Adam Rose Raymond Leppan ( July 20 , 1979 ) is an South Africa n professional wrestler under the ring name Aldo Rose . He is best known for his time with WWE , where he performed under the ring name Adam Rose . He is a former two - time FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion under the ring name Leo Kruger . Professional wrestling career . South Africa ( 1995 - 2010 ) . Leppan debuted as a professional wrestler at the age of 16 . He worked in South Africa with Paul Lloyd Jr . , known as the tag team Pure Juice . He also wrestled as " Dameon Duke " in World Wrestling Professionals . While there , Duke won the WWP World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Tornado in 2007 and lost it to Fury the following year . World Wrestling Entertainment . Developmental Territories ( 2010 - 2014 ) . After Leppan ' s United States work visa cleared , he was able to debut in Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) under his real name on 25 February 2010 , in a losing effort against Curt Hawkins . Two weeks later , Leppan was defeated by Eli Cottonwood . The following week , Leppan changed his ring name to " Leo Kruger " , chosen as a tribute to his relative and former President of South Africa Paul Kruger , before losing to Johnny Curtis . On 18 March , Kruger picked up his first win since joining FCW by defeating Jacob Novak . At the television tapings on 20 May , Kruger challenged the former Paul Lloyd , Jr . and fellow South African wrestler , Justin Gabriel to a match . At the television tapings on 10 June , Kruger lost to Gabriel , but in a rematch on 1 July , Kruger reversed the result . In mid - 2010 , Kruger formed a team with Derrick Bateman , known as The Handsome Man Express . The duo challenged Los Aviadores ( Hunico and Epico ) for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship on 2 July , but were unsuccessful . On 8 July , Kruger teamed with Tyler Reks to challenge Los Aviadores again for the championship , but was unsuccessful . Kruger then went on a winning streak , defeating Big E . Langston , Bateman , Austin Watson , Husky Harris , and Wes Brisco , before finally losing in a mixed tag team match , when he and Kaitlyn lost to Brad Maddox and Jamie Keyes on 9 September . Kruger ' s final match in 2010 was at the television tapings on 23 September , when he lost to Bo Rotundo . Following the match , Kruger lost feeling in his arm , and it was discovered that he had broken his neck . While recuperating , Kruger became a commentator for the FCW television program . After Bo Rotundo was injured in September 2011 , his FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship was vacated and a tournament set up to determine the new champion . Kruger defeated Percy Watson to make it to the final , a fatal four - way match against Husky Harris , Damien Sandow , and Dean Ambrose . Kruger won the match and the championship , his first in FCW . Kruger then appeared in dark matches prior to the SmackDown television tapings on 20 and 27 September , losing to Trent Barreta and defeating Johnny Curtis respectively . Kruger successfully defended the championship against Harris on the 24 October episode of FCW television and on the 14 November episode of FCW television , Kruger defeated Harris and Richie Steamboat in a triple threat match to retain the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship . On the 18 December episode of FCW television , Kruger successfully defended the championship against Seth Rollins , after interference from Antonio Cesaro . In late December 2011 , Kruger appeared at several WWE house shows , losing to Alex Riley on 27 and 28 December . On 30 December , he teamed with Riley and Mason Ryan to defeat Tyler Reks , Curt Hawkins , and JTG in a six - man tag team match at a Raw brand house show . On 2 February 2012 , Kruger lost the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship to Mike Dalton . He regained the championship from Dalton three weeks later on 23 February , but lost it that same night to Seth Rollins . When WWE rebranded its developmental territory , FCW , into NXT Wrestling , Kruger ' s NXT television debut took place on the second episode of the rebooted WWE NXT taped at Full Sail University , where he defeated Aiden English . On the 1 August episode of NXT , Kruger was inserted into the Gold Rush Tournament to crown the first NXT Champion , where he was defeated by Richie Steamboat in the quarter - finals . In September , Kruger ' s character was tweaked into that of a deranged hunter and mercenary . In December , Kruger formed an alliance with Kassius Ohno ; Kruger and Ohno defeated Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel on the 2 January 2013 