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Paul Lloyd Jr.[2] (born March 3, 1981)[2] is a second-generation South African professional wrestler. He is signed with World Wrestling Entertainment, and performs on the Raw brand under the name Justin Gabriel.[1][2] He was a contestant in the first season of WWE NXT, where he finished third, before joining The Nexus stable on Raw.[3] He is a former WWE Tag Team Champion, with Heath Slater,[4] and a former FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion.Lloyd made his professional wrestling debut at the age of 16 and was originally trained by his father Paul Lloyd, Sr., a promoter and wrestler in South Africa who also went by the ring name "The Pink Panther".[2] His grandfather was a professional boxer and amateur wrestler.[2] Lloyd grew up watching his father wrestle and in the early part of his training he used to practice in the backyard of his home, which had two rings positioned. Lloyd went by the ring name PJ Black. He formed a regular tag team with Ray Leppan (who went by the name Presley Jackson, now known as Dameon Duke) called Pure Juice.[2] During Lloyd's final year in high school his father died and a year later he moved to the United Kingdom for five years.[5][6]Lloyd spent five years in the United Kingdom, where he trained with the FWA Academy as well as acquiring diplomas in Graphic Web Design, Personal Training, Sports Nutrition and Body Massage. He was trained by Alex Shane and Mark Sloan. In 2003 he made his FWA debut. He also made an appearance in International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom.[5]
In 2006, he returned to South Africa and wrestled for World Wrestling Professionals (WWP), which is nationally televised on SABC 2 in South Africa and Colours TV in India with the shows WWP Thunderstrike and 100% De Dhana Dhan, respectively.[5] His most notable feuds during his tenure in WWP were against Tornado, Dameon Duke, Mikey Whiplash and Joe E. Legend. In 2007, he became the promotion's inaugural World Cruiserweight Champion. After a few weeks of holding the championship, he lost it in a triple threat match.
Lloyd challenged unsuccessfully for the WWP World Heavyweight Championship against Joe E Legend on a WWP Thunderstrike episode that aired on January 10, 2009. During the match he suffered minor burns to the face after a fireball spot didn't go as originally planned and he had to be treated at a local hospital. His final match in South Africa took place on November 8, 2008 at WWP's bi-annual Carnival City Casino show, where he was defeated by Terri Middoux in front of a record attendance.[7]In 2008, Lloyd signed a three-year developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment, becoming the first South African person in history to sign a WWE contract. He debuted in early 2009 in WWE's development territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), under his real name. His ring name was eventually changed to Justin Angel.[2]
At the July 23, 2009 tapings of FCW's television show, Angel teamed with Kris Logan to defeat Trent Beretta and Caylen Croft and become the Florida Tag Team Champions. They lost the championship on the same night to The Rotundos (Bo and Duke).[8]
Angel won the Florida Heavyweight Championship from Heath Slater in a two out of three falls match at the September 24, 2009 television tapings.[2] He held the championship for almost six month, until the March 18, 2010, tapings of FCW television, where he lost the championship to Alex Riley in a three-way match, which also included Wade Barrett.[9]
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wat happened to ur stuff?
still winning?
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