Byron Saxton

Title History

USCW (United States Championship Wrestling) Heavyweight title ();
SCW (Southern Championship Wrestling) Tag Team title w/”Classy” Chris Nelson (May 19, 2007);

Career Highlights

Independent Wrestling (Florida & Georgia):

Bryan Kelly earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida..
2003: Bryan Kelly started on the indies working small shows in Florida and Georgia as a ring announcer, interviewer and wrestler..
2004-2007: Bryan Kelly was a News/Traffic/Sports reporter & anchor at WJXT Channel 4 News in Jacksonville, Florida..
September 23, 2006–SCW: Team Vision (Chasyn Rance, Larry Zbyszko and Mister Saint Laurent) defeats Chris Nelson & Michael Cade in a handicap match.
October 14, 2006–SCW: Michael Cade was in a heavyweight title match, battle royal won by Jon Davis.
March 3, 2007–SCW: Aaron Epic, Jason Hexx and Michael Cade defeated Team Vision (Chasyn Rance, Larry Zbyszko and Mister Saint Laurent).
May 19, 2007–SCW: Chris Nelson and Michael Cade defeated Larry Zbyszko and Mister Saint Laurent to win the tag team titles.
June 16, 2007–SCW: Michael Cade defeated Jake Manley.

Florida Championship Wrestling Bryan Kelly (2007):

October 2, 2007 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Sheaumus O’Shaunnessy defeated Bryan Kelly in a double debut match..
October 13, 2007 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Hade Vansen defeated Bryan Kelly..
October 23, 2007 – Florida Championship Wrestling: “The Carnival Freak” Sinn Bowdee defeated Bryan Kelly..
November 6, 2007 – FCW: Bryan Kelly & Rycklon Stephens & Chet Douglas defeated Hade Vansen & Sheamus & Sinn Bowdee..
November 13, 2007 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Chris Gray defeated Bryan Kelly..
December 1, 2007 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Nick Nemeth & Big Rob Terry defeated Robert Anthony & Bryan Kelly..
December 4, 2007 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Afa Jr. defeated Bryan Kelly.
December 18, 2007 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Bryan Kelly defeated Tommy Taylor.
January 8, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Bryan Kelly defeated Steve Lewington.
January 15, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Afa Jr. vs. Bryan Kelly ended in a No Contest after T.J. Wilson interfered.
January 22, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Nick Nemeth & Big Rob Terry defeated Rycklon (Ezekiel Jackson) & Bryan Kelly.
January 29, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Jake Hager & Shawn Osborne defeated Rycklon (Ezekiel Jackson) & Bryan Kelly.
February 5, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Heath Miller & Steve Lewington defeated Bryan Kelly & Rycklon.
February 12, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Nic Nemeth & Brad Allen defeated Rycklon & Bryan Kelly.
February 19, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Eric Perez & Eddie Colon w/Angela Fong defeated Johnny Curtis & Bryan Kelly.
March 4, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Sheamus & Kafu defeated Greg Jackson (Trent Barreta) & Bryan Kelly.
April 15, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Johnny Curtis & Gabe Tuft vs. Bryan Kelly & Rycklon ended in a Double Count-out.
May 3, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Johnny Curtis & Bryan Kelly & Gabe Tuft beat Andrew Vein & Sinn Bowdee & Kafu.
June 3, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Bryan Kelly cut a promo on behalf of Black Pain (who destroyed a member of the ring crew.
July 12, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Big Rob Terry & Colt Cabana defeated Black Pain & Bryan Kelly.
July 12, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Joe Hennig & Gabe Tuft (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated Drew McIntyre & Stu Sanders (w/Bryan Kelly) to win the FCW Tag Team titles.
August 2, 2008 – FCW: Evan Bourne & Johnny Curtis & TJ Wilson defeated Afa Jr. & Bryan Kelly & Tyrone Jones.
August 26, 2008 – FCW: Afa Jr. & Black Pain w/Bryan Kelly vs. Johnny Curtis & Gabe Tuft ended in a No Contest.
September 2, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Black Pain (with Bryan Kelly) defeated Kafu..
Byron Saxton led a stable known as The Conglomerate consisting of Past and Present FCW stars..
~~~Members of “The Conglomerate included Tyson Tarver, Lawrence Knight, Black Pain, and Kaleb O’Neal..
~~~~~~After the Conglomerate disbanded, Byron Saxton was aligned with Abraham Washington in FCW.
September 30, 2008 – FCW: Tyson Tarver vs. Kafu ended in a No Contest after Byron Saxton (Bryan Kelly) interfered..
October 8, 2008 – FCW: Ricky Ortiz & T.J. Wilson & Johnny Prime defeated Kafu & Drew McIntyre & Bryan Kelly..
October 23, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Stu Bennett & Black Pain w/Byron Saxton defeated Kafu & Ricky Ortiz..
October 25, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Tyler Reks & Carson Oakley defeated Trent Barreta & Tyson Tarver w/Byron Saxton..
October 28, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Byron Saxton & Black Pain defeated “Titan” Michael Jarvi & Kafu by disqualification..
October 30, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Tyson Tarver w/ Byron Saxton defeated Johnny Prime (Lucky Cannon)..
November 20, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Johnny Prime defeated Tyson Tarver w/Byron Saxton..
November 20, 2008 – FCW: Lupe Santiago & Johnny Prime defeated Lawrence Knight & Byron Saxton w/Tyson Tarver..
December 11, 2008 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Johnny Prime defeated Byron Saxton..

