Thom Latimer
Thom Latimer | |
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Birth name | Thomas Raymond Latimer |
Born | Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England[1] | 6 August 1986
Spouse(s) | |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Bram Brandon T[2] Brendon Fraser[1] Kenneth Cameron[2] Thom Latimer Tom Savage[1] |
Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3] |
Billed weight | 238 lb (108 kg)[3] |
Billed from | Chesterfield, England Harrogate, England King's Lynn, England |
Trained by | Drew McDonald [4] Jeff Kaye[2] |
Debut | 2003 |
Thomas Raymond Latimer (born 6 August 1986) is an English
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2002–2010)
Latimer was born on August 1986 at
World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2010–2012)
Latimer signed with WWE in late 2010 and debuted at WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) on 20 January 2011 as Kenneth Cameron. He teamed with fellow British debutant Monty Lynch in a losing effort against the FCW Florida Tag Team Champions Damien Sandow and Titus O'Neil in a non-title bout.[6] The pair won their first match in FCW a week later against Jacob Novak and an unknown wrestler.[5] Cameron's first few television appearances came in the form of losing to established FCW talent such as Brodus Clay.[5]
On 28 August 2011,
When WWE rebranded its developmental territory, FCW, into NXT Wrestling,[9] Cameron and O'Brian (wrestling as the Ascension) debuted on the 20 June 2012 episode of the rebooted of NXT taped at Full Sail University, where they defeated Mike Dalton and CJ Parker.[10] The Ascension then started a feud with The Usos,[11] defeating them on the 5 September NXT,[12] and also scored a win over Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd on the 3 October NXT.[13] Two weeks later, the Ascension teamed up with Kassius Ohno to defeat Richie Steamboat and The Usos.[14]
Latimer was officially released from his NXT contract by the WWE on 30 November 2012 after being charged with battery of a law enforcement officer and disorderly intoxication in St. Petersburg, Florida. Latimer had previously been arrested in January 2011 for driving under the influence.[15]
Independent circuit (2013–present)
After his release from his NXT contract by the WWE and his 90-day non-compete clause expired, Latimer began competing on the
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Teaming and feuding with Magnus (2014–2015)
On 11 April 2014, Latimer had a TNA tryout before
On the 23 January 2015 episode of Impact Wrestling, Bram competed in the
King of the Mountain Champion (2015–2016)
Bram would then appear in
In January 2016, Bram then formed a tag team with
On the 19 April episode of Impact Wrestling, Young would attack Bram and ending their alliance, turning him into a
Death Crew Council and departure (2016–2017)
In October, Bram turned heel once again as a member of
On the 12 January edition of Impact Wrestling, Bram revealed that he joined the DCC to get revenge on Decay for their prior attack and abduction in 2016. Bram and Kingston would face Decay in a losing effort, after James Storm attacked Abyss, resulting in a disqualification. At Genesis, the DCC were defeated by Decay and The Broken Hardys in a three-way tag team, thus not winning their TNA World Tag Team Championship. On the 19 January episode of Impact Wrestling, Bram and Kingston competed in the first ever Race for the Case, capturing the yellow briefcase when Kingston knocked it out of Jessie Godderz's hands and into Bram's, later learning they have the #2 call out spot for the 2 February Open Fight Night episode of Impact Wrestling. On the 2 February episode of Impact Wrestling, the DCC used their Race for the Case briefcase to call out and defeat Decay in a Fall Count Anywhere match. At the end of the show, they would attack Ethan Carter III after his match against Eli Drake, only to attack him and his bodyguard Tyrus after. On the 9 February episode of Impact Wrestling, the DCC defeated Eli Drake and Tyrus in a handicap match. James Storm was interrupted by Kingston and Bram as Kingston spit in Storm's face, and Storm laid both guys out with superkicks, turning him face.
On 7 November 2017, Latimer officially announced on his official Twitter account that he had departed Impact Wrestling.[34]
Pro Wrestling Noah (2017)
On 25 March, it was announced that Bram would be taking part in
Insane Championship Wrestling (2015–2018)
Bram made his in-ring debut for ICW on Barramania 2015 as part of The 55 defeating Grado, Joe Hendry, Kenny Williams and
National Wrestling Alliance (2019–present)
On 27 April, at the
On June 11, 2022 at
During Latimer and Adonis' match against Knox and Murdoch on the August 22, 2023 episode of Powerrr, Adonis turned on Latimer and attacked him, thus giving Knox and Murdoch the victory. At NWA 75th Anniversary Show, Latimer retained the NWA World Television Championship against Adonis. On the September 5 episode of Powerrr, Latimer was challenged by EC3 to invoke his "Lucky Seven Rule" and face him for the world title.[51] The following week, Latimer and Kamille confronted EC3, with the former officially relinquishing the television title for his world title opportunity at NWA Samhain.[52][53] On the event, Latimer unsuccessfully challenged EC3 for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship.[54]
On March 2, 2024 at Hard Times, Latimer won the vacant NWA National Championship after defeating Blake "Bulletproof" Troop, Paul Burchill and Cyon in a four-way match.[55]
Personal life
He was married to fellow professional wrestler Ashley Fliehr, who performs in WWE as Charlotte Flair.[56] On 30 August 2015, Latimer was arrested in Gulfport, Florida and charged with two felony counts of domestic battery by strangulation and false imprisonment.[28][57] The incident did not involve Fliehr, but did involve a woman being reported as Latimer's girlfriend.[58] Latimer was released from jail on 1 September 2015, after posting a $5,000 bond.[59] On 19 October 2015, all charges against Latimer were dropped.[60] On 29 October 2015, Latimer and Flair officially finalized their divorce.[61] He is currently married to fellow professional wrestler Kamille.
Filmography
Year | Title | Character | Notes |
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2013 | Best Buds 2D
|
Merch | |
2013 | Blind Tag | Brice Allen Mitchell | Action Film Challenge Award for Best Hero |
2013 | Of Dice and Men: The Musical | Barbarian | |
2013 | The Adventures of William Strickland: Chick Magnet | Ellison | |
2014 | Shovel | The Figure | As Thomas Latimer |
2014 | Dragons of Camelot | Bors | |
2016 | Crazy Lake | Henry | |
2017 | Check Point | McGregor |
Championships and accomplishments
- Entertainment Pro Wrestling
- EPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- German Wrestling Federation
- GWF Battlefield (2018)
- Insane Wrestling Revolution
- IWR World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[62]
- National Wrestling Alliance
- Preston City Wrestling
- Danny Hope and Sheikh El Sham[64]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him No. 115 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016[65]
- PWI ranked him No. 115 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
- Pro Evolution Wrestling
- Pro Evolution Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Pride
- PWP Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[66]
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- Unite X Conquer
- Pro Wrestling Pride Championship (1 time)[69]
- Upbrawl Championship Wrestling
- UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[70]
- World Association of Wrestling
- WAW British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[71]
- World War Wrestling
- WWW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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