B-Fab | |
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Birth name | Briana Brandy |
Born | [1] Canton, Ohio, U.S. | November 22, 1990
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Briana Brandy B-Fab |
Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Billed weight | 137 lb (62 kg) |
Trained by | Dru Onyx WWE Performance Center Natalya Neidhart |
Debut | December 5, 2019 |
Briana Brandy [1] [2] [3] (born November 22, 1990) is an American musician and professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name B-Fab and is a member of The Street Profits.
Brandy is from Canton, Ohio. She played basketball and competed in swimming during her high school years. [4]
During summer of 2017, Brandy participated in a WWE tryout which featured wrestling names such as Cody Deaner and Mike Taverna. On August 28, 2019, it was reported that WWE signed Brandy to a developmental contract. [5]
On December 5, 2019, Brandy made her debut during a live event during which she teamed with Taynara in a successful women's tag team match defeating Catalina Garcia & Rita Reis. [6] The following year on February 28, 2020, she wrestled her first singles match at a NXT live event against Kayden Carter. [7] On March 6 and March 7, Brandy wrestled her final live events, [7] just one week before the COVID-19 pandemic was acknowledged in the United States, effectively restricting all sports businesses from holding live audience events. [8] She wrestled only eight matches, between years 2019 and 2020. On the September 14 episode of NXT, Briana Brandy won her only singles match victory by defeating Katrina Cortez. [6] [7] Under her new name B-Fab, on the May 11, 2021 episode of NXT, she appeared alongside the recently-formed the stable Hit Row. [9] On the September 28 episode of NXT, her final match was a No Disqualification rules match against Elektra Lopez, but she was not successful. [10]
B-Fab made her main roster debut at the SmackDown brand after being drafted alongside Hit Row during the 2021 WWE Draft. [11] On November 8, 2021, she was released from her contract alongside Hit Row due to budget cuts. [12]
On the August 12, 2022 episode of SmackDown , Hit Row made their unannounced return as faces, where Top Dolla and Ashante "Thee" Adonis (accompanied by B-Fab) defeated two local competitors. [13] B-Fab made her main roster in-ring debut at the women's Royal Rumble match as the seventh entrant at Royal Rumble on January 28, 2023. She was eliminated in 36 seconds by eventual winner Rhea Ripley. [14] [15] [16] Hit Row was quietly disbanded with the release of Top Dolla in September 2023 [17] and with Adonis being announced as a new tag team with Cedric Alexander in February 2024. [18]
On the February 2, 2024 episode of SmackDown, B-Fab joined Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits as The Pride and took out The Final Testament's Scarlett. [19] [20] At Night 2 of WrestleMania XL on April 7, B-Fab assisted The Pride to defeat The Final Testament in a Philadelphia Street Fight match. [21]
Brandy's involvement in music includes tours with the rap artists Soulja Boy and Jadakiss as well as work with Juicy J, Ying Yang Twins, Too $hort, Young Dro, and Kurupt. [4]
Briana Brandy (aka B-Fab) has also released multiple songs since 2013 that have made it ITunes Apple Music. [22]
On March 6, 2023, Hit Row was once more partially fully reunited as rapper Monteasy dropped a music video by the name of Price Went Up featuring A.J. Francis (aka FRAN¢/Top Dolla), Rich Latta, Stephon Strickland (Swerve The Realest/Isaiah "Swerve" Scott) & Briana Brandy (B-Fab). [23] [24]
On July 21, 2023, Brandy, alongside A.J. Francis (Top Dolla) and Tehuti Miles (Ashante "Thee" Adonis) as part of Hit Row, dropped a freestyle single by the name of Barbie Barz. [25] [26]
Her athletic background includes work as a boxing coach. Brandy also trained in Ninjutsu and has been involved in Cross Fitness. [4]
Alongside Hit Row members Ashante "Thee" Adonis and Top Dolla, Brandy as B-Fab (as a Manager; and probably Non-Playable) made their video game debut in WWE 2K23 as DLC characters in the Steiner Row Pack DLC bundle. [27]
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