 G'Angelo Hancock at the2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tracy G'Angelo Hancock |
| Born | (1997-07-27)July 27, 1997 (age 27) Fountain, Colorado, U.S. |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Weight class | 97 kg |
| Event | Greco-Roman |
| Club | Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club |
| Team | USA |
| G'Angelo Hancock | |
|---|---|
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | G'Angelo Hancock Tavion Heights |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Billed weight | 214 lb (97 kg) |
| Billed from | Fountain, Colorado |
| Trained by | WWE Performance Center The Great Muta Naomichi Marufuji |
| Debut | December 1, 2022 |
Tracy G'Angelo Hancock (born July 27, 1997) is an Americanprofessional wrestler and formerGreco-Roman wrestler. He is signed toWWE, where he performs on theNXTbrand under thering nameTavion Heights and is a member of theNo Quarter Catch Crewstable. He also made appearances forPro Wrestling Noah.
An accomplishedamateur wrestler, Hancock won one bronze medal in the97 kg event at the2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[1][2] At the2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Ottawa, Canada, he won a gold medal in the 97 kg event.[3] Hancock is also a silver medalist at the2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. Herepresented the United States at the2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5]
In 2016, Hancock competed at theUnited States Olympic Team Trials hoping to represent the United States at the2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He finished in third place in the 98 kg event.
Hancock won one of the bronze medals in the 98 kg event at the2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil.[6] He also competed in the98 kg event at the2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris without winning a medal.[7] He won his first match against Fatih Başköy and lost his next match againstArtur Aleksanyan.[7] Aleksanyan went on to win the gold medal.[7] At the2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, he was eliminated in his first match in the97 kg event.[8]
In 2019, Hancock won the silver medal in his event at thePan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[9] In that same year, herepresented the United States at thePan American Games held in Lima, Peru and he won the silver medal in the97 kg event.[10] In the final, he lost againstGabriel Rosillo of Cuba.[10] He also competed in the97 kg event at the2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his second match byMélonin Noumonvi of France.[11]
Hancock competed in the97 kg event at the2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4] He won his first match againstMikheil Kajaia of Serbia and he was then eliminated in his next match byTadeusz Michalik of Poland.[4][12]
After qualifying for Team USA for the 2022 World Championships at 97 kg at Final X in New York City,[13] Hancock announced his retirement on August 9, 2022, and was replaced on Team USA by Braxton Amos.[14]
In August 2022 after departingGreco-Roman wrestling, Hancock signed a developmental contract with theWWE.[15] On December 1, 2022, Hancock made his debut onNXT Level Up under the nameTavion Heights in a losing effort againstChanning "Stacks" Lorenzo.[16] On December 12, 2023, Heights was announced as one of the competitors for theNXT Men's Breakout Tournament.[17] Heights defeatedLuca Crusifino in the first round of the tournament but was defeated by eventual winnerOba Femi in the semi-finals.
On the June 25, 2024 episode ofNXT, Heights defeatedNo Quarter Catch Crew's (NQCC)Damon Kemp in an initiation match to join the stable, turningheel for the first time in his career.[18] On the July 11 episode ofImpact!, Heights made hisTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut appearance where he celebrated NQCC leader'sCharlie Dempsey match victory againstThe Rascalz'sZachary Wentz and made his TNA in-ring debut atSlammiversary on July 20 where NQCC lost to The Rascalz (Wentz,Trey Miguel andWes Lee) in asix-man tag team match.[19][20] On July 30, Heights competed in his first title match at Week 1 ofNXT: The Great American Bash, losing toTony D'Angelo 1–2 underBritish Rounds Rule for theNXT Heritage Cup.[21] Heights returned on the September 10 episode ofNXT, assisting Dempsey in retaining the NXT Heritage Cup againstJe'Von Evans.[22]
In July 2024, it was announced that Hancock, as Tavion Heights, would be one of two NXT representatives (the other beingJosh Briggs) to enterPro Wrestling Noah'sN-1 Victory tournament.[23] Heights was placed in the B-block and finished the tournament with 8 points, including an upset win over former 3-timeGHC Heavyweight ChampionKenoh, but failed to advance to the finals. Heights received heavy praise for his performances from fans,Keiji Muto, andNaomichi Marufuji. During their short tenure in Pro Wrestling Noah, both Heights and Briggs received training from Muto and Marufuji.[24]
| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Lauro de Freitas, Brazil | 3rd | Greco-Roman 98 kg |
| 2019 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2nd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
| Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 2nd | Greco-Roman 97 kg | |
| 2020 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Ottawa, Canada | 1st | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
| 2021 | World Championships | Oslo, Norway | 3rd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
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