Diamond Mine (professional wrestling)
Diamond Mine | |
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Stable | |
Members | Roderick Strong (leader) Brutus Creed Julius Creed Ivy Nile Tatum Paxley |
Name(s) | Diamond Mine |
Former member(s) | Tyler Rust Hachiman Malcolm Bivens Damon Kemp |
Debut | June 22, 2021 |
Years active | 2021–present |
Diamond Mine is an American professional wrestling stable formed in the professional wrestling promotion WWE on the NXT brand. Formed in June 2021, the group is led by Roderick Strong and includes Brutus Creed, Julius Creed, and Ivy Nile. The name and logo derives from the original formation of Malcolm Bivens and Tyler Rust, where Bivens gave him the nickname Diamond in the Rust followed by pounding their fists. Originally a multi-national stable, it also included Japanese professional wrestling veteran Hachiman.
History[]
After the collapse of The Undisputed Era in early February, Roderick Strong made his return on June 22 episode of NXT, attacking Kushida, as the Diamond Mine stable along with Tyler Rust (who was released weeks after and later replaced by The Creed Brothers and Ivy Nile) with Hachiman as the stable's trainer and Malcolm Bivens as their manager.[1] On the September 21 episode of NXT 2.0, Strong defeated Kushida to win the NXT Cruiserweight Championship.[2] At NXT WarGames, Strong defeated Joe Gacy, retaining his championship. On the NXT: New Year's Evil, he lost the title to Carmelo Hayes, unifying both North American and Cruiserweight titles.[3] Strong and the rest of Diamond Mine would slowly turn face at the start of 2022, when they entered a feud with Imperium. On February 15, 2022, at NXT Vengeance Day, The Creed Brothers defeated MSK to win the Men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.[4] At Worlds Collide, Damon Kemp betrayed Diamond Mine by costing The Creed Brothers the NXT Tag Team Championship to Pretty Deadly in a fatal-four way elimination tag team title unification match, involving the NXT UK Tag Team Champions Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang), after hitting Julius Creed with a steel chair.
Members[]
* | Founding members |
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L | Leader |
Current[]
Member | Joined | |
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Roderick Strong | L* | June 22, 2021 |
Brutus Creed | August 24, 2021 | |
Julius Creed | August 24, 2021 | |
Ivy Nile | September 14, 2021 | |
Tatum Paxley | September 20, 2022 |
Former[]
Member | Joined | Left | |
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Tyler Rust | * | June 22, 2021 | August 6, 2021 |
Hachiman | * | June 22, 2021 | January 5, 2022 |
Malcolm Bivens | * | June 22, 2021 | April 29, 2022 |
Damon Kemp | May 10, 2022 | September 4, 2022 |
Timeline[]
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked Strong No. 269 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2021
- WWE
- NXT Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) – Strong[5][6]
- NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Creed Brothers[7]
- Men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2022) – Creed Brothers[4]
References[]
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (June 22, 2021). "Roderick Strong And Malcolm Bivens Lead Diamond Mine, Attack Kushida On 6/22 NXT". Fightful. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ Moore, John (September 21, 2021). "9/21 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Kushida vs. Roderick Strong for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ Moore, John (January 4, 2022). "1/4 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Tommaso Ciampa vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Title, Walter, Fabian Aichner, and Marcel Barthel vs. Riddle and MSK, Mandy Rose vs. Raquel Gonzalez vs. Cora Jade for the NXT Women's Title, Carmelo Hayes vs. Roderick Strong in a title unification match, AJ Styles confronts Grayson Waller". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Rose, Bryan (February 15, 2021). "The Creed Brothers win Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic at NXT Vengeance Day". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ^ "Official NXT Cruiserweight Championship Title History". World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 21, 2021). "NXT Cruiserweight Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ "Official NXT Tag Team Championship Title History". World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
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