Early career (2004–2008) Cage's love of professional wrestling and desire to be a wrestler began with watching it on television as a child. During those early years Cage became friends with
Chris Kanyon following a show that was held in
Sacramento at
Arco Arena where he made a sign that Kanyon noticed. Kanyon then became Cage's biggest advocate in his decision to pursue professional wrestling as a career. However, before Cage left, Kanyon asked Cage to become Mortis so that someday if Kanyon ever decided to make a comeback that he could still have his name out there. In October 2010, Cage wrestled and won a match against
Kenny Dykstra at Main Event Wrestling in internet pay-per-view. Cage would then join the NWA Hollywood promotion where he would team up with
Shaun Ricker to form the tag team Natural Selection managed by
Percy Pringle III. Towards the end of 2011, the team would split as Cage would feud with Ricker and would leave Cage as a single competitor. Cage has also competed in other various promotions such as Future Stars of Wrestling. Cage had a feud with
Brandon Gatson who would then compete against in a match on January 21, 2012, that was called the Match of the Year. In May 2017, Cage started working for Japanese promotion
Pro Wrestling Noah. On July 27, Cage unsuccessfully challenged
Katsuhiko Nakajima for the
GHC Heavyweight Championship.
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Fightin' Taylor Boys (2010–2012) Cage made his
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla debut on July 30, 2010, against Brandon Bonham at
Seven in a losing effort. In his next match, he lost once more to Bonham in the opening round of the
Battle of Los Angeles tournament. Soon after, Cage would form a stable with
Chuck Taylor and
Ryan Taylor known as the Fightin' Taylor Boys, adding the last name to his own and becoming
Brian Cage-Taylor. The group found occasional success (with Brian and Ryan doing most of the
teaming), but were never challengers to the
World Tag Team Championship. Brian also competed in various singles matches during the time including a
Joey Ryan Invitational at
Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament on March 4, 2011, but was eliminated by his teammate Ryan Taylor. The group quietly ended after losing to The RockNES Monsters in the opening round of the
2012 DDT4 tournament, and went their separate ways. At
Death to All But Metal on May 25, 2012, Cage (no longer using the "Taylor" moniker) received his first
PWG World Championship title shot against champion
Kevin Steen but lost. At
Threemendous III on July 21, Cage defeated
Eddie Edwards before interfering in Steen's title defense against
Willie Mack, attacking both men. On September 1, on the first night of the
Battle of Los Angeles, Cage defeated
B-Boy to advance to the quarterfinal round before interfering in yet another Steen match, causing a non-title loss against
Ricochet. The following day, Cage was eliminated from the tournament by
Michael Elgin, following interference from Steen. At
Failure to Communicate on October 27, Cage defeated Willie Mack, with whom he had been feuding since July.
Unbreakable F'N Machines (2013–2017) On January 12, 2013, Cage and Michael Elgin formed a team called the Unbreakable F'N Machines (a name derived from both wrestlers' nicknames) and participated in the
2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament. In the opening round, they captured the PWG World Tag Team Championship by beating the previous year's winners, the Super Smash Bros. (
Player Uno and
Stupefied). Unbreakable F'N Machines were regular fixtures in PWG's tag team division, competing in various tag team and six-man tag team matches throughout the year. Cage also continued to participate in singles competition, participating in that year's
Battle of Los Angeles tournament, in which he defeated
Tommaso Ciampa in the first round but lost to
Drake Younger in the quarter-final. Unbreakable F'N Machines participated in the
2014 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament on January 31, 2014, by defeating PPRay in the quarter-final but lost to
The Inner City Machine Guns in the semi-final round. At
Mystery Vortex II, Unbreakable F'N Machines defeated Inner City Machine Guns and African-American Wolves in a three-way match. Following that, the team quietly disbanded as Cage and Elgin went their separate ways. After winning three back-to-back matches in late 2014 and early 2015, Cage earned a PWG World Championship title shot against
Roderick Strong in a three-way match, also involving
Chris Hero at
Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament on May 22, 2015. However, Cage failed to win the title as he was pinned by Strong. Cage continued his domination in singles competition, leading to him participating in his fourth
Battle of Los Angeles tournament in the
2015 edition in August. Cage defeated
Aero Star in the first round but lost to
Jack Evans in the second round. Unbreakable F'N Machines reunited in PWG at
All Star Weekend 11, winning their matches on both nights of the event, defeating
The Wolves on the first night, and
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa on the second night. Cage sporadically competed in PWG in 2016, wrestling only twice that year. Unbreakable F'N Machines returned as a team in PWG again in 2017, wrestling three more matches. Cage would then participate in the
2017 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, marking his fifth appearance in the tournament. However, he was eliminated by
Dezmond Xavier in the first round. Cage's last appearance to date in PWG occurred at
All Star Weekend 13, where he lost to
Morgan Webster.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2012–2014) Cage initially made an appearance for
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) on August 30, 2012 competing in a tryout dark match against
Robbie E in a losing effort. The following year, Cage made another appearance on the January 10, 2013 edition of Impact Wrestling in another tryout match but through the company's short lived
TNA Gut Check program in a losing effort against
Jay Bradley. Cage would make another appearance in the year of 2014 during the summer at the June 26
Destination X taping special (aired the following month on July 31 in tape delay) in a triple threat match competing against
Sanada and
Crazzy Steve to qualify in the next round for the vacant
TNA X Division Championship, but in a losing effort.
