6 Things you need to know about TJ Perkins

TJ Perkins is the winner of the first WWE Cruiserweight Classic

5: TJ Perkins started wrestling at the age of 13

At 32, TJ Perkins is already an 18+ year veteran

TJ Perkins started training to be a wrestler at the tender age of 13 when he joined a lucha libre school in Los Angeles. Perkins made his in-ring debut at the age of 14 and the promoters insisted that he were a mask because he looked so young.

In order to make it to shows he was booked on, Perkins had to miss school on Fridays and wrestled in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico during his first two years.

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