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Brian Christopher ButtonBirth Dates California 1905-1995
Retrieved 2-28-2012
Brian Cage Profile
, Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 6-19-2010.
(born February 2, 1984), better known by the
ring name A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or project ...
Brian Cage, is an American
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and
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signed to
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(AEW). Cage also performs in AEW's sister promotion
Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was s ...
(ROH), where he is part of The Embassy and currently one-third of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. In AEW, he is a former
FTW Champion The FTW ("Fuck the World") Championship (also referred to as the FTW World Championship) is a professional wrestling championship created by Taz in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 1998. The championship was retired in 1999 after being uni ...
. He also competes on the
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. Button was hired by
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in 2008 and was assigned to their farm territory
Florida Championship Wrestling Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) was a professional wrestling promotion based on the former National Wrestling Alliance member promotion, Championship Wrestling from Florida, which operated from 1961 until 1987. From October 2007 to August ...
, where he worked as Kris Logan. He left the promotion the following year and began working in the American independent circuit, most notably
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Los Angeles, California. It is owned and operated by wrestlers themselves, having been created by Disco Machine, Excalibur, Scott Lost, Joey Ryan, Super ...
as Brian Cage-Taylor. In 2014, Button was hired to appear in
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television series
Lucha Underground Lucha Underground was an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2014 by United Artists Media Group. Partly owned by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), ''Lucha Underground'' also refers to its weekly television program Televi ...
, where he performed as Cage. Since Lucha Underground was created by Mexican promotion
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. doing business as, d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply ...
, he appeared on several AAA shows. Also, Cage appeared on AAA's American partner
Impact Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promo ...
where he is a former
Impact World Champion The Impact World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It is the promotion's principal championship. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result o ...
and a former Impact X Division Champion.


Early life

Brian Christopher Button was born on February 2, 1984, in
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. He is a 2002 graduate of Pleasant Valley High School, the same year as
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.


Professional wrestling career


Early career (2004–2008)

Cage's love of professional wrestling and desire to be a wrestler began with watching it on television as a child. During those early years Cage became friends with the late
Chris Kanyon Christopher Morgan Klucsarits (January 4, 1970 – April 2, 2010) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1994 to 2 ...
following a show that was held in
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at Arco Arena where he made a sign that Kanyon noticed. Kanyon then became Cage's biggest advocate in his decision to pursue professional wrestling as a career. This eventually led to him and his friends starting their own Federation in 2004 called Main-Event Wrestling Federation (MWF) in
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. Cage's wrestling debut happened at an MWF show, against Kanyon. This eventually led to a second show where Kanyon once again faced Cage. Cage ended up winning both matches against Kanyon. During this time, Cage had been training at Pro Championship Wrestling. Also, Cage competed at All Pro Wrestling. This continued until Cage, under Kanyon's advice, left to move to Atlanta to be in WWE's then developmental territory
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. While not officially signed with Deep South Wrestling, Cage competed in matches with other WWE wrestlers. When WWE ended its ties with DSW, Cage left to come back to California.WWE ends relationship with DSW
Retrieved 2-28-2012
However, before Cage left, Kanyon asked Cage to become Mortis so that someday if Kanyon ever decided to make a comeback that he could still have his name out there. Cage is the only person other than Kanyon that has portrayed the Mortis character. Cage again came back to California and worked with promotions such as
All Pro Wrestling All Pro Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion and training school, based in Hayward, California. The company was founded by Roland Alexander and managed by him until his death on November 5, 2013. It is located 45 miles so ...
, Supreme Pro Wrestling, and Fog City Wrestling.


