Slyck Wagner Brown
Wagner Brown (born September 5, 1979) is a Jamaican born professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, SWB or Slyck Wagner Brown. Brown currently wrestles on the Independent circuit in the Northeastern United States. Additionally, SWB was appointed head trainer at Killer Kowalski's school in Boston. Brown also had a longtime association with women's wrestler April Hunter. The duo held tag team titles together in Jersey All Pro Wrestling and Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling. Brown now runs his wrestling training school, Test of Strength, out of East Hartford, Connecticut and runs monthly shows.
Slyck Wagner Brown | |
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Birth name | Wagner Brown |
Born | Kingston, Jamaica | September 5, 1979
Residence | Connecticut[1] |
Website | SWB4Real.Com |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Slyck Wagner Brown SWB Underground King |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg)[2] |
Billed from | Boston, MA by way of Kingston, Jamaica |
Trained by | Killer Kowalski |
Debut | 1997[2] |
Professional wrestling career
Brown began wrestling in 1997, joining Critical Mass Wrestling.[2] He was trained at Killer Kowalski's school.[2] He also learned ring psychology with Tom Howard at UPW.[2] For the first several years of his career, Brown predominately wrestled in the New England area. He won his first championship in February 2001, New England Championship Wrestling's NECW Championship.[2]
In January 2005, Brown and his partner Johnny Heartbreaker were defeated by Hurricane and Rosey on an episode of World Wrestling Entertainment's Sunday Night Heat.[2][3]
Brown has also often teamed with female wrestler April Hunter.[2] Together the duo has won Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling (3PW)'s Tag Team Championship and Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW)'s Tag Team Championship.[2] In 2002, Brown and Hunter began working for NWA Cyberspace.[2] In April 2005, Brown, the current NWA Cyberspace Champion wrestled against Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[2] In Cyberspace, Brown had a feud with Rodney Mack.[2]
Brown returned to England to wrestle for Superstars of Wrestling in October 2016. Brown runs a professional wrestling academy in East Hartford, Connecticut called Test of Strength Wrestling.
Personal life
Brown was born in Jamaica but grew up in Boston.[2]
Championships and accomplishments
- Allegheny Mountain Wrestling Federation
- AMWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- ACW Great American Championship (2 times)
- Big Time Wrestling (Massachusetts)
- BTW Tag Team Championship (2 times, current) - with Tre the Smooth Operatin' Gangsta
- CW New England Championship (1 time)
- CW Television Championship (1 time)[4]
- Connecticut Wrestling Entertainment
- CTWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5]
- CSWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Defiant Pro Wrestling
- DPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[6]
- Immortal Championship Wrestling
- ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Jersey Championship Wrestling
- JCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- MWF Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- NWA New England Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA New England Television Championship (1 time)
- NWA New England Tag Team Championship (1 time)1 - with Jason Rage and Luis Ortiz
- New England Wrestling
- Hall of Fame (2015)
- Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
- 3PW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[8]
- 3PW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with April Hunter[9]
- PWI ranked him #278 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2005
- Southern Championship Wrestling Florida
- SCW Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Squared Circle Wrestling
- 2CW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Ultimate Wrestling Federation
- UWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- USA Pro Wrestling
- USA Pro Xtreme Championship (1 time)
- UPW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[10]
- World Star Wrestling
- WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- WSW Television Championship (2 times)
- WXW Television Championship (1 time)
- Xcite Wrestling
- Xcite International Championship (1 time)
Notes
1Wagner held the NWA New England Tag Team Championship with Jason Rage and Luis Ortiz under the Freebird Rule.
References
- Meltzer, Dave (2014-03-13). "Thurs update: White talks GSP's return, Sonnen pranks Steph McMahon, JR visits UFC HQ, Hardys vs. Briscoes, Daniels/Kaz off TNA TV, Undertaker schedule, tons more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
- Sokol, Chris (October 22, 2005). "A Slyck upcoming star". SLAM Wrestling. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- Matthews, Graham (February 6, 2014). "Slyck Wagner Brown Interview: Appearing on WWE TV, Competing Overseas, More". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- "Chaotic Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- http://www.ctweprowrestling.com/
- "Defiant Pro Wrestling". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- "Independent Wrestling Results - September 2002". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- "3PW Show". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- "3PW 5 Star 4 Way". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- "Independent Wrestling Results - August 2003". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
Further reading
- "Slyck Wagner Brown Talks About WWE & TNA, Killer Kowalski, ROH & Indy Wrestling, More". PWMania. May 11, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2017.