Matt Bloom

Matt Bloom
Born
Matthew Jason Bloom

(1972-11-14) November 14, 1972 (age 53)
Peabody, Massachusetts, United States
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh
Spouse
Farah Louise
​
(m. 2005)​
Children2
Ring name(s)Albert
A-Train
Baldo
Big Buford
Giant Bernard
Jason Albert
Lord Tensai
Matt Bloom
Prince Albert
Rusher Road
Sweet T
Tensai
Billed height6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Billed weight331 lb (150 kg)
Billed fromBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Japan
Trained byKiller Kowalski
Dory Funk Jr.
Debut1997
RetiredAugust 7, 2014
Football career
No. 73
Position:Offensive tackle, offensive guard
Career information
College:Pittsburgh
Undrafted:1995
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Matthew Jason Bloom (born November 14, 1972) is an American former professional wrestler and professional football player. He works for the WWE. Bloom is the head trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Bloom is best known for his work with WWE as Prince Albert, Albert and A-Train from 1999 to 2004, and as Lord Tensai and Tensai from 2012 to 2014. He also wrestled in Japan from 2005 to 2012 with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) as Giant Bernard (ジャイアント・バーナード, Jaianto Bānādo). During his career, Bloom has held the GHC Tag Team Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship.


Championships

1After he won the championship, he held it by himself.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "OWOW profile". Onlineworldofwrestling.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ Kimble, D. (October 2001). "Matt Career Set To Bloom - wrestler Matt Bloom". Wrestling Digest. Retrieved May 18, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
  4. ↑ "Wrestlingdata profile". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "PITTSBURGH VS OHIO STATE" (PDF). Ohio State University. September 17, 1994. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  6. ↑ "EXW Xtreme Measures 05.29.2011 — Bill DeMott, Giant Bernard, Val Venis". Inside Pulse. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  7. ↑ "(Results) New Japan "DOMINION 6.19″, 6/19". Strong Style Spirit. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  8. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2012". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  9. ↑ "Dominion 6.18". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  10. ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Albert (June 28, 2001 - July 23, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-01.

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