Chase Stevens

Chase Bradley Stevens (born January 17, 1979) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name of "The Natural" Chase Stevens.

He is known primarily for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a member of The Naturals alongside his tag team partner Andy Douglas.

In high school, Chase Stevens was a Golden Gloves boxing champion.

After attending a professional wrestling training session, in order to watch a friend, Stevens decided to become a wrestler and joined the training school.

After several weeks, veteran wrestler Tracy Smothers took him under his wing and became his trainer and mentor.

Stevens debuted in 1998 under a mask as "Glacius", losing to fellow trainee Johnny B. Dazzled.

Stevens found a niche as a tag team specialist, teaming with Blaze as "High Velocity" and Cassidy O'Reilly as "The Hotshots".

The latter team appeared with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in July 2002, and were given full-time contracts.

The team split when Reilly left TNA due to travel problems, and Stevens was sent to USA Championship Wrestling for seasoning.

In USA Championship Wrestling Stevens was placed in a tag team with Andy Douglas by Bob Ryder.

While on a fishing trip they chose the name "Natural Heat", which was later shortened to "The Naturals".

The Naturals became a pair of sneaky, cheating villains.

The Naturals began working for Jerry Lawler's Memphis Wrestling promotion in 2003, where they were renamed "The Alternative Express".

The Alternative Express - a gothic pair of rock fans who wore black clothing and recolored their hair and fingernails - were managed by The Goddess Athena.

The Naturals were brought into TNA in late 2003, immediately beginning a lengthy feud with America's Most Wanted.

In the course of the feud, they defeated America's Most Wanted for the NWA World Tag Team Championship on July 7, 2004.

The Naturals successfully defended their titles against Triple X, but were eventually beaten by Chris Harris and Elix Skipper (one member of each team) on September 8, 2004.

In 2005, The Naturals formed an alliance with Chris Candido, who also became their manager.

On April 26, they defeated America's Most Wanted to become NWA World Tag Team Champions for a second time.

The sudden death of Candido two days later led to a surge in popularity for The Naturals, eventually turning them into fan favorites.

On June 19, 2005 at Slammiversary, The Naturals were assisted in a title defence against Team Canada by Jimmy Hart.

They were managed by Hart throughout mid-2005, with their reign ending on the October 22 episode of TNA Impact!.

Then they lost to America's Most Wanted following interference from Jeff Jarrett and Gail Kim.

They were defeated by AMW in their rematch at Bound for Glory on October 23, again following interference from Kim.

During the October 25 Impact! tapings, Stevens injured his neck after landing badly during a match.

He was diagnosed as having suffered an avulsion fracture of his C5 and C6 vertebrae, in addition to herniating his C4 vertebra (described by TNA as the "mildest form of trauma associated with a broken neck").

The injury did not require surgery, and Stevens returned for Genesis on November 13, teaming with Douglas and Lance Hoyt in a loss to the Diamonds in the Rough.

In April 2006, Stevens began a bit of singles work in light of his partner being injured by Scott Steiner.

Stevens' singles run did not go overly well, as he was unable to post a victory in any of his competitions, losing to Samoa Joe twice, Abyss once, and losing an Xscape match at Lockdown 2006.

In June 2006, Stevens and Douglas began to be managed by the returning Shane Douglas after he approached them, asking to be their manager.

The duo accepted his offer and were shown "training" in several vignettes which aired on Impact!.

At Victory Road, The Naturals returned in brand new black and yellow attire (to replace their black and pink attire) and were managed by Shane Douglas.

They were called 'The Newly Franchised Naturals', in reference to Shane's nickname 'The Franchise', and beat The Diamonds In The Rough.

On the August 17 edition of Impact!, Stevens defeated Chris Harris, Frankie Kazarian and B.G. James to win a tag team championship shot for him and Andy.

Shane took their tag title match away from them after they lost a match on Impact! to teach them a lesson.

They then won a Tag Team "Triple Chance" Battle Royal the following month at No Surrender.

This suggested that their push that had been going for several months would finally conclude with them getting a tag title shot at Bound for Glory, but they ended up losing a Four Corners match on the undercard of the show, not even getting the title shot.

The Naturals then began a feud with Team 3D and defeated them in a Tables match on TNA's primetime debut.

Then it started speculation that the storyline would once again get better for The Naturals, but then on the December 21 episode of Impact!, Shane turned his back on The Naturals after they lost the second Tables match to Team 3D, saying "This experiment is over".

Stevens wrestled Lance Hoyt at Final Resolution on January 14, 2007.