Brian Kendrick

Brian Kendrick (born 1979) is an American professional wrestler from Fairfax, Virginia, best known for his years in WWE. He began in 1999 as Spanky, trained at the Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy, and worked for Ring of Honor, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and the Japanese promotion Zero1 before and between WWE stints. In WWE he teamed with Paul London to win the World Tag Team Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championship, then wrestled singles, left in 2009, won the TNA X Division Championship and returned during the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic. He won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship once on 205 Live, later worked as a backstage producer, and now runs his own promotion and a wrestling school.