Jason Jordan

In his senior year, he was undefeated in the regular season, going 35-0 and at one point was ranked as high as 2nd in the nation.

During his fourth year of wrestling, he worked as a student coach at his university and helped two All-Americans at 197 lbs and a heavyweight.

Everhart graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology with minors in chemistry, social science, and medicine.

He put attending dental school on hold to pursue his dream of being a professional wrestler.

Nathan Everhart (born September 28, 1988) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jason Jordan.

He is currently signed to WWE, where he works as the lead producer for Raw and SmackDown.

Nathan Everhart was born in Tinley Park, Illinois, on September 28, 1988.

He has three brothers, two of whom would later be imprisoned for undisclosed crimesone of them for life.

He has said that he began amateur wrestling at the age of seven because he mistakenly believed it to be the same as professional wrestling.

While at Victor J. Andrew High School, he competed in wrestling, football, and baseball.

He attended Indiana University and competed for them in the Big Ten Conference, becoming a three-time national qualifier for NCAA at the Division I level.

While wrestling at Indiana University, Everhart was ranked in the top 15 in the nation for three years in a row.

Due to his accolades at Indiana University, he had his face painted onto the wall of the campus gym in 2010.

Everhart was scouted from college by WWE's road agent, Gerald Brisco.

He was recruited to participate in a WWE tryout in 2010 and was subsequently offered a WWE contract, but he held off from signing it until finishing his college degree.

Jordan signed a contract with WWE in 2011 and was sent to its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), before debuting in NXT the following year.

In July 2011, he signed a developmental contract with WWE and was sent to the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he took the ring name, Jason Jordan.

His first professional wrestling match was at an FCW live event on September 30, where he teamed with Abraham Washington in a losing effort against Big E Langston and Calvin Raines.

He made his televised debut on the November 13 episode of FCW TV, teaming with Colin Cassady and Mike Dalton in a losing effort against The Ascension.

Jordan continued to make sporadic appearances in FCW until the brand was replaced by NXT in 2012.

Prior to this, he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with CJ Parker at a live event on July 13, making him one half of the penultimate title-holders before the championship was deactivated.

On the June 27, 2012, episode of NXT, Jordan made his NXT debut, losing to Jinder Mahal.

He continued to make further occasional appearances throughout 2012 and 2013.

In April 2014, Jordan formed a tag team with Tye Dillinger, but the two found little success and split up in February 2015.

In 2015, he formed the tag team American Alpha with Chad Gable, with the duo capturing the NXT Tag Team Championship before being drafted to SmackDown brand and winning the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.

In May 2015, Jordan began a storyline with Chad Gable in which Gable attempted to convince Jordan to form a new partnership, but Jordan would turn down his offer on two different occasions, while at the same time he competed in tag team action in losing efforts, such as losing to the Vaudevillains alongside Marcus Louis and losing to Enzo and Cass alongside Sylvester Lefort.

On the July 15 episode of NXT, after nearly three months of coaxing, Jordan finally agreed to a match with Gable as his tag team partner, where they defeated Elias Samson and Steve Cutler.

On the September 2 episode of NXT, Jordan and Gable competed in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, defeating Neville and Solomon Crowe.

On September 26 at a live event, they defeated The Hype Bros in the second round before falling to Baron Corbin and Rhyno in the semi-finals at NXT TakeOver: Respect.

Originally villains, Jordan and Gable turned into fan favorites during this match by showing fighting spirit and resiliency against Corbin and Rhyno.

In the following weeks on NXT, Jordan and Gable defeated former NXT Tag Team Champions, The Ascension on the November 18 episode of NXT, and The Vaudevillains on the December 2 episode of NXT.

On the January 27, 2016, episode of NXT, Jordan and Gable began using the name American Alpha and defeated Blake and Murphy.

On the March 16 episode of NXT, American Alpha defeated The Vaudevillains to become the number one contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship.

At NXT TakeOver: Dallas, American Alpha defeated The Revival to win the NXT Tag Team Championship.

At the NXT TakeOver: The End on June 8, they lost the tag team titles back to The Revival, ending their reign at 68 days.

After the match, they were attacked by the debuting Authors of Pain.

In 2017, American Alpha disbanded when Jordan debuted on the Raw brand as the son of Kurt Angle and subsequently formed a short-lived tag team with Seth Rollins, with whom he won the Raw Tag Team Championship in December 2017.

He is the first of eight men to win the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT Tag Team Championships.

He also held the FCW Tag Team Championship once with CJ Parker.

He has not wrestled since suffering a neck injury in January 2018.