Florida Championship Wrestling (2008–2009)

In June 2008, WWE signed Cage to a developmental contract, he reported to their developmental territory
Florida Championship Wrestling Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) was a professional wrestling promotion based on the former National Wrestling Alliance member promotion, Championship Wrestling from Florida, which operated from 1961 until 1987. From October 2007 to August ...
, based in
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. When Cage first started with FCW he was using the name Brian Cage but was eventually asked to change it and came up with the name Kris Logan. The name Kris Logan was made to give homage to Chris Kanyon, with the Logan part due to his similar appearance to the Marvel Comics character
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, along with the outfit that he wore which sported yellow tights with claw marks. On July 23, 2009, Logan and
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defeated The Dude Busters (
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and
Trent Barreta Gregory "Greg" Marasciulo (born March 30, 1987), better known by the ring name Trent Beretta or Trent?, is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his time with New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Ring ...
) to become FCW Florida Tag Team Champions. However, they lost the title that same night against The Rotundos ( Bo Rotundo and Duke Rotundo). Later, Cage would then come up with a new character Night Claw. The Night Claw character was seen in a few matches and was supposed to be used during the time that
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was still active in WWE. However, this did not occur as Cage was eventually released from his contract in September 2009.


Return to independent circuit (2009–2020)

Upon his release from WWE, Cage returned to the independent wrestling circuit and even competed in Asia. Cage would return to the Main Event Wrestling wrestling promotion where he would win the Main Event Wrestling California Cup where he beat Ryan Taylor, Joey Ryan, and finally T.J. Perkins. In October 2010, Cage wrestled and won a match against
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at Main Event Wrestling in internet pay-per-view. Cage would then join the NWA Hollywood promotion where he would team up with
Shaun Ricker Shaun Ricker (born November 1, 1982) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name LA Knight. Ricker is known for his time in Impact Wrestling as Eli Drake. Rick ...
to form the tag team Natural Selection managed by Percy Pringle III.

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Towards the end of 2011, the team would split as Cage would feud with Ricker and would leave Cage as a single competitor. Cage has also competed in other various promotions such as Future Stars of Wrestling. Cage had a feud with Brandon Gatson who would then compete against in a match on January 21, 2012, that was called the Match of the Year.http://hstrial-futurestarsof.homestead.com/main.html FSW Match of the Year. FSW Web site. Retrieved 3-13-2012 In May 2017, Cage started working for Japanese promotion
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. On July 27, Cage unsuccessfully challenged
Katsuhiko Nakajima is a Japanese professional wrestler, signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. He started his career in Riki Choshu's Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling (WJ) promotion before heading to Kensuke Sasaki's Kensuke Office/Diamond Ring dojo and promotion. He ...
for the
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.


Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2010–2017)

Cage made his
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Los Angeles, California. It is owned and operated by wrestlers themselves, having been created by Disco Machine, Excalibur, Scott Lost, Joey Ryan, Super ...
debut on July 30, 2010, against Brandon Bonham at ''Seven'' in a losing effort. In his next match, he lost once more to Bonham in the '' 2010 Battle of Los Angeles'' opening round. Soon after, Cage would form a stable with Chuck Taylor and Ryan Taylor known as the Fightin' Taylor Boys, adding the last name to his own and becoming Brian Cage-Taylor. The group found occasional success (with Brian and Ryan doing most of the teaming), but were never challengers to the
PWG World Tag Team Championship The PWG World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the tag team division of the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) promotion. It was created and debuted on January 25, 2004, at PWG's Tango & C ...
. At ''Death to All But Metal'' on May 25, 2012, Cage (no longer using the "Taylor" moniker) received his first
PWG World Championship The PWG World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) professional wrestling promotion. It was first introduced in 2003 as the PWG Championship. The inaugural champion was Frankie Kazarian. ...
title shot against champion
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. At ''Threemendous III'' on July 21, Cage defeated Eddie Edwards before interfering in Kevin Steen's title defense against
Willie Mack Willie McClinton Jr. (born January 5, 1987) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Willie Mack, currently appearing in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He is best known for his tenure with Impact Wrestling, where he is a ...
, attacking both men. On September 1, on the first night of the '' 2012 Battle of Los Angeles'', Cage defeated B-Boy to advance to the quarterfinal round before interfering in yet another Steen match, causing a non-title loss against
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. The following day, Cage was eliminated from the tournament by
Michael Elgin Aaron Frobel (born December 13, 1986) is a Canadian professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name Michael Elgin. He most recently worked for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he was a one-time GHC Tag Team Champion with Masa Kitamiya ...
, following interference from Steen. At ''Failure to Communicate'' on October 27, Cage defeated Willie Mack, with whom he had been feuding since July. On January 12, 2013, Cage and Michael Elgin formed a team called the Unbreakable F'n Machines (a name derived from both wrestlers' nicknames) and participated in the '' 2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament''. In the opening round, they captured the PWG World Tag Team Championship by beating the previous year's winners, the Super Smash Bros. (
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and Stupefied). The Unbreakable F'n Machines then lost the championship to
The Young Bucks The Young Bucks are an American professional wrestling tag team and promoters, consisting of brothers Matthew and Nicholas Massie, who are known by their ring names Matt and Nick Jackson, respectively. They are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW ...
(Matt and Nick Jackson) in the semifinal round of the tournament later that same day.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2012–2014)

