Caleb DeWall (born August 9, 1979) is an American

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, better known by his ring name Silas Young. He was last contracted for Ring of Honor, where he is a two-time

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, although he has not appeared on ROH TV since April 15, 2022. He is now wrestling on the independent wrestling circuit

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment (2007, 2010)

Young made his

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debut on the September 24, 2007 episode of ''

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'', facing

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in a losing effort. The next day he lost to

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in a singles match taped for '' Friday Night SmackDown!''. Following these appearances, Young was signed to a developmental contract and assigned to

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

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Ring of Honor (2007–2021)

Early appearances (2007–2009)

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

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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.

The Last Real Man (2012–2021)

Young would make his return to ROH on July 14, 2012, losing against

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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. 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

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February 2. On March 2, at 11th Anniversary Show, he lost in a 'Six Man Mayhem match' for the benefit of

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On September 20, 2013, at Death Before Dishonor XI, Young lost to

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

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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

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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

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. On December 14 at

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, their feud culminated when Young defeated Briscoe in a strap match. On January 4, Young competed against World Television Champion

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, but was unsuccessful in winning the title. After that match, former champion

came to congratulate them, but Young refused to shake his hand and instead attacked him. 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

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and

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

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. On May 10 at Global Wars, Young received another opportunity at the World Television Championship in a match also involving Taven, Tommaso Ciampa and

, but was again unable to win the title as Lethal retained it. After losing to

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on June 22 at Best in the World 2014, Young rebounded with a victory over

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and

on July 12 to secure a title match for the

. Six days later, Young continued his momentum by defeating Steen in a

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. Young was scheduled to face

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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,

and

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in a Proving Ground four-corner survival match to earn a title match with

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Jay Briscoe later that night. However, he was unsuccessful in defeating Briscoe for the title. After defeating his tag partner

in May at

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, he started a feud with

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, 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

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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. Young faced Castle in another losing effort at

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, but despite the boys seemingly siding with Young in the weeks prior to the event, they rejoined Castle following the match. On June 12, 2016, Young and the Beer City Bruiser defeated

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and

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in a three-way final to win the 2016

tournament. On July 1, Young announced his contract with ROH had expired. On September 17, 2016, Young won the Honor Rumble by eliminating

. On November 25, 2016, Young was added to the Final Battle 2016 match card and was put in a match versus

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. Young defeated Liger after hitting him with Misery. During 2017, Young had a feud against

, calling him the Golden Boy of ROH. At Supercard of Honor, Young defeated Lethal in a Last Man Standing match. At

on December 15, 2017, Young defeated

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and Shane Taylor in a Fatal four-way elimination match to win the

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. Young lost the title to King on February 10, 2018, but won it back on April 7, 2018, by defeating King in a Last Man Standing match at

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. He lost the title again to Punishment Martinez on June 16, 2018, at Ring of Honor's State of the Art event in Dallas. He and Josh Woods formed Two Guys One Tag. On March 26, 2021, on ROH 19th Anniversary Show, Young turned on Woods splitting up the team.

All Elite Wrestling (2022)

Young made his

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debut on the June 22, 2022 episode of '' Dynamite'', facing

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in a losing effort.

Personal life

During a 2011 interview, DeWall revealed that he had been a heroin addict prior to his professional wrestling career. He stated that training to become a professional wrestler allowed him to overcome his addiction and meet his wife. Although DeWall previously claimed to be the nephew of

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, Hansen stated in an interview with Jim Ross that he and DeWall are not actually related. In a 2017 interview with

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, DeWall revealed that his "Last Real Man" gimmick is inspired by his father's work ethic and physical appearance. Starting in mid-2019, DeWall began incorporating his real-life habit of

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into his "Last Real Man" gimmick by smoking cigarettes after winning a match.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 2 times) ** AAW Heritage Championship ( 1 time) ** Allegiance Tag Team Tournament (2013) – with

* All-Star Championship Wrestling /

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Wisconsin ** ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * NWA Mid American Wrestling ** MAW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** MAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

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* NWA Midwest ** NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship (3 times) *

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** Ranked No. 73 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2018 *

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**RCW British Commonwealth Championship (1 time, current) * Ring of Honor **

(2 times) ** Honor Rumble (2016) ** Tag Wars (2016) – with The

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** ROH Year-End Award (1 time) *** ROH Feud of the Year (2017) * Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling ** XICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Gavin Starr

References

External links

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