Robbie Brookside Robert Edward Brooks ( 11 March 1966 ) , better known by his ring name Robbie Brookside , is an English professional wrestler . He is signed to WWE , where he works as a trainer in its developmental territory NXT . He has toured all over the world during his career , wrestling in the United States , Japan , Germany , and Mexico . He was a regular tag partner of Steve Regal in the United Kingdom and has competed in New Japan Pro Wrestling ' s annual tournament , the Super J , in 1997 , where he picked up a victory over Chris Jericho . Early life . Brooks was born in Liverpool , Merseyside . His father was a footballer who played for Preston North End FC . Professional wrestling career . Brooks was discovered by Bobby Barren , who invited him to wrestle at the Pleasure Beach in Blackpool , and Brian Dixon , who got Brooks some jobs on the holiday camps with established wrestlers such as Steve Adonis . Wrestling as Robbie Brookside , he won his first title after World Heavy - Middleweight Champion " Rollerball " Mark Rocco retired and Brookside won the vacant title in a tournament . The following year , he lost it to Frank " Chic " Cullen . Brookside then teamed with Doc Dean as The Liverpool Lads , together winning the British Tag Team Championship . Frankie Sloan later teamed with Brookside as The Liverpool Lads in place of Dean . In 1996 , Brookside got the chance to wrestle in Germany for the Catch Wrestling Association through his contact with the group , Dave " Fit " Finlay . From then through to the turn of the century , Brookside could be found wrestling across many promotions in Europe , and won many titles during his travels . Brookside spent six months in the U . S . wrestling for World Championship Wrestling , including several matches on " Nitro " , WCW ' s main TV shown worldwide . On 25 April 2005 , he had a dark match on World Wrestling Entertainment ' s " Raw " during a taping of the show in the UK , losing to Simon Dean . When WWE once again returned to England , Brookside joined other British wrestlers Thunder and Steve Lewington as part of the WWE security squad that helped keep the waring " Raw " and " SmackDown ! " wrestlers apart . Brookside continued to wrestle in and around the UK and remained one of the top British wrestlers , winning many of the top titles in the UK . Brookside became the first - ever Real Quality Wrestling Heavyweight Champion on 29 April 2006 , defeating former WWE and WCW Superstar Billy Kidman during a match at RQW ' s " A Night Of Champions " event . Brookside would later go on to win the Frontier Wrestling Alliance ' s British Heavyweight Championship at the " FWA Summer Classic " in a no - DQ elimination three - way match , finally pinning Jonny Storm after then - champion Hade Vansen , who was eliminated first , returned to the ring and hit Storm with his " South City Driller " finishing move . Though FWA Champion , Brookside was in fact wrestling under the banner of another promotion , All Star Wrestling . Brookside remained an All Star wrestler throughout his reign , with various FWA wrestlers trying to take back " their " championship . During this time , Brookside vacated his RQW Heavyweight title and leave the promotion . Brookside also took an interest in the future of the business by going on to train future wrestlers , eventually opening his own Leicester - based wrestling school , Wrestleicester , in late 2006 . Brookside appeared on the April 23 , 2007 episode of " Raw " , losing a no disqualification , 3 - on - 1 handicap match to Shane McMahon , Vince McMahon , and Umaga . Brookside was introduced as a man that Shane McMahon had personally seen take down six men by himself in a fight at a local pub . Brookside has also had WWE matches against Snitsky and Maven . Brookside wrestled for Alan Ravenhill ' s Welsh Wrestling in 2008 , where he defeated James Mason in a World of Sport rules match at Maesteg Town Hall . In February 2008 , Brookside won All Star Promotions British Heavyweight Championship for the second time but was forced to vacate the title in May 2009 due to injury . At a WWE house show in Birmingham on 7 November 2011 , William Regal announced that Brookside was in the crowd and credited him with his success as well as that of Sheamus and Wade Barrett . In 2013 , Brookside , who had already been working as a talent scout for WWE , began working as a coach in WWE ' s developmental system , NXT . Brookside made an appearance on the February 16 , 2015 episode of " Raw " , separating a brawl between Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns .