Tucker Knight

Tucker

Early life

Cooper attended North Marion High School where he was a successful amateur wrestler. He wrestled at collegiate level for Portland State University, California State University, Bakersfield and Arizona State University, and placed 8th at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in2011, earning him All American status.

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment

NXT (2013–2019)

Cooper joined WWE after graduating college in 2013. He was assigned to theWWE Performance Center and took the ring nameTucker Knight.

Knight made his professional wrestling debut at aNXTlive event inStarke, Florida on January 24, 2015, facingTye Dillinger. He made his television debut on theJuly 1, 2015 episode of NXT, working as anenhancement talent in a loss toBaron Corbin. Knight continued to make sporadic televised appearances as an enhancement talent throughout the remainder of 2015 and the start of 2016.

Heavy Machinery (2016-2020)

InJuly2016, Knight formed a tag team withOtis Dozovic. OnOctober 1, the officially became known asHeavy Machinery. The duo participated in the 2016Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, losing in the first round to the team ofAustin Aries andRoderick Strong. OnFebruary 24,2017, Heavy Machinery had their first title match challenging theThe Authors Of Pain (Akam &Rezar) for theNXT Tag Team Championship. Although they did not succeed in winning the titles, they met The Authors Of Pain the following month onMarch 17, but were again defeated by the champions. The duo returned and had their first televised victory on theMarch 29, 2017 episode of NXT, defeating the team ofMike Marshall andJonathan Ortagun. Three months later onJune 15, Heavy Machinery challenged The Authors Of Pain in a second rematch but did not succeed in winning the titles. They lost again two nights later in a title rematch onJune 17. They continued meeting The Authors Of Pain in a succession of title rematches during the remaining course of June and into July resulting in the champions successfully retaining their titles against Heavy Machinery. On August 25, Heavy Machinery met the new Tag Team Champions and members of teamSAnitYAlexander Wolfe &Killian Dain, but did not succeed in winning the titles. OnNovember 30, Heavy Machinery joined a 20-Man Battle Royal won byTrent Seven. ByDecember 16, Heavy Machinery finished 2017 with a victory defeatingSteve Cutler &Wesley Blake.

Heavy Machinery returned for theJanuary 11, 2018 house show to join a Fatal Four-Way No. 1 Contendership match for the NXT Tag Team Titles involvingRiddick Moss &Tino Sabbatelli,Steve Cutler &Wesley Blake and the winning teamStreet Profits (Angelo Dawkins &Montez Ford). On February 2, Heavy Machinery joined the first round of the2018 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic where they were eliminated by theStreet Profits. During the February 16 edition of NXT, Heavy Machinery joined another Fatal Four-Way No. 1 Contendership match for the NXT Tag Team Titles where they were defeated byThe Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler &Wesley Blake). On the March 4 edition of NXT, the team had their title match challengingThe Undisputed ERA membersBobby Fish &Kyle O'Reilly but did not succeed in winning the titles. On April 8, during the fourth day of the WrestleMania Axxess event, Heavy Machinery had another title opportunity to win thePROGRESS Tag Team Championship belts held by the British promotion's defending champions teamGrizzled Young Veterans (James Drake &Zack Gibson). Although they defeated Drake and Gibson, Heavy Machinery did not win the tag titles due to the victory being won by disqualification. During the April 11th NXT Tapings, Heavy Machinery wrestled two tag matches, one against theWar Raiders (Hanson &Rowe) and the other against Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli. On April 27, Knight entered the 50-ManGreatest Royal Rumble match, eventually won byBraun Strowman. During the course of May, Heavy Machinery competed against tag teams includingTM-61 andThe Undisputed ERA. During aJune 2 house show, Knight won a Number One Contendership battle royal match to earn the opportunity to challenge for theNXT North American Championship. He later lost in his title match against the reigning North American ChampionAdam Cole.

