Benjamin Timms was trained by fellow professional wrestlers Seth Rollins and Marek Brave at the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy in the United States.[5] Timms made his professional wrestling debut in 2018 under the ring name Benjamin Carter, performing in various independent promotions including big name promotion: Resolute Wrestling in Crossville, TN where he defeated names such as Toby Farley, Caleb Courageous and Christopher Carlton and then moved on to other major promotions such as Impact Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
All Elite Wrestling (2020)
In 2020, Timms was invited by All Elite Wrestling's head of Talent Relations Christopher Daniels to appear for the promotion. Timms made his AEW debut in September 2020 at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida. Timms, under his ring name Ben Carter, faced off against Ricky Starks in a losing effort on Dark.[6] Carter made his Dynamite debut in the opening contest of 'Late Night Dynamite', losing against Scorpio Sky.[7] Carter went on to have a 1-2 record before signing with the WWE later that year.[8] In October 2020, it was revealed that Carter could not get legally paid for his AEW matches, due to not having a valid work visa in the United States.[9]
WWE (2020–present)
NXT UK and NXT (2020–2023)
On 17 December 2020, WWE announced that they signed Timms. He was then assigned to the NXT UKbrand where, on the episode 7 January 2021 episode of NXT UK, he made his debut under the ring name Ben Carter, facing Jordan Devlin for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship but lost. After defeating Josh Morell and Sam Gradwell, Carter was repackaged as Nathan Frazer on 11 March.
On the 3 June episode of NXT UK, Frazer and Jack Starz teamed up to face Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker) for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship but were defeated. Later, Frazer competed to become the No. 1 contender for the NXT UK Heritage Cup but he lost to Teoman in the first round. Subsequently, Frazer also competed to become the No. 1 contender for the NXT United Kingdom Championship on 23 September, competed against A-Kid and Rampage Brown, where the former won. On 3 March 2022, Frazer fought his last match at NXT UK in a NXT United Kingdom Championship match, losing to Ilja Dragunov.
In late 2023, Frazer formed a tag team partnership with Axiom (with the team later known as Fraxiom). The duo won the 2024 NXT Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament to face NXT Tag Team Champions The Wolf Dogs (Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker) for the titles at NXT Stand & Deliver on 6 April 2024 but failed to win the match.[14] In a rematch on the following episode of NXT, Fraxiom defeated The Wolf Dogs to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions.[15] Much later, Frazer started to set his sights on singles titles to Axiom's displeasure.[16] On the 25 June episode of NXT, Frazer failed to defeat Tony D'Angelo for the NXT Heritage Cup. On the following day's episode of Speed, he defeated Akira Tozawa to advance in the Speed Championship#1 Contender's tournament but lost to The New Day's Xavier Woods in the final the next week.[17][18][19] After multiple successful title defenses, on the 13 August episode of NXT, Chase University's Andre Chase and Ridge Holland defeated Fraxiom for the NXT Tag Team Championship, ending their reign at 126 days. The pair regained the titles in a rematch 19 days later at NXT No Mercy to become two-time champions.[20][21] Soon after, Frazer began to set his sights on singles championships again. On the November 19 episode of NXT, Frazer defeated Eddy Thorpe to qualify for the Iron Survivor Challenge at NXT Deadline on 7 December,[22] where Frazer failed to win the Iron Survivor Challenge but Fraxiom successfully defended the NXT Tag Team Championship against No Quarter Catch Crew (Myles Borne and Tavion Heights).[23] At NXT: Roadblock on 11 March 2025, Fraxiom failed to defeat TNA World Tag Team ChampionsThe Hardy Boyz for the title.[24] On the 4 April episode of SmackDown, Frazer made his main roster debut where he lost to a debuting Rey Fénix.[25] At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 19, Fraxiom lost the NXT Tag Team Championships to Hank and Tank (Hank Walker and Tank Ledger) in their final match for NXT, ending their second reign at 230 days.[26]
As Nathan Frazer, he made his video game debut in WWE 2K23 as downloadable content in the Bad News U pack. He also appears as a regular game character in the WWE 2K24 and WWE 2K25 Video games.
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