Tyson Kidd

Theodore James "TJ" Wilson (born July 11, 1980) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Tyson Kidd.

He is currently signed to WWE, where he works as a producer.

Wilson was born on July 11, 1980, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the son of Cheryl Wilson.

He is of English descent through his paternal grandparents.

Wilson trained at Stu Hart's Dungeon in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Wilson furthered his wrestling training under the watch of Tokyo Joe, who later helped him get booked in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as well as in England.

The final graduate of the Hart Dungeon, Wilson wrestled internationally in several promotions such as Stampede Wrestling between 1995 and 2007, where he won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship on two occasions with Bruce Hart and Juggernaut, the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship, and Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship on two occasions.

Before signing with WWE, Wilson competed in Prairie Wrestling Alliance, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, and AWA Superstars of Wrestling.

He wrestled his first match in Stampede Wrestling in Calgary at the age of fifteen in 1995.

At age sixteen, he wrestled in the opening match of a World Wrestling Federation house show in Calgary, teaming with Andrew Picarnic against Teddy Hart and Harry Smith.

The following year, Wilson started training with Bret Hart.

As part of Stampede Wrestling, Wilson was nicknamed the "Stampede Kid".

He returned in March 2003, and mostly teamed up with American Dragon.

Between the months of May and June he competed in the Best of the Super Juniors, he mostly lost his matches however he did beat El Samurai and Jado which gave him an overall score of four points.

He held his first championship in the promotion in February 2004, when Wilson became Bruce Hart's new tag team partner and co-holder of the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship to replace the injured Teddy Hart.

He won the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship on October 15, 2004 by beating Duke Durrango.

He returned in 2004 for another month-long tour.

In October 2005, Wilson and Durrango were made the bookers for Stampede Wrestling.

In 2005, he participated in Best of the Super Juniors and again lost most of his matches, but beat Jado and Minoru Tanaka to earn four points overall.

His last on June 16, 2005 where he teamed with Hirooki Goto to lose to Akiya Anzawa and El Samurai.

In 2005 he started his tour of Europe and mostly wrestled for All Star Wrestling.

He beat Five Star Flash in his first match in ASW.

He participated in One Night Tournament and was knocked out of the competition by Douglas Williams.

While in Europe he wrestled all around the United Kingdom but also wrestled in other countries such as Germany and the Netherlands.

He took on GSW Breakthrough Champion Murat Bosporus for the championship and lost.

Wilson spent a lot of time in Canada at AWA Superstars of Wrestling.

He teamed up with Harry Smith to take part in the Grapple Cup Tournament where they beat Cadillac Caliss and WildCard in the finals.

In November 2006, Wilson signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, and was assigned to various WWE's developmental territory, like Deep South Wrestling (DSW), and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

On September 15, 2006, Wilson defeated Apocalypse to capture the Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship in a match that took place at half time of Calgary Stampeders vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Football League game at McMahon Stadium.

On November 10, 2006, Wilson replaced one-half of the Tag Team Champions Pete Wilson, who was injured, and became Juggernaut's tag team partner.

In 2006 he beat Harry Smith for the AWA Pinnacle Heavyweight Championship and held it for five months before losing it to Laramie Lexow.

Wilson had his final singles match for Stampede on January 26, 2007, where he was defeated by his long-time rival Apocalypse.

He returned on February 9, 2007, for his final match with the promotion, defending his International Tag Team Championship, against The A-Team (Michael Avery and Dusty Adonis).

He and Juggernaut won the match, however, afterwards Wilson awarded the Championship to The A-Team, as he was leaving and could not defend the Championship.

He was also heavily involved with training the younger stars of the promotion at a camp called B.J.'s Gym.

As the Stampede Kid, he completed several tours of Japan, competing at New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

He debuted in a six-man tag team match in November where he teamed with Goku-DO and Super Crazy and lost to Heat, Masahito Kakihara and Masayuki Naruse.

His first win came only a few days later, when he teamed with Super Crazy to defeat El Samurai and Jushin Thunder Liger, and he finished his tour in late December.

Prior to his debut on the main roster in 2009, Wilson formed the Hart Dynasty with David Hart Smith and Natalya, winning the Unified Tag Team Championship with Smith in April 2010.

He retired in 2017 due to a spinal cord injury.