Bron Breakker

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Bron Breakker
Birth nameBronson Rechsteiner
Born (1997-10-24) October 24, 1997 (age 26)[1]
Woodstock, Georgia, United States[1]
Alma materKennesaw State University[1]
FamilyRick Steiner (father)
Scott Steiner (uncle)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Bron Breakker[2][3]
Bronson Rechsteiner[4]
Rex Steiner[5]
Billed height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1][2]
Billed weight230 lb (104 kg)[1][2]
Billed fromWoodstock, Georgia, United States[2][3]
Atlanta, Georgia, United States[4]
Trained byWWE Performance Center[6][7]
DebutOctober 8, 2020[4]

Bronson Rechsteiner (born October 24, 1997) is an American professional wrestler and former American football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Bron Breakker and is the current NXT Champion in his second reign. A second generation professional wrestler, Rechsteiner is the son of Rick Steiner and the nephew of Scott Steiner (who performed together as the Steiner Brothers).

Early life

Rechsteiner was born in Woodstock, Georgia. He attended Etowah High School in Woodstock, where he played football, winning letters in three years.[1] He also participated in wrestling, winning the Georgia Class AAAAAA state championship (220 lb weight class) in 2016.[8] Rechsteiner went on to study at Georgia's Kennesaw State University, majoring in criminal justice, where he played for the Kennesaw State Owls. As a freshman in 2016 he played special teams and defense. In 2017, he moved to offense as a running back.[1][6] In April 2020, Rechsteiner was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent fullback.[9][10] He was released in August 2020.[11]

Professional wrestling career

Rechsteiner debuted in professional wrestling on October 8, 2020 in Ringgold, Georgia at the "WrestleJam 8" event promoted by AWF/WOW, defeating Jamie Hall.[4][6] In February 2021, WWE announced that they had signed Rechsteiner to a contract.[12] Later that month, he was assigned to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida for training.[6][7] At the WrestleMania Backlash pay-per-view on May 16, Rechsteiner and several other wrestlers portrayed "zombies" in a lumberjack match between Damian Priest and The Miz.[13]

Rechsteiner wrestled his first match for WWE on the September 14, 2021 episode of NXT under the ring name "Bron Breakker", defeating L. A. Knight;[3][14] he later had a staredown with new NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa.[15] Breakker unsuccessfully challenged Ciampa for the title at the Halloween Havoc television special on October 26.[16] In November 2021, Breakker participated in WWE's tour of the United Kingdom.[17] At WarGames on December 5, Breakker teamed with Carmelo Hayes, Grayson Waller, and Tony D'Angelo (as "Team 2.0") to defeat Ciampa, Knight, Johnny Gargano, and Pete Dunne ("Team Black & Gold") in a WarGames match, with Breakker pinning Ciampa.[18]

At New Year's Evil on January 4, 2022, Breakker defeated Ciampa by submission to win the NXT Championship, the first title of his wrestling career.[19] At Vengeance Day on February 15, he made his first successful title defense, defeating Santos Escobar.[20] Breakker made his main roster debut on the March 7 episode of Raw, teaming with Ciampa to defeat Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode in a tag team match.[21] At Roadblock the following day, Breakker defended the NXT Championship against Ciampa and Ziggler in a triple threat match, with Ziggler pinning Ciampa to end Breakker's reign at 63 days.[22] On April 1, Breakker inducted his father and uncle into the WWE Hall of Fame;[23] the following night at Stand & Deliver, he challenged Ziggler for the title in a losing effort.[24] On the April 4 episode of Raw, Breakker defeated Ziggler to win the NXT Championship for a second time.[25] On the following episode of NXT, he retained the title against Gunther.[26] Breakker subsequently began feuding with Joe Gacy after Gacy kidnapped Rick Steiner,[27] leading to a match between the two at Spring Breakin' on May 3, where Breakker defeated Gacy to retain the title.[28] At In Your House on June 4, he defeated Gacy in a rematch, with the added stipulation that he would lose the title if he got disqualified.[29] At the Great American Bash on July 5, Breakker retained the title against Cameron Grimes, and was attacked by the debuting J. D. McDonagh after the match.[30] At Heatwave on August 16, Breakker retained the title against McDonagh; after the match, he was confronted by NXT United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate.[31] At Worlds Collide in September 2022, Breakker defeated Bate to unify the NXT Championship and NXT United Kingdom Championship.[32][33] At Halloween Havoc in October 2022, Breakker defeated Ilja Dragunov and J. D. McDonagh in a triple threat match to retain the NXT Championship.[34]

