 Chase in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chance Barrow[1] (1989-04-22)April 22, 1989 (age 36) Eden, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Harlem Bravado[1] Andre Chase Mr. Chase |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 222 lb (101 kg) |
| Billed from | Draper, North Carolina |
| Trained by | Delirious |
| Debut | 2008 |
Chance Barrow (born April 22, 1989) is an Americanprofessional wrestler he is currently signed toWWE, where he performs for theNXT brand under thering nameAndre Chase (often referred to asMr. Chase). He is a former two-timeNXT Tag Team Champion.
Barrow was previously known by the ring nameHarlem Bravado where he teamed with his brother Lance Bravado working forRing of Honor andPro Wrestling Noah as theBravado Brothers.
Barrow and his older brother Houston trained atRing of Honor (ROH)'sWrestling Academy under the tutelage ofDelirious in 2008.[2][3]
Barrow debuted for ROH in September 2009 as Harlem Bravado alongside his brother Lance Bravado as The Bravado Brothers, and over the next several months they competed indark matches, facing wrestlers includingTony Kozina andAnthony Nese. Their first match as part of the main roster was at the8th Anniversary Show, where they were defeated byThe Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero andClaudio Castagnoli). They entered theTag Wars 2010 tournament, reaching the semi-finals before losing to the Dark City Fight Club ofKory Chavis andJon Davis. Following losses to teams including Future Shock (Adam Cole andKyle O'Reilly) and Grizzly Redwood and Andy Ridge, they developed a winning streak beginning in January 2011, which lasted until they were beaten by Future Shock atSupercard of Honor VI on May 21. AtTag Team Turmoil 2011, the Bravados entered the tournament to determine the next challengers to theROH World Tag Team Championship. They defeated theBriscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe), but lost to Future Shock in the final.[4] On September 17, the Bravado Brothers appeared on their first ROHpay-per-viewDeath Before Dishonor IX, when they were part of athree-way elimination match againstThe Young Bucks and Future Shock; the Bravados were the first team eliminated.[5] In November, the duo lost to the Briscoe Brothers in a qualifying match for theSurvival of the Fittest tournament. At theFinal Battle 2011 pay-per-view, the Bravado Brothers were part of a tag team gauntlet match to determine the number one contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship, but were the first team eliminated byCaprice Coleman andCedric Alexander.[6]
The Bravado Brothers returned to ROH atUnity in April 2012, defeating The Young Bucks. The following month, they challengedWrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin andCharlie Haas) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. They won the match bydisqualification, and so did not win the championship. They competed only sporadically for ROH throughout mid-2012, including a loss to Coleman and Alexander atGlory By Honor XI, which was their last ROH appearance.[7]
On November 12, 2011, The Bravado Brothers debuted forChikara, losing to3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews).[8] Throughout 2012, they made sporadic appearances for the promotion, including participating in the 2012torneo cibernetico on November 18, as part of TeamKevin Steen.[8] On May 18, 2013, the Bravados returned to take part in the2013 Tag World Grand Prix, but were eliminated in the first round byThe Batiri (Kodama and Obariyon).[8]
In 2013, Harlem alongside Lance Bravado began working for theEvolve promotion. On May 30, they defeated Maxwell Chicago and Sugar Dunkerton atEvolve 20 and the following day atEvolve 21, they defeated Derek Ryze andAndrew Everett.[9][10] On June 2, atEvolve 22, they teamed with Everett in a loss to Dos Ben Dejos andShane Strickland.[11]
On July 5, at the Declaration of Independence internet pay-per-view, Harlem won theFIP Tag Team Championship alongside Lance Bravado in athree-way match against Dos Ben Dejos and KOA (Sugar Dunkerton and Aaron Epic).[12] On November 16, the Bravado Brothers defeated The Young Bucks to winDragon Gate USA'sOpen the United Gate Championship.[13] On December 6, they lost the FIP Tag Team Championship toRich Swann andRoderick Strong.[14] On September 14, 2014, at Evolve 35, The Bravado Brothers lost the Open the United Gate Championship toAnthony Nese and Caleb Konley in a three-way match, also involvingA.R. Fox and Rich Swann.[15] In 2017, Lance Bravado retired from wrestling while Harlem Bravado continued to wrestle as a singles wrestler on the independent circuit mainly forEvolve Wrestling before he signed withWWE in 2021.[16]
In January 2012 Harlem and his brother Lance Bravado moved to Japan for three months to train with and compete forPro Wrestling Noah.[17] While at Noah, Harlem mostly competed in singles matches, but also teamed up sporadically with Lance Bravado.[18]
In December 2016, Harlem appeared in the specialImpact Wrestling episode "Total Nonstop Deletion" alongside Lance Bravado as The Bravado Brothers as entrants in the Tag Team Apocalypto for theTNA World Tag Team Championship.
