Juice Robinson

Joseph Ryan Robinson (born April 10, 1989), better known by his ring name Juice Robinson, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he is a founding member of the Bullet Club Gold stable.

He also wrestles in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW).

In 2008, he made his debut for Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA) under the ring name "Juice Robinson", losing to Jason Dukes.

He competed in an IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship number one contender seven team Royal Rumble, losing to Devon Moore and Nick Gage.

His last match for IWA Mid-South was a loss in a three-way to Shane Hollister.

Robinson then wrestled for a variety of promotions, including AAW Wrestling, where he unsuccessfully competed for the AAW Tag Team Championship twice (once with Mike Sydal as his partner and once with Kyle O'Reilly), Border City Wrestling (BCW), and DreamWave Wrestling, where he unsuccessfully challenged for both the DreamWave World and DreamWave Tag Team Championships.

His last match for DreamWave was a victory against Colt Cabana.

Robinson made his National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) debut with a win against Doctor X.

His last match in NWA was a win against Dom Vitalli.

From 2011 through 2015, he worked for WWE, where he wrestled in their developmental territories Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) and later NXT under the ring name CJ Parker.

He won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice, with Jason Jordan and Donny Marlow respectively.

After departing WWE, Robinson started his NJPW career as young lion before becoming a full-time roster member.

Since then, he has become a record three-time IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion and a one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion (with David Finlay).

In 2011, Robinson signed a developmental contract with WWE and was sent to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

On July 7, he made his debut under the ring name "CJ Parker" and was defeated by Leo Kruger.

He then formed a tag team with Donny Marlow.

At the FCW taping on July 21, Parker and Donny Marlow defeated Calvin Raines and Big E Langston to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship.

At the FCW taping on September 22, Parker and Marlow successfully defended their titles against Calvin Raines and James Bronson.

They lost the championships on November 3 to the team of Brad Maddox and Briley Pierce.

After losing the titles, Parker and Marlow disbanded as a team and transitioned to singles competition.

On January 26, 2012, Parker was defeated by Dean Ambrose.

He then competed mostly in tag team matches with a variety of partners for the rest of his tenure in FCW, teaming with the likes of Jason Jordan and Mike Dalton until FCW was closed and replaced by NXT in August 2012.

Shortly before the promotion's closure Parker won the Florida Tag Team Championship for a second time, winning the title with Jason Jordan at a live event.

On the July 4 episode of NXT, Parker teamed with Nick Rogers in a losing effort against Corey Graves and Jake Carter.

He was then initially used as a jobber on NXT and was defeated by the likes of Roman Reigns and in a tag team match with Mike Dalton against The Ascension, before suffering an injury that kept him out of action for several months.

Parker returned to NXT in July 2013 with a new hippie character, beginning a feud with Tyler Breeze that saw the two trading wins over several months.

Although intended to be a fan favorite, Parker's hippie gimmick was largely unpopular and he was turned heel as a result on the February 12, 2014, edition of NXT, berating the fans for not getting behind him, calling them "Sheeple", and blaming them for the growing issues with the environment.

He would tweak his character to that of an eco-warrior who berated fans for damaging the environment.

Parker beat Tye Dillinger in January 2014 but was then largely unsuccessful, losing to main roster stars like Antonio Cesaro, The Miz and The Great Khali, as well as a defeat by Mojo Rawley at NXT Arrival.

Parker began a feud with Xavier Woods, defeating Woods twice on NXT before resuming his losing streak against Adrian Neville.

At NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, Parker was squashed by Baron Corbin in Corbin's official debut, and he then suffered further losses to Corbin and Breeze in the following weeks before losing to the debuting Kevin Owens at NXT TakeOver: R Evolution.

During the match, Parker legitimately broke Owens' nose with a palm strike, himself suffering a deep gash to the hand.

On the February 18 episode of NXT, Parker attempted a protest due to him not appearing at NXT TakeOver: Rival.

However, he was attacked by the debuting Solomon Crowe.

His final televised appearance was in a losing effort to Hideo Itami on the taped in advance April 22 episode of NXT.

On March 31, 2015, it was reported that Parker had left WWE after requesting his release from the company.

WWE later announced that he officially confirmed his release on April 3, 2015.

He was also the winner of the 2019 World Tag League with Finlay.

In 2019, he joined Ring of Honor (ROH) as the leader of the Lifeblood stable, but departed the promotion later that year.

Robinson was trained at Truth Martini's House of Truth wrestling school.