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

34. Oliver Grey

NXT Roster 2012
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Oliver Grey made some minor history in NXT after becoming the brand's first Tag Team Champion alongside partner Adrian Neville.

As "British Ambition", the pair defeated 3MB members Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater and the pairing of Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger en route to a victory in the final over The Wyatt Family to become inaugural Champions. 

Winning the straps was the WWE developmental highlight for Grey, not least because he never got to be there to lose them. Bo Dallas stepped in as a substitute when he was shelved with a torn ACL, and the makeshift team were dethroned by the same Erick Rowan and Luke Harper unit that lost in the tournament. 

After missing over a year of time to an injury, he was released in 2014 but has since worked consistently as Joel Redman for multiple UK independent promotions and All Japan Pro Wrestling.

 
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