Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button ( February 2 , 1984 ) is an American bodybuilder and professional wrestler , best known as Brian Cage . He performs regularly for the Southern California - based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG ) , where he is a former one - time World Tag Team Champion with Michael Elgin . Cage also wrestled under the name Kris Logan at Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) , and has made appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . Career . Early career ( 2004 - 2006 ) . Cage began his love of want to be a professional wrestler like any normal kid by watching it on television . During those early year Cage became friends with Chris Kanyon following a show that was held in Sacramento at Arco Arena where he made a sign that Kanyon noticed . Following the end of that show Cage met Kanyon and the two eventually became friends and Cage ' s biggest influence in his decision to pursue professional wrestling as a career . This eventually led to him and his friends starting their own Federation in 2004 called Main - Event Wrestling Federation or MWF for short . Cage ' s wrestling debut happened when he officially wrestled Kanyon for the first time at an MWF show . This eventually lead to a second show where Kanyon once again faced Cage . Cage ended up winning both matches against Kanyon . During this time , Cage had been training at Pro Championship Wrestling . Cage then made a name for himself and competed at All Pro Wrestling . This continued until Cage , under Kanyon ' s advise , left to move to Atlanta to be in WWE ' s then developmental territory Deep South Wrestling . Deep South Wrestling ( 2006 - 2007 ) . While not officially signed with Deep South Wrestling , Cage competed in matches with current WWE Superstars Kofi Kingston , Heath Slater , Brodus Clay and Zack Ryder . When WWE ended its ties with DSW , Cage left to come back to California . However , before Cage left Kanyon asked Cage to become Mortis so that someday if Kanyon ever decided to make a come back that he could still have his name out there . This was seen as a great honor to Cage and he gladly accepted to become Mortis whenever he was asked to appear as Mortis and not Brian Cage . Cage is the only person other than Kanyon that has portrayed the Mortis character . Independent Circuit ( 2007 - 2008 ) . Cage again came back to home State of California and made a name by wrestling in promotions such as All Pro Wrestling , Supreme Pro Wrestling , and Fog City Wrestling . Cage had one his final Indy matches at Supreme Pro Wrestling in Sacramento against Adam Thornstowe . Near the end of 2008 when Cage was resigned with WWE he gave the Mortis outfit back to Kanyon who had decided to make a return to the ring as himself and as Mortis . However , when Kanyon passed away , Cage was unable to get the Mortis outfit back from Kanyon ' s Family . Cage had wanted to be able to carry on Kanyon ' s memory by continuing to portray Mortis . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2008 - 2009 ) . In June 2008 , WWE signed Cage to a developmental contract and would then report to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling . When Cage first started with FCW he was using the name Brian Cage but was eventually asked to change it and came up with the name Kris Logan . The name Kris Logan was made to give homage to Chris Kanyon , with the Logan part due to his similar appearance the Marvel Comics Wolverine , along with the outfit that he wore which sported yellow tights with claw marks . During this time Brian would take on current WWE Superstars such as Justin Gabriel , Trent Barreta , Yoshi Tatsu , Alex Riley , Drew McIntrye , Tyson Kidd , and Alberto Del Rio . During his time in FCW , Cage would then come up with a new character Night Claw . The Night Claw character was seen in a few matches and was supposed to be used during the time that Hurricane was still active in WWE . However , this did not occur as Cage was eventually released from his contract in mid September 2009 for unknown reasons . Return to independent circuit ( 2009 - present ) . Upon his release from WWE , Cage returned to the independent wrestling circuit and even competed in Asia . Cage would return to the Main Event Wrestling promotion where he would win the Main Event Wrestling California Cup where he beat Ryan Taylor , Joey Ryan , and finally T . J . Perkins . In May 2010 , Cage would compete in the finals of the Vendetta Pro Wrestling Tri - Force Championship Tournament , facing both Jason Watts and the eventual winner , Chimaera . In October 2010 , Cage wrestled and won a match against Kenny Dykstra at Main Event Wrestling in internet pay - per - view . Cage would then join the NWA Hollywood promotion where he would team up with Shaun Ricker to form the tag team Natural Selection managed by Percy Pringle III . Towards the end of 2011 , the team would split as Cage would feud with Ricker and would leave Cage as a single competitor . Cage also competed in Pro Wrestling Bushido wrestling for them since his return to California . In 2011 , Cage joined Joey Ryan , Steve Stamp , and Dan Danielson to form the stable 4H . On April 29 , 2012 Cage competed in the Warriors Way Tournament that determined the number one contender for the PWB Title . In the first round , Cage faced Joey Ryan who expected him to just lay down and allow Ryan to move on to the semi - final rounds . However , Cage refused to do so . Cage would defeat Ryan moving onto the semi - finals who would then face Willie Mack . Due to outside interference by Ryan and Dan Danielson , Cage lost the match against Mack . Cage has also competed in other various promotions such as Future Stars of Wrestling . Cage had a feud with Brandon Gatson who would then compete against in a match on January 21 , 2012 that was called the Match of the Year . Cage also competed in Pro Championship Wrestling which during his first few months there Cage began a feud with A . J . Kirsch of WWE Tough Enough TV fame . The feud between the two occurred due to a match from a PCW and a rivalry that started when the two of them trained together at the PCW training facility called the Workfarm . Cage and Kirsch wrestled for 10 minutes which lead to a time limit draw . The rivalry between the two took a turn for the worse when Kirsch was taken on to be part of the Tough Enough show . Cage who spent time in WWE through developmental territories viewed Kirsch ' s rise to fame as a near insult due to the fact that Kirsch was a game show contestant while Cage was a former FCW Tag Team Champion which he held with Justin Gabriel . On August 30 , 2012 Cage competed in a dark match against Robbie E in a losing effort . Cage appeared on the January 10 , 2013 edition of Impact Wrestling in a TNA Gut Check match in a losing effort against Jay Bradley . Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( 2010 - present ) . Cage made his Pro Wrestling Guerrilla debut on July 30 , 2010 , against Brandon Bonham at Seven in a losing effort . In his next match , he lost once more to Bonham in the 2010 Battle of Los Angeles opening round . Soon after , Cage would form a stable with Chuck Taylor and Ryan Taylor known as the Fightin ' Taylor Boys , adding the last name to his own and becoming Brian Cage - Taylor . The group found occasional success ( with Brian and Ryan doing most of the teaming ) , but were never challengers to the PWG World Tag Team Championship . At Death to All But Metal on May 25 , 2012 , Cage ( no longer using the " Taylor " moniker ) received his first PWG World Championship title shot against champion Kevin Steen . At Threemendous III on July 21 , Cage defeated Eddie Edwards before interfering in Kevin Steen ' s title defense against Willie Mack , attacking both men . On September 1 , on the first night of the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles , Cage defeated B - Boy to advance to the quarterfinal round before interfering in yet another Steen match , causing a non - title loss against Ricochet . The following day , Cage was eliminated from the tournament by Michael Elgin , following interference from Steen . At Failure to Communicate on October 27 , Cage defeated Willie Mack , with whom he had been feuding since July . On January 12 , 2013 , Cage and Michael Elgin formed a team called the Unbreakable F ' n Machines ( a name derived from both wrestlers ' nicknames ) and participated in the 2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament . In the opening round , they captured the PWG World Tag Team Championship by beating the previous year ' s winners , the Super Smash Bros . ( Player Uno and Stupefied ) . The Unbreakable F ' n Machines then lost the championship to The Young Bucks ( Matt and Nick Jackson ) in the semifinal round of the tournament later that same day . Personal life . On June 14 , 2014 , Cage married a woman named Ashley Button .