 Jordan in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nathan Everhart (1988-09-28)September 28, 1988 (age 37) Tinley Park,Illinois, U.S. |
Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Jason Jordan |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Chicago, Illinois[1] |
| Trained by | Florida Championship Wrestling WWE Performance Center |
| Debut | September 30, 2011 |
| Retired | January 28, 2018 |
Nathan Everhart (born September 28, 1988) is an American retiredprofessional wrestler. He is signed toWWE, where he works as the leadproducer forRaw andSmackDown.[2][3] He is best known for performing with WWE under thering nameJason Jordan from 2011 to 2018.
Jordan signed a contract with WWE in 2011 and was sent to itsdevelopmental territoryFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW), before debuting inNXT the following year. In 2015, he formed the tag teamAmerican Alpha withChad Gable, with the duo capturing theNXT Tag Team Championship[4] before being drafted toSmackDownbrand and winning theSmackDown Tag Team Championship.[5] In 2017, American Alpha disbanded when Jordan debuted on theRaw brand as the son ofKurt Angle and subsequently formed a short-lived tag team withSeth Rollins, with whom he won theRaw Tag Team Championship in December 2017.[6] He is the first of eight men to win the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT Tag Team Championships. He also held theFCW Tag Team Championship once withCJ Parker.[7] He retired in 2018 due to a neck injury and has been working as a producer since then.
Nathan Everhart was born inTinley Park,Illinois, on September 28, 1988. He has three brothers, two of whom would later be imprisoned for undisclosed crimes—one of themfor life.[8] He has said that he beganamateur wrestling at the age of seven because he mistakenly believed it to be the same asprofessional wrestling.[9] While atVictor J. Andrew High School, he competed inwrestling,football, andbaseball. He attendedIndiana University, taking part inwrestling, competed in theBig Ten Conference and became a three-time national qualifier forNCAA at the Division I level.[citation needed]
While wrestling at Indiana University, Everhart was ranked in the top 15 in the nation for three years in a row. In his senior year, he was undefeated in the regular season, going 35-0 and at one point was ranked as high as 2nd in the nation. During his fourth year of wrestling, he worked as a student coach at his university and helped two All-Americans at 197 lbs and a heavyweight.[9] Everhart graduated with abachelor's degree in biology with minors in chemistry, social science, and medicine. He put attendingdental school on hold to pursue his dream of being a professional wrestler. Due to his accolades at Indiana University, he had his face painted onto the wall of the campus gym in 2010.[citation needed]
Everhart was scouted from college byWWE's road agent,Gerald Brisco. He was recruited to participate in a WWE tryout in 2010 and was subsequently offered a WWE contract, but he held off from signing it until finishing his college degree. In July 2011, he signed a developmental contract with WWE and was sent to thedevelopmental territoryFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he took thering name, Jason Jordan. His first professional wrestling match was at an FCWlive event on September 30, where he teamed withAbraham Washington in a losing effort againstBig E Langston and Calvin Raines. He made his televised debut on the November 13 episode ofFCW TV, teaming withColin Cassady andMike Dalton in a losing effort againstThe Ascension. Jordan continued to make sporadic appearances in FCW until the brand was replaced byNXT in 2012. Prior to this, he won theFCW Florida Tag Team Championship withCJ Parker at a live event on July 13, making him one half of the penultimate title-holders before the championship was deactivated.[7]
On the June 27, 2012, episode ofNXT, Jordan made his NXT debut, losing toJinder Mahal.[10] He continued to make further occasional appearances throughout 2012 and 2013. In April 2014, Jordan formed a tag team withTye Dillinger,[11] but the two found little success and split up in February 2015.[12]
