Benjamin Buchanan (born August 21, 2001) is an American

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. He is currently signed to

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where he performs on the

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under the ring name Brooks Jensen. In WWE, he is a one-time NXT UK Tag Team Champion with

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, and he and Briggs are recognized as the final holders of the championship. Buchanan is a second generation wrestler and is the son of

Bull Buchanan Barry Buchanan (born January 15, 1968) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) under the ring names Recon, Bull Buchanan and B² and ...

, who wrestled with the

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from 1997 until 2003.

Early life

Buchanan was born in 2001 in Ranburne,

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and is the son of former WWE superstar

Barry Buchanan Barry Buchanan (born January 15, 1968) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) under the ring names Recon, Bull Buchanan and B² and ...

who wrestled in the WWE from 1997–2003 under the ring names Bull Buchanan and B².

Professional wrestling career

Buchanan debuted on March 2, 2019. He went on to work throughout the southern wrestling territories, mostly appearing in promotions in Alabama and Georgia. He became a one-time Heavyweight Champion and a multiple-time Tag Team Champion between 2020 and 2021. It was announced on August 30, 2021, Buchanan was one of six athletes signed to report to the

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. He made his in ring debut on the September 14 episode of ''NXT 2.0'' as Brooks Jensen teaming with fellow NXT rookie

in a tag match against

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and

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). They would work as a tag team during the following month, participating in the 2022

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tournament and had two matches for the

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, but they didn't win the tournament nor the titles. On June 22 taping of ''

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'', they would make their debut in the UK brand in a fatal four-way elimination match to win the vacant

NXT UK Tag Team Championship The NXT UK Tag Team Championship was a men's professional wrestling tag team championship that was created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It was defended on the NXT UK brand division, a sister brand of WWE's developmental territory ...

, making them the first and only non-European tag team to win the titles, as well as the first ever male superstar born in the 2000s to win a championship in WWE.

Championships and accomplishments

*Anarchy Wrestling **Anarchy Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bull Buchanan *Southern Fried Championship Wrestling **SFCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bull Buchanan *Victory Championship Wrestling **VCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

( 1 time, final) – with

References

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