Silas Young

Caleb DeWall (born August 9, 1979) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Silas Young.

He was last contracted for Ring of Honor, where he is a two-time ROH World Television Champion, and has wrestled on the revived Ring of Honor Wrestling in 2023.

He also wrestles on the independent wrestling circuit where he is the current Pure Pro Wrestling Michigan State Heavyweight Champion.

Young made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut on the September 24, 2007, episode of Heat, facing Val Venis in a losing effort.

The next day he lost to The Miz in a singles match taped for Friday Night SmackDown!.

Following these appearances, Young was signed to a developmental contract and assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling.

On December 5, Young made his OVW debut, defeating Seth Skyfire in a dark match before losing to James Curtis in a match for the Television Championship; however, Young was released from his contract shortly thereafter due to WWE briefly dropping its affiliation with OVW.

On September 14, 2007, Young made his Ring of Honor debut at the promotion's Motor City Madness event, where he was defeated by Davey Richards.

Following his debut, Young secured his first victory in ROH upon defeating Rhett Titus at Tag Wars on June 28, 2008.

Young would then go on to occasionally compete throughout the rest of 2008 and 2009 before leaving ROH in mid-2009.

Young later made an appearance for WWE on the February 25, 2010, episode of Superstars, where he lost to Luke Gallows.

Young would make his return to ROH on July 14, 2012, losing against Michael Elgin after a three-year-long absence.

On September 15 at Death Before Dishonor X, he lost to Tadarius Thomas in a qualifying match for Survival of the Fittest 2012.

As a result, Young and Taven wrestled against each other at the 12th Anniversary Show, where Taven was victorious.

The next day however, Young responded with a victory over Taven as well as Caprice Coleman and Takaaki Watanabe.

On March 8 at Raising the Bar - Night 2, Young defeated Taven following a distraction by Truth Martini.

On May 10 at Global Wars, Young received another opportunity at the World Television Championship in a match also involving Taven, Tommaso Ciampa and Jay Lethal, but was again unable to win the title as Lethal retained it.

He participated in Top Prospect Tournament in 2013. On January 5, he beat Adam Page and qualified for the next round.

He was eliminated from the tournament by Matt Taven February 2.

On March 2, at 11th Anniversary Show, he lost in a 'Six Man Mayhem match' for the benefit of A. C. H. On September 20, 2013, at Death Before Dishonor XI, Young lost to Jay Lethal.

On September 28, 2013, Young challenged anyone to beat him in a singles match.

Mark Briscoe answered the challenge and proceeded to defeat Young.

Later that evening, Young participated in a battle royal to determine who would receive a title shot for World Championship and was one of the final two participants before he was eliminated by Briscoe.

After the match, he refused to shake hands with Briscoe and attacked him.

The two subsequently began feuding and at Glory by Honor XII, Young defeated Briscoe.

On November 15, Young lost to Mark's brother Jay.

On December 14 at Final Battle 2013, their feud culminated when Young defeated Briscoe in a strap match.

On January 4, Young competed against World Television Champion Tommaso Ciampa, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.

After that match, former champion Matt Taven came to congratulate them, but Young refused to shake his hand and instead attacked him.

After losing to Kevin Steen on June 22 at Best in the World 2014, Young rebounded with a victory over Matt Taven, Jimmy Jacobs and A. C. H. on July 12 to secure a title match for the World Championship.

Six days later, Young continued his momentum by defeating Steen in a no disqualification match.

Young was scheduled to face Cedric Alexander at All Stars Xtravaganza, but he suffered a broken leg and was out of action for nearly seven months.

During his absence, a series of vignettes aired of Young giving out a PSA—a public Silas announcement—that largely criticized most men in today's culture, signifying a major push once Young came back from injury.

Young made his return from injury on March 13, 2015, in a losing effort to Will Ferrara after he hit Ferrara with a low blow.

The following night, Young defeated Mark Briscoe, Matt Taven and Roderick Strong in a Proving Ground four-corner survival match to earn a title match with World Champion Jay Briscoe later that night.

However, he was unsuccessful in defeating Briscoe for the title.

After defeating his tag partner Takaaki Watanabe in May at Global Wars '15, he started a feud with Dalton Castle, surviving past Young's defeat in June at Best in the World 2015.

The feud development about Young wanting to take Castle's boys and make them "real men".

Castle agreed to a match at All Star Extravaganza VII with the stipulations that if he lost, Young would get the boys, while if Young lost, he would become one of Castle's boys.

Castle subsequently lost the match, with Silas Young getting the boys.