Chase Stevens

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Chase Stevens
Stevens in 2016
Birth nameChase Bradley Stevens
Born (1979-01-17) January 17, 1979 (age 45)
Santa Maria, California
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Chase Bradley
Glacius
Lance Taylor
Shadow Walker
Chase Stevens
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Billed fromSanta Maria, California
Trained byTracy Smothers
Mike Samples
Debut1998

Chase Bradley Stevens (born January 17, 1979) is an

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a member of The Naturals alongside his tag team
partner Andy Douglas.

Professional wrestling career

In

high school, Chase Stevens was a Golden Gloves boxing champion. After attending a professional wrestling training session, in order to watch a friend, Stevens decided to become a wrestler and joined the training school. After several weeks, veteran wrestler Tracy Smothers took him under his wing and became his trainer and mentor. Stevens debuted in 1998 under a mask
as "Glacius", losing to fellow trainee Johnny B. Dazzled.

Stevens found a niche as a

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
in July 2002, and were given full-time contracts. The team split when Reilly left TNA due to travel problems, and Stevens was sent to USA Championship Wrestling for seasoning.

In USA Championship Wrestling Stevens was placed in a tag team with Andy Douglas by Bob Ryder. While on a fishing trip they chose the name "Natural Heat", which was later shortened to "The Naturals". The Naturals became a pair of sneaky, cheating villains.

The Naturals began working for

promotion in 2003, where they were renamed "The Alternative Express". The Alternative Express - a gothic pair of rock fans who wore black clothing and recolored their hair and fingernails - were managed
by The Goddess Athena.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling

The Naturals (2003–2006)

The Naturals were brought into TNA in late 2003, immediately beginning a lengthy feud with America's Most Wanted. In the course of the feud, they defeated America's Most Wanted for the NWA World Tag Team Championship on July 7, 2004. The Naturals successfully defended their titles against Triple X, but were eventually beaten by Chris Harris and Elix Skipper (one member of each team) on September 8, 2004.[1]

In 2005, The Naturals formed an alliance with Chris Candido, who also became their manager. On April 26, they defeated America's Most Wanted to become NWA World Tag Team Champions for a second time. The sudden death of Candido two days later led to a surge in popularity for The Naturals, eventually turning them into fan favorites.

On June 19, 2005 at Slammiversary, The Naturals were assisted in a title defence against Team Canada by Jimmy Hart.[2] They were managed by Hart throughout mid-2005, with their reign ending on the October 22 episode of TNA Impact!.[3] Then they lost to America's Most Wanted following interference from Jeff Jarrett and Gail Kim. They were defeated by AMW in their rematch at Bound for Glory on October 23, again following interference from Kim.[4]

During the October 25 Impact! tapings, Stevens injured his neck after landing badly during a match. He was diagnosed as having suffered an

Diamonds in the Rough.[5]

In April 2006, Stevens began a bit of singles work in light of his partner being injured by

Lockdown 2006.[6]

In June 2006, Stevens and Douglas began to be managed by the returning Shane Douglas after he approached them, asking to be their manager. The duo accepted his offer and were shown "training" in several vignettes which aired on Impact!.

Newly Franchised (2006–2007)

At Victory Road, The Naturals returned in brand new black and yellow attire (to replace their black and pink attire) and were managed by Shane Douglas.[7] They were called 'The Newly Franchised Naturals', in reference to Shane's nickname 'The Franchise', and beat The Diamonds In The Rough. On the August 17 edition of Impact!, Stevens defeated Chris Harris, Frankie Kazarian and B.G. James to win a tag team championship shot for him and Andy.[8] Shane took their tag title match away from them after they lost a match on Impact! to teach them a lesson. They then won a Tag Team "Triple Chance" Battle Royal the following month at No Surrender.[9] This suggested that their push that had been going for several months would finally conclude with them getting a tag title shot at Bound for Glory, but they ended up losing a Four Corners match on the undercard of the show, not even getting the title shot.[10] The Naturals then began a feud with Team 3D and defeated them in a Tables match on TNA's primetime debut.[11] Then it started speculation that the storyline would once again get better for The Naturals, but then on the December 21 episode of Impact!, Shane turned his back on The Naturals after they lost the second Tables match to Team 3D, saying "This experiment is over".[12]

Stevens wrestled Lance Hoyt at Final Resolution on January 14, 2007.[13] He lost the match, which led to Shane coming out asking why he was wearing the Franchised gear, when he said the experiment was over. This led to Stevens shoving him, with security separating the two. On May 10 both Stevens and Douglas were released from their contracts.

Sporadic appearances (2013–2022)

Stevens returned to TNA on March 17, 2013 as he took part in 10 man

TNA Tag Team Tournament. At Slammiversary, on June 19, 2022, Stevens made an unannounced appearance as a participant in the Reverse Battle Royal, which he failed to win as he was eliminated by Shera.[15][16]

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2007–2008, 2012)

Stevens alongside his Naturals partner, Andy Douglas, were originally going to receive a try-out match for

World Wrestling Entertainment at a Raw
taping in September 2007, but was cancelled when Douglas posted the tryout information on his Myspace without WWE's permission.

Stevens later appeared on the March 21, 2008 edition of

Jack Swagger and again the next week against Mike Knox.[18][19]

Stevens was in attendance for a tryout at the March 12, 2012 WWE RAW SuperShow in Cleveland. The next day, on March 13, 2012, Stevens wrote on his Twitter page that he was backstage in Columbus for the SmackDown tapings, saying he was as ready as he will ever be.[20]

Independent circuit (2007–present)

Stevens at an independent show, 2012

Stevens returned to wrestle on the southeast independent circuit with Naturals partner Andy Douglas. He has wrestled in many organizations such as

Phill Shatter
.

On September 28, 2012, Stevens defeated Matt Hardy in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee at KFW Black Harvest 2012. On October 20, 2012, Stevens defeated John Skyler, Jon Malus and Sixx at WrestleForce Fall Brawl 3: All Or Nothing to win the WrestleForce Championship.[23]

On November 3, 2012, at Crossfire Wrestling's TV Taping The Hot Shots (

Diamonds in the Rough (David Young and Sigmon) in Nashville, Tennessee.[24]

On May 17, 2013, at WrestleForce Revenge Stevens teamed with TNA Superstars

Gunner defeating Team WrestleForce Brady Pierce, Cedric Alexander, John Skyler and Jon Malus.[25]

On May 30, 2014, Stevens participated in a match for the UCW (Universal Championship Wrestling) Heavyweight title in a street fight, but lost the match. He faced Rhyno after "The Headliner" Chris Michaels was a no-show.

On June 14, 2013, Stevens challenged

Global Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion.[27]

Acting career

Stevens appeared in the film Chained: Code 207 alongside TNA wrestler

Crimson
and OVW wrestler Ryan Howe.

Championships and accomplishments

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