WWE (2020–present) Teaming with Brooks Jensen (2020–2023) On August 31, 2020, it was reported that Briggs had signed a contract with
WWE, following the company's purchase of
Evolve in July. On October 7, WWE announced that he had reported for training at the
Performance Center, alongside five other professional wrestlers from Evolve. On July 6, 2021, Briggs was announced to be a part of the 2021 NXT Breakout Tournament. On the July 27 episode of
NXT, Briggs was defeated by
Carmelo Hayes in the first round. On the
NXT 2.0 premiere on September 14, Briggs formed a tag team with the debuting
Brooks Jensen and faced
Imperium (
Fabian Aichner and
Marcel Barthel) in a losing effort, establishing themselves as
faces. On the January 18, 2022 episode of
NXT, Briggs and Jensen competed in the
Dusty Rhodes Men's Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated by eventual winners the
Creed Brothers (Brutus and Julius) in the first round. On the April 12 episode of
NXT, they took part in a five-team
gauntlet match for the vacant
NXT Tag Team Championship, but failed to win. On the June 22 episode of
NXT UK, Briggs and Jensen defeated
Dave Mastiff and Jack Starz,
Mark Andrews and
Wild Boar, and Die Familie (
Teoman and Rohan Raja) in a
Fatal 4-Way elimination match to win the vacant
NXT UK Tag Team Championship, making them the first and only non-European tag team to win the titles.
Singles competition (2023–2024) On the December 27, 2023 episode of
NXT, Briggs, Brooks Jensen and Fallon Henley agree to go their separate ways splitting up the team. On the January 16, 2024 episode of
NXT, Briggs received an endorsement from
John "Bradshaw" Layfield in a backstage segment. The following week, Briggs took on
Trick Williams in a losing effort. After the match, Briggs attacked Williams with a clothesline, thus turning
heel. On the February 6 episode of
NXT, Briggs seemingly consoled his former partner Jensen about having to work alone, only to then badmouth him and tell him to grow up, thus cementing his heel turn. On the February 20 episode of
NXT, Briggs defeated Jensen in a singles match and consoled him after by saying "I did this for you, I love you man", turning back into a face once again. At
NXT Roadblock, Briggs would try to talk Jensen out of taking a match with
Oba Femi but Jensen was persistent on facing Femi and would be ultimately defeated the following week with Briggs watching at ringside. At
NXT Stand & Deliver on April 6, Briggs failed to win the
NXT North American Championship from Femi in a
triple threat match which also included
Dijak. On the July 9 episode of
NXT, Briggs reunited with Jensen after Briggs vouched for Jensen, who had been trespassing the WWE Performance Center on tapings of
NXT after being (
kayfabe) released from WWE, to get his job back. Moments later, Jensen was seen attacking
Je'Von Evans backstage. On the following week, Jensen was defeated by Evans. After the match, Jensen attacked Evans and was stopped by Briggs, to which Jensen challenged Briggs to a
No Disqualification match where Jensen won after interference from
Shawn Spears.
Teaming with Yoshiki Inamura (2024–2025) After his excursion to
Pro Wrestling Noah, Briggs formed a tag team with Noah's
Yoshiki Inamura. On the November 12 episode of
NXT, Briggs and Inamura entered a
battle royal for a
NXT Tag Team Championship match opportunity but they failed to win the match. On the February 11, 2025 episode of
NXT, Briggs and Inamura defeated
No Quarter Catch Crew (
Myles Borne and
Tavion Heights) and Hank and Tank (
Hank Walker and
Tank Ledger) in a triple threat tag team match for a NXT Tag Team Championship match at
NXT Vengeance Day but failed to win the titles. On the May 6 episode of
NXT, Inamura inadvertently eliminated Briggs in the 25-man battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the
NXT Championship and was eliminated as well. After the match, Inamura announced that he would be returning to Japan, disbanding his tag team with Briggs and ending his excursion in WWE. At
NXT Battleground on May 25, Briggs and Hank and Tank defeated
The Culling (
Brooks Jensen,
Niko Vance,
Shawn Spears) in a six-man tag team match. After the match, The Culling attacked Briggs and Hank and Tank. They were saved by a returning Inamura, who reunites with Briggs in the process. On the June 17 episode of
NXT, Inamura pinned
TNA World Champion Trick Williams in a six-man tag team match. As a result, Inamura was given a TNA World Championship match but he passed the title match to Briggs as he set his sights on the NXT Championship. On the following week, Briggs failed to defeat Williams for the title. On the July 22 episode of
NXT, Briggs and Inamura faced Femi for the NXT Championship in a
triple threat match where Femi retained the title. After the match, Briggs attacked Inamura, turning heel and disbanding their tag team partnership for the second time in the process, with Brooks Jensen berating his former tag team partner in the process.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2024) In July 2024, it was announced that Bruns, as Josh Briggs, would be one of two NXT representatives (the other being
Tavion Heights) to enter
Pro Wrestling Noah's
N-1 Victory tournament. Briggs was placed in the A-block and finished the tournament with 10 points and was tied for the most points in his block, but failed to advance to the finals after losing the tiebreaker to
Kaito Kiyomiya. During their short tenure in Pro Wrestling Noah, both Briggs and Heights received training from
Keiji Muto and
Naomichi Marufuji. ==Championships and accomplishments==