Justin Gabriel biography
Date of birth : 1981-03-03
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Nationality : South African
Category : Sports
Last modified : 2011-04-06
Credited as : Professional Wrestler WWE, Smackdown, WrestleMania XXVII
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Early years:
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 team with Ray Leppan (who went by the name Presley Jackson, now known as Dameon Duke) called Pure Juice. During Lloyd's final year in high school his father died and a year later he moved to the United Kingdom for five years.
Career Highlights:
2010:
2/23 NXT - NXT Season 1 began with Justin Gabriel being mentored by Matt Hardy
6/1 - Justin Gabriel finished in third place during the final episode of WWE NXT Season 1
8/15 SummerSlam - Team WWE (John Cena, Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Edge, John Morrison, R-Truth, and Daniel Bryan) beat The Nexus (Wade Barrett, Darren Young, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Michael Tarver, and Skip Sheffield) in an Elimination Match
10/25 RAW – Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel beat John Cena & David Otunga to become WWE Tag Team Champions
11/21 Survivor Series - Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater beat Vladimir Kozlov & Santino Marella
12/6 RAW - Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov beat Champions Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel, Yoshi Tatsu & Mark Henry, & The Usos in an Elimination Match
12/19 TLC - w/Heath Slater lost to WWE Tag Team Champions Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov
2011:
2/20 Elimination Chamber - Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel regained the WWE Tag Team Championship from Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov
2/21 RAW - Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel lost the titles to The Miz & John Morrison
2/21 RAW - Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel regained the titles from The Miz & John Morrison
4/3 WrestleMania XXVII - Big Show, Kane, Santino Marella, & Kofi Kingston beat Wade Barrett, Ezekiel Jackson, Heath Slater, & Justin Gabriel