In May 2015, Jordan began a storyline withChad Gable in which Gable attempted to convince Jordan to form a new partnership, but Jordan would turn down his offer on two different occasions, while at the same time he competed in tag team action in losing efforts, such as losing to theVaudevillains alongsideMarcus Louis and losing toEnzo and Cass alongsideSylvester Lefort.[13] On the July 15 episode ofNXT, after nearly three months of coaxing, Jordan finally agreed to a match with Gable as his tag team partner, where they defeatedElias Samson andSteve Cutler.[14] On the September 2 episode ofNXT, Jordan and Gable competed in the first round of theDusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, defeatingNeville andSolomon Crowe.[15] On September 26 at a live event, they defeated TheHype Bros in the second round before falling toBaron Corbin andRhyno in the semi-finals atNXT TakeOver: Respect.[16] Originallyvillains, Jordan and Gable turned intofan favorites during this match by showing fighting spirit and resiliency against Corbin and Rhyno. In the following weeks onNXT, Jordan and Gable defeated formerNXT Tag Team Champions, The Ascension on the November 18 episode ofNXT,[17] and TheVaudevillains on the December 2 episode ofNXT.[18]
On the January 27, 2016, episode ofNXT, Jordan and Gable began using the name American Alpha and defeatedBlake and Murphy.[19] On the March 16 episode ofNXT, American Alpha defeated The Vaudevillains to become the number one contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship.[20] AtNXT TakeOver: Dallas, American Alpha defeatedThe Revival to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. At theNXT TakeOver: The End on June 8, they lost the tag team titles back to The Revival, ending their reign at 68 days.[21] After the match, they were attacked by the debutingAuthors of Pain.[22] On the July 20 episode ofNXT, American Alpha made their final NXT appearance, losing to The Authors of Pain.[23]
On July 19, Jordan and Gable were drafted toSmackDownbrand as part of2016 WWE draft.[24] On the August 2 episode ofSmackDown Live, American Alpha made their debut, defeating The Vaudevillains.[25] At theSummerSlam pre-show, American Alpha teamed with The Hype Bros andThe Usos to defeat Breezango, The Ascension, and The Vaudevillains in a 12-man tag team match.[26] Starting on the August 23 episode ofSmackDown Live, American Alpha would compete in a tag team tournament for theSmackDown Tag Team Championship, defeating Breezango[27] in the first round to advance to the semi-finals where they faced The Usos. On the September 6 episode ofSmackDown Live, despite defeating The Usos, Gable's knee waskayfabe injured during a post-match assault when The Usos attacked them, rendering American Alpha unable to compete at the final.[28] On the November 1 episode ofSmackDown Live, American Alpha defeatedSpirit Squad to become part of Team SmackDown in the10–on–10 traditional Survivor Series tag team elimination match.[29] AtSurvivor Series, American Alpha would be eliminated in the match byLuke GallowsandKarl Anderson, where Team SmackDown would be defeated by Team Raw.[30]
On the December 27 episode ofSmackDown Live, American Alpha defeatedThe Wyatt Family to capture the SmackDown Tag Team Championship in a four-corner elimination match, also featuring The Usos, andHeath Slater and Rhyno.[5] AtElimination Chamber on February 12, 2017, American Alpha would successfully defend their titles in atag team turmoil match.[31] On the March 21 episode ofSmackDown Live, American Alpha lost the SmackDown Tag Team Championship to The Usos, ending their reign at 84 days.[32] Jordan made hisWrestleMania debut atWrestleMania 33, participated in theAndré the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which was won byMojo Rawley.[33] American Alpha then seemed to quietly split up, as Gable began wrestling by himself, including getting a championship match withKevin Owens on the June 20 episode ofSmackDown Live.[34]
