Husky Harris

Husky Harris
Husky Harris

Harris as part of The Nexus in November 2010
Ring name(s) Alex Rotunda[1]
Alex Rotundo[1]
Axel Mulligan[2]
Duke Rotundo[1]
Husky Harris[3]
Windham Rotunda[1]
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[4]
Billed weight 306 lb (139 kg)[4]
Born May 23, 1987 (1987-05-23) (age 24)[5]
Brooksville, Florida[1]
Billed from Brooksville, Florida[4]
Trained by FCW staff[1]
Debut 2009[1]

Windham Lawrence Rotunda[1][5] (born May 23, 1987)[5] is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE and is working as Husky Harris. Harris is competing in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental territory.

Contents

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2009-present)

Florida Championship Wrestling (2009–2010)

He debuted in FCW in April 2009 with a victory, using the name "Alex Rotundo".[6] He later changed his name to "Duke Rotundo".[6] In early 2009, he formed a semi-regular tag team with Vic Adams.[7]Died today: 19.11.2011

In June 2009, Rotundo began teaming with his brother, Bo.[7] At the FCW television tapings on July 23, The Rotundo Brothers defeated The Dude Busters (Caylen Croft and Trent Barretta) to become the number one contenders to the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship.[7] That same night, they defeated Justin Angel and Kris Logan for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship.[6][7] They went on to successfully defend the championship against Dylan Klein and Vance Archer and the team of Curt Hawkins and Heath Slater.[7] At the FCW television tapings on November 19, the Rotundos lost the championship to The Dude Busters (Hawkins and Croft).[7] In early 2010, the Rotundos began feuding with The Usos (Jimmy and Jules), and their manager, Sarona Snuka.[8] They lost to The Usos on January 14, but defeated The Usos and Donny Marlow in a six-man tag team match, with Wes Brisco as their partner. In a straight rematch on March 11, the Rotundos defeated The Usos.[8] In April, they moved into a feud with Jackson Andrews and Curt Hawkins, which began when Bo faced Andrews in a singles match and won by disqualification when Hawkins interfered.[8] At the television tapings the following week, the Rotundos teamed up with Eli Cottonwood in a loss to Hawkins, Andrews, and Leo Kruger.[8]

After this, Rotundo returned to singles competition, wrestling against and defeating Kruger, Johnny Curtis, and Tyler Reks.[8] In June 2010, he changed his ring name to 'Husky Harris' to coincide with his debut on NXT under that name. He went on to defeat Drake Brewer and Derrick Bateman, before unsuccessfully challenging Alex Riley for the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship on June 20.[8] In September, Harris feuded with Percy Watson, losing to him via countout when Harris refused to continue the match and left.[8] Harris later lost to Watson in an unsanctioned, Falls Count Anywhere match on September 15.[8] The following week, a match between the two ended in a double disqualification, resulting in a 'non-sanctioned come as you are bunkhouse brawl', which Watson won to end the feud.[8]

NXT and The Nexus (2010–2011)

See also: The Nexus

On June 1, 2010, Rotunda was announced as a competitor in the second season of WWE NXT under the name "Husky Harris", with Cody Rhodes as his mentor.[3][9] Harris made his debut on the June 8 episode of NXT, competing in a tag team match with Rhodes against Montel Vontavious Porter and Percy Watson, which they lost.[10] After a rocky start with his pro Cody Rhodes, Harris turned heel on the June 22 edition of NXT by attacking announcer Matt Striker, just as his pro did the previous week.[11] The following week, Harris lost to Porter in a singles match, and was ranked seventh out of the eight rookies in the first poll.[12] In the second poll, Harris moved up to sixth place, narrowly avoiding elimination.[13] On August 9 the rookies appeared in a six-man tag team match on Raw, which Harris' team won when he pinned Kaval, but his team lost a rematch the following night on NXT.[14][15] In the poll later that night, Harris climbed to fourth place out of the six rookies.[15] Harris was one of two rookies eliminated from NXT on August 17. Following his elimination, Harris and Rhodes attacked Kaval, resulting in a brawl also involving Porter and Kofi Kingston.[16] Harris reappeared in the season finale of NXT with the other eliminated rookies and joined in on the attack on the NXT winner, Kaval.[17]

At the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view in October, a disguised Harris and Michael McGillicutty interfered in a match between John Cena and Wade Barrett, and helped Barrett win, forcing Cena to join Barrett's stable The Nexus per the pre-match stipulation.[18] Harris' and McGillicutty's identities were revealed on the following day's episode of Raw, though Barrett claimed he had not asked for their help and refused to make them full time members of The Nexus.[19] The following week, Harris and McGillicutty cost Cena a match against The Miz, prompting Barrett to give them the opportunity to win membership in The Nexus.[20] On the October 18 episode of Raw, Harris and McGillicutty failed to earn a place in The Nexus when they lost to Cena and Randy Orton in a tag team match.[21] The following week on Raw, however, Harris and McGillicutty were inducted into The Nexus, in spite of their loss.[22]

In January 2011 CM Punk took over Nexus and had each of its members put through an initiation. Harris passed his initiation, a lashing from the rest of the group, and was allowed to remain a member of The Nexus, alongside Punk, McGillicutty and David Otunga.[23] Three weeks later, on the January 31 episode of Raw, Harris and McGillicutty unsuccessfully challenged Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov for the WWE Tag Team Championship. After the match Randy Orton attacked them as revenge for them interfering in his WWE Championship match against The Miz and costing him the championship, and punted Harris in the head. This was a scripted injury to write Harris off from storyline and to plant him back into Florida Championship Wrestling.[24]

Return to FCW (2011-present)

Rotunda returned to FCW and used a new character on March 18, that of the hockey mask-wearing "Axel Mulligan". On June 24, Harris and Rick Victor fought Briley Pierce and Richie Steamboat in a winning effort.[2] On the July 3 edition of FCW, he turned face by saving his brother Bo Rotundo from Lucky Cannon and Damien Sandow.

Personal life

Rotunda is a third generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Blackjack Mulligan, father Mike Rotunda and uncles Barry and Kendall Windham were all professional wrestlers. He has a younger brother, Taylor, who is also a professional wrestler, and a younger sister, Mika.[5] Rotunda was named after his uncles, Barry & Kendall Windham.[6]

Rotunda attended Hernando High School, where he won a state wrestling championship at 275 pounds (125 kg) in 2005.[5][6][25] He graduated from high school in 2005.[6] He also played football as a defensive tackle and guard. Rotunda played at the College of the Sequoias for two seasons, earning second-team All-American honors as a sophomore offensive guard.[25] He earned a football scholarship to Troy University, where he played collegiate football for two years.[5][6] He left Troy University 27 hours before earning a Bachelor's degree after deciding to become a wrestler.[25]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

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Members
CM Punk · Daniel Bryan · Darren Young · David Otunga · Heath Slater · Husky Harris · John Cena · Justin Gabriel · Mason Ryan · Michael McGillicutty · Michael Tarver · Skip Sheffield · Wade Barrett
See also
The Corre · Straight Edge Society · WWE NXT

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