B-Fab

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B-Fab
Birth nameBriana Brandy
Born (1990-11-22) November 22, 1990 (age 33)[1]
Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Briana Brandy
B-Fab
Billed height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Billed weight137 lb (62 kg)
Trained byDru Onyx
WWE Performance Center
DebutDecember 5, 2019

Briana Brandy[1][2][3] (born November 22, 1990) is an American musician and professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand, as a member of The Pride under the ring name B-Fab. She was formerly a part of the faction, Hit Row.

Early life[edit]

Brandy is from Canton, Ohio. She played basketball and competed in swimming during her high school years.[4]

Professional wrestling career[edit]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2019–2021)[edit]

During summer of 2017, Brandy participated in a WWE tryout which featured wrestling names such as Cody Deaner and Mike Taverna. On August 28, 2019, it was reported that WWE signed Brandy to a developmental contract.[5]

NXT (2019–2021)[edit]

On December 5, 2019, Brandy made her debut during a live event during which she teamed with Taynara in a successful women's tag team match defeating Catalina Garcia & Rita Reis.[6] The following year on February 28, 2020, she wrestled her first singles match at a WWE NXT live event lost against Kayden Carter.[7] On March 6 and March 7, Brandy wrestled her final live events,[7] just one week before the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak was acknowledged in the United States, effectively restricting all sports businesses from holding live audience events.[8] Under her new name B-Fab, on the May 18 episode of NXT, she appeared alongside the recently-formed the stable Hit Row.[9] She wrestled only eight matches, between years 2019 and 2020. On the September 14th episode of NXT, Briana Brandy won her only singles match victory by defeating Katrina Cortez.[6][7] On the September 28th episode of NXT, her final match was a No Disqualification rules match against Elektra Lopez, but she was not successful.[10]

Main roster (SmackDown roster) (2021)[edit]

B-Fab made an appearance on the SmackDown brand after being drafted alongside her new wrestling stable Hit Row during the 2021 WWE Draft[11] before November 10, 2021, when she was released from her contract alongside Hit Row[12] due to budget cuts. Wrestletalk.com reported the actual reason was WWE Creative determined B-Fab was not an essential asset to Hit Row.[13]

Return to WWE (2022–present)[edit]

On the August 12, 2022 episode of SmackDown, Hit Row made their unannounced return as faces, where Top Dolla and Ashante "Thee" Adonis (accompanied by B-Fab) defeated two local competitors.[14] Shortly afterwards, Hit Row began a feud with Maximum Male Models (ma.çé and mån.sôör) which they defeated the latter on the September 2 edition of SmackDown.[15][16][17]

On the December 16 episode of SmackDown, Hit Row beat The Viking Raiders and Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro) in a triple threat tag team match for an Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship opportunity against The Usos.[18] On the December 23 episode of SmackDown, The Usos beat Hit Row to retain the championship.[19] Adonis made his singles main roster in-ring debut on the May 26 episode of SmackDown in a losing effort to Cameron Grimes.[20]

The Pride (2024–present)[edit]

On the February 2, 2024 episode of SmackDown, B-Fab returned and joined The Pride's Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits by taking out The Final Testament's Scarlett.[21][22]

Music career[edit]

Brandy's involvement in music includes tours with the rap artists Soulja Boy and Jadakiss as well as work with Juicy J, Ying Yang Twins, Too $hort, Young Dro, and Kurupt.[4]

Briana Brandy (aka B-Fab) has also released multiple songs since 2013 that have made it ITunes Apple Music.[23]

On March 6, 2023, Hit Row was once more partially fully reunited as rapper Monteasy dropped a music video by the name of Price Went Up featuring A.J. Francis (aka FRAN¢/Top Dolla), Rich Latta, Stephon Strickland (Swerve The Realest/Isaiah "Swerve" Scott) & Briana Brandy (B-Fab).[24][25]

On July 21, 2023, Brandy, alongside A.J. Francis (Top Dolla) and Tehuti Miles (Ashante "Thee" Adonis) as part of Hit Row, dropped a freestyle single by the name of Barbie Barz.[26][27]

Professional wrestling style and persona[edit]

Her athletic background includes work as a boxing coach. Brandy also trained in Ninjutsu and has been involved in Cross Fitness.[4]

Other media[edit]

