Chase Stevens | |
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Stevens in the ring in 2012
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Birth name | Ryan Clark |
Born |
Washington, Indiana |
January 17, 1979
Residence | Nashville, Tennessee |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Chase Bradley Chayse Stevens Glacius Lance Taylor Shadow Walker Chase Stevens |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Billed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Billed from | Santa Maria, California |
Trained by |
Tracy Smothers Mike Samples |
Debut | 1998 |
Chase Stevens (born January 17, 1979) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he was a member of The Naturals alongside his tag team partner Andy Douglas. He is currently working most notably for Arcadian Wrestling Association. He is part of a stable called W.A.R. (Warriors And Renegades) comprising members Cassidy Riley, Chris Thorn, and Chase Stevens. The company features Stevens, Former WWE Superstar Gangrel, and many well known wrestlers from all over the world.
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.