The Bravado Brothers Harlem Bravado and Lance Bravado are a professional wrestling tag team , collectively known as The Bravado Brothers . The duo have worked for several independent promotions , including Ring of Honor , Chikara , and Full Impact Pro , and have also appeared in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah . Professional wrestlign career . Ring of Honor ( 2008 – 2012 ) . The Bravado Brothers trained at Ring of Honor ( ROH ) ' s Wrestling Academy under the tutelage of Delirious in 2008 . The duo debuted for ROH in September 2009 , and over the next several months they competed in dark matches , facing wrestlers including Tony Kozina and Anthony Nese . Their first match as part of the main roster was at the ROH 8th Anniversary Show , where they were defeated by The Kings of Wrestling ( Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli ) . They entered the ROH Tag Wars 2010 tournament , reaching the semi - finals before losing to the Dark City Fight Club of Kory Chavis and Jon Davis . Following losses to teams including Future Shock ( Adam Cole and Kyle O ' Reilly ) and Grizzly Redwood and Andy Ridge , they developed a winning streak beginning in January 2011 , which lasted until they were beaten by Future Shock at ROH Supercard of Honor VI on May 21 . At ROH Tag Team Turmoil 2011 , the Bravados entered the tournament to determine the next challengers to the ROH World Tag Team Championship . They defeated the Briscoe Brothers ( Jay and Mark Briscoe ) , but lost to Future Shock in the final . On September 17 , the Bravado Brothers appeared on their first ROH pay - per - view Death Before Dishonor IX , when they were part of a three - way elimination match against The Young Bucks and Future Shock ; the Bravados were the first team eliminated . In November , the duo lost to the Briscoe Brothers in a qualifying match for the Survival of the Fittest tournament . ROH Final Battle 2011 pay - per - view , the Bravado Brothers were part of a tag team gauntlet match to determine the number one contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship , but were the first team eliminated by Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander . Following a tour of Japan , the Bravado Brothers returned to ROH at ROH Unity in April 2012 , defeating The Young Bucks . The following month , the pair challenged Wrestling ' s Greatest Tag Team ( Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas ) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship . They won the match by disqualification , and so did not win the championship . They competed only sporadically for ROH throughout mid - 2012 , including a loss to Coleman and Alexander at ROH Glory By Honor IX , which was their last ROH appearance . Independent promotions ( 2011 – present ) . On November 12 , 2011 , they debuted for Chikara , losing to 3 . 0 ( Scott Parker and Shane Matthews ) . Throughout 2012 , they made sporadic appearances for the promotion , including participating in the 2012 " torneo cibernetico " on November 18 , as part of Team Kevin Steen . On May 18 , 2013 , the Bravados returned to take part in the 2013 Tag World Grand Prix , but were eliminated in the first round by The Batiri ( Kodama and Obariyon ) . In 2013 , the duo began working for the Evolve promotion . On May 30 , they defeated Maxwell Chicago and Sugar Dunkerton at EVOLVE 20 and the following day at EVOLVE 21 , they defeated Derek Ryze and Andrew Everett . On June 2 , at EVOLVE 22 they teamed with Everett in a loss to Dos Ben Dejos and Shane Strickland . In 2013 , the Bravados also began working for Full Impact Pro ( FIP ) . They debuted at " Ascension " in April , where they defeated Tommy Taylor and Kenneth Cameron , before attacking the FIP Tag Team Champions Dos Ben Dejos . On July 5 , at the Declaration of Independence internet pay - per - view , the Bravado Brothers won a three - way match against Dos Ben Dejos and KOA ( Sugar Dunkerton and Aaron Epic ) to win the FIP Tag Team Championship . Pro Wrestling Noah ( 2012 – 2013 ) . In January 2012 the Bravado Brothers moved to Japan for three months to train with and compete for Pro Wrestling Noah . Lance ' s first match in Japan was against Yoshinobu Kanemaru in Korakuen Hall . While at Noah , the pair mostly competed in singles matches , but also teamed up sporadically . They returned to Noah in January 2013 .