# B-Fab

Briana Brandy (born November 22, 1990) is an American professional wrestler and musician. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name B-Fab.

## Early life

Briana Brandy was born on November 22, 1990 in Canton, Ohio. She played basketball and competed in swimming during her high school years.

## Professional wrestling career
### WWE (2019–2021)

During summer of 2017, Brandy participated in a WWE tryout which featured wrestling names such as Cody Deaner and Mike Taverna. On August 28, 2019, it was reported that WWE signed Brandy to a developmental contract.
On December 5, 2019, Brandy made her debut during a live event during which she teamed with Taynara in a successful women's tag team match defeating Catalina Garcia and Rita Reis. The following year on February 28, 2020, she wrestled her first singles match at a NXT live event against Kayden Carter. On March 6 and March 7, Brandy wrestled her final live events, just one week before the COVID-19 pandemic was acknowledged in the United States, effectively restricting all sports businesses from holding live audience events. She wrestled only eight matches, between years 2019 and 2020. On the September 14 episode of NXT, Briana Brandy won her only singles match victory by defeating Katrina Cortez. Under her new name B-Fab, on the May 11, 2021 episode of NXT, she appeared alongside the recently-formed the stable Hit Row. On the September 28 episode of NXT, her final match was a No Disqualification match against Elektra Lopez, but she was not successful. B-Fab made her main roster debut at the SmackDown brand after being drafted alongside Hit Row during the 2021 WWE Draft. On November 8, 2021, she was released from her contract alongside Hit Row due to budget cuts. B-Fab and Ashante "Thee" Adonis managed Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Top Dolla in one match on SmackDown before being released.

### Independent circuit (2022)

Following her release from WWE, Brandy and the rest of Hit Row, would begin appearing on the independent circuit, under the team name, The HitMakerZ.

### Return to WWE (2022–present)

On the August 12, 2022 episode of SmackDown, Hit Row, minus Scott, made their unannounced return as faces, where Top Dolla and Adonis (accompanied by B-Fab) defeated two local competitors. B-Fab made her main roster in-ring debut at the women's Royal Rumble match as the seventh entrant at Royal Rumble on January 28, 2023. She was eliminated in 36 seconds by eventual winner Rhea Ripley. Hit Row was quietly disbanded with the release of Top Dolla in September 2023 and with Adonis being announced as a new tag team with Cedric Alexander in February 2024.
On the February 2, 2024 episode of SmackDown, B-Fab joined Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits as The Pride and took out The Final Testament's Scarlett. At Night 2 of WrestleMania XL on April 7, B-Fab assisted The Pride to defeat The Final Testament in a Philadelphia Street Fight match. On August 16, Lashley's profile on WWE's roster page was moved to the alumni section, ending his tenure with WWE and The Pride. As a result, The Pride was quietly disbanded. B-Fab continued managing The Street Profits, with no mention of The Pride as a stable. On the November 15 episode of SmackDown, B-Fab competed against Bayley and Women's Speed Champion Candice LeRae in a triple threat match in the preliminary round of the tournament to crown the inaugural Women's United States Champion, but was not successful due to Bayley pinning her.
On the January 17, 2025 episode of SmackDown! B-Fab faced Piper Niven with Women's U.S. Champion Chelsea Green in Niven's corner but was unsuccessful as Chelsea distracted, after the match Chelsea and Niven jumped B-Fab and Michin came down for the save. During this time, B-Fab quietly split from The Street Profits and aligned with Michin.
On the March 14, 2025 episode of SmackDown! in Barcelona, Spain B-Fab faced multi-time women's champion / WWE Women's Grand Slam Champion / WWE female veteran Charlotte Flair in a singles match but was unsuccessful via submission.

## Professional wrestling style and persona

Her athletic background includes work as a boxing coach. Brandy also trained in Ninjutsu and has been involved in Cross Fitness.

## Other media

* B-Fab made her video game debut in WWE 2K23 as a non-playable character in the Steiner Row Pack DLC bundle. B-Fab is also featured in WWE 2K24 as a manager.

## Music career

Brandy's involvement in music includes tours with the rap artists Soulja Boy and Jadakiss as well as work with Juicy J, Ying Yang Twins, Too $hort, Young Dro, and Kurupt. Brandy has also released multiple songs since 2013 that have made it ITunes Apple Music.
On March 6, 2023, Hit Row was once more partially fully reunited as rapper Monteasy dropped a music video by the name of Price Went Up. On July 21, 2023, Brandy, alongside Hit Row members, dropped a freestyle single by the name of Barbie Barz.