DJZ has been a popular presence on the independent wrestling circuit (not only does he do cool moves, but everyone gets to make airhorn noises with their mouths when he does cool moves, which is very fun to do when one is drunk in an American Legion post) and in Impact Wrestling for years, but has now officially moved on to the higher-profile pastures of WWE.
DJZ (real name Michael Paris, which, who knows, could be his new ring name in a world where ACH is now Albert Hardie Jr.) announced his free agent status after his contract with Impact expired at the end of 2018 and WWE announced today that he has reported to the Performance Center. In classic WWE fashion, the version of DJZ’s decade-plus in the wrestling business mentions that he’s worked internationally and “also captured dozens of championships on his journey to WWE, such as the International Wrestling Cartel’s Super Indy Championship, a title formerly held by the likes of AJ Styles…” but doesn’t mention that he’s won the X Division Championship, also very notably held by AJ Styles, twice.
With Kushida, Shane Strickland, and Humberto Garza in the PC’s previous reported class, that place is packed with talent right. Now it’s only a matter of time before ACH debuts on WWE NXT and makes it Wub dub dub dub NXT and we can all compare his entrance with that of El Phantasmo in NJPW for an official, inter-promotional battle to be the top EDM guy in wrestling.