In February 2021, it was announced that Harlem Bravado had signed with WWE and would be reporting to theWWE Performance Center.[19][20] On the July 2 episode of205 Live, he made his debut under the ring nameAndre Chase defeating Guru Raaj to qualify for theNXT Breakout Tournament. On the July 20 episode ofNXT, he was defeated byOdyssey Jones in the first round.[21][22]
On the September 21 episode ofNXT, Chase debuted a new heel teacher persona and began hosting a segment on the show called AndreChase University. He began feuding with Odyssey Jones after mocking him for losing in the Breakout Tournament and costing him a match againstLA Knight.[23][24][25] Over the next few months, Chase would recruit Bodhi Hayward andThea Hail as his new students for Chase University and would slowly turn face. On the September 20, 2022 episode ofNXT, Chase and Hayward picked up a victory overCarmelo Hayes andTrick Williams. This earned Chase aNXT North American Championship match qualifier againstVon Wagner on the October 4 episode ofNXT but he was defeated.
In November, Hayward was released from his WWE contract, thus removing him from Chase University. On the November 1 episode ofNXT,Duke Hudson would join Chase University accompanying Andre Chase and Thea Hail as Chase U's flag bearer and would save Chase from an attack byCharlie Dempsey.[26][27] Chase made his first main roster appearance during the December 19 episode ofRaw, where he was seen as one of the wrestlers getting beaten down byThe Bloodline backstage.[28] On the January 31 episode ofNXT, Chase and Hudson defeatedThe Dyad and Edris Enofe andMalik Blade to earn a spot in the Fatal 4 Way match for theNXT Tag Team Championship atNXT Vengeance Day. At the event, Chase U were unsuccessful in capturing the titles. On April 25, 2023 atSpring Breakin', Chase lost toBron Breakker.Following this, Chase would remain off television due to a storyline injury until the June 27 episode ofNXT, where he returned to help Hudson fightDrew Gulak and Charlie Dempsey after Thea Hail was defeated byTiffany Stratton.[29][30][31]On October 24 at Night 1 ofNXT: Halloween Havoc, Chase and Hudson defeatedThe Family (Tony D'Angelo andChanning "Stacks" Lorenzo) to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions, winning his first championship in WWE.[32] At Night 2 during Hail's andJacy Jayne's match againstChelsea Green andPiper Niven for theWWE Women's Tag Team Championship, Chase refused to allow Jayne to use the title belt against Green and costed Hail and Jayne the match.[33] Chase and Hudson then lost the tag titles to D'Angelo and Stacks on the November 14, 2023 edition ofNXT, ending their reign at 21 days.[34]
At the end of 2023, Chase U started a storyline where it was revealed that the University was in heavy debt after Chase gambled away all their funds. On the January 23, 2024 episode ofNXT, repo men were seen repossessing material equipment in Chase U, including Hudson's MVP trophy, teasing the disbandment of Chase U.[35] In the following week, Jayne announced that she has created the "2024 Ladies of Chase U" calendar to be launched atNXT Vengeance Day and that the projected sales will save Chase U. Chase thanked Jayne and officially accepted her into the stable.[36] In March, Jayne turned on Chase U, which led to a six-woman tag team match atNXT Stand & Deliver on April 6, with Hail teaming up withFallon Henley andKelani Jordan to defeat Jayne,Kiana James andIzzi Dame.[37] On the following episode ofNXT, Jayn revealed the truth of Chase U's gambling debt. In Hail'sNXT Women's Championship match againstTiffany Stratton atNXT The Great American Bash in 2023, Chase placed an illegal bet that Hail will win the title. However, he chose Hail's wellbeing and threw in the towel, resulting in him losing the bet.[38]