episode of NXT . On the 16 January episode of NXT , Kruger defeated Trent Baretta . On the 30 January episode of NXT , Ohno and Kruger entered the NXT Tag Team Championship Tournament to crown the inaugural champions and defeated Alex Riley and Derrick Bateman in the first round . On the 6 February episode of NXT , Kruger and Ohno were defeated by Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey in the semi - finals . Kruger then moved on to feud with Justin Gabriel when he attempted to attack Gabriel ' s injured partner , Tyson Kidd ; Kruger won the series of matches 2 - 1 . Kruger next set his sights on Bo Dallas ' s NXT Championship . On the 18 July NXT , Kruger won a triple threat match against Sami Zayn and Antonio Cesaro to become number one contender . On 7 August , Kruger fought Dallas for NXT Championship , but lost . Kruger eventually feuded with Zayn with the feud culminated in Zayn winning a two - out - of - three falls match on the 1 January 2014 NXT . Rose ' s last feud in NXT was with Camacho who was not supportive of Rose or his Exotic Express ; going as far as to attack his " Rosebuds " after matches . Though one of his entourage was defeated in action against Camacho ; Rose secured the victory and redemption at NXT Takeover with the Party Foul . The Exotic Express ( 2014 - 2015 ) . From the post - WrestleMania Raw on April 7 , WWE aired introductory vignettes for Rose . Rose made his main roster debut on the May 5 episode of Raw , interrupting Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger . Rose continued to distract Swagger during his matches , leading to Swagger losing . Rose wrestled his first Raw match on the May 26 episode of Raw in a winning effort against Damien Sandow . During the match Swagger and Colter interfered , holding one of Rose ' s party members hostage . Rose saved his friend after winning the match despite the distraction . Rose defeated Swagger on the May 30 episode of SmackDown and the June 2 episode of Raw . Rose has gone unbeaten since his first appearance on the main roster . Rose made his first pay - per - view appearance at Money in the Bank where he defeated Damien Sandow . On the Battleground pre - show , Rose defeated Fandango . After over a month of inactivity , Rose returned on the September 1 episode of Raw , where he defeated Titus O ' Neil . On the September 4 episode of NXT , Rose ' s undefeated streak was ended as he was defeated by Tyson Kidd via submission . On the 22 September episode of Raw , Rose teamed with the Bunny ( for the Bunny ' s first match ) as they defeated Heath Slater and Titus O ' Neil . On the 15th Anniversary episode of SmackDown for October 10 , Rose suffered his first main roster loss at the hands of Kane . On the October 31 episode of " SmackDown " , WWE teased dissension between Rose and the Bunny when R - Truth hinted that the Bunny was upstaging Rose . After the Bunny cost Rose a match , it was assaulted and abandoned by Rose , but continued supporting Rose for his next match and often started causing Rose to lose some matches after the attempts to help him out backfired . In response , Rose allowed The Bunny to submit to Tyson Kidd rather than saving him . The Bunny teamed up with Rose at Survivor Series to take on Slater Gator ( Heath Slater and Titus O ' Neil ) in a tag team match . The Bunny won the match but Rose was clearly displeased . The Bunny and Rose then failed to win a tag team turmoil match , which granted the winners a shot at the WWE Tag Team Championship . WWE awarded the Bunny a Slammy Award on 8 December as the year ' s top animal star . Rose then began feuding with Kane , resulting in Rose losing matches to him and The Bunny gaining a neck injury from a tombstone piledriver . On the December 22 episode of RAW , Rose snapped after a quick loss to R - Truth and viciously attacked the Bunny , ending their partnership and turning heel in the process . In early 2015 , Rose aligned with Cesaro and Tyson Kidd after they attacked The New Day , as masked members of the Rosebuds . Now billed as their " ambassador " on commentary , Adam Rose along with Natalya stood ringside as the stable now known as the " Brass Ring Club " defeated The New Day on the Kickoff to the Royal Rumble . As part of his heel turn , Rose started to push around his Rosebuds , behaving like a bully . More recently , he started feuding with the returning Zack Ryder , with the pair exchanging victories and using Twitter to insult one another , with even William Shatner ( whom Rose called " Dad " ) joining in . Rose was one of the participants in the 2nd Annual André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania XXXI . Rose however did not win the match . In late April , Fandango