Florida Championship Wrestling – Byron Saxton (2009):

January 22, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Johnny Curtis & Tyler Reks defeated Caleb O’Neal & Lawrence Knight w/Byron Saxton..
January 31, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Joe Hennig & Sweet Papi Sanchez defeated Byron Saxton & Ryan Braddock..
February 13, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Lawrence Knight & Kaleb O’Neal & Tyson Tarver w/Byron Saxton defeated Maverick Darsow & Tank Mulligan & Brett DiBiase..
February 13, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: “Sweet” Papi Sanchez defeated Byron Saxton..
March 13, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Yoshi Tatsu defeated Byron Saxton by Submission..
March 20, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Brett DiBiase defeated Byron Saxton..
March 26, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Kris Logan & DJ Gabriel defeated Byron Saxton & Jon Cutler..
April 2, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Jon Cutler defeated Byron Saxton and Justin Angel in a 3-WAY..
April 9, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Lupe Santiago defeated Byron Saxton..
June 18, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Byron Saxton defeated Yoshi Tatsu after interference from Agent T..
June 19, 2009 – FCW: The Rotundo Brothers defeated Byron Saxton & Agent T (Tevita Fifita) w/Abraham Washington..
October 8, 2009 – Florida Championship Wrestling: Jimmy Uso & Donny Marlow defeated Lennox McEnroe & Byron Saxton..

World Wrestling Entertainment (ECW):

Late 2009: Byron Saxton joined the ECW announce team along side Josh Mathews..
Byron Saxton remained the ECW announcer (with Josh Mathews) until the FINAL episode (02 / 16 / 2010)..

Florida Championship Wrestling – Byron Saxton (2010):

March 25, 2010–FCW: Byron Saxton & Percy Watson & Big E. Langston beat Donny Marlow & Jimmy Uso & Jules Uso..
April 1, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Byron Saxton defeated Dr. Cable Jones..
April 15, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Byron Saxton & Mason Ryan defeated Johnny Curtis & Tyler Reks..
May 5, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Drake Brewer defeated Byron Saxton..
May 13, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Drake Brewer & Donny Marlow defeated Conrad Tanner & Byron Saxton..
August 5, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Ashley Valence introduced the “One Night Stand GM” Byron Saxton..
August 18, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Byron Saxton is now the “Official Spiritual Consultant” for Donny Marlow..
August 18, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Bo Rotundo defeated “The Polynesian Prince” Donny Marlow (w/Byron Saxton) and “The Mastodon of Mayhem” Brodus Clay in a triple threat match..
September 2, 2010–FCW: Announcer Byron Saxton came down the ring and hit Johnny Curtis while clenching a roll of quarters..

Florida Championship Wrestling – Byron Saxton & Mason Ryan (2010):

September 9, 2010–FCW: Byron Saxton said he was fed up with politics in FCW (and is now aligned with FCW champion Mason Ryan)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FCW Heavyweight champion Mason Ryan w/Byron Saxton defeated Derrick Bateman w/Johnny Curtis
September 15, 2010–FCW: FCW Champion Mason Ryan & Byron Saxton took over the commentary position for the rest of the show..
September 21, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Abraham Washington & Bo Rotundo defeated Johnny Curtis & Derrick Bateman and Byron Saxton & Mason Ryan in a 3-WAY Tag Team match..
September 23, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Byron Saxton defeated Derrick Bateman..
October 28, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Richie Steamboat defeated Byron Saxton..
November 11, 2010: Johnny Curtis & Derrick Bateman & Abraham Washington beat Byron Saxton & Brodus Clay & Jackson Andrews..
December 2, 2010–FCW: Titus O’Neill & Byron Saxton & Damien Sandow defeated Marcus Owens & Xavier Woods & Bo Rotundo..
Note: For most of the Florida Championship Wrestling TV Tapings in 2010, Byron Saxton was the announcer..

