Early career (1999–2005) Bradley started his wrestling training at the Steel Domain Wrestling school in
Chicago, where he trained with wrestlers including
CM Punk and
Colt Cabana. Bradley suffered several setbacks in his career as he suffered from an
overactive thyroid. He worked for several
independent promotions in the
Mid-West, most notably for
IWA Mid-South, before signing a developmental contract with
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
World Wrestling Entertainment (2005–2009) He debuted in WWE's then-
developmental territory Deep South Wrestling (DSW) as "The Monster of the Midway" Bradley Jay. During his time in DSW he won the
Deep South Heavyweight Championship on three occasions. Occasionally, he made appearances on
Heat as well. When WWE ended their relationship with DSW he was then sent to
Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) to continue his development. He defeated
Paul Burchill and
Idol Stevens in a three-way match via two Lariats to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship on June 1 at OVW's first
Summer Sizzler Series event at
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in
Louisville, Kentucky to become the first man to hold both the OVW and DSW heavyweight titles. On June 15, 2007, at
Ohio Valley Wrestling's third
Super Summer Sizzler Series event of the year at
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in
Louisville, Kentucky, he defeated
Idol Stevens to retain the OVW title. He then lost the title to Paul Burchill in a match taped on June 27 and aired on June 30. He also wrestled at Raw
house shows on August 11 and 12 and September 1 (losing to "Hacksaw"
Jim Duggan). He wrestled in a dark match against
D'Lo Brown before a
SmackDown television taping in August 2007. He then was starting a
feud with
Matt Sydal and had defeated him in a tag team match where he and Mike Kruel defeated Sydal and Charles Evans. Unfortunately, before Bradley could exercise his title opportunity, OVW was dropped by
World Wrestling Entertainment as a development territory. Bradley debuted on the main
SmackDown roster on the August 15, 2008, episode of the show, under the name "Ryan Braddock". At the August 14, 2008,
Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) television taping, Bradley wrestled under the Ryan Braddock name once again, making it his permanent and new
ring name. On the August 22 episode of
SmackDown, Braddock competed in a
battle royal to qualify for the
WWE Championship Scramble match at
Unforgiven, but was eliminated by Big Show, who was not officially in the match. On the September 2 episode of
ECW, Braddock faced
Ricky Ortiz in a losing effort after being pinned by Ortiz's
Big O finisher. On the September 19 episode of
SmackDown, Braddock competed in a one fall match-up with
Festus, who was accompanied by
Jesse. Braddock won the match as a result of a disqualification, after
Jesse and Festus wrapped him in bubble wrap and duct tape.
Independent circuit (2009–present) After his release from WWE, Bradley began working for the
Berwyn, Illinois based
All American Wrestling promotion and on March 28, 2009, defeated
Tyler Black, Chandler McClure and
Egotistico Fantastico to win the
AAW Heavyweight Championship. He held the title for five months, before losing it to
Jimmy Jacobs on September 5. In 2011, Bradley joined
Billy Corgan's wrestling promotion,
Resistance Pro. At the promotion's debut show he defeated
Icarus. In November 2012, Bradley made his debut for
Extreme Rising at their iPPV debut show Remember November defeating
Christian York. At RPW Draw the Line, Bradley and Mad Man Pondo won the RPW Tag Team Championship. they were stripped of the titles on the same day. On July 9, 2015, Bradley competed in a triple threat match against Joey Avalon and Matt Cage for
Global Force Wrestling for their GFW Grand Slam Tour in
Appleton, Wisconsin, Avalon won after pinning Cage.
Return to OVW (2013–2014) Bradley returned to
OVW after his appearance on
Impact Wrestling Gut Check. Bradley's first match since returning to OVW was against Tommy Gunn on March 6 which he won. On May 8, Bradley teamed with
Rob Terry to face The Coalition (Raul LaMotta & Shiloh Jonze) they ended up getting the victory by DQ after the other members of The Coalition interfered. On May 22, 2013, Bradley defeated the
OVW Heavyweight Champion Jamin Olivencia in a non-title match. On June 19, 2013, Bradley was defeated by Rob Terry in a number one contenders match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship. On September 7, 2013, Bradley unsuccessfully challenged Jamin Olivencia for the OVW Heavyweight Championship in a loaded boomstick on a pole match. On December 11, 2013, Bradley and Terry began teaming again getting wins over The Rockstars (
Rockstar Spud and Ryan Howe) on two separate occasions. On January 1, 2014, Bradley defeated Deonta Davis and Leon Shelly in a two on one handicap match during an OVW Live Event. On January 4, 2014, Bradley faced Ryan Howe that ended in a no contest they had a rematch where Howe defeated Bradley in a street fight. on January 11, Bradley defeated Leon Shelly. on January 18, at OVW TV, Bradley defeated Bud Dwight. on January 25, Bradley defeated Robbie Walker. On February 1, 2014, at OVW TV, Bradley competed in the Nightmare rumble won by Johnny Spade. on February 1, 2014, at OVW Saturday Night Special, Bradley faced Ryan Howe in a losing effort.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2013–2014) On the January 10, 2013, episode of
Impact Wrestling, Bradley appeared as part of the
Impact Wrestling Gut Check, defeating
Brian Cage. The following week, Bradley was chosen over Cage by the storyline Gut Check judges to earn a contract in Impact Wrestling. Bradley returned on the May 16 episode of
Impact Wrestling, defeating
Christian York in the first qualifying round for the Bound for Glory Series Gut Check Tournament. On June 2 at
Slammiversary XI, Bradley defeated
Sam Shaw to qualify for the
2013 Bound for Glory Series. Bradley would go to lose all of his beginning matches in the BFG series to the likes of
Austin Aries,
Hernandez, and
Joseph Park. Bradley ended his participation in the tournament on the August 28 episode of
Impact Wrestling Xplosion, with a pinfall victory over Joseph Park, finishing eleventh out of the ten other wrestlers in a tie with Hernandez in the tournament. On January 13, 2014, Bradley was released from his Impact Wrestling contract.
