Wesley Blake
| Wesley Blake | |
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Blake in March 2015.
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| Birth name | Cory James Weston |
| Born |
September 4, 1987 San Marcos, Texas, United States |
| Alma mater | Texas State University |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Blake Cory Weston Wesley Blake |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg) |
| Billed from | San Antonio, Texas |
| Trained by | Dory Funk Jr. |
| Debut | 2011 |
Cory James Weston (born September 4, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he wrestles in their developmental territory WWE NXT under the ring name Wesley Blake. He is a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion with Buddy Murphy.
Weston wanted to be a wrestler since the age of 3. He eventually became a student of Dory Funk Jr.'s wrestling school, the Funking Conservatory, appearing on the school's !Bang! TV show under his real name of Cory Weston. Immediately after graduating from university, Weston moved to Ocala, Florida in 2011, where the school was located. Documented to have been wrestling there since May 2011, Weston managed to become the Funking Conservatory World Champion, as well as the European Champion and the Florida Heavyweight Champion. Weston wrestled against Jerry Lawler in an eight-person tag team match in May 2013, which was Lawler's first match since suffering a heart attack in September 2012.
Weston signed with WWE in June 2013 and reported to NXT in July 2013 when the WWE Performance Center opened; at the same time as his future NXT tag team partner Buddy Murphy. Weston made his television debut as Wesley Blake on the January 22, 2014 episode of NXT with the character of a cowboy and lost his debut match to Adrian Neville. Blake continued in his jobber role with losses in singles matches to the likes of Adam Rose, Mason Ryan and Sin Cara, as well as a loss in a tag-team match against the Ascension with Cal Bishop as his partner.
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