Byron Saxton
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Birth name | Bryan Jesús Kelly |
Born | Burke, Virginia, U.S. | August 20, 1981
Alma mater | University of Florida |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Bryan Kelly Byron Saxton Michael Cad |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 230 lb (100 kg) |
Billed from | Burke, Virginia |
Trained by | Florida Championship Wrestling |
Debut | 2003[1] |
Retired | 2012 (in-ring competition) |
Bryan Jesús Kelly[2] (born August 20, 1981) is an American professional wrestling commentator, ring announcer, interviewer, and former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is currently working as a backstage interviewer on SmackDown and color commentator on NXT Level Up under the ring name Byron Saxton. He has also worked as a commentator for the now-defunct ECW brand where he worked alongside Josh Matthews. He was was a part of the fourth season of NXT. His pro was Chris Masters.Dolph Ziggler became Saxton's pro on the January 4, 2011 episode of NXT. He was voted off.
He returned on the fifth season of NXT where it was NXT Redemption and his pro was Yoshi Tatsu. He was the second rookie to be eliminated. On the November 8, 2021 episode of Raw, Saxton pinned Corey Graves to win the WWE 24/7 Championship, but lost it a few seconds later to Drake Maverick.[3]
Championships and accomplishments
[change | change source]- Southern Championship Wrestling
- SCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chris Nelson[2]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- United States Championship Wrestling
- USCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[2]
- WWE
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Satin, Ryan (May 30, 2022). Byron Saxton discusses how he got his start in wrestling - Full Episode - Out of Character. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved January 6, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Byron Saxton Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Barile, Steve (November 8, 2021). "Raw results: Nov. 8, 2021". WWE.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ↑ ""PWI 500": 201–300". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2011-08-05. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Byron Saxton on WWE.com
- Byron Saxton on Facebook
- Byron Saxton on Twitter
- Bryan J. Kelly on IMDb