Beef Wellington (wrestler)
| Brad Maddox | |
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Maddox in April 2014
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| Birth name | Tyler Kluttz |
| Born |
May 4, 1984 Tega Cay, South Carolina, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Brad Maddox Brent Wellington Joshua Kingsley Lord Ruffles Mad Braddox |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 207 lb (94 kg) |
| Billed from | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Trained by |
Joey Mercury Rip Rogers Nightmare Danny Davis Tom Prichard Florida Championship Wrestling |
| Debut | April 2, 2008 |
Tyler Kluttz (born May 4, 1984) is an American professional wrestler and former professional wrestling referee. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Brad Maddox.
From 2008 to 2012, Maddox was assigned to WWE's developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he held the OVW Heavyweight Championship and OVW Television Championship once each and the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice with different partners. He served as the General Manager of Raw in storyline from July 2013 to May 2014, before being released in November 2015.
Kluttz debuted on April 2, 2008 on the OVW tapings teaming up with Galvin Garrison against Dewey and Adam Revolver, which they lost, he used the name Brent Wellington. He won his first match on October 1, 2008 in an Eight-Man Tag Team match, alongside Galvin Garrison and Moose, they called themselves Theta Lambda Psi. On December 24, 2008 Kluttz had a title match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship against Aaron "The Idol" Stevens, which he lost.
After he was defeated, he adopted the nickname "Beef" and changed his gimmick to that of a necrophiliac. He had his first match under his new name at OVW Tapings January 14, 2009, winning with his Theta Lambda Psi team against Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver which they won. The Theta Lambda Psi Tag team was split in April 2009 where Kluttz first won a match against Moose then lost one where he was hit with a paddle. On July 26, 2009 he competed for the OVW Television Championship against Jamin Olivencia, he won the match to win his first Championship. His reign lasted 45 days when he was defeated by his former Theta Lambda Psi mate Moose at the OVW Tapings on September 9, 2009. On 27 February 2010 Kluttz won the vacant OVW Heavyweight Championship by winning a Battle Royal. His reign lasted 90 days when he lost the title on 29 May 2010 to Mike Mondo. In mid-2010 it was reported that Kluttz had signed a development contract with WWE.
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