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Benjamin Timms (born 23 July 1998) is a British professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Nathan Frazer and is one-half of the current NXT Tag Team Champions with Axiom in their second reign.
Nathan Frazer | |
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Birth name | Benjamin Timms[1] |
Born | Jersey, Channel Islands[2] | 23 July 1998
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Ben Carter Benjamin Carter CJ Storm Nathan Frazer[3] |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[4] |
Billed weight | 182 lb (83 kg)[3] |
Trained by | Seth Rollins[5] Marek Brave[5] |
Debut | 31 August 2018[5] |
Benjamin Timms was trained by fellow professional wrestlers Seth Rollins and Marek Brave at the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy in the United States.[5] Timms made his professional wrestling debut in 2018 under the ring name Benjamin Carter, performing in various independent promotions and major promotions such as Impact Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
In 2020, Timms was invited by All Elite Wrestling's head of Talent Relations Christopher Daniels to appear for the promotion. Timms made his AEW debut in September 2020 at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida. Timms, under his ring name Ben Carter, faced off against Ricky Starks in a losing effort on Dark.[6] Carter made his Dynamite debut in the opening contest of 'Late Night Dynamite', losing against Scorpio Sky.[7] Carter went on to have a 1-2 record before signing with the WWE later that year.[8] On October 2020, it was revealed that Carter could not get legally paid for his AEW matches, due to not having a valid work visa in the United States.[9]
On 17 December 2020, WWE announced that they signed Timms. He was then assigned to the NXT UK brand where, on the episode 7 January 2021 episode of NXT UK, he made his debut under the ring name Ben Carter, facing Jordan Devlin for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship but lost. After defeating Josh Morell and Sam Gradwell, Carter was repackaged as Nathan Frazer on 11 March.
On the 3 June episode of NXT UK, Frazer and Jack Starz teamed up to face Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker) for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship but were defeated. Later, Frazer competed to become the No. 1 contender for the NXT UK Heritage Cup but he lost to Teoman in the first round. Subsequently, Frazer also competed to become the No. 1 contender for the NXT United Kingdom Championship on 23 September, competed against A-Kid and Rampage Brown, where the former won. On 3 March 2022, Frazer fought his last match at NXT UK in a NXT United Kingdom Championship match, losing to Ilja Dragunov.
On 12 April 2022, it was announced that Frazer would make his NXT debut. At Spring Breakin' on 3 May, he debuted by defeating Grayson Waller due to the interference of Andre Chase.[10] On the 2 August episode of NXT 2.0, Frazer responded to Carmelo Hayes' open challenge for the NXT North American Championship but lost when Giovanni Vinci interfered.[11] On the 13 June 2023 episode of NXT, Frazer defeated Oro Mensah 2–1, who wrestled on behalf of Noam Dar due to Dar suffering an injury, to become the NXT Heritage Cup Champion.[12] Frazer lost the Cup back to Dar 69 days later at NXT: Heatwave.[13]
In late 2023, Frazer formed a tag team partnership with Axiom. The duo competed in the 2024 NXT Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament, defeating No Quarter Catch Crew (Charlie Dempsey and Myles Borne) in the first round[14] and Latino World Order (Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro) and The Good Brothers (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) in a triple threat tag team match in the final[15] to face NXT Tag Team Champions The Wolf Dogs (Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker) for the titles at NXT Stand & Deliver on 6 April 2024 but failed to win the match.[16] In a rematch on the following episode of NXT, Frazer and Axiom defeated The Wolf Dogs to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions. After the match, The Final Testament's Authors of Pain (AOP) from SmackDown returned to NXT and attacked Frazer and Axiom.[17] At Week 2 of Spring Breakin', Frazer and Axiom successfully defended their titles against AOP after interference from New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate).[18] Much later, Frazer started to set his sights on singles titles to Axiom's displeasure.[19] On the 25 June episode of NXT, Frazer failed to defeat Tony D'Angelo for the NXT Heritage Cup. On the following day's episode of Speed, he defeated Akira Tozawa to advance in the Speed Championship #1 Contender's tournament but lost to The New Day's Xavier Woods in the final the next week.[20][21][22] After multiple successful title defenses, on the 13 August episode of NXT, Chase University's Ande Chase and Ridge Holland defeated Frazer and Axiom for the NXT Tag Team Championship, ending their reign at 126 days. The pair regained the titles in a rematch 19 days later at NXT No Mercy to become two-time champions.[23][24]
On 19 April 2023, Timms became a born-again Christian, announcing he had been baptized.[25] He is currently dating fellow NXT superstar Thea Hail.[26]
As Nathan Frazer, he made his video game debut in WWE 2K23 as downloadable content in the Bad News U pack. He also appears as a regular game character in WWE 2K24 Video game.
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