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Bradley Thomas Jay (born November 17, 1980) is an American
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, best known for his time in
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under the
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s of Jay Bradley and Aiden O'Shea, and
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as Ryan Braddock.


Professional wrestling career


Early career (1999–2005)

Bradley started his wrestling training at the Steel Domain Wrestling school in
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, where he trained with wrestlers including
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and
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. Bradley suffered several setbacks in his career as he suffered from an overactive thyroid. He worked for several
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promotions in the
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, most notably for
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, before signing a developmental contract with
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(WWE).


World Wrestling Entertainment (2005 - 2009)


Deep South Wrestling (2005–2007)

He debuted in WWE's then-
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(DSW) as "The Monster of the Midway" Bradley Jay. During his time in DSW he won the Deep South Heavyweight Championship on three occasions. He also wrestled
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for both the
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and
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. Occasionally, he made appearances on ''
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'' as well. When WWE ended their relationship with DSW he was then sent to
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(OVW) to continue his development.


Ohio Valley Wrestling (2007–2008)

On May 16 he debuted in OVW under the name "Jay Bradley", defeating former
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, Chet the Jett. He defeated
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and Idol Stevens in a three-way match via two Lariats to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship on June 1 at OVW's first ''Summer Sizzler Series'' event at
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in
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to become the first man to hold both the OVW and DSW heavyweight titles. On June 15, 2007, at
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's third ''Super Summer Sizzler Series'' event of the year at
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in
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, he defeated Idol Stevens to retain the OVW title. He then lost the title to Paul Burchill in a match taped on June 27 and aired on June 30. He also wrestled at Raw
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s on August 11 and 12 and September 1 (losing to "Hacksaw"
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). He wrestled in a dark match against
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before a ''SmackDown'' television taping in August 2007. On December 19, in OVW, he won the "Love Thy Neighbor" four corners tag team match to win a future OVW Heavyweight title shot. He then was starting a
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with
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and had defeated him in a tag team match where he and Mike Kruel defeated Sydal and Charles Evans. Unfortunately, before Bradley could exercise his title opportunity, OVW was dropped by
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as a development territory.


''SmackDown!'' and Florida Championship Wrestling (2008–2009)

Bradley debuted on the main ''SmackDown!'' roster on the August 15, 2008 episode of the show, under the name "Ryan Braddock". He was easily defeated by
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after a
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. At the August 14, 2008,
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(FCW) television taping, Bradley wrestled under the Ryan Braddock name once again, making it his permanent and new
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. On the August 22 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Braddock competed in a
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to qualify for the
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Scramble match at
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, but was eliminated by Big Show, who was not officially in the match. On the September 2 episode of ''
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'', Braddock faced
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in a losing effort after being pinned by Ortiz's
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finisher. On September 19 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Braddock competed in a one fall match-up with
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, who was accompanied by
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. Braddock won the match as a result of a disqualification, after
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wrapped him in bubble wrap and duct tape. Following this match, Braddock returned to FCW before being released from WWE in March 2009.


Independent circuit (2009–present)

After his release from WWE, Bradley began working for the
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based
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promotion and on March 28, 2009, defeated
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, Chandler McClure and
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to win the
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. He held the title for five months, before losing it to
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on September 5. He also worked for Florida-based
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, losing to
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in his debut match on June 6, 2009. In 2011, Bradley joined
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's wrestling promotion, Resistance Pro. At the promotion's debut show he defeated
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. In November 2012, Bradley made his debut for
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at their iPPV debut show Remember November defeating
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. At RPW Draw the Line, Bradley and Mad Man Pondo won the RPW Tag Team Championship. they were stripped of the titles on the same day. On July 9, 2015, Bradley competed in a triple threat match against Joey Avalon and Matt Cage for
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for their GFW Grand Slam Tour in
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, Avalon won after pinning Cage.


