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78-425: In 2017, Houston retired from wrestling while Chance continued to compete on the independent circuit, mainly for Evolve Wrestling . In February 2021, Chance signed with WWE , and currently performs on NXT under the ring name Andre Chase . The Bravado Brothers of Harlem Bravado (Chance Barrow, born 1989) and Lancelot Bravado (Houston Barrow, born 1985) trained at Ring of Honor (ROH)'s Wrestling Academy under

156-697: A Triple or Nothing match to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship . They had successful title defenses against the likes of The Lucha Brothers and the Gunn Club ( Colten and Austin Gunn ). They would then enter a three match series with The Acclaimed ( Max Caster and Anthony Bowens ), defeating them at All Out , losing the belts to them in a rematch at Dynamite: Grand Slam , and losing to them once more at Full Gear after Strickland slapped Lee when Lee refused to use pliers as

234-533: A 30-minute time limit draw; as a result, both men were declared number one contenders with Joe in turn scheduled to defend the AEW World Championship against both in a three-way match, which was won by Joe. On the March 27, 2024 episode of Dynamite , Strickland faced Konosuke Takeshita to determine the number-one contender for the AEW World Championship; after his victory, a title match with Joe

312-650: A 4-way to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. He held on to the title until November before losing to Gacy, who then immediately lost the title to Rickey Shane Page . Page then challenged both men to a Cage Of Death match for the title, which Strickland was unsuccessful at winning. On May 5, 2012, Strickland made his debut for Evolve Wrestling , where he teamed with Latin Dragon to defeat DMC and Nate Carter. On August 4, 2018, Strickland defeated Matt Riddle to win

390-590: A close working relationship with sister promotion Dragon Gate USA until Dragon Gate USA's closure in August 2015. In 2015, Evolve formed a relationship with WWE , allowing WWE to scout Evolve talent and potentially sign them. On July 2, 2020, Evolve was officially purchased by WWE. In 2009, Gabe Sapolsky announced a new wrestling promotion via some viral videos featuring one of the company's competitors, Jimmy Jacobs . After this more videos were produced promoting more performers, as well as featuring blogs written by

468-531: A loss to Coleman and Alexander at Glory By Honor XI , which was their last ROH appearance. On November 12, 2011, they debuted for Chikara , losing to 3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews). Throughout 2012, they made sporadic appearances for the promotion, including participating in the 2012 torneo cibernetico on November 18, as part of Team Kevin Steen . On May 18, 2013, the Bravados returned to take part in

546-405: A match between them ended in a no contest. Their feud ended in a Weapon of Mass Destruction match, where Killshot defeated Martinez. After the match, Killshot started a storyline when he received a letter from A. R. Fox , a former brother in arms who Killshot left for dead in battle. They faced each other at Ultima Lucha Tres Part I in a Hell of War match where Killshot won. ESPN called it "one of

624-491: A new stable, "Mogul Affiliates", with Parker Boudreaux , Granden Goetzman (Later named Trench), and the rapper Rick Ross . Strickland feuded with Lee until March 2023, when he and Boudreaux lost to Lee and Dustin Rhodes . In April 2023, Mogul Affiliates merged with Prince Nana 's stable The Embassy to create Mogul Embassy . Strickland began a feud with Sting and Darby Allin , starting when Allin defeated Strickland on

702-585: A pen. On October 1 at WrestleDream in Strickland's home state of Washington , Strickland defeated Page. On November 18 at Full Gear , Strickland defeated Page in a Texas Deathmatch . The match was acclaimed and received a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer , making it the first five-star match of Strickland's career, but received backlash and some mainstream media attention for a moment in which Page cut open Strickland's forehead and drank his blood. Strickland stated that telling people to avoid watching