Lucha Underground (2014–2018) On October 5, 2014, it was reported that Cage had signed with
Lucha Underground. He debuted under the ring name
Cage at the October 18 tapings winning a 4-way Elimination Match against
Aero Star,
Argenis and
Angélico which was broadcast on January 14, 2015. Though he started the night seemingly as a dominant face, by the end of the night he attacked
Prince Puma, cementing his status as a dominant heel. On the January 28 broadcast Cage received a shot at Puma's
Lucha Underground Championship, but lost by disqualification, laying out both Puma and his manager
Konnan afterwards. Weeks later, Cage defeated Puma in a non-title match to earn himself another title opportunity. The title match took place on the March 25 episode in a street fight, which saw Puma retain his title against Cage. He then started a feud against
The Mack and defeated him in a "Falls Count Anywhere Match" at
Ultima Lucha. In Season 2 of Lucha underground, Cage turned face and set his sights on
Johnny Mundo. Mundo tried to attack Cage after his victory over the debuting Joey Ryan only for Cage to turn the tables and hit him with his Weapon X finisher on the 2/17 edition of Lucha Underground. The two subsequently faced each other a week later, with Mundo winning after a distraction from the debuting
Taya. Cage was defeated by
Matanza Cueto for the Lucha Underground Championship. Cage defeated
Texano in the best of seven series which he won a gauntlet.
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2015–present) On February 27, 2015, Cage made his debut for the Mexican promotion
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), pinning
AAA Mega Champion El Patrón Alberto in a six-man tag team main event. On April 1, Cage defeated Alberto again with help from
La Sociedad in a match that was originally scheduled to take place at
Rey de Reyes. After the match, Cage demanded a shot at Alberto's title. The title match took place on June 14 at
Verano de Escándalo, where Alberto was victorious via disqualification, afterwards demanding a steel cage
Lucha de Apuestas with Cage. On August 9 at
Triplemanía XXIII, Cage was defeated by Alberto in a
Lucha de Apuestas and was afterwards, as per stipulation, forced to have his head shaved. On the February 15 episode of
Impact!, Cage made his in-ring debut against John Cruz in a decisive victory. Cage would then briefly feud with
Bobby Lashley after joining him as his mystery partner at the
Crossroads special episode of
Impact! against
Ohio Versus Everything (
Dave Crist and Jake Crist), a match which Cage and Lashley won. Lashley confronted Cage on competing in the match despite Lashley never asking for his help. This led to a match between the two on March 29 episode of
Impact!, which Cage won, and marked Lashley's final appearance in Impact. The following month, at
Redemption, Cage made his
pay-per-view debut in Impact by winning a
six-way match against
Dezmond Xavier,
DJZ,
El Hijo del Fantasma,
Taiji Ishimori and
Trevor Lee. At
Under Pressure, Cage defeated Dezmond Xavier to become the #1 contender for the
Impact X Division Championship. Cage received a title shot for the X Division Championship against
Matt Sydal on the June 14 episode of
Impact!, which Cage lost by count-out after an interfering
Kongo Kong attacked him outside the ring. Cage would avenge that by defeating Kong on the July 5 episode of
Impact!. Cage received a rematch against Sydal for the X Division Championship at
Slammiversary XVI, which Cage won, thus winning his first championship in Impact. On the July 26 episode of
Impact!, Cage made his first successful title defense in a rematch against Sydal. Cage also successfully defended his title against
Fénix at
ReDefined, and against
Rich Swann on the October 18 episode of
Impact!. At
Bound for Glory, Cage teamed with Fénix and
Pentagón Jr. against
Ohio Versus Everything, which they lost after
Sami Callihan pinned Cage, thus ending his undefeated streak. On the November 15 episode of
Impact!, Cage successfully retained the X Division Championship against Callihan. After the match, Cage invoked "Option C", a choice open only to the X Division Championship holder, where they surrender the title, in favor of receiving a title match for the
Impact World Championship at
Homecoming on January 6, 2019, where he lost to champion
Johnny Impact.
