82 Facts About Brian Kendrick

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Brian David Kendrick was born on May 29,1979 and is an American professional wrestler.

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Brian Kendrick would make his return to WWE in 2005, where he was paired with Paul London.

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The next year, Brian Kendrick would make his return to TNA, where he stayed for two years, winning the TNA X Division Championship.

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Brian Kendrick worked until 2016 on the independent circuit and toured occasionally with NJPW.

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In 2014, Brian Kendrick began to work with WWE as a trainer.

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Brian Kendrick would make his return to the ring during the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic, a tournament held by WWE for cruiserweight wrestlers.

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Brian Kendrick currently owns and operates his own promotion, called Brian Kendrick's Wrestling Pro Wrestling, as well as a professional wrestling trainer at Pro Wrestling Unpluggeds Kayfabe college.

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Brian Kendrick later moved to Olympia, Washington where he attended North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington.

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Brian Kendrick was a fan of Shawn Michaels, who trained him, and Chris Jericho.

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Brian Kendrick was already very good friends with his former tag team partner Paul London, with Lance Cade and Bryan Danielson, both of whom he trained with.

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Brian Kendrick made his professional wrestling debut on October 4,1999 in a match with American Dragon that ended in a 10-minute time limit draw.

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In October 2001, Brian Kendrick wrestled American Dragon in the first round of The King of the Indies tournament, but lost.

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In February 2000, Brian Kendrick signed a developmental deal with the World Wrestling Federation, spending a year in the company's "farm territory", Memphis Championship Wrestling, before the promotion closed and Brian Kendrick was released from his contract.

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Brian Kendrick holds the record for most reigns, with three.

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On February 23,2002, Brian Kendrick wrestled on the premiere show of Ring of Honor, winning the match to gain an ROH contract.

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Brian Kendrick dropped the title to Low Ki a few months later.

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In late 2002, Brian Kendrick signed a contract with WWE, but was unable to compete until he completed his time in the independent circuit.

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Brian Kendrick made his WWE debut on the edition of January 11,2003 of Velocity under the gimmick of a mascot representing the local sports team of the town in which he was competing.

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Brian Kendrick continued wearing masks for several weeks, each time competing under a different identity.

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Brian Kendrick reverted to his former "Spanky" ring name after he interrupted a promo by John Cena.

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On October 30, Spanky began teaming with Paul London until January 13,2004 when Brian Kendrick left WWE to return to Zero1.

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Brian Kendrick returned to Pro Wrestling Zero1 as "Spanky" and was quickly pushed to capture the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship.

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Brian Kendrick gained a new tag team partner in Kaz Hayashi, on September 19,2004, and won back the championships.

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Brian Kendrick had a brief stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in November 2004 under the ring name "Spanky" on the November 4 episode of Impact where he defeated Kaz, Matt Sydal and Amazing Red, in a four-way match.

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Brian Kendrick then returned to ROH, as well as debuting on its sister promotion Full Impact Pro on December 17,2004, winning the first ever Florida Rumble.

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Brian Kendrick competed in the Trios Tournament, but lost in the first round with his team members, Gibson and Nigel McGuinness.

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Brian Kendrick unsuccessfully competed for several titles such as the ROH Pure Championship, ROH World Championship and ROH World Tag Team Championship.

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In July 2005, Brian Kendrick announced that he had re-signed with World Wrestling Entertainment, and would be returning there after he had fulfilled his obligations on the Independent circuit.

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In FIP, Brian Kendrick won the FIP Tag Team Championship with Sal Rinauro on August 6,2005, but lost it to The Heartbreak Express less than a month later, shortly before he returned to WWE.

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In July 2005, Brian Kendrick announced that after he had fulfilled his obligations on the independent circuit, he would return to WWE.

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Brian Kendrick made his return during a live event on August 22,2005, losing in a Fatal Four-Way match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

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London and Brian Kendrick won the WWE Tag Team Championship at Judgment Day, thus defeating MNM six times in a row in singles and tag team matches altogether.

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On October 14, London and Brian Kendrick became the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions until 2016, surpassing MNM's previous record of 145 days.

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London and Brian Kendrick had a scheduled title defense at Armageddon, against Regal and Taylor.

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London and Brian Kendrick won the match and retained the titles.

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On February 2,2007, London and Brian Kendrick suffered a non-title loss to the rookie team Deuce 'n Domino.

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London and Brian Kendrick continued to feud with Cade and Murdoch and lost to the Tag Team champions at Unforgiven.

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London and Brian Kendrick still teamed together with no apparent dissension rising between the former tag team champions.

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London and Brian Kendrick beat the champions Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes next week on Heat in a non-title match.

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Brian Kendrick made his return to the brand on the July 18,2008 airing of SmackDown, as a heel, with new ring attire defeating Jimmy Wang Yang with the help of his bodyguard, Ezekiel, who was later given a surname and became Ezekiel Jackson.

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Brian Kendrick won the interim WWE Championship title at the event, though he did lose minutes after having the longest reign as "interim" champion.