780-644: A scene of Strickland and Court Bauer arguing behind his closed office door. After this, it was stated he was "contractly obligated" to appear at the December 13, 2018, MLW event, Never Say Never. At the event he was defeated by CMLL luchador Rush . This match aired on MLW Fusion on January 18, 2019. Strickland opened the show with a heel promo disparaging the fans and the city until he was interrupted by Rush. This would be Strickland's last regular appearance in MLW. On January 15, 2019, Strickland stated on Twitter that he

858-616: A tour of Japan, the Bravado Brothers returned to ROH at Unity in April 2012, defeating The Young Bucks. The following month, the pair challenged Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team ( Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas ) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. They won the match by disqualification , and so did not win the championship. They competed only sporadically for ROH throughout mid-2012, including

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936-489: A tournament for the LU Trios Championship, but they were defeated in the finales by the eventual winners Angélico , Son of Havoc and Ivelisse . Following the first season, Strickland asked head writer Chris DeJoseph if he could write some background and story for his character. This led to it having more military elements. In Season 2, had a feud with Marty Martinez after Marty stole his dog tags after

1014-486: A tournament to crown the first Evolve Champion as they were eliminating the records system at that time. The tournament was held in Secaucus, New Jersey , at WrestleCon in April 2013. Evolve used the records of the talent to determine the seedings in the tournament; the top two were Chuck Taylor (10–5) and Ricochet (5–2), and both received byes into the second round. On April 5, A. R. Fox defeated Sami Callihan in

1092-466: A weapon, causing Lee to walk out on the match. The following month, at the ROH event Final Battle , Swerve In Our Glory faced Shane Taylor Promotions. During the match, Strickland followed suit, walking out on Lee after a sequence of friendly fire attacks between the two, causing Lee to narrowly defeat Shane Taylor Promotions. On the December 21, 2022, edition of Dynamite , Strickland turned on Lee, forming

1170-496: The 2013 Tag World Grand Prix , but were eliminated in the first round by The Batiri (Kodama and Obariyon). In 2013, the duo began working for the Evolve promotion. On May 30, they defeated Maxwell Chicago and Sugar Dunkerton at Evolve 20 and the following day at Evovle 21 , they defeated Derek Ryze and Andrew Everett. On June 2, at Evolve 22 , they teamed with Everett in a loss to Dos Ben Dejos and Shane Strickland . In 2013,

1248-472: The Evolve Championship at Evolve 108. At Evolve 114 he lost the championship to NXT's Fabian Aichner , ending his three-month reign. Strickland wrestled NXT's Kassius Ohno at Evolve 116 on November 10, 2018, in a losing effort. After not appearing for three months, Strickland returned to Evolve at Evolve 121 on February 15, 2019, to face NXT's Adam Cole . He would be defeated by Cole and

1326-864: The FIP Tag Team Championship . On November 16, the Bravado Brothers defeated The Young Bucks to win Dragon Gate USA 's Open the United Gate Championship . On December 6, they lost the FIP Tag Team Championship to Rich Swann and Roderick Strong . On September 14, 2014, at Evolve 35, The Bravado Brothers lost the Open the United Gate Championship to Anthony Nese and Caleb Konley in a three-way match, also involving A. R. Fox and Rich Swann. In 2017, Lance Bravado retired from wrestling thus disbanding

1404-618: The Hit Row stable and won the NXT North American Championship once, but soon after he was promoted to the main roster on SmackDown , he was released from his contract in November 2021. After his WWE release, he changed his name to Swerve Strickland and signed with AEW in March 2022. He formed a tag team with Keith Lee , winning the AEW World Tag Team Championship once. After turning on Lee, Strickland became

1482-484: The National Wrestling Alliance , losing to Phil Brown. In March 2012, he defeated Alex Payne in his debut for East Coast Wrestling Association . He would go to debut for World Xtreme Wrestling in a six-man match on September 15, 2012. Strickland made his Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) debut on February 4, 2012, in a dark match. On March 10, 2012, at Aerial Assault, Strickland participated in

