Steven Lewington

Steven Lewington
Lewington inHodgenville, Kentuckyin February 2007
Birth name	Steven Paul Lewingston
Born	(1983-02-25)25 February 1983 Wokingham,Berkshire,England
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Bronson DJ Gabriel Gabriel Jack Gabriel Mr. FCW Steve Lewington Steve Sonic
Billed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Billed weight	174 lb (79 kg; 12.4 st)
Billed from	Wokingham, Berkshire, England Preston, England
Debut	2004
Retired	2010

Steven Paul Lewington(born 25 February 1983)is an Englishprofessional wrestler.He is best known for his time inWorld Wrestling Entertainment,where he performed under thering nameDJ Gabrielon theECWbrand. 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 aHigher National DiplomainAeronautical Engineering.

After developing an interest inprofessional wrestling,however, Lewington applied and was accepted to attend anOhio Valley Wrestling(OVW) tryout inAmericabetween 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 withAll Star Wrestling.Throughout early 2005, Lewington would train and appear with ASW as well as becoming the subject of an episode ofUKTV People'sSecret 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 ajobberonCarlito'sCabana interview segment, again as a jobber toKurt Angleafter Angle disrespected England and once as part of the WWE security squad that helped keep the warringRawandSmackDown!wrestlers apart.Other British wrestlers includingRobbie Brooksideand Thunder were a part of the security team.

After his appearances in WWE programming in 2005, Lewington stayed in the United Kingdom to compete for theAll Star Wrestling(ASW) promotion, under thering nameSteve Sonic.On 17 January 2006 inCroydon,Sonic facedDrew McDonaldin aladder matchfor theASW 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 onRawon 24 April, losing toUmaga.His performance in this match would earn Lewington a developmental deal.After receiving his contract, Lewington was sent to OVW and formed a tag team called "Terminal Velocity" with Chet the Jett.AfterFlorida Championship Wrestling(FCW) opened, however, Terminal Velocity was moved down to the new territory. After a brief run in FCW, Terminal Velocity was called back up to OVW and won theOVW Southern Tag Team Championshipfor the first time, giving Lewington the first tag team championship of his career. On 26 September 2007, Lewington and Chet lost the championship to The James Boys (KC JamesandKassidy James).After their title loss, both members of Terminal Velocity were moved back down to FCW. After their return to FCW, however, Terminal Velocity split up when Chet renamed himself Mariouz Jablonski and developed anin-ring personabased on hisPolishancestry.

Lewington later began teaming withHeath Millerand both advanced to the finals of a tournament to crown the inauguralFCW Florida Tag Team Champions,but they were defeated by The Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie ColónandEric Pérez).Lewington and Miller defeated Brandon Groom and Greg Jackson and The Thoroughbreds (Johnny Curtisand Kevin Kiley) en route to the finals.On 4 March 2008 he changed his name to "Jack Gabriel".

ECW (2008–2009)

On 18 November 2008, Lewington made his debut as afaceinECW,under the ring name "DJ Gabriel", with a dancing persona, and was managed byAlicia Fox.He defeated local wrestlerSal Rinauroin his debut match for the brand. Over the next weeks, he defeated several jobbers, before defeatingPaul Burchillon the last episode ofECWin 2008.On 13 January 2009 episode ofECW,Gabriel and Fox defeated The Burchills, Paul andKatie Lea,in a mixed tag team match.On 24 February, Lewington suffered hisECWfirst loss since coming to the brand againstMark Henry.Several weeks later Gabriel lost toTyson Kiddin a singles match, which was his last televised match on the brand. On 15 April 2009, Fox returned to the SmackDown brand as a part of the2009 Supplemental Draft,leaving Gabriel on his own.

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 amaskas Mr. FCW.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.

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
  • ASW British Heavyweight Championship(1 time)
• Ohio Valley Wrestling
  • OVW Southern Tag Team Championship(1 time) – with Chet the Jet
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #358of the top 500 singles wrestlers in thePWI 500in 2008

External links

• Online World of Wrestling profile