Justin Gabriel

Paul Lloyd Jr. ( born March 3, 1981 in Cape Town, South Africa), better known by his ring name Justin Gabriel current, is a South African professional wrestler. He is currently under contract with WWE and occurs in their wrestling shows.

One of his biggest successes was the three-time receipt of the WWE Tag Team Championship with Heath Slater.

  • 2.1 Title

Career

Llyod was trained by his father Paul Lloyd, Sr., a wrestler and promoter. His debut 'm Llyod 1997 when PJ Black, aged 16 years. Along with Ray Leppan he was the Tag Team Pure Juice.

United Kingdom and return to South Africa

2002 Lloyd went to Britain, where he trained in the FWA Academy under Alex Shane and Mark Sloan. 2004 Lloyd made ​​his debut in the FWA ( Frontier Wrestling Alliance ). By the year 2006, Lloyd joined various independent promotions in the United Kingdom (for example, International Pro Wrestling United Kingdom).

In 2006 he returned to South Africa and appeared at the WWP ( World Wrestling Professionals ). When WWP Lloyd won his first title, the WWP World Cruiserweight Championship. His most famous feuds during his time in the WWP were against Tornado, Dameon Duke, Mikey Whiplash and Joe E. Legend.

WWE

Florida Championship Wrestling

In 2008, Lloyd signed a development contract with WWE. Lloyd is the first South African wrestler in WWE history. In WWE, he was first employed in Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ), where he debuted in the spring of 2009. In FCW, he initially joined, as in South Africa and the United Kingdom also as PJ Black, then as Paul Lloyd and finally as Justin Angel on.

NXT

On 2 March 2010, he debuted in WWE television under the name Justin Gabriel in the first season of the show NXT, where he won his first match with his mentor Matt Hardy against Skip Sheffield and William Regal. Lloyd made ​​it to the finals, but was eliminated there was the first and so finished in third place.

RAW

Since June 7, 2010 Lloyd is part of the RAW roster and debuted with all the participants of the first season of NXT in Stable The Nexus, who intervened on the same evening in the match between John Cena and CM Punk. In the course of which he was part of storylines that involved a feud between Nexus and some WWE wrestlers, especially John Cena. In the RAW output 25 October 2010 Lloyd could win along with his Stablekameraden Heath Slater for the WWE Tag Team Championship.

Smackdown

After Nexus leader Wade Barrett left the stable and CM Punk new leader was, Lloyd and Heath Slater followed Barrett to SmackDown. There, Lloyd formed, along with Wade Barrett, Heath Slater and Ezekiel Jackson to June 2011, the stable The Corre. On February 20, 2011 at the big event Elimination Chamber, Lloyd won with Heath Slater for the second time the WWE Tag Team Championship. However, the next day they lost the title on RAW at John Cena and The Miz, but the title could bring back a few moments later in a re-match. On April 19, 2011, she lost the title to Kane and The Big Show.

Achievements

Title

  • Florida Championship Wrestling 1x FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship
  • 1x FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with Kris Logan
  • 3x WWE Tag Team Championship with Heath Slater
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