My Take
Matt Bloom is one of those guys the wrestling business quietly can't do without. Standing at 6'7" and built like a small building, he spent his early WWE run as Prince Albert and A-Train doing the kind of hard, physical work that made babyfaces look like heroes — a thankless but essential job he did really well. Then he went to Japan, worked All Japan and New Japan for years, and came back in 2012 as Lord Tensai with genuinely improved in-ring craft. That second run didn't fully click with American crowds, but honestly? His best contribution to WWE might be what he's been doing since: running the WWE Performance Center as head trainer, shaping the next generation of talent. A guy who played college football, wrestled on two continents, and then pivoted into teaching — that's a career with real range.
Overview
Matthew Jason Bloom (born November 14, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the head trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Bloom is best known for his in-ring appearances with WWE as Prince Albert, Albert and A-Train from 1999 to 2004, and as Lord Tensai and Tensai from 2012 to 2014, as well as for his appearances in Japan from 2005 to 2012 with All…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Matt Bloom
- Name (Japanese)
- マシュー・ブルーム
- Reading
- ましゅー・ぶるーむ
- Born
- November 14, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rat
- Origin
- Peabody, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 201 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional wrestler / American football player / coach / television actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Peabody Veterans Memorial High School
- University
- University of Pittsburgh
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.