Matthew Bloom Matthew Jason " Matt " Bloom ( November 14 , 1972 ) is a retired American professional wrestler signed to WWE and working as a commentator on its NXT brand under the ring name Jason Albert . Between 1997 and 2004 , Bloom wrestled for World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment under the ring names Prince Albert , Albert , and A - Train . During his time in the promotion he became a one time WWF Intercontinental Champion . After leaving WWE , Bloom , adopting the ring name Giant Bernard , began working for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he became a two - time IWGP Tag Team Champion , holding the record for the longest reign and the most defenses with Karl Anderson as Bad Intentions . Bernard and Anderson are also former Pro Wrestling Noah ' s GHC Tag Team Champions . Early career ( 1997 - 1999 ) . Bloom wrestled his first match in 1997 , facing Tim McNeany . He briefly wrestled as Baldo , a gimmick given to him by referee Freddy Sparta that saw him wear a fur rug to the ring . After being introduced to talent scout Tom Prichard by George Steele , Bloom was hired by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . After receiving supplementary training from Dory Funk , Jr . , Bloom was assigned to the Power Pro Wrestling ( PPW ) developmental territory in Memphis , Tennessee , where he wrestled as Baldo . While wrestling in PPW , Bloom won both the PPW Young Guns Championship and the PPW Heavyweight Championship , and engaged in a feud with Memphis mainstay Jerry Lawler . World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment ( 1999 – 2004 ) . Bloom debuted on WWF television on the April 11 , 1999 episode of " Sunday Night Heat " , saving Droz from a beating at the hands of Big Bossman . Bloom was named Prince Albert , and formed a short - lived trio called " The Pierced Pals " with Droz and Key . He acquired the persona of Droz ' s personal tattooist . Droz and Albert continued to team together until Droz was paralyzed in October 19 99 , at which point Albert became the protege of the Big Bossman . The duo separated following the debut of Bull Buchanan , who formed a tag team with the Big Bossman . In March 2000 , Bloom , now commonly known as Albert , was recruited by Trish Stratus to form a tag team with Test . The tag team , known as T & A , competed in the tag team division throughout 2000 , feuding with rival tag teams such as the Dudley Boyz and the Acolytes Protection Agency . In December 2000 , the team separated after Bloom attacked Test under the orders of Stephanie McMahon Helmsley . In April 2001 , Albert formed a stable known as X - Factor with Justin Credible and X - Pac . On June 28 , 2001 in New York City , New York , Bloom defeated Kane ( with help from Diamond Dallas Page ) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship . He lost the WWF Intercontinental Championship to Alliance member Lance Storm on July 23 , 2001 in Buffalo , New York after several interferences . In July 2001 , Credible left X - Factor and joined The Alliance . Albert and X - Pac continued to team until November 2001 , when X - Pac was injured . In late 2001 , Albert adopted the nickname " The Hip Hop Hippo " and began teaming with Scotty 2 Hotty . Upon the introduction of the Brand Extension , both Bloom and Hotty were assigned to the " SmackDown ! " brand . The tag team disbanded on April 4 , 2002 when Albert attacked Scotty after the duo failed to defeat Billy and Chuck for the WWF Tag Team Championship . Subsequently , he was not featured in any high profile feuds until December 2002 , when he joined forces with Paul Heyman and The Big Show , and was renamed A - Train after Heyman ' s suggestion . A - Train and Big Show lost to The Undertaker at WrestleMania XIX . A - Train feuded with The Undertaker , whom he wrestled at SummerSlam , and Chris Benoit , whom he wrestled at No Mercy . At Survivor Series , he wrestled alongside Lesnar in a ten - man Survivor Series match . He competed in the 2004 Royal Rumble match , but was eliminated by the eventual winner , Chris Benoit . When Benoit decided to compete against Triple H for the World Championship on the Raw brand , General Manager Paul Heyman held a SmackDown ! style Royal Rumble where the winner would meet Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at No Way Out . He was eliminated by Eddie Guerrero , who went on to win the match . The alliance with Lesnar ended in March 2004 when Bloom was drafted to the " Raw " brand . A - Train debuted on " Raw " on June 7 . On June 21 , he suffered a torn rotator cuff . Before returning from injury , he was released from his WWE contract on November 1 , 2004 . Bloom holds the distinction of wrestling in both the first match on " Jakked " ( against Ken Shamrock ) and the last ( against Hugh Morrus ) . Independent circuit ( 2004 - 2005 ) . Following his release , Bloom wrestled for the Impact Zone Wrestling independent promotion under the ring name Train . All Japan Pro Wrestling ( 2005 ) . In March 2005 , Bloom began wrestling for the Japan ese All Japan Pro Wrestling ( AJPW ) promotion , adopting the ring name Giant Bernard , a reference to fellow gaijin Brute Bernard . He went on to join the Voodoo Murders stable alongside fellow WWE alumni Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli . On October 18 , 2005 , Bloom unsuccessfully challenged Satoshi Kojima for the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship . New Japan Pro Wrestling ( 2006 – 2012 ) . In January 2006 , Bloom left AJPW and joined the rival New Japan Pro Wrestling ( NJPW ) promotion . In April 