Steven Lewington
Steven Lewington | |
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Birth name | Steven Paul Lewingston |
Born | [1] Wokingham, Berkshire, England[1] | 25 February 1983
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Bronson DJ Gabriel Gabriel[1] Jack Gabriel[1] Mr. FCW[2] Steve Lewington[1] Steve Sonic[1] |
Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] |
Billed weight | 174 lb (79 kg; 12.4 st)[1] |
Billed from | Wokingham, Berkshire, England Preston, England |
Debut | 2004[1] |
Retired | 2010 |
Steven Paul Lewington[1] (born 25 February 1983)[1] is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he performed under the ring name DJ Gabriel on the ECW brand. Lewington currently wrestles independently as "The Swole-verine" Bronson.
Professional wrestling career
All Star Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling (2003–2005)
After graduating from Senior School Sixth Form at the Forest School Winnersh, Lewington attended Farnborough College of Technology where he earned a Higher National Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering.
After developing an interest in professional wrestling, however, Lewington applied and was accepted to attend an Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) tryout in America between 23 and 28 February 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 (2005-2010)
While WWE was touring England in 2005, Lewington would make three appearances on its main programming, once as a
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 17 January 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 (2006–2008)
During April 2006, WWE would once again tour England allowing Lewington to make another appearance on Raw on 24 April, losing to
Lewington later began teaming with
On 4 March 2008 he changed his name to "Jack Gabriel".ECW (2008–2009)
On 18 November 2008, Lewington made his debut as a
Departure (2009–2010)
After Fox returned to SmackDown, Lewington was sent back to FCW and developed a new character of a "true British man", while his ring name was tweaked to simply Gabriel. After losing a match and, in storyline, being suspended from FCW, Lewington then began wrestling under a mask as Mr. FCW.[2] Lewington would eventually "win" back his place on the FCW roster, and would alternate between his Gabriel and Mr. FCW characters before being released from his contract in January 2010.[15]
Independent circuit (2010)
After leaving WWE, Lewington continued the DJ Gabriel gimmick working for American Combat Wrestling in Florida from March to April 2010. He retired afterwards.
Championships and accomplishments
- All Star Wrestling
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chet the Jet[17]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Steve Lewington Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ a b Martin, Adam (2 November 2009). "News and notes on WWE's FCW". WrestleView. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- ^ "WWE SmackDown! Results – April 28, 2005". Online World of Wrestling. 28 April 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ Plummer, Dale (25 April 2006). "Raw: Getting into the Backlash Spirit". Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
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- ^ "February 23, 2008–Florida Championship Wrestling in New Port Richey, Florida at the Jewish Community Center". Online World of Wrestling. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ^ "February 19, 2008 FCW results" (in German). Cagematch.de. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
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Steve Lewington (D.J. Gabriel) was released by WWE.
- ^ "British Heavyweight Championship history".
- ^ "OVW Southern Tag Team Championship history". Archived from the original on 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Complete PWI 500 list for 2008". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.