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Trick Williams
Matrick Mondre Belton (born May 26, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on its NXT brand, under the ring name Trick Williams. In NXT, he is a former two-time NXT Champion, as well as a former one-time NXT North American Champion. He also makes appearances in WWE's partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former one-time TNA World Champion.
After playing gridiron football in college, Belton began his professional wrestling career in 2018 under the ring name Sweet Daddy Trick when he trained in Philadelphia with his uncle. Belton then signed a developmental contract with WWE in February 2021 and debuted in September of the same year under the Trick Williams ring name. Since then, he has become a two-time NXT Champion, a one-time NXT North American Champion, and was the winner of the 2023 Men's Iron Survivor Challenge. He won the TNA World Championship, his first world championship, in May 2025 and became the first WWE-contracted wrestler to win a TNA championship.
Belton excelled in athletics since childhood and played college football on a full scholarship for the Hampton Pirates in 2012 and 2013, the latter season cut short due to a pulled hamstring. Feeling he could do more, he abandoned his scholarship to walk on to the South Carolina Gamecocks team, his father's alma mater, from 2014 to 2016. There, he also played alongside his brothers, André and Hassan. He caught 11 passes for 121 yards during his college career, all of which came in 2015. At South Carolina, he graduated in physical education. 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.
When he realized his football career was going nowhere, he made a last ditch attempt by sending a tape to WWE in order to make the XFL, a quickly defunct football league also ran by Vince McMahon. While he didn't make the XFL, WWE reached out to him via e-mail to encourage him to try out wrestling.
He moved in with his uncle to train and perform for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) in Philadelphia. He worked as a fitness coach for Orangetheory Fitness by day and attended wrestling school at night. To honor his uncle and black roots, he created a Dolemite-inspired character named after his uncle's nickname "Sweet Daddy Trick" and even created a short film to develop his new persona. When the COVID pandemic hit, he decided to move out of his elderly uncle's house and relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked odd jobs while trying to make it as an actor. While there, he trained and performed at KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy, until he was signed by WWE.
On February 24, 2021, Belton signed a developmental contract with WWE, reporting to the WWE Performance Center and subsequently the NXT brand. He made his on-screen debut as an unnamed "Elite Guard" of Apollo Crews on the March 5 episode of SmackDown. On the September 14 episode of NXT, Belton made his first NXT appearance as a friend of Carmelo Hayes under the ring name Trick Williams, attacking Duke Hudson before his match, establishing himself as a heel and forming an alliance known as 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). In mid-2022, Williams feuded with Lee, defeating him at NXT: The Great American Bash on July 5, before losing to Lee 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 NXT: Heatwave on August 22, Williams lost to Ilja Dragunov. On the September 26 episode of NXT, Williams defeated Axiom, Dragon Lee and Tyler Bate in a fatal four-way match became the number one contender to the NXT North American Championship, which he won from "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio four days later at NXT No Mercy. 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, marking the shortest reign in the title's history.
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 Dragunov at NXT: Halloween Havoc, causing a rift between Williams and Hayes. Before the match started, Williams was found attacked backstage and taken to a hospital. Hayes then defeated Dijak and Corbin for the title opportunity. On Night 2 of Halloween Havoc on October 31, Williams returned and cost Hayes the NXT Championship match. 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 on January 2, 2024. At the event, it was announced that Dragunov was not medically cleared to wrestle. Instead, Hayes placed Williams in a match against Grayson Waller with his title shot on the line, which he won after interference from Kevin Owens. On the January 16 episode of NXT, Dragunov returned from injury and informed Williams that their title match would take place at NXT Vengeance Day.
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Trick Williams
Matrick Mondre Belton (born May 26, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on its NXT brand, under the ring name Trick Williams. In NXT, he is a former two-time NXT Champion, as well as a former one-time NXT North American Champion. He also makes appearances in WWE's partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former one-time TNA World Champion.
After playing gridiron football in college, Belton began his professional wrestling career in 2018 under the ring name Sweet Daddy Trick when he trained in Philadelphia with his uncle. Belton then signed a developmental contract with WWE in February 2021 and debuted in September of the same year under the Trick Williams ring name. Since then, he has become a two-time NXT Champion, a one-time NXT North American Champion, and was the winner of the 2023 Men's Iron Survivor Challenge. He won the TNA World Championship, his first world championship, in May 2025 and became the first WWE-contracted wrestler to win a TNA championship.
Belton excelled in athletics since childhood and played college football on a full scholarship for the Hampton Pirates in 2012 and 2013, the latter season cut short due to a pulled hamstring. Feeling he could do more, he abandoned his scholarship to walk on to the South Carolina Gamecocks team, his father's alma mater, from 2014 to 2016. There, he also played alongside his brothers, André and Hassan. He caught 11 passes for 121 yards during his college career, all of which came in 2015. At South Carolina, he graduated in physical education. 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.
When he realized his football career was going nowhere, he made a last ditch attempt by sending a tape to WWE in order to make the XFL, a quickly defunct football league also ran by Vince McMahon. While he didn't make the XFL, WWE reached out to him via e-mail to encourage him to try out wrestling.
He moved in with his uncle to train and perform for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) in Philadelphia. He worked as a fitness coach for Orangetheory Fitness by day and attended wrestling school at night. To honor his uncle and black roots, he created a Dolemite-inspired character named after his uncle's nickname "Sweet Daddy Trick" and even created a short film to develop his new persona. When the COVID pandemic hit, he decided to move out of his elderly uncle's house and relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked odd jobs while trying to make it as an actor. While there, he trained and performed at KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy, until he was signed by WWE.
On February 24, 2021, Belton signed a developmental contract with WWE, reporting to the WWE Performance Center and subsequently the NXT brand. He made his on-screen debut as an unnamed "Elite Guard" of Apollo Crews on the March 5 episode of SmackDown. On the September 14 episode of NXT, Belton made his first NXT appearance as a friend of Carmelo Hayes under the ring name Trick Williams, attacking Duke Hudson before his match, establishing himself as a heel and forming an alliance known as 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). In mid-2022, Williams feuded with Lee, defeating him at NXT: The Great American Bash on July 5, before losing to Lee 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 NXT: Heatwave on August 22, Williams lost to Ilja Dragunov. On the September 26 episode of NXT, Williams defeated Axiom, Dragon Lee and Tyler Bate in a fatal four-way match became the number one contender to the NXT North American Championship, which he won from "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio four days later at NXT No Mercy. 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, marking the shortest reign in the title's history.
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 Dragunov at NXT: Halloween Havoc, causing a rift between Williams and Hayes. Before the match started, Williams was found attacked backstage and taken to a hospital. Hayes then defeated Dijak and Corbin for the title opportunity. On Night 2 of Halloween Havoc on October 31, Williams returned and cost Hayes the NXT Championship match. 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 on January 2, 2024. At the event, it was announced that Dragunov was not medically cleared to wrestle. Instead, Hayes placed Williams in a match against Grayson Waller with his title shot on the line, which he won after interference from Kevin Owens. On the January 16 episode of NXT, Dragunov returned from injury and informed Williams that their title match would take place at NXT Vengeance Day.
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