Brian Myers
Brian Myers | |
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Born | [1] Glen Cove, New York, U.S.[1] | April 20, 1985
Spouse(s) |
Elizabeth Karcher (m. 2015) |
Children | 2 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Brian Major[1] Brian Majors[1] Brian Myers[1] Curt Hawkins[1] |
Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 223 lb (101 kg)[2] |
Billed from | Queens, New York[2] |
Trained by | Mikey Whipwreck[1] |
Debut | 2004[1] |
Brian Myers (born April 20, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He is a member of The System and is one-half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions with Eddie Edwards in their first reign as a team and his second individually. He is a former one-time TNA Digital Media Champion. He is best known for his tenures in WWE from 2006 to 2014 and 2016 to 2020 under the ring name Curt Hawkins.
Myers signed with WWE in 2006 and was assigned to their
Early life
Myers was born on April 20, 1985, in Glen Cove, New York. After he decided to pursue a professional wrestling career, Myers began training under Mikey Whipwreck.
Professional wrestling career
New York Wrestling Connection (2004–2006)
After being trained by Mikey Whipwreck, Myers made his debut in 2004, using his real name. He wrestled for the New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC)
World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2006–2014)
Developmental territories (2006–2007)
On February 24, 2006, Brian Myers signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment.[1] He was given the ring name Brian Majors and teamed up with his former tag team partner Bret Matthews, who was renamed Brett Majors, to form the tag team the Majors Brothers. Together they won the Deep South Wrestling DSW Tag Team Championship on two occasions. They later won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.[6]
Major Brothers and La Familia (2007–2009)
The team was moved from the developmental territories to the main roster, changing their last names from "Majors" to "Major". The team worked on WWE's
At
On the January 4, 2008 episode of SmackDown!, Hawkins and Ryder competed against Batista in a
On the September 26 airing of SmackDown, Hawkins and Ryder lost the titles to Carlito and Primo Colón in their first televised title defense.[22] On April 15, 2009, Ryder was drafted back to the ECW brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft, separating the team.[23]
Florida Championship Wrestling (2009–2010)
Following the draft, Hawkins was on hiatus from television before voluntarily leaving the main roster and transferring to
The Gatecrashers (2010–2011)
Hawkins returned to the SmackDown roster on May 4, 2010, forming a tag team with Vance Archer, defeating Chasyn Rance and JT Talent in a dark match.[31] They made their television debut as a team on the May 13 episode of WWE Superstars, defeating two local competitors. After the match, Hawkins stated that he and Archer had been given a 30-day contract to "make an impact".[32] The team made its SmackDown debut on the May 21 episode, winning another squash match.[33] In an attempt to make an impact, the duo attacked Montel Vontavious Porter and Christian on consecutive episodes of SmackDown on June 4 and 11, which they followed up on by defeating both in a tag team match on June 18.[34][35][36]
The next week the duo was officially named "The Gatecrashers". The pair also competed in a
Teaming with Tyler Reks (2011–2012)
On April 26, Hawkins was drafted to the
From October 2011, Hawkins, claiming a broken ankle, began to carry around a metal walking cane.
Hawkins and Reks then became NXT's troublemakers, tormenting NXT host Matt Striker on his lacklustre career and how they should be main-eventing NXT, even once going to the extent of assaulting him after a match.[54] This forced Striker to appoint William Regal as NXT's prime authority figure on the February 29 episode of NXT.[55] Regal often employed harsh measures to keep Hawkins and Reks in line, including threatening suspensions for bad behaviour and condemning them to janitorial duty, this caused them much frustration.[56] On the March 21, 2012 episode of NXT Redemption, a storyline began in which Striker was knocked out with chloroform by Johnny Curtis and Maxine, and then Striker was kidnapped by unknown persons,[57] later revealed to be Hawkins and Reks, who intended to blackmail Maxine into using her charms to get Regal to leave them alone.[58] Unfortunately for Hawkins and Reks, Striker was rescued by Derrick Bateman and Kaitlyn.[59] On the April 18 episode of NXT, the freed Striker confronted Hawkins and Reks about the kidnapping, and Hawkins admitted the crime. As punishment, Regal put Hawkins and Reks in a match against each other, with Striker as referee. The loser would be fired. Even though Reks won to supposedly save her job at the expense of Hawkins', Regal decided to fire Reks as well, sending the two troublemakers away from NXT.[60]
However, Regal could not keep the duo away from NXT for long, as they managed to convince villainous higher authority figure John Laurinaitis to rehire them as NXT's security team on the May 9 episode of NXT.[61] Hawkins and Reks continued to act as Laurinaitis' lackeys, confiscating anti-Laurinaitis signs at Over the Limit[62] and attacking John Cena on the May 21 episode of Raw.[63] Hawkins and Reks' association with Laurinaitis ended after Laurinaitis lost his job at No Way Out.[64] On the final episode of the fifth season of NXT on June 13, Hawkins and Reks defeated Percy Watson and Derrick Bateman.
