McBrayer began training sometime in 2009 at the Glass City Pro Wrestling School until he eventually moved toDayton, Ohio where he studied under the tutelage ofDave Crist.[4]
On July 8, 2017, Miguel teamed with his future partnersDezmond Xavier andZachary Wentz for the first time to defeatOhio Is 4 Killers (Dave Crist, Jake Crist andSami Callihan) in a doors match atCZW's iPPVEVILution. On April 17, 2018, at CZW'sWelcome to the Combat Zone, Miguel was introduced as the newest member ofThe Rascalz (formed by Xavier and Wentz) alongsideMyron Reed. After this, Miguel and Reed began teaming across the entire independent circuit while Wentz and Xavier, the other two Rascalz members teamed as well. Together, Miguel and Reed won theIWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship once on March 8 and the Rockstar Pro Trios Championship twice (once with Alex Colon and Dustin Rayz), on May 4 and May 9 respectively.
On September 1, 2017, Miguel defeated Jeremiah for the Rockstar Pro Championship, a title which he held for 91 days before dropping it toJake Crist. Miguel then regained the title on February 2, 2018, defeating Crist but later that same night he lost the title to Jon Murray.
At a cross promotional event for Fight Club: PRO and Destiny Wrestling on April 4, 2019, Miguel defeatedPenelope Ford,Kip Sabian, andJake Atlas for the vacant Destiny Wrestling Next Generation Championship. He then made his first title defense on August 9, against Aiden Prince, Kevin Blackwood, Lionel Knight and Ryan Wright in a successful attempt.
On May 12, 2019, Miguel and Wentz won the WC Big Top Tag Team Championship at WrestleCircus eventEncore by defeating The Dirty Devils (Andy Dalton and Isaiah James) and The Riegel Twins (Logan and Sterling) in a three-way match.[5][6] After a successful title defense against Riegel Twins andPrivate Party atBig Top Revival,[7] Miguel and Wentz vacated the titles on July 25.
Impact Wrestling / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2017–present)
Before being officially signed toImpact Wrestling, Miguel competed in a few tryout matches. The first being on the August 20, 2017, episode ofImpact!, teaming withJon Bolen where they lost toOhio Versus Everything (Jake and Dave Crist). The latter being Miguel's trainer and the guy who helped break him into the company. On the September 6, 2018 episode ofImpact!, Miguel made his second appearance by teaming withZachary Wentz andAce Austin asenhancement talents again against Ohio Versus Everything (Dave Crist, Jake Crist, andSami Callihan) in a losing effort.[8]
Avignette aired promoting the debut of The Rascalz on the November 15 episode ofImpact!.[9] On the November 29 episode ofImpact!, Miguel made his official debut alongsideDezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz as the trio known asThe Rascalz, accompanying them ringside when Xavier and Wentz competed in a tag team match againstChris Bey and Mike Sydal.[10] In mid-2019, Trey and the Rascalz began a feud againstMoose, which led to all The Rascalz making theirpay-per-view debut against Moose andThe North (Ethan Page andJosh Alexander) in a six-man tag team match atRebellion, which Rascalz lost. During the match, thering names of Xavier, Miguel and Wentz were shortened toDez,Trey andWentz respectively.
On the November 13, 2019, episode ofImpact, Trey became the number one contender for theX Division Championship by pinningPetey Williams in a six-way match, but failed to win the title from Ace Austin atHard to Kill.[11] AtSlammiversary, Trey received his first shot at the vacantImpact World Championship in afive-way elimination match againstAce Austin,Eddie Edwards,Rich Swann, and the returningEric Young, but was eliminated first by Young.[12] On November 11, it was revealed that The Rascalz would soon be leaving Impact and had interest from bothWWE andAll Elite Wrestling. During the November 17 tapings, The Rascalz were given a "send-off" by the Impact locker room. Trey confirmed the following day that he, Dez and Wentz were in fact done appearing on Impact Wrestling. Dez and Wentz went on to sign withWWE while Trey remained a free agent.
