Joseph Ryan Robinson (born April 10, 1989), better known by his

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 projecting ...

Juice Robinson, is an American

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, currently signed to

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, w ...

(AEW). Robinson is also a member of the

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and also wrestles in

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares ...

(NJPW). From 2011 through 2015, he worked for

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, where he wrestled in their developmental territories

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(FCW) and later

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under the ring name CJ Parker. He won the

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twice, with

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and Donny Marlow respectively. After departing WWE, Robinson started his NJPW career as young lion before becoming a full-time roster member. Since then, he has become a record three-time

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and a one-time

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(with David Finlay). He was also the winner of the 2019 World Tag League with Finlay. In 2019, he joined

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(ROH) as the leader of the Lifeblood stable, but departed the promotion later that year.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2008–2011)

Robinson was trained at

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's House of Truth wrestling school. In 2008, he made his debut for

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(IWA) under the

Juice Robinson, in a losing effort against Jason Dukes. He competed in an

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number one contender Seven Team Royal Rumble, losing to Devon Moore and

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. His last match for IWA Mid-South was a loss in a three-way to Shane Hollister. Robinson then wrestled for a variety of promotions, including AAW Wrestling, where he unsuccessfully competed for the

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twice (once with Mike Sydal as his partner and once with

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Border City Wrestling Border City Wrestling (BCW) is an independent professional wrestling promotion owned and booked by Scott D'Amore, and based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Many of the promotion's employees were trained at the ''Can-Am'' wrestling school. After ...

(BCW), and DreamWave Wrestling, where he unsuccessfully challenged for both the DreamWave World and DreamWave Tag Team Championships. His last match for DreamWave was a victory against Colt Cabana. Robinson made his

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(NWA) debut with a win against Doctor X. His last match in NWA was a win against Dom Vitalli.

WWE

Florida Championship Wrestling (2011–2012)

In 2011, Robinson signed a developmental contract with

and was sent to

(FCW). On July 7, he made his debut under the ring name CJ Parker and was defeated by

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. He then formed a tag team with Donny Marlow. At the FCW taping on July 21, Parker and Donny Marlow defeated Calvin Raines and

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to win the

. At the FCW taping on September 22, Parker and Marlow successfully defended their titles against Calvin Raines and James Bronson. They lost the championships on November 3 to the team of

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and Briley Pierce. After losing the titles, Parker and Marlow disbanded as a team and transitioned to singles competition. On January 26, 2012, Parker was defeated by

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. He then competed mostly in tag team matches with a variety of partners for the rest of his tenure in FCW, teaming with the likes of

and Mike Dalton until FCW was closed and replaced by

in August 2012. Shortly before the promotion's closure Parker won the Florida Tag Team Championship for a second time, winning the title with Jason Jordan at a live event.

NXT (2012–2015)

On the July 4 episode of ''NXT'', Parker teamed with Nick Rogers in a losing effort against

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and Jake Carter. He was then initially used as a

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on NXT and was defeated by the likes of

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and in a tag team match with Mike Dalton against The Ascension, before suffering an injury that kept him out of action for several months. Parker returned to NXT in July 2013 with a new

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character, beginning a feud with

Tyler Breeze Matthew Clement (born January 19, 1988) is a Canadian professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer. He is currently signed to WWE under the ring name Tyler Breeze as a trainer at the WWE Performance Center. From 2010 to 2012, he per ...

that saw the two trading wins over several months. Although intended to be a fan favorite, Parker's hippie gimmick was largely unpopular and he was turned

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as a result on the February 12, 2014 edition of NXT, berating the fans for not getting behind him, calling them "Sheeple", and blaming them for the growing issues with the environment. He would tweak his character to that of an

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who berated fans for damaging the environment. Parker beat

Tye Dillinger Ronnie William Arneill (born February 19, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Shawn Spears, where he is a current member of The Pinnacle ...

in January 2014 but was then largely unsuccessful, losing to main roster stars like Antonio Cesaro,

The Miz Michael Gregory Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, actor, and television personality. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name The Miz. Mizanin first gained fame a ...

and

The Great Khali Dalip Singh Rana (born 27 August 1972) is an Indian professional wrestler and wrestling promoter better known by his ring name The Great Khali. He is best known for his tenure in WWE where he became the first Indian-born WWE World Heavywe ...

