One of the first crop of trainees at the new NJPW Los Angeles Dojo, Coughlin trained hard under Katsuyori Shibata before beginning his journey in earnest as a Young Lion at Fighting Spirit Unleashed. He may have lost his early matches against Clark Connors, but his journey continued, with appearances for Ring of Honor, and at NJPW’s New Beginning USA events early in 2019, before being part of the Young Lion Cup later that year.

Coughlin’s 2020 was cut short due to the global pandemic and then an injury, but he made his return in fine form during Strong Style Evolved, and looks to make a bigger mark on NJPW STRONG as 2021 continues.