Return to OVW (2013–2014)

Bradley returned to OVW after his appearance on Impact Wrestling Gut Check. Bradley's first match since returning to OVW was against Tommy Gunn on March 6 which he won. On May 8, Bradley teamed with
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to face The Coalition (Raul LaMotta & Shiloh Jonze) they ended up getting the victory by DQ after the other members of The Coalition interfered. On May 22, 2013, Bradley defeated the
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in a non-title match. On June 19, 2013, Bradley was defeated by Rob Terry in a number one contenders match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship. On September 7, 2013, Bradley unsuccessfully challenged Jamin Olivencia for the OVW Heavyweight Championship in a loaded boomstick on a pole match. On December 11, 2013, Bradley and Terry began teaming again getting wins over The Rockstars (
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and Ryan Howe) on two separate occasions. On January 1, 2014, Bradley defeated Deonta Davis and Leon Shelly in a two on one handicap match during an OVW Live Event. on January 4, 2014, Bradley faced Ryan Howe that ended in a no contest they had a rematch where Howe defeated Bradley in a street fight. on January 11, Bradley defeated Leon Shelly. on January 18, at OVW TV, Bradley defeated Bud Dwight. on January 25, Bradley defeated Robbie Walker. On February 1, 2014 at OVW TV, Bradley competed in the Nightmare rumble won by Johnny Spade. on February 1, 2014 at OVW Saturday Night Special, Bradley faced Ryan Howe in a losing effort.


Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2013–2014)

On the January 10, 2013 episode of ''
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'', Bradley appeared as part of the Impact Wrestling Gut Check, defeating
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. The following week, Bradley was chosen over Cage by the storyline Gut Check judges to earn a contract in Impact Wrestling. Bradley returned on the May 16 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', defeating
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in the first qualifying round for the Bound for Glory Series Gut Check Tournament. On June 2 at
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, Bradley defeated Sam Shaw to qualify for the 2013 Bound for Glory Series. Bradley would go to lose all of his beginning matches in the BFG series to the likes of
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, Hernandez, and Joseph Park. Bradley ended his participation in the tournament on the August 28 episode of '' Impact Wrestling Xplosion'', with a pinfall victory over Joseph Park, finishing eleventh out of the ten other wrestlers in a tie with Hernandez in the tournament. On January 13, 2014, Bradley was released from his Impact Wrestling contract.


Wrestle-1 (2013)

As part of a working relationship between TNA and
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it was announced on November 6, 2013, that Bradley would be working a tour for the
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ese promotion between November 16 and December 1. In their debut match for the promotion, Bradley and fellow TNA worker
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defeated
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and
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in a tag team match. Bradley and Terry remained undefeated in tag team matches for the entire tour, but Bradley's tour ended with a three match losing streak in singles matches against his fellow Impact Wrestling worker.


Return to TNA (2015–2017)

On October 4, 2015, at Bound for Glory, Bradley made his return to
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under the ring name Aiden O'Shea (and began using an Irish ruffian gimmick) and competed in a twelve-man Bound For Gold Gauntlet match which was won by Tyrus. During October and November, O'Shea also competed in the first
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tournament that was taped in July 2015 as a member of Group Wildcard, where he ended third of his block by only defeating
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to receive 3 points. On January 8, 2016, at One Night Only: Live, O'Shea was defeated by
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after they had a confrontation in the ring. On the October 6, 2016 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', O'Shea made his return to Impact Wrestling after his hiatus, accompanying Impact Wrestling President
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to the ring and serving as muscle/representative. Bradley left TNA quietly in 2017.


Second Return to OVW (2017–present)

O'Shea made his return to OVW on April 28, 2017 at Run For The Ropes III where he won a battle royal to face the
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. Later that night, O'Shea was unsuccessful at winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship against Big Jon. On May 13, at OVW Saturday Night Special Uprising, Bradley was defeated by Justin Smooth. On June 2, 2018, Bradley and Shiloh Jonze unsuccessfully challenged The Bro Godz (Colton Cage & Dustin Jackson) for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championships. On August 23, Bradley was defeated by Jax Dane in the first round of the Grand Tournament. On July 31, 2019, Bradley won a gauntlet match to become the new OVW Television Champion. Three days later, he and Cash Flo defeated Big Zo & Maximus Khan to become the new OVW Southern Tag Team Champions, thus making Bradley a double champion. On August 21, 2019, Bradley would lose the OVW Television Championship to Maximus Khan in a Gauntlet match.


