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Justin Gabriel
Born (1981-03-03) March 3, 1981 (age 43)[1]
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Justin Angel[2][1]
Justin Gabriel[2]
Paul Lloyd[1]
Paul Lloyd, Jr.[1]
PJ Black[1]
Billed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Billed weight215 lb (98 kg)[3]
Billed fromCape Town, South Africa[3]
Trained byPaul Lloyd, Sr.[1]
Steve Debbes[1]
Alex Shane[1]
Mark Sloan[1]
Florida Championship Wrestling[1]
Debut1997[1]

Paul Lloyd Jr.[1] (born March 3, 1981)[1] is a second-generation South African professional wrestler. He is signed with World Wrestling Entertainment, and performs on the Raw brand under the name Justin Gabriel.[2][1] He is one-half of the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions with Heath Slater.[4] He was a contestant in the first season of WWE NXT, where he finished third, before joining The Nexus stable on Raw.[3] He is a former FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Lloyd made his professional wrestling debut at the age of 16 and was originally trained by his father Paul Lloyd, Sr., a promoter and wrestler in South Africa who also went by the ring name "The Pink Panther".[1] His grandfather was a professional boxer and amateur wrestler.[1] Lloyd grew up watching his father wrestle and in the early part of his training he used to practice in the backyard of his home, which had two rings positioned. Lloyd went by the ring name PJ Black. He formed a regular tag team with Ray Leppan (who went by the name Presley Jackson, now known as Dameon Duke) called Pure Juice.[1] During Lloyd's final year in high school his father died and a year later he moved to the United Kingdom for five years.[5][6]

United Kingdom and South Africa (2000–2008)

Lloyd spent five years in the United Kingdom, where he trained with the FWA Academy as well as acquiring diplomas in Graphic Web Design, Personal Training, Sports Nutrition and Body Massage. He was trained by Alex Shane and Mark Sloan. In 2003 he made his FWA debut. He also made an appearance in International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom.[5]

In 2006, he returned to South Africa and wrestled for World Wrestling Professionals (WWP), which is nationally televised on SABC 2 in South Africa and Colours TV in India with the shows WWP Thunderstrike and 100% De Dhana Dhan, respectively.[5] His most notable feuds during his tenure in WWP were against Tornado, Dameon Duke, Mikey Whiplash and Joe E. Legend. In 2007, he became the promotion's inaugural World Cruiserweight Champion. After a few weeks of holding the championship, he lost it in a triple threat match.

Lloyd challenged unsuccessfully for the WWP World Heavyweight Championship against Joe E Legend on a WWP Thunderstrike episode that aired on January 10, 2009. During the match he suffered minor burns to the face after a fireball spot didn't go as originally planned and he had to be treated at a local hospital. His final match in South Africa took place on November 8, 2008 at WWP's bi-annual Carnival City Casino show, where he was defeated by Terri Middoux in front of a record attendance.[7]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2009–present)

In 2008, Lloyd signed a three-year developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment, becoming the first South African person in history to sign a WWE contract. He debuted in early 2009 in WWE's development territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, under his real name. His ring name was eventually changed to Justin Angel.[1]

On the July 23, 2009 FCW television tapings, Angel and Kris Logan defeated Trent Beretta and Caylen Croft to become the Florida Tag Team Champions, but lost it on the same night to The Rotundos (Bo and Duke).[8]

Angel won the Florida Heavyweight Championship from Heath Slater in a two out of three falls match at the September 24, 2009 television tapings.[1] At the March 18, 2010, tapings of FCW Gabriel lost the Florida Heavyweight Championship to Alex Riley in a three-way match, which also included Wade Barrett.[9]

NXT and The Nexus (2010)

See also: The Nexus
Gabriel (second from left) with the rest of The Nexus at SummerSlam.

On February 16, 2010, it was announced that Angel was going to be competing on the first season of WWE NXT, under the name Justin Gabriel, with Matt Hardy as his storyline mentor.[2] He made his in-ring debut on the March 2 episode of NXT in a tag team match with his mentor Hardy, against the team of William Regal and Skip Sheffield. Gabriel and Hardy won the match when Gabriel pinned Regal, making him the first rookie to pin a pro on the show.[10][11] He went on to defeat Wade Barrett the following week, before suffering his first defeat on the March 16 episode of NXT, when he and Hardy were defeated by CM Punk and Darren Young.[11][12] On March 30, in the first Pros Poll, Gabriel was ranked third behind Daniel Bryan (first) and Wade Barrett (second).[13] Before the first elimination, Gabriel won the Rookie Challenge earning immunity from elimination in the following Pros Poll.[14] In that Poll, Gabriel remained in third place behind Wade Barrett (who was moved to first) and David Otunga (second).[15] In the season finale on the June 1 episode of NXT, Gabriel was the first eliminated, finishing in third place overall in the competition.[16]

On the June 7 episode of Raw, Gabriel and the other season one NXT rookies turned heel by interfering in the main event match between John Cena and CM Punk, attacking both competitors, the announcing team and Justin Roberts, the ring announcer, before dismantling the ring area and surrounding equipment.[17] On the June 14 episode of Raw the rookies (excluding Daniel Bryan who had been released) attacked General Manager Bret Hart, when he refused to give them contracts.[18] At the Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view, the seven rookies interfered in the WWE Championship match, as a result costing Cena the championship. The following week on Raw, Vince McMahon fired Hart and announced the hiring of a new General Manager, who had signed the seven season one NXT rookies to contracts.[19] The following week, the group was named The Nexus.[20] On the July 12 episode of Raw, The Nexus competed in their first match together, without Darren Young, a six–on–one handicap match against John Cena, which they won when Gabriel pinned Cena.[21] The Nexus continued to feud with Cena and the Raw roster, resulting in a seven-on-seven elimination tag team match at SummerSlam. Gabriel was one of the final two Nexus members in the match, but Cena's team won when Cena eliminated Gabriel and then Barrett to win the match.[22]

In October 2010, Cena was forced to join The Nexus as a result of losing to Barrett at Hell in a Cell, and at the following pay-per-view, Cena and Otunga won the WWE Tag Team Championship.[23][24] On the October 25 episode of Raw, Barrett made a tag team match, with Gabriel and Heath Slater facing Otunga and Cena for the championship. Gabriel and Slater won when Barrett ordered Otunga to allow Slater to pin him, becoming the new Tag Team Champions.[4][25]

Modeling career

Lloyd has competed in numerous modeling contests as well. He placed first in the Male Fitness Model Search held by FAME SA,[26] sixth in the 2008 Mr Body Classic contest held by Mr & Ms Body Beautiful SA,[27] eighth in the 2007 Men's Model Search held by Mr & Ms Fitness SA,[28] and reached the top five in the Mr Physique Division in the 2008 Men's Model Search.[29][30]

Other media

Gabriel will be one of three Nexus members included as the second DLC package for WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 to be released in December, 2010. His moveset will be based on Daniel Bryan, who was released before he could be added in.

In wrestling

Gabriel about to perform a 450° splash on Ricky Steamboat.

Championships and accomplishments

Angel as the FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion.

References

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  29. ^ "2007 Men's Model Search Winners". Miss Fitness SA. Top Five Winners: Warren Ahrens, Juan Bothma, Mark Boggon, Fanie Froneman and Paul Lloyd
  30. ^ "2007 Men's Model Search Gallery". SAGUYS. Paul Lloyd, Model Section
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