Tracy G'Angelo Hancock (born July 27, 1997) is an American

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

and former

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. He is signed to

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, where he performs on the NXT

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under the

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Tavion Heights and is a member of the

No Quarter Catch Crew No Quarter Catch Crew (NQCC) is an American professional wrestling stable that performs in WWE on the NXT brand. The group currently consists of Charlie Dempsey, Tavion Heights, and Wren Sinclair. Dempsey is a former two-time NXT Heritage Cup ...

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. He has also made appearances for Pro Wrestling Noah. An accomplished

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, Hancock won one bronze medal in the 97kg event at the

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held in Oslo, Norway. At the

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held in Ottawa, Canada, he won a gold medal in the 97 kg event. Hancock is also a silver medalist at the

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held in Lima, Peru. He represented the United States at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, Japan.

Greco-Roman wrestling career

In 2016, Hancock competed at the United States Olympic Team Trials hoping to represent the United States at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He finished in third place in the 98 kg event. Hancock won one of the bronze medals in the 98 kg event at the

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held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil. He also competed in the 98 kg event at the

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held in Paris without winning a medal. He won his first match against Fatih Başköy and lost his next match against Artur Aleksanyan. Aleksanyan went on to win the gold medal. At the

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held in Budapest, Hungary, he was eliminated in his first match in the 97kg event. In 2019, Hancock won the silver medal in his event at the

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held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In that same year, he represented the United States at the

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held in Lima, Peru and he won the silver medal in the 97kg event. In the final, he lost against

Gabriel Rosillo Gabriel Alejandro Rosillo Kindelán (born 4 January 1999) is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won the gold medal in the 97kg event at the 2023 Worl ...

of Cuba. He also competed in the 97kg event at the

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held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his second match by

Mélonin Noumonvi Mélonin Noumonvi (born 10 October 1982 in Paris) is a French Greco-Roman (under 84 kg) wrestler. At the Beijing 2008 Olympics, he lost to the eventual champion Andrea Minguzzi of Italy in the round of 16 and lost the bronze medal bout t ...

of France. Hancock competed in the 97kg event at the

held in Tokyo, Japan. He won his first match against

Mikheil Kajaia Mikheil Kajaia ( ka, მიხეილ ქაჯაია; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Михаил Каџаја, Mihail Kadžaja; born 21 July 1989) is a Georgian-born Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler. Career Representing Georgia, Kajaia participated in the ...

of Serbia and he was then eliminated in his next match by

Tadeusz Michalik Tadeusz Michalik (born 16 February 1991) is a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler. He represented Poland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, winning a bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 97 kg event. He competed in the 97kg event at the 2022 Wor ...

of Poland. After qualifying for Team USA for the 2022 World Championships at 97 kg at Final X in New York City, Hancock announced his retirement on August 9, 2022, and was replaced on Team USA by Braxton Amos.

Professional wrestling career

WWE (2022–present)

In August 2022 after departing

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, Hancock signed a developmental contract with the

. On December 1, 2022, Hancock made his debut on ''NXT Level Up'' under the name Tavion Heights in a losing effort against Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. On December 12, 2023, Heights was announced as one of the competitors for the NXT Men's Breakout Tournament. Heights defeated

Luca Crusifino Roman Macek (born November 16, 2000) is an American professional wrestler and former American football player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT and Evolve (WWE brand), Evolve WWE brand extension, brands under the ...

in the first round of the tournament but was defeated by eventual winner

Oba Femi Isaac Odugbesan (born April 22, 1998) is a Nigerian professional wrestler and former shot putter. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Oba Femi and is the current NXT C ...

in the semi-finals. On the June 25, 2024 episode of '' NXT'', Heights defeated

's (NQCC)

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in an initiation match to join the stable, turning

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for the first time in his career. On the July 11 episode of '' Impact!'', Heights made his

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(TNA) debut appearance where he celebrated NQCC leader's

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match victory against

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Zachary Wentz Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994), better known by his ring name Zachary Wentz, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The Rascalz tag team. He ...

and made his TNA in-ring debut at

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on July 20 where NQCC lost to The Rascalz (Wentz,

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and

Wes Lee Deveon Everhart Aikens (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT and Evolve brands under the ring name Wes Lee and is the leader of The High Ryze stable. He is a former one-t ...

) in a

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. On July 30, Heights competed in his first title match at Week 1 of ''NXT'': The Great American Bash, losing to

Tony D'Angelo Joseph Ariola (born June 9, 1995) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Tony D'Angelo. Working with a American Mafia, mafia gimmick ...

1–2 under British Rounds Rule for the

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. Heights returned on the September 10 episode of ''NXT'', assisting Dempsey in retaining the NXT Heritage Cup against

Je'Von Evans Malachi Jeffers (born April 28, 2004) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Je'Von Evans on the NXT brand. He was previously known under the ring name Jay Malachi on the independent cir ...

Pro Wrestling Noah (2024)

In July 2024, it was announced that Hancock, as Tavion Heights, would be one of two NXT representatives (the other being

Josh Briggs Joshua Bruns (born March 5, 1993) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Josh Briggs. He is signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand. He was a one-time and the final NXT UK Tag Team Champion. Bruns previou ...

) to enter Pro Wrestling Noah's N-1 Victory tournament. Heights was placed in the B-block and finished the tournament with 8 points, including an upset win over former 3-time

GHC Heavyweight Champion The is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, which was merged with DDT Pro-Wrestling to form CyberFight in 2020. It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world ...

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, but failed to advance to the finals. Heights received heavy praise for his performances from fans,

Keiji Muto is a Japanese professional wrestling executive, actor and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his work under his real name and as his alter ego in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), as well as World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and duri ...

, and

Naomichi Marufuji (born September 26, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. Marufuji is a four-time GHC Heavyweight Champion, as well as the first of two men to win Junior Heavyweight Championships in all three major Japanese ...

. During their short tenure in Pro Wrestling Noah, both Heights and Briggs received training from Muto and Marufuji.

Achievements

References

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