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Trey McBrayer (born August 30, 1994), better known by his
ring name A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons ...
Trey Miguel, 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 ...
, where he is a member of
The Rascalz The Rascalz is an American professional wrestling tag team currently appearing in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) consisting of Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz. In TNA, Wentz is a former one-time TNA X Division Champion, and Miguel and Wentz ar ...
tag team. He is signed to
Total Nonstop Action 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 busines ...
(TNA). He also makes appearances on
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's NXT
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. In TNA, He is a former two-time
Impact X Division Champion The TNA X Division Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of TNA's second then- weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The curr ...
and a former one-time
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.


Early life

Trey McBrayer was born on August 30, 1994, in
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.


Professional wrestling career


Independent circuit (2009–present)

McBrayer began training sometime in 2009 at the Glass City Pro Wrestling School until he eventually moved to
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where he studied under the tutelage of
Dave Crist The Crist Brothers were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers David Crist Jr. and John Crist, who are best known by their ring names Dave Crist and Jake Crist. They are best known for their time with Impact Wrestling ...
. On July 8, 2017, Miguel teamed with his future partners
Dezmond Xavier Deveon Everhart Aikens (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT and Evolve brands under the ring name Wes Lee and is the leader of The High Ryze stable. He is a former one-t ...
and
Zachary Wentz Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994), better known by his ring name Zachary Wentz, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The Rascalz tag team. He ...
for the first time to defeat
Ohio Is 4 Killers Ohio Versus Everything (oVe) was a professional wrestling stable in Impact Wrestling that consisted of Sami Callihan, Jake Crist, and Madman Fulton and Rich Swann. The group's name was based on a majority of the members over the faction's lifes ...
(Dave Crist, Jake Crist and
Sami Callihan Samuel Alton Johnston (born September 1, 1987), better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and promoter. He is signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestlin ...
) in a doors match at
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's iPPV ''EVILution''. On April 17, 2018, at CZW's ''Welcome to the Combat Zone'', Miguel was introduced as the newest member of
The Rascalz The Rascalz is an American professional wrestling tag team currently appearing in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) consisting of Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz. In TNA, Wentz is a former one-time TNA X Division Champion, and Miguel and Wentz ar ...
(formed by Xavier and Wentz) alongside Myron Reed. After this, Miguel and Reed began teaming across the entire independent circuit while Wentz and Xavier, the other two Rascalz members teamed as well. Together, Miguel and Reed won the
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once on March 8 and the Rockstar Pro Trios Championship twice (once with Alex Colon and Dustin Rayz), on May 4 and May 9 respectively. On September 1, 2017, Miguel defeated Jeremiah for the Rockstar Pro Championship, a title which he held for 91 days before dropping it to
Jake Crist John Crist (born July 13, 1984), better known by the ring name Jake Crist, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW). He is best known for his time with Impact Wrestling where he is a one-time Impa ...
. Miguel then regained the title on February 2, 2018, defeating Crist but later that same night he lost the title to Jon Murray. At a cross promotional event for Fight Club: PRO and Destiny Wrestling on April 4, 2019, Miguel defeated
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,
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, and
Jake Atlas Kenny Sanchez Marquez (born October 5, 1994), known by his ring name Jake Atlas, is an American former professional wrestler known for his time in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and WWE. Professional wrestling career As a native resident of Los Angel ...
for the vacant Destiny Wrestling Next Generation Championship. He then made his first title defense on August 9, against Aiden Prince, Kevin Blackwood, Lionel Knight and Ryan Wright in a successful attempt. On May 12, 2019, Miguel and Wentz won the WC Big Top Tag Team Championship at WrestleCircus event ''Encore'' by defeating The Dirty Devils (Andy Dalton and Isaiah James) and The Riegel Twins (Logan and Sterling) in a three-way match. After a successful title defense against Riegel Twins and Private Party at ''Big Top Revival'', Miguel and Wentz vacated the titles on July 25.


