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| Members | Conor O'Brian Judas Devlin |
| Billed heights | O'Brian: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Devlin: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Combined billed weight | O'Brian: 265 lbs (120 kg) Devlin: 235 lbs (106 kg) |
The Ascension is a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Conor O'Brian and Judas Devlin. The Ascension started out as a stable which also had Kenneth Cameron, Ricardo Rodriguez, Tito Colon, and Raquel Diaz. In March the Ascension would become a tag team after O'Brian returned from injury while the other three members disbanded from the Ascension. As of May 2013 the group consists of O'Brian and Judas Devlin.
History
Background (2010)
Ricardo Rodriguez and Conor O'Brian were initially allies during the season 4 of NXT. Roberto was the ring announcer for Alberto Del Rio, who was acting as pro to mentor Conor, who was a Rookie competing to win.
The two came at odds with one another as they competed for Alberto's favour. Ricardo misled Conor using a path of cheese (as Conor was constantly called very rat-like) and the two eventually had a match.
Conor was ultimately eliminated, and Alberto got a new pro, Brodus Clay, who parted ways from him after failing to defeat Edge at WrestleMania XXVII. Ricardo still serves as Alberto's ring announcer.
An additional link to Mexican heritage is that Raquel Diaz is the daughter of Eddie Guerrero and Vickie Guerrero, a friend of Alberto Del Rio's.
Florida Championship Wrestling (2011-present)
Formation
On August 28, 2011, Ricardo Rodriguez announced the formation of a stable called The Ascension, with members including Kenneth Cameron, Conor O'Brian, Tito Colon, and Raquel Diaz. The first match to include all members in some capacity came on September 1, 2011, and saw Cameron, Colon and O’Brian, accompanied by Diaz, defeating CJ Parker, Donny Marlow and Johnny Curtis.
Championship shot
On September 30, Cameron and Colon had a shot at the FCW Tag Team Championship but lost to the current champions of CJ Parker and Donny Marlow.
Breakup
By October, the Ascension was no longer associated with Rodriguez, as video packages promoting the Ascension only featured the other four Ascension members without Rodriguez.
By the end of November the Ascension had all but disbanded because O'Brian was injured, Colon had been called up to WWE to team with his cousin Primo (see Primo & Epico). Diaz became Queen of FCW and distanced herself from the group.
This left Cameron as the sole survivor of the Ascension and he continued to use the Ascension gimmick during his appearances. However the disintegration of the Ascension would prove to be beneficial for Cameron as he would go onto a three month singles winning streak beating the likes of Jiro and Calvin Raines until he finally lost to Colin Cassady on February 23, 2012.
Re-formation
On March 15, 2012 Cameron was accompanied to the ring by the returning Conor O'Brian in his match against Byron Saxton, the match ended in disqualification when O'Brian interfered. Cameron and O'Brian began wrestling as a tag team using the name The Ascension, and their first tag team match together came on March 23 when the two defeated Jason Jordan and Xavier Woods. The Ascension suffered their first loss when the pair lost to the FCW Tag Team Champions, Corey Graves and Jake Carter, in a title bout.
NXT (2012-present)
On June 6, 2012, The Ascension made their debut for season 6 of WWE NXT, defeating Mike Dalton and CJ Parker with their double team finisher, the Downcast.
On the October 3, 2012 episode of NXT they defeated International Airstrike. On November 30th, 2013 Cameron was released after being arrested.[1] Form then until May 2013 O'Brian worked as a singles wrestler and in May started teaming with Judas Devlin.[2]
In wrestling
- Conor O'Brian finishing moves
- Roof Top Drop (Full nelson slam)
- Kenneth Cameron finishing moves
- Curb Stomp (Head stomp)
- Velvet Noise (Swinging sitout jawbreaker)
- Tag-team finishing moves
- Downcast (Jawbreaker by Cameron followed by a Flapjack by O'Brian)