Brian Stevens was born on June 22, 1985 in Glasgow, Scotland. Since he was eleven he loved watching WWF one of his favriote pay per views was WrestleMania 12 with the Hour Long Iron-Man match between Shawn Michaels and Bret "Hitman" Hart.# When he was 15 he moved to Canada to attend Yale University and earn a scholarship for the wrestling team. By 17 he earned a scholarship and was sent to an American Military Wrestling Company for a few years.