Heavy Machinery went on to finish the remainder of June in tag matches against teams includingThe Forgotten Sons,Fabian Aichner &Marcel Barthel andThe Undisputed ERA. In a change of pace during theJuly 12 house show, Knight wrestled in singles competition, losing toKona Reeves. Returning to television on theAugust 1 episode, Heavy Machinery defeated the Australian tag teamThe Mighty (Nick Miller &Shane Thorne). During theJuly 27 house show, Heavy Machinery challenged reigning champions andUndisputed ERA membersKyle O'Reilly &Roderick Strong. Two nights later during theJuly 29 house show, Heavy Machinery challenged The Undisputed ERA in a title rematch but were once more defeated in their championship attempt. During the course of August and September, Heavy Machinery met teams includingThe Forgotten Sons,Adrian Jaoude &Cezar Bononi,The Coffey Brothers and The Undisputed ERA. Beginning the next month with a match during theOctober 5 house show, Heavy Machinery defeated members ofThe Forgotten Sons,Jaxson Ryker &Wesley Blake. They returned eight nights later during theOctober 13 house show, teaming with NXT recruitKeith Lee in defeatingKona Reeves &The Mighty (Nick Miller &Shane Thorne). Team Heavy Machinery made their televised returned during theNovember 7 episode (taped onOctober 17), during which they defeated Forgotten Sons membersSteve Cutler &Wesley Blake. Three nights later, Heavy Machinery returned for theOctober 20 house show, competing in a Fatal Four Way Elimination No. 1 Contendership match for theNXT Tag Team Championship againstThe Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler &Wesley Blake),Adrian Jaoude &Cezar Bononi andDanny Burch &Oney Lorcan. During theOctober 26 house show, Knight competed in a Fatal Four-Way match against representatives of rival tag teams includingMontez Ford (of team Street Profits),Nick Miller (of team The Mighty) andRowe (of the War Raiders). Knight ended the month during theOctober 27 house show competing in a Number One Contender Battle Royal match for theNXT North American Championship.

Returning the following month during theNovember 2 house show, team Heavy Machinery teamed with rookieStacey Ervin Jr. in a tag match defeatingThe Forgotten Sons (Jaxson Ryker,Steve Cutler &Wesley Blake). Eight nights later during theNovember 10 house show, team Heavy Machinery teamed with rookieJessie Elaban in a mixed tag match defeating Chinese recruitsBoa,Rocky &Xia Li.

Main roster (2019)

During theJanuary 7 episode ofRAW, team Heavy Machinery and several members of NXT, includingLars Sullivan,EC3,Nikki Cross andLacey Evans were featured in a vignette announcing their impending debuts on the main rosters.

After competing in a number ofdark matches team Heavy Machinery made their televised main roster debuts beginning on theJanuary 21 episode of Monday Night RAW, during which they defeated fellow NXT alumnus teamThe Ascension (Konnor &Viktor). Eight nights later, Heavy Machinery made their second main roster debut on theJanuary 29 episode of Smackdown Live. There, they competed in a No. 1 Contendership Fatal Four-Way Elimination match for theSmackDown Tag Team Championship. Heavy Machinery returned the following month on theFebruary 4 episode of RAW held in Knight's home state of Oregon. There, they competed in a No. 1 Contendership Fatal Four-Way match for theRAW Tag Team Championship. Returning for theFebruary 5 andFebruary 12, episodes of Smackdown Live, Heavy Machinery competed in dark matches defeating fellow NXT alumnus and members of teamSAnitY,Alexander Wolfe &Eric Young in unaired tag matches. By February 2019, Heavy Machinery individually shortened their ring names to Tucker and Otis.

Smackdown (2019-2021)

After the April 16 update of the2019 WWE draft, Tucker and Otis made their televised debut during theJune 11 episode of Smackdown Live inSacramento, California. There they defeated local wrestlersA.J. Kirsh andDave Dutra. The following week during theJune 18 episode of Smackdown Live, Heavy Machinery defeatedThe B-Team. Heavy Machinery continued wrestling throughout the summer months, concluding their Smackdown year with a match on theSeptember 4 episode, defeatingJohn Morrison &The Miz. Heavy Machinery was split after teammate Otis was drafted to the RAW roster duringOctober2020. Thefollowing year Knight made his final in-ring appearance on theApril 9 episode of SmackDown during which he competed in theAndré The Giant Memorial Battle Royal. He was released four days later onApril 15.

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Project Mayhem
  • Trapping Suplex
  • Bearhug
  • Powerslam
  • Falling Hiptoss
  • Atomic Drop
  • swinging front headlock
  • Apron Cannonball
• Tag teams and stables
  • Shoot Nation (w/Chad Gable,Angelo Dawkins,Jason Jordan &Sawyer Fulton)
  • Heavy Machinery (w/Otis Dozovic)
• Nicknames
  • "Tuck Shop"
  • "Tucker Biscuit"
  • "Bull-Fit"
  • "Muckle Kite"

• Entrance themes
  • "Full Out" byEve S. Dowdle (NXT; 2016–October 19, 2016)
  • "Deny Them Pain" bySaltybeats (NXT; October 19, 2016)
  • "Heavy" byCFO$ (used while teaming withOtis Dozovic)

Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked #404 in 2017 PWI Top 500 Singles Wrestlers
  • Ranked #261 in 2018 PWI Top 500 Singles Wrestlers
  • Ranked #185 in 2019 PWI Top 500 Singles Wrestlers

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWE 24-7 Championship (2 times)

External links

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