Ranking WWE's First Ever NXT Class - From Worst To Best

44. J Bronson

NXT Roster 2012
WWE

Do you remember J Bronson?

The answer's possibly no, but his relatively small selection of matches betrays a unique run that had him working as far back as 2002 and as recently as 2022.

Across those two decades, Bronson (as PJ Friedman) worked regularly for MLW, AJPW and even managed to get an enhancement gig for WWE when Gene Snitsky needed a victim in 2006. 

Unfortunately, that exact match was his last for four years. He was out of wrestling either side of his two year stint in WWE's developmental system between 2010 and 2012, and that's possibly why he struggled to find a foothold. 

He was eventually released despite making it on air with two television wins against Nick Rogers and Lincoln Broderick. The Rogers victory was his last appearance, making him one of several to break the typical rule of going out on one's back. 

 
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