Tyler Rust

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Tyler Rust
Taylor in March 2020, at 16 Carat Gold
Birth nameRussell Gene Taylor
Born (1987-01-26) January 26, 1987 (age 37)[1]
Phelan, California, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Ryan Taylor
Rust Taylor
Russ Taylor[2]
Taylor Rust
Tyler Rust
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3]
Billed weight215 lb (98 kg)[2]
Billed fromPhelan, California[3]
Trained byJesse Hernandez
Rocky Romero
T. J. Perkins
Cincinnati Red
Taka Michinoku[3]
DebutMarch 27, 2004[1]

Russell Gene Taylor

NJPW and ROH, however prior to WWE, he was known in his independent career as Ryan Taylor and later Rust Taylor. Rust is a founding member of the NXT group Diamond Mine
.

Professional wrestling career

Empire Wrestling Federation (2004–2020)

At 16 years old, he began training at the EWF's training school,

EWF American Championship and the NWA Heritage Championship in the early parts of 2009 until losing the Heritage title to Oliver John in a fatal four-way match at the main event of the Cauliflower Alley Club Show after pinning Chris Hero and he lost the American title to Rivera at the EWF's 14th Anniversary Show. On October 30, 2009, after returning from Japan, Taylor defeated Brandon Gatson to win the EWF Heavyweight Championship. Taylor began to feud with his former stable the KOS in late 2009 and the early parts of 2010, ultimately ending with a Street Fight between Taylor and Mondo Vega. Taylor would win the EWF Wrestler of the Year for a second time in 2010. Taylor holds the record for the longest title reign in EWF history at 567 as EWF Heavyweight Champion. On May 20, 2011, Taylor lost the EWF Heavyweight Championship to Johnny Starr. On August 12, he would regain the championship, only to lose it 21 days later to Shaun Ricker. Taylor then participated in Inland Title Series Tournament for a second time in November 2012 and made it to the finals, wrestling 3 matches in 1 night but lost to Jeremy Jaeger. Taylor and Mondo Vega came together again but not as the KOS group, only the two and were collectively known as The Fallen Empire. In 2013, they would win the EWF Tag Team Championship in San Bernardino, that match would win the EWF MOTY for 2013. The two would have 2 championship runs as EWF Tag Champs until losing the belts to Tyshon Prince and Tommy Wilson in January 2015.[7]

Early WWE appearances (2008–2009, 2012, 2019)

On October 17, 2008, Taylor made his debut for WWE, on its SmackDown brand, where he was defeated by Big Show in a I Quit Match.[8] He returned to WWE on the May 26, 2009, episode of WWE ECW, where he teamed with Joey Munoz and was defeated by Vladimir Kozlov. Taylor would be used by WWE for several commercials promoting SmackDown moving to SyFy Network, working with Kofi Kingston. Taylor also appears in a Don't Try This At Home commercial from WWE, again with Kingston.

In 2012, Taylor was invited to a WWE three day tryout camp, along with other independent notables such as Adam Pearce, Timothy Thatcher and Davina Rose (now known as Bayley).[9]

Taylor would make another appearance in WWE on the June 17, 2019 episode of Raw, teaming with Randy Taylor in a loss to The Viking Raiders.

Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (2008–2020)

Taylor made his debut for NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood on December 21, 2008, defeating Jay Streets and successfully defending the NWA Heritage Title against

CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship. After winning the tournament, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood split from NWA and would subsequently change the name of their championships so the NWA Heritage Championship became the Hollywood Heritage Championship. On May 5, Ricker would win the Red Carpet Rumble and the Hollywood Heritage Championship. Straight after the match however, Taylor cashed in his Percy Pringle III Cup title shot and lost. This led to a huge downward spiral for Taylor and he went from being the top face in the company to one of its strongest heels. Taylor later went on to form the heel stable known as Vermin along with YUMA, Nick Madrid and Johnny Goodtime. The heel stable became the main focal point of the show and Taylor feuded with Scorpio Sky and Joey Ryan and won the MAV Television Championship on two different occasions in 2014. In late 2014, Ryan joined Vermin and he and Taylor would become the Heritage Tag Team Champions, allowing Vermin to have all the belts in CWFH. In July 2015, Timothy Thatcher and Drew Gulak
would defeat The Ryans for the Tag Team Championship.

