page_title: Justin Gabriel
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Justin Gabriel / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: English: PJ Black with the Destiny World Wrestling championship belt
context_page_description: Phillip Paul Lloyd is a South African professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, under the ring name Justin Gabriel. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor under the ring name PJ Black.
  A second-generation wrestler, Lloyd was initially trained by his father. Debuting in 1997 at the age of 16, where he competed in the United Kingdom and South Africa, and was the inaugural winner of the WWP World Cruiserweight Championship in World Wrestling Professionals as PJ Black.
  In 2008, Lloyd signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling, WWE's developmental territory, where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship, with Kris Logan, and the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship. In February 2010, he competed in the first season of NXT, finishing third, before being called to the main roster in June 2010 joining The Nexus. He joined The Corre in 2011. Teaming regularly with Heath Slater, the duo won the WWE Tag Team Championship three times in 2010 and 2011, which was the apex of Gabriel's success with WWE.
context_section_description: Cornish Pro Wrestling
  LEP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Destiny World Wrestling
  DWW Championship (1 time)
  Florida Championship Wrestling
  FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kris Logan
  German Wrestling Federation
  GWF Berlin Championship (1 time)
  Global Force Wrestling
  GFW NEX*GEN Championship (1 time)
  GFW NEX*GEN Championship Tournament (2015)
  Lucha Underground
  Lucha Underground Trios Championship (1 time) – with Jack Evans and Johnny Mundo
  Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  Feud of the Year (2010) The Nexus vs. WWE
  Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2010) As part of The Nexus
  PWI ranked him #61 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011
  Ranked No. 140 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019
  Rogue Wrestling
  WWEDM Championship (1 time)
  WWEDM Title Tournament (2018)
  Slamforce Africa
  SFA World Championship (1 time, current)
  Southside Wrestling Entertainment
  SWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nixon Newell
  Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  TNA King of the Mountain Championship (1 time)
  King of the Mountain (2015)
  World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE
  WWE Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Heath Slater
  Slammy Awards (2 times)
  Shocker of the Year (2010) The debut of The Nexus
  Animal of the Year (2014) – as The Bunny
  World Wrestling Professionals
  WWP World Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
caption: PJ Black with the Destiny World Wrestling championship belt
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