Impact Wrestling / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2017–present)


Early appearances (2017–2018)

Before being officially signed to
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, Miguel competed in a few tryout matches. The first being on the August 20, 2017, episode of '' Impact!'', teaming with
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where they lost to
Ohio Versus Everything Ohio Versus Everything (oVe) was a professional wrestling stable in Impact Wrestling that consisted of Sami Callihan, Jake Crist, and Madman Fulton and Rich Swann. The group's name was based on a majority of the members over the faction's lif ...
( Jake and Dave Crist). The latter being Miguel's trainer and the guy who helped break him into the company. On the September 6, 2018 episode of '' Impact!'', Miguel made his second appearance by teaming with
Zachary Wentz Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994), better known by his ring name Zachary Wentz, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The Rascalz tag team. He ...
and
Ace Austin Austin James Highley (born February 28, 1997), better known by the ring name Ace Austin, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former three-time TNA X Division C ...
as enhancement talents again against Ohio Versus Everything (Dave Crist, Jake Crist, and
Sami Callihan Samuel Alton Johnston (born September 1, 1987), better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and promoter. He is signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestlin ...
) in a losing effort.


The Rascalz (2018–2020)

A
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aired promoting the debut of The Rascalz on the November 15 episode of ''Impact!''. On the November 29 episode of ''Impact!'', Miguel made his official debut alongside
Dezmond Xavier Deveon Everhart Aikens (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT and Evolve brands under the ring name Wes Lee and is the leader of The High Ryze stable. He is a former one-t ...
and Zachary Wentz as the trio known as
The Rascalz The Rascalz is an American professional wrestling tag team currently appearing in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) consisting of Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz. In TNA, Wentz is a former one-time TNA X Division Champion, and Miguel and Wentz ar ...
, accompanying them ringside when Xavier and Wentz competed in a tag team match against
Chris Bey Daquan Christopher Johnson-Bey (born February 13, 1996), better known by the ring name Chris Bey, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), but has been on hiatus due to a broken neck that he suf ...
and Mike Sydal. In mid-2019, Trey and the Rascalz began a feud against
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, which led to all The Rascalz making their pay-per-view debut against Moose and The North (
Ethan Page Julian Micevski (born September 20, 1989), better known by his ring name Ethan Page, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand, and is ...
and
Josh Alexander Joshua Lemay (born May 29, 1987), better known by his ring name Josh Alexander, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Don Callis Family. He also makes a ...
) in a six-man tag team match at
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, which Rascalz lost. During the match, the
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s of Xavier, Miguel and Wentz were shortened to Dez, Trey and Wentz respectively. On the November 13, 2019, episode of ''Impact'', Trey became the number one contender for the
X Division Championship The TNA X Division Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of TNA's second then- weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The curr ...
by pinning
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in a six-way match, but failed to win the title from Ace Austin at
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. At
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, Trey received his first shot at the vacant
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in a five-way elimination match against
Ace Austin Austin James Highley (born February 28, 1997), better known by the ring name Ace Austin, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former three-time TNA X Division C ...
, Eddie Edwards,
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, and the returning Eric Young, but was eliminated first by Young. On November 11, it was revealed that The Rascalz would soon be leaving Impact and had interest from both
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and
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. During the November 17 tapings, The Rascalz were given a "send-off" by the Impact locker room. Trey confirmed the following day that he, Dez and Wentz were in fact done appearing on Impact Wrestling. Dez and Wentz went on to sign with
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, ...
while Trey remained a free agent.


X Division Champion (2021–2023)

