Josh Briggs

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Josh Briggs
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Briggs in July 2019
Birth nameJoshua Bruns
Born (1993-03-05) March 5, 1993 (age 31)
Bullhead City, Arizona, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Josh Briggs [1]
Billed height6 ft 8 in (203 cm) [1]
Billed weight268 lb (122 kg) [1]
Trained byBrian Fury
Mike Hollow [1]
WWE Performance Center
DebutDecember 14, 2016 [1]

Joshua Bruns (born March 5, 1993) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Josh Briggs. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand. In WWE, he is a one-time NXT UK Tag Team Champion with Brooks Jensen, and he and Jensen are recognized as the final holders of the championship. He previously appeared for Evolve, where he was the final Evolve Champion.

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Early life

Bruns played football at UMass after two years at Glendale Community College in Arizona. [2]

Professional wrestling career

On August 31, 2020, it was reported that Briggs had signed a contract with WWE, following the company's purchase of Evolve in July. [3] On October 7, WWE announced that he had reported for training at the Performance Center, alongside five other professional wrestlers from Evolve. [4] On July 6, 2021, Briggs was announced to be a part of the 2021 NXT Breakout Tournament. On the July 27 episode of NXT, Briggs was defeated by Carmelo Hayes in the first round. [5] On the NXT 2.0 premiere on September 14, Briggs formed a tag team with the debuting Brooks Jensen and faced Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) in a losing effort, establishing themselves as faces. [6] On the January 18, 2022 episode of NXT, Briggs and Jensen competed in the Dusty Rhodes Men's Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated by eventual winners the Creed Brothers (Brutus and Julius) in the first round. [7] On the April 12 episode of NXT, they took part in a five-team gauntlet match for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship, but failed to win. [8] On the June 22 episode of NXT UK , Briggs and Jensen defeated Dave Mastiff and Jack Starz, Mark Andrews and Wild Boar, and Die Familie (Teoman and Rohan Raja) in a Fatal 4-Way elimination match to win the vacant NXT UK Tag Team Championship, making them the first and only non-European tag team to win the titles.

On the December 27, 2023 episode of NXT, Briggs, Jensen and Henley agree to go their separate ways splitting up the team. [9] On the January 16, 2024 episode of NXT, Briggs received an endorsement from John "Bradshaw" Layfield in a backstage segment. [10] The following week, Briggs took on Trick Williams in a losing effort. After the match, Briggs attacked Williams with a clothesline, thus turning heel for the first time in his WWE career. [11] On the February 6 episode of NXT, Briggs seemingly consoled his former partner Brooks Jensen about having to work alone, only to then badmouth him and tell him to grow up, thus cementing his heel turn. On the February 20 episode of NXT, Briggs defeated Jensen in a singles match and consoled him after by saying "I did this for you, I love you man", turning back into a face once again. At NXT Roadblock, Briggs would try to talk Jensen out of taking a match with Oba Femi but Jensen was persistent on facing Femi and would be ultimately defeated the following week with Briggs watching at ringside. [12] [13] [14] [15] At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 6, Briggs failed to win the NXT North American Championship from Femi in a triple threat match which also include Dijak. [16]

Championships and accomplishments

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