Omos facts for kids
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Birth name | Tolulope Omogbehin |
Born | Lagos, Nigeria |
May 16, 1994
Spouse(s) |
Cheyenne Quailey
(m. 2023) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Jordan Omogbehin Omos |
Billed height | 7 ft 3 in (221 cm) |
Billed weight | 416 lb (189 kg) |
Trained by | WWE Performance Center |
Debut | July 18, 2019 |
Tolulope Omogbehin (born May 16, 1994) is a very tall professional wrestler from Nigeria. He is known by his ring name Omos. He works for WWE, a big wrestling company. Omos is also a tag team champion in Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan, where he teams with Jack Morris. He is the tallest wrestler on the WWE roster today. Before becoming a wrestler, he played college basketball.
Omos played basketball for the University of South Florida and Morgan State University from 2014 to 2015. He also played for King University from 2015 to 2016. In January 2019, Omos signed with WWE. In 2021, he became a Raw Tag Team Champion with AJ Styles.
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Early Life and Basketball
Omos was born in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 16, 1994. When he was 15, he moved to the United States on his own with a scholarship to study. His family stayed in Nigeria, but he has an older brother in Indiana. Omos went to Atlantic Shores Christian School in Chesapeake, Virginia. He played basketball there and continued playing in college.
He played as a center for the University of South Florida. In 2014, he met famous basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon. Omos also played for Morgan State University and King University.
Professional Wrestling Career
Starting in WWE (2019–present)
Training and First Appearances (2019–2020)
WWE signed Omos in January 2019. He began training at the WWE Performance Center. His first wrestling match was on July 18, 2019. He won a match against two opponents by himself.
On June 15, 2020, Omos appeared on TV for the first time on Monday Night Raw. He was part of Akira Tozawa's ninja group and was called the "Giant Ninja." Later, he became a bodyguard for Shane McMahon's Raw Underground show.
Teaming with AJ Styles (2020–2021)
In October 2020, Omos started working with AJ Styles. He was given the new ring name, Omos. At Survivor Series, he was officially introduced as Omos. He helped AJ Styles in many matches. For example, at TLC, he stopped The Miz from winning the WWE Championship.
At Royal Rumble, Omos helped AJ Styles avoid being eliminated. He even eliminated other wrestlers like Big E and Rey Mysterio, even though he wasn't officially in the match.
On March 15, 2021, Omos announced he would have his first TV match at WrestleMania 37. He teamed with AJ Styles to challenge The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship. Omos and Styles won the titles at WrestleMania 37!
They lost the Raw Tag Team Championship to RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) at SummerSlam. They tried to win them back at Crown Jewel but didn't succeed.
At Survivor Series in November 2021, Omos won a big battle royal match. He eliminated 12 other wrestlers, which was the most in the match. After this, Omos and AJ Styles started having problems. On December 20, 2021, Omos refused to help Styles in a match. This led to a fight, and their team broke up.
Working with MVP (2022–2024)
After splitting from AJ Styles, Omos started a new partnership with MVP in April 2022. MVP became his manager. Omos had matches against Bobby Lashley, winning one at WrestleMania Backlash with MVP's help.
Omos also competed in the Men's Money in the Bank ladder match but didn't win. He faced other big wrestlers like Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel and Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 39. He also wrestled Seth Rollins at Backlash. In August 2024, MVP left WWE, ending his partnership with Omos.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2024–present)
In December 2024, Omos joined a wrestling group called Team 2000X in Japan. He teamed up with Jack Morris to challenge for the GHC Tag Team Championship. At the Noah The New Year event, they won the titles! This was Omos's first championship outside of WWE.
Personal Life
Omos has a younger brother and a niece who live in Indiana. His parents and another brother live in Nigeria. He can speak three languages: English, French, and Yoruba.
In 2012, when Omos was getting medical tests, doctors found a small growth in his brain called a pituitary tumor. This tumor caused him to grow very tall and affected his body's hormones. It was also pressing on his eyes, which could have made him blind. He had surgeries in 2012 and 2013 to remove the tumor. Now, he needs to take special medicine for the rest of his life because his body doesn't make certain hormones naturally. Even with this, he was able to play basketball.
On June 1, 2023, Omos married his longtime girlfriend, Cheyenne Quailey, in Florida. She is a medical doctor. They had been dating since high school.
Omos is a big fan of anime, which are Japanese cartoons. He likes Jujutsu Kaisen and watched shows like Rurouni Kenshin when he was growing up in Nigeria.
Other Media
Omos has appeared as a playable character in several video games. His first game was WWE 2K22. He has also been in WWE Supercard, WWE Mayhem, WWE Champions, WWE 2K23, and WWE 2K24.
Championships and Accomplishments
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 120 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2022
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Jack Morris
- WWE
- WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with AJ Styles
- The Rock 25th Anniversary Battle Royal (2021)
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See also
In Spanish: Omos para niños