Briana Brandy is an American musician and professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown brand under the ring name B-FAB.
Early life and career
Brandy played basketball and competed in swimming during her high school years. 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. Her athletic background includes work as a boxing coach. Brandy also trained in Ninjutsu and has been involved in Cross Fitness.
Professional wrestling career
World Wrestling Entertainment (2019-2021)
Brandy participated in a WWE tryout during summer of 2017, featuring wrestling names Cody Deaner and Mike Taverna. It was reported as early as August 28, 2019 that WWE signed Brandy to a developmental contract.
NXT (2019-2021)
In 2019, Brandy made her debut during a December 5 live event during which she teamed with Taynara in a successful tag match defeating Catalina Garcia & Rita Reis. She wrestled her first singles match the following year in 2020 during the February 28 live event lost against Kayden Carter. Brandy wrestled her final live events on March 6 and March 7, just one week before the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak was acknowledged in the United States, effectively restricting all sports businesses from holding live audience events. On the May 18 episode of NXT under her new name B-FAB, she appeared alongside the recently-formed the stable Hit Row. Between 2019 and 2020, she wrestled only eight matches. She won her only singles match victory on the September 14 episode of NXT, defeating Katrina Cortez. Her final match was on the September 28 episode of NXT under No Disqualification rules, losing to Elektra Lopez. On November 10, B-Fab was released from her contract due to budget cuts. Wrestletalk.com reported the actual reason was WWE Creative determined B-Fab was not an essential asset to Hit Row.
In wrestling
- Finishers
- Signature moves
- Entrance music
- Nicknames
- Managers and valets
- Tag teams and stables