1560-676: The WWE had purchased Evolve Wrestling, giving them full rights to the name and video library. Shane Strickland Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990) is an American professional wrestler and rapper . He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Swerve Strickland . He is a former AEW World Champion and AEW World Tag Team Champion . Strickland began his career in 2008, working as Shane Strickland for several independent promotions until 2019, including Major League Wrestling (MLW), Evolve Wrestling , and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), winning

1638-508: The brand by losing to Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak . At Worlds Collide on January 25, 2020, Scott challenged for the Cruiserweight Championship in a fatal four way match against Travis Banks , Jordan Devlin , and then-champion Angel Garza , but was unsuccessful. On April 12, Scott was announced as a participant in a tournament to determine the interim NXT Cruiserweight Champion , representing Group B in

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1716-643: The April 12 edition of Dynamite . On May 28 at Double or Nothing , Stickland competed in the 21-man Blackjack Battle Royal for the AEW International Championship , but was lastly eliminated by Orange Cassidy , who retained the title. Strickland received a match for the title on the June 7 edition of Dynamite , but lost when he was defeated by Cassidy. After the match, Strickland and The Mogul Embassy attacked Cassidy only to be chased off by Allin and Sting. The following month, Strickland

1794-659: The Block B. Finally, at Cage of Death XVI, Gacy defeated Strickland for the title. After a lengthy absence in which he wrestled for WXW in Germany, Strickland made a one-time appearance in 2015 in a victory over David Starr . In 2016, Strickland had an acclaimed series of matches with Dezmond Xavier and in the 2017 Best of the Best tournament, he made it to the finals before losing to Dave Crist . In July that same year, he then went on to defeat Gacy, Lio Rush , and Davey Richards in

1872-734: The Bravado Brothers appeared in the special Impact Wrestling episode " Total Nonstop Deletion " as entrants in the Tag Team Apocalypto for the TNA Tag Team Championship . In 2018, Houston Barrow (Lancelot Bravado) was the Libertarian candidate for the District 65 seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives . He placed third in the general election with 2,220 votes (7.74%), as

1950-553: The Bravados also began working for Full Impact Pro (FIP). They debuted at Ascension in April, where they defeated Tommy Taylor and Kenneth Cameron , before attacking the FIP Tag Team Champions Dos Ben Dejos. On July 5, at the Declaration of Independence internet pay-per-view, the Bravado Brothers won a three-way match against Dos Ben Dejos and KOA (Sugar Dunkerton and Aaron Epic) to win

2028-654: The MLW and AAA partnership. They were in a Four-way match for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship . Strickland would fail to capture the championship. On March 23, 2019, Strickland competed for The Crash Lucha Libre in fatal-4-way for The Crash Cruiserweight Championship . Strickland won the PCW Ultra Light Heavyweight Championship on March 26, 2018. Two months later at their next event he defended against Douglas James with Ricky Steamboat as

2106-561: The May 1 episode of Dynamite , Strickland's opponent at Double or Nothing on May 26 was revealed to be Christian Cage. On the May 8 episode of Dynamite , Strickland was assaulted by Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona, resulting in the disbanding of Mogul Embassy. On May 26 at the event, Strickland successfully defended the AEW World Championship against Christian Cage. On June 30 at Forbidden Door , Strickland successfully defended his title against Will Ospreay . On August 25 at All In , he

2184-493: The New School ( Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr. ). Shane Strickland would challenge Cody Rhodes , at the inaugural Defy event, Defy1 in a loss. During 2017's WrestleMania 33 three-day weekend, he wrestled seven matches for five different promotions, including four in one day. On August 25, 2018, Strickland appeared at Triplemanía XXVI . He and A. C. H. appeared at that event to represent Major League Wrestling through

2262-686: The Sickness, Strickland participated in the main event a Chris Cash Memorial Fatal 4 Way Ladder match for the CZW Wired TV Championship, but the match was won by Colon. At Cage of Death XV, Colon defeated Strickland in a title match. On March 8, 2014, at High Stakes, Strickland defeated the CZW Wired Champion Devon Moore to win the title for the first time. At Best of the Best XIII, Strickland retained