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Brian Kendrick later teamed with Jackson on many occasions, becoming number one contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championship held by Carlito and Primo, but they never managed to win the championship.

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The match ended with Brian Kendrick turning around into Trouble In Paradise.

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On July 30,2009, WWE announced that Brian Kendrick was released from his contract.

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Brian Kendrick signed with Dragon Gate USA on August 6,2009.

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On December 19 Ring of Honor announced that Brian Kendrick would be making his return to the company on February 13,2010, at the 8th Anniversary Show.

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On January 30,2010, at PWG's WrestleReunion 4 the Young Bucks decided that Brian Kendrick did not fit in with them and turned on him, only for him to be saved by his old tag team partner Paul London.

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On March 27,2010, at the tapings of Dragon Gate USA's Mercury Rising pay-per-view, Brian Kendrick was defeated by Jimmy Jacobs in a Loser Leaves Company tag team match, where he teamed with Paul London against Jacobs and Jack Evans and as a result was forced to leave the company for good.

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In March 2012, Brian Kendrick made his debut in Family Wrestling Entertainment, defeating Mike Benett.

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Brian Kendrick returned to DGUSA on January 26,2013, winning an Eight Way Fray.

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At FWE No Limits, Brian Kendrick lost a number one contendership match for the FWE Tri-Borough Championship to Paul London.

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Brian Kendrick made his Combat Zone Wrestling debut on April 5,2013, defeating Sami Callihan.

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On June 22,2013, London and Brian Kendrick were defeated by The Young Bucks at House of Hardcore 2.

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On March 30,2014, Brian Kendrick made his ICW debut in a match against Joe Coffey at ICW - Still Smokin' in the O2 ABC in Glasgow, Scotland where he was narrowly defeated.

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Brian Kendrick made an appearance for Ring of Honor on February 2,2016, defeating Will Ferrara in a non-televised match.

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Brian Kendrick received a rematch the following month at Victory Road, but was defeated again by Williams, this time in an Ultimate X submission match.

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At Bound for Glory Brian Kendrick interfered in a Lethal Lockdown match between EV 2.0 and Fortune and helped his team win the match between the two factions.

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Brian Kendrick was taken out of the match immediately, after being attacked by Douglas Williams.

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Three days later Brian Kendrick, Gedo and Jado were eliminated from the J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament in the first round by the team of IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kushida and Mascara Dorada.

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Brian Kendrick returned to New Japan on October 21, when he and Low Ki entered the 2012 Super Jr.

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In May 2013, Brian Kendrick returned to participate in the 2013 Best of the Super Juniors, where he managed to win four out of his eight matches, failing to qualify for the semifinals.

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Brian Kendrick returned to NJPW on October 25 to take part in the 2013 Super Jr.

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In 2013, Kendrick founded his own professional wrestling promotion, called Brian Kendrick's Wrestling Pro Wrestling, in Bell Gardens, California.

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On December 11,2014, Brian Kendrick was backstage at NXT TakeOver: R Evolution as he was reportedly trying out for a trainer role at the WWE Performance Center.

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Brian Kendrick made his televised return on the February 25,2015 episode of NXT, losing to Finn Balor.

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Brian Kendrick then began working as a trainer for WWE and was tasked in training Eva Marie and Tough Enough Season 6 contestants Daria Berenato and Mada Abdelhamid.

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Brian Kendrick appeared on Season 4 of Total Divas as a recurring character.

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On June 13,2016, Brian Kendrick was announced as a participant in WWE's upcoming Cruiserweight Classic tournament.

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At Clash of Champions, Brian Kendrick failed to win the title from TJ Perkins.

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The next night on Raw, Brian Kendrick challenged Perkins to another match.

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At Survivor Series in an interpromotional match, Brian Kendrick retained the title against SmackDown brand's Kalisto, winning by disqualification.

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At Roadblock: End of the Line, Brian Kendrick again failed to regain the title in a triple threat match involving TJ Perkins.

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Brian Kendrick then began a feud with Jack Gallagher, with Brian Kendrick impersonating and mocking Gallagher after the latter's matches.

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Brian Kendrick returned on the April 17,2018 edition of 205 Live, teaming with Gallagher to defeat two local competitors.

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Brian Kendrick would continue wrestling on 205 Live in the coming months losing to the likes of Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Mansoor.

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However, the match never took place as scheduled and on January 25,2022, it was reported that Brian Kendrick had asked for his release from the company, which was granted six days later on February 1.

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Brian Kendrick made another brief return on May 6,2023 in which he co-produce Bad Bunny's match Backlash.

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Brian Kendrick was requested to do so as he was the one who had produced Bunny's match at Wrestlemania 37 and as such Bunny was used to working with him.

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Brian Kendrick would be released from AEW in May 2022, never having made his debut.

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Brian Kendrick has been married to Tough Enough finalist Taylor Matheny since August 2008.

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Brian Kendrick played the role of 'Skull' in the movie Slammed.

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Brian Kendrick appeared in Season 4 of Total Divas, training Eva Marie.