Wesley Blake | |
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Birth name | Cory James Weston |
Born | San Marcos, Texas, U.S.[1] | September 4, 1987
Alma mater | Texas State University |
Spouse(s) | [2] |
Children | 3 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Blake Cory Weston[3] Wesley Blake[4] Westin Blake |
Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[4] |
Billed weight | 240 lb (109 kg)[4] |
Billed from | San Antonio, Texas[4] |
Trained by | Dory Funk Jr.[3][5] |
Debut | 2011 |
Cory James Weston (born September 4, 1987) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE where he works as a producer on the NXT brand and coach at the WWE Performance Center.[6] He is best known for his time in WWE as an active wrestler, where he performed under the ring name Wesley Blake.
Weston debuted in 2011 under his real name on the Florida independent circuit, most notably for Dory Funk Jr.'s Funking Conservatory. He signed with WWE in 2013, portraying a cowboy gimmick in NXT during his first year. He later formed a tag team with Buddy Murphy, and the two, managed by Alexa Bliss, won the NXT Tag Team Championship once. After several years, he formed a stable with Jaxson Ryker and Steve Cutler called The Forgotten Sons. In 2020, the stable began working on SmackDown. He was released from WWE on April 15, 2021. Soon after, he announced on his social media that his new ring name would be Westin Blake. In 2024, Blake returned to WWE as a producer for the NXT brand and coach at the WWE Performance Center.
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