Nathan Frazer
Frazer in July 2020
Birth nameBenjamin Timms[1]
Born (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998
Jersey, Channel Islands[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Ben Carter
Benjamin Carter
CJ Storm
Nathan Frazer[3]
Billed height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[4]
Billed weight182 lb (83 kg)[3]
Trained bySeth Rollins[5]
Marek Brave[5]
Debut31 August 2018[5]

Benjamin Timms (born 23 July 1998) is a British professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under ring name Nathan Frazer. He is a former NXT Heritage Cup Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2018–2020)

Benjamin Timms was trained by fellow professional wrestlers Seth Rollins and Marek Brave at the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy in United States.[5] Timms made his professional wrestling debut in 2018 under the ring name Benjamin Carter, performing in various independent promotions and major promotions such as Impact Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

WWE (2020–present)

On December 17, 2020, WWE announced that they signed Timms. He was then assigned to the NXT UK where, on the episode 7 January 2021 episode, he made his debut under the ring name Ben Carter, facing Jordan Devlin for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship but lost. After defeating Josh Morell and Sam Gradwell, Carter was repackaged as Nathan Frazer on 11 March.

On the 3 June episode of NXT UK, Frazer and Jack Starz teamed up to face Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker) for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship but were defeated. Later, Frazer competed to become the No. 1 contender for the NXT UK Heritage Cup but he lost to Teoman in the first round. Subsequently, Frazer also competed to become the No. 1 contender for the NXT United Kingdom Championship on 23 September, competed against A-Kid and Rampage Brown where the former won. On 3 March 2022, Frazer fought his last match at NXT UK in a NXT United Kingdom Championship match losing to Ilja Dragunov.

On April 12, It was announced that Frazer would make his NXT debut. At Spring Breakin' on May 3, he debuted by defeating Grayson Waller due to the interference of Andre Chase.[6][7] On the August 2 episode of NXT 2.0, Frazer responded to Carmelo Hayes' open challenge for the NXT North American Championship but lost when Giovanni Vinci interfered.[8]

On the June 13, 2023 episode of NXT, Frazer defeated Oro Mensah 2–1, who wrestled on behalf of Noam Dar due to Dar suffering an injury to become the NXT Heritage Cup.[9]

Personal life

On 19 April 2023, Timms became a born-again Christian, announcing he had been baptized. He is dating fellow NXT superstar Thea Hail.[10]

Other media

As Nathan Frazer, he made his video game debut in WWE 2K23 as downloadable content.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Resolute Wrestling
    • Resolute P4P Championship (1 time)
    • Resolute Undisputed Championship (2 times)
  • SCW Pro Wrestling
    • SCW Pro Iowa Wrestling Championship (1 time)
  • WWE

References

  1. ↑ "Tennessee Wesleyan University – Ben Timms". www.twcbulldogs.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Channel Islands Sport – The Channel Islands' first ever WWE star Ben Timms speaks to Robin Grey – BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Nathan Frazer". WWE.
  4. ↑ "Nathan Frazer". wrestlingdata.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Nathan Frazer". CageMatch.
  6. ↑ Moore, John (3 May 2022). "5/3 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Spring Breakin' with Bron Breakker vs. Joe Gacy for the NXT Title, Cameron Grimes vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. Solo Sikoa for the NXT North American Title, The Viking Raiders vs. The Creeds, Cora Jade and Nikkita Lyons vs. Natalya and Lash Legend, Nathan Frazer vs. Grayson Waller, Tony D'Angelo and Santos Escobar meeting". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Matthews, Graham "GSM". "WWE NXT: Spring Breakin' Review – May 3, 2022". Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Solo Sikoa left a trail of destruction to close out a wild NXT 2.0". 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Moore, John (13 June 2023). "6/13 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Baron Corbin vs. Ilja Dragunov, Noam Dar vs. Nathan Frazer for the NXT Heritage Cup, Wes Lee, Mustafa Ali, and Tyler Bate vs. Joe Gacy, Jagger Reid, and Rip Fowler, Roxanne Perez vs. Tatum Paxley, Edris Enofe vs. Malik Blade, Thea Hail vs. Cora Jade". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  10. ↑ @WWEFrazer (30 April 2023). "On Sunday April 16th, I got baptised and gave my life to Christ..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ "NXT Heritage Cup".
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