Former Olympian to debut on WWE NXT Level Up
Tavion Heights is set to make his WWE debut on NXT Level Up.
Real name G’Angelo Hancock, the 25-year-old competed in the Men’s Greco-Roman 97 kilograms competition at the 2020 Olympics. He defeated Mikheil Kajaia of Serbia in his first match before being eliminated in his next contest after a loss to Tadeusz Michalik of Poland. He won the Gold medal at the 2020 Pan American Championships, bronze at the 2019 Pan American Games, and bronze at the 2021 World Championships in the same category.
WWE announced on Thursday that Hancock will wrestle under the name Tavion Heights and face Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo on NXT Level Up this week. The match was taped on Tuesday from the WWE Performance Center.
Heights took part in WWE’s tryouts in Dallas over WrestleMania week earlier this year. He was later confirmed as one of 17 recruits to begin training at the Performance Center in August.
“Heights, a former Olympian will make his WWE debut and bring his Greco-Roman style to the squared circle against the hard-hitting Lorenzo,” reads WWE.com.
WWE NXT Level Up airs Friday on the WWE Network and Peacock beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern time. The full lineup for the show is as follows:
- Thea Hail vs. Sol Ruca
- Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo vs. Tavion Heights