American musician and professional wrestler
Briana Brandy
[1]
[2]
[3]
(born November 22, 1990) is an American
musician
and
professional wrestler
. She is currently signed to
WWE
, where she performs on the
SmackDown
brand
under the ring name
B-Fab
and is a member of
The Pride
stable.
Early life
[
edit
]
Brandy is from
Canton, Ohio
. She played
basketball
and competed in
swimming
during her
high school
years.
[4]
Professional wrestling career
[
edit
]
WWE (2019?present)
[
edit
]
During summer of 2017, Brandy participated in a
WWE
tryout which featured wrestling names such as Cody Deaner and Mike Taverna. On August 28, 2019, it was reported that WWE signed Brandy to a developmental contract.
[5]
NXT (2019?2021)
[
edit
]
On December 5, 2019, Brandy made her debut during a live event during which she teamed with
Taynara
in a successful women's tag team match defeating Catalina Garcia & Rita Reis.
[6]
The following year on February 28, 2020, she wrestled her first singles match at a
NXT
live event against
Kayden Carter
.
[7]
On March 6 and March 7, Brandy wrestled her final live events,
[7]
just one week before the
COVID-19 pandemic
was acknowledged in the
United States
, effectively restricting all sports businesses from holding live audience events.
[8]
She wrestled only eight matches, between years 2019 and 2020. On the September 14 episode of
NXT
, Briana Brandy won her only singles match victory by defeating Katrina Cortez.
[6]
[7]
Under her new name
B-Fab
, on the May 11, 2021 episode of
NXT
, she appeared alongside the recently-formed the stable
Hit Row
.
[9]
On the September 28 episode of
NXT
, her final match was a No Disqualification rules match against
Elektra Lopez
, but she was not successful.
[10]
Hit Row and The Pride (2021?present)
[
edit
]
B-Fab made her main roster debut at the
SmackDown
brand
after being drafted alongside Hit Row during the
2021 WWE Draft
.
[11]
On November 8, 2021, she was released from her contract alongside Hit Row due to budget cuts.
[12]
On the August 12, 2022 episode of
SmackDown
, Hit Row made their unannounced return as
faces
, where Top Dolla and Ashante "Thee" Adonis (accompanied by B-Fab) defeated two local competitors.
[13]
B-Fab made her main roster in-ring debut at the women's
Royal Rumble match
as the seventh entrant at
Royal Rumble
on January 28, 2023. She was eliminated in 36 seconds by eventual winner
Rhea Ripley
.
[14]
[15]
[16]
Hit Row was quietly disbanded with the release of Top Dolla in September 2023
[17]
and with Adonis being announced as a new tag team with
Cedric Alexander
in February 2024.
[18]
On the February 2, 2024 episode of
SmackDown
, B-Fab joined
Bobby Lashley
and
The Street Profits
as The Pride and took out
The Final Testament
's
Scarlett
.
[19]
[20]
At Night 2 of
WrestleMania XL
on April 7, B-Fab assisted The Pride to defeat The Final Testament in a
Philadelphia Street Fight
match.
[21]
Music career
[
edit
]
Brandy's involvement in music includes tours with the rap artists
Soulja Boy
and
Jadakiss
as well as work with
Juicy J
,
Ying Yang Twins
,
Too $hort
,
Young Dro
, and
Kurupt
.
[4]
Briana Brandy (aka B-Fab) has also released multiple songs since 2013 that have made it
ITunes Apple Music
.
[22]
On March 6, 2023, Hit Row was once more partially fully reunited as rapper Monteasy dropped a music video by the name of Price Went Up featuring A.J. Francis (aka FRAN¢/Top Dolla), Rich Latta, Stephon Strickland (Swerve The Realest/Isaiah "Swerve" Scott) & Briana Brandy (B-Fab).
[23]
[24]
On July 21, 2023, Brandy, alongside A.J. Francis (Top Dolla) and Tehuti Miles (Ashante "Thee" Adonis) as part of Hit Row, dropped a freestyle single by the name of Barbie Barz.
[25]
[26]
Professional wrestling style and persona
[
edit
]
Her athletic background includes work as a boxing coach. Brandy also trained in Ninjutsu and has been involved in Cross Fitness.
[4]
Other media
[
edit
]
Alongside Hit Row members Ashante "Thee" Adonis and Top Dolla, Brandy as B-Fab (as a Manager; and probably Non-Playable) made their video game debut in
WWE 2K23
as DLC characters in the Steiner Row Pack DLC bundle.
[27]
References
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]
- ^
a
b
Staff, Thesmackdownhotel.com.
"B-FAB"
.
Thesmackdownhotel.com
. Retrieved
February 13,
2024
.
- ^
"B-FAB"
.
Cagematch.com
. Retrieved
August 6,
2023
.
- ^
"Briana Brandy Actress ? Music Department"
.
IMDb.com
. Retrieved
August 6,
2023
.
