Ring of Honor (2008–2012) The Bravado Brothers of
Harlem Bravado (Chance Barrow, born 1989) and
Lancelot Bravado (Houston Barrow, born 1985) trained at
Ring of Honor (ROH)'s
Wrestling Academy under the tutelage of
Delirious in 2008. The duo debuted for ROH in September 2009, and over the next several months they competed in
dark matches, facing wrestlers including
Tony Kozina and
Anthony Nese. On September 17, the Bravado Brothers appeared on their first ROH
pay-per-view Death Before Dishonor IX, when they were part of a
three-way elimination match against
The Young Bucks and Future Shock; the Bravados were the first team eliminated. In November, the duo lost to the Briscoe Brothers in a qualifying match for the
Survival of the Fittest tournament. Following a tour of Japan, the Bravado Brothers returned to ROH at
Unity in April 2012, defeating The Young Bucks. The following month, the pair challenged
Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (
Shelton Benjamin and
Charlie Haas) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. They won the match by
disqualification, and so did not win the championship.
Independent promotions (2011–2017) show in June 2012 On November 12, 2011, they debuted for
Chikara, losing to
3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews). Throughout 2012, they made sporadic appearances for the promotion, including participating in the 2012
torneo cibernetico on November 18, as part of Team
Kevin Steen. On June 2, at
Evolve 22, they teamed with Everett in a loss to Dos Ben Dejos and
Shane Strickland. In 2013, the Bravados also began working for
Full Impact Pro (FIP). They debuted at
Ascension in April, where they defeated
Tommy Taylor and
Kenneth Cameron, before attacking the
FIP Tag Team Champions Dos Ben Dejos. On July 5, at the Declaration of Independence internet pay-per-view, the Bravado Brothers won a
three-way match against Dos Ben Dejos and KOA (Sugar Dunkerton and Aaron Epic) to win the
FIP Tag Team Championship. On November 16, the Bravado Brothers defeated The Young Bucks to win
Dragon Gate USA's
Open the United Gate Championship. On December 6, they lost the FIP Tag Team Championship to
Rich Swann and
Roderick Strong. On September 14, 2014, at Evolve 35, The Bravado Brothers lost the Open the United Gate Championship to
Anthony Nese and Caleb Konley in a three-way match, also involving
A. R. Fox and Rich Swann. In 2017, Lance Bravado retired from wrestling thus disbanding the team. Harlem Bravado continued to wrestle on the independent circuit mainly for
Evolve Wrestling before he signed with
WWE in 2021. Lance's first match in Japan was against
Yoshinobu Kanemaru in Korakuen Hall. While at Noah, the pair mostly competed in singles matches, but also teamed up sporadically. They returned to Noah in January 2013.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2016) In December 2016, the Bravado Brothers appeared in the special
Impact Wrestling episode "
Total Nonstop Deletion" as entrants in the Tag Team Apocalypto for the
TNA Tag Team Championship. ==Outside of professional wrestling==