Bronco Nima
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edwin Grande Oakland, California, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Billed weight | 299 lb (136 kg) |
| Billed from | Oakland, California |
| Trained by | WWE Performance Center |
| Debut | 2022 |
Edwin Grande is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Bronco Nima. He is best known as one-half of the tag team Out The Mud (OTM) alongside Lucien Price.
Grande was born in Oakland, California. Prior to professional wrestling, he played American football as an offensive lineman.
He attended Monterey Peninsula College before transferring to the University of Idaho, signing with the program in 2018 as part of their recruiting class.[1]
Professional wrestling career
WWE (2022–present)
Grande signed with WWE in 2022 and began training at the WWE Performance Center.[2]
He made his televised debut as Bronco Nima on the August 12, 2022 episode of NXT Level Up, teaming with Lucien Price in a loss to Andre Chase and Bodhi Hayward.[3]
On the July 18, 2023 episode of NXT, Nima alongside Price made his NXT debut against Scrypts and Axiom, Scrypts turned on Axiom and aligned himself with Bronco Nima and Lucien Price, turning heel thus creating the stable Out The Mud (O.T.M.).[4]
On the January 9, 2024 episode of NXT, Nima with Price would unsuccessfully challenge for the NXT Tag Team Championship against The D'Angelo Family following which Jaida Parker would approach OTM, offering her services to the group which they accepted.[5] OTM would feud with The Family (Tony D'Angelo, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, and Adriana Rizzo), leading to a six-person tag team match at NXT Vengeance Day, which The D'Angelo Family won.[6]
On the December 24, 2024 episode of NXT, Out The Mud won a fatal four-way tag team match defeating The D'Angelo Family (Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Luca Crusifino), No Quarter Catch Crew (Myles Borne and Tavion Heights), and Hank Walker & Tank Ledger to become number one contenders to the NXT Tag Team Championship.[7]
On the January 14, 2025 episode of NXT, Nima and Price unsuccessfully challenged Axiom and Nathan Frazer for the NXT Tag Team Championship.[8]
Following the match, the team was written off television due to an injury to Price.[9]
Out The Mud returned on the October 14, 2025 episode of NXT, attacking multiple teams during a tag team segment.[10]
Following their return, the team resumed regular competition in the tag team division, including wins against Chase U and The Vanity Project on subsequent episodes of NXT.[11][12]
Nima would unsuccessfully challenge for the NXT Tag Team Championship against DarkState on January 27, 2026.[13]
On the March 31, 2026 episode of NXT, Nima teamed with Price and Mike Santana in a six-man tag team match victory over Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, and Saquon Shugars.[14]
References
- ↑ "Vandals Add 10 on National Signing Day". University of Idaho Athletics. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ "WWE welcomes newest class of recruits to the WWE Performance Center | WWE". www.wwe.com.
- ↑ "WWE NXT Level Up Review - August 12, 2022". WrestleRant.
- ↑ Middleton, Marc (2023-07-18). "WWE NXT Results 7/18/2023". Wrestling Headlines. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ↑ "WWE Group Adds New Female Member – TJR Wrestling". tjrwrestling.net. January 20, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ↑ Moore, John (February 4, 2024). "NXT Vengeance Day results: Moore's live review of Ilja Dragunov vs. Trick Williams for the NXT Title, Lyra Valkyria vs. Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women's Title, Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ↑ "WWE NXT Review - December 24, 2024". WrestleRant.
- ↑ Moore, John (January 14, 2025). "NXT TV results (1/14): Axiom and Nathan Frazer vs. Bronco Nima and Lucien Price for the NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ "WWE NXT Tag Team's Absence Explained". WrestlingNewsSource. March 14, 2025.
- ↑ Thompson, Andrew (October 15, 2025). "OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) Returns On WWE NXT".
- ↑ "WWE NXT Results: December 30, 2025 - Slam Wrestling". slamwrestling.net. December 30, 2025.
- ↑ "NXT TV RESULTS (12/2): Wells's live report including Hendry & Evans & Borne & Slater vs. DarkState, Women's Iron Survivor Summit, more". December 3, 2025.
- ↑ "WWE NXT Review - January 27, 2026". WrestleRant.
- ↑ Moore, John (March 31, 2026). "NXT TV results (3/31): Six-man tag team match featuring OTM". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 20, 2026.