2006 , he defeated Yuji Nagata in the finals of the 2006 New Japan Cup . As a result of his victory , Bloom received a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship . He unsuccessfully challenged IWGP Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar on May 3 , 2006 in Tenjin , Chūō - ku , Fukuoka . In July 2006 , following the vacation of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship by Lesnar , Bloom entered a tournament for the title , losing to Hiroshi Tanahashi in the tournament finals . In August 2006 , Bloom took part in the 2006 G1 Climax tournament , losing to Hiroyoshi Tenzan in the semi - finals . On March 11 , 2007 in Nagoya , Bloom and Travis Tomko defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Ōmori to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship . At the February 17 , 2008 New Japan show , they lost the IWGP Tag Titles to Togi Makabe and Toru Yano . Following Tomko ' s departure for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on a full - time basis , Bernard began teaming with former World Championship Wrestling wrestler Rick Fuller in another powerhouse tag team . On September 5 , 2008 , Bernard and Fuller betrayed Shinsuke Nakamura and Hirooki Goto to align themselves with Togi Makabe ' s Great Bash Heel stable . In addition to wrestling for NJPW as Giant Bernard , Bloom also wrestled for the NJPW affiliate , Wrestle Land , as Rusher Road , a member of the " Roads " stable , until the brand ' s closure . In 2009 , after betraying Togi Makabe , Bernard and the rest of GBH left the stable to join Shinsuke Nakamura and form the new stable known as CHAOS . Bernard formed the tag team Bad Intentions with CHAOS partner Karl Anderson and together the two of them went on to win the 2009 G1 Climax Tag League , defeating Apollo 55 ( Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi ) in the finals of the tournament on November 1 . They went on to challenge for the IWGP Tag Team Championship , but their match with the defending champions Team 3D ( Brother Ray and Brother Devon ) ended in a double countout . In April 2010 both Bernard and Anderson left CHAOS , when the stable turned on them . Through New Japan ' s working agreement with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , Bloom did his first tour of Mexico in May 2010 under the ring name Gigante Bernard . He managed to win back - to - back six two out of three falls tag team matches in two straight falls , before losing his final match of the tour on June 11 via disqualification . Upon his return to Japan , Bernard and Anderson defeated the teams of Blue Justice Army ( Yuji Nagata and Wataru Inoue ) and No Limit ( Tetsuya Naitō and Yujiro Takahashi ) in a three - way elimination match on June 19 to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship . Bad Intentions made their first successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship on July 19 , defeating the Blue Justice Army and No Limit in a three - way " Dogfight " . In late October Bad Intentions entered the 2010 G1 Climax Tag League , where , after three wins and two losses , they finished second in their block and advanced to the semifinals , where , on November 7 , they were defeated by the eventual winners of the whole tournament , Yuji Nagata and Wataru Inoue . On January 4 , 2011 , at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome , Bad Intentions successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a three – way match against Beer Money , Inc . ( James Storm and Robert Roode ) and Muscle Orchestra ( Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man ) . On May 3 , Bad Intentions defeated No Limit to make their seventh successful IWGP Tag Team Championship defense , tying the all – time record for most defenses , set by Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono . Bad Intentions made their record breaking eight successful IWGP Tag Team Championship defense on June 18 against Pro Wrestling Noah ' s Takuma Sano and Yoshihiro Takayama , and in the process also became the new GHC Tag Team Champions . After the main event of the show , Bernard challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship , but was challenged back by Tanahashi , who wanted a shot at the IWGP Tag Team Championship with the man he had just defeated , Hirooki Goto . On July 3 Bernard and Anderson successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Tanahashi and Goto . On July 18 Bernard failed in his attempt to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Tanahashi . On July 23 , Bad Intentions made an appearance for Pro Wrestling Noah , making their first successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship against the team of Takeshi Morishima and Yutaka Yoshie . On September 9 , Bad Intentions became the longest reigning IWGP Tag Team Champions in history by breaking the previous record of 446 days , set by Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono in 2003 . Bad Intentions made their second GHC Tag Team Championship defense on October 31 , defeating Go Shiozaki and Shuhei Taniguchi at a Pro Wrestling Noah event . During New Japan ' s 2011 G1 Climax Tag League , Bad Intentions suffered their first tag team loss in a year , when they were defeated by the Complete Players ( Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi ) , but still managed to win their four other matches and advance to the semifinals of the tournament . On November 6 , after defeating the Billion Powers ( Hirooki Goto and Hiroshi Tanahashi ) in the semifinals , Bad Intentions was defeated in the finals of the 2011 