In early May 2024,Ridge Holland started associating himself with Chase U. On the May 14 episode ofNXT, Holland challengedThe Good Brothers (Luke Gallows andKarl Anderson) to a tag team match when The Good Brothers mocked Holland for leaving the main roster to NXT. Chase offeredRiley Osborne to be Holland's tag team partner to Osborne's dissatisfaction. The Good Brothers won the match after another mishap from Holland.[39] On the 21 May episode ofNXT,Fallon Henley defeated Hail to qualify for a spot at the six-woman ladder match to crown the inauguralNXT Women's North American Championship atNXT Battleground. Backstage, Osborne got into an argument with Holland for costing Hail the match, to which Chase proposed that both men settle their differences in the ring[40] where Holland defeated Osborne. After the match, Osborne still do not approve of Chase U working with Holland, with Hudson agreeing with Osborne.[41] On the 4 June episode ofNXT, Osborne and Hudson refused to walk out with Holland for Hail's match against Jazmyn Nyx. Halfway through the match, Osborne and Hudson showed up to ringside to Hail's surprise, to which Nyx used as an advantage to defeat Hail.[42] The stable eventually accept Holland as an official member.[43] On the June 25 episode ofNXT, Chase and Hudson won a tag team turmoil match for a NXT Tag Team Championship title match atNXT Heatwave. At the event on July 7, Chase and Hudson failed to defeatNathan Frazer andAxiom for the titles.[44][45] Holland secured a rematch for the NXT Tag Team Championship but it will be Chase teaming up with Holland instead. On the August 13 episode ofNXT, Chase and Holland defeated Frazer and Axiom for the NXT Tag Team Championship, making Chase a two-time champion while Holland wins his first championship in WWE.[46] Chase and Holland lost the titles back to Frazer and Axiom 19 days later atNXT No Mercy. After the match, Holland attacked the stable, defecting from Chase U and reverted back to a heel in the process.[47] Chase returned on the October 15 episode ofNXT to save Osborne from being taken out by Holland after their match.[48] AtNXT Halloween Havoc on October 27, Holland defeated Chase in anAmbulance match.[49] On the November 19 episode ofNXT, Chase faced Holland with the stipulation that Chase U had to disband should Chase lose. Holland was victorious, causing Chase U to disband and its members to go their separate ways.[50]
On the November 26, 2024 episode ofNXT, a week after Chase U was disbanded, Chase was seen clearing out his office. As he was walking off, he was called out by someone off-screen.[51] On the December 31 episode ofNXT, a dishevelled Chase teamed withHank Walker andTank Ledger and facedWes Lee,Tyriek Igwe andTyson Dupont in a six-man tag team match in a losing effort.[52] In early 2025, Chase started a storyline withUriah Connors and Kale Dixon, who are attempting to get Chase to reform Chase U. On the April 15 episode ofNXT, Chase reunited with Thea Hail, who gave her blessing for the reformation of Chase U but would like to remain as an alumni.[53] On the April 22 episode ofNXT Chase opened a briefcase with a Chase U hoodie revealing that Chase U is back.
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | WWE 2K23 | Video game debut. Downloadable content |
| 2024 | WWE 2K24 | |
| 2025 | WWE 2K25 |
Chance Barrow, better known to fans as Harlem Bravado, is a veteran of the independent scene. The North Carolina native has found success as a singles and tag team competitor and made his way to Japan to compete for Pro Wrestling NOAH.
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