, as well as a defeat by

Mojo Rawley Dean Muhtadi ( ar, دين موهتادي; born July 17, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, actor, and former American professional football player. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Mojo Rawle ...

NXT Arrival NXT Arrival (stylized as NXT ArRIVAL) was a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's developmental territory, NXT. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and t ...

. Parker began a feud with

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, defeating Woods twice on ''NXT'' before resuming his losing streak against

Adrian Neville Benjamin Satterley (born 22 August 1986), better known by his ring name Pac, is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he was the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion. He is one-third of the ...

. At NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, Parker was squashed by

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in Corbin's official debut, and he then suffered further losses to Corbin and Breeze in the following weeks before losing to the debuting

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at NXT TakeOver: R Evolution. During the match, Parker legitimately broke Owens' nose with a palm strike, himself suffering a deep gash to the hand. On the February 18 episode of ''NXT'', Parker attempted a protest due to him not appearing at NXT TakeOver: Rival. However, he was attacked by the debuting Solomon Crowe. His final televised appearance was in a losing effort to

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on the taped in advance April 22 episode of ''NXT''. On March 31, 2015, it was reported that Parker had left WWE after requesting his release from the company. WWE later announced that he officially confirmed his release on April 3, 2015.

Return to the independent circuit (2015–2017)

It was announced that Parker would be wrestling at

Combat Zone Wrestling Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent wrestling promotion. In 1998, John Zandig and five of his students, Ric Blade, T.C.K, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain, along with trainer Jon Dahmer, began to run professional wrestling sh ...

's CZW Best of the Best XIV on April 11, 2015, under the ring name CJP. He made it to the semi finals before being defeated by Mike Bailey. In July 2015, Robinson competed for All Star Wrestling on the holiday camp circuit including shows at Butlins and forming a tag team with

Sam Adonis Samuel Elias Polinsky (born August 9, 1989) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, best known under the ring name Sam Adonis and Sam Elias. Polinsky formerly worked in Mexico's ''Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre'' (CMLL) as a heel pro-Tr ...

. He also wrestled for other European indy groups including International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK). Robinson retired the CJP persona at the end of August 2015, returning to the ring name Juice Robinson. In 2016, Robinson worked in Japan for the first time. On March 27, he appeared on a show promoted by

Minoru Suzuki (born June 17, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a freelancer. In NJPW, Suzuki has held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship as well as twice hol ...

, called We Are Suzuki-gun 2, in a special six man match between wrestlers of

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and

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(NJPW). Representing NJPW, he teamed with

Tencozy Tencozy (occasionally spelled "Ten-Koji") is a professional wrestling tag team that has competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling. They are seven-time tag team champions ( six-time IWGP Tag Team Champions and one-time NWA W ...

(

Hiroyoshi Tenzan is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and is better known by his ring name . With Satoshi Kojima, in 2008, they won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League in All Japan Pro Wrestling and the G ...

and

Satoshi Kojima is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, but makes appearances for Pro Wrestling Noah. Considered to be one of the greatest Japanese professional wrestlers of the 21st century and of all-time, he was the first wrest ...

) in a defeat to

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 ...

Maybach Taniguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler who has worked for Pro Wrestling Noah since his debut in December 2005. He is also known by the ring name , under which he portrays a villainous masked character. Professional wrestling career Amateur backg ...

and

Mitsuhiro Kitamiya is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. Kitamiya's ring name is a tribute to former professional wrestler Masa Saito. Kitamiya also wears a similar ring attire to Saito as tribute. Early life Kitamiya was an amateur ...

. On October 22, he appeared on Noah's Autumn Navigation tour, where he teamed with

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, defeating Taniguchi and

Go Shiozaki is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion where he is the former GHC Heavyweight Champion in a record breaking fifth reign. He made his debut for the promotion in July 2004 and remained with it unti ...

. On June 21, 2017,

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...

(CMLL) announced that Robinson as a participant in the 2017 International Gran Prix. On August 18, 2017, Robinson with

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and

Matt Taven Matthew Marinelli (born March 20, 1985), known by his ring name, Matt Taven, is an American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer, who currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling. He is best known for his work with Ring of Honor (ROH), ...

defeated

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, Valiente and

Volador Jr. Ramón Ibarra Rivera (born January 26, 1981), better known by his ring name Volador Jr., is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador'' (or professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a ''Face (professional ...

