Heath Slater Heath Miller ( July 15 , 1983 ) is an American professional wrestler working for WWE under the ring name Heath Slater . He is a former WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion with Rhyno . He was a contestant in the first season of " WWE NXT " , where he finished fourth . He is a former FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion and three – time WWE Tag Team Champion with Justin Gabriel . Childhood . Heath grew up in Pineville , West Virginia . At fourteen years old , Heath Slater attended the WCW ' s tenth annual Starrcade ( Starrcade 1997 ) and was featured on TV combing his unique head of red hair . Career . WWA4 Pro Wrestling School ( 2004 – 2006 ) . Miller trained under Curtis Hughes at the WWA4 Pro Wrestling School in Atlanta , Georgia before debuting in August 2006 . While training , he appeared on a two - part episode on the sketch comedy show " Blue Collar " . He soon began competing in Northeastern independent promotions , including NWA Wildside . While wrestling for NWA Wildside , Miller won the GCW Columbus Heavyweight Championship after defeating Scotty 2 Hotty . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2006 – present ) . Developmental territories . In December 2006 , Miller signed a developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to its Deep South Wrestling ( DSW ) territory in Atlanta , Georgia . When the WWE ended its relationship with DSW in the spring of 2007 , WWE created Florida Championship Wrestling in Tampa , Florida to be run by retired wrestler Steve Keirn . Miller was one of over twenty developmental wrestlers to relocate from Atlanta to Tampa for further training . At a June 2007 FCW show , Miller appeared as the manager of fellow developmental talent Shawn McGrath under the name " Heath Wallace Miller Esq . " Since then , Miller has returned to using his real name and competes as a wrestler as well as McGrath ' s manager . In 2007 , Miller was given a talk show called the " Happy Hour " during some FCW shows . During one segment , Billy Kidman was the guest ; Miller claimed to idolize Kidman but then commented that Kidman ' s career was declining . This created a feud and led to a series of matches between the two . In January 2008 , Miller started defending the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship on behalf of the champion Ted DiBiase , Jr . , who was injured . DiBiase soon forfeited the belt and Miller was declared the champion . Miller and his tag team partner Steve Lewington lost to John Morrison and The Miz for the WWE Tag Team Championship on February 15 , 2008 at a Florida Championship Wrestling show . Miller and his partner Steve Lewington advanced to the finals of a tournament for the inaugural FCW Florida Tag Team Championship in February 2008 . Miller and Lewington defeated Brandon Groom and Greg Jackson and The Thoroughbreds ( Johnny Curtis and Kevin Kiley ) to reach the finals . On February 23 , 2008 , Miller and Lewington lost to The Puerto Rican Nightmares ( Eddie Colón and Eric Perez ) in the finals . On September 11 , teaming with Joe Hennig , he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship . As champion , he would change his ring name to " Sebastian Slater " . On October 30 , 2008 , Slater and Hennig lost their tag titles to The New Hart Foundation ( Harry Smith and TJ Wilson ) in Tampa , Florida . He returned from injury in the 26 episode of FCW where he defeated Justin Angel . On August 13 , 2009 , at the 50th FCW TV taping , Miller defeated Tyler Reks to become FCW Heavyweight Champion . Miller lost the FCW Heavyweight Championship to Justin Angel in a " best two out of three falls " match at the September 24 , 2009 TV taping . On October 5 , 2009 , Slater competed in a dark match before an edition of Raw against Jamie Noble and cut a promo before the match saying that WWE was " starting out with the best " and insulting the crowd , Slater went on to lose the match . " NXT " and The Nexus . On February 16 , 2010 , Slater was announced as one of eight FCW wrestlers to compete on the first season of the " WWE NXT " show , with Christian as his storyline mentor . On the inaugural episode of " NXT " , Slater won his debut match as he and Christian defeated Carlito and Michael Tarver in a tag team match . Two weeks later , Slater defeated Carlito , becoming the first NXT rookie to beat a WWE pro in a singles match . On the March 30 episode of " NXT " he came fourth out of eight rookies in the first Pros ' Poll . On the April 6 episode , Slater won a keg - carrying contest against all other rookies . This resulted in him being in the main event that night , a match against Kane , that he lost . In an upset victory on April 20 , Slater defeated Chris Jericho in the main event of " NXT " . However , Slater remained at fourth in the second Pros Poll , revealed on May 11 . He was eliminated from " NXT " on May 25 , coming in last in the Pros ' Poll . On the June 7 , 2010 edition of " Raw " , Slater turned heel and along with the other " NXT " season one rookies interfered in the main event match between John Cena and CM Punk , attacking both competitors as well as the announcing team before dismantling the ring area and surrounding equipment . On the June 28 edition of " Raw " , the group was named The Nexus . On the October 25 edition of " Raw " , Slater and fellow Nexus member , Justin Gabriel won the WWE Tag Team