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Matt Bloom

Matthew Jason Bloom (born November 14, 1972) is an American former professional wrestler and professional football player. He is works for the WWE. Bloom is the head trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Matt Bloom
Born
Matthew Jason Bloom

(1972-11-14) November 14, 1972 (age 52)[1]
Peabody, Massachusetts, United States[2]
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh
Spouse(s)
Farah Louise (m. 2005)
Children2
Matt Bloom
Ring name(s)Albert[3]
A-Train[3]
Baldo
Big Buford
Giant Bernard
Jason Albert[3]
Lord Tensai
Matt Bloom
Prince Albert
Rusher Road
Sweet T[4]
Tensai
Billed height6 ft 7 in[3]
Billed weight331 lb[3]
Billed fromBoston, Massachusetts, United States[3]
Japan
Trained byKiller Kowalski[1]
Dory Funk Jr.[1]
Debut1997[1]
RetiredAugust 7, 2014
Football career
No. 73[5]
Position:Offensive tackle, offensive guard
Career information
College:Pittsburgh
Undrafted:1995
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Bloom is best known for his work with WWE as Prince Albert, Albert and A-Train from 1999 to 2004, and as Lord Tensai and Tensai from 2012 to 2014. He also wrestled in Japan from 2005 to 2012 with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) as Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).. During his career, Bloom has held the GHC Tag Team Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship.

Championships

  • Impact Zone Wrestling
    • IZW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
  • Elite Xtreme Wrestling
    • EXW Tag Team Championship (one time)1[6]
  • Power Pro Wrestling
    • PPW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
    • PPW Young Guns Championship (one time)
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter
    • Tag Team of the Year (2011) (with Karl Anderson)

1After he won the championship, he held it by himself.

Matt Bloom Media

  • Bloom as Giant Bernard in 2012.

  • Bloom, as Lord Tensai (which was later shortened to Tensai) making his WWE return on Raw.

  • Bloom, as Lord Tensai, making his way to the ring

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "OWOW profile". Onlineworldofwrestling.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ Kimble, D. (October 2001). "Matt Career Set To Bloom - wrestler Matt Bloom". Wrestling Digest. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2007.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
  4. ↑ "Wrestlingdata profile". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "PITTSBURGH VS OHIO STATE" (PDF). Ohio State University. September 17, 1994. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  6. ↑ "EXW Xtreme Measures 05.29.2011 — Bill DeMott, Giant Bernard, Val Venis". Inside Pulse. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  7. ↑ "(Results) New Japan "DOMINION 6.19″, 6/19". Strong Style Spirit. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  8. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2012". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  9. ↑ "Dominion 6.18". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  10. ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Albert (June 28, 2001 - July 23, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-01.

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