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. On August 26, Robinson defeated Shocker in Arena Coliseo. On September 1, Robinson was eliminated from the International Gran Prix ''

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'' by Volador Jr. Robinson's Mexican tour concluded the following day.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Young Lion (2015–2016)

On August 24, 2015,

(NJPW) announced that Robinson would be working the following month's

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tour under his Juice Robinson ring name. He made his debut on September 4 in a six-man tag team match, where he,

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and

Tetsuya Naito is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the leader of the ''Los Ingobernables de Japón'' faction. Tetsuya Naito began training for a professional wrestling career in 2000, initially under Anima ...

were defeated by

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and

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. On October 11, NJPW announced that Robinson had signed a contract with the promotion, becoming a full-time member of its roster. Robinson spent the rest of 2015 working as a Young Lion and in multiman tag matches, on December 16 he had his first singles match in New Japan facing fellow Young Lion

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, whom he defeated. Robinson participated in ''

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''. On February 25, 2016, Robinson took part in the first of New Japan's Lion's Gate show, where he was defeated by

. On March 20, Robinson received his first title shot in NJPW, when he,

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and

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 ...

unsuccessfully challenged The Elite (

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, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) for the

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. At

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, Robinson wrestled Tiger Mask W as Red Death Mask, a character based in the anime series '' Tiger Mask W''. In late 2016, Robinson took part in the

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, teaming with Hiroshi Tanahashi. The two finished the tournament with a record of three wins and four losses.

United States Heavyweight Champion (2017–2019)

On January 5, 2017, Robinson scored a major win over

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in a ten-man tag team match and afterwards indicated he wanted a shot at his title. Robinson received his title shot on February 5 at The New Beginning in Sapporo, but was defeated by Goto. On April 9 at

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, Robinson picked up the biggest win of his career, pinning former

IWGP Heavyweight Champion The was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the . The title was introduced on June 12, 1987, in the final of an IWG ...

Tetsuya Naito in an eight-man tag team match and afterwards challenging him to a match for the

IWGP Intercontinental Championship The was a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the . The title was officially announced on January 5, 2011 and the Inaugural Champion MVP was cr ...

. Robinson received his title shot on April 29 at Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017, but was defeated by Naito. In early 2017, Robinson became part of the

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stable, as part of which he unsuccessfully challenged for the

, first on June 11 at

Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 11, 2017, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka-jō Hall and was the ninth event under the Dominion name and third i ...

and again on June 20 at Kizuna Road 2017. On July 1 at

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, Robinson took part in a

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to determine the inaugural

, but was eliminated in his first round match by

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Later that month, Robinson entered his first

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tournament. On August 5, Robinson picked up a major win over the winner of the 2016 G1 Climax and reigning IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega. Robinson went on to finish in the bottom half of his block with a record of four wins and five losses. On September 24 at Destruction in Kobe, Robinson unsuccessfully challenged Omega for the United States Heavyweight Championship. At the end of the year, Robinson formed a tag team named "Death Juice" with the debuting

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in the 2017 World Tag League. The team finished second in their block with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals. At the

G1 Special in San Francisco G1 Special in San Francisco was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 7, 2018, at the Cow Palace in the San Francisco suburb of Daly City, California. The event was broadcast on AXS ...

, Robinson defeated Jay White to win the

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, his first championship in NJPW. He also became the first American to hold the championship. Robinson entered the 2018 G1 Climax as part of the A block, finishing with 6 points. After an attack by

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, Robinson was scheduled to face him at

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, where he lost his IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. Robinson then teamed with David Finlay, calling themselves FinJuice, in the 2018 World Tag League and finished with 16 points, missing the tournament final. At

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, he defeated Cody to reclaim the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, becoming the first wrestler to have held the championship more than once. He made his debut in the

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, losing in the first round to

