Chad Gable

Chad Gable
Birth name Charles Betts
Born (1986-03-08) March 8, 1986[1]
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States[1]
Residence Orlando, Florida, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Chad Gable
Billed height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Billed weight 202 lb (92 kg)[2]
Billed from Minneapolis, Minnesota[2]
Trained by Gregg Greeno[3]
Dan Chandler[4]
WWE Performance Center
Debut September 5, 2014[5]

Charles "Chas" Betts (born March 8, 1986)[1] is an American professional wrestler and amateur wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he works in their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Chad Gable. He is part of the tag team American Alpha, along with Jason Jordan, where they are the current NXT Tag Team Champions in their first reign.

Amateur wrestling career

Betts was a Minnesota high school state champion and is a graduate of Northern Michigan University.[6]

Betts defeated Jordan Holm 2 to 0 in the final of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 84 kg category.[7] He progressed to the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he defeated Keitani Graham from the Federated States of Micronesia in the qualification round. He was eliminated from the competition in the next round by Pablo Shorey of Cuba, losing 3–0.

Professional wrestling career

WWE

NXT (2013–present)

Main article: American Alpha

In November 2013, Betts announced that he had signed a contract with the professional wrestling promotion WWE. He was assigned to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and adopted the ring name Chad Gable.[8] He made his in-ring debut at a WWE NXT house show in Cocoa Beach, Florida on September 5, 2014, where he defeated Troy McClain.[9] He made his television debut on the January 8, 2015 episode of NXT, losing to Tyler Breeze. Starting in May, Gable began a storyline with Jason Jordan in which he attempted to convince Jordan to form a new partnership, following the dissolution of Jordan's team with Tye Dillinger. After nearly two months of coaxing, Jordan finally agreed to a tag match with Gable as his teammate. On the July 15 episode of NXT, Gable and Jordan were successful in their official debut together against the team of Elias Sampson and Steve Cutler.[10] On September 2, Gable and Jordan competed in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, beating the team of Neville and Solomon Crowe. After defeating the Hype Bros they would get eliminated from the tournament by the team of Rhyno and Baron Corbin. On the November 18 episode of NXT, Gable and Jordan would call out main roster tag team The Ascension and defeat them. On the December 2 episode of NXT Jordan and Gable would face another pair of former NXT Tag Team Champions The Vaudevillains and defeat them as well. on the January 27 episode of NXT, the team of Gable and Jordan began using the name American Alpha defeating Blake and Murphy as well. At NXT TakeOver: Dallas, American Alpha defeated The Revival to win the NXT Tag Team Championship for the first time.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Amateur wrestling

Professional wrestling

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chad Gable: Profile & Match Listing". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Chad Gable". WWE. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Minnesota's Chas Betts Ready to Live Out One Olympic-Sized Dream
  4. ↑ Dan Chandler named USA Wrestling Greco-Roman coach of the year
  5. ↑ "Chad Gable profile at WrestlingData.com". WrestlingData.com. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.themat.com/usawrestling.org/nationalteams.php?page=showbio&ContactID=137
  7. ↑ http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=4&page=results
  8. ↑ Zaccardi, Nick (November 4, 2013). "Olympic wrestler Chas Betts joins WWE". NBC Sports. NBCUniversal. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Chad Gable match results at WrestlingData.com". Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ Trionfo, Richard (July 15, 2015). "WWE NXT REPORT: SASHA VERSUS CHARLOTTE, ZAYN UPDATE, MAIN EVENT FOR TAKEOVER ANNOUNCED, HAS JASON JORDAN FINALLY FOUND A TAG TEAM PARTNER HE CAN TRUST, AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  11. ↑ Killam, Mike. "7/15 WWE NXT Results: Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Women’s Title Match, Sami Zayn Returns to Address Injury, Samoa Joe in Action". Wrestle Zone. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  12. ↑ Trionfo, Richard. "WWE NXT REPORT: TAG TITLE MATCH, CHARLOTTE VERSUS DANA, THE MECHANICS IN ACTION, GABLE AND JORDAN IN ACTION, OWENS IN ACTION, AND ARE YOU BULL FIT?". PWInsider. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  13. ↑ "WWE: Elite (Jordan & Gable) - Single". iTunes.
  14. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (January 25, 2016). "January 25, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2015 Observer Awards Issue". Wrestling Observer Newsletter (Campbell, California): 30. ISSN 1083-9593.

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