World Wrestling Entertainment – NXT Season 4 (Byron Saxton):

December 7, 2010–WWE NXT: Byron Saxton was introduced to the NXT audience by his official “Pro” Chris Masters..
January 6, 2011–Florida Championship Wrestling: Participated in the NXT Season 4 battle royal (Won by Abraham Washington)..
December 14, 2010–WWE NXT: Byron Saxton was the winner of a Karaoke Contest after singing Shawn Michaels’ entrance song..
~~~Ted DiBiase Jr. & Brodus Clay w/Maryse beat “The Masterpiece” Chris Masters & Byron Saxton – (Saxton pinned by DiBiase)..
December 21, 2010–WWE NXT: Byron Saxton participated in the “Wheelbarrow” & “Trivia” challenges (both won by Derrick Bateman)..
~~~~Chris Masters & Byron Saxton & Natalya Neidhart defeated Ted DiBiase Jr. & Brodus Clay & Maryse – (Byron pinned big Brodus!)..
December 27, 2010–FCW TV: Byron Saxton, Damien Sandow and Titus O’Neill defeated Abraham Washington, Bo Rotundo and Mason Ryan.
December 28, 2010–WWE NXT: Byron Saxton participated in the “Power of the Punch” & “Talent Competition” (won by Johnny Curtis)..
~~~~~~Byron Saxton w/Chris Masters defeated Ted DiBiase Jr. w/Maryse by disqualification after botched interference by “Rookie” Brodus Clay..
January 2, 2011–FCW TV: Mason Ryan defeated Byron Saxton by disqualification.
January 4, 2011–WWE NXT: Dolph Ziggler won a Pros Battle Royal eliminating Masters & DiBiase to earn the right to trade Rookies..
~~~~Dolph Ziggler proclaimed that he never liked his assigned NXT Rookie, Jacob Novak, and he was trading him for Byron Saxton!
~~~~Byron Saxton w/Dolph Ziggler defeated Jacob Novak w/Chris Masters – (Jacob Novak was later eliminated from NXT Season 4!)
January 8, 2011–FCW: Derrick Bateman, Jacob Novak and Johnny Curtis defeated Brodus Clay, Byron Saxton and Conor O’Brian.
January 9, 2011–FCW TV: Abraham Washington defeated Byron Saxton..
January 11, 2011–WWE NXT: Byron Saxton & “Pro” Dolph Ziggler participated in the “Slingshot” and “Password” challenges..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Conor O’Brian w/Alberto Del Rio & ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez defeated Byron Saxton w/Dolph Ziggler..
January 18, 2011–WWE NXT: Byron Saxton & “Pro” Dolph Ziggler participated in the “Know Your Pro” challenge..
~~~~~~”The Masterpiece” Chris Masters defeated Byron Saxton w/Dolph Ziggler by submission with the Masterlock..
January 20, 2011–FCW: Bo Rotundo, Brett DiBiase and Richie Steamboat defeated Brodus Clay, Byron Saxton and Mason Ryan.
January 25, 2011–WWE NXT: Byron Saxton participated in a “Beat the Fink” Trivia Challenge, but the final four all lost to Howard Finkel!
~~~Brodus Clay defeated Johnny Curtis and Byron Saxton and Derrick Bateman in a 4-WAY to earn a “Swap Your Pro” Opportunity..
January 30, 2011–FCW TV: Johnny Curtis, Percy Watson and Tito Colon defeated Bobby Dutch, Byron Saxton and Conor O’Brian.
February 1, 2011–WWE NXT: Participated in Arm-wrestling (won by Johnny Curtis) and Talk the Talk (won by Derrick Bateman)..
~~~~~~~”The Masterpiece” Chris Masters defeated Byron Saxton w/Dolph Ziggler by submission with the Masterlock again..
February 7, 2011–RAW: Byron Saxton defeated Derrick Bateman in the finals of a NXT Rookie Rock’em Rock’em Contest..
~~~Derrick Bateman w/Daniel Bryan defeated Byron Saxton w/Dolph Ziggler by submission using Bryan’s Lebell-lock finisher..
~~~Byron Saxton was eliminated from NXT Season 4…. Dolph Ziggler berated Saxton after he cut an arrogant farewell promo..
February 17, 2011–FCW: Byron Saxton defeated Big E. Langston.
February 20, 2011–FCW: Byron Saxton defeated Big E. Langston.
February 20, 2011–FCW TV (Taped): Abraham Washington, Derrick Bateman and Johnny Curtis defeated Byron Saxton, Conor O’Brian and Jacob Novak.
March 1, 2011–WWE NXT: Derrick Bateman & Conor O’Brian defeated Byron Saxton & Jacob Novak in a Rookie Reunion Match..
March 3, 2011–FCW: Abraham Washington and Percy Watson defeated Byron Saxton and Leo Kruger..

