Cody Hall

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Cody Hall

Hall in September 2015
Birth name Cody Taylor Hall
Born (1991-05-31) May 31, 1991[1]
Florida[1]
Residence Atlanta, Georgia
Family Scott Hall (father)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Cody Hall
Billed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)[1]
Billed weight 268 lb (122 kg)[1]
Trained by Scott Hall[2]Larry Zbyszko
Debut July 14, 2012[1]

Cody Taylor Hall (born May 31, 1991)[1] is an American professional wrestler. He is under contract to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of the Bullet Club stable. Hall is a second generation wrestler, as he is the son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall.[3]

Personal life

Hall was born to Scott Hall and Dana Lee Burgio in 1991, and has a sister, Cassidy who was born March 27, 1995. He considers fellow professional wrestlers Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman as uncles due to them being close friends of his father.[3]

Hall was a member of the United States Air Force, and served an active duty service commitment with the 460th Security Forces Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado. Hall departed to become a professional wrestler.[4]

Professional wrestling career

Training (2010–2012)

Hall began to train as a professional wrestler as he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and began training with his father.[3]

Independent circuit (2012–present)

Hall's first match took place on July 14, 2012 in Belleview Pro Wrestling, defeating Josh Hess.[5] The following years, Hall worked in various promotions, usually in tag matches with Kevin Nash or Sean Waltman, both Scott Hall's friends. On November 15, 2014, at Superstars of Wrestling 2, Hall won the Superstars of Wrestling Championship after defeating Tim Zbyszko in a ladder match.[6] In 2014 Hall won the Georgia Heavyweight Champion from Southern Fried Championship Wrestling.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015–present)

Hall as a member of Bullet Club in February 2015

In January 2015, Hall began training at the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo.[7] On January 5 at New Year Dash!!, Hall debuted as Bullet Club's personal "young boy" trainee.[7] Hall made his NJPW in-ring debut on February 2, teaming with his stablemates Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Kenny Omega and Yujiro Takahashi in a ten-man tag team main event, where they were defeated by Captain New Japan, Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata, Ryusuke Taguchi and Hiroshi Tanahashi, who pinned him for the win.[8] As is the case with Young Lions or rookies in Japan, Hall would lose many of his first matches with New Japan often being pinned in multi tag matches, but achieved his first victory on April 29 at Wrestling Hinokuni in a tag team match, where he and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Captain New Japan and Satoshi Kojima. Hall, however, was not involved in the finish of the match.[9] Over the next year, Hall mainly worked tag team matches with his Bullet Club stablemates, while also becoming an enforcer for The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[10] Hall scored his first win himself on April 2, 2016, when he submitted rookie Hirai Kawato in a singles match.[11]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "コーディ・ホール". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  2. ↑ "Scott Hall's Early Career". Accelerator's Wrestling Rollercoaster. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  3. 1 2 3 Cody Hall following his dad's footsteps - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
  4. ↑ Hall Family - Kobayo
  5. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=82421
  6. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=120386
  7. 1 2 Macklin, Matthew (2015-01-05). "Liger vs. Desperado, next IWGP challenger set, Cody Hall debuts and more: 1/5 NJPW 'New Year's Dash' in Tokyo, Japan report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  8. ↑ "Road to The New Beginning". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-02-02.
  9. ↑ "レスリング火の国". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  10. ↑ Macklin, Matthew (2016-02-12). "New Japan Pro Wrestling New Beginning in Niigata preview". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  11. ↑ "Road to Invasion Attack 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-04-04.

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