Alongside Hit Row members Ashante "Thee" Adonis and Top Dolla, Brandy as B-Fab (as a Manager; and probably Non-Playable) made their video game debut in WWE 2K23 as DLC characters in the Steiner Row Pack DLC bundle.[28]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Staff, Thesmackdownhotel.com. "B-FAB". Thesmackdownhotel.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "B-FAB". Cagematch.com. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  3. ^ "Briana Brandy Actress • Music Department". IMDb.com. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Duffy, John. "5 Things You Didn't Know About Hit Row's B-FAB". Itrwrestling.com. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  5. ^ UNKNOWN, STAFF (14 August 2019). "Briana Brandy Signs With WWE". Sescoops.com. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Staff, Profightdb.com. "B-FAB (2019 Matches)". Profightdb.com. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Staff, Profightdb.com. "B-FAB (2020 Matches)". Profightdb.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  8. ^ Dawson, Alan. "The inside story of the WWE ThunderDome, a futuristic arena built for the pandemic, which has had 130,000 total entry requests from fans since August". Businessinsider.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  9. ^ Staff, WWE. "Isaiah "Swerve" Scott introduces Hit Row: WWE NXT, May 11, 2021". WWE.com. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  10. ^ Staff, WWE. "B-Fab vs. Elektra Lopez – No Disqualification Match: WWE NXT 2.0, Sept. 28, 2021". WWE.com. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  11. ^ Sutter, Robbie (2 October 2021). "NXT Superstars Hit Row Drafted to SmackDown". Lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  12. ^ Konuwa, Alfred. "WWE Releases Hit Row, Others As Cuts Swell To Over 80 Superstars". Forbes.com. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  13. ^ Rivera, Joe. "WWE and NXT releases 2021: Jeff Hardy, Bray Wyatt, Ric Flair lead list of superstar cuts". Sportingnews.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  14. ^ Powell, Jason (August 12, 2022). "8/12 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of Gunther vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the Intercontinental Championship, Liv Morgan and Shayna Baszler contract signing for WWE Clash at the Castle, Raquel Rodriguez and Aliyah vs. Xia Li and Shotzi in a WWE Women's Tag Title tournament match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  15. ^ Nath, Rohit. "Maximum Male Models confronted by returning SmackDown stars; First feud begins". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  16. ^ Reigns, Roman. "Maximum Male Models to compete in first match against Hit Row". In.pinterest.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  17. ^ Staff, Foxsports.com. "The Street Profits & Hit Row join forces vs. Los Lotharios & Maximum Male Models | WWE on FOX". Foxsports.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  18. ^ Miller, Gregory (December 16, 2022). "Hit Row face The Usos for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles". WWE.
  19. ^ "SmackDown results, Dec. 23, 2022: Strowman & Ricochet deck the halls with Imperium in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight". WWE. December 23, 2022.
  20. ^ Powell, Jason (2023-05-26). "WWE Friday Night Smackdown results (5/26): Barnett's review of Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa on The KO Show with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, Austin Theory vs. Sheamus for the U.S. Title, Raquel Rodriguez and Shotzi vs. Bayley and Iyo Sky, AJ Styles vs. Karrion Kross". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  21. ^ SCHIPMAN, SAMANTHA (3 February 2024). "B-Fab Joins Bobby Lashley, Street Profits Against Final Testament On WWE SmackDown". Wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  22. ^ Thomas, Jeremy. "WRESTLING / NEWS B-Fab Allies With Bobby Lashley & Street Profits On WWE Smackdown". 411mania.com. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  23. ^ "Briana Brandy". iTunes.com / Apple Music. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  24. ^ Unknown, Swerve City Podcast. "Monteasy - Price Went Up feat. FRAN¢, Rich Latta, Swerve The Realest & Briana Brandy (Music Video)". Www.youtube.com. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  25. ^ Unknown, SP3 (7 March 2023). "SWERVE STRICKLAND, TOP DOLLA & B-FAB FEATURE ON NEW MONTEASY SONG 'PRICE WENT UP'". Wrestletalk.com. Retrieved March 8, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  26. ^ Brandy, Briana. "Barbie Barz X Hit Row 💕🅱️💅🏽🔝💵🅰️🅰️💕". Instagram.com. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  27. ^ Skudder, Jake. "WWE Superstars appear in Barbie-themed photoshoot ahead of movie's release". Fightfans.co.uk. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  28. ^ Lara, James (6 March 2023). "WWE 2K23 Season Pass, DLC Wrestlers and Release Dates Revealed". Mp1st.com. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

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