Biography of Aleister Black
Biography of Aleister Black
| Birth name | Tom Budgen |
|---|---|
| Born | May 19, 1985 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Residence | Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Aleister Black Tommy End |
| height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| from | "The Lodge in Amsterdam" Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Trained by | Bob Schrijber Chris Hero Johnny Kidd Mike Quackenbush Nigel McGuinness |
| Debut | June 18, 2002 |
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Tom Budgen[3] (born 19 May 1985)[4] is a Dutch professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Aleister Black.Prior to signing with WWE, Budgen worked for promotions across Europe, United States, and Japan, under the ring name Tommy End. He most notably wrestled for Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), Progress Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), and Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), where he held numerous championships including the wXw Unified World Heavyweight Championship, wXw World Lightweight Championship, wXw World Tag Team Championship, ICW Tag Team Championship, and the Progress Tag Team Championship.
Black joined the developmental brand NXT in April 2017, debuting at NXT TakeOver: Orlando. In April 2018, at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, Black won the NXT Championship and held it until July 2018. Later that year, in October, he was drafted to Raw. Black has a preeminent win-loss record in WWE.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2002–2016)
Budgen wrestled extensively on the independent circuit in the United Kingdom and Europe, under the ring name Tommy End, working for promotions like Pro Wrestling Holland (PWH), Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), Progress Wrestling, Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), Over the Top Wrestling (OTT), Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), and Pro Wrestling Showdown (PWS) among others. He also worked for international promotions, such as North America's Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Evolve and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), as well as the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
He held numerous championships, among other accolades, he is a former wXw Unified World Heavyweight Champion, wXw World Light Heavyweight Champion, wXw World Tag Team Champion, ICW Tag Team Champion, and Progress Tag Team Champion
WWE
NXT (2016–2019)
In June 2016, it was reported that Budgen had signed with WWE, and he reported to the WWE Performance Center on October 19.On 7 January 2017, he debuted the new ring name, Aleister Black. On January 15, he made a surprise appearance at the United Kingdom Championship Tournament finals, losing to Neville in a non-tournament match.
Vignettes began to air from the March 8 episode of NXT, promoting Black's television debut.Black made his televised in-ring debut at NXT TakeOver: Orlando on April 1, defeating Andrade "Cien" Almas. On the August 2 episode of NXT, prior to Black's match, Hideo Itami cut a promo in the ring and demanding respect.Black interrupted Itami, resulting in a stand-off between the two, and then Black performed Black Mass on Itami.Itami attempted to attack Black afterwards, but the two were eventually separated.At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, Black defeated Itami. Black then began a feud with Velveteen Dream, where Dream constantly stalked and harassed Black in order for him to say his name.This led to a match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, which Black won. On the December 27 episode of NXT, Black suffered his first pinfall loss by Johnny Gargano in a fatal-four way match, after interference from The Undisputed Era(Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly). At NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia on January 27, 2018, Black defeated Adam Cole in an Extreme Rules match.
The following week on NXT, Black approached the ring, during Ciampa's address to the NXT Universe, only for Gargano to run out ahead of him to attack Ciampa, after which he attacked Gargano with a Black Mass before indicating that his NXT Championship loss was Gargano's fault. A match between the three for the title was scheduled for NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4, however, Black was later found unconscious in the parking lot outside the arena, after being attacked by an unseen and unknown assailant. It was later reported that Black was sent to a local medical facility, and was announced as being unable to compete.After being out of action for two months, Black returned on the October 17 episode of NXT, confronting Nikki Cross, who revealed that Johnny Gargano was the one, who had attacked him.A match between Black and Gargano was scheduled for NXT TakeOver: WarGames, in which Black was victorious. At NXT TakeOver: Phoenix on January 26, 2019, Black failed to regain the NXT Championship from Tommaso Ciampa.The next night at the Royal Rumble, he entered the Royal Rumble match at number 21, but was eliminated by Baron Corbin.In March, Black formed a tag team with Ricochet and the two competed in the 2019 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, which they won after defeating The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake) in the finals. At NXT TakeOver: New York on April 5, Black and Ricochet unsuccessfully faced The War Raiders for the NXT Tag Team Championship.
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