Charles Betts is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Chad Gable. Betts was a prolific amateur wrestler who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. A tag team specialist, he won the NXT Tag Team Championship with his partner Jason Jordan as American Alpha, before being called up to the main roster in 2016.
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Charles Betts is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Chad Gable. Betts was a prolific amateur wrestler who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. A tag team specialist, he won the NXT Tag Team Championship with his partner Jason Jordan as American Alpha, before being called up to the main roster in 2016. He formed a tag team with Shelton Benjamin before being traded to Raw in the 2018 Superstar Shake-up and subsequently forming a team with Bobby Roode. In December 2018, Gable became the second man to hold the NXT, Raw, and Smack down Tag Team Championships. He was drafted to the WWE draft on July 2, 2016, being their first team pick overall. He made his in-ring debut at a NXT house show in Cocoa Beach, Florida on September 5, 2014, defeating Troy McClain. Gable made his television debut on the January 8, 2015 episode of NXT, losing to Tyler Breeze. The pair teamed with The Usos and The Vaudevillains to defeat The Ascension, Breezango and The Hype Bros at SummerSlam on September 6, 2016. Despite defeating Usos on the September 6 episode of Smackdown, Gable was kayfabe turned heel during a post-match assault when Usos turned heel on him. On the same episode, the pair defeated The Ascension to advance to the semi-finals of the inaugural Tag Team Championships tournament.
They were defeated by The Authors of Pain, who were managed by the legendary manager, Paul Ellering. On July 20, 2017, the team was defeated by The Revival in a two out of three falls match on the July 6 episodes of NXT. The team then lost the titles back to The Revival, ending their reign at 68 days. In November 2013, Betts signed a contract with the professional wrestling promotion WWE. He competed in the 2012 Olympics in the Greco-Roman style 84kg event. He defeated Jordan Holm 2 to 0 in the final of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 84 kg category. He progressed to the next round by Pablo Shorey of Cuba, losing 3–0 in the qualification round. He has a son with former WWE star, Tye Dillinger, and a daughter with ex-WWE star, Nia Jax. He won the WWE Tag Team World Championship with Jason Jordan in January 2015. He also won the SmacksDown Tag Team title with ShelTON Benjamin in June 2016. In July 2017, he and Benjamin were traded to the Raw brand, where they were the first team to be drafted overall. In August 2017, they were defeated in a match by The Revival and The Ascension. In September, they lost their title match against Dash and Dawson, now called “The Revival”, at NXT TakeOver: Dallas. On September 2, they defeated Neville and Solomon Crowe in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament.
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