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B-Fab
Birth nameBriana Brandy
Born (1990-11-22) November 22, 1990 (age 34) [1]
Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Briana Brandy
B-Fab
Billed height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Billed weight137 lb (62 kg)
Trained by Dru Onyx
WWE Performance Center
Natalya Neidhart
DebutDecember 5, 2019

Briana Brandy [1] [2] [3] (born November 22, 1990) is an American musician, professional wrestler and manager. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name B-Fab while also serving as the manager of The Street Profits.

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Early life

Brandy is from Canton, Ohio. She played basketball and competed in swimming during her high school years. [4]

Professional wrestling career

WWE (2019–2021)

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 and 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 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. B-Fab and Ashante "Thee" Adonis managed Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Top Dolla in one match on SmackDown before being released. [12]

Independent circuit (2022)

Following her release from WWE, Brandy and the rest of Hit Row, would begin appearing on the independent circuit, under the team name, The HitMakerZ. [13]

Return to WWE (2022–present)

On the August 12, 2022 episode of SmackDown, Hit Row, minus Scott, made their unannounced return as faces, where Top Dolla and Adonis (accompanied by B-Fab) defeated two local competitors. [14] 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. [15] [16] [17] Hit Row was quietly disbanded with the release of Top Dolla in September 2023 [18] and with Adonis being announced as a new tag team with Cedric Alexander in February 2024. [19]

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. [20] [21] 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. [22] On August 16, Lashley's profile on WWE's roster page was moved to the alumni section, ending his tenure with WWE and The Pride. As a result, The Pride was quietly disbanded. B-Fab continued managing The Street Profits, with no mention of The Pride as a stable. [23] On the November 15 episode of SmackDown, B-Fab competed against Bayley and Women's Speed Champion Candice LeRae in a triple threat match in the preliminary round of the tournament to crown the inaugural Women's United States Champion, but was not successful due to Bayley pinning her. [24]

Music career

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. [25]

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). [26] [27]

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. [28] [29]

Professional wrestling style and persona

Her athletic background includes work as a boxing coach. Brandy also trained in Ninjutsu and has been involved in Cross Fitness. [4]

Other media

Alongside Hit Row members Ashante "Thee" Adonis and Top Dolla, Brandy as B-Fab (as a non-playable Manager) made her video game debut in WWE 2K23 as a DLC character in the Steiner Row Pack DLC bundle. [30]

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