Silas Young

Silas Young

Young in 2014.
Birth name Caleb DeWall[1]
Born (1979-08-09) August 9, 1979[1]
Green Bay, Wisconsin[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Silas Young[1]
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Billed weight 209 lb (95 kg)[1]
Billed from Milwaukee, Wisconsin[2][3]
Trained by Angel Armoni
Chris Bassett
Mike Mercury
Debut March 2, 2002[1][2]

Caleb DeWall (born August 9, 1979) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Silas Young. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH).

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment (2007, 2010)

Young made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut on the September 24, 2007 episode of Heat, facing Val Venis in a losing effort. The next day he lost to The Miz in a singles match taped for Friday Night SmackDown!. Following these appearances, Young was signed to a developmental contract and assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling.[4][5] 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;[6] however, Young was released from his contract shortly thereafter due to WWE briefly dropping its affiliation with OVW.[7] Young later made an appearance for WWE on the February 25, 2010 episode of Superstars where he lost to Luke Gallows.

Ring of Honor

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.[2][8] Following his debut, Young secured his first victory in ROH upon defeating Rhett Titus at Tag Wars on June 28, 2008.[4] 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–present)

Young would make his return to ROH on July 14, 2012, losing against Michael Elgin 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.[9] 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 Matt Taven February 2. On March 2, at 11th Anniversary Show, he lost in a 'Six Man Mayhem match' for the benefit of ACH.[10] On September 20, 2013 at Death Before Dishonor XI, Young lost to Jay Lethal.[11]

On September 28, 2013, Young challenged anyone to beat him in a singles match. Mark Briscoe answered the challenge and proceeded to defeat Young.[12][13] Later that evening, Young participated in a battle royal to determine who would receive a title shot for World Championship and was one of the final two participants before he was eliminated by Briscoe.[12] 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.[14] On November 15, Young lost to Mark's brother Jay. On December 14 at Final Battle 2013, their feud culminated when Young defeated Briscoe in a strap match.[15] On January 4, Young competed against World Television Champion Tommaso Ciampa, but was unsuccessful in winning the title.[16] After that match, former champion Matt Taven came to congratulate them, but Young refused to shake his hand and instead attacked him.[16] As a result, Young and Taven wrestled against each other at the 12th Anniversary Show, where Taven was victorious.[17] The next day however, Young responded with a victory over Taven as well as Caprice Coleman and Takaaki Watanabe.[18] On March 8 at Raising the Bar - Night 2, Young defeated Taven following a distraction by Truth Martini.[19] On May 10 at Global Wars, Young received another opportunity at the World Television Championship in a match also involving Taven, Tommaso Ciampa and Jay Lethal, but was again unable to win the title as Lethal retained it.[20] After losing to Kevin Steen on June 22 at Best in the World 2014,[21] Young rebounded with a victory over Matt Taven, Jimmy Jacobs and ACH on July 12 to secure a title match for the World Championship.[22] Six days later, Young continued his momentum by defeating Steen in a no disqualification match.[23] Young was scheduled to face Cedric Alexander at All Stars Xtravaganza, but he suffered a broken leg and will be out of action as long as four months.[24]

After a nearly 7 month-long absence, 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.[25] The following night, Young defeated Mark Briscoe, Matt Taven and Roderick Strong in a Proving Ground four-corner survival match to earn a title match with World Champion Jay Briscoe later that night.[25] However, he was unsuccessful in defeating Briscoe for the title.[25] After defeating his tag partner Takaaki Watanabe in May at Global Wars '15, he started a feud with Dalton Castle (wrestler), surviving past Young's defeat in June at Best in the World 2015. The feud development about Young wanting to take Dalton's boys and make them "real men". Castle agreed to a match at All Star Extravaganza VII 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 Final Battle, but despite the boys seemingly siding with Young in the weeks prior to the event,[26] they rejoined Castle following the match.[27]

