1. Thomas Sylvester La Ruffa was born on May 4,1984 and is a French professional wrestler wrestling under the ring name Tom LaRuffa.
12 Facts About Sylvester Lefort
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Sylvester Lefort is best known for his time in WWE, in their developmental territory NXT as Sylvester Lefort, and for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Basile Baraka.
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Sylvester Lefort went on to work for various promotions throughout Alberta like Prairie Wrestling Alliance.
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Sylvester Lefort defeated Human Tornado and Ryan Taylor in a triple threat match and went on to challenge the EWF Heavyweight Champion Brandon Gatson in an unsuccessful effort.
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Sylvester Lefort appeared briefly in the background of a backstage segment.
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Sylvester Lefort made his NXT in-ring debut teaming with Rusev in a win over Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady.
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Sylvester Lefort went on to lose to Rusev in a singles match.
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Sylvester Lefort formed a new tag team with Marcus Louis as "The Legionnaires", playing up a gimmick based on their French heritage.
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Sylvester Lefort faced Enzo Amore in a Hair vs Hair match at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way and was defeated, but did not adhere to the stipulation post-match and instead ran away, leaving his partner Louis to have a bucket of hair removal cream dumped on his head instead.
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On June 24,2015, after an 8-month hiatus from NXT programming, Sylvester Lefort returned to team with Jason Jordan in a losing effort to Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady.
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In November 2015, Sylvester Lefort began managing Billie Kay at NXT house shows.
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Sylvester Lefort lost his first round match against Jurn Simmons, who was representing Holland.