World Wrestling Entertainment – NXT Season 5: Redemption (Byron Saxton):

March 8, 2011–WWE NXT (Redemption): Byron Saxton got a second chance on NXT Season 5 getting paired with “Pro” Yoshi Tatsu..
March 15, 2011–NXT: Lucky Cannon and Tyson Kidd defeated Yoshi Tatsu and Byron Saxton..
March 22, 2011–NXT: Lucky Cannon defeated Byron Saxton..
March 29, 2011–NXT: Byron Saxton, Conor O’Brian and Titus O’Neil defeated Darren Young, Jacob Novak and Lucky Cannon..
April 12, 2011–NXT: Jacob Novak defeated Byron Saxton..
April 19, 2011–NXT: Lucky Cannon and Tyson Kidd defeated Yoshi Tatsu and Byron Saxton..
April 24, 2011–FCW TV: Byron Saxton, Calvin Raines and Leo Kruger defeated Donny Marlow, Percy Watson and Roman Leakee.
April 26, 2011–NXT: Lucky Cannon defeated Byron Saxton by disqualification..
May 10, 2011–NXT: Byron Saxton defeated Conor O’Brian..
May 17, 2011–NXT: Yoshi Tatsu defeated Byron Saxton..
May 24, 2011–NXT: Lucky Cannon and Tyson Kidd defeated Yoshi Tatsu and Byron Saxton..
May 31, 2011–NXT: Conor O’Brian and Vladimir Kozlov defeated Byron Saxton and Yoshi Tatsu, Darren Young and Chavo Guerrero Jr., Lucky Cannon and Tyson Kidd & Titus O’Neil and Hornswoggle in a tag team gauntlet match.
July 3, 2011–FCW TV: Titus O’Neil defeated Byron Saxton by disqualification.
March 3, 2012–FCW: Byron Saxton and CJ Parker defeated Jiro and Sakamoto.
March 24, 2012–FCW: Byron Saxton defeated Garrett Dylan.
April 6, 2012–FCW: Jason Jordan and Richie Steamboat defeated Byron Saxton and Big E. Langston, Dean Ambrose and Leo Kruger & Eli Cottonwood and Kassius Ohno in a 4-way tag team match.
April 8, 2012–FCW TV: Byron Saxton vs. Kenneth Cameron ended in a no contest.
May 18, 2012–FCW: The Ascension (Conor O’Brian and Kenneth Cameron) & Byron Saxton defeated Rick Victor, Jake Carter and Corey Graves.
August 1, 2012–FCW: Xavier Woods defeated Byron Saxton.
May 2012: Byron Saxton was revealed as a full time announcer for WWE NXT. He later became a NXT ring announcer. He finished as a NXT commentator on December 23, 2013.
In March of 2014 Byron Saxton started to do commentary on Main Event and Superstars with Tom Phillips.
March 30, 2015 – RAW: Byron Saxton and Jerry Lawler filled in for Michael Cole, JBL, and Booker T after they were brutally assaulted by Brock Lesnar.
Saxton left the SmackDown announce team in July 2016 and became exclusive to the Raw announce team following the 2016 WWE Draft.
November 8, 2021 – RAW: Byron Saxton defeated Corey Graves to win the 24/7 title. Reggie defeated Byron Saxton to win the 24/7 title.

Updated: November 13, 2021 @ 7:14 am

ByronSaxton

Trained By

FCW Training

Debut

2003-2012

Birthday

August 20, 1981

Hometown

Originally: Burke, Virginia
Moved to Tampa, Florida

Gender

Male

Height

6'0"

Weight

230 lbs

Finishing Move(s)

Favorite Move(s)

Notable Feuds

Status

Living