Cheeseburger (wrestler)
| Cheeseburger | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Brandel Littlejohn[1] |
| Born | Trenton, New Jersey, United States[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Cheeseburger Leech Landa[3] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4] |
| Billed weight | 136 lb (62 kg)[4] |
| Trained by | Delirious[2] |
| Debut | April 5, 2012[4] |
Brandel Littlejohn is an American professional wrestler. He is currently working for Ring of Honor, where he performs under the ring name Cheeseburger.
Career
Littlejohn began wrestling with the promotion Beyond Wrestling, where he competed as Leech Landa in a match in Philadelphia in September 2012. In 2013, he appeared in two matches with the promotion Wrestling Is... Respect! in Boonton, New Jersey.[3]
Littlejohn debuted in Ring of Honor on July 11, 2013 at the promotion's A Night of Hoopla event in Chicago.[2] Wrestling as Cheeseburger, a name he was given when he was bullied in a segment by Charlie Haas,[5] he teamed with Roderick Strong to challenge reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship, unsuccessfully.[6]
In 2014, Cheeseburger twice unsuccessfully challenged Jay Lethal for the ROH World Television Championship: at the promotion's Second to None event in Baltimore[7] and its Road to Best in the World '14 show in Carbondale, Illinois.[8]
Cheeseburger was a part of a tag team called The Brutal Burgers, teaming with "Brutal" Bob Evans. The two wrestlers feuded after the tag team split, culminating in the Final Battle kickoff, where Cheeseburger defeated Evans.[9]
On January 4, 2016, Cheeseburger made his surprise debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) by taking part in the New Japan Rumble in the pre-show of Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome. He was eliminated from the match by Yoshi-Hashi.[10] Cheeseburger formed an on-screen friendship with NJPW wrestler Jushin Thunder Liger, which led to him adopting Liger's Shotei palm strike as a finishing move.[1]
In January 2016, Cheeseburger made another challenge to the World Television Championship, this time falling short against Roderick Strong in Collinsville, Illinois during ROH's Winter Warriors Tour.[11]
In wrestling
- Finishing move
- Shotei (Palm strike)[4] – adopted from Jushin Thunder Liger[1]
- Signature moves
Championships and accomplishments
References
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External links
- Cheeseburger on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Brandel Littlejohn at the Internet Movie Database