Pro Wrestling Noah (2018)

On January 6, 2018, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Jay Bradley made his debut for
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in a singles match against
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.


National Wrestling Alliance (2018-present)

On October 21, 2018, Jay Bradley wrestled at the
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. On the card he lost a 4-way elimination match to qualify for the NWA National title match. The match, which also included Mike Parrow and
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, was won by
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. On January 5, 2019, Bradley teamed with
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losing to War Kings(
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and
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) in a qualifying match for the
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. The night of the tournament, Bradley would team with Jocephus, losing a seven-team battle royal to the Wildcards (Royce Isaacs & Tom Latimer) with the winner qualifying as the last entrant for the Crockett Cup tournament. In 2021, Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky formed the Fixers tag team and would start serving as muscle for
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. On August 28, 2022, the Fixers won a 12-team battle royal at the
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to determine the inaugual
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.


Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) *
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** Deep South Heavyweight Championship ( 3 times) *
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) – with Ryan Boz (2) and Tirk Davis (1) *Mid American Wrestling **MAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
National Wrestling Alliance The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion and former professional wrestling governing body operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc. Founded in 1948, the NWA ...
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship The NWA United States Tag Team Championship is a name used for several secondary tag team championship used by various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) members since 1958. There are eleven different versions of the NWA United States Tag Team Champ ...
(1 time, current) – with Wrecking Ball Legursky *
Ohio Valley Wrestling Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American professional wrestling promotion and former developmental promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company is currently run by Al Snow and Matt Jones and Louisville mayor elect, Craig Greenberg. O ...
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OVW Heavyweight Championship The OVW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) promotion. The original championship was designed and created in 1997 by Reggie Parks. The title was introduced on Augu ...
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2 times "2 Times" is a song co-written and recorded by British Italian-based singer Ann Lee. It was released in 1999 as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999). The single entered and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Outside ...
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OVW Television Championship The OVW Television Championship was the secondary championship of Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), started on January 5, 2005. When the title was originally conceived, the champion defended against randomly selected opponents, with the winner receivin ...
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OVW Southern Tag Team Championship The OVW Tag Team Championship formerly known as the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship is the tag team titles of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Created in 1997, the first champions were Nick Dinsmore and Flash Flanagan. There have been 177 reigns shared b ...
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2 times "2 Times" is a song co-written and recorded by British Italian-based singer Ann Lee. It was released in 1999 as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999). The single entered and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Outside ...
) – with Ca$h Flo, Big Zo and Hy-Zaya ** Twenty-fifth OVW Triple Crown Champion *''
Pro Wrestling Illustrated ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publish ...
'' **PWI ranked him #137 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
PWI 500 ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishi ...
in 2012 *Pro Wrestling Blitz **PWB Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
Resistance Pro Wrestling The Resistance is an American professional wrestling promotion, formerly known as Resistance Pro Wrestling, founded by musician Billy Corgan, alongside brothers Jacques and Gabe Baron. The promotion holds monthly events around Chicago, attracting " ...
** RPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
Mad Man Pondo Kevin Canady (born June 24, 1969) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Mad Man Pondo. Best known for his hardcore wrestling style, Canady has wrestled for various wrestling promotions, including Independent Wrestling ...
*Steel Domain Wrestling **SDW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
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 ...
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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 ...
winner ** TNA Gut Check Tournament (2013)


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradley, Jay 1980 births American male professional wrestlers Living people People from DeKalb, Illinois TNA Gut Check contestants 21st-century professional wrestlers OVW Heavyweight Champions AAW Heavyweight Champions