Trey made a surprise return to Impact on the January 26, 2021, episode of ''Impact'', teaming with
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, Rich Swann, and
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to defeat Chris Bey,
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,
Ken Shamrock Kenneth Wayne Shamrock ( né Kilpatrick; born February 11, 1964) is an American retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to WWE under a Legends contract, under the ring name Ken Shamrock. He is best known ...
, and
Sami Callihan Samuel Alton Johnston (born September 1, 1987), better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and promoter. He is signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestlin ...
. During his return match, his ring name was reverted to Trey Miguel. Shortly after his return, Miguel began a heated high level feud with Callihan based on Callihan's theory that Miguel couldn't survive without Dez and Wentz. Throughout the deeply personal feud, Miguel would get tormented by Callihan in many ways including being forced to watch his trainee Sam Beale get beat down and be constantly told he "lost his passion". After weeks of back and forth attacks and mind games, the feud culminated in a
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at
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, which Miguel won. In September, Miguel entered a tournament to determine a new X Division Champion, where he defeated
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and
Laredo Kid Laredo Kid (born December 30, 1986) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is signed to both Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. In TNA, he is a former TNA Digital Media Cham ...
in the first round. At Bound for Glory, Miguel defeated
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and
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in the final to win the Impact X Division Championship. On the October 28 episode of ''Impact!'', Miguel made his first successful title defense against
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(NJPW) talent
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. Miguel then retained his title against Laredo Kid and Steve Maclin at
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, against Maclin at
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, and against
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at
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. On April 1, 2022, at
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, Miguel successfully defended his X Division Championship against Blake Christian, Chris Bey,
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, Rich Swann, and
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in an
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. At
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, he lost the title to Ace Austin in a three-way match involving Mike Bailey, ending his reign at 182 days. Two weeks later, he failed to regain the title in a rematch at
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. On the May 12 episode of ''Impact!'', Miguel competed in a
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to determine the number one contender to Josh Alexander's
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at
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, but was eliminated by Steve Maclin. On the May 26 episode of ''Impact!'', Miguel defeated
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to qualify for the Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship at Slammiversary. At the event, he failed to capture the title that was won by Mike Bailey. On the June 30 episode of ''Impact!'', Miguel won a four-way match to get a shot at the X Division title. A day later, at Against All Odds, he failed to beat Bailey for the title. On September 23, at Victory Road, Miguel competed in an Intergender Triple Threat Revolver to determine the number one contender for the X Division Championship, but was eliminated by eventual winner
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. He later took part in a tournament to crown a new X Division Champion, defeating Alan Angels in the quarterfinals and Mike Bailey in the semifinals. On November 18, at Over Drive, Miguel defeated
Black Taurus The Beast Mortos (born March 11, 1987), also known by his former ring name Black Taurus, is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of La Faccion Ingob ...
in the final by turning
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after blinding him with spray paint, and won the vacant title for a second time. On the December 1 episode of ''Impact!'', Miguel explained what he needed to do to regain the title and sprayed green paint on it. On January 13, 2023, on the Countdown to Hard to Kill pre-show, Miguel defeated Taurus to successfully retain his title. He continued to retain the X Division title on ''Impact!'' against Mike Jackson, and against
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in a
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. Miguel followed that with more successful defenses against
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at
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, against
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, Frankie Kazarian, Kevin Knight, Rich Swann, and Rocky Romero in a six-way scramble match at Multiverse United, against
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and Mike Bailey in a three-way elimination match at
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and against
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at
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. On June 9 at Against All Odds, Miguel lost the X Division Championship to Sabin, ending his reign at 203 days.


The Rascalz reunion and WWE debut (2023–present)