On the July 17 episode ofRaw, Jordan was revealed to be thekayfabe son ofRaw General ManagerKurt Angle, following Angle coming clean after a series of mystery text messages were sent to his work phone and toCorey Graves from the announce team. After that, Jordan was moved toRaw, thus disbanding American Alpha.[35] The following week onRaw, in his first match for the brand, Jordan would defeatCurt Hawkins.[36] In August, Jordan started a feud withIntercontinental ChampionThe Miz, after he insulted Jordan on his talk-show segmentMiz TV.[37] On the August 14 episode ofRaw, Jordan faced Miz for the Intercontinental Championship, but won by disqualification when The Miztourage (Bo Dallas andCurtis Axel) interfered on Miz's behalf, which meant that Miz retained the title as it can not change hands by disqualification. Jordan would be saved from an attack from the trio after theHardy Boyz arrived and assisted Jordan.[38] This would lead to a six-man tag team match atSummerSlam, where Jordan and The Hardy Boyz were defeated by The Miz and The Miztourage.[39] On the September 18 episode ofRaw, Jordan would win a Six-Pack Challenge match to become number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship against The Miz.[40] AtNo Mercy on September 24, Jordan was unsuccessful in capturing the title following outside interference from The Miztourage.[41]
Jordan was then placed in a feud withElias, after Jordan would interrupt Elias during his songs by throwing vegetables at him.[42][43][44] This would lead to a match between the two atTLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, where Jordan defeated Elias.[45][46] On the November 6 episode ofRaw, Jordan defeated Elias in aGuitar-on-a-Pole match, thus ending their feud.[47] Jordan was named the fifth member of team Raw atSurvivor Series. On the November 13 episode ofRaw, Jordan injured his leg at the hands ofBray Wyatt. Due to his leg injury, he was out of the Survivor Series match and was replaced by the returningTriple H, who gave Jordan a pedigree. In December, Jordan would start to wrestle along withSeth Rollins, replacing Rollins' injured tag team partnerDean Ambrose.[48] On the December 25 episode ofRaw, Jordan and Rollins defeatedCesaro and Sheamus to capture theRaw Tag Team Championship.[49] With the win, Jordan became the first person in WWE to hold the Raw, SmackDown and NXT Tag Team Championships.[6] However, atRoyal Rumble on January 28, 2018, they lost the titles back to Cesaro and Sheamus, ending their reign at 34 days.[50] This turned out to be his final WWE televised match. Jordan's inability to participate much in the action cost both the titles, continuing (kayfabe) friction between the two that was thought to ultimately spark aheel turn for Jordan.[51]In reality, Jordan had not been involved in physicality building to the event due to nursing a back injury.[52]
On the February 5 episode ofRaw, Jordan told Rollins that he wouldn't compete in a tag team match that night, before Rollins'long-time teammateRoman Reigns teamed up with Rollins instead. Later that night, Jordan cost Rollins and Reigns a match for the Raw Tag Team Championship, before Kurt Angle sent him home.[53] This was done to write Jordan off television. On the next day, WWE reported that Jordan underwent successful surgery to repair a neck injury.[54] After that surgery, it was reported that he would be out of action for over a year.[55] According to Jon Robinson, author of the bookCreating The Mania: An Inside Look at how WrestleMania Comes to Life, the storyline with Kurt Angle would conclude atWrestleMania 34 in a match between them,[56] and during an interview with Kurt Angle the following year, Angle revealed that hisWrestleMania 35 opponentBaron Corbin got Jordan's spot due to Jordan's serious injury.[57]
After his in-ring injury, Jordan began working as aproducer.[3] Jordan made his first television appearance in over two years on the May 29, 2020, episode ofSmackDown, walking alongside police officers who were arrestingJeff Hardy.[58] In April 2021, Jordan was reportedly promoted to a new role of lead producer overseeing all other producers at TV tapings.[59] On the December 9, 2022, episode ofSmackDown, Jordan made an appearance during the birthday celebration of hisstoryline father Kurt Angle.[60]
Jordan appears as a playable character in the video gamesWWE 2K17,[61]WWE 2K18, andWWE 2K19.[62][63]
Everhart married April Elizabeth on March 17, 2017.[64] They reside inLand O’ Lakes, Florida, and have a daughter born on June 21, 2020.[65][66]
He is good friends with his formertag team partnerChad Gable, who he says is "like a brother" to him.[8]
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