Johnny Prime Jonathon David " Jon " Emminger ( August 20 , 1987 ) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name s Johnny Prime and Lucky Cannon . He is best known for his appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , where he appears in the developmental territory , Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) as Johnny Prime . He was also a part of the second season of " NXT " as Lucky Cannon . World Wrestling Entertainment . Florida Championship Wrestling ( 2008 – 2010 ) . On July 12 , 2008 , Emminger began wrestling as " Johnny Prime " , and teamed with Lupe Martinez in a loss to Sinn Bowdee and Jack Gabriel . He wrestled mainly in tag team matches , and met with some success the following month , when he teamed with Kafu to defeat Jack Gabriel and Ian Richardson , and with Imani Lee to defeated Tyrone Jones and Vic Adams . He also competed in mixed tag team matches , teaming up with Tiffany to gain a victory at the expense of Stu Bennett and Alicia Fox in September . He then forayed into | singles match , competing against Caleb O ’ Neil , TJ Wilson , Gavin Spears , and Mike Kruel . In late 2008 , he entered a feud with Byron Saxton and his stable , the Saxton Conglomerate , and faced the members of the Conglomerate in several matches . During the course of this feud Kaleb O ' Neal began teaming with Prime in order to help him out , however , O ' Neal later turned on Prime and joined the Conglomerate . In early 2009 , Prime entered into several one - off tag teams . He teamed with Scotty Goldman to defeat Kaleb O ' Neal and Lawrence Knight , and with Joe Hennig to defeat The Dudebusters ( Trent Barreta and Caylen Croft ) . In March , April , and May , he feuded with Alex Riley , losing to him in a singles match at the March 13 television tapings . He gained a measure of revenge on March 26 , when he teamed with Johnny Curtis and Tyler Reks to defeat Riley , Mr . Tarver and Ian Richardson in a six - man tag team match . The following month , in an eight - man tag team match , Prime , Ricky Ortiz , Eric Escobar and Sheamus O ' Shaunessy defeated Riley , Justin Angel , Drew McIntyre and D . H . Smith . The feud also expanded to include Riley ' s valet , Beverly , with Prime teaming up with Angela to defeat Riley and Beverly . To end the feud , Prime teamed with Tyler Reks and Sheamus O ' Shaunessy to beat Riley , McIntyre , and Lance Hoyt . For the remainder of the year , Prime competed sporadically , wrestling against Drew McIntyre , Vance Archer , Curt Hawkins , and Gabriel . He also lost a triple threat match , also involving Joe Hennig and Johnny Curtis , when Curtis pinned him . At the beginning of 2010 , Prime was still only competing sporadically , but defeated Joe Doering at the February 25 television tapings . At the next television taping in March however , he lost to Doering , who had been renamed Drake Brewer . " NXT " ( 2010 - 2011 ) . On June 1 , 2010 , it was announced that Emminger would be participating in the second season of " NXT " , under the name " Lucky Cannon " , with Mark Henry as his mentor . He made his in - ring debut on the June 15 episode , teaming with Henry in a loss to Michael McGillicutty and Kofi Kingston . Following the match , another WWE Pro Cody Rhodes insulted Cannon , leading to Rhodes accepting a challenge match against Prime for the following week . On the June 22 episode of " NXT " , Cannon lost a five - minute challenge match to Rhodes , being pinned after approximately four minutes . The following week , Cannon won the keg carry challenge , earning immunity from elimination . Later that night , Cannon teamed with McGillicutty and Kaval against Alex Riley , Eli Cottonwood and Titus O ' Neil , which his team won when Kaval pinned Riley , giving Cannon his first win on " NXT " , and he was ranked fifth on the NXT poll . He retained his fifth - place ranking in the next poll on July 27 . On August 9 the rookies appeared in a six - man tag team match on " Raw " , in which Cannon teamed with Kaval and Percy Watson in a loss to McGillicutty , Husky Harris and Alex Riley . The next night on " NXT " , Cannon ' s team won a rematch . Later that night , Cannon was eliminated from the competition when his ranking slipped to sixth . Cannon returned for the season finale of " NXT " on August 31 , where he and the other eliminated rookies attacked the winner Kaval thus turning heel in the process . Independent circuit ( 2011 - present ) . On October 14 , 2011 , Emminger made his first wrestling appearance following his release from WWE , as he wrestled under the ring name Johnny Emminger and faced Florida Underground Wrestling ( FUW ) Heavyweight Champion Bruce Santee in a title match . However , Emminger was unsuccessful in winning the title due to being disqualified .