On the June 29, 2023, episode of ''Impact'', Miguel had a rematch against Chris Sabin for the X Division Championship which ended in a no-contest when
Zachary Wentz Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994), better known by his ring name Zachary Wentz, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The Rascalz tag team. He ...
made his return and attacked the latter, thus reuniting The Rascalz as
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in the process. On July 23 at
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, Miguel and Wentz won the
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for the first time in their careers by defeating
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( Mark Andrews &
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). On October 21 at Bound for Glory, Miguel and Wentz lost the Impact World Tag Team Championship to
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(
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&
Chris Bey Daquan Christopher Johnson-Bey (born February 13, 1996), better known by the ring name Chris Bey, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), but has been on hiatus due to a broken neck that he suf ...
), ending their reign at 55 days. On the July 9, 2024 episode of '' NXT'', Dezmond Xavier, who now wrestles in
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as Wes Lee, was about to announce that he would walk away after losing a Last Chance match for the
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at NXT Heatwave but was interrupted by Miguel (who makes his WWE debut appearance) and the returning Wentz (who formerly wrestled in WWE as Nash Carter). Miguel and Wentz managed to convince Lee to stay and the trio reunited for the first time since 2020. In his debut WWE match, The Rascalz defeated Gallus ( Joe Coffey,
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, and Wolfgang) in a six-man tag team match the following week. At Week 2 of ''NXT'': The Great American Bash on August 6, Wentz and Lee were defeated by
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and
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in a title match. After the match, Lee turned on Miguel and Wentz, lashing out at the latter for leaving him back in 2022 to turn heel for the first time in his career. Miguel made an appearance at NXT No Mercy on September 1 to assist Wentz to defeat Lee. Two days later on ''NXT'', Miguel and Wentz defeated Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) and Hank Walker and Tank Ledger in a triple threat tag team match for a NXT Tag Team Championship match. However, Miguel and Wentz failed to appear for the title match after Lee had taken out Miguel offscreen.' In reality, it was reported that Miguel had to undergo an unexpected minor surgery. At
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on January 19, 2025, Wentz and Miguel failed to defeat TNA World Tag Team Champions
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) for the titles. Later that night, it was announced that Wentz and Miguel will face NXT Tag Team Champions Nathan Frazer and Axiom for the titles (which they were supposed to challenge for in October 2024) on the January 23 episode of ''Impact!'', where they lost after Lee and his new allies Tyriek Igwe and
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interfered in the match. On the January 30 and February 6 episodes of ''Impact!'', Wentz and Miguel ran out to save Ace Austin from Lee, Igwe and Dupont after Austin's matches against Lee and Dupont respectively. Despite their past differences, Austin joined The Rascalz in their feud against Lee. At
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on March 14, The Rascalz and Austin defeated Lee, Igwe and Dupont in a " Lucha Rules" six-man tag team match to end the feud.


Personal life

McBrayer was formerly in a relationship with Canadian journalist Alicia Atout.


Championships and accomplishments

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** A1 Zero Gravity Championship (1 time) *Destiny Wrestling ** Destiny Next Generation Championship (1 time) *Extreme Chaos Wrestling **Extreme Championship (1 time) *
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*Horror Slam Wrestling ** Horror Slam Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
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(1 time) – with Myron Reed *Southside Wrestling Entertainment **SWE Speed King Championship (1 time) *Insane Wrestling Revolution **IWR United States Championship (1 time, inaugural) **IWR World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Myron Reed *Mega Championship Wrestling **MEGA Championship (1 time) **Mega Title Tournament (2021) *''
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'' ** Ranked No. 171 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2020 *Rockstar Pro Wrestling **American Luchacore Championship (2 times) **Rockstar Pro Championship (2 times) **Rockstar Pro Trios Championship (2 times) – with Myron Reed and, Alex Colon (1), Myron Reed and Dustin Rayz (1) **Rockin’ Robin Tournament (2017) *The Wrestling Revolver **Revolver Championship (1 time) **PWR Remix Championship (1 time) **PWR Tag Team Championship (1 time)– with Zachary Wentz *
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Impact X Division Championship The TNA X Division Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of TNA's second then- weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The cu ...
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( 1 time) – with
Zachary Wentz Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994), better known by his ring name Zachary Wentz, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The Rascalz tag team. He ...
** Impact X Division Championship Tournament (
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) ** Impact Year End Awards (1 time) *** Match of the Year (2020) ** Impact World Tag Team Championship #1 Contendership Tournament (2023) – with Zachary Wentz * Warrior Wrestling **
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(1 time) *Welterweight Wrestling **WW Championship (1 time) *WrestleCircus **WC Big Top Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
Zachary Wentz Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994), better known by his ring name Zachary Wentz, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The Rascalz tag team. He ...
* Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling ** XICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Aaron Williams,
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, Kyle Maverick,
Dezmond Xavier Deveon Everhart Aikens (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT and Evolve brands under the ring name Wes Lee and is the leader of The High Ryze stable. He is a former one-t ...
, and Zachary Wentz


References


External links

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Impact Wrestling profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miguel, Trey 1994 births Living people 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century American professional wrestlers American male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Ohio TNA/Impact X Division Champions G-Infinity Champions