Cage initially made an appearance for
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
(TNA) on August 30, 2012 competing in a tryout dark match against
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in a losing effort. The following year, Cage made another appearance on the January 10, 2013 edition of Impact Wrestling in another tryout match but through the company's short lived
TNA Gut Check In professional wrestling, the TNA Gut Check (also known as Impact Wrestling Gut Check) was a tryout program turned Indy wrestling rookies reality series by the American professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), no ...
program in a losing effort against
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. Cage would make another appearance in the year of 2014 during the summer at the June 26
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taping special (aired the following month on July 31 in tape delay) in a triple threat match competing against
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and
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to qualify in the next round for the vacant
TNA X Division Championship The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of then-TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The current champion is Trey ...
, but in a losing effort.


Lucha Underground (2014–2018)

On October 5, 2014, it was reported that Cage had signed with
Lucha Underground Lucha Underground was an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2014 by United Artists Media Group. Partly owned by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), ''Lucha Underground'' also refers to its weekly television program Televi ...
. He debuted under the ring name Cage at the October 18 tapings winning a 4-way Elimination Match against
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,
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and
Angélico Adam Bridle (born 7 May 1987), better known by the ring name Angélico (), is a South African professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his work in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Lucha Undergroun ...
which was broadcast on January 14, 2015. Though he started the night seemingly as a dominant face, by the end of the night he attacked
Prince Puma Trevor Dean Mann (born October 11, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Ricochet. Before signing with WWE, Mann is best known for his tenure with ...
, cementing his status as a dominant heel. On the January 28 broadcast Cage received a shot at Puma's Lucha Underground Championship, but lost by disqualification, laying out both Puma and his manager
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afterwards. Weeks later, Cage defeated Puma in a non-title match to earn himself another title opportunity. The title match took place on the March 25 episode in a street fight, which saw Puma retain his title against Cage. He then started a feud against
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and defeated him in a "Falls Count Anywhere Match" at '' Ultima Lucha''. In Season 2 of Lucha underground, Cage turned face and set his sights on
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. Mundo tried to attack Cage after his victory over the debuting Joey Ryan only for Cage to turn the tables and hit him with his Weapon X finisher on the 2/17 edition of Lucha Underground. The two subsequently faced each other a week later, with Mundo winning after a distraction from the debuting Taya. Cage was defeated by Matanza Cueto for the Lucha Underground Championship. Cage defeated Texano in the best of seven series which he won a gauntlet.


Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2015–present)

On February 27, 2015, Cage made his debut for the Mexican promotion
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(AAA), pinning
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El Patrón Alberto in a six-man tag team main event. On April 1, Cage defeated Alberto again with help from ''
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'' in a match that was originally scheduled to take place at
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. After the match, Cage demanded a shot at Alberto's title. The title match took place on June 14 at
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, where Alberto was victorious via disqualification, afterwards demanding a steel cage ''
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'' with Cage. On August 9 at ''
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'', Cage was defeated by Alberto in a ''Lucha de Apuestas'' and was afterwards, as per stipulation, forced to have his head shaved.


Return to Impact Wrestling (2018–2020)


X Division Champion (2018–2019)

On January 11, 2018, Cage re-signed with TNA, now known as
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. On the February 15 episode of '' Impact!'', Cage made his in-ring debut against John Cruz in a decisive victory. At
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, Cage defeated
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to win the
Impact X Division Championship The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of then-TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The current champion is Trey ...
. On the July 26 episode of ''Impact!'', Cage made his first successful title defense in a rematch against Sydal. Cage also successfully defended his title against Fénix on the August 30 episode of ''Impact!'', and against
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on the October 18 episode of ''Impact!''. At Bound for Glory, Cage teamed with Fénix and Pentagón Jr. against
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, which they lost after
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pinned Cage, thus ending his undefeated streak. On the November 15 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Cage successfully retained the X Division Championship against Callihan. During the November tapings of Impact Wrestling, Cage would invoke "Option C" a choice open only to the X Division Championship holder, where they surrender the title, in favor of receiving a title match for the
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at
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on January 6, 2019, where he lost to champion
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.


Impact World Champion (2019–2020)

On the March 15 episode of ''Impact'', Cage saved Johnny Impact from Killer Kross and
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, but Impact turned on Cage after Impact's wife
Taya Valkyrie Kira Renée Magnin-Forster (born October 22, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler, fitness competitor, and model better known by the ring name Taya Valkyrie. She is currently appearing for Impact Wrestling, where she is a current two-tim ...
would low blow Cage allowing Impact to attack him. Part of the ongoing feud involved the referee Johnny Bravo where two weeks prior to the Rebellion show, it emerged that he now had allegiances to Johnny Impact and Wife Taya Valkyrie as he chop-blocked Cage when Cage was in a position to pick up a pinfall win over Impact. The previous week Bravo screwed Cage in a match with Killer Kross where he called for the bell indicating a successful pinfall when it was clear to the Audience & commentators present and the TV viewers at home that Cage had barely got a shoulder up before the referee hit the mat with his hand for the third count. At
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PPV on April 28, Cage defeated Impact and became
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for the first time. Following the match, he was attacked by the debuting
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. During the match Cage suffered a back injury after a Spanish Fly from the ramp to the arena floor. Due to the injury, Cage missed two days of television tapings that took place over the following week. He returned to the ring on May 12. On the Impact TV broadcasts Cage made his return at
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where he would once again face Michael Elgin. Despite being successful in his title defense, Cage once again was to be sidelined, with the show highlighting the cause as the same Back Injury which had limited him to just the once defense since he captured the title from Johnny Impact. Cage would not be seen at the arena events for some time with sporadic updates from his on-screen girlfriend Melissa Santos. Cage was next seen during the August and September tapings. During the Las Vegas tapings Cage announced that he was medically cleared to return to the ring at Bound for Glory where he would be facing new number one contender Sami Callihan. As part of the buildup to the match, Callihan confronted Cage, interrupting his "first dance" in the ring with Melissa after their on-screen wedding earlier in the broadcast. Following a vile insult, Cage started to attack Callihan, who attempted to strike Cage with a bottle he was holding, but Melissa Santos instead took a direct Hit from Callihan. At the PPV Cage was able to retain his title; however, on the October 25, 2019, tapings, Callihan invoked a re-match clause, with the match held in a steel cage. Cage lost the title by pin-fall following a Super Pile-Driver from the ropes. At
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, Cage was challenging
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. Cage was too injured to continue after RVD hit a Van Terminator with a chair against Cage’s face. When the officials stopped the match, RVD wanted to keep going, and Daga ran in to protect Cage. RVD attacked Daga, and it became a new match. After the
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, Cage revealed his
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contract had expired, ending his tenure with the company. Cage also revealed he would be taking time off from wrestling to undergo surgery for an injury.


