Gresham trained under
Mr. Hughes, Jay Fury and the WWA4 wrestling school in Atlanta.[1][10] His first match was in
Douglasville, Georgia, against
Heath Miller.[3][11] At the time he was only 16 years old.[3] Gresham made his
National Wrestling Alliance debut in 2006 as Jonathan Davis in a four-way tag team match losing to Darin Childs and Seth Shai.[12][6] In 2007, he defeated Amien Rios in his debut match for Great Championship Wrestling in Alabama.[13][14] In 2010, Gresham defeated
A. R. Fox for GCW.[15]
Gresham debuted for
Booker T's
Pro Wrestling Alliance in 2008 as Hero Tiger defeating Chaotix.[16] He returned to the company in 2010 defeating Ryan Davidson to become the PWA Iron Man Championship.[17][6][18] He once again returned to the company (now known as Reality of Wrestling) in 2014 as Jonathan Gresham.[19] In the first round of
Full Impact Pro's Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup in 2011, Gresham debuted losing to
Bobby Fish.[20] At Declaration Of Independence, Gresham successfully defended his ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship against
Lince Dorado.[21]
In 2015, Gresham made his
Evolve debut losing to
Matt Riddle.[22] At Evolve 65 he lost to Catch Point.[23] Gresham defeated Drastik Boy to win Desastre Total Ultraviolento's Alto Rendimiento title at Coyotes Hambrientos in 2015.[24][6] He lost the championship to Kim Ray on a
Westside Xtreme Wrestling tour.[25]
Gresham debuted for International Wrestling Cartel in 2016 in the Super Indy 15 tournament making it to the finals only to be eliminated by
Josh Alexander. At Reloaded 3.0, Gresham won a four-way Super Indy 16 qualifying match.[26] Gresham later won the IWC Super Indy title in June 2017 by defeating Chris LeRusso in the Super Indy 16 tournament in the semi-final only to lose it to
Adam Cole in the finals.[27][6][28]
Gresham defeated
Tracy Williams at Beyond Wrestling's Battle Of Who Could Care Less.[29][30] Gresham beat
Zack Sabre Jr. at Beyond Ripped Off In The Prime Of Life.[31] The following month he defeated Sabre once again at Flesh.[32] This led to a two out of three falls match between the two later that month at Americanrana 2016.[33] Gresham defeated Sabre by pinning him twice.[34] At Americanrana 2017, Gresham defeated
Brian Cage.[35][36] Gresham defeated Joey Lynch to become the inaugural Independent champion in October 2017.[37] He successfully defended the title at Wazzup against
Nick Gage.[38][39] Gresham lost the Independent championship to Tracy Williams in a three-way elimination match at Beyond Abbondanza.[40]
Chikara (2010–2012)
Gresham made his
Chikara debut in 2010 teaming with
The Osirian Portal and defeating
Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (
Lince Dorado,
Delirious and Pinkie Sanchez).[41][42] In January 2011, Gresham now as Hieracon and now part of the Osirian Portal stable defeated Team F.I.S.T (
Johnny Gargano,
Icarus and
Chuck Taylor).[43] The group disbanded after Amasis retired.[44]Ophidian attacked Amasis and unmasked him, turning rudo (heel).[45] Gresham's last match in Chikara was a loss to Ophidian. After the match Ophidian took Hieracon's mask.[46]
Combat Zone Wrestling (2010–2017)
Gresham debut for
Combat Zone Wrestling in 2010 at CZW Fist Fight.[47][48] Gresham picked up his first win against Greg Excellent in November 2010.[49] Gresham won Best of the Best 15 after defeating
David Starr.[50][51][2] At Down With The Sickness 2016, Gresham won the
CZW World Heavyweight Championship for the first time.[52] At Cage of Death 18, Gresham lost the CZW World Heavyweight Championship to
Joe Gacy thus ending his reign.[53][54]
Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2011–2015, 2022)
Gresham debuted for
Westside Xtreme Wrestling in 2011 winning against Bernd Föhr in the first round of the Chase The Mahamla Tournament. He would make it to the semi-final only to lose to Shinya Ishikawa.[55] At wXw Payback 5, Gresham alongside
Jay Skillet challenged the Sumerian Death Squad (Michael Dante and
Tommy End) for the
wXw World Tag Team Championship in a losing effort.[56] Gresham and Skillet formed RockSkillet in 2012.[57] In August 2012, RockSkillet defeated Dante and End in a two out of three falls match to become wXw World Tag Team Champions for the first time as well as ending Dante and End's record breaking reign.[58][59][60] At Fight Club 2012, RockSkillet defeated
OI4K.[61] RockSkillet defeated
The Young Bucks at wXw Back To The Roots XII.[62] In March 2013, RockSkillet lost the wXw World Tag Team Championship to AUTsiders (
Big van Walter and
Robert Dreissker).[63]
Gresham made his return to Zero1 USA Supreme in 2017 to take part in the Zero1 USA Tenkaichi Junior Tournament. Gresham made it to the finals only to lose to Joey O'Riley.[68]
Ring of Honor (2011, 2014, 2015–2022)
Early appearances (2011–2015)
Gresham made his Ring of Honor debut against
Kyle O'Reilly in 2011 in the Top Prospect Tournament.[69]
For most of 2020, Gresham was inactive, as ROH had taken an extended hiatus due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, but when ROH resumed in August 2020, Gresham became part of a 16-man tournament to crown a new
ROH Pure Champion, a title that was being revived after being retired 14 years earlier. Gresham would go on to win the tournament, defeating
Tracy Williams in the finals on August 23 (airing on October 31) to win the title and become a double champion in ROH. On the November 28th, 2020 episode of
Ring of Honor Wrestling, Gresham appeared with
"Hot Sauce" Tracy Williams,
Jay Lethal and
Rhett Titus as the newly formed faction The Foundation.
On April 1, 2022, at
Supercard of Honor XV, Gresham defeated
Bandido to become the undisputed ROH World Champion.[90] During his reign,
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) President and CEO
Tony Khan purchased ROH. On the July 8 episode of
AEW Rampage, Gresham turned heel on
Lee Moriarty aligning himself with the Tully Blanchard Enterprises. This partnership proved to be short-lived as on the Zero Hour before
Death Before Dishonor,
Prince Nana announced he purchased all of Tully Blanchard Enterprises from Tully, which caused all members of the group, including Gresham to join Nana's group
The Embassy. In the opening match, Gresham lost his ROH championship to
Claudio Castagnoli.[91] A few hours prior to the event, Gresham requested a release from his AEW/ROH contract, due to miscommunications with Tony Khan.[92]
On the December 15, 2022, episode of Impact!, Gresham made his return to Impact Wrestling, saving
Delirious from an attack by
Eddie Edwards.[99][100] It was later confirmed that Gresham signed with Impact.[101][102] On January 13, 2023, at
Hard To Kill, Gresham was defeated by Edwards.[103]
In March 2022, Gresham challenged
Cara Noir for the
Progress Wrestling World Championship at Chapter 130. Gresham won the match and the championship after interference from
Spike Trivet. After Chapter 134, Gresham was stripped of the
Progress World Championship following a defence against Gene Munny in a match with the stipulation that Gresham would lose the championship if Lykos Gym (
Kid Lykos & Kid Lykos II) interfered, which they did.[106]
Personal life
In December 2018, Gresham got engaged to fellow professional wrestler,
Jordynne Grace.[107] The couple married in September 2020.[108]
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