Wrestle-1 (2013) As part of a working relationship between TNA and
Wrestle-1 it was announced on November 6, 2013, that Bradley would be working a tour for the
Japanese promotion between November 16 and December 1. In their debut match for the promotion, Bradley and fellow TNA worker
Rob Terry defeated
Kaz Hayashi and
Shuji Kondo in a tag team match. Bradley and Terry remained undefeated in tag team matches for the entire tour, but Bradley's tour ended with a three match losing streak in singles matches against his fellow Impact Wrestling worker.
Return to TNA (2015–2017) On October 4, 2015, at
Bound for Glory, Bradley made his return to
Impact Wrestling under the ring name '''Aiden O'Shea''' (and began using an Irish
ruffian gimmick) and competed in a twelve-man Bound For Gold Gauntlet match which was won by
Tyrus. During October and November, O'Shea also competed in the first
TNA World Title Series tournament that was taped in July 2015 as a member of Group Wildcard, where he ended third of his block by only defeating
Crazzy Steve to receive 3 points. On January 8, 2016, at
One Night Only: Live, O'Shea was defeated by
Rockstar Spud after they had a confrontation in the ring. On the October 6, 2016, episode of
Impact Wrestling, O'Shea made his return to Impact Wrestling after his hiatus, accompanying Impact Wrestling President
Billy Corgan to the ring and serving as muscle/representative. Bradley left TNA quietly in 2017.
Second Return to OVW (2017–2020) O'Shea made his return to OVW on April 28, 2017, at Run For The Ropes III where he won a battle royal to face the
OVW Heavyweight Championship. Later that night, O'Shea was unsuccessful at winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship against Big Jon. On May 13, at OVW Saturday Night Special Uprising, Bradley was defeated by Justin Smooth. On June 2, 2018, Bradley and Shiloh Jonze unsuccessfully challenged The Bro Godz (Colton Cage & Dustin Jackson) for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championships. On August 23, Bradley was defeated by Jax Dane in the first round of the Grand Tournament. On July 31, 2019, Bradley won a gauntlet match to become the new OVW Television Champion. Three days later, he and Cash Flo defeated Big Zo & Maximus Khan to become the new OVW Southern Tag Team Champions, thus making Bradley a double champion. On August 21, 2019, Bradley would lose the OVW Television Championship to Maximus Khan in a Gauntlet match. On November 24, 2020, Bradley was part of a Ten Man Elimination tag team match in which his team was victorious.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2018) On January 6, 2018, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Jay Bradley made his debut for
Pro Wrestling Noah in a singles match against
Takashi Sugiura.
National Wrestling Alliance (2018–present) On October 21, 2018, Jay Bradley wrestled at the
NWA 70th Anniversary Show. On the card he lost a 4-way elimination match to qualify for the NWA National title match. The match, which also included Mike Parrow and
Ricky Starks, was won by
Willie Mack. On January 5, 2019, Bradley teamed with
Caleb Konley losing to War Kings (
Crimson and
Jax Dane) in a qualifying match for the
Crockett Cup. The night of the tournament, Bradley would team with Jocephus, losing a seven-team battle royal to the Wildcards (
Royce Isaacs &
Tom Latimer) with the winner qualifying as the last entrant for the Crockett Cup tournament. In 2021, Jay Bradley and Wrecking Ball Legursky formed the Fixers tag team and would start serving as muscle for
Colby Corino. On August 28, 2022, the Fixers won a 12-team battle royal at the
NWA 74th Anniversary Show to determine the inaugural
NWA United States Tag Team Champions. The Fixers held the titles until January 31, 2023, when they lost the belts to The Country Gentlemen. ==Championships and accomplishments==