Impact World Champion (2019–2020) On the March 15 episode of
Impact, Cage saved Johnny Impact from
Killer Kross and
Moose, but Impact turned on Cage after Impact's wife
Taya Valkyrie would low blow Cage allowing Impact to attack him. Part of the ongoing feud involved the referee Johnny Bravo where two weeks prior to the Rebellion show, it emerged that he now had allegiances to Johnny Impact and his wife Taya Valkyrie as he chop-blocked Cage when Cage was in a position to pick up a pinfall win over Impact. The previous week Bravo screwed Cage in a match with Killer Kross where he called for the bell indicating a successful pinfall when it was clear to the Audience & commentators present and the TV viewers at home that Cage had barely got a shoulder up before the referee hit the mat with his hand for the third count. At
Impact Wrestling Rebellion PPV on April 28, Cage defeated Impact and became
Impact World Champion for the first time. Following the match, he was attacked by the debuting
Michael Elgin. During the match, Cage suffered a back injury after a Spanish Fly from the ramp to the arena floor. Due to the injury, Cage missed two days of television tapings that took place over the following week. He returned to the ring on May 12. On the Impact TV broadcasts, Cage made his return at
Slammiversary where he would once again face Michael Elgin. Despite being successful in his title defense, Cage once again was to be sidelined, with the show highlighting the cause as the same back injury which had limited him to just the once defense since he captured the title from Johnny Impact. Cage would not be seen at the arena events for some time with sporadic updates from his on-screen girlfriend Melissa Santos. Cage was next seen during the August and September tapings. During the Las Vegas tapings, Cage announced that he was medically cleared to return to the ring at
Bound for Glory where he would be facing new number one contender Sami Callihan. As part of the buildup to the match, Callihan confronted Cage, interrupting his "first dance" in the ring with Melissa after their on-screen wedding earlier in the broadcast. Following a vile insult, Cage started to attack Callihan, who attempted to strike Cage with a bottle he was holding, but Melissa Santos instead took a direct Hit from Callihan. At the PPV, Cage was able to retain his title; however, on the October 25, 2019 tapings, Callihan got a rematch with it being held in a steel cage this time. Cage lost the title by pinfall following a Super Pile Driver from the ropes. At
Hard to Kill, Cage was set to face
Rob Van Dam. The match ended in a no-contest after Cage was too injured to continue after RVD hit a Van Terminator with a chair against Cage’s face. When the officials stopped the match, RVD wanted to keep going, and Daga ran in to protect Cage. RVD attacked Daga, and another match was made. After the
pay-per-view, Cage revealed his
Impact Wrestling contract had expired, ending his tenure with the company. Cage also revealed he would be taking time off from wrestling to undergo surgery for an injury.
