RJ Smith

A short synopsis of the wrestler, basically a TLDR.

## Early Career

RJ Smith, or to his family Roderick B. Smith Jr, started watching pro wrestling at the young age of 4 his step-dad introduced him to it when RJ and his mom moved in with his step-dad, and he immediately fell in love with it. At the age of 6 he took a liking to Rey Mysterio, the way he flew threw the air and taking down people twice his size. Which RJ could relate to growing up because out of all his cousins and friends he was always the smallest. Until 9th grade he hit a huge growth spurt and grew 5 in. By 11th grade he was 5'10. Back tracking back a couple of years. At 13 he told himself he wanted to be in the WWE but said it as a joke but got serious about it when he turned 15. The summer before 11th grade he joined Arizona Wrestling Federation (AWF) training camp. He was told by his coaches that he was the best in his class. When he turned 17 one of his coaches started training him personally, on things other than his in ring ability. So this is when RJ started building his movement and his character/gimmick. He thought long and hard, and he realized he could use his skills in Muy Tai to build his moveset, which is where his elbow and knee strikes came from. During this time he was also introduced to the Cawmunity so he could show off his creative art skills, he started cosplaying every one of his favorite super heros. After a couple of weeks building a moveset, he started working on his character. RJ before he wanted to be a wrestler, wanted to be literally everything, an astronaut, a racecar driver, a doctor. His mom always told him "Rod you are amazing at everything, and you can do anything if you put your mind to it". And every night before bed they would say "I love you to infinity and beyond", based of there favorite movie 'Toy Story'. So he combined those two things and came up with his Catchphrase. "My skills are beyond infinity". Now with everything he needed, at 17 he had his first non televised match at AWF...

### Previous Wrestling Promotion (Year they signed - Year they left)

Spetember 22, 2010.His first match was ok it was against a low card superstar named Tony Blake. It was a slow match but in the end he got the win in his debut match. He wanted so badly to be on the main card doing televised matches, but he was not 18 yet. So he kept harvesting his craft, getting faster and stronger, trying out new things. And on April 11, 2011. His coach got him a 2 year contract for AWF. RJ was over the moon exited he made sure he was in shape and he had a nice attire. April 24, 2011 RJ Smith made his televised debut on AWF. He made an impact when de defeated clean the AWF Golden Champion. Damian Steel. His crowd reaction was not the best it was about 40/60. But he did not give up, week after week he tried his hardest to win over the crowd. He was winning matches, he was actually undefeated at this point, but still the fans just could not get on his side. The general manager said RJ earned a spot in a title match it would be a triple threat between The champ Damian Steal, RJ Smith, and his friend Tyler Blake. RJ knew he needed to do something to get the crowd to remember his name...

It was toward the end of the match and RJ climbed to the top of a railing at least 10 feet above the ring. Blake and Steal are going at it in the ring and RJ points to finger guns at his opponents, turns around and hits a double corkscrew moonsault. He throws Blake out of the ring. Hits Steal with a WARNING SHOT (ripcord knee strike) then lifts him up and hits the Final Calling ( Metalic driver). 1...2...3 RJ Smith wins his first title. He held the title for a couple of months until the injury that hurt his early career...

He was in a friendly championship match against Tyler Blake, when Smith attempted to go for a Spanish fly off the top rope when Blake hits him with forearm Smith does a backflip to reverse it but lands funny on his feet. It looked like his right knee buckled but RJ thought he could continue. The crowd was going crazy and chanting RJ Smith.So he kept going for 3 more minutes feeding off the crowds energy. Tyler Blake went for northern lights suplex and Smith hit his knee on the bottom turn buckle, RJ had no choice but to throw out the white flag. He could not continue so Blake won the match but Referee stoppage. He helped his friend to the backstage area getting RJ to the doctor...

RJ is having his first ever injury. Turns out when he landed funny he tore his ACL he had to be out for 8 to 9 months. He went through his surgery and took it like a man. After 3 months healing he began Physical therapy, all he could think about was his comeback.

7 months later...

Tyler Blake is in the ring and has just lost the Golden championship to Austin Oliver of Demolition who know holds all the gold AWF Golden tag championships and the Womens Diamonds championship. The tag Champs start attacking Tyler Blake. It was a 2 on 1 assault. Then RJ Smiths theme plays. Tbe crowd goes wild when they see RJ walk down the ramp with a knee pad on on his surgically repairs knee. RJ runs down to the ramp ducks a closeline and hits 2 Warning shots. Then lifts up Austin Oliver and hits Final Calling. Then holds up the golden championship over his head.

The next week RJ demands Oliver to let RJ get back the title he never lost. He accepts. So at the next PPV Grand Canyon. RJ Smith when through a grueling battle with Oliver in a steel cage. The rest of Demolition would come out to distract RJ. When Tyler Blake Comes out with a steel chair taking out Demolition. With Oliver distracted RJ hits a Final Calling and wins his title back.

2 months later,RJ and Blake wanted to make a tag team, and go for the belts, they had to go through a tag team gauntlet to earn there title shot at Revolution. Long story short they won the titles officially forming there team L.O.G Legion of Greatness. This would also be the first time someone was a double champion I'm AWF. They would rein for a long time, like 6 months. Until The Last Stand 2013. It was a tag team ladder match vs Demolition. It was the ending of the match RJ had a clear path to the titles. Until Tyler Blake started assaulting his friend with a steel chair. Allowing Demolition to win. But after the match he busted RJ open making him bleed puddles of blood until security came out.

2 weeks later RJ called out Blake to get some answers. Blake shows up on the monitor. He said "that RJ was over looking him he came back from an injury and got his title back like what type of shit is that". This sparked a rivalry between the two trading back and forth wins title back and forth. Until there was a final match between the two in a loser leaves AWF. It was an amazing match then here comes Austin Oliver hit RJ with a low blow, Letting Blake hit the GTS winning the match. RJ disappointed had a heartfelt good-bye to his fans. But this was not the end of RJ Smith...

2015 it's been a month since he had to leave AWF, and he just Graduated from GCU. When he got an email from CCW California Championship Wrestling asking him to join the show. So he moved to California and joined CCW. The fans already knew who he was and loved him. 4 months in a won the CCW world heavyweight title his first heavyweight title in his career. He held an open challenge, but instead he was blindsided by a tag team called The kings of the Ropes. When he heard a familiar theme play. All of a sudden Blake comes out helping RJ. Took a minute for them to become friends again but the eventually did when RJ helped Blake win the International Championship they would reign side by side. After 2 years RJ found a big company called NJPW he was in Japan for 3 years Won the NJPW US title and World Title. He also became one of few Americans to win the G1 Climax. After Japan he found another company in America called CWL and put in an application. He got accepted to join their developmental program Genesis...

## CWL (Year they signed - present)

2021 RJ now 28 is going to debut on CWL Genesis

## Notable Achievements

### Name of a wrestling promotion

* ASW US Championship
* ASW World heavyweight Title (2×) Longest reigning
* ASW US Title (2×)
* AWF Golden Championship (4×)
* CCW World Heavyweight championship(2×)
* AWF Golden tag titles (2×) – with {Tyler Blake }
* G1 Climax (2019)

## In Wrestling

**Finishing Moves**

* Warning Shot(Ripcord knee strike/ Bicycle knee strike )
* Final Calling (Metalic driver)

**Signature Moves**

* Infinity Drop(Swanton Bomb)
* Alpha Lock (TJO clutch)