Birth name Joshua Bredl Children 1 Height 2.01 m Billed from Thornton | Spouse(s) Ilycia Bredl Billed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Billed weight 131.5 kg | |
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Born January 28, 1991 (age 26)
Thornton, Colorado,
United States ( 1991-01-28 ) Residence Orlando, Florida,
United States Ring name(s) Bronson Matthews
Josh Bredl
The Yeti Alma mater Colorado State University–Pueblo Trained by Billy Gunn, Booker T, Lita Similar Sara Lee, Tucker Knight, Daria Berenato, Mandy Rose, Brennan Williams | ||
Joshua "Josh" Bredl (born January 28, 1991) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he competes in their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Bronson Matthews.
Contents
- Early life and football career
- WWE 2015present
- Personal life
- In wrestling
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
In 2015, Bredl was the male winner of the sixth season of the WWE competition Tough Enough, earning a one-year contract with the promotion.
Early life and football career
Bredl was born in Thornton, Colorado, and has a younger sister named Brandi Bredl. He attended Horizon High School. He has a background in college football, playing defensive end, defensive line and defensive tackle for the Colorado ThunderWolves at Colorado State University – Pueblo, and also majored in exercise science. He also played low post in basketball for the Colorado Hawks. He tried out for the Denver Broncos in April 2015. Bredl was a fan of professional wrestling whilst growing up, and cited Stone Cold Steve Austin as his favorite wrestler.
WWE (2015–present)
In June 2015, Bredl was announced as one of the thirteen finalists for the sixth season of the WWE competition Tough Enough. After being at risk of elimination three times throughout the course of the competition, on August 25, Bredl was chosen by fan vote as one of the winners, along with Sara Lee, earning a $250,000 one-year contract with WWE. During the final, Bredl adopted the ring name The Yeti, and lost a singles match to Cesaro.
In September, Bredl was assigned to WWE's developmental territory NXT, based at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, to begin training. At an NXT live event on December 3, 2015, Bredl made his first appearance for NXT, where he revealed that his new ring name was Bronson Matthews.
Personal life
Bredl has a daughter with his wife Ilycia.