Chad Lail
Acting
Born: 1982-06-06 in Hickory, North Carolina, USA
Biography
Chad Lail is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Jaxson Ryker. After serving in the Iraq War, Lail started his professional wrestling career in 2001, working as Phil Shatter on several independent promotions. He would be signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2010, where he changed his ring name to Gunner and was presented as a member of the villainous group Immortal. During his time in the group, he won the TNA Television Championship once. After leaving the group, he would work as a tag team and singles wrestler, most notably as tag team partner and rival of James Storm, winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship with him. Lail left TNA in 2015 and two years later in 2017, he signed a contract with WWE. He was assigned to the farm territory NXT, where he changed his name to Jaxson Ryker. In 2018, he joined Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake as The Forgotten Sons. In April 2020, the stable began working on SmackDown but his two stablemates were released. Ryker kept working with WWE until November 2021, when he was released.
Known For
Game Night
Bulgarian Goon
Raw
Jaxson Ryker
Raw
Jaxson Rykder
Raw
Jaxon Ryker
Raw
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Jaxson Ryker
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Navy Seals vs. Zombies
Carl
WWE NXT
WWE NXT
Jaxson Ryker
WWE NXT
Jaxon Ryker
WrestleMania 37: Night 1
Jaxson Ryker (Appearance)
WWE Main Event
WWE Fastlane 2021
Jaxson Ryker (Ringside)
Carter & June
Rob
WWE Money in the Bank 2020
Jaxson Ryker (Ringside)
WWE Tough Enough
Self
TNA Hardcore Justice 2012
Gunner
TNA Slammiversary XI
Gunner
TNA Against All Odds 2012
Gunner
TNA Against All Odds 2011
Gunner
TNA Lockdown 2012
Gunner
TNA Bound for Glory 2013
Gunner
TNA Genesis 2012
Gunner
TNA Hardcore Justice 2011
Gunner
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2
Gunner
TNA Destination X 2011
Gunner (Run-in)
TNA No Surrender 2011
Gunner
TNA LockDown 2015
Gunner
TNA Hardcore Justice 2013
Gunner
TNA Turning Point 2013
Gunner (Ringside)
TNA Lockdown 2014
Gunner
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2
Gunner
TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 2
Gunner (Team Young)
TNA One Night Only: TNA Classic 2015
Gunner
TNA One Night Only: Turning Point
Gunner
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 4
Gunner