2340-622: The Ultra Heavyweight Championship at their A2K19 event on January 18, 2019, against Brian Cage . On March 9, 2019, Strickland gave a farewell speech at a DEFY Wrestling event, indicating he will soon be signing with a major company. At Wrestle Summit 2019, he appeared as PCW Ultra roster member. At the event he lost his PCW Ultra Heavyweight Championship to Mil Muertes . Following Wrestle Summit, Strickland revealed that on April 6, he will wrestle for Wrestling Revolver at WrestleCon's Pancakes and Piledrivers event. In

2418-645: The age of 17. He carried out his United States Army Basic Training in South Carolina , then underwent 22 weeks of Advanced Individual Training at Fort Eisenhower in Augusta, Georgia . He was then stationed in York, Pennsylvania , where he served as a 25U Signal Support Systems Specialist for eight years. He left the Army Reserve in 2015. Strickland decided to become a professional wrestler when he

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2496-559: The duo's match against Allin and Sting at All In . Soon after, Christian Cage was announced as Fox's replacement as Strickland's partner at the event. On August 27, 2023, at All In, Strickland and Cage lost to Allin and Sting in a coffin match , after Strickland was shut in the coffin. Strickland returned, for the first time since being placed in the coffin at All In, on the September 6 edition of Dynamite , confronting "Hangman" Adam Page . Strickland berated Page, claiming that if we

2574-555: The event, he lost to Escobar. Scott then entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, where he was paired with Jake Atlas , but the two were eliminated from the tournament by the eventual winner MSK ( Nash Carter and Wes Lee ) and following the match, argued with one another. On the February 17, 2021, episode of NXT , Scott attacked Leon Ruff after losing a match to him, turning heel in

2652-618: The final to become the inaugural champion. On September 18, 2013, Vito LoGrasso announced that his new Wrestling School signed an agreement to be the Development Center for Evolve. In November 2014, Evolve, along with Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA), Full Impact Pro (FIP) and Shine Wrestling , all under the WWNLive banner, held a tour of China . The following month, WWNLive announced a long-term deal with Great-Wall International Sports Management for regular tours of Asia, starting in

2730-623: The first seven years of his life in Germany. The family later returned to the United States and settled in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania , where Strickland attended Donegal High School . He danced in talent shows and excelled in football , basketball , and track and field . Shortly after leaving high school, Strickland felt the need to follow in his father's footsteps and enlisted in the United States Army Reserve at

2808-653: The first team eliminated. In November, the duo lost to the Briscoe Brothers in a qualifying match for the Survival of the Fittest tournament . At the Final Battle 2011 pay-per-view, the Bravado Brothers were part of a tag team gauntlet match to determine the number one contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship, but were the first team eliminated by Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander . Following

2886-593: The following night he would defeat A. R. Fox . He faced JD Drake at Evolve 126 for the WWN Championship in a match he lost. In 2016, Strickland made his debut in Germany for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), taking part in the 16 Carat Gold tournament and later their World Tag Team League, which he won alongside David Starr. They beat many established teams such as, Angélico and Jack Evans , Ringkampf ( Timothy Thatcher and Walter ), Moustache Mountain ( Tyler Bate and Trent Seven ) and The Leaders of

2964-594: The guest referee. He finished the year with successful defenses against Dragon Lee , Flip Gordon , Rey Horus and Darby Allin , among others. On December 7, 2018, Strickland defeated Pentagon Jr. for the PCW Ultra Heavyweight Championship, becoming a double champion as he was still holding the Light Heavyweight Championship. He would vacate the Light Heavyweight Championship shortly after, and he defended

3042-562: The house as Strickland watched in horror. This forced AEW president Tony Khan to not sanction their steel cage match at All Out, turning the match into a lights out steel cage match On September 7 at All Out, Strickland lost to Page, ending their year-long feud. After a brief hiatus, Strickland returned on October 12 at WrestleDream , where he started a feud with the debuting stable The Hurt Syndicate ( Bobby Lashley , MVP , and Shelton Benjamin ). On October 30 at Fright Night Dynamite , Strickland defeated Benjamin, but would be attacked by