Kaientai Dojo (2009)

In 2009, Taylor was heavily involved in

Kaientai Dojo. His debut was at 1st Ring in Shinkiba where he was successful in a tag match teaming with Quiet Storm. His first match with KDojo he teamed with Boso Boy Raito and Yuu Yamagata and they were defeated by Omega (Saburo Inematsu, Shiori Asahi and Yuji Hino). He joined Omega that week and wrestled as a part of the top team in Kaientai Dojo. Taylor wrestled in one of HUSTLE's last shows at the Tokyo Dome Hotel.[10] On 3 July 2009, Taylor was defeated by Quiet Storm in a match for the UIWA Light Heavyweight Championship.[11] Taylor made his final appearance for the promotion in his first tour on September 13, 2009, as he teamed with Saburo Inematsu and they were defeated by Monster Plant (KAZMA and Kengo Mashimo).[12]

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2009–2013)

On November 20, 2009, Taylor made his

2012 DDT4
, losing to the RockNes Monsters in the first round. Their final match as a group was Chuck Taylor and Ryan Taylor in mid late 2012. Ryan Taylor's last match for PWG was in 2013 at the 10yr Anniversary show.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2020)

In June, Taylor took part in secret TV tapings at NJPW's Los Angeles Dojo for a new show named Lion's Break Collision. On June 13, Taylor made his New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut as Rust Taylor, teaming with Rocky Romero in a losing effort against TJP and Clark Connors. At the same tapings, Taylor got his first win in New Japan by defeating The DKC.

In November, Taylor returned to NJPW aligning with J. R. Kratos, Tom Lawlor, and Danny Limelight to form the new Team Filthy. The duo of Taylor and Kratos made their tag team debut defeating Rocky Romero and Jeff Cobb. On November 20, Taylor defeated Rocky Romero in his first singles match back in Japan. One week later at NJPW Strong #17, Taylor competed in his last match in New Japan teaming with Kratos, Lawlor, and Limelight in a winning effort against Cobb, Romero, Fred Rosser and P. J. Black.

Ring of Honor (2020)

On October 2, 2020, Taylor made his Ring of Honor debut as Rust Taylor, competing in the ROH Pure Tournament. In his debut match he lost in the first round to the eventual runner-up Tracy Williams, in a match that was considered one of the best of the whole tournament. Rusts last match with ROH before going to WWE would be a tag match teaming with Dalton Castle vs Rocky Romero and Kenny King.

Return to WWE (2020–2021)

On December 2, 2020,

Malcolm Bivens.[20][21] After debuting in ring Vs Tommaso Ciampa, Rust and Bivens formed their partnership and Bivens began referring to his new nickname, Diamond in the Rust, as he would gain his first win in WWE on the Christmas Eve episode of NXT vs Ariya Daivari. Rust would work on the NXT weekly show during the first half of 2021 with Bivens,[22][23][24] until June 22, when Rust and Bivens were revealed to be a part of the Diamond Mine stable along with Hachiman and Roderick Strong, thus cementing Rust's status as a heel.[25][26] However, he was released on August 6.[27]

Return of Ring to Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling (2021-2022)

Taylor returned to Ring of Honor on September 12, 2021 at Death Before Dishonor XVIII, where he defeated Jake Atlas. Rust would continue to be a part of ROH throughout the rest of 2021 having notable matches against Chris Dickinson, Tracy Williams and the Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark). ROH held its final show (before being bought out by Tony Khan) in December of 2021 where Rust competed with Team Honor vs Violence Unlimited at Final Battle 2021. Rust would return to

Trent Baretta vs Bullet Club
.

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Hair Ryan Taylor Peter Avalon
Hollywood, California
 July 10, 2011 Six man tag team captain's hair vs. captain's hair match, where Taylor, Aaron Bolo and Famous B faced Avalon, Ray Rosas and Rico Dynamite.

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