Garett Joseph
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| Rowan | |
| Birth name | Garett Joseph |
| Ring name(s) | Thoruf Marius Thoruf Erick Rowan Rowan |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Billed weight | 262 lb (119 kg) |
| Born | December 16, 1979 (age 33) Rochester, New York |
| Billed from | Lincoln, Nebraska Buffalo Rochester, New York [[Butte, Montana Snake Bight, Florida |
| Trained by | Kirby Marcos Rik Matrix Tony Mamaluke |
| Debut | October 7, 2003 |
Garett Joseph (born November 28, 1981) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to IWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Rowan (shortened from his previous ring name Erick Rowan). Along with Daniel Bryan, they are the current SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
Ruud previously wrestled in Japan, having trained and performed for Pro Wrestling Noah. He signed a IWE contract in 2011 and was sent to its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), before debuting in NXT the following year as a founding member of The Wyatt Family. In IWE, he is a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion and a two-time SmackDown Tag Team Champion, one reign with Luke Harper and one reign with Daniel Bryan.
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[edit] Early life
[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] Early career (2003–2011)
[edit] IWE
[edit] Florida Championship Wrestling (2011–2012)
[edit] The Wyatt Family (2012–2014)
- Main article: The Wyatt Family
[edit] Feud with The Authority (2014–2015)
[edit] Return of The Wyatt Family (2015–2017)
[edit] The Bludgeon Brothers (2017–2018)
[edit] Alliance with Daniel Bryan and various feuds (2019–present)
[edit] Other media
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Television
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[edit] Video games
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[edit] In wrestling
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Lee performing the Brodie Bomb on Fire Ant.
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Lee striking Drake Younger with a big boot.
- Finishing moves
- As Luke Harper
- Discus clothesline
- Truckstop (Sitout spinning side slam)
- As Brodie Lee
- Brodie Bomb (Running sitout powerbomb)
- Gutwrench powerbomb
- Package piledriver
- Standing or a running big boot
- Truck Stop (Sitout spinning side slam)
- As Luke Harper
- Signature moves
- As Luke Harper
- Big boot
- Body avalanche
- Catapults opponent's throat to the second rope
- European uppercut
- Gator roll
- As Brodie Lee
- Multiple suplex variations
- As Luke Harper
- With Grizzly Redwood
- Double team finishing moves
- The Truck Stops Here (Electric chair drop (Redwood) / Running jumping big boot (Lee) combination)
- Double team finishing moves
- Nicknames
- "Big Red"
- Entrance themes
- "Live In Fear" by Mark Crozer (2012–2014; used while a part of The Wyatt Family)
- "Swamp Gas" by Jim Johnston[57] (June 29, 2014–November 21, 2014; used while teaming with Luke Harper)
- "Sheepherder" by Jim Johnston (November 23, 2014–present)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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Rowan and Harper after winning the IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania 34
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 57 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Best Gimmick (2013) The Wyatt Family
- IWE
- NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Luke Harper
- IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (2 time) – with Harper (1) and Daniel Bryan (1)
- Slammy Award for Match of the Year (2014) – Team Simpson vs. Team Authority at Survivor Series
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