Marcus Anthony Marcus Anthony ( June 28 , 1981 ) is an American professional wrestler . He is known best for his time in wrestling territories Ohio Valley Wrestling from 2011 - 2012 and WWE ' s NXT in 2012 as Lincoln Broderick . After his WWE release in November 2012 , Anthony began working for Ohio Valley Wrestling under the real name . Since returning to OVW , he became a two - time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion and a two - time OVW Heavyweight Champion Professional wrestling career . Heartland Wrestling Association ( 2010 - 2011 ) . Broderick began wrestling professionally for the Ohio - based promotion Heartland Wrestling Association in 2010 . On September 25 , Broderick wrestled in a 20 - man battle royal at HWA ' s Pick Your Poison . On April 30 , 2011 , Broderick joined forces with Donovan Cain in a losing tag team match against The Noble Bloods ( Chadwick Cruise and Matthew Taylor ) at CyberClash 6 . 0 . On May 28 , Broderick wrestled in a winning three - on - two handicap match with Danny O ' Brien and Juice Jennings against Chris Hall and Matthew Taylor at May Day . During the summer months , Broderick picked up victories in singles matches , starting with Sid Fabulous at Summer Kickoff on May 31 and Matthew Taylor at Adrenaline on June 7 . Broderick wrestled a steady string of matches with and against Nick Cutler both in tag - team and singles matches starting with a win in a two - on - one handicap match teaming with Cutler against Chris Hall at Adrenaline on June 14 . Broderick and Cutler wrestled together against Gerome Phillips and Jake Crist at Adrenaline on July 5 . By the end of the summer , Broderick and Cutler began competing against each other in singles and tag matches . On August 28 , Broderick loss to Cutler by count - out at Road to Destiny 2011 . The last two matches involving Broderick and Cutler on opposing sides resulted with Cutler winning in both singles and tag team competition . Broderick wrestled his last match in the HWA on September 17 . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2011 - 2012 ) . On September 28 , Broderick made his in - ring debut for the developmental wrestling promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling . His first match was a singles match against Nick Dinsmore on the 632nd episode of Ohio Valley Wrestling TV . Broderick wrestled as part of a losing 10 - man tag team at OVW Saturday Night Special on October 8 . Four days later on October 12 , he defeated Joe Coleman in a dark match on the # 634th episode of OVW TV . On the OVW On Tour event held October 15 , Broderick triumphed in a four - man gauntlet match . Broderick then went on to wrestle dark matches during episodes # 635 , # 636 and # 638 of OVW TV during the months of October and November . During the month of December , Broderick joined forces with the stable known as The Mascagni Family ( including members Christian Mascagni , Mohamad Ali Vaez , Rob Terry , Jessie Godderz and Rudy Switchblade ) . They took on teams such as Team New Albany ( Boss Brackens and Rob Conway ) at OVW On Tour on December 6 . On December 14 , The Masgani Family wrestled Jason Wayne and Mike Mondo on the 643rd episode of OVW TV . On January 11 , 2012 , on OVW TV episode # 647 , Broderick and Godderz won the OVW Tag Southern Tag Team Championship from the team of OMG ( Johnny Spade and Shiloh Jonze ) . They held the title for 17 days before on January 18 before losing the championship to OMG on episode # 648 of OVW TV . Broderick ' s final match was on February 1 , on episode # 650 of OVW TV in a special " Loser Leaves Town " Match against Johnny Spade . As per the match stipulation , Broderick had to leave OVW . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2012 ) . On February 2 , Broderick was signed by WWE to a developmental contract . He was then assigned to the company ' s developmental territory NXT Wrestling ( previously known as Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) ) . On June 29 , he debuted in a successful tag match that teamed Broderick with Big E Langston against Erick Rowan and Luke Harper . He wrestled his first televised match in a September taping losing to J Bronson on WWE NXT # 19 . By November 2012 , Broderick was released from NXT . Return to Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2013 – present ) . After his release from WWE , it was roughly nine months before Broderick returned to wrestling . Working under the name of Marcus Anthony , he made his OVW return on May 22 , in a successful match during the # 718 OVW TV airing . Throughout the summer months of May , June and July , Anthony enjoyed a string of success matches in singles and tag team action . On January 4 , 2014 , Marcus Anthony defeated Jamin Olivencia to win his first OVW Heavyweight Championship . He lost the title to Olivencia in a rematch on the May 10 edition of the OVW Saturday Night Special ; before winning it for the second time on the July 5 edition of the OVW Satural Night Special . Anthony held the title throughout the remainder of July 2014 before losing it on August 2 to Melvin Maximus . Anthony ' s title rematch on September 6 was unsuccessful against Maximus . His final match of 2014 was in a second title rematch involving Cliff Compton who subsequently defeated Maximus and Anthony to win the Heavyweight Championship . On September 16 , 2015 , Anthony debuted as Private Anthony in a new tag team called The Band Of Brothaz with General Pope . Together , they won a Number One Contendership match to challenge for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship . Their title hunt concluded with a victory against the champions The Van Zandt Family Circus ( Dapper Dan Van Zandt & The Ringmaster ) to win the titles . The Band Of Brothaz held the titles until February 10 , 2016 , when they were defeated by The Tag Buddies ( Adam Revolver & Reverend Stuart Miles ) .