Joshua Bruns (born March 5, 1993) is an American

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, better known by his ring name Josh Briggs. He is currently signed to

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where he performs on the

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. In WWE, he is a one-time NXT UK Tag Team Champion with

Brooks Jensen Benjamin Buchanan (born August 21, 2001) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Brooks Jensen. In WWE, he is a one-time NXT UK Tag Team Champion with Josh Briggs ...

, and he and Jensen are recognized as the final holders of the championship. He previously appeared for Evolve, where he was the final Evolve Champion.

Early life

Bruns played football at UMass after two years at Glendale Community College in Arizona.

Professional wrestling career

On August 31, 2020, it was reported that Briggs had signed a contract with

, following the company's purchase of Evolve in July. On October 7, WWE announced that he had reported for training at the Performance Center, alongside five other professional wrestlers from Evolve. On July 6, 2021, Briggs was announced to be a part of the 2021 NXT Breakout Tournament. On the July 27 episode of ''NXT'', Briggs was defeated by

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in the first round. On the ''NXT 2.0'' premiere on September 14, Briggs formed a tag team with the debuting

and faced

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(

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and

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) in a losing effort, establishing themselves as

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. On the January 18, 2022 episode of ''NXT'', Briggs and Jensen competed in the Dusty Rhodes Men's Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated by eventual winners the

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(Brutus and Julius) in the first round. On the April 12 episode of ''NXT'', they took part in a five-team

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for the vacant

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, but failed to win. On the June 22 episode of ''

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'', Briggs and Jensen defeated

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and Jack Starz, Mark Andrews and Wild Boar, and Die Familie (

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and Rohan Raja) in a Fatal 4-Way elimination match to win the vacant

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, making them the first non-European tag team to win the titles.

Championships and accomplishments

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** A1 Zero Gravity Championship (1 time) *

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( 1 time) **Chaotic Wrestling New England Title Tournament (2017) * Evolve **

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( 1 time) *Monster Factory Pro Wrestling **MFPW Network Championship (1 time) *Northeast Championship Wrestling **Ox Baker Memorial Cup (2017) *''

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'' **Ranked No. 175 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2020 *UFO Wrestling **UFO Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Beau Douglas *

( 1 time) – with

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Briggs, Josh 1993 births 21st-century professional wrestlers American male professional wrestlers Living people Professional wrestlers from Massachusetts UMass Minutemen football players NXT UK Tag Team Champions