Jesse Neal Jesse Neal ( April 10 , 1980 ) is an American professional wrestler and a former member of the U . S . Military . He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , where he was one half of the tag team Ink Inc . , with his partner Shannon Moore . Professional wrestling career . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2009 - 2011 ) . In May 2007 Jesse Neal , a former member of the U . S . Military , began training and wrestling under Team 3D at their Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment , using the ring name Tribal . In 2009 Neal signed a contract with professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler . He made his first appearance in TNA at Destination X , where he first introduced the match between Brutus Magnus and Eric Young and then confronted Sheik Abdul Bashir before singing " God Bless America " . He made his first " Impact ! " appearance on April 9 in a backstage interview , where TNA Superstar Rhino offered to train Neal to become a professional wrestler and fulfill his dream . As a result , Rhino began training Neal . Neal wrestled his first match , on June 4 episode of " Impact ! " , losing to Matt Morgan . Neal began an angle , where Rhino got frustrated with Neal while training him because of mistakes by Neal . On August 13 edition of " Impact ! " , Rhino and Neal were booked to lose a tag team match against World Elite ( Eric Young and Sheik Abdul Bashir ) . Neal lost the match making a " rookie mistake " by refusing to hot tag Rhino . After the match , Rhino turned heel by delivering a Gore to Neal . On August 27 Rhino defeated Neal , but the referee of the match ended up reversing the decision afterwards when Rhino once again delivered a Gore to Neal . Brother Devon ran in to save Neal from a further beating and the following week Team 3D announced that they were going to train him at their wrestling school . Over the next few weeks , while Neal spent time off television , 3D and Rhino would butt heads over the state of the three ' s future in TNA , with Rhino eventually convincing 3D to band together to defend their spots from young talent they felt was expressly backed by TNA management . On the November 19 edition of " Impact ! " , Neal returned to television with a new look featuring spiked mohawk and tongue and lip piercings , turning heel by interfering on the gang ' s behalf to help them win the second of two consecutive street fights against Matt Morgan , Hernandez , and D ' Angelo Dinero . In the ensuing backstage interview , Neal displayed the savage demeanor of his Tribal gimmick as his three trainers heralded him as " the real future of TNA " . On the December 3 edition of " Impact ! " Neal was defeated in his comeback match by D ' Angelo Dinero . Personal life . Neal is part Native American . Prior to training at Team 3D ' s Wrestling Academy , Neal had been working at Blue Martini Orlando . On July 27 , 2011 , Neal announced that he had gotten engaged to fellow professional wrestler Christina Von Eerie , who worked alongside him in TNA as Toxxin . The following year , Neal and Von Eerie broke up . In 2013 , Neal began dating Brittney Savage and the two became engaged that summer . They are currently married .