3120-744: The leader of the Mogul Embassy stable and went on to win the AEW World Championship in April 2024, holding the title until that August. Stephon Strickland was born in Tacoma, Washington , on September 30, 1990. His father, who was a sergeant first class cook in the United States Army , moved the family to Germany when Strickland was two months old to live on an American military base in Frankfurt . Strickland spent

3198-435: The main event, a Best Of The Best 11 Qualifying Aerial Assault Elimination Match won by Samuray del Sol . On November 10, 2012, at Night of Infamy 11, Strickland participated in a CZW Wired TV Open Challenge, but was defeated by the champion A. R. Fox . At Best of the Best 12, Strickland participated in the Best of the Best tournament, but he was defeated in the first round by Alex Colon. On September 14, 2013, at Down with

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3276-409: The match would have the opposite effect , and compared it to telling children not to go and see "a new insane horror movie". Strickland participated in the first Continental Classic tournament, where he finished joint top of his block with 12 points, allowing him to advance to the semifinal round. In the semifinal round, Strickland lost in a triple threat match to Jon Moxley , eliminating him from

3354-480: The match, he teamed with Joe Gacy and Eddie Kingston to face-off against oVe , in what was promoted as his last match on the independent circuit. Strickland participated in El Rey Network professional wrestling television series Lucha Underground . Strickland became a central character on Lucha Underground, as one of a small group of characters to appear in every season. His friend Ricochet being on

3432-496: The match. This was reportedly done to write him off television if contract negotiations changed. On episode 32 of MLW's weekly program MLW Fusion , Strickland faced Low Ki in rematch for the Heavyweight title. However, after a distraction, Ki "ripped" out some of Strickland's hair and rolled him up for the win. After the match, Strickland grabbed a microphone and begun a worked shoot towards MLW management turning heel in

3510-477: The most brutal contests to ever be televised in professional wrestling." Two weeks later, The Mack reunited Killshot and Fox and won the Trios Championship. During Season 4, Killshot had a feud with Son of Havoc which culminated at Ultima Lucha Cuatro in a mask vs mask match. After losing the match, Killshot surrendered his mask to Son of Havoc and revealed his identity as Lt. Jermaine Strickland. As he

3588-729: The new name Swerve Strickland at the Revolution pay-per-view event. He made his in-ring debut for AEW on the March 11 episode of Rampage , defeating Tony Nese . The following week, Strickland aligned himself with Keith Lee in a feud with Team Taz ( Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks ). Strickland and Lee would then begin tag teaming, dubbing themselves "Swerve In Our Glory". In April 2022, Strickland made his debut for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), defeating Alex Zayne at Supercard of Honor XV . At Dynamite : Fyter Fest Night 1 on July 13, Swerve In Our Glory defeated defending champions The Young Bucks and Team Taz in

3666-418: The only one who has pinned Escobar. On the August 26 episode of NXT , Scott challenged Escobar for the title but lost after Escobar hit him with a loaded mask. On the September 1 episode of NXT Super Tuesday , Scott and Breezango ( Tyler Breeze and Fandango ) defeated Legado del Fantasma in a Six-Man Street Fight after Scott once again pinned Escobar, thus earning Scott a title shot at NXT TakeOver: 31 . At

3744-519: The process. At NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver , Scott would participated in a 6 Way match, where he eliminated Ruff and Cameron Grimes but would be last person eliminated in the match by Bronson Reed . On the May 4 episode of NXT , Scott defeated Ruff in a Falls Count Anywhere match after A. J. Francis interfered on Scott's behalf. The following week, Scott was joined by Francis (who was now called Top Dolla ), Tehuti Miles (now called Ashante "Thee" Adonis ) and Briana Brandy (now B-FAB ), forming

