Birth name Gzim Selmani Billed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Height 1.93 m Trained by Matt Bloom | Ring name(s) Rezar
Gzim Selmani Debut 30 January 2016 Billed weight 142.9 kg Billed from Albania | |
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Born June 16, 1994 (age 22)
Huizen, Netherlands ( 1994-06-16 ) Similar Sunny Dhinsa, Paul Ellering, Axel Tischer, Liv Morgan, Ilir Latifi Profiles | ||
Bamma 15 main event oli thompson vs gzim selmani
Gzim Selmani (born June 16, 1994) is a Dutch professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist of Albanian descent. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs in its developmental territory NXT under the ring name Rezar and is the current NXT Tag Team Champion with Akam as part of the Authors of Pain.
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- Bamma 15 main event oli thompson vs gzim selmani
- Bamma oli thompson vs gzim selmani
- Early life
- Mixed martial arts career
- NXT 2015present
- In wrestling
- Championship and accomplishments
- References
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Early life
Selmani was born in Huizen. He is an ethnic Kosovo Albanian. He began practicing judo from the age of four, took up kickboxing at age 12 and began training in mixed martial arts alongside his brother Egzon at the age of 15.
Mixed martial arts career
Selmani joined Golden Glory management team and began to compete in amateur mixed martial arts Shooto competitions in the Netherlands in 2012. His first professional fight was in November 2012 against Anatoli Ciumac, which he won. He faced Ante Delija at Final Fight Championship 05 and lost by TKO. Selmani defeated Mario Milosavljevic in November 2013 to record his second professional victory, and beat Tomaž Simonič at FFC 10 in Skopje, Macedonia. Selmani defeated Oli Thompson in 18 seconds in the main event of BAMMA 15 on 5 April 2014 in London. Selmani competed for Bellator MMA at Bellator 130 in October 2014, losing via TKO to Daniel Gallemore.
NXT (2015–present)
In May 2015, it was reported that Selmani had signed a contract with WWE and would begin training to become a professional wrestler at the WWE Performance Center. In October 2015, WWE confirmed that Selmani was a WWE developmental recruit already training at the Performance Center. He made his in-ring debut at a WWE NXT house show in Venice, Florida on 30 January 2016, losing to Josh Woods. By February 2016, Selmani had formed a tag team with Sunny Dhinsa, and they became known as the Authors of Pain by April 2016.
Selmani and Dhinsa made their televised NXT debuts on 8 June 2016 at NXT TakeOver: The End; following the NXT Tag Team Championship match, they attacked former champions American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) before leaving backstage with Paul Ellering. On the 15 June episode of NXT, the Authors of Pain won their first televised match and were managed by Ellering. On the August 24 edition of NXT Selmani's ring name was revealed to be Rezar, while Dhinsa would be billed as Akam. The duo won the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, defeating TM-61 in the tournament final at NXT TakeOver: Toronto. At NXT TakeOver: San Antonio, the Authors of Pain defeated #DIY to win the NXT Tag Team Championship.
In wrestling