split away from Rosa Mendes and Adam Rose was seen talking to her . A week later , Rosa cost Fandango a match with Rose , and became Rose ' s valet instead after a kiss . On May 14 , Rose informed his Rosebuds that the party was " officially over " . The Party Pooper ; Rose Bush ( 2015 – 2016 ) . On the 22 June episode of " Raw " , Rose ' s gimmick was slightly tweaked to a pompous artiste , exclaiming that the WWE Universe had no idea of true art or passion , hyping up the reveal of his " masterpiece " in the process . The storyline was never resolved . Rose re - emerged on the 29 August episode of " Main Event " , sporting generic black boots and tights , a plain gray shirt , glasses , and a tweaked gimmick again . Though he eventually submitted to Jack Swagger , he declared in a pre - match promo his intentions to " poop on everybody ' s party " . On the 5 October episode of " Raw " , Rose shared a " cryptic message " , saying , " All I wanted to do was put smiles on little children ' s faces . Well , poop . " The camera then tilted down onto what seemed to be the Bunny ' s mascot head . On the 3 November edition of " Main Event " , during and after defeating Fandango , this mystery bunny person was seen at ringside leaving Rose surprised . Rose formed a tag team with Brad Maddox . However , the team would be short - lived as Maddox was released from his contract on 25 November . Following Maddox being released from the company , on the 30 November 2015 edition of " Raw " , Rose debuted a " Hollywood Minute " - inspired segment entitled " The Rose Bush " , in which he start talking about all the " dirt " in WWE . The Social Outcasts and departure ( 2016 ) . On the 4 January " Raw " , Rose , along with Bo Dallas , Curtis Axel , and Heath Slater , debuted as a new stable and went on to assist Slater in defeating Dolph Ziggler , calling themselves " social outcasts " . On the January 11 episode of " Raw " , now billed as The Social Outcasts , the group would face The Wyatt Family to a no contest when Ryback interfered . On the 24 January 2016 " SmackDown " , the four defeated the team of Goldust , Damien Sandow , Jack Swagger and Zack Ryder in an eight man tag match . On February 8 , 2016 episode of Raw , Rose defeated Titus O ' Neil . On 17 March " SmackDown " , Social Outcasts announced they will be participants in 3rd annual André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32 . Adam Rose competed in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at Wrestlemania 32 but was eliminated by the eventual winner Baron Corbin . On the 11 April " Raw " Adam Rose lost to Apollo Crews . On 16 April , Leppan was suspended for 60 days after his second violation of the company ' s Wellness Program . On 20 April , Leppan publicly addressed his suspension as " not right " , saying " I did not do anything knowingly wrong and was taking prescribed medication that my [ doctor ] and I followed all the correct protocol on . " On May 23 , 2016 , Leppan requested , and was granted his release from WWE . Independent circuit ( 2016 - present ) . After his release , Leppan announced his new ring name as Aldo Rose , maintaining the party host gimmick , but as an edgier character . He currently wrestles for various independent promotions . On July 16 , Leppan was announced to wrestle a tag team match with Deimos against the team of Ken Canada and Donny Dixon for Fight The World Wrestling ' s FTW Party On . Other media . When 2K Sports were doing a Q & A with their fans , Adam Rose was confirmed to be a downloadable content for the video game " WWE 2K15 " , as a part of the NXT Arrival pack . This pack was made available in March 2015 before WrestleMania 31 . The Bunny character is included in Rose ' s entrance in " WWE 2K15 " with other Rosebuds , but is otherwise not playable . Different versions have an alternate look for The Bunny . For the 2014 – 15 season , the Ottawa Senators of the NHL along with the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League utilized Adam Rose ' s entrance theme as part of the team ' s goal horn . On 5 May 2015 , a documentary by " E : 60 " aired on ESPN , showing the development of the Adam Rose character along with other NXT Superstars . Adam Rose is one of the 123 characters in the " WWE 2K16 " video game . Personal life . Leppan is married to an American woman named Cassandra and has two sons named Maverick and Levi . Leppan has said ( in 2016 ) that his sister died from complications arising from heroin usage . On May 11 , 2016 , Leppan was arrested in Lutz , Florida by the Hillsborough County Sherriff ' s Office for tampering with a witness ( domestic ) and battery domestic assault . The incident took place at 1 : 30am ET