Heath Slater is a member of the RAW roster as of 2011, where he is a 3-time Cruiserweight Champion, as well as a 2-time WWE Tag Team Champion, having held it once with Drew McIntyre and once with Justin Gabriel.
Career[]
Debut & The Corre (2010-2011)[]
Heath Slater made his debut on the May 28th 2010 edition of SmackDown in which it was revealed he was traded from RAW, where he had not yet made his debut, he went on to defeat Sin Cara, the Cruiserweight Champion, in a non-title match with his tag team partner Justin Gabriel assisting him at ringside.
On October 29th, Slater & Gabriel defeated Alex Riley & Zack Ryder to become the new contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Three weeks later on the November 19th edition of SmackDown, Slater & Gabriel defeated Christian & Tyson Kidd to win their first championship as a team, as well as Slater's first championship in general. On December 10th, their reign was put at risk when Gabriel suffered injuries after losing a match to The Rock & Kofi Kingston on SmackDown. The next week, Slater successfully defended the championship alone against The Altitude Alliance when Evan Bourne turned on Kingston, handing Slater the win.
On December 31st, Slater lost the championship when Jerry Lawler stood in for Gabriel, the two lost to The Miz & John Morrison. On February 4th, Slater & Gabriel got their rematch, losing the match.
On April 9th 2011, Slater was drafted to the RAW brand alongside Gabriel as part of the 2011 WWE Draft. Slater made his RAW debut on April 25th, losing a singles match to Booker T. On May 16th, Slater won a contenders match for the Intercontinental Championship in honor of Gabriel, who The Miz injured the week prior, to set up a match between Miz & Slater for Over the Limit. At the event, Slater put up a strong fight, losing to Miz.
Cruiserweight Champion (2011-2012)[]
On July 18th, Slater was randomly paired with X-Pac as part of the RAW Roulette, the two defeated Disciples of Darkness to earn a World Tag Team Championship opportunity, despite not being an official team. Slater & X-Pac went on to lose their championship bout the following week, with their teaming up seemingly causing issues between Justin Gabriel & Shawn Michaels, their respective tag team partners. On August 1st, Slater lost a RAW Roulette made Elimintion Fatal 4-Way for X-Pac's Light Heavyweight Championship, being eliminated last by Gabriel. The following week, Slater & Gabriel teamed up to face X-Pac & Shawn Michaels, in the match, Slater attacked Gabriel and handed the win to X-Pac. Blaming Gabriel for losing a friend, as well as claiming Gabriel had been using him for the last year, Slater challenged Gabriel for his championship in a Ladder Match at SummerSlam. At the event, Slater was unsuccessful in defeating his former ally to win the championship. At Vengeance, Slater defeated Chris Jericho for the Cruiserweight Championship, marking his first singles championship victory. Unfortunately for Slater, he lost the championship 15 days later in his first defense, being defeated by Ted DiBiase. The following week, Slater won the championship back from DiBiase.
At Royal Rumble, Slater was put into an impromptu Cruiserweight Championship defense, losing the title to Kofi Kingston. The next night, Slater seemingly turned heel after helping Jinder Mahal defeat Slater's former ally, Justin Gabriel, who was currently teaming with Kingston. The two continued their alliance the following week, defeating Kingston & Gabriel in a tag match.
3MB (2012)[]
On March 30th, Slater made a surprise appearance on SmackDown, teaming with Drew McIntyre to defeat Robert Scorpio & Sheamus. Slater & McIntyre were recognised as the new contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championship for WrestleMania III. At the event, Slater debuted "3MB", a faction of himself, McIntyre & Mahal, defeating Edge & Christian to win the WWE Tag Team Championship a second time. Four weeks later, the team lost the championship at Extreme Rules in a TLC Match to Yokozuna & Tensai. At No Way Out, Slater defeated Syxx to become Cruiserweight Champion for the third time. The following month at Money in the Bank, Slater lost the championship in a Fatal 4-Way Ladder Match to Kofi Kingston.
Championships and Accomplishments[]
- WWE Tag Team Championship (2-time) - with Justin Gabriel(1) & Drew McIntyre(1)
- Cruiserweight Championship (3-time)