3822-428: The process. He mentioned owner Court Bauer and blamed management for his bad luck as of late. He ended the promo with, "As of right now, I am terminating my contract and I'm.." as his microphone got cut off. Strickland proceeded to throw trash at the MLW employees that were confronting him, he fliped off one of them and hopped the rail into the audience and left. They followed this up two weeks later on Fusion with

3900-454: The relationship, it was announced in March 2016 that Evolve would hold qualifying matches for WWE's Cruiserweight Classic . On April 1 and 2, 2016, Evolve held shows at Eddie Deen's Ranch in the build-up to WrestleMania 32 . On October 24, 2016, WWNLive and FloSports announced a new streaming service, which would host events held by the WWNLive promotions, including Evolve. Evolve was

3978-653: The respective main titles of these promotions, the MLW World Heavyweight Championship , Evolve Championship , and CZW World Heavyweight Championship . From 2014 until 2018, Strickland performed in Lucha Underground as a masked wrestler named Killshot . In 2019, he signed a developmental contract with WWE , where he worked as Isaiah "Swerve" Scott in NXT . While in NXT, he was part of

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4056-577: The roster by winning a qualifying match, but that since has been dropped. On November 25, 2011, Evolve and Dragon Gate USA announced the unification of the two promotions. Evolve and Dragon Gate USA will still promote separate events, but the two share rosters, including stables, and Evolve recognizes Dragon Gate USA's Open the Freedom Gate Championship and Open the United Gate Championship as its top two championships. In February 2013, Evolve announced that they would be holding

4134-528: The seat was held by the Republican Party , with Jerry Carter the overall winner. Evolve (professional wrestling) Evolve Wrestling (stylized as EVOLVE) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2010 by former Ring of Honor booker and Dragon Gate USA vice president, Gabe Sapolsky . The company featured a roster of wrestlers from all over America, as well as several competitors from Japan . The promotion had

4212-535: The semi-finals before losing to the Dark City Fight Club of Kory Chavis and Jon Davis . Following losses to teams including Future Shock ( Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly ) and Grizzly Redwood and Andy Ridge, they developed a winning streak beginning in January 2011, which lasted until they were beaten by Future Shock at Supercard of Honor VI on May 21. At Tag Team Turmoil 2011 , the Bravados entered

4290-429: The show led to him sending Konnan some of his demo tapes in late 2014. This led to a tryout match with Willie Mack and him later being signed by the company. He portrayed the character of Lt. Jermaine Strickland, a military vet who carries dog tags to honor the memories of his fallen comrades and wrestled under a mask as Killshot . During the first season, he aligned with Big Ryck and Willie Mack and participated in

4368-615: The spring of 2015. In 2015, WWNLive opened a training facility in Trinity, Florida named "World Wrestling Network Academy", which Evolve shares with DGUSA, FIP and Shine. During 2015, Evolve entered a relationship with WWE . Evolve's wrestlers were featured on WWE.com, while NXT wrestlers Sami Zayn , Chad Gable and Jason Jordan took part in Evolve events in non-wrestling roles. In January 2016, NXT General Manager William Regal and WWE COO Triple H attended Evolve 54. As part of

4446-575: The stable Hit Row . On the June 29 episode of NXT , Scott defeated Bronson Reed to win the NXT North American Championship , his first title in his WWE career. As part of the 2021 Draft , Scott along with the rest of Hit Row, were drafted to the SmackDown brand . On the October 12 episode of NXT , he defeated Santos Escobar to retain his NXT North American championship, only to lose to Carmelo Hayes , ending his 105-day reign. On November 4, B-Fab

4524-604: The subject of the Viceland documentary, The Wrestlers, Episode 1. On July 13, 2019, Evolve held its 10th Anniversary Celebration , an event celebrating the 10th anniversary of Dragon Gate USA's founding. The event was streamed on the WWE Network . This marked the first Evolve event and the first independent wrestling event to air on the WWE Network. On July 2, 2020, it was announced that after months of negotiation,

