Brad Maddox

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Brad Maddox
Maddox in 2014
Birth nameJoshua Tyler Kluttz
Born (1984-05-04) May 4, 1984 (age 39)[1]
Tega Cay, South Carolina, U.S.[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Brad Maddox
The Goof[3]
Joshua Kingsley[4]
Lord Ruffles[5]
Mad Braddox[6]
Billed height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[7]
Billed weight207 lb (94 kg)[7]
Billed fromCharlotte, North Carolina[7]
Trained byJoey Mercury
Rip Rogers
Nightmare Danny Davis
Tom Prichard
Florida Championship Wrestling
DebutApril 2, 2008
Retired2015

Joshua Tyler Kluttz[2] (born May 4, 1984) is an American retired professional wrestler and former professional wrestling referee. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Brad Maddox.

From 2008 to 2012, Maddox was assigned to WWE's developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he held the OVW Heavyweight Championship and OVW Television Championship once each and the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice with different partners. He served as the General Manager of Raw in storyline from July 2013 to May 2014, before being released in November 2015.

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2008-2015)

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2008–2010)

Kluttz debuted on April 2, 2008, on the

Aaron "The Idol" Stevens
, which he lost.

After he was defeated, he adopted the nickname "Beef". He had his first match under his new name at OVW Tapings January 14, 2009, winning with his Theta Lambda Psi team against Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver which they won.

WWE.[8]

Florida Championship Wrestling (2010–2012)

Kluttz was renamed Brad Maddox and debuted for

Summer Rae´s "organization", and she was at ringside when he was defeated by Seth Rollins.[11]

On June 21, 2012, he won the

Rick Victor on July 28, 2012.[12][13]
He became the final holder for both titles, as all of FCW's championships were retired when the territory was rebranded as NXT Wrestling.

Main roster referee (2012–2013)

Maddox was promoted to the main roster as a

low blow and proceeded to fast-count a pin for Punk, resulting in Punk retaining his title thus turned Maddox heel.[15] Maddox explained his actions on the November 5 episode of Raw. He claimed that he was not working for Punk but his actions were self-motivated. Maddox revealed his lifelong dream of becoming a WWE wrestler, but WWE continually rejected him, so he took up the chance to be a referee and attacked Ryback to make a name for himself to earn a contract to become a WWE wrestler. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon then granted Maddox's request at a match against Ryback, while offering a million dollar contract if Maddox won.[16] The next week, Maddox faced Ryback, who soundly defeated him and threw him into an ambulance.[17]

Maddox returned in December 2012, now accompanied by his personal cameraman, Carson, and claiming to be a "YouTube sensation". Raw Managing Supervisor

Ryback
interfered.

Raw General Manager (2013–2015)

Maddox in February 2013

On the February 18 episode of Raw, Maddox was rewarded the position of Assistant Raw Managing Supervisor by

Big E Langston for the NXT Championship but was quickly defeated.[25]
On the July 8 episode of Raw, after Guerrero was fired as Raw Managing Supervisor when the fans voted that she failed in her role, Maddox was appointed as the new general manager of Raw.

After allowing

special guest referee in the match between Bryan and Wade Barrett
, where he gave Barrett the victory after a fast count. Following this, Maddox announced himself as the guest referee in Bryan's match at SummerSlam, only for Triple H to come out and announce he would referee the match instead before giving Maddox a Pedigree.

Maddox then formed an alliance with Randy Orton, where he placed Orton's rivals, Dolph Ziggler and Big Show, in handicap matches against The Shield. Maddox continued to have tension with Big Show, who, after refusing to listen to Maddox's orders at Battleground, resulted in Big Show's firing by Stephanie McMahon on the following night's Raw. Later that week on SmackDown, Maddox was knocked out by Big Show, after interrupting him, suffering a concussion in the storyline.[26]

Maddox returned on the November 11 episode of Raw, where he asserted his authority to Randy Orton, only to be interrupted by the director of operations

No Disqualification match against Orton by Triple H; Orton won the match via referee stoppage after Maddox lost consciousness in the storyline and was carried out on a stretcher after getting punched with a microphone 17 times. Following this, Maddox began to compete with Kane to gain favor of The Authority
over who ran Raw better before forming an alliance with Kane, aiding him in his feud with CM Punk.

At

Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns guest commentators. The following week on Raw, Maddox was relieved of his duties as Raw General Manager by The Authority, before being attacked by Kane.[29] Maddox was absent from WWE television for the remainder of 2014, mainly working house shows
.

Maddox posing at the ring during a WWE house show in March 2015

Maddox returned on the April 6, 2015, episode of Raw in a backstage segment with Kane, before being interrupted by

Zack Ryder.[4][5] On the November 17 episode of Main Event, Maddox made his televised return, teaming up with Adam Rose in a losing effort against The Usos.[31]

On November 25, Maddox was officially released by WWE after referring to the audience as "cocky pricks" during a dark match.[32]

Personal life

Kluttz has been married to a woman named Ryan since 2007, and together they have two children and live in South Carolina.[33][34]

Other media

On November 11, 2015, Maddox appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He appeared in a turkey costume in a segment with The Undertaker, in which Undertaker gave Maddox a Tombstone Piledriver.[35]

He appeared in

video games such as WWE 2K15 as an NPC and WWE 2K16, where he can be made a playable wrestler through the Superstar Faces creation mode on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
ports of the game.

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  34. ^ "A Mindful Bride - About Ryan Kluttz". Married & Manifesting. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  35. ^ "The Undertaker Tombstones a Turkey". YouTube. Retrieved November 11, 2015.

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