- ^
a
b
c
Duffy, John.
"5 Things You Didn't Know About Hit Row's B-FAB"
.
Itrwrestling.com
. Retrieved
February 26,
2024
.
- ^
UNKNOWN, STAFF (14 August 2019).
"Briana Brandy Signs With WWE"
.
Sescoops.com
. Retrieved
August 6,
2023
.
- ^
a
b
Staff, Profightdb.com.
"B-FAB (2019 Matches)"
.
Profightdb.com
. Retrieved
March 1,
2014
.
- ^
a
b
c
Staff, Profightdb.com.
"B-FAB (2020 Matches)"
.
Profightdb.com
. Retrieved
March 1,
2024
.
- ^
Dawson, Alan.
"The inside story of the WWE ThunderDome, a futuristic arena built for the pandemic, which has had 130,000 total entry requests from fans since August"
.
Businessinsider.com
. Retrieved
March 2,
2024
.
- ^
Staff, WWE.
"Isaiah "Swerve" Scott introduces Hit Row: WWE NXT, May 11, 2021"
.
WWE.com
. Retrieved
August 6,
2023
.
- ^
Staff, WWE.
"B-Fab vs. Elektra Lopez ? No Disqualification Match: WWE NXT 2.0, Sept. 28, 2021"
.
WWE.com
. Retrieved
August 6,
2023
.
- ^
Sutter, Robbie (2 October 2021).
"NXT Superstars Hit Row Drafted to SmackDown"
.
Lastwordonsports.com
. Retrieved
February 8,
2024
.
- ^
Konuwa, Alfred.
"WWE Releases Hit Row, Others As Cuts Swell To Over 80 Superstars"
.
Forbes.com
. Retrieved
August 6,
2023
.
- ^
Powell, Jason (August 12, 2022).
"8/12 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of Gunther vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the Intercontinental Championship, Liv Morgan and Shayna Baszler contract signing for WWE Clash at the Castle, Raquel Rodriguez and Aliyah vs. Xia Li and Shotzi in a WWE Women's Tag Title tournament match"
.
Pro Wrestling Dot Net
. Retrieved
August 13,
2022
.
- ^
"7??: B-Fab #RoyalRumble"
.
WWE Twitter
.
- ^
"This is B-Fab's first WWE main roster match ever. It's her third televised match ever"
.
Sean Ross Sapp Twitter
.
- ^
"Michael Cole said that B-Fab, who lasted less than 40 seconds in the Rumble match, still lasted longer than Top Dolla would have. Damn. #RoyalRumble"
.
Jimmy Van Twitter
.
- ^
Jenkins, H. (September 21, 2023).
"WWE Releases Top Dolla From His Contract"
.
Ringside News
. Retrieved
September 21,
2023
.
- ^
WWE (February 9, 2024).
"Ashante "Thee" Adonis & Cedric Alexander look to make a statement: SmackDown exclusive, Feb. 9, 2024"
.
YouTube
.
- ^
SCHIPMAN, SAMANTHA (3 February 2024).
"B-Fab Joins Bobby Lashley, Street Profits Against Final Testament On WWE SmackDown"
.
Wrestlinginc.com
. Retrieved
February 3,
2024
.
- ^
Thomas, Jeremy.
"WRESTLING / NEWS B-Fab Allies With Bobby Lashley & Street Profits On WWE Smackdown"
.
411mania.com
. Retrieved
February 3,
2024
.
- ^
Powell, Jason (April 7, 2024).
"WrestleMania XL results: Powell's live review of night two with Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes for the WWE Universal Championship with Bloodline Rules, Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre for the World Heavyweight Championship"
.
Pro Wrestling Dot Net
. Retrieved
April 7,
2024
.
- ^
"Briana Brandy"
.
iTunes.com / Apple Music
. Retrieved
April 22,
2022
.
- ^
Unknown, Swerve City Podcast.
"Monteasy - Price Went Up feat. FRAN¢, Rich Latta, Swerve The Realest & Briana Brandy (Music Video)"
.
Www.youtube.com
. Retrieved
March 8,
2023
.
- ^
Unknown, SP3 (7 March 2023).
"SWERVE STRICKLAND, TOP DOLLA & B-FAB FEATURE ON NEW MONTEASY SONG 'PRICE WENT UP'
"
.
Wrestletalk.com
. Retrieved
March 8,
2023
.
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Brandy, Briana.
"Barbie Barz X Hit Row ?????????????????????"
.
Instagram.com
. Retrieved
July 23,
2023
.
- ^
Skudder, Jake.
"WWE Superstars appear in Barbie-themed photoshoot ahead of movie's release"
.
Fightfans.co.uk
. Retrieved
July 23,
2022
.
- ^
Lara, James (6 March 2023).
"WWE 2K23 Season Pass, DLC Wrestlers and Release Dates Revealed"
.
Mp1st.com
. Retrieved
March 8,
2023
.
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