Brad Bradley Bradley Jayden " Brad " Thomas ( November 17 , 1980 ) is an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment as Ryan Braddock during 2008 . He previously worked for Impact Wrestling under the ring name Jay Bradley from 2012 - 2013 . During July of 2015 , Bradley returned to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Aiden O ' Shea . Career . Early career ( 1999 – 2005 ) . Bradley started his wrestling training at the Steel Domain Wrestling school in Chicago , where he trained with wrestlers including CM Punk and Colt Cabana . Bradley suffered several setbacks in his career as he suffered from an overactive thyroid , which would cause him to fall asleep during matches . He worked for several independent promotions in the Mid - West , most notably for IWA Mid - South , before signing a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . World Wrestling Entertainment . Developmental territories ( 2005 – 2009 ) . Bradley signed a WWE developmental contract in December 2005 . He debuted in WWE ' s then - developmental territory Deep South Wrestling ( DSW ) as " The Monster of the Midway " Bradley Jay . During his time in DSW he won the Deep South Heavyweight Championship on three occasions . He also wrestled dark matches for both the Raw and SmackDown ! brands . Occasionally , he made appearances on Heat as well . When WWE ended their relationship with DSW he was then sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) to continue his development . On May 16 he debuted in OVW under the name " Jay Bradley " , defeating former OVW Heavyweight Champion , Chet the Jett . He defeated Paul Burchill and Idol Stevens in a three - way match via two Lariats to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship on June 1 at OVW ' s first Summer Sizzler Series event at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville , Kentucky to become the first man to hold both the OVW and DSW heavyweight titles . On June 15 , 2007 , at Ohio Valley Wrestling ' s third Super Summer Sizzler Series event of the year at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville , Kentucky , he defeated Idol Stevens to retain the OVW title . He then lost the title to Paul Burchill in a match taped on June 27 and aired on June 30 . He also wrestled at Raw house shows on August 11 and 12 and September 1 ( losing to " Hacksaw " Jim Duggan ) . He wrestled in a dark match against D ' Lo Brown before a SmackDown television taping in August 2007 . On December 19 , in OVW , he won the " Love Thy Neighbor " four corners tag team match to win a future OVW Heavyweight title shot . He then was starting a feud with Matt Sydal and had defeated him in a tag team match where he and Mike Kruel defeated Sydal and Charles Evans . Unfortunately , before Bradley could exercise his title opportunity , OVW was dropped by World Wrestling Entertainment as a development territory . SmackDown ! ( 2008 ) . Bradley debuted on the main SmackDown ! roster on the August 15 , 2008 episode of the show , under the name " Ryan Braddock " . He was easily defeated by Big Show after a knockout hook . At the August 14 , 2008 , Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) television taping , Bradley wrestled under the Ryan Braddock name once again , making it his permanent and new ring name . On the August 22 episode of SmackDown ! , Braddock competed in a battle royal to qualify for the WWE Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven , but was eliminated by Big Show , who was not officially in the match . On the September 2 episide of ECW , Braddock faced Ricky Ortiz in a losing effort after being pinned by Ortiz ' s Big O finisher . On September 19 episode of SmackDown ! , Braddock competed in a one fall match - up with Festus , who was accompanied by Jesse . Braddock won the match as a result of a disqualification , after Jesse and Festus wrapped him in bubble wrap and duct tape . Following this match , Braddock returned to FCW before being released from WWE in March 2009 . Independent circuit ( 2009 – 2013 ) . After his release from WWE , Bradley began working for the Berwyn , Illinois - based All American Wrestling promotion and on March 28 , 2009 , defeated Tyler Black , Chandler McClure and Egotistico Fantastico to win the AAW Heavyweight Championship . He held the title for five months , before losing it to Jimmy Jacobs on September 5 . He also worked for Florida - based Full Impact Pro , losing to T . J . Perkins in his debut match on June 6 , 2009 . In 2011 , Bradley joined Billy Corgan ' s wrestling promotion , Resistance Pro . [ 19 ] At the promotion ' s debut show he defeated Icarus . In November 2012 , Bradley made his debut for Extreme Rising at their iPPV debut show Remember November defeating Christian York . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2012 - 2013 ) . Gut Check and Impact Wrestling ( 2013 ) . On the January 10 , 2013 , episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s Impact Wrestling television show , Bradley appeared as part of the TNA Gut Check , defeating Brian Cage . The following week , Bradley was chosen over Cage by the storyline Gut Check judges to earn a contract in TNA . Bradley returned on the May 16 episode of Impact Wrestling defeating Christian York in the first qualifying round for the Bound for Glory Series Gut Check Tournament . On June 2 at Slammiversary XI , Bradley defeated Sam Shaw to qualify for the 2013 Bound for Glory Series . Bradley would go to lose all of his beginning matches in the BFG series to the likes of Austin Aries , Hernandez , and Joseph Park . Bradley ended his participation in the tournament on the August 28 episode of TNA Xplosion , with a pinfall victory over Joseph Park , finishing eleventh out of the ten other wrestlers in the tournament . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2013 ) . Bradley returned to OVW after his appearance on TNA Gut Check . Bradley ' s first match since returning to OVW was against Tommy Gunn on March 6 which he won . On May 8 , Bradley teamed with Rob Terry to face The Coalition ( Raul LaMotta & Shiloh Jonze ) they ended up getting the victory by DQ after the other members of The Coalition interfered . On May 22 , 2013 , Bradley defeated the OVW Heavyweight Champion Jamin Olivencia in a non - title match . On June 19 , 2013 , Bradley was defeated by Rob Terry in a number one contenders match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship . Bradley left OVW after TNA ended there relationship with Ohio Valley Wrestling . Wrestle - 1 ( 2013 ) . As part of a working relationship between TNA and Wrestle - 1 it was announced on November 6 , 2013 , that Bradley would be working a tour for the Japanese promotion between November 16 and December 1 . In their debut match for the promotion , Bradley and fellow TNA worker Rob Terry defeated Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo in a tag team match . Bradley and Terry remained undefeated in tag team matches for the entire tour , but Bradley ' s tour ended with a three match losing streak in singles matches against his fellow TNA worker . Return to Impact Wrestling ( 2015 - 2016 ) . On October 4 , 2015 , at Bound for Glory , Bradley made his return to Impact Wrestling under the ring name Aiden O ' Shea ( and began using an Irish ruffian gimmick ) and competed in a twelve - man Bound For Gold Gauntlet match which was won by Tyrus . During October and November , O ' Shea also competed in the first Impact Wrestling World Title Series tournament that was taped in July 2015 as a member of Group Wildcard , where he ended third of his block by only defeating Crazzy Steve to receive 3 points . On January 8 , 2016 , at , O ' Shea was defeated by Rockstar Spud after they had a confrontation in the ring . On the October 6 , 2016 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , O ' Shea made his return to Impact Wrestling after his hiatus , accompanying Impact Wrestling President Billy Corgan to the ring and serving as muscle / representative .