Heath Wallace Miller (born July 15, 1983) is an American professional wrestler.
He is best known for his tenure in WWE under the ring name Heath Slater, and for his tenure in Impact Wrestling, under the ring name Heath.
Heath Wallace Miller was born in Pineville, West Virginia, on July 15, 1983.
He was raised by his mother, stepfather, and grandparents.
Miller was trained by Curtis Hughes at the wrestling school of World Wrestling Alliance (WWA4).
2004
After debuting in 2004, Miller signed to WWE in 2006 and competed in its developmental territories Deep South Wrestling (DSW) and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) before appearing on the first season of NXT in 2010.
He debuted on WWE's main roster later that year as a member of The Nexus, becoming a three-time WWE Tag Team Champion with fellow Nexus member Justin Gabriel in the process.
He made his debut in 2004, wrestling for WWA4 and other Georgia-based wrestling promotions.
2006
In December 2006, Miller signed a developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), a WWE developmental territory.
2007
When the WWE ended its relationship with DSW in the spring of 2007, Miller was one of over twenty developmental wrestlers to be sent for further training at the new Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) territory.
At a June 2007 FCW show, Miller appeared as the manager of fellow developmental talent Shawn McGrath under the name Heath Wallace Miller Esq., but he reverted to using his real name and resumed his singles career while continuing to manage McGrath.
In 2007, Miller was given a talk show called The Happy Hour during some FCW shows.
During one segment, Billy Kidman was the guest; Miller claimed to idolize Kidman but then commented that Kidman's career was declining.
This created a feud and led to a series of matches between the two.
2008
In January 2008, Miller started defending the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship on behalf of the champion Ted Dibiase, Jr., who was injured.
Dibiase soon forfeited the belt and Miller was declared the champion.
Miller and his tag team partner Steve Lewington lost to John Morrison and The Miz for the WWE Tag Team Championship on February 15, 2008, at an FCW show.
Miller and Lewington then advanced to the finals of a tournament for the inaugural Florida Tag Team Championship in February 2008.
Miller and Lewington defeated Brandon Groom and Greg Jackson and The Thoroughbreds (Johnny Curtis and Kevin Kiley) to reach the finals.
On February 23, 2008, Miller and Lewington lost to The Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colón and Eric Perez) in the finals.
On September 11, teaming with Joe Hennig, he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship.
As champion, he changed his ring name to Sebastian Slater.
On October 30, 2008, Slater and Hennig lost the title to The New Hart Foundation (Harry Smith and TJ Wilson) in Tampa, Florida.
He later returned from injury and defeated Justin Angel.
2009
On August 13, 2009, at the 50th FCW TV taping, Miller defeated Tyler Reks to become FCW Heavyweight Champion.
Slater lost the FCW Heavyweight Championship to Justin Gabriel in a two out of three falls match at the September 24, 2009, TV taping.
2010
On February 16, 2010, Miller, now using the ring name Heath Slater, was one of eight FCW wrestlers to compete on the first season of the new NXT show, with Christian as his storyline mentor.
On the inaugural episode of NXT, Slater debuted as a face as he and Christian defeated Carlito and Michael Tarver in a tag team match.
Two weeks later, Slater defeated Carlito, becoming the first NXT rookie to defeat a WWE pro.
On the March 30 episode of NXT, he came fourth out of eight rookies in the first Pros' Poll.
On the April 6 episode, Slater won a keg-carrying contest against all other rookies.
This resulted in him being in the main event that night, a match against Kane, which he lost.
In an upset victory on April 20, Slater defeated Chris Jericho in the main event of NXT.
However, Slater remained at fourth in the second Pros Poll, revealed on May 11.
2016
In 2016, he began a storyline which saw him form a tag team with Rhyno, leading the two to become the inaugural WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
He is the first wrestler to have won both the SmackDown and Raw Tag Team Championships.
2020
He was released from WWE in April 2020, ending a 14-year tenure with the company.
Miller signed with Impact Wrestling later that year.
He would reunite with former tag team partner Rhino and win the Impact World Tag Team Championship in 2022.
Overall, Miller is a five-time tag team champion between WWE and Impact.
