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Chad Lail
Actor

Chad Lail

6 Jun 1982Born
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Hickory, North Carolina, USABirthplace

Biography

Chad Lail is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Jaxson Ryker.

After serving in the Iraq War, Lail started his professional wrestling career in 2001, working as Phil Shatter on several independent promotions. He would be signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2010, where he changed his ring name to Gunner and was presented as a member of the villainous group Immortal. During his time in the group, he won the TNA Television Championship once.

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After leaving the group, he would work as a tag team and singles wrestler, most notably as tag team partner and rival of James Storm, winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship with him.

Lail left TNA in 2015 and two years later in 2017, he signed a contract with WWE. He was assigned to the farm territory NXT, where he changed his name to Jaxson Ryker. In 2018, he joined Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake as The Forgotten Sons. In April 2020, the stable began working on SmackDown but his two stablemates were released. Ryker kept working with WWE until November 2021, when he was released.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2021WrestleMania 37: Night 1Film: Jaxson Ryker (Appearance)
  2. 2021WWE Fastlane 2021Film: Jaxson Ryker (Ringside)
  3. 2020WWE Money in the Bank 2020Film: Jaxson Ryker (Ringside)
  4. 2018Carter & JuneFilm: Rob
  5. 2018Game NightFilm: Bulgarian Goon
  6. 2016Navy Seals vs. ZombiesFilm: Carl
  7. 2015TNA One Night Only: Global Impact: USA vs The World 2015Film: Gunner
  8. 2015TNA One Night Only: TNA Classic 2015Film: Gunner
  9. 2015TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 3Film: Gunner
  10. 2015TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 4Film: Gunner
  11. 2015TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 3Film: Gunner
  12. 2015TNA LockDown 2015Film: Gunner
  13. 2015TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2015Film: Gunner
  14. 2015TNA One Night Only: Turning PointFilm: Gunner
  15. 2014TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2014Film: Gunner
  16. 2014TNA No Surrender 2014Film: Gunner
  17. 2014TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 2Film: Gunner (Team Young)
  18. 2014TNA Hardcore Justice 2014Film: Gunner
  19. 2014TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2Film: Gunner
  20. 2014TNA Sacrifice 2014Film: Gunner
  21. 2014TNA Lockdown 2014Film: Gunner
  22. 2014TNA Genesis 2014Film: Gunner
  23. 2013TNA Turning Point 2013Film: Gunner (Ringside)
  24. 2013TNA Bound for Glory 2013Film: Gunner
  25. 2013TNA Hardcore Justice 2013Film: Gunner
  26. 2013TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2Film: Gunner
  27. 2013TNA Slammiversary XIFilm: Gunner
  28. 2013TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2013Film: Gunner
  29. 2012WWE Main EventSeries (10 episodes)
  30. 2012TNA Hardcore Justice 2012Film: Gunner
  31. 2012TNA Lockdown 2012Film: Gunner
  32. 2012TNA Against All Odds 2012Film: Gunner
  33. 2012TNA Genesis 2012Film: Gunner
  34. 2011TNA No Surrender 2011Film: Gunner
  35. 2011TNA Hardcore Justice 2011Film: Gunner
  36. 2011TNA Destination X 2011Film: Gunner (Run-in)
  37. 2011TNA Against All Odds 2011Film: Gunner
  38. 2010WWE NXTSeries: Jaxson Ryker, Jaxon Ryker (14 episodes)
  39. 1999WWE Friday Night SmackDownSeries: Jaxson Ryker (1 episode)
  40. 1993RawSeries: Jaxson Ryker, Jaxson Rykder, Jaxon Ryker (14 episodes)

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