All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor FTW Champion (2020–2021) It was reported on January 12, 2020 that Cage had signed with
All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Cage made his debut for the company at the
Double or Nothing pay-per-view on May 23, as the surprise final entrant in the
Casino Ladder Match, where he was accompanied by his new cornerman
Taz, thus establishing himself as a
heel. He won the match, thus becoming the number one contender for the
AEW World Championship. Afterwards, Taz would crown Cage with the
FTW World Championship, an unofficial championship introduced by Taz, and Cage would target
Jon Moxley, the AEW World Champion. He would challenge Moxley for the championship at
Fight for the Fallen on July 15, but lost after Taz
threw in the towel. On the 21 July episode of
Dark, Cage formed an alliance with
Ricky Starks after they attacked
Robert Anthony and
Darby Allin after their match. The team, managed by Taz and now known as
Team Taz, began feuding with Darby Allin as they faced Allin and Jon Moxley on the July 29 episode of Dynamite where they were defeated. On September 5, Cage competed in the 21-man
Casino Battle Royale at
All Out, but was eliminated by the eventual winner
Lance Archer. On the October 7 episode of
Dynamite, Cage successfully defended the FTW Championship when he defeated
Will Hobbs. The next month, Hobbs would align himself with Cage, Taz and Starks after he struck
Cody Rhodes with Cage's FTW championship belt and then helped them attack both Allin and Rhodes. On the December 2, 2020 special
Winter Is Coming, Starks and Hobbs, now known as
Powerhouse Hobbs, would lose a tag team match to Cody Rhodes and Darby Allin, after which, Cage, Hobbs, and Starks all attacked Rhodes and Allin until
Sting made his AEW debut and ran Team Taz off. At
New Year's Smash night two, Cage was defeated by Allin thus failing to win the
AEW TNT Championship. On the January 21 edition of
Dynamite, it was announced that Cage and Ricky Starks would be facing Darby Allin and Sting in a street fight at
Revolution, which they lost. On the March 17 edition of Dynamite, Brian Cage showed signs of a face turn by coming out and showing respect to Sting much to the annoyance of Taz and the rest of Team Taz. On the April 28 episode of
Dynamite, Cage defeated
Adam Page, which led to a feud between the two. At
Double or Nothing, Cage was defeated by Page in a rematch. On July 14, 2021, at
Fyter Fest night one, Cage lost the FTW World Championship to Ricky Starks after being hit in the head with the title belt by Powerhouse Hobbs, effectively being kicked out of Team Taz and ending his reign at a record-setting of 377 days. Cage and Starks had a rematch for the title on the October 8 episode of
Rampage in a Philadelphia street fight, which Cage lost.
The Embassy / Mogul Embassy; Cage of Agony (2022–2024) On April 1, 2022, Cage appeared at
Supercard of Honor XV, an event promoted by AEW's sister promotion
Ring of Honor (ROH). At the event, Cage was revealed as the new client of
Tully Blanchard and defeated
Ninja Mack. Cage later aligned with the
Gates of Agony (
Toa Liona and
Kaun) with the group being collectively referred to as "Tully Blanchard Enterprises". On July 23, 2022, at
Death Before Dishonor, Prince Nana announced he had purchased
Tully Blanchard Enterprises and reformed
The Embassy, with Cage, Kaun and Liona. They would go on to defeat the team of
Alex Zayne,
Blake Christian and
Tony Deppen during the pre-show. On the November 2 episode of
Rampage, Cage faced
Samoa Joe for the
ROH World Television Championship in a losing effort. At
Final Battle, Cage, Liona and Kaun, defeated
Dalton Castle and
The Boys, to win the
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. On March 30, 2023, it was confirmed by
Dave Meltzer of
Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his deal had expired. On April 11th, it was reported that Cage signed a new 5-year deal. At
Rampage:Grand Slam, The Embassy lost the
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships to
The Elite members
"Hangman" Adam Page and
The Young Bucks. On November 1 edition of
Dynamite, The Embassy regained the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships defeating The Elite. On January 17, 2024, Cage and the Gates of Agony dropped the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship to the
Bullet Club Gold (
Jay White and
The Gunns (
Austin Gunn and
Colten Gunn)). On the May 8 episode of
Dynamite, Cage and the Gates of Agony turned on Swerve Strickland, disbanding the Mogul Embassy in the process. On the May 25 episode of
Rampage, Cage and the Gates of Agony revealed their new team name to be "
Cage of Agony".
Don Callis Family (2024–present) On October 12 at
WrestleDream, Cage defeated
Atlantis Jr. to win the
ROH World Television Championship for the first time. On the following episode of
Dynamite, Cage left Cage of Agony and joined the
Don Callis Family and formed a tag team with fellow member
Lance Archer, later known as "
The Murder Machines". At
Final Battle on December 20, Cage lost his title to
Komander in a
Survival of the Fittest, ending his reign at 69 days. In April 2025, it was reported that Cage had
torn his quadriceps at an independent show, rendering him out of action for up to a year. ==Other media==