Brad Maddox Tyler Kluttz ( May 4 , 1984 ) is an American professional wrestler best known by the ring name Brad Maddox . He is best known for his time with WWE where he previously worked as General manager of Raw . Maddox was formerly a part of Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW , now named NXT Wrestling ) , WWE ' s developmental territory . Alongside Briley Pierce and Rick Victor , he held the Florida Tag Team Championship twice , while also holding the FCW 15 Championship as the final champion . He is a former OVW Heavyweight Champion and OVW Television Champion . Professional wrestling career . Ohio Valley Wresling ( 2008 – 2010 ) . He dubuted on April 2 , 2008 on the OVW tapings teaming up with Galvin Garrison against Dewey and Adam Revolver , which they lost , he used the name Brent Wellington . He won his first match at October 1 , 2008 in an 8 - Man Tag Team match , alongside Galvin Garrison and Moose , they called themselves Theta Lambda Psi . On December 24 , 2008 Wellington had a title match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship against Aaron " The Idol " Stevens , which he lost . Beef Wellington . After he was defeated he renamed himself to " Brent Beef Wellington " and changed his attitude , he had his first match under his new name at " OVW " Tapings January 14 , 2009 winning with his Theta Lambda Psi team against Ted McNalerand Adam revolver which they won . The Theta Lambda Psi Tag team was split in April 2009 where Wellington first won a match against Moose then lost one where he was hit with a paddle . On July 26 , 2009 he competed for the OVW Television Championship against Jamin Olivencia , he won the match to win his first Championship . His reign lasted 45 days when he was defeated by his former Theta Lambda Psi mate Moose at the " OVW " Tapings on September 9 , 2009 . On 27 February 2010 Wellington won the vacant OVW Heavyweight Championship by winning a Battle Royal . His reign lasted 90 days when he lost the title on 29 May 2010 to Mike Mondo . In mid - 2010 it was reported that Wellington had signed a development contract with WWE . World Wrestling Entertainment . Florida Championship Wrestling ( 2010 – 2012 ) . Wellington was named " Brad Maddox " and debuted for Florida Championship Wrestling at a Live show at August 5 , 2010 losing to Tyler Reks . His TV debut was on November 4 , 2011 losing to Tito Colon . He won his first match on the July 1 , 2011 edition of " FCW " against Percy Watson and Richie Steamboat . On 22 September edition of " FCW " Maddox defeated Briley Pierce , three weeks later at the 13 October edition of " FCW " they build a Tag Team and competed for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship against CJ Parker and Donny Marlow , which they lost . On the November 3 tapings for " FCW " he won the Tag Team titles with Briley Pierce . On February 2 Tapings they lost their titles due to an injury of Pierce . Maddox tried to regain the vacant title with Eli Cottonwood but they lost to Bo Rotundo and Husky Harris . On the march 4 edition of " FCW " Maddox was the first signed to Summer Rae ´s " organization " she was at ringside when he was defeated by Seth Rollins . On June 21 , 2012 , he won the FCW 15 Championship from Richie Steamboat . While holding the FCW 15 Championship , he won the Florida Tag Team Championship with Rick Victor on July 28 , 2012 . He became the final champion for both titles when all of FCW ' s championships were retired when the territory was rebranded as NXT Wrestling . Referee , Heel turn ( 2012 ) . Maddox was promoted to the main roster as a referee in August 2012 . He officiated the Divas Championship No . 1 Contender ' s Battle Royal on the August 20 , 2012 episode of Raw , which was won by Kaitlyn . He was the referee for Sheamus and John Cena vs CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio where he missed Punk ' s foot on the bottom rope to give Sheamus and Cena the win on " Raw " September 17 . That year , in the Hell in a Cell event held on October 28 in Atlanta , Maddox was the official for the WWE Championship match between Ryback and champion CM Punk . At the end of the contest , as Ryback was going for his finisher ( Shell Shock ) , Maddox stepped in and told Ryback to not do so . He then low - blowed Ryback allowing CM Punk to pin Ryback , and quickly counted to three , thus helping CM Punk retain the WWE Title . After the match , Ryback press slammed Maddox from the ring into the cell structure . As cameras stopped rolling , Maddox was being attended to by Medical Personnel and taken to the back . The next night in " Raw " , Maddox explained that all he wanted to do was make a name for himself . Vince McMahon interrupted and said if he could defeat Ryback the next week on " Raw " he would receive a million dollar