Jordan Leonard[4] (born February 15, 1997) is an American professional wrestler, and bodybuilder,[5] known under his ring name, Jordan Clearwater. He is currently signed to the
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) where he is a former
NWA World Television Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Clearwater was trained at Roger Ruffen's Northern Wrestling Federation. He would receive instruction and guidance from Ruffen,
Karl Anderson,
Abyss, and
Chris Harris.[6]
On the August 14, 2020 episode of
NJPW Strong, Clearwater made his NJPW debut where he was paired with
Clark Connors, losing to Barrett Brown and Logan Riegel.[7][8] In September, Clearwater participated in the
Lion's Break Crown where he lost to Connors in the first round.[9] Clearwater would have his first win in New Japan on the February 5, 2021 episode of NJPW Strong in which he teamed up with Bateman,
Misterioso, and Adrian Quest, defeating
Brody King, Barrett Brown, Sterling Riegel and Logan Riegel in an eight-man tag team match.[10]
Clearwater made his NWA debut on the December 22, 2020 episode of NWA Shockwave losing to
Nick Aldis.[11] He would make his next appearance on the March 23, 2021 episode of NWA Powerrr where he lost to Mike Parrow.[12] On May 25, Clearwater participated in the battle royal to receive an NWA World Heavyweight Championship match at
NWA When Our Shadows Fall; the match was won by Trevor Murdoch.[13] On the July 13 episode of NWA PowerrrSurge, Clearwater defeated Rush Freeman and Papa Jive in a triple threat match, which was his first win in NWA.[14] The following month, Clearwater would join Idolmania Sports Management, led by
Austin Idol and at the
NWA 73rd Anniversary Show, he teamed up with
Tyrus and
Cyon to defeat
Da Pope and The End (Odinson and Parrow) in a six-man tag team match.[15]
On November 12, 2022, at
NWA Hard Times 3, Clearwater defeated
AJ Cazana for the vacant NWA World Television title. He and Cazana previously competed on the October 22nd episode of NWA USA for the title, which ended in a time limit draw.[16][17] On the February 14, 2023 episode of NWA Powerrr, Clearwater lost the title to
Thom Latimer.[18][19]