Trick Williams

Matrick Mondre Belton (born May 26, 1994) is an American professional wrestler and former football player.

He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Trick Williams.

He is a former one-time NXT North American Champion and the winner of the 2023 Men's Iron Survivor Challenge.

Belton played college football for the Hampton Pirates in 2013 before transferring to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks from 2014 to 2016.

He caught 11 passes for 121 yards during his college career, all of which came in 2015.

He went undrafted in 2017 and spent time as an assistant coach and student-teacher intern at Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina in the fall of 2017.

He then played in The Spring League in 2018 and attended the Philadelphia Eagles rookie minicamp on a tryout basis in May 2018.

On February 24, 2021, Belton signed a developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to the WWE Performance Center and subsequently the NXT brand.

Later that year, he made his first appearance on the September 14 episode of NXT under the ring name Trick Williams as an ally of Carmelo Hayes where he and Hayes attacked Duke Hudson before his match, establishing himself as a heel and forming the Trick Melo Gang.

Williams made his in-ring debut on the October 5 episode of NXT, teaming with Hayes in a fatal four-way elimination tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship, which was won by MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee).

For the next two years, Williams accompanied Hayes during his matches.

At The Great American Bash on July 5, 2022, Williams defeated Wes Lee but lost to him in a rounds match on the August 9 episode of NXT.

Williams and Hayes turned face on the April 4, 2023 episode of NXT after Bron Breakker turned heel by attacking them.

On the August 1 episode of NXT, Williams told Hayes that they needed to part ways so he could achieve his own accomplishments, amicably breaking up the Trick Melo Gang.

At Heatwave on August 22, Williams lost to Ilja Dragunov.

On the September 26 episode of NXT, Williams became the number one contender to the NXT North American Championship by defeating Axiom, Dragon Lee and Tyler Bate in a fatal four-way match.

Four days later at NXT No Mercy, Williams defeated "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio to win the title.

Two days later, Williams made his debut appearance on Raw as the new NXT North American Champion.

However, on the October 3 episode of NXT, Williams lost the title back to Mysterio after interference from Mysterio's Judgment Day stablemates, ending his reign at three days and marking it the shortest reign in the title's history.

Williams made his Main Event debut on the October 16 taping in a losing effort against Chad Gable.

On the October 17 episode of NXT, Williams was slotted into the triple threat match between Hayes, Dijak and Baron Corbin to make it a fatal four-way match for a NXT Championship opportunity against Ilja Dragunov at NXT: Halloween Havoc.

This announcement caused a rift between Williams and Hayes as Hayes was blindsided by the announcement.

Before the match started, Williams was found attacked backstage and had to be taken to a hospital.

Hayes went on to defeat Dijak and Corbin for the title opportunity.

At NXT: Halloween Havoc Night 2, Williams returned during the NXT Championship match and cost Hayes the match.

On the November 14 episode of NXT, Williams defeated Joe Coffey to qualify for the Iron Survivor Challenge at NXT Deadline.

At NXT Deadline on December 9, Williams won the men's Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Championship match against Dragunov at NXT: New Year's Evil.

At NXT: New Year's Evil on January 2, 2024, it was announced that Dragunov was not medically cleared to wrestle.

Williams was instead put in a match to face Grayson Waller with his Iron Survivor Challenge title match on the line by Hayes.

Williams went on to defeat Waller after interference from Kevin Owens.

On the January 16 episode of NXT, Dragunov returned from his injury and informed Williams that their title match will take place at NXT Vengeance Day.

At the same time, Williams and Hayes defeated Edris Enofé and Malik Blade in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

Williams made his SmackDown debut on January 26 where he ran out to save Hayes from a beatdown by A-Town Down Under (Waller and Austin Theory).

He told Hayes he only did so because of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic semifinals match in a few days time.

On the January 30 episode of NXT, Williams and Hayes defeated Latino World Order's Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro to advance to the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

At NXT Vengeance Day on February 4, Williams and Hayes failed to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, which was won by Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker.

Later that night, Williams failed to win the NXT Championship from Dragunov.

After the match, Hayes attacked Williams with a steel chair, ending their partnership.

On the following episode of NXT, Hayes revealed that he was the one who attacked Williams back in October 2023.

At NXT: Roadblock on March 5, Williams' entrance music was used by The Family's Tony D'Angelo to distract Hayes during their match to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Championship at NXT Stand & Deliver.