated with the 2000s hardcore wrestling genre, early CZW shows showcased a brand of wrestling dubbed by the p ...
(CZW),
Beyond Wrestling Beyond Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion based out of Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States. Established in 2009 by Drew Cordeiro, by the late 2010s it had established a reputation as a place for aspiring profes ...
, XWA,
Chaotic Wrestling Chaotic Wrestling, stylized as CHAOTIC, is an American independent wrestling promotion, which has been operating throughout New England since 2000; with its current home base in North Andover, Massachusetts. Chaotic Wrestling is known for p ...
(CW), and
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(PWG), and has also wrestled in Europe for
Westside Xtreme Wrestling Westside Xtreme Wrestling, commonly shortened to wXw, is a German professional wrestling promotion based in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. wXw has been one of the leading professional wrestling promotions in Germany, and most of its event ...
(wXw).


Early life

Davis was born in
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, and played football sporadically throughout his childhood. His mother tragically passed during his teenage years. After graduating from high school at 17, he was kicked out of his father's house and moved into a wealthy neighborhood with a close friend. After graduating, Davis began developing a heavy addiction to alcohol. **Edited by the close friend whom he moved in with during 2007. He had no drug addiction during this time, actually being skittish and judgemental of things such as marijuana. He claimed to have been "living in the streets of Providence." The reality is he was living in a well known wealthy neighborhood in Cranston. He was involved in a car crash in 2008, however there was no substance abuse involved, as he claims.


Professional wrestling career


Beyond Wrestling (2011–present)

Dunn debuted for
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in June 2011, defeating Stan Stylez in his first match with the promotion. He then won a newcomers 10 Person Gauntlet, defeating Joey Janela in the finals. The following day, he lost to Aaron Epic in a fatal four-way match, also featuring Dan Barry and Jarek 1-20. On July 23 at About Time, Dunn lost to Leon St. Giovanni. Dunn would go on to become a Star in Beyond, competing with the promotion on a regular basis throughout 2013 through 2017. In November, Dunn and Starr took part in Beyond's Tournament for Tomorrow as The Juicy Product, defeating
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(Amasis and Ophidian) in the first round, but losing to Team Tremendous (Dan Barry and Bill Carr) in the semi-finals. After The Juicy Product split in late 2014, in March 2015, Dunn began teaming with Chris Hero as the popular Death by Elbow tag team. In their first match together, Hero and Dunn defeated Dunn's former partner David Starr and Eddie Kingston. At Beyond Scorned on April 25, Dunn defeated Starr in a singles match. On May 31 at The Real Thing, Death by Elbow defeated Team Tremendous, and defeated Da Hoodz (Davey Cash and Kris Pyro) in June. The following month at Beyond Americanrana, they defeated The Young Bucks. On December 27, Dunn once again lost to Hero in singles action. On January 31, 2016, Dunn defeated Joey Janela in a steel cage match, but lost to Janela in a dog collar match on February 28. On December 29, Dunn and Hero lost to The American Destroyers (
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and Mikey Webb) in what would go on to become their last match together as Hero would re-sign with
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in January 2017.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2016)

Dunn made a one-off appearance for
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(TNA) in July 2016, losing to
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.


Combat Zone Wrestling (2013–2015)

Dunn debuted with CZW in 2013, and soon after formed a tag team with David Starr collectively known as "The Juicy Product" (combining Dunn's nickname of "The Juice" and Starr's nickname of "The Product"). In their first match as a tag team, Starr and Dunn lost to 4-Loco (Azrieal and Bandido Jr.) at Down With The Sickness. At Cerebral in October, they won their first match as a team, defeating Caleb Konley and Shane Hollister at Cerebral. On November 2 at Night Of Infamy, Starr, along with Andrew Everett, Caleb Konley and Latin Dragon, took part in a 5 Way Scramble match to determine the new #1 contender for the CZW Wired Television Championship, won by
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. On December 14 at Cage Of Death XV, Starr and Dunn unsuccessfully challenged Blk Out ( Ruckus and
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) for the
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. On January 11, 2014 at Answering The Challenge, Starr and Dunn were defeated by
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(Jake and Dave Crist). At CZW's 15th Anniversary Show on February 8, The Juicy Product faced OI4K, The Nation Of Intoxication (
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and Lucky 13) and The Front (Ace Delic and Sozio) in a 4-way match, won by The Front. At High Stakes 5, Dunn and Starr teamed up with
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and
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in a loss to OI4K, Azrieal and Chris Dickinson. On April 12 at Best of the Best XIII, Dunn and Starr became the new #1 contenders to the CZW Tag Team Championship, defeating OI4K. On April 27 at To Infinity, Starr and Dunn defeated The Beaver Boys (John Silver and Alex Reynolds) to become the new CZW World Tag Team Champions. They made their first successful defence at Proving Grounds on May 10, defeating Silver and Reynolds in a rematch. They once again successfully defended the championships on May 31, defeating Los Ben Dejos (Jay Cruz and Jay Rios)., and on June 14 at Tournament Of Death 13, they retained the championships once again, this time against Drew Gulak and Sozio. The Juicy Product made a surprise appearance for CZW's sister all-female promotion
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(WSU) later that month, defeating Annie Social and
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in 10 seconds to win the
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. Back in CZW, they again retained the CZW Tag Team Championship at New Heights on July 12 in a fatal four-way match, defeating The Beaver Boys, OI4K and Team Tremendous (Dan Barry and Bill Carr). On September 13 at WSU Resurgence, they successfully defended the WSU Tag Team Championships in a rematch against Lee and Social, and later that night retained the CZW Tag Team Championship against OI4K and The Beaver Boys in a 3-way ladder match at Down With The Sickness. On September 27 at Deja Vu, Starr and Dunn lost the CZW Tag Team Championships to OI4K. At WSU's 8th Anniversary Show on February 21, 2015, Dunn and Starr were defeated by Lee and Social for the WSU Tag Team Championship. On October 10, 2015 at Tangled Web 8, Dunn defeated former tag team partner David Starr. On October 14, 2017 at The Wolf Of Wrestling, Dunn (now being accompanied by Josh Briggs) returned to CZW and defeated Space Monkey, John Silver, and Trey Miguel in a fatal-four-way match. He then went on to defeat Ace Romero at Night Of Infamy after an assist from Briggs.


Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2016)

Dunn debuted for German promotion
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(wXw) in September 2016, losing to Walter. From September 30 to October 2, Dunn and Hero participated in the wXw World Tag Team League as Death by Elbow in the B Block. They won two of their matches, defeating Cerberus (
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and Julian Nero). The LDRS of the New School (
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and
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), but losing to A4 (Absolute Andy and Marius Al-Awani). They finished the tournament with 2 wins and 4 points and did not advance to the final.


Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2016)

Dunn debuted in PWG as part of Death by Elbow at All Star Weekend 12 in a losing effort to the team of Ricochet and Matt Sydal. Later at Thirteen, the team unsuccessfully challenged The Young Bucks for the
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. Dunn returned to PWG in December, teaming with Hero and losing to
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(
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and
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).


Personal life

In 2007 after Davis enrolled in wrestling training, he suffered a severe facial injury after an opponent performed a
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incorrectly and dropped Davis on his head, causing his right knee to hit the right side of his face and fracture almost everything on that side of his face. Davis has said that he has no recollection of who performed the move and didn't actually feel any pain because his
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broke away and pinched a
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connected to his
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, causing temporary facial paralysis. Davis had facial reconstructive surgery and a metal plate placed on the right side of his face. Davis has spoken openly about his addiction to drugs and alcohol in the past, saying that he was addicted to both from high school until May 19, 2012, when he woke up in his apartment after binging on both drugs and alcohol that a promoter had given him as payment for wrestling with no recollection of how he got there. Soon after, he quit both and has remained sober ever since. He uses the ring name Dunn as a tribute to his late mother's maiden name.


Championships and accomplishments

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**Tournament For Tomorrow II (2013) *
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( 3 times) **
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) – with Davienne (1) and
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, Danny Miles, Mike Verna and Trigga The OG (1) *
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(1 time) – with David Starr *Wrestling Has A Tomorrow **WHAT! Championship (1 time, final) *Dreamwave Wrestling **Dreamwave Alternative Championship (1 time) *
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(1 time) – with David Starr *New England All Star Wrestling **NEASW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Five Borough Wrestling **FBW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Limitless Wrestling **Vacationland Cup (2018) *New England Frontier Wrestling **NEFW United States Championship (1 time) *New York Wrestling Connection **NYWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with David Starr *
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** NEW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** NEW Live Championship (1 time) **King Of Bethany (2019) *Northeast Championship Wrestling **NCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times) **NCW New England Championship (1 time) *Power League Wrestling **PLW World Championship (1 time) *Premier Wrestling Federation Northeast **PWF Northeast Lightning Cup Championship (1 time) * ''
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'' ** PWI ranked him No. 218 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2018 *Pro Wrestling Magic **PWM Championship (1 time) *Revival Pro Wrestling **RPW United States Championship (1 time) *The Wrestling Revolver **REVOLVER Championship (2 times) *Renegerade Wrestling Alliance **RWA Triple Crown Championship (2 time) *
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**WSU Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with David Starr *Xtreme Wrestling Alliance **XWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **XWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
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and Anthony Greene **Xtreme Rumble Winner (2016)


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunn, J. T. 1989 births Living people American male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Rhode Island 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century American professional wrestlers CZW World Tag Team Champions FIP World Tag Team Champions