Nathan Quinn | |
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Quinn on Olympus in mid-2018. | |
Birth name | Nathaniel Quinn |
Born | October 18, 1991 (age 26) Albany, New York, United States |
Resides | Newark, New Jersey, United States |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Nathan Quinn |
Billed height | 6 ft. 3 in. (1.95 m) |
Billed weight | 245 lbs. (111 kg) |
Billed from | Albany, New York |
Trained by | EAW Performance Center Christian Bogard |
Debut | 2015 |
Nathaniel Quinn (born October 18, 1991), better known by his ring name Nathan Quinn, is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler currently signed with Omega Wrestling Alliance, where he appears on the promotion's Olympus brand.
Early Life[]
Quinn was born and raised in Albany, New York. His mother, a nurse's aide, raised him alongside his younger half-brother Miles, who is disabled. It's said that his father is wrestler Naheem Bogard. Quinn went on to graduate from Albany High School.
Amateur Wrestling Career[]
Prior to graduating high school, Quinn was a standout amateur wrestler on his school's varsity team. He then accepted a full scholarship to Indiana University, where he competed in the Big Ten Conference at the Division I level.
Professional Wrestling Career[]
Training and Early Career (2011 - 2017)[]
After graduating from college, Quinn was noticed by wrestler Christian Bogard, who noted Quinn's startling resemblance to his older brother Naheem. Quinn then went on to train under Bogard at his Showtime Academy in Los Angeles, California. Under the name Nathan Quinn, he wrestled for independent promotions San Diego Wrestling (SDW), Showtime Wrestling Entertainment (SWE), and Empire State Wrestling (ESW).
Elite Answers Wrestling (2017 - 2018)[]
NEO (2017 - present)[]
Quinn signed a developmental contract with EAW in early 2017 and subsequently reported to the EAW Performance Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Omega Wrestling Alliance (2018 - present)[]
The Unchained (2018 - present)[]
Quinn debuted for Philadelphia-based OWA on June 17, cementing himself as a heel when he attacked Jacob Steele along with David X Fierce, Rashad Wilson, and Jamal King. On the June 22 episode of Olympus, the group was collectively referred to as The Unchained. Quinn went on to challenge Gareth Cason for the Television Championship on day one of Budokai Tenkaichi, coming up short. Following the match, he was joined by his stablemates. He then appeared along with them in a backstage segment on the July 6 episode of Olympus.
Other Media[]
Quinn was a cast member on The Plunge, an EAW Network-produced reality series that detailed the lives of Performance Center recruits.
In Wrestling[]
- Finishing Moves
- Connect 4 (Bridging figure-four leglock)
- Execution (Diving elbow drop)
- Fourth Wall (Inverted belly-to-back mat slam)
- Out of Nowhere (Multiple cutter variations)
- Signature Moves
- Double Jeopardy (STO backbreaker, followed by a reverse STO)
- Diving DDT
- Diving double axe-handle
- Homicide (Reverse STO, followed by a Koji clutch)
- Jumping knee drop
- Leg lariat
- Life Comes At You Fast (Discus elbow smash)
- Multiple kick variations
- Drop
- Enzuigiri
- Super
- Multiple European uppercut variations
- Multiple suplex variations
- Dragon
- Inverted
- Running vertical
- Snap
- Reversal of Fortune (Hip toss, followed by a cartwheel dropkick)
- Spinning spinebuster
- Springboard moonsault
- The Truth (Spiral bomb)
- Wheelbarrow facebuster
- Nicknames
- "The Master of The Cutter"
- Managers
- Lydia Truth
- Entrance Themes
- "Lydia" by Highly Suspect (June 2018 - present)