Brad Maddox

Joshua Tyler Kluttz (born May 4, 1984) is an American retired professional wrestler and former professional wrestling referee.

He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Brad Maddox.

From 2008 to 2012, Maddox was assigned to WWE's developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he held the OVW Heavyweight Championship and OVW Television Championship once each and the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice with different partners.

Kluttz debuted on April 2, 2008, on the OVW tapings teaming up with Galvin Garrison against Dewey and Adam Revolver, which they lost, he used the name Brent Wellington.

He won his first match on October 1, 2008, in an Eight-Man Tag Team match, alongside Galvin Garrison and Moose, they called themselves Theta Lambda Psi.

On December 24, 2008, Kluttz had a title match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship against Aaron "The Idol" Stevens, which he lost.

After he was defeated, he adopted the nickname "Beef" and changed his gimmick to that of a necrophiliac.

He had his first match under his new name at OVW Tapings January 14, 2009, winning with his Theta Lambda Psi team against Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver which they won.

The Theta Lambda Psi Tag team was split in April 2009 where Kluttz first won a match against Moose then lost one where he was hit with a paddle.

On July 26, 2009, he competed for the OVW Television Championship against Jamin Olivencia, he won the match to win his first Championship.

His reign lasted 45 days when he was defeated by his former Theta Lambda Psi mate Moose at the OVW Tapings on September 9, 2009.

On 27 February 2010 Kluttz won the vacant OVW Heavyweight Championship by winning a Battle Royal.

His reign lasted 90 days when he lost the title on 29 May 2010 to Mike Mondo.

In mid-2010 it was reported that Kluttz had signed a development contract with WWE.

Kluttz was renamed Brad Maddox and debuted for Florida Championship Wrestling at a live show on August 5, 2010, losing to Tyler Reks.

His TV debut was on November 4, 2010, losing to Tito Colon.

He won his first match on the July 1, 2011 episode of FCW against Percy Watson and Richie Steamboat.

On 22 September edition of FCW Maddox defeated Briley Pierce, three weeks later at the 13 October edition of FCW they built a Tag Team and competed for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship against CJ Parker and Donny Marlow, which they lost.

On the November 3 tapings for FCW he won the Tag Team titles with Briley Pierce.

On the February 2 tapings they lost their titles due to an injury of Pierce.

Maddox tried to regain the vacant title with Eli Cottonwood, but they lost to Bo Rotundo and Husky Harris.

On the March 4 edition of FCW Maddox was the first signed to Summer Rae´s "organization", and she was at ringside when he was defeated by Seth Rollins.

On June 21, 2012, he won the FCW Jack Brisco 15 Championship from Richie Steamboat.

While holding the FCW 15 Championship, he won the Florida Tag Team Championship with Rick Victor on July 28, 2012.

He became the final holder for both titles, as all of FCW's championships were retired when the territory was rebranded as NXT Wrestling.

Maddox was promoted to the main roster as a referee in August 2012, debuting on the August 20 episode of Raw when he refereed a Divas Battle Royal.

On October 28 at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, Maddox refereed the main event, a Hell in a Cell match between CM Punk and Ryback for the WWE Championship.

As Ryback was about to win the match, Maddox gave Ryback a low blow and proceeded to fast-count a pin for Punk, resulting in Punk retaining his title thus turned Maddox heel.

Maddox explained his actions on the November 5 episode of Raw.

He claimed that he was not working for Punk but his actions were self-motivated.

Maddox revealed his lifelong dream of becoming a WWE wrestler, but WWE continually rejected him, so he took up the chance to be a referee and attacked Ryback to make a name for himself to earn a contract to become a WWE wrestler.

WWE Chairman Vince McMahon then granted Maddox's request at a match against Ryback, while offering a million dollar contract if Maddox won.

The next week, Maddox faced Ryback, who soundly defeated him and threw him into an ambulance.

Maddox returned in December 2012, now accompanied by his personal cameraman, Carson, and claiming to be a "YouTube sensation".

Raw Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero offered Maddox a contract if he could defeat Randy Orton, but Orton prevailed.

Orton was attacked by the Shield after the match.

Similar to Maddox, the Shield had earlier aided Punk by attacking Ryback during the duo's WWE Championship match at Survivor Series to ensure Punk's retention of his title and also denied an alliance with Punk.

Maddox then took his pleas to SmackDown General Manager Booker T, who thrice granted him opportunities to earn a contract if he could defeat Brodus Clay, The Great Khali, and Sheamus, but Maddox lost all three matches.

On the January 28 episode of Raw, via camera footage taken by Maddox's cameraman, it was revealed that Maddox, as well as the Shield, had been working for Punk's manager Paul Heyman all along, although Punk did not appear in the footage and claimed that Heyman had acted independently of him and without his knowledge.

He served as the General Manager of Raw in storyline from July 2013 to May 2014, before being released in November 2015.