Hawkins and Reks engaged in a one-sided feud with Ryback in July 2012. After both Hawkins and Reks lost singles matches to Ryback on SmackDown, Ryback defeated both of them in a handicap match at Money in the Bank.[65] At Raw 1,000, Hawkins and Reks, along with Jinder Mahal, Drew McIntyre, Hunico and Camacho attempted to ambush Kane to make a statement, but a returning The Undertaker interrupted the attack and the Brothers of Destruction disposed of Hawkins and Reks.[66] They again lost to Ryback on the August 6 episode of Raw.[67] After being told by SmackDown General Manager Booker T to "step it up",[68] Hawkins and Reks debuted a stripper gimmick on the August 17 episode of SmackDown while squashing a jobber tag team.[69]
A week later, Reks asked for his release as he intended to retire from wrestling to spend more time with his family; he and WWE parted ways on August 21, thus ending the team.[70][71] In October, Hawkins announced that he had undergone surgery for a torn posterior cruciate ligament and meniscus.[72]
NXT and departure (2013–2014)
On the January 21, 2013 Raw, a short-haired Hawkins returned on television tapings in a show-closing brawl.[73] He made his return match on the February 9 episode of Saturday Morning Slam, losing to Justin Gabriel. After that, Hawkins most commonly appeared on Superstars and NXT, where he lost all of his matches.[74][75] On the May 8, 2014 episode of NXT, Hawkins competed in a battle royal to determine number one contender for the NXT Championship, in which he was unsuccessful. On the May 22 episode of NXT, Hawkins faced Adrian Neville in a losing effort. On June 12, WWE announced that Hawkins was released from his contract.[76]
Independent circuit (2014–2016)
A day after his release from WWE, Myers wrestled at a
On August 29, 2014, Myers made his debut for
In April 2015, Myers defeated Brent Banks, in Alpha-1 Wrestling, to win the A1 Alpha Male Championship in Hamilton, Ontario and the first singles championship in his pro wrestling career. He would later lose the title, in June, to
In June 2015, Myers defeated Chris Payne, in Pro Wrestling Syndicate (PWS), to win the PWS Television Championship.
In August 2015, Myers defeated Papadon, in Five Borough Wrestling (FBW), to win the FBW Heavyweight Championship.
In September 2015, Myers lost his PWS Television Championship to Chris Payne. In December, Myers regained the title after he defeated Payne in a ladder match.
In April 2016, Myers defended his FBW Heavyweight Championship in a Fatal 4-Way match and lost his title to Mike Verna.
Global Force Wrestling (2015)
On July 24, 2015, Myers made his
On August 28 and 29, 2015 during the GFW Grand Slam Tour in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Richmond, Virginia, Myers faced off against Chris Mordetzky in a losing effort on both nights.[80][81]
On October 23, Myers faced Kevin Kross and Kongo Kong in a three-way number one contenders match for the GFW Global Championship, which was won by Kong.[82]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2015)
Myers made his
Return to WWE (2016–2020)
Face the Facts (2016–2017)
On July 21, 2016, Myers signed to make his return to WWE and joined the SmackDown brand.[85] Myers returned to WWE under his Curt Hawkins ring name in vignettes, stating that it was "time to face the facts" in similar vein of the well-known Chuck Norris facts,[86] beginning in August. This continued until it was announced that he would make his televised in-ring return at the No Mercy pay-per-view. At the event, he "stepped into the ring" and announced his debut match to take place on that week's episode of SmackDown Live.[86] However, the scheduled match was bumped from the show due to time constraints.[87] The week after on SmackDown Live, Hawkins was scheduled to face Apollo Crews. After Crews punched Hawkins, Hawkins left the ring before the match could start.[88]
Jason Powell of Pro Wrestling Dot Net described Hawkins' gimmick as an "obnoxious heel" that "bounces from being funny to groan-inducing", while praising Hawkins' performance.[89] Hawkins' actions were also widely compared to that of Eva Marie, in which Marie would fake unfortunate events to avoid in-ring competition.[88][89][90] On the November 1 episode of SmackDown Live, Hawkins accepted Dolph Ziggler's first open challenge for the Intercontinental Championship, losing to Ziggler in seven seconds.[91]
On the November 8 episode of SmackDown, Hawkins earned his first televised victory since returning by defeating Apollo Crews, which would be his last televised victory until 2019.