Championship from their stable mates David Otunga and John Cena , when the group ' s leader Wade Barrett ordered Otunga to lay down for the better of the team . After the match , Slater and Gabriel went on to celebrate as Barrett announced that from then on , Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty were official members of the Nexus . On the December 6 , 2010 episode of Raw , Slater and Gabriel lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to the team of Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella due to an outside distraction from John Cena . On the January 10 , 2011 , edition of Raw Slater and Gabriel refused to take part in new Nexus leader CM Punk ' s initiation and walked away from the group . SmackDown and The Corre ( 2011 ) . At the January 11 , 2011 , tapings of the January 14 edition of " SmackDown " , Slater and Gabriel made a jump to the brand , joining their former leader Wade Barrett and Ezekiel Jackson and beating down Big Show . One week later , Barrett named the group The Corre , and later that night Gabriel defeated World Heavyweight Champion Edge in a non - title match , following interference from the rest of the Corre . After winning a non - title match against the champions Kozlov and Marella on the February 4 episode of " SmackDown , " Gabriel and Slater received a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship two weeks later , but lost via disqualification when the members of The Corre interefered . They received a rematch at Elimination Chamber on February 20 and defeated Kozlov and Marella to win the WWE Tag Team Championship for a second time . The following night on Raw , Gabriel and Slater lost the Tag Team Championship to John Cena and The Miz , but won the championship back minutes later when Barrett invoked The Corre ' s rematch clause , and The Miz turned on Cena . The Corre began a feud with Big Show , and at WrestleMania XXVII the team of the Big Show , Kane , santino Marella and Kofi Kingston defeated The Corre . At the April 19 tapings of " SmackDown , " the duo of Gabriel and Slater lost the Tag Team Championship to the team of Kane and the Big Show . In a backstage segment following the match , Gabriel was attacked by Slater , who thought Gabriel blamed him for their loss . On the May 6 episode of " SmackDown , " Gabriel , Barrett and Slater attacked Jackson , removing him from the group . Barrett walked out on Gabirel and Slater in a 6 - man tag team match against Jackson and The Usos on the June 10 edition of " SmackDown . " This led to Gabirel and Slater telling Barrett that The Corre was over . Gabriel and Slater started a feud with The Usos . On the June 17 edition of " SmackDown , " Gabriel and Slater were defeated by The Usos . On the June 17 edition of SmackDown , Gabriel and Slater were defeated by The Usos , later defeating them in a rematch on the June 24 edition . The next day he together with Gabirel were announced for the " SmackDown " Money in the Bank match in Chicago , Illinois . They were again defeated by the Usos on the July 8 edition , having a visible disagreement and argument in the ring following the match . On the July 15 edition of SmackDown , Slater started a feud with Gabriel when he verbally berated him saying that Gabriel was holding him down . That same night , Slater lost to Gabriel after receiving a 450 Splash . At Money in the Bank , he and Gabriel participated in the Money in the Bank Ladder match , which was won by Daniel Bryan . On October 17 , slater was suspended due to a wellness violation for 30 days . Feud with the Legends ( 2012 ) . From the June 11 episode of Raw , Slater toned down his lower - card status when he began competing in matches and segments involving WWE veterans returning to Raw to build up to Raw ' s 1000th episode on July 23 , succumbing to the likes of Vader , Sycho Sid , Roddy Piper , Wendi Richter and Cyndi Lauper , though he managed to defeat Doink the Clown on the July 2 episode of Raw . after the match Diamond Dallas Page came out to the ring and shook Slater ' s hand , appearing to congratulate him , before giving him the " Diamond Cutter " . On the July 9 episode of Raw , after losing a match , Bob Backlund came out to the ring and after a few moments of playing up to the crowd and suffering a cheap shot from Slater , Backlund applied the " Crossface Chickenwing " to make Slater submit . On July 12 at an NXT taping at Full Sail University , Scotty 2 Hotty defeated Slater using the Worm . On the July 16 episode of Raw , Slater lost to Rikishi . On the July 20 episode of SmackDown , Slater lost to Road Warrior Animal . On Raw 1000 , he lost to Lita , with help from The APA and all of the legends that Slater had lost to in the preceding weeks on Raw . 3MB ( 2012 - 2014 ) . On the September 23 episode of " SmackDown " , Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal interfered in Slater ' s match against Brodus Clay by attacking Clay . The trio later settled for the name Three Man Band , or 3MB for short . Slater would then go on to become the brash and confident leader of 3MB . From October 2012 , 3MB raked up many wins against Team Co - Bro ( Santino Marella and Zack Ryder ) and The Usos , all of them due to illegal interference . At the TLC pay - per - view , 3MB ' s winning streak came to an end at the hands of The Miz , Alberto Del Rio and the Brooklyn Brawler . The next night at the Slammy Awards show , 3MB lost again to Miz , Del Rio and Tommy Dreamer . Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal often interfere in Slater ' s matches at Slater ' s bahest , defending the leader of the trio . On the " 20th Anniversary of Raw " on January 14 , 2013 , 3MB won an over the top challenge against Sheamus . Slater and McIntyre represented 3MB in the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champions , but were defeated in the first round by Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey on the January 23 episode of NXT . He participated in the Royal Rumble coming from number 10 and being eliminated by John Cena . On the April 12 edition of " SmackDown , " Slater along with the rest of 3MB , attempted to ambush Triple H as he was addressing Brock Lesnar , however The Shield came out and attacked them . On the April 15 " Raw , " 3MB called out The Shield but instead it was Brock Lesnar who came out and attacked the three of them , delivering the " F - 5 " on Slater twice on the barricade . On the April 29 episode of " Raw , " 3MB attacked The Shield , but The Shield quickly turned the tables on them . Team Hell No came to the ring , seemingly to aid 3MB , but The Shield escaped and Team Hell No attacked 3MB instead . On the November 11 episode of " Raw , " while on tour in the UK , 3MB changed their name to The Union Jacks , but were defeated by santino Marella and Los Matadores . On the November 13 edition of Main Event , Slater and McIntyre would defeat The Prime Time Players . On the November 15 episode of " SmackDown , " The Union jacks were defeated by R - truth and The Prime Time Players . On the County Music edition of " Raw " on November 18 , 3MB competed as the Rhinestone Cowboys in which McIntyre and Mahal lost to R - Truth and the debuting Xavier Woods in Nashville . Similarly , this trend of name changes continued to amount the groups loses as they also lost to The Primetime Players on SmackDown , as The Fabulous 3Birds , which was a play on the legendary tag team The Fabulous Freebirds . On the November 29 episode of SmackDown , they were billed as the Plymouth Rockers , a play on The Rockers tag team , even coming out to The Rockers ' entrance music , and faced Los Matadores , along with their mascot , El Toriito in a losing effort . Shortly after the match , Slater took time off from WWE to deal with personal issuses . He returned on the January 6 , 2014 episode of Raw , which saw 3MB defeated by Rikishi and Too Cool . On April 4 , Slater broke his losing streak , picking up the win against Kofi Kingston on WWE Superstars . At WrestleMania XXX , all three members entered the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and eliminated both The Great Khali and Xavier Woods as a unit , before all three were eliminated by Mark Henry . After WrestleMania , 3MB entered a feud with Los Matadores , which saw Hornswoggle ally himself with the trio so as to feud with El Torito . 3MB won their first match since December 2012 after Slater and McIntyre beat Los Matadores on the April 28 edition of Raw . On June 12 , both Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre were released from their WWE contracts , thus disbanding 3MB . Singles competition ( 2014 ) . On the June 16 , 2014 episode of Raw , Slater stood up to Rusev and Lana by responding to their anti - America promos . However , he was quickly defeated by Rusev , who applied the " Accolade " on Slater to get the win . On the June 26 episode of Superstars , Slater remained a heel where he faced Adam Rose in a losing effort . On the July 11 episode of " SmackDown " , Slater teamed up with Titus O ' Neil to face The Usos , in which Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso won the match . At Battleground , Slater competed in a battle royal for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship ; Slater did not win the match , but managed to eliminate Cesaro in upset fashion and received the biggest ovation from the crowd in his career , before he was then quickly eliminated by Sheamus . On the July 21 episode of Raw , Slater confronted Flo Rida about their previous confrontation at WrestleMania 28 . This resulted in Flo Rida once again pushing Slater to the ground . Slater Gator ( 2014 – 2015 ) . On the June 16 , 2014 episode of " Raw " , Slater showed signs of a face turn as he stood up to Rusev and Lana by responding to their anti - American promos . However , he was quickly defeated by Rusev , who applied the " Accolade " on Slater to get the win . On the June 26 episode of " Superstars " , Slater faced Adam Rose in a losing effort . On the July 11 episode of " SmackDown " , Slater teamed up with Titus O ' Neil to face The Usos in a match which Usos won . At " Battleground " , Slater competed in a battle royal for the vacant Intercontinental Championship ; Slater did not win the match , but managed to eliminate Cesaro in upset fashion and received the biggest ovation from the crowd in his career , but was then quickly eliminated by Sheamus . On the July 21 episode of " Raw " , Slater confronted Flo Rida about their previous confrontation . This resulted in Flo Rida once again pushing Slater to the ground . Slater then began to regularly team up with Titus O ' Neil . On the July 29 episode of " Main Event " , Slater and O ' Neil became known as " " Slater Gator " " and picked up their first win over Tyson Kidd and Zack Ryder . On the August 4 episode of " Raw " , Slater scored an upset victory over Seth Rollins following a distraction from Dean Ambrose , and he followed it up a week later with a count - out victory over Dolph Ziggler following a distraction from The Miz . During this period Slater Gator also scored victories on " Main Event " over Los Matadores and Goldust and Stardust . However Slater ' s brief winning streak was ended when Slater Gator were defeated by Los Matadores on the August 25 episode of " Raw " . Slater Gator then began a feud with Adam Rose and his bunny , who has attacked Slater on many occasions . In his return to " Raw " on November 17 , 2014 , he returned in Uncle Sam attire and became the next victim against Rusev . Later at Survivor Series , Slater remained and Titus O ' Neil , lost to Adam Rose and The Bunny . In December 2014 , a warrant for Slater ' s arrest was issued , rendering him inactive until all legal issues were resolved . The charges were dropped on January 15 , 2015 . Slater returned to action sporting a new shorter haircut , in a dark match against Luke Harper on February 3 , 2015 . On the February 12 edition of SmackDown , Slater - Gator competed in a tag team turmoil match , where they were quickly defeated by the team of Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns . This would be the final time Slater - Gator would team up . Singles competition ( 2015 ) . On the February 16 episode of Raw , Titus O ' Neil made a face turn and reformed The Prime Time Players with Darren Young , effectively ending the team of Slater - Gator . Later that night , Slater stated on social media , " I ' m going to start focusing on ME ! ! ! I ' m better on my own . . . It ' s about time I get what I deserve . " At WrestleMania 31 , Slater competed in the 30 - man Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal which was won by The Big Show . Slater returned to the scenes on the April 20 edition of Raw when he was at catering only to get RKO ' ed through the table by Randy Orton . He would try to accept John Cena ' s open challenge for the United States championship , but was denied each week . Normally , Slater would appear in numerous house shows , WWE Superstars , and WWE Main Event losing to the likes of Neville , Zack Ryder , R - Truth , Fandango , and many more . Slater broke his losing streak by pinning Adam Rose on the May 29th episode of Superstars ( that being his only victory of the whole entire year ) . Slater appeared on television once more on the November 23rd episode of Raw as he was about to play a song on his guitar for the WWE Universe , but the segment was quickly cut short when Ryback entered and attacked Slater . Heath appeared on television once more on the December 28th episode of Raw during the Slammy Awards Superstar of the year segment with fellow low / mid card superstars only to be all attacked by Big Show . Social Outcast ( 2016 ) . On the January , 2016 episode of " Raw " , Slater win to Dolph Ziggler by pinfall . After the Match , Slater announced that he had formed his own stable called Social Outcast with Adam Rose , Curtis Axel , Bo Dallas . Free Agent Storyline ( 2016 ) Slater was the only WWE superstar not to be drafted in the WWE draft of 2016 to neither Raw or Smackdown . Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas being drafted to Raw thus breaking up the Social Outcasts . Heath began his Free Agent adventure by appearing on the July 26th episode of Smackdown Live by attacking a local talent and cutting a highly acclaimed mic segment . This all leads to Slater getting gored by Rhyno . Heath appeared on Raw the following week with the returning Jinder Mahal only to end up getting superkicked and pinned by his former comrade . Slater appeared on the August 2nd episode of Smackdown cutting a short segment with Daniel Bryan and receiving yet another gore by Rhyno . Slater appeared on Smackdown the following week competing in a normal singles match against Rhyno ; if he were to win the match he would earn a contract to be added to the Smackdown roster . Though , Slater was unable to take the victory as he was defeated by Rhyno via gore and pinfall . Slater appeared on Raw for the last time during a Brock Lesnar segment cutting off Paul Heyman so he could face Brock in one on one match to earn a contract with Raw . Heath is unsuccessful yet again after receiving two German suplex ' s and a F - 5 from Lesnar . Heath Slater and Rhyno ( 2016 - present ) On the August 23rd episode of Smackdown , Slater appeared to cut a segment with Daniel Bryan and Shane Mcmahon . The two general managers give Slater yet another opportunity to earn a Smackdown contract by letting find a partner for the Smackdown tag team championship tournament . After trying hard to find a partner , Rhyno approaches Slater and the two become tag team partners . The two faced the Headbangers in the first round of the tag team tournament on the August 30th episode of Smackdown , coming out victorious . They would move on to defeat Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley the following week to move on to the finals of the tournament . At Backlash , Slater and Rhyno successfully defeated the Usos to become the first Smackdown tag team champions and Heath earning himself a contract . Slater and Rhyno made their first and successful title defense against the Ascension on the September 13th episode of Smackdown .