contract . The next week Ryback defeated Maddox with Maddox getting no defence or offence . After , Ryback attacked Maddox and after Maddox left in an ambulance . In the next few months Maddox would fail to defeat various superstars for his contract . On an episode of " Raw " Maddox would tell Mchmahon that Paul Heyman tipped off Maddox and The Shield to keep the championship on Punk . After The Shield attacked Maddox . Raw General Manager ( 2013 - 2014 ) . On the February 18 episode of " Raw " , Raw Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero named him Assistant Raw Managing Supervisor after being rewarded for revealing that Paul Heyman and CM Punk are working with The Shield . Maddox challenged Big E Langston on the April 24 " Clash of the Champions " episode of " NXT " for the NXT Championship and was squashed . On the July 8 episode of " Raw " , Guerrero was fired when the fans voted that she had failed in her role of Raw Managing Supervisor ; Maddox was in turn appointed as the new General Manager of Raw . In the following weeks on " Raw " , Maddox ' s allowance of John Cena to choose Daniel Bryan as his Summerslam opponent resulted in Maddox becoming entwined between Mr . McMahon and Triple H resulting in him making himself the special guest referee of the match . Maddox normally chose to handle the situation with Bryan in accordance to McMahon rather than Triple H ' s methods , and was hence subsequently replaced by the latter as the special guest referee of the Summerslam match . Allying himself with former rival Orton , Maddox would but Dolph Ziggler and the Big Show by placing them in handicap matches against The Shield when they spoke against Randy Orton . Maddox proceeded to have friction with the Big Show , who refused to listen to Maddox ' s orders at WWE Battleground , which resulted in Stephanie McMahon firing Big Show the subsequent Raw . When Maddox interrupted Show , who was a guest on the following " SmackDown " , he was himself knocked out , suffering a concussion in the process . Maddox returned on the November 11th edition of " Raw " to assert his authority to Randy Orton , only to be interrupted by the Director of Operations Kane and Vickie Guerrero . The following week on " Raw " , despite his General Manager position , Maddox was forced to face Orton in a no disqualification match by Triple H , during which he was beaten to a pulp , forcing the referee to call the match as he had lost consciousness and was subsequently carried out on a stretcher . Subsequently , Maddox began to compete with Kane to gain the favor of the Authority over who ran " Raw " better . However , their competition soon began to become an alliance as Maddox began to aid Kane in his rivalry against CM Punk , who had begun to badmouth Kane as an employee of the Authority . On March 24 , 2014 during the " Raw " pre - show on WWE Network , Maddox announced that , through the use of his powers as General Manager , he had entered himself into the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania XXX . This marked Maddox ' s first WrestleMania match and he was eliminated early on in the bout by Cody Rhodes and The Great Khali . On the April 25th edition of " Smackdown " , Brad took over for Vickie Guerrero for the night . Later in the night , he was attacked by the Shield . On the May 19 episode of RAW , Maddox defied Triple H ' s orders of not allowing any members of the Shield at ringside by making the guest commentators Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns . The following week , Brad was relieved of his duties by The Authority by having Kane attack him at the start of the show , turning him face in the process . Maddox has not been seen or used on TV since . Maddox Returns ( 2014 - 2015 ) . Maddox returned to WWE programming in a WWE App exclusive video on October 13 . Maddox said he has been home in North Carolina jobless , and waiting for someone to hear him . He said he is ready for his own voice to be heard , and not The Authority ' s . Maddox actually made his in - ring return as a ' surprise ' house show addition during the weekend prior to the App video release , though he has yet to make his official On - Air Return . He was released by the WWE on November 25 , 2015 for using the phrase " cocky pricks " in a dark match . Independent circuit ( 2015 – present ) . After being released from WWE , Kluttz stated on his official Twitter account that he would be taking independent bookings through email , competing under the ring name Mad Braddox . On October 10 , 2016 however , Kluttz competed under his WWE ring name of Brad Maddox during the Millenium Pro Wrestling event MPW All Star Spectacular II . He teamed with former WWE wrestlers Bronson & Just Judas in a Steel Cage match won by Danny Divine , Hot Young Briley & Seth Skyfire .