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. Owens then began challenging Robinson to a title match, while repeatedly assaulting Robinson, leading to a title defense at the New Japan Cup Finale. On March 24, in the semi-main event of the night, Robinson successfully defended the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against Owens. On May 27, after weeks of

airing videos of a mystery man targeting Robinson,

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was revealed as the culprit. The match was made official for 2019 Best Of The Super Juniors finals at Ryōgoku Sumo Hall on June 5, where Robinson lost the championship to Moxley, ending his reign at 152 days and three successful title defenses. During this time, Robinson would shed his signature dreadlocks for a shorter hairstyle. Robinson would next compete in the 2019 G1 Climax in the B block, which he failed to win, ending with 8 points. In the B block finals, Robinson defeated Moxley to eliminate him from the competition. This would lead to Moxley issuing a challenge for Robinson to face him in a

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for the IWGP United States Championship at

. However, Moxley was unable to defend his championship due to travel issues and was subsequently stripped of the title. Instead, Robinson faced

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at the event for the vacant title, but lost. After a post match attack from Archer, former tag team partner David Finlay made his return from injury to save Robinson.

FinJuice (2019–2022)

Finlay and Robinson went on to reform FinJuice and competed in the 2019 World Tag League. On the last night of the tournament, FinJuice defeated ''

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'' (

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and

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) in the finals to win the World Tag League, entitling them to a match for the

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. During the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 on January 4, 2020, FinJuice defeated the

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(

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and

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) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship. On night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom, Robinson faced Moxley for the United States Championship, but lost. FinJuice lost the championship back to the Guerrillas of Destiny at The New Beginning in USA on February 1, ending the team's reign at 28 days.

Bullet Club (2022–presеnt)

On May 1, Robinson returned to NJPW during Wrestling Dontaku 2022 wearing a

vest, attacked

, and stated his intentions to win back Tanahashi's newly won IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, turning heel in the process. At NJPW's

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event, he pinned

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in a

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to win the title for a record-tying third time. Robinson was scheduled to defend the title in a

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against

and Ospreay at

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but was stripped of the title and pulled from the match due to suffering from

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, ending his reign at 28 days; however, he refused to return the physical belt, despite Ospreay beating Sanada for the vacant title, and claimed he was never beaten for it and therefore would refuse to relinquish it. On June 12th during

, Robinson was announced as a participant in the

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tournament starting in July, as apart of the D block. Before the start of the tournament, Robinson appeared at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, taunting Ospreay with the IWGP United States Championship belt from a

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, after Ospreay's successful defense against

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. In the G1 tournament, Robinson scored 4 points in his block, finishing last in his block and failing to advance to the semi-finals, while also losing the physical IWGP U.S. belt to Ospreay.

Ring of Honor (2018–2019)

Robinson and Finlay appeared at the

(ROH) television tapings at Center Stage in

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and they had

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, Tracy "Hot Sauce" Williams and Bandido by their side. Robinson announced that the group would be named Lifeblood, and their goal was to restore honor back to ROH.

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would come out to confront the new group and Robinson challenged Lethal to get four teammates and compete with Lifeblood in a 10-man tag team match. However in June, he left the promotion to prioritise his career in New Japan.

Impact Wrestling (2021–present)

On February 13, 2021 at

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, a video package aired FinJuice arriving to

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as part of a partnership between Impact and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Three days later, on the following week's '' Impact!'', they made their debut and defeated

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. Afterwards, they would have a feud with

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(

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and

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), defeating them at

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to win the

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. FinJuice would lose the titles two months later on the May 17, 2021 episode of ''Impact!'' to

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All Elite Wrestling (2022–present)

Robinson made his debut for

on the September 28th edition of ''

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'', where he faced

in an

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Eliminator match, in a losing effort. On December 2, it was reported Robinson officially signed with AEW. Robinson returned to Ring of Honor, now AEW's sister promotion through AEW Owner Tony Khan's purchase, at the

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PPV on December 10, facing champion

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for his

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, which he failed to win.

Personal life

Robinson is good friends with David Finlay and acted as

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at his wedding in May 2018. In June 2020, it was revealed that Robinson was dating fellow professional wrestler

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. The couple got engaged on September 30, 2021. The two later married in 2022.

Championships and accomplishments

(

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) – with

(1) and Donny Marlow (1) *

( 1 time) – with David Finlay *

( 3 times) **

( 1 time) – with David Finlay **

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(

) – with David Finlay *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 32 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019

Notes

References

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