All Elite Wrestling


FTW Champion (2020–2021)

It was reported on January 12, 2020 that Cage had signed with
All Elite Wrestling All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is considered the second largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE. AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, ...
(AEW). Cage made his debut for the company at the
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pay-per-view on May 23, as the surprise final entrant in the Casino Ladder Match, where he was accompanied by his new cornerman Taz (wrestler), Taz, thus establishing himself as a Heel (professional wrestling), heel. He won the match, thus becoming the number one contender for the AEW World Championship. Afterwards, Taz would crown Cage with the FTW Championship, FTW World Championship, an unofficial championship introduced by Taz, and Cage would target Jon Moxley, the AEW World Champion. He would challenge Moxley for the championship at Fight for the Fallen (2020), Fight for the Fallen on July 15, but lost after Taz Submission (combat sports), threw in the towel. On the 21 July episode of ''AEW Dark, Dark'', Cage formed an alliance with Ricky Starks after they attacked Egotistico Fantastico, Robert Anthony and Darby Allin after their match. The team, managed by Taz and now known as Team Taz, began feuding with Darby Allin as they faced Allin and Jon Moxley on the July 29 episode of Dynamite where they were defeated. On September 5, Cage competed in the 21-man Casino Battle Royale at All Out (2020), All Out, but was eliminated by the eventual winner Lance Archer. On the October 7 episode of ''AEW Dynamite, Dynamite'', Cage successfully defended the FTW Championship when he defeated Powerhouse Hobbs, Will Hobbs. The next month, Hobbs would align himself with Cage, Taz and Starks after he struck Cody Rhodes with Cage's FTW championship belt and then helped them attack both Allin and Rhodes. On the December 2, 2020 special AEW Winter Is Coming, Winter Is Coming, Starks and Hobbs, now known as ''Powerhouse Hobbs'', would lose a tag team match to Cody Rhodes and Darby Allin, after which, Cage, Hobbs, and Starks all attacked Rhodes and Allin until Sting (wrestler), Sting made his AEW debut and ran Team Taz off. At New Year's Smash (January 2021), New Year's Smash night two, Cage was defeated by Allin thus failing to win the AEW TNT Championship. On the January 21 edition of ''Dynamite'', it was announced that Cage and Ricky Starks would be facing Darby Allin and Sting in a street fight at Revolution (2021), Revolution, which they lost. On the March 17 edition of Dynamite, Brian Cage showed signs of a face turn by coming out and showing respect to Sting much to the annoyance of Taz and the rest of Team Taz. On the April 28 episode of ''Dynamite'', Cage defeated Adam Page, which led to a feud between the two. At Double or Nothing (2021), Double or Nothing, Cage was defeated by Page. On July 14, 2021, at Fyter Fest (2021), Fyter Fest night one, Cage lost the FTW World Championship to Ricky Starks after being hit in the head with the title belt by Powerhouse Hobbs, effectively being kicked out of Team Taz and ending his reign at a record-setting of 377 days. Cage and Starks had a rematch for the title on the October 8 episode of ''AEW Rampage, Rampage'' in a Philadelphia street fight, which Cage lost.


