Anthony Greene (born August 23, 1993) is an American professional wrestler currently performing in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH), as a freelancer, where he is part of the Good Looking Guys stable.
Greene began his career in the American independent circuit, before moving to WWE in October 2020, where he mainly performed in the 205 Live brand under the ring name of August Grey, being released in June 2021. He began working for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) in July 2022. After working regularly for the promotion, Greene became one of the founding members of Good Looking Guys (GLG) and went on to hold the GHC Tag Team Championship.
Professional wrestling career[]
Early career (2008–2011)[]
Greene made his professional wrestling debut in Northeast Championship Wrestling, at NCW Meltdown, an event promoted on July 14, 2012, where he defeated Jack Krueger in singles competition in a match with J. T. Dunn serving as special guest referee. Due to mainly competing as a freelancer, Greene is known for working in various promotion of the American independent scene. Greene worked for Tommy Dreamer's promotion of House of Hardcore in 2014, getting booked for a few shows. On the second night of Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling co-hosted event of Global Wars 2018, Greene teamed up with Brad Hollister and Brad Johnson and fell short to Shinobi Shadow Squad (Cheeseburger, Eli Isom and Ryan Nova) in a dark match.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2022–present)[]
Greene made his debut in Pro Wrestling Noah on July 10, 2022, where he defeated Stallion Rogers. He soon started competing in various of the promotion's flagship events. His first presence at a major pay-per-view took place at Destination on July 16, where he teamed up with El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., René Duprée, Simon Gotch and Stallion Rogers to defeat Daiki Inaba, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kinya Okada, Masaaki Mochizuki and Shuhei Taniguchi in a ten-man tag team match. In August, Greene took part in the 2022 N-1 Victory, finishing the tournament with a record of one win and six losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament.
On January 17, 2023, Greene formed the "Good Looking Guys" (GLG) stable alongside Jake Lee and Jack Morris. After a three-month hiatus with the company, Greene returned to in-ring action on January 22, 2023, at The Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye", where he teamed up with Lee and Morris to face Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba and Yoshiki Inamura in a winning effort. On September 24 at Grand Ship In Nagoya, Greene and Jack Morris defeated Real (Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley) to win the GHC Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to The New NOAH's Leaders (Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura) in their ninth title defense on June 16 at Grand Ship In Yokohama, ending their reign at 266 days. Good Looking Guys disbanded on July 13 at Destination.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- BLF – Bad Looking Face (Inverted facelock spun into a modified DDT) – 2023–present
- Crucifix Driver (Abdominal stretch lifted into a modified gutwrench driver)
- So Much Prettier (Corner springboard inverted double underhook facebuster)
- Signature moves
- Brainbuster
- Bulldog, as a counter to an Irish whip
- DDT
- Flipping release belly-to-back suplex
- Frankensteiner
- Dropdown jawbreaker followed by a running neckbreaker
- Rope-walk diving crossbody
- Russian legsweep
- Scoop brainbuster
- Sitout powerbomb
- Springboard cutter
- Superkick
- Wrestlers managed
- Nicknames
- "The Alternative"