4602-459: The talent's individual strengths and covering up their weaknesses. On January 29, 2010, Sapolsky announced that Evolve would no longer be booking Davey Richards as he had signed a new contract with Ring of Honor . The concept of the promotion was initially an emphasis on the wrestlers' win–loss records. They divided the company into two divisions: singles wrestlers and tag teams . As per the website, some wrestlers would need to earn their way onto

4680-609: The team. Harlem Bravado continued to wrestle on the independent circuit mainly for Evolve Wrestling before he signed with WWE in 2021. In January 2012 the Bravado Brothers moved to Japan for three months to train with and compete for Pro Wrestling Noah . Lance's first match in Japan was against Yoshinobu Kanemaru in Korakuen Hall. While at Noah, the pair mostly competed in singles matches, but also teamed up sporadically. They returned to Noah in January 2013. In December 2016,

4758-430: The title against Moore in a Ladder match. Then, Strickland started a feud with Joe Gacy . At Dojo Wars 6, Strickland lost the title against Gacy. However, Strickland regained the title two weeks later at Dojo Wars 7. In October 2014, Strickland participated in the World Triangle Tournament, a tournament held by Westside Xtreme Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling and Big Japan Pro-Wrestling. Strickland ended with 3 point in

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4836-416: The tournament to determine the next challengers to the ROH World Tag Team Championship . They defeated the Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe), but lost to Future Shock in the final. On September 17, the Bravado Brothers appeared on their first ROH pay-per-view Death Before Dishonor IX , when they were part of a three-way elimination match against The Young Bucks and Future Shock; the Bravados were

4914-423: The tournament, where he was defeated by Akira Tozawa and Gentleman Jack Gallagher , but was able to defeat El Hijo del Fantasma (who had also worked for Lucha Underground under the name King Cuerno), leaving him with one win in the tournament, thus failing to advance to the finals. Scott then began feuding with Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar, El Hijo del Fantasma's new ring name, after Scott claimed to be

4992-401: The tournament. On December 30 at Worlds End , Strickland was originally scheduled to face Keith Lee; as Lee was not medically cleared to compete, he was replaced by Dustin Rhodes , who Strickland defeated. On the February 7, 2024, episode of Dynamite , Strickland wrestled Adam Page with the winner facing Samoa Joe for the AEW World Championship at Revolution . However, their match went to

5070-436: The tutelage of Delirious in 2008. The duo debuted for ROH in September 2009, and over the next several months they competed in dark matches , facing wrestlers including Tony Kozina and Anthony Nese . Their first match as part of the main roster was at the 8th Anniversary Show , where they were defeated by The Kings of Wrestling ( Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli ). They entered the Tag Wars 2010 tournament , reaching

5148-487: The upper hand. On the August 28 episode of Dynamite , Strickland confronted Page and challenged him to a steel cage match at All Out on September 7, which was later made official. On the September 4 episode of Dynamite , a contract signing was set for the cage match between Strickland and Page. While Strickland arrived to sign the contract, Page didn't show up as he was at Strickland's childhood house, which Strickland had just recently purchased. Page proceeded to burn down

5226-402: The vacant MLW World Heavyweight Championship . He lost the title to wrestler Low Ki after Strickland had a few successful defenses, with his reign lasting 91 days. Following that he feuded with Sami Callihan , which ended in a street fight won by Strickland. They also participated in a War Games match in September 2018, where Callihan attacked Strickland during his entrance, removing him from

5304-465: The wrestlers about their feelings regarding the company. The first show, Evolve 1: Richards vs. Ibushi, was held on January 16, 2010, in Rahway, New Jersey at the Rahway Recreational Center. During interviews with wrestling newsletter Figure 4 Weekly on its radio show, Sapolsky told editor Bryan Alvarez that Evolve would have stronger emphasis on rules and would not limit anyone based on their own respective style of wrestling in favor of showcasing

