Birth name Brandel Littlejohn Billed weight 136 lb (62 kg) Height 1.73 m | Billed height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Debut April 5, 2012 Weight 62 kg | |
Ring name(s) Cheeseburger
Leech Landa Trained by Daizee Haze, Delirious, Lance Storm, Les Thatcher, Mike Quackenbush, Tom Prichard Similar Michael Elgin, Rocky Romero, Hiro Saito, Scott Norton, Jushin Thunder Liger Profiles | ||
Brandel Littlejohn is an American professional wrestler. He is currently working for Ring of Honor, where he performs under the ring name Cheeseburger. He also works as an assistant trainer at the ROH Dojo.
Contents
- Early career 20122013
- Ring of Honor 2013present
- New Japan Pro Wrestling 2016present
- In wrestling
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
Early career (2012–2013)
Littlejohn began wrestling with the promotion Beyond Wrestling, where he competed as Leech Landa in a match in Philadelphia in September 2012. In 2013, he appeared in two matches with the promotion Wrestling Is...Respect! in Boonton, New Jersey.
Ring of Honor (2013–present)
Littlejohn debuted in Ring of Honor on July 11, 2013 at the promotion's A Night of Hoopla event in Chicago. Wrestling as Cheeseburger, a name he was given when he was bullied in a segment by Charlie Haas he teamed with Roderick Strong to challenge reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship, unsuccessfully.
In 2014, Cheeseburger twice unsuccessfully challenged Jay Lethal for the ROH World Television Championship: at the promotion's Second to None event in Baltimore and its Road to Best in the World '14 show in Carbondale, Illinois.
Cheeseburger was a part of a tag team called Brutal Burgers, teaming with "Brutal" Bob Evans. The two wrestlers feuded after the tag team split, culminating in the Final Battle kickoff, where Cheeseburger defeated Evans.
In January 2016, Cheeseburger made another challenge to the World Television Championship, this time falling short against Roderick Strong in Collinsville, Illinois during ROH's Winter Warriors Tour.
New Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–present)
On January 4, 2016, Cheeseburger made his surprise debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) by taking part in the New Japan Rumble in the pre-show of Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome. He was eliminated from the match by Yoshi-Hashi. Cheeseburger formed an on-screen friendship with NJPW wrestler Jushin Thunder Liger, which led to him adopting Liger's Shotei palm strike as a finishing move. Cheeseburger returned to NJPW on January 4, 2017, again taking part in the New Japan Rumble on the pre-show of Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome. During the match, Cheeseburger scored an elimination over Bone Soldier and lasted until the end of the match, before being the final man eliminated by Michael Elgin. The following day, Cheeseburger teamed up with Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Scott Norton in a ten-man tag team, where they defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Bone Soldier, Kenny Omega, Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa).