In the course of his career as a college basketball player, he played for theUniversity of South Florida andMorgan State University from 2014 to 2015 and played as a forward forKing University men’s basketball team from 2015 to 2016.[4][5] Omogbehin signed with WWE in January 2019, and in October 2020, went on to become the personal bodyguard ofAJ Styles, with whom he would win the Raw Tag Team Championship atWrestleMania 37. He would then be affiliated withMVP, who served as his manager, from 2022 until the latter's departure in 2024.
Omogbehin was born on May 16, 1992, inLagos but his Father is from Edo State, Nigeria. He was sent to the United States on ascholarship alone when he was just fifteen with his family staying in Nigeria, though he has an older brother that lives inIndiana.[6] Omogbehin attended and graduated from Atlantic Shores Christian School inChesapeake, Virginia, and through high school, he played basketball and continued in the sport after choosing to attend the University of South Florida where he played at the center position.[7] Omogbehin met basketball legendHakeem Olajuwon during the USF Bulls' team trip toHouston, Texas, in 2014.[7] Omogbehin also played basketball at Morgan State University inBaltimore, Maryland after transferring from USF; he played center for the Morgan State Bears from 2014 to 2015.[7] He also played as a forward forKing University men’s basketball team in NCAA Division II from 2015 to 2016.[4][5]
It was reported on January 1, 2019, that WWE signed Omogbehin with six other athletes to train at theWWE Performance Center. On July 18, 2019, Omogbehin made his in-ring debut during a July 18 house show, defeating team2.0 in a two-on-one handicap match.[8] He would keep wrestling on house shows during the following months. On June 15, 2020, he made his television debut during the episode ofMonday Night Raw, where he was presented as a surprise member ofAkira Tozawa'sninja faction.[9] Appearing as the tallest member of the faction, Omogbehin was referred to only as the "Giant Ninja" as he stood at ringside during team Tozawa's tag match against theStreet Profits andThe Viking Raiders, however, he would be repackaged as abodyguard shortly thereafter, serving as the doorman and bouncer forShane McMahon'sRaw Underground.[10]
On the March 15, 2021, episode ofRaw, Omos announced that he would be making his televised in-ring debut atWrestleMania 37 alongside Styles againstThe New Day (Kofi Kingston andXavier Woods) for theWWE Raw Tag Team Championship.[19] At the event, Omos and Styles defeated The New Day to win the titles, after Omos hit Kingston with achoke bomb and pinned him.[20] AtSummerSlam, Omos and Styles lost the Raw Tag Team Championship toRK-Bro (Randy Orton andRiddle).[21] AtExtreme Rules, Omos and Styles teamed withBobby Lashley to take on The New Day in a 6-man tag team match, in which Styles, Omos and Lashley lost.[22] After this, it was announced that Styles and Omos would face RK-Bro in a rematch for the tag team titles atCrown Jewel.[23] At the event, they failed to regain the titles.[24]
AtSurvivor Series on November 21, 2021, Omos participated in a 25-men dual-branded battle royal in honor of the 25th anniversary ofThe Rock's debut at the1996 Survivor Series. Omos had the most eliminations at 12 and won the match by last eliminatingRicochet.[25] After weeks of tension between him and Styles, on the December 20, 2021, episode ofRaw, Omos refused to tag into their match againstRey Mysterio andDominik Mysterio, ultimately costing them the match. A fight broke out between the two, effectively ending their alliance when Omos turned on a now face AJ Styles.[26]
On the January 3, 2022, episode ofRaw, a week after splitting up from Styles, a match was set up between the two onRaw, where Omos defeated Styles.[27] On January 29, at theRoyal Rumble, Omos entered thenamesake match for the first time in his career at number 11, where he eliminatedMontez Ford,Angelo Dawkins, andDamian Priest before he was eliminated by Styles,Austin Theory,Chad Gable,Dominik Mysterio,Ricochet, andRidge Holland.[28] On Night 2 ofWrestleMania 38, he facedBobby Lashley in a losing effort, marking his first pinfall loss in WWE.[29] On the April 4 episode ofRaw, Omos would begin feuding with Lashley and acquired a new manager inMVP, who had turned on Lashley, thus forming an alliance between the two.[30] He defeated Lashley atWrestleMania Backlash with MVP’s help, but lost to him in a steel cage match on the May 16 episode ofRaw.[31] AtHell in a Cell, Omos and MVP lost to Lashley in a 2-on-1handicap match, ending their feud.[32]
On the June 20 episode ofRaw, Omos would qualify for the Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match after defeating Riddle.[33] At the event, he would fail at winning the match after being thrown through the announce table by all the other competitors.[34]
While under contract with WWE, Omos was sent to work with promotions allied with WWE. The first one was the JapanesePro Wrestling Noah, where he became a member of theTeam 2000X stable. Introduced byYoshitatsu andDaga, he had been brought in to compete withJack Morris against the incumbentGHC Tag Team ChampionsNaomichi Marufuji andTakashi Sugiura in a title match at that theNoah The New Year pay-per-view event.[42] At the event, they defeated the champions. On January 25, 2025, Omos announced that he would be leaving Noah to return to WWE and handed his GHC Tag Team Championship to Daga.[43] However, the title was vacated on January 27 with Daga not being recognized as champion.[44] WWE next sent Omos to Mexico to work forLucha Libre AAA Worldwide, which WWE acquired in 2025, atTriplemanía XXXIII where he won the 2025 Bardahl Cup.
Omogbehin has a younger brother and a niece living inIndiana. His parents and his other brother live in Nigeria.[6]
In 2012, a medical test showed apituitary tumor in his brain, which was deemed responsible for his highinsulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels,gigantism andCushing's disease.[6] The tumor was pressing on his optical nerves as well and would have caused blindness. He underwent surgeries in 2012 and 2013 to remove the tumor. His condition was the first known case of "pituitary gigantism or acromegaly associated with preclinical Cushing's disease" and it led to the publication of a case report onThe American Journal of the Medical Sciences.[45] He now requires lifelong hormone replacement therapy since his body no longer producestestosterone naturally.
^Fiorvanti, Tim (December 20, 2020)."WWE TLC: Reigns retains, McIntyre overcomes MITB cash-in, Orton lights Fiend on fire".ESPN. Archived fromthe original on January 12, 2021. RetrievedJuly 31, 2021.As Miz climbed the ladder with a smirk on his face, Omos reached up, snatched Miz from the ladder and carried him like a small child to the top rope before tossing Miz out of the ring and through a table of his own. When Morrison went for revenge, he broke a steel chair over Omos' back, and Omos didn't flinch. Omos chased Morrison up the ramp, taking them both out of play.
