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Steven Lewington
Born (1983-02-25) February 25, 1983 (age 41)[1]
Wokingham, Berkshire, England[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)DJ Gabriel
Jack Gabriel[1]
Steve Lewington[1]
Steve Sonic[1]
Billed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Billed weight220 lb (100 kg; 16 st)[1]
Billed fromWokingham, Berkshire, England
Trained byOVW training staff
FCW training staff
Debut2004[1]

Steven Paul Lewington[1] (born February 25, 1983)[1] is an English professional wrestler. He is currently contracted to World Wrestling Entertainment working on the ECW brand under the name DJ Gabriel.

Career

All Star Promotions and Ohio Valley Wrestling (2003–2005)

After graduating from Senior School Sixth Form, Lewington attended Farnborough College of Technology where he earned a Higher National Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering.

After gaining an interest in professional wrestling, however, Lewington applied and was accepted to attend an Ohio Valley Wrestling tryout in America between February 23 and 28, 2003. Lewington's official training began 8 months later in the beginners' class at the Old Davis arena.

Lewington would return to England in late 2004 where he would work with All Star Wrestling. Throughout early 2005, Lewington would train and appear with ASW as well as becoming the subject of an episode of UKTV People's Secret Life of the Gym.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2005–present)

While WWE was touring England in 2005, Lewington would make three appearances on its main programming, once as a jobber on Carlito's Cabana, once as a jobber to Kurt Angle after Angle disrespected England (the show was in UK) and once as part of the WWE security squad that helped keep the warring Raw and SmackDown! wrestlers apart.[2] Other British wrestlers including Robbie Brookside and Thunder were a part of the security team.

After his appearances in WWE programming in 2005, Lewington stayed in the United Kingdom to compete for the All Star Wrestling (ASW) promotion, under the ring name "Steve Sonic".[1] On January 17, 2006 in Croydon, Sonic faced Drew McDonald in a ladder match for the ASW British Heavyweight Championship, and won. Sonic would remain champion for several months before relinquishing the title to return to WWE's developmental promotion in July 2006.

Developmental territories

During April 2006, WWE would once again tour England allowing Lewington to make another appearance on Raw on April 24, this time as a jobber for Umaga.[3] His performance in this match would earn Lewington a developmental deal.[1] After receiving his contract, Lewington was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and formed a tag team called "Terminal Velocity" with Chet the Jett.[1][4] After Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) opened, however, Terminal Velocity was moved down to the new territory. After a brief run in FCW, Terminal Velocity was called back up to OVW and won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship for the first time, giving Lewington the very first tag team championship of his career. On September 26, 2007, Lewington and Chet lost their belts to The James Boys (KC James and Kassidy James).[5] After their title loss, both Lewington's and his partner Chet the Jett's profiles were removed from the official OVW website and they were both moved back down to FCW. After their return to FCW, however, Terminal Velocity was split up when Chet renamed himself Mariouz Jablonski and started a gimmick based on his Polish ancestry.

Lewington later began teaming with Heath Miller and both advanced to the finals of a tournament to crown the inaugural FCW Florida Tag Team Champions, but they were defeated by The Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colón and Eric Perez).[6] Lewington and Miller defeated Brandon Groom and Greg Jackson and The Thoroughbreds (Johnny Curtis and Kevin Kiley) en route to the finals.[7][8] On March 4, 2008 he changed his name to "Jack Gabriel".

ECW (2008–present)

On the November 18, 2008 edition of ECW on Sci Fi, Lewington made his debut as a fan favorite under the ring name "DJ Gabriel", with a dancing gimmick, and was managed by Alicia Fox.[9] He defeated local wrestler Sal Rinauro in his debut match for the brand. During the next weeks, he defeated jobbers. On the last ECW episode of 2008, Gabriel defeated Paul Burchill.[10] On the January 13 episode of ECW, Gabriel and Fox defeated The Burchills, Paul and Katie Lea, in a mixed tag team match.[11] On the February 24 episode of ECW Lewington suffered his first loss since coming to the brand against Mark Henry.[12] Several weeks later Gabriel would suffer another loss to Tyson Kidd in a singles match. On April 15, 2009, Fox returned to the SmackDown brand as a part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft, leaving Gabriel on his own.[13] He later returned to FCW for more training.[14]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Jack Gabriel Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  2. ^ "WWE SmackDown! Results - April 28, 2005". Online World of Wrestling. 2005-04-28. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  3. ^ Plummer, Dale (2006-04-25). "Raw: Getting into the Backlash Spirit". Slam! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  4. ^ Buescher, Josh (2007-04-21). "April 21, 2007–Ohio Valley Wrestling in Cincinnati, Ohio". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  5. ^ "September 26, 2007–OVW TV Tapings in Louisville, Kentucky". Online World of Wrestling. 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  6. ^ "February 23, 2008–Florida Championship Wrestling in New Port Richey, Florida at the at the Jewish Community Center". Online World of Wrestling. 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  7. ^ "February 19, 2008 FCW results" (in German). Cagematch.de. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  8. ^ "February 23, 2008 FCW results" (in German). Cagematch.de. 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  9. ^ a b Burdick, Michael (2008-11-18). "Survivor showdown". WWE. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
  10. ^ Bishop, Matt (2008-12-30). "ECW: Hardy, Henry renew rivalry". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  11. ^ Bishop, Matt (2009-01-13). "ECW: Jack Swagger, the new face of Extreme". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  12. ^ Bishop, Matt (2009-02-24). "ECW: Christian goes for Swagger's silver". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  13. ^ "2009 WWE Supplemental Draft results". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  14. ^ Aldren, Mike. "Daily wrestling news and gossip". The Sun. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  15. ^ Bishop, Matt (2009-05-06). "ECW: Bourne, Kidd steal show". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  16. ^ Caldwell, James (2008-12-02). "CALDWELL'S ECW TV REPORT 12/2: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of WWE's Sci-Fi show featuring Matt Hardy vs. MVP". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  17. ^ Wojick, Alan J. (2008-02-27). "2/26 FCW in New Port Richey: Nattie Neidhart, DiBiase Jr., Afa Jr., Dave Taylor, Eddie Colon". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  18. ^ Wojick, Alan (2008-03-04). "March 4, 2008–Florida Championship Wrestling in New Port Richey, Florida at the Bourbon Street Night Club". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
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