Trey made a surprise return to Impact on the January 26, 2021, episode ofImpact, teaming withTommy Dreamer, Rich Swann, andWillie Mack to defeat Chris Bey,Moose,Ken Shamrock, andSami Callihan.[13] During his return match, his ring name was reverted toTrey Miguel. Shortly after his return, Miguel began a heated high level feud with Callihan based on Callihan's theory that Miguel couldn't survive without Dez and Wentz. Throughout the deeply personal feud, Miguel would get tormented by Callihan in many ways including being forced to watch his trainee Sam Beale get beat down and be constantly told he "lost his passion". After weeks of back and forth attacks and mind games, the feud culminated in alast man standing match atRebellion, which Miguel won.[14]
On the May 12 episode ofImpact!, Miguel competed in aGauntlet for the Gold to determine the number one contender to Josh Alexander'sImpact World Championship atSlammiversary, but was eliminated by Steve Maclin.[25] On the May 26 episode ofImpact!, Miguel defeatedAlex Shelley to qualify for the Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship at Slammiversary.[26] At the event, he failed to capture the title that was won by Mike Bailey.[27] On the June 30 episode ofImpact!, Miguel won a four-way match to get a shot at the X Division title.[28] A day later, atAgainst All Odds, he failed to beat Bailey for the title.[29]
On September 23, atVictory Road, Miguel competed in an IntergenderTriple Threat Revolver to determine the number one contender for the X Division Championship, but was eliminated by eventual winnerFrankie Kazarian.[30] He later took part in a tournament to crown a new X Division Champion, defeating Alan Angels in the quarterfinals and Mike Bailey in the semifinals.[31][32] On November 18, atOver Drive, Miguel defeatedBlack Taurus in the final by turningheel after blinding him with spray paint, and won the vacant title for a second time.[33] On the December 1 episode ofImpact!, Miguel explained what he needed to do to regain the title and sprayed green paint on it.[34] On January 13, 2023, on theCountdown to Hard to Kill pre-show, Miguel defeated Taurus to successfully retain his title.[35] He continued to retain the X Division title onImpact! againstMike Jackson,[36] and againstCrazzy Steve in aMonster's Ball match.[37] Miguel followed that with more successful defenses againstLince Dorado atSacrifice,[38] againstClark Connors, Frankie Kazarian,Kevin Knight, Rich Swann, and Rocky Romero in a six-way scramble match atMultiverse United,[39] againstJonathan Gresham and Mike Bailey in a three-way elimination match atRebellion[40] and againstChris Sabin atUnder Siege.[41] On June 9 atAgainst All Odds, Miguel lost the X Division Championship to Sabin, ending his reign at 203 days.[42]
On the July 9, 2024 episode ofNXT, Dezmond Xavier, who now wrestles inWWE as Wes Lee, was about to announce that he would walk away after losing aLast Chance match for theNXT North American Championship atNXT Heatwave but was interrupted by Miguel (who makes his WWE debut appearance) and the returning Wentz (who formerly wrestled in WWE as Nash Carter). Miguel and Wentz managed to convince Lee to stay and the trio reunited for the first time since 2020.[46] In his debut WWE match, The Rascalz defeatedGallus (Joe Coffey,Mark Coffey, andWolfgang) in a six-man tag team match the following week.[47] At Week 2 ofNXT: The Great American Bash on August 6, Wentz and Lee were defeated byNXT Tag Team ChampionsNathan Frazer andAxiom in a title match. After the match, Lee turned on Miguel and Wentz, lashing out at the latter for leaving him back in 2022 to turn heel for the first time in his career.[48] Miguel made an appearance atNXT No Mercy on September 1 to assist Wentz to defeat Lee.[49] Two days later onNXT, Miguel and Wentz defeated Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) and Hank Walker and Tank Ledger in a triple threat tag team match for a NXT Tag Team Championship match.[50] However, Miguel and Wentz failed to appear for the title match after Lee had taken out Miguel offscreen.[51] In reality, it was reported that Miguel had to undergo an unexpected minor surgery.[52]
AtGenesis on January 19, 2025, Wentz and Miguel failed to defeat TNA World Tag Team ChampionsThe Hardys (Matt Hardy andJeff Hardy) for the titles. Later that night, it was announced that Wentz and Miguel will face NXT Tag Team Champions Nathan Frazer and Axiom for the titles (which they were supposed to challenge for in October 2024) on the January 23 episode ofImpact!,[53] where they lost after Lee and his new allies Tyriek Igwe andTyson Dupont interfered in the match.[54] On the January 30 and February 6 episodes ofImpact!, Wentz and Miguel ran out to save Ace Austin from Lee, Igwe and Dupont after Austin's matches against Lee and Dupont respectively.[55][56] Despite their past differences, Austin joined The Rascalz in their feud against Lee.[57] AtSacrifice on March 14, The Rascalz and Austin defeated Lee, Igwe and Dupont in a "Lucha Rules" six-man tag team match to end the feud.[58] In July, TNA announced that Miguel was sidelined due to a hernia injury with no timeline for his return.[59] On the September 12 episode ofImpact!, Reed returned from injury and faced Wentz, Reed, andJake Something in a four-way match won by Reed for a TNA X Division Championship atVictory Road.[60] AtTurning Point on November 14, The Rascalz reunited with the now reverted Dezmond Xavier to defeatThe System (Brian Myers,Eddie Edwards,JDC, andMoose) in an eight-man tag team match.[61]
