Giant Bernard
Bloom as the Tensai character in 2013
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| Birth name | Matthew Jason Bloom |
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| Born |
November 14, 1972 Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh |
| Spouse(s) | Farah Louise (m. 2005) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | A-Train Albert Baldo Big Buford Giant Bernard Jason Albert Lord Tensai Matt Bloom The Mongolian Prince Albert Rusher Road Sweet T Tensai Train Hip-Hop Hippo |
| Billed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Billed weight | 360 lb (160 kg) |
| Billed from |
Boston, Massachusetts Japan |
| Trained by |
Killer Kowalski Dory Funk Jr. |
| Debut | 1997 |
| Retired | 2014 |
Matthew Jason "Matt" Bloom (born November 14, 1972) is an American professional wrestling trainer, color commentator and retired professional wrestler and National Football League player. He is currently employed by the professional wrestling promotion WWE, where he is the head trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Bloom is best known for his in-ring appearances with WWE as Prince Albert, Albert and A-Train from 1999 to 2004, and as Lord Tensai, Tensai and Jason Albert from 2012 to 2014, as well as for his appearances in Japan from 2005 to 2012 with All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah as Giant Bernard. Championships held by Bloom over the course of his career include the GHC Tag Team Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship.
Bloom attended Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, where he earned three letters in football and basketball, two in track and field, and one in baseball. Bloom also attended Camp Tevya in Brookline, New Hampshire in the early 1980s, and went on to attend the University of Pittsburgh, where he played football as an offensive tackle and an offensive guard. Bloom graduated in 1996 with a degree in sign language. After graduating, Bloom briefly played in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers. He then became a schoolteacher, teaching mathematics and English to children with behavioral problems and deaf children at Revere High School. After rewarding his three most apt students with a trip to a professional wrestling event, Bloom, who as a child had aspired to wrestle professionally, met wrestler and wrestling trainer Killer Kowalski and expressed an interest in learning how to wrestle. Kowalski invited Bloom to attend his school, and Bloom opted to leave teaching and train as a wrestler.
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