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Briana Brandy (born November 22, 1990) is an American professional wrestler and musician. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name B-Fab.
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Early life
Briana Brandy was born on November 22, 1990 in Canton, Ohio. She played basketball and competed in swimming during her high school years.[1][5]
Professional wrestling career
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WWE (2019–2021)
During summer of 2017, Brandy participated in a WWE tryout which featured wrestling names such as Cody Deaner and Mike Taverna. On August 28, 2019, it was reported that WWE signed Brandy to a developmental contract.[6]
On December 5, 2019, Brandy made her debut during a live event during which she teamed with Taynara in a successful women's tag team match defeating Catalina Garcia and Rita Reis.[7] The following year on February 28, 2020, she wrestled her first singles match at a NXT live event against Kayden Carter.[8] On March 6 and March 7, Brandy wrestled her final live events,[8] just one week before the COVID-19 pandemic was acknowledged in the United States, effectively restricting all sports businesses from holding live audience events.[9] She wrestled only eight matches, between years 2019 and 2020. On the September 14 episode of NXT, Briana Brandy won her only singles match victory by defeating Katrina Cortez.[7][8] Under her new name B-Fab, on the May 11, 2021 episode of NXT, she appeared alongside the recently-formed the stable Hit Row.[10] On the September 28 episode of NXT, her final match was a No Disqualification match against Elektra Lopez, but she was not successful.[11] B-Fab made her main roster debut at the SmackDown brand after being drafted alongside Hit Row during the 2021 WWE Draft.[12] On November 8, 2021, she was released from her contract alongside Hit Row due to budget cuts. B-Fab and Ashante "Thee" Adonis managed Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Top Dolla in one match on SmackDown before being released.[13]
Independent circuit (2022)
Following her release from WWE, Brandy and the rest of Hit Row, would begin appearing on the independent circuit, under the team name, The HitMakerZ.[14]
Return to WWE (2022–present)
On the August 12, 2022 episode of SmackDown, Hit Row, minus Scott, made their unannounced return as faces, where Top Dolla and Adonis (accompanied by B-Fab) defeated two local competitors.[15] B-Fab made her main roster in-ring debut at the women's Royal Rumble match as the seventh entrant at Royal Rumble on January 28, 2023. She was eliminated in 36 seconds by eventual winner Rhea Ripley.[16][17][18] Hit Row was quietly disbanded with the release of Top Dolla in September 2023[19] and with Adonis being announced as a new tag team with Cedric Alexander in February 2024.[20]
On the February 2, 2024 episode of SmackDown, B-Fab joined Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits as The Pride and took out The Final Testament's Scarlett.[21][22] At Night 2 of WrestleMania XL on April 7, B-Fab assisted The Pride to defeat The Final Testament in a Philadelphia Street Fight match.[23] On August 16, Lashley's profile on WWE's roster page was moved to the alumni section, ending his tenure with WWE and The Pride. As a result, The Pride was quietly disbanded. B-Fab continued managing The Street Profits, with no mention of The Pride as a stable.[24] On the November 15 episode of SmackDown, B-Fab competed against Bayley and Women's Speed Champion Candice LeRae in a triple threat match in the preliminary round of the tournament to crown the inaugural Women's United States Champion, but was not successful due to Bayley pinning her.[25]
In February 2025, B-Fab quietly split from The Street Profits and aligned with Michin.[26]
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Professional wrestling style and persona
Her athletic background includes work as a boxing coach. Brandy also trained in Ninjutsu and has been involved in Cross Fitness.[5]
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Music career
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.[5] Brandy has also released multiple songs since 2013 that have made it ITunes Apple Music.[29]
On March 6, 2023, Hit Row was once more partially fully reunited as rapper Monteasy dropped a music video by the name of Price Went Up.[30][31] On July 21, 2023, Brandy, alongside Hit Row members, dropped a freestyle single by the name of Barbie Barz.[32][33]
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