Move to Ring of Honor (2022–present)

On April 1, 2022, Cage appeared at Supercard of Honor XV, an event promoted by AEW's sister promotion
Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was s ...
(ROH). At the event, Cage was revealed as the new client of Tully Blanchard and defeated Ninja Mack. Cage later aligned with the Gates of Agony (Toa Liona and Jasper Kaun, Kaun) with the group being collectively referred to as "Tully Blanchard Enterprises". On July 23, 2022, at Death Before Dishonor (2022), Death Before Dishonor, Prince Nana announced he had purchased Tully Blanchard, Tully Blanchard Enterprises and reformed The Embassy, with Cage, Kaun and Liona. They would go on to defeat the team of Alex Zayne, Blake Christian and Tony Deppen during the preshow. On the November 2nd edition of ''Rampage'', Cage faced Samoa Joe for the ROH World Television Championship in a losing effort. At Final Battle (2022), Final Battle, Cage, Liona and Kaun, defeated Dalton Castle (wrestler), Dalton Castle and Tate Twins, The Boys, to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships.


Personal life

In 2016, Button began dating Melissa Santos, who worked for Lucha Underground as a ring announcer. The couple have a daughter together. The couple married on July 12, 2019. The marriage was also honored during the August and September Impact Wrestling broadcasts, with the show holding their own ceremony (chaired by Father James Mitchell) following from Cage's on-screen proposal earlier in the tapings. He was previously married to another woman and also has a son from a previous relationship.


Championships and accomplishments

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**FTW Championship (FTW Championship#Title history, 1 time) **Casino Ladder Match (Double or Nothing (2020), 2020) *
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**APW Worldwide Internet Championship (1 time) *Championship Wrestling from Hollywood **NWA Heritage Tag Team Championship (CWFH Heritage Tag Team Championship#title history, 2 times) – with Eli Drake, Shaun Ricker *DDT Pro-Wrestling ** Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship#Title history, 1 time) *Dungeon Championship Wrestling **DCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *FEST Wrestling **Love Cup (2017) – with
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*Fighting Spirit Pro **FSP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
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**FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (FCW Florida Tag Team Championship#Title history, 1 time) – with Justin Gabriel *Future Stars of Wrestling **FSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
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(List of Impact X Division Champions, 1 time) **IMPACT Year End Awards#2018 Impact Best of 2018 Fans' Choice Awards, X Division Star of the Year (2018) *International Wrestling Federation **IWF World Championship (1 time) *
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**Lucha Libre World Cup (Lucha Libre World Cup (2016), 2016 Men's Division) – with Chavo Guerrero Jr. and
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**Lucha Underground Gift of the Gods Championship (Lucha Underground Gift of the Gods Championship#Title history, 1 time) **Ultimate Opportunity *Main Event Wrestling **California Cup (2011)http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe/21391-sun-update-cena-vs-punk-finish-match-promos-talks-contract-rock-best-pro-wrestler-in-mma California Cup. Wrestling Observer. Retrieved 3-10-2012 *Masters of Ring Entertainment **MORE Wrestling Championship (1 time, current) *Mayhem Wrestling Entertainment **MWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Mach One Wrestling **Hollywood Heritage Tag Team Championship, M1W Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shaun Ricker **M1W Tag Team Championship Tournament (2010) – with Shaun Ricker *North America Wrestling **NAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **NAW North America Championship (1 time) *Piledriver Pro Wrestling **PPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Pro Championship Wrestling **PCW Inter-California Championship (1 time) *Pro Wrestling Experience **PWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
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(List of PWG World Tag Team Champions, 1 time) – with
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*''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' ** List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Most Improved Wrestler of the Year, Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2019) **Ranked No. 48 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500, PWI 500'' in 2019 *Pro Wrestling Revolution **PWR Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **PWR Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Derek Sanders *
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** ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (List of ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions, 1 time, current) – with Kaun (wrestler), Kaun and Toa Liona *Warrior Wrestling **Warrior Wrestling Champion (1 time) *WrestleCircus **WC Ringmaster Championship (2 times) **WC Sideshow Championship (1 time) *World Series Wrestling **World Series Wrestling#WSW World Heavyweight Championship, WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** World Series Wrestling#WSW Tag Team Championship, WSW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Flip Gordon *Xtreme Pro Wrestling ** XPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)


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