Losing streak storyline (2017–2019)
On April 10, Hawkins was moved to the Raw brand as part of the Superstar Shake-up. During this time, he suffered many losses to Apollo Crews, Finn Bálor, Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan. In July 2017, it was revealed that Hawkins had a losing streak of 100 matches, claimed by WWE to be the longest losing streak of the 'modern era'.[93] This was soon included into Hawkins' gimmick. At Great Balls of Fire on July 9, Hawkins competed in his only main card pay-per-view match of 2017, in a quick loss to Heath Slater.[94] By the end of 2017, Hawkins failed to win a match, ending the year with over 150 consecutive losses.[95] In early 2018, Hawkins regularly wrestled on Main Event and continued his losing streak, with Hawkins achieving numerous near falls and being described as a "sympathetic figure at this point."[96]
At
Reunion with Zack Ryder and departure (2019–2020)
On the January 21, 2019 episode of Raw, Hawkins attempted to persuade
On April 5, WWE announced that Hawkins and Ryder would face
On April 15, 2020, Hawkins (alongside Ryder) was released from his WWE contract as part of budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.[109][110]
Return to Impact Wrestling / TNA (2020–present)
Early feuds and The Learning Tree (2020–2022)
On July 21, 2020 episode of
After Slammiversary, Myers began leading a stable called The Learning Tree, consisting of himself and young upstart rookies who "needed his help learning the business". The Learning Tree originally consisted of just Sam Beale and himself but the group later added
The Major Players (2022–2023)
On April 15, 2022 episode of
The System (2023–present)
On April 16 at
On January 13, 2024 at the "Countdown to
Other media
Myers' first venture into YouTube came in the form of a short lived YouTube series called Callin' Spots with Curt Hawkins, which lasted only two episodes.[146] His first video has since been deleted but has kept up his second video where he thanks Edge for giving him his first opportunity in WWE which was being part of La Familia and for being a friend and mentor.
Hawkins also appeared in Zack Ryder's YouTube series,
Hawkins and Reks created an animated YouTube series called MidCard Mafia in 2011, but the show upset WWE management, so Hawkins and Reks cancelled the series and removed the uploaded shows.[148]
Hawkins also appeared in multiple episodes of WWE Inbox, a show where Superstars and Divas answer questions submitted by fans on
Video games
Myers made his video game debut in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 as Curt Hawkins. He later returned to the series in WWE 2K18. He also appears in WWE 2K19 and in WWE 2K20 and the mobile game WWE SuperCard.
Personal life
While he was inactive in WWE, in 2014, Myers and fellow New Yorker wrestler Pat Buck opened a wrestling school in Hicksville, New York called Create A Pro Wrestling Academy.[150][151]
Myers married his long time girlfriend, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Karcher on October 9, 2015.[152] The couple has two daughters together, McKenzie, born on June 14, 2017, and Madison, born on June 26, 2020.[153][154]
He is good friends with
Championships and accomplishments
- Alpha-1 Wrestling
- A1 Alpha Male Championship (1 time)[156][157]
- Create A Pro Wrestling
- Deep South Wrestling
- Brett Majors[160]
- Five Borough Wrestling
- FBW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[161]
- Florida Championship Wrestling
- Trent Barreta[28]
- Figure Wrestling Federation
- FWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Captain Joe Shoes[162]
- Grim Toy Show Wrestling
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brett Majors[164]
- New York Wrestling Connection
- NYWC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Brett Matthews[5]
- NYWC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with
- Premier Wrestling Federation
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 128 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019[166]
- Ranked No. 128 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
- Pro Wrestling Syndicate
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling
- 1 time)[169]
- Trevor Lee (1)[84] and Eddie Edwards(1, current)
- World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
- Zack Ryder[170]
- WrestlePro
- WrestlePro Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Joey Janela[171]
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External links
- Create A Pro Wrestling
- The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast
- Brian Myers at IMDb
- Brian Myers's Global Force Wrestling profile
- Curt Hawkins on WWE.com
- Brian Myers's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database