Matt Bloom
Titles Won:
- WWF Intercontinental Championship
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Travis Tomko (1) and Karl Anderson (1)
- GHC Tag Team Championship – with Karl Anderson
Bloom is currently employed by WWE, where he is the head trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. He is best known for his in-ring appearances with WWE as Prince Albert, Albert and A-Train from 1999 to 2004, and as Lord Tensai and Tensai from 2012 to 2014.
He is also known for his appearances 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). Championships held by Bloom over the course of his career include the GHC Tag Team Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship.
Notable Matches
vs. Kane on Smackdown, June 26th 2001
w/ Karl Anderson vs. Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama at Dominion 6.18
w/ Karl Anderson vs. Seigigun vs No Limit at Dominion 6:19
vs. Yuji Nagata on NJPW April 30th 2006
vs. Brock Lesnar on NJPW, May 3rd 2006
Notable Feuds
vs. Jerry Lawler
vs. The Undertaker
Other Notable Achievements
IZW Heavyweight Championship
EXW Tag Team Championship
G1 Tag League (2007) – with Travis Tomko
G1 Tag League (2009) – with Karl Anderson
PPW Heavyweight Championship
PPW Young Guns Championship
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Tag Team of the Year (2011) – with Karl Anderson
