Tyler Breeze Mattias Clement ( January 19 , 1988 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler . He is signed to WWE , where he is working in their developmental territory NXT Wrestling under the ring name Tyler Breeze . He is a former FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion . Professional wrestling career . Power Zone Wrestling ( 2007 – 2010 ) . He made his debut for Power Zone Wrestling in 2007 under the ring name " Mattias Wild " . His first match on 25 April 2007 was against Rage O´Reilly , he defeated him accomplishing his first win . Clement wrestled there till June 8 , 2008 when he left the promotion to join Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling . In April Clement wrestled 72 Hours at Wrestling with hunger , it was from April 2 2pm to April 5 2pm , this event was at NWA ECCW Port Coquitlam , British Columbia . At this event Clement made his debut for ECCW . At May 2 Clement won a match against Alex Plexis to qualify for the first round of the 2009 Pacific Cup , he lost then in the first round to Billy Suede on 6 June 2009 . On 5 September 2009 he lost a Tag Team Match with Dan Myers against the team of Jamie Diaz and Nick Price , it was a first round match for the ECCW Tag Team Championship , which Clement lost . The teams feuded against each other with the better outcome for Nick Price and Jamie Diaz who called themselves " The Icons " . On October 3 , 2009 Clement wrestled his last match before he went to Prairie Wrestling Alliance for ECCW against " Ravenous " Randy Myers which he lost . While he was a wrestler for ECCW he also was trained by Lance Storm in Calgary , Alberta . After he competed in the Prairie Wrestling Alliance , he came back for a last match on 11 September 2010 which he lost to Billy Suede . World Wrestling Entertainment . Developmental territories ( 2010 – present ) . Clement made his debut for Florida Championship Wrestling on December 2 , 2010 at a live event . After going through several ring names , Clement made his television debut as Mike Dalton on the July 17 , 2011 episode of " FCW TV " in a loss to Alexander Rusev . He earned his first win in FCW on 17 November 2011 against Peter Orlov On 15 December , Dalton won a Battle Royal to earn the right to compete for the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship He challenged Leo Kruger but lost the match . Dalton won the FCW Heavyweight Championship on 2 February 2012 when he defeated Kruger . His reign lasted 21 days and he lost the rematch and the belt to Kruger . When WWE rebranded its developmental territory , FCW , into NXT Wrestling , Dalton debuted on the rebooted " WWE NXT " taped at Full Sail University , where he teamed with CJ Parker in a loss to the Ascension ( Kenneth Cameron and Conor O ' Brian ) . On the August 1 , 2012 episode of " NXT " , Dalton teamed with Jason Jordan and defeated the team of Hunico and Camacho . On the August 29 episode of " NXT " , Dalton and Jordan lost in a rematch against Hunico and Camacho . On the July 24 , 2013 episode of " NXT " , Clement debuted a new gimmick , playing a narcissistic model called Tyler Breeze . Tyler Breeze was announced to be promoted to the main roster after NXT Takeover : Respect . Personal life . He ' s in a relationship with former NXT talent Audrey Marie .