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Paul Lloyd Jr. PJ Black is a South African professional wrestler, formerly known in WWE as Justin Gabriel. Currently wrestling for Lucha Underground and several independents, he also operates under his nickname Darewolf. Trained by his father at a young age, PJ is a second-generation wrestler who debuted at the age of 16, competing in events in ...
- January 1, 1
- 1.85 m
- Cape Town, South Africa
In October 2010, he won the WWE Tag Team Championship with Heath Slater on three occasions. Gabriel made his video game debut in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 and had later appeared in WWE '12, WWE '13 and WWE 2K14. He also appears in WWE 2K15 as Justin Gabriel and The Bunny (NPC, only appears in Adam Rose's entrance.)
- Professional Wrestling Career
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Early career
Lloyd made his professional wrestling debut at the age of 16 and was originally trained by his father Paul Lloyd, Sr., a promoter and wrestler in South Africa who also went by the ring name "The Pink Panther". His grandfather was a professional boxer and amateur wrestler. Lloyd grew up watching his father wrestle and in the early part of his training he used to practice in the backyard of his home, which had two rings positioned. Lloyd went by the ring name PJ Black. He formed a regular tag t...
United Kingdom and South Africa
Lloyd spent five years in the United Kingdom, where he trained with the FWA Academy as well as acquiring diplomas in Graphic Web Design, Personal Training, Sports Nutrition and Body Massage. He was trained by Alex Shane and Mark Sloan. In 2003 he made his FWA debut. He also made an appearance in International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom. In 2006, he returned to South Africa and wrestled for World Wrestling Professionals (WWP), which is nationally televised on SABC 2 in South Africa and Colo...
Independent circuit
On 25 January 2015, it was announced that Lloyd would be making his first post-WWE appearance for Pro Wrestling Syndicate (PWS) on 31 January while resuming his PJ Black ring name. At the EVOLVE 38 iPPV event held on 8 March 2015, PJ defeated Caleb Konley following a springboard 450 splash. On March 26, Black unsuccessfully challenged Drew Galloway for the Evolve World Championship.
On January 27, 2012 at the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville NC, Lloyd and 7 other wrestlers were signing up for a 16-truck event, with 8 wrestlers splitting the field in half. This event would be the wrestlers that signed up's only event. Lloyd would finish 13th due to his 2001 Cadillac LMP flipping within the first 45 seconds.
Lloyd has competed in numerous modeling contests as well. He placed first in the Male Fitness Model Search held by FAME SA, sixth in the 2008 Mr Body Classic contest held by Mr & Ms Body Beautiful SA, eighth in the 2007 Men's Model Search held by Mr & Ms Fitness SA, and reached the top five in the Mr Physique Division in the 2008 Men's Model Search...
Finishing movesSignature movesTag teams and stablesIn his first match ever at WCW Halloween Havoc 1995 — his sports-entertainment debut — Big Show defeated Hulk Hogan to claim the WCW World Championship. Defeating The Hulkster for a major championship is nothing to overlook, but Big Show’s WWE debut a little more than three years later is much more impressive in terms of overall impact.
Lloyd first began competing in the United Kingdom and South Africa wrestling for World Wrestling Professionals (WWP) from 2000 to 2008, where he became the inaugural WWP World Cruiserweight Championship.
Jan 8, 2014 · The greatest story ever told? We think the chronicle of WWE’s evolution ranks way up there.It begins with Mr. McMahon’s purchase of his father’s business in 1982, and ends ... well, there’s really no telling. This timeline is divided into six action-packed sections, with each one detailing the events of a particular era in the company’s history: The ’80s Boom (’82-’85); The ...
Gabriel made his video game debut in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 and had later appeared in WWE '12, WWE '13 and WWE 2K14. He also appears in WWE 2K15 as Justin Gabriel and The Bunny (NPC,...
