Wagner Brown (born September 5, 1979) is a Jamaican born

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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, SWB or Slyck Wagner Brown. Brown currently wrestles on the

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in the

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. Additionally, SWB was appointed head trainer at

Killer Kowalski Wladek Kowalski (born Edward Władysław Spulnik; October 13, 1926 – August 30, 2008) was a Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name Killer Kowalski. Kowalski wrestled for numerous promotions during his career, including the ...

's school in Boston. Brown also had a longtime association with women's wrestler

April Hunter April Hunter (born September 24, 1976) is an American retired professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet, boxer, actress, writer, fitness model and glamour model. She has appeared in publications including ''MuscleMag International ...

. The duo held tag team titles together in

Jersey All Pro Wrestling Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) was an independent wrestling promotion based in New Jersey, United States. History 1997 Jersey All Pro Wrestling was an independent wrestling promotion that was founded by "Fat" Frank Iadeavia and Angel Surit ...

and

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. Brown now runs his wrestling training school, Test of Strength, out of

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and runs monthly shows.

Professional wrestling career

Brown began wrestling in 1997, joining Critical Mass Wrestling. He was trained at

's school. He also learned ring psychology with Tom Howard at UPW. For the first several years of his career, Brown predominantly wrestled in the New England area. He won his first championship in February 2001,

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's NECW Championship. In January 2005, Brown and his partner Johnny Heartbreaker were defeated by Hurricane and Rosey on an episode of

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's ''

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''. Brown has also often teamed with female wrestler

. Together the duo has won

(3PW)'s

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and

(JAPW)'s

. In 2002, Brown and Hunter began working for

NWA Cyberspace NWA Shockwave (NWA-SW, formerly known as CyberSpace Wrestling Federation and NWA: Cyberspace) was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded by Billy Firehawk in Staten Island, New York in 2001, and later relocated to Wayne, New Jers ...

. In April 2005, Brown, the current NWA Cyberspace Champion wrestled against

Jeff Jarrett Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he both wrestles and serves as Director of Business Development. He is also ...

for the

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. In Cyberspace, Brown had a feud with

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. In 2004 made an appearance in Puerto Rico for the International Wrestling Association. Brown returned to England to wrestle for Superstars of Wrestling in October 2016. Brown runs a professional wrestling academy in

called Test of Strength Wrestling.

Personal life

Brown was born in Jamaica but grew up in Boston.

Championships and accomplishments

*Allegheny Mountain Wrestling Federation **AMWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

Assault Championship Wrestling Assault Championship Wrestling is an American independent wrestling promotion originally based in Connecticut, more recently Milford, PA, and promoted by Jason Knight, a pro wrestler and manager, best known for his time in the ECW. The first maj ...

ACW Heavyweight Championship The ACW Heavyweight Championship was the top professional wrestling championship title in the American independent promotion Assault Championship Wrestling. The first-ever champion was Chris Hamrick who won the title in a championship tourna ...

(1 time) **

ACW Great American Championship The ACW Great American Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship title in the American independent promotion Assault Championship Wrestling. The first champion was "The Machine" Jeff Rocker who won the title from Mercen ...

(2 times) *Big Time Wrestling (Massachusetts) **BTW Tag Team Championship (2 times, current) - with Tre the Smooth Operatin' Gangsta *

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 ...

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(1 time) **

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(1 time) *Connecticut Wrestling Entertainment **CTWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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** CSWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Defiant Pro Wrestling **DPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Immortal Championship Wrestling **ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

JAPW Heavyweight Championship The Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in the American independent professional wrestling promotion Jersey All Pro Wrestling. It became an official title on October 31, 1997 when J ...

( 1 time) **

JAPW Tag Team Championship The JAPW Tag Team Championship is a championship in the Jersey All Pro Wrestling promotion. It became official title on December 5, 1997 when The Blood Angels (Diablos Macabre and Lucifer Grimm) defeated Don Montoya and Homicide in a tournament fi ...

( 1 time) - with

* Jersey Championship Wrestling ** JCW Championship (1 time) *

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** MWF Heavyweight Championship (3 times) *

NWA New England The Century Wrestling Alliance, formerly known as NWA Cold Front and NWA New England, was a New England–based American independent wrestling promotion located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded by Tony Rumble in 1989, a retired wrestle ...

** NWA New England Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **

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(1 time) **

NWA New England Tag Team Championship The CWA Tag Team Championship is the primary wrestling tag team title in the Century Wrestling Alliance. Double Trouble (Tony and Val Puccio) were the first team to win the titles by defeating The Interns in Wakefield, Massachusetts on September ...

(1 time)¹ - with Jason Rage and Luis Ortiz *

NECW Heavyweight Championship The NECW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship was the top professional wrestling championship in New England Championship Wrestling. It was originally known as the NECW Heavyweight Championship until unified with the PWF Northeast and Mayhem cha ...

( 3 times) *

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(2015) *

** 3PW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** 3PW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with April Hunter *'

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'' **PWI ranked him #278 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2005 *Southern Championship Wrestling Florida **SCW Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Squared Circle Wrestling **2CW Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *Test Of Strength Wrestling **TOS Championship (1time) **TOS Tag Team Championship (1 time) **K-1 Classic Championship (1 time) *Ultimate Wrestling Federation **UWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *USA Pro Wrestling *USA Pro Xtreme Championship (1 time) **UPW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *World Star Wrestling **WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **WSW Television Championship (2 times) *

World Xtreme Wrestling World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) was a Florida-based independent circuit, independent professional wrestling promotion which has held events across the United States and toured in Japan, the Middle East and South Pacific region including American S ...

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(1 time) *Xcite Wrestling **Xcite International Championship (1 time) ¹Wagner held the NWA New England Tag Team Championship with Jason Rage and Luis Ortiz under the

Freebird Rule The Fabulous Freebirds were a professional wrestling tag team who attained fame in the 1980s, performing into the 1990s. The team usually consisted of three wrestlers, although in different situations and points in its history, just two performed ...

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Professional wrestling career

Personal life

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