G1 Climax by the Suzuki Army ( Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer ) . On November 12 , Bad Intentions made their tenth successful IWGP Tag Team Championship defense against Archer and Suzuki . On January 4 , 2012 , at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome , Bad Intentions lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to Ten - Koji ( Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima ) , ending their record - setting reign at 564 days . On January 22 , Bad Intentions lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Akitoshi Saito and Jun Akiyama . Return to WWE . Return as Tensai ( 2012 – 2013 ) . On March 17 , 2012 , it was reported that Bloom had re - signed with WWE . Bloom publicly denied the signing ; however , on the March 19 episode of " Raw " , he appeared in a vignette under the new ring name Lord Tensai ( 天災 ) . On the April 2 episode of " Raw " , Bloom made his WWE re - debut as Lord Tensai , where he was accompanied by his follower Sakamoto before defeating Alex Riley . In the following weeks , Tensai went on a winning streak , scoring pinfall victories over lower card wrestlers and even main stars including John Cena and WWE Champion CM Punk . On the May 21 episode of " Raw " , Tensai dropped the " Lord " portion of his ring name and his Japanese outfit worn during his entrance . Following this , Tensai began losing much more frequently throughout the rest of 2012 , beginning with John Cena ending his winning streak before he also suffered a loss to World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus . His losing streak caused Tensai to often vent his frustrations by abusing and attacking Sakamoto , who eventually ceased appearing with Tensai . On the June 29 episode of " SmackDown " , Tensai defeated Justin Gabriel to break his losing streak and also qualify for a spot in the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank , though the match was ultimately won by Dolph Ziggler . Over the next three months , Tensai ' s losing streak resumed , as he lost to the likes of Tyson Kidd , Sin Cara , Randy Orton , and Ryback . Tensai finally ended his losing on the October 5 episode of " SmackDown " , defeating Big Show by disqualification after Sheamus interfered . However , he would be back on losing end the following week , after being defeated by Sheamus . On November 18 at the Survivor Series pay - per - view , Tensai took part in a traditional five - on - five elimination tag team match , but he was the first man eliminated from his team . In December , Tensai was reduced to a comedy act , with Santino Marella calling him " Fat Albert " before proceeding to defeat Tensai . Tons of Funk ( 2013 ) . On the January 28 , 2013 episode of " Raw " , Tensai was forced to wear lingerie while participating in a dance - off with Brodus Clay . Two days later on " WWE Main Event " , after being mocked for his lingerie dance , Tensai defeated Titus O ' Neil in a singles match . Clay came out to support Tensai during the match and Tensai danced with Clay after the match , signalling a face turn . Following this , Clay and Tensai formed a tag team and they went on to defeat established teams such as Primo and Epico , Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal of 3MB and Team Rhodes Scholars ( Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow ) , with the latter match taking place during the pre - show of Elimination Chamber on February 17 . On the March 22 episode of " SmackDown " , Tensai and Clay were defeated by Team Rhodes Scholars in a tag team match after an interference from their associates The Bella Twins . and Clay announced their official tag - team name " Tons of Funk " on the March 27 episode of " Main Event " , where they accompied The Funkadactyls ( Cameron and Naomi ) to ring in a losing effort to The Bella Twins with Team Rhodes Scholars in their corner when Nikki pinned Naomi after an interference by Cody Rhodes . The two teams were originally booked to face each other in an eight - person mixed tag team match on April 7 at WrestleMania 29 , but their match was cut due to time constraints . The match instead took place the following night on " Raw " , where Tons of Funk and The Funkadactyls emerged victorious . After nearly a month of in - ring absence , Tons of Funk returned on June 6 episode of " Superstars " , defeating Primo and Epico . On June 24 , Tensai and Clay competed in a triple threat tag team match to determine the number one contenders for the Tag Team Championship against The Usos and 3MB which was represented by Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal . The success of the team has waned , with Tons of Funk losing more often . At , Tensai , along with The Funkadactyls , left Brodus Clay during his match , hinting a break up . The next night on RAW , Brodus refused to tag Tensai in a tag match against Ryback and Curtis Axel , causing Tensai to lose . After the match , Brodus attacked Tensai , ending Tons of Funk . NXT and retirement ( 2014 - present ) . After Tons of Funk disbanded , Bloom was taken off television and , in January 2014 , began working in WWE ' s developmental territory NXT as a commentator under the new ring name Jason Albert . On August 7 , Bloom stated he decided to retire from in - ring competition and announced that he would begin working as a trainer in the WWE Performance Center . Personal life . Bloom was married to Farah Louise on September 3 , 2005 . The couple had a daughter in early 2012 . At one point , Bloom had 28 body piercings , the first of which he received at the age of fourteen .