Professional wrestling style and persona

Breakker wrestles in a "powerhouse" style.[35] His finishing moves are a camel clutch dubbed the Steiner Recliner (a move adopted from his uncle Scott Steiner[4][19]) and a gorilla press powerslam.[2][3][14]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Bronson Rechsteiner". Kennesaw State Owls. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Bron Breakker". WWE.com. WWE. 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Currier, Joseph (September 14, 2021). "Bronson Rechsteiner makes WWE NXT debut, defeats LA Knight". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e Surrao, Lennard (November 28, 2020). "Rick Steiner's son has a WWE tryout after recent debut, another wrestler expected to sign in 2021". Sportskeeda. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Guzzo, Gisberto (September 10, 2021). "Bronson Rechsteiner changes his name on social media to Rex Steiner". Fightful. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d Boorstein, Eli (February 26, 2021). "Former KSU football star Rechsteiner signs WWE contract". Marietta Daily Journal. Yahoo! News. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  7. ^ a b Nason, Josh (February 11, 2021). "HHH audio: Velveteen Dream update, Steve Cutler, Edge, new signings". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021. He mentioned Bronson Rechsteiner (son of Rick Steiner) as someone training at the PC.
  8. ^ "Son of former pro wrestling star Rick Steiner wins Georgia state title". USA Today High School Sports. USA Today. February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  9. ^ Barrasso, Justin (April 28, 2020). "Bronson Rechsteiner, son of Rick Steiner, aims to carry on family's pro sports legacy". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  10. ^ Hensley, Jamison (April 26, 2020). "Baltimore Ravens sign Kennesaw State FB Bronson Rechsteiner". ESPN. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  11. ^ Brown, Clifton (August 10, 2020). "Ravens waive undrafted fullback Bronson Rechsteiner". Baltimore Ravens. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  12. ^ McGeorge, Alistair (February 11, 2021). "WWE's Triple H confirms Brock Lesnar lookalike Parker Boudreaux signing: 'I'm incredibly excited'". Metro. DMG Media. Retrieved February 14, 2021. Triple H – whose real name is Paul Levesque – also casually namedropped the signing of Bronson Rechsteiner, whose father is wrestler [sic] legend Rick Steiner.
  13. ^ Hart, Danny (May 21, 2021). "'They ruined it, it was horrible'- John Cena Sr. criticizes recent WWE match". Sportskeeda. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  14. ^ a b "WWE NXT results, Sept 14, 2021: Ciampa wins back Goldie and InDex says "I do" to begin NXT 2.0 era". WWE.com. WWE. September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  15. ^ Currier, Joseph (September 14, 2021). "Tommaso Ciampa wins NXT Championship, Von Wagner debuts". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved September 15, 2021. Tonight's show ended with a backstage segment where Bron Breakker (Bronson Rechsteiner) congratulated Ciampa. Ciampa then congratulated Breakker on his first win in NXT. The two had a tense staredown as they shook hands and Breakker looked at Ciampa's title belt.
  16. ^ Aiken, Chris (October 26, 2021). "WWE NXT Halloween Havoc live results: Ciampa vs. Breakker". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  17. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (2021). "Bron Breakker - matches - 2021". Cagematch.net. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  18. ^ Klyn, Parker (December 5, 2021). "WWE NXT WarGames live results: old school vs. new school". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  19. ^ a b Aiken, Chris (January 4, 2022). "WWE NXT live results: New Year's Evil". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022. ...Breakker applies the Steiner Recliner. Ciampa taps out, and Breakker wins the match to become the new NXT Champion.
  20. ^ Moore, John (February 15, 2022). "2/15 NXT 2.0 results". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  21. ^ Rose, Bryan (March 7, 2022). "Bron Breakker appears on WWE Raw, teams with Tommaso Ciampa". F4WOnline.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 202. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  22. ^ Renner, Ethan (March 8, 2022). "Dolph Ziggler wins NXT Championship at Roadblock". F4WOnline.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 202. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  23. ^ Carey, Ian (April 1, 2022). "WWE Hall of Fame live coverage: The Undertaker, Vader, Sharmell, Steiners". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  24. ^ Aiken, Chris (April 2, 2022). "WWE NXT Stand & Deliver live results: Dolph Ziggler vs. Bron Breakker". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  25. ^ Khan, Steve (April 4, 2022). "WWE Raw live results: Raw after WrestleMania". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  26. ^ Moore, John (April 5, 2022). "4/5 NXT 2.0 results". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  27. ^ Aiken, Chris (April 5, 2022). "WWE NXT live results: The fallout from Stand & Deliver". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  28. ^ Aiken, Chris (May 3, 2022). "WWE NXT Spring Breakin' live results: Bron Breakker vs. Joe Gacy". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  29. ^ Klynn, Parker (June 4, 2022). "WWE NXT In Your House live results: Bron Breakker vs. Joe Gacy". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  30. ^ Moore, John (July 5, 2022). "7/5 NXT 2.0 results". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  31. ^ Moore, John (August 16, 2022). "8/16 NXT 2.0 Heatwave results". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  32. ^ Aiken, Chris (September 4, 2022). "WWE NXT Worlds Collide live results". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  33. ^ "NXT United Kingdom Championship". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  34. ^ Klyn, Parker (October 22, 2022). "WWE NXT Halloween Havoc live results: Breakker vs. Dragunov vs. McDonagh". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  35. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (2020). "Bron Breakker". Cagematch.net. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  36. ^ "NXT Championship history". WWE.com. WWE. January 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

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