# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/t-j-perkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:55:49.403Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/t-j-perkins"
name: "T.J. Perkins"
slug: "t-j-perkins"
description: "Theodore James Perkins, also known by his ring name T. J. Perkins or simply TJP, is an American professional wrestler. He currently performs as a freelancer while also making sporadic apperances for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. Perkins is best known for his time with WWE, where he is a former one-time and inaugural WWE Cruiserweight Champion, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former two-time TNA X Division Champion, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the second leader of United Empire and a former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Francesco Akira."
tagline: "American professional wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/T.J._Perkins_NJPW.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-09-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.42334933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MegaTJP"
    handle:    "MegaTJP"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/megatjp/"
    handle:    "megatjp"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1688502/"
    handle:    "nm1688502"
sources:
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    title: "T. J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "تي جيه بيركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تى جيه بيركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Ти Джей Пъркинс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Perkins"
    title: "T. J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Perkins"
    title: "T. J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._Perkins"
    title: "T.J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "تی جی پرکینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJ_Perkins"
    title: "TJ Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJP_(wrestler)"
    title: "TJP (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJP"
    title: "TJP"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._%ED%8D%BC%ED%82%A8%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "T.J. 퍼킨스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._Perkins"
    title: "T.J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._Perkins"
    title: "T.J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Perkins"
    title: "T. J. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9"
    title: "Перкинс, Ти Джей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._Perkins"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B5"
    title: "ทีเจพี"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7668021"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222680"
    title: "Theodore James Perkins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump