QT Marshall


Michael Cuellari is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name QT Marshall. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling as a performer and producer. He is best known for his work for Ring of Honor and as the coach of the One Fall Power Factory. He currently has a documentary about his tryout for the WWE named The Wrestler: A Q.T. Marshall Story. The documentary has won Best Documentary at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con Film Festival.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Marshall was trained at the Monster Factory before making his debut in 2004.

Ring of Honor (2012-2016; 2017-2018)

After sporadic appearances for Ring of Honor, Marshall gained an ROH contract by defeating Matt Taven, Antonio Thomas, and Vinny Marseglia in a Four Corner Survival Match at Boiling Point 2012. Marshall was often paired with R.D. Evans as his manager or tag team partner as a comedy duo known as Marshall Law. Marshall made his last regular appearance for ROH in 2016, teaming with Punisher Martinez to defeat Leon St. Giovanni and Shaheem Ali in a dark match.
Marshall returned to ROH at the July 29 TV tapings joining Ian Riccaboni and Colt Cabana on commentary during a match between Shane Taylor and Josh Woods. After the bout, Taylor attacked Woods at the behest of Marshall, who was revealed to be paying Taylor to do so. At the August 26 TV tapings which aired in syndication over the weekend of September 23–24, Woods obtained his revenge by defeating Marshall in a regular match via submission to an ankle bar. Marshall reappeared at the February 10, 2018 TV tapings, which broadcast on the weekend of March 10, at Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia, participating in a Battle Royal qualifier for an opportunity at the ROH World Television Championship, during which he would accidentally strike Taylor, by whom he would then be promptly eliminated.

WWE appearances (2013-2017)

Marshall made his NXT debut on September 18, 2013 under the name Michael Q. Laurie, a play on his birth name, losing to Aiden English. On January 30, 2014, Marshall returned using his real name, teaming with John Icarino and losing to The Ascension. Marshall made another NXT appearance in 2016, losing to Baron Corbin in just over a minute. His last appearance came on March 29, 2017, going under the name Mike Marshall and teaming with Jonathan Ortagun to lose against the team of Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight.

All Elite Wrestling (2019-present)

Marshall is working with All Elite Wrestling as an Associate Producer. He made his AEW in-ring debut teaming with Peter Avalon on AEW Dark, losing to Dustin Rhodes and Sonny Kiss. He later debuted on the main show, AEW Dynamite, teaming with Alex Reynolds and John Silver, losing to Trent, Chuck Taylor and Orange Cassidy.
On the December 11 episode of Dynamite, Marshall teamed with Cody Rhodes in a losing effort against The Butcher and The Blade. His emergence led Whatculture to describe him "as a sympathetic favourite". A month later on the 15 January of Dynamite special episode at Bash at the Beach, He teamed up with Dustin Rhodes and Diamond Dallas Page to take on MJF and The Butcher and The Blade in a losing effort after MJF rolls him up for the win. On the February 19 episode of AEW Dark, Marshall teamed up with Dustin Rhodes once again against Shawn Spears and Peter Avalon, where they pinned Avalon after the pair combined to win a match, earning Marshall's first AEW win since joining the company. During the post-event media scrum of AEW Revolution, Rhodes announced that Marshall would be his tag team partner, and hinted that they would begin using "The Natural Nightmares" as their team name. In May 2020, Marshall began a romantic storyline with Allie. On the June 2 episode of AEW Dark, Marshall arrived with Allie to the arena in a corvette as she accompanied him to the ring for his match to Brandi Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes’s behest.

Championships and accomplishments