30 Facts About Justin Gabriel

Justin Gabriel is best known for his time in WWE, under the ring name Justin Gabriel.

Justin Gabriel is currently wrestling under the ring name P J Black.

Justin Gabriel won the TNA King of the Mountain Championship during his brief GFW crossover appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2015.

Justin Gabriel's grandfather was a professional boxer and amateur wrestler.

Justin Gabriel made his professional wrestling debut at the age of 16.

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Justin Gabriel's father was shot and killed in front of him during Lloyd's final year in high school, and a year later he moved to the United Kingdom for five years.

Justin Gabriel made an appearance in International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom.

Justin Gabriel debuted for the South African promotion World Wrestling Professionals in 2005.

Justin Gabriel then declared his intentions to compete in WWP's heavyweight division.

Justin Gabriel went on to wrestle against DH Smith, Barreta, Yoshitatsu, and Lance Hoyt over the next few months.

Justin Gabriel successfully defended the championship against Drew McIntyre, Eric Escobar, Slater, and Curt Hawkins throughout late 2009.

Justin Gabriel made his in-ring debut on the 2 March 2010 episode of NXT in a tag team match with his mentor Hardy, against the team of William Regal and Skip Sheffield.

Justin Gabriel went on to defeat Wade Barrett the following week, before suffering his first defeat on the 16 March 2010 episode of NXT, when he and Hardy were defeated by CM Punk and Darren Young.

In that Poll, Justin Gabriel remained in third place behind Wade Barrett and David Otunga.

Justin Gabriel was one of the final two Nexus members in the match, but Cena's team won when Cena eliminated Justin Gabriel and then Barrett to win the match.

Justin Gabriel continued to ally himself with Slater despite the dissolution of The Corre, and the duo began a feud with The Usos.

At Money in the Bank, Justin Gabriel participated in the SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match, which was won by Daniel Bryan.

In January 2012, Justin Gabriel began an alliance of sorts with Hornswoggle, saving him from Slater and Cody Rhodes, leading to matches with both which he won and lost respectively.

At Elimination Chamber, Justin Gabriel unsuccessfully challenged Jack Swagger for the WWE United States Championship.

At the No Way Out pay-per-view, Justin Gabriel and Kidd were defeated by The Prime Time Players in a number one contender four-way tag team match, involving Primo and Epico and The Usos.

At Survivor Series, Justin Gabriel and Kidd were part of the victorious team in a five-on-five elimination tag team match, alongside Mysterio, Sin Cara, and Brodus Clay.

Justin Gabriel did not perform on pay-per-view for 2013; from May, he largely wrestled singles matches on Main Event and Superstars, with wins over Curt Hawkins and Darren Young, but lost to other wrestlers including Antonio Cesaro, Big E Langston, Damien Sandow, and Fandango.

In mid-2014, Justin Gabriel began competing more on NXT, which was now the show for WWE's rebranded developmental branch, but even there, Justin Gabriel lost all of his televised singles matches, including to Adrian Neville, Tyler Breeze and Hideo Itami.

Justin Gabriel's last televised victory was on the 11 September 2014 episode of Superstars against Sin Cara.

Justin Gabriel's last televised match was a loss to Rusev on the 14 January 2015 episode of Main Event.

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The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported on 24 January 2015 that Justin Gabriel had quit WWE, one day before the 2015 Royal Rumble in which he was scheduled to compete.

Justin Gabriel mentioned that Triple H did not approve of his ideas for a wolf-themed daredevil persona he had written his own promos for.

Justin Gabriel lasted until the finals where he failed to win a fatal-four way elimination match involving Cage, Jeremiah Crane and The Mack, the latter of which last eliminating Black to win the match.

Justin Gabriel made his video game debut in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011 and had later appeared in WWE '12, WWE '13 and WWE 2K14.

Justin Gabriel obtained US Citizenship in April 2016 but maintains his South African citizenship.