Logan James

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Logan James
Born (1998-02-26) February 26, 1998 (age 26)
Hillview, Kentucky, U.S. [1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) L.J.
Logan James
Trained by Matt Cappotelli
Rip Rogers
Debut2016

Logan James is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the professional wrestling promotion IWA Mid-South where he is part of The Player's Club stable. [2]

Contents

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2016–present)

Logan James debuted as a professional wrestler in Ohio Valley Wrestling's Saturday Night Special Christmas Chaos on December 3, 2016, under the name L.J. where he teamed up with Callie and Carlos Gabriel in a losing effort to Adam Slade, Robbie Walker and Madi Maxx in a six-person intergender tag team match. [3] He is known for his tenure with Ohio Valley Wrestling where he is a former OVW Television Champion for which he feuded with Randall Floyd. [4] James currently competes for IWA Mid-South, where he is a former IWA Mid-South Junior Heavyweight Champion, IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion and IWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion with fellow stable members Tyler Matrix and Adam Slade. [5] On September 22, 2018, he took part of the IWA Ted Petty Invitational Tournament defending his junior heavyweight title against Pat Monix. [6] He lost the first round match as well as the championship. [7] He worked with wrestling personalities such as Brian Pillman Jr., Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Fred Yehi. [8] At the 2018 IWA Somebody's Gonns Hurt Somebody on June 15, James lost a match against Impact Wrestling star Trey Miguel. [9] Along with Tyler Matrix, James defended their IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship successfully against The Mason Dixon Line (Devan Dixon and Silas Mason) at IWA Mid-South In Like A Lion 2021 from March 13. [10]

Championships and accomplishments

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