Diamond Mine (professional wrestling)

Diamond Mine is an American professional wrestling stable formed in the professional wrestling promotion WWE, where they perform on the NXT brand. Formed in June 2021, the group consists of Brutus Creed, Julius Creed, and Ivy Nile. Originally a multi-national stable, it was led by Roderick Strong and also included Hideki Suzuki as the stable's trainer, who was given the name Hachiman. The name and logo were derived from the original formation of Malcolm Bivens and Tyler Rust, where Bivens gave him the nickname Diamond in the Rust followed by pounding their fists. Strong was a former one-time NXT Cruiserweight Champion whereas the Creed Brothers were a former one-time NXT Tag Team Champions.

History 
After the collapse of the Undisputed Era in early February, Roderick Strong made his return on June 22, 2021 episode of NXT attacking Kushida as the Diamond Mine stable alongside Tyler Rust (who was released on August 6 and was later replaced by the Creed Brothers and Ivy Nile) with Hachiman as the stable's trainer and Malcolm Bivens as their manager. On the September 21 episode of NXT 2.0, Strong defeated Kushida to win the NXT Cruiserweight Championship. At NXT WarGames, Strong defeated Joe Gacy to retain his championship. At NXT: New Year's Evil, he lost the title to NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes in a championship unification match. 

Strong and the rest of Diamond Mine would slowly turn face at the start of 2022, when they entered a feud with Imperium. On January 5, 2022, Hachiman was released from WWE, ending his role as coach of the group. On February 15 at NXT Vengeance Day, the Creed Brothers defeated MSK to win the Men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. On the February 17 edition of NXT, Bivens introduced Tatum Paxley as a new member of Diamond Mine, and she would become Nile's frequent tag team partner but was released from WWE on April 29. At Worlds Collide, Damon Kemp betrayed Diamond Mine by costing the Creed Brothers the NXT Tag Team Championship to Pretty Deadly in a fatal-four-way elimination tag team title unification match, involving the NXT UK Tag Team Champions Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang), after hitting Julius Creed with a steel chair. In November 2022, Strong's WWE contract expired, ending his time in the company and group. However, Strong's departure was not public knowledge until he debuted on the April 25, 2023 edition of AEW Dynamite. 

On the March 14, 2023 episode of NXT, Paxley betrayed Nile, thus also effectively leaving Diamond Mine. On the July 4 episode of NXT, the Creed Brothers left the brand after losing a Loser Leaves NXT match to the Dyad. However, on the August 29 edition of NXT, the Creed Brothers defeated the Dyad in a steel cage match to reinstate them to NXT. The Creed Brothers and Ivy Nile made their main roster debut on the October 30 episode of Raw where the Creed Brothers defeated Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis) in a tag team match.

Members

Current

Former

Timeline

Sub-groups

Championships and accomplishments
 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 Ranked Strong No. 269 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2021
 Ranked Tyler Rust No. 192 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2021
 Ranked Nile No. 207 of the top 250 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 250 in 2023
WWE
NXT Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) – Strong
NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Creed Brothers
Men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2022) – Creed Brothers

References 

2021 establishments in the United States
WWE teams and stables
WWE NXT teams and stables