Byron Saxton

Bryan Jesús Kelly^[2] (born August 20, 1981) is an American professional wrestling commentator, ring announcer, interviewer, and former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is currently working as a backstage interviewer on SmackDown and color commentator on NXT Level Up under the ring name Byron Saxton. He has also worked as a commentator for the now-defunct ECW brand where he worked alongside Josh Matthews. He was a part of the fourth season of NXT. His pro was Chris Masters. Dolph Ziggler became Saxton's pro on the January 4, 2011 episode of NXT. He was voted off.

Byron Saxton
Saxton in 2024
Birth name	Bryan Jesús Kelly
Born	(1981-08-20) August 20, 1981 (age 43) Burke, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Florida
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Bryan Kelly Byron Saxton Michael Cad
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight	230 lb (100 kg)
Billed from	Burke, Virginia
Trained by	Florida Championship Wrestling
Debut	2003[1]
Retired	2012 (in-ring competition)

He returned on the fifth season of NXT where it was NXT Redemption and his pro was Yoshi Tatsu. He was the second rookie to be eliminated. On the November 8, 2021 episode of Raw, Saxton pinned Corey Graves to win the WWE 24/7 Championship, but lost it a few seconds later to Drake Maverick.^[3]

Championships and accomplishments

• Southern Championship Wrestling
  • SCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chris Nelson^[2]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked him No. 223 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011^[4]
• United States Championship Wrestling
  • USCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[2]
• WWE
  • WWE 24/7 Championship (1 time)^[2]