5382-479: Was 18 years old. He began training at Ground Xero (Zero) Wrestling Training Academy in August 2008, doing so while still serving in the United States Army Reserve. He soon began getting bookings around the Maryland and Pennsylvania areas. He had Army Reserve commitments in York, Pennsylvania , which obliged him to wrestle only in that general area's independent circuit in the early years of his career. In September 2011, Strickland made his first appearance with

5460-449: Was changed to Isaiah " Swerve " Scott . He wrestled his debut match against Cameron Grimes , a dark match that took place before the May 1 NXT television tapings. In June, it was announced that Scott would compete in a tournament named NXT Breakout Tournament , where he made his debut on the July 3 episode of NXT , but lost to Cameron Grimes in the first round of the tournament. On the July 23 episode of 205 Live , he debuted on

5538-454: Was defeated by Danielson via submission which was his first submission loss in AEW, ending his reign at 126 days. Earlier in the day on the Zero Hour pre-show, it was shown that Strickland had re-signed with AEW in what was later reported by Fightful Select to be a multi-year deal and one of the biggest deals in AEW history. During Strickland's match at All In, Adam Page made an appearance, distracted Strickland, which allowed Danielson to gain

5616-737: Was forced to reteam with Keith Lee in the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament , but the duo were quickly eliminated by Allin and Cassidy. The following week, Strickland defeated Allin's protege and rival on the independent scene Nick Wayne . On the July 26 edition of Dynamite , Strickland avenged his loss to Allin, by defeating him. The feud further intensified when Allin's ally, AR Fox betrayed Allin, joining The Mogul Embassy. On August 23, Strickland and Fox lost to Allin and Wayne, causing Strickland to kick Fox out of Mogul Embassy, ending their short term alliance, ahead of

5694-410: Was given the same opportunities as him, he would be the "first black AEW World Champion ". Upon further mocking Page, Mogul Embassy member Brian Cage ambushed Page. The following week, Strickland once again confronted Page during his match with Brian Cage. Following Page's victory, Strickland challenged him to a match at WrestleDream on October 1. Before Page could respond, Cage attacked him, though he

5772-491: Was leaving the temple, he apologized to Dante Fox and asked to be relieved of duty. Being granted permission, Killshot exited the Lucha Underground temple. On October 5, 2017, Strickland debuted in the main event of Major League Wrestling 's 2017 rebirth show One Shot by defeating Ricochet . On April 12, 2018, Strickland defeated Matt Riddle at one of MLW's first major shows, to win an eight-man tournament and

5850-410: Was now a free agent. Strickland returned to MLW in March, 2022 at Intimidation Games , appearing as the mystery opponent for Myron Reed 's MLW World Middleweight Championship in a losing effort, and aligning himself with Azteca Underground 's Cesar Duran . On April 17, 2019, it was announced that he signed a contract with WWE and begun working at their Performance Center , and his ring name

5928-429: Was released from her WWE contract, shortening the group. Two weeks later on November 18, Scott was released from his WWE contract along with Adonis and Dolla. Strickland made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling on the March 12, 2022, edition of NJPW Strong by accepting Jay White 's open challenge. He was defeated in the match. On March 6, 2022, Strickland signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), debuting under

6006-556: Was saved by The Young Bucks. The feud intensified at Rampage: Grand Slam , where The Elite (Page and The Young Bucks) defeated Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun) to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship . On the September 27 edition of Dynamite , Strickland and Page met in the ring for a contract signing to confirm their match at WrestleDream. The two insulted one another, leading to Page stabbing Strickland's hand with

6084-495: Was scheduled for Dynasty . At Dynasty, Strickland defeated Joe to capture the AEW World Championship for the first time on his career. By defeating Samoa Joe, Strickland became the first recognized African-American AEW World Champion. Accordingly, in anticipation; before the match, Prince Nana adorned Strickland with the "Crown Jewel" robes established by Jimmy Rave . On the April 27 episode of AEW Collision , Strickland defeated Claudio Castagnoli in his first title defense. On

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