Personal life

DeWall is married to Valerie, who also works in the professional wrestling business as a valet under the ring name Val Malone.[1] During a 2011 interview, DeWall revealed that he had been a heroin addict prior to his professional wrestling career.[28] He stated that training to become a professional wrestler was what allowed him to overcome his addiction as well as meet his wife.[28] Although DeWall claimed to be the nephew of Stan Hansen, Hansen revealed in his interview with Jim Ross that they are not related.[29]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Cagematch profile".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "ROH profile".
  3. ↑ "OWOW Profile". OWOW. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Ring of Honor — Tag Wars 2008 posted by J.D. Dunn on 06.28.2008".
  5. ↑ "Various News: Storm, Silas Young, Test Retires, WWE/Jakks Press Release posted by Ashish on 12.20.2007".
  6. ↑ "Cagematch match listings, page 3".
  7. ↑ "Wrestling’s Greats: ROH's Last Real Man in Professional Wrestling, Silas Young".
  8. 1 2 3 "RB Report: ROH Motor City Madness 2007 posted by R.Brooksbank on 02.09.2008".
  9. ↑ "ROH Death Before Dishonor X". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  10. ↑ "3/2 Shore's ROH 11th Anniversary IPPV and review results". www.prowrestling.net. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  11. ↑ "9/20 Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor Results: New ROH Champion Crowned". Wrestlezone. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  12. 1 2 "SILAS YOUNG VS MARK BRISCOE STRAP MATCH". Ring of Honor. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  13. ↑ "SHOW RESULTS - 9/28 ROH in Hopkins, Minn .: Honor Rumble ROH Title match Produces more TV Title match, more".
  14. ↑ "Glory By Honor XII". Ring of Honor. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Live ROH Final Battle results". Gerweck.net. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  16. 1 2 "ROH TV Taping Results 04.01.14". 411Mania. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  17. ↑ "SHOW RESULTS - 2/21 Anniversary ROH show in Philadelphia, Pa .: Cole vs. Hero for ROH Title, AJ Styles, two title matches --other, Hardy misses the show, more".
  18. ↑ "Résultats TV recordings of ROH Wrestling on SBG (2/22/2014)". CatchAuQuotidien. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Résultats ROH "Raising The Bar - Night 2" (08/03/2014)". CatchAuQuotidien. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  20. ↑ "CALDWELL'S ROH vs. NEW JAPAN IPPV REPORT 5/10". Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  21. ↑ "CALDWELL'S ROH "BEST IN THE WORLD" PPV RESULTS 6/22: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live PPV cable debut". PWTorch.
  22. ↑ "7/12 ROH in Hopkins, Minnesota results: Matt Hardy's last ROH dates? Michael Elgin challenges Hardy to year ROH Title match, one of Kevin Steen's farewell matches". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  23. ↑ "ROH 07/18/14 Summer Heat Tour results (Live Report)". PWPonderings. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Silas Young Suffers Broken Leg, Off ROH All Star Extravaganza".
  25. 1 2 3 "Silas Young makes a statement in his ROH return".
  26. ↑ "12/16 ROH TV Results – Final Hype for “Final Battle,” Jerry Lynn, more - PWTorch". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  27. ↑ "ROH Final Battle Notes – title change, #1 contenders, Castle, ROH/NJPW, more - PWTorch". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  28. 1 2 "411 Interviews: Silas Young of AAW, DGUSA, and Evolve posted by TJ Hawke on 10.17.2011".
  29. ↑ "TRR - Ep29 - Stan "The Lariat" Hansen".
  30. ↑ http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/full-results-all-star-extravaganza-vii
  31. ↑ "Ring Of Honor TV Results: First Show To Air On Destination America, Briscoes & Moose In Action". WrestlingInc.com. May 31, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  32. 1 2 3 "100 Percent Fordified: Dragon Gate USA Untouchable 2011 posted by Kevin Ford on 04.01.2012".
  33. 1 2 3 "100 Percent Fordified: EVOLVE 9: Gargano vs. Taylor posted by Kevin Ford on 02.02.2012".
  34. ↑ "SHOW RESULTS - 5/2 AAW in Merrionette Park, Ill.: Silas vs. Kingston steel cage, Kevin Steen, Jacobs, Elgin, more". PWTorch.com. May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  35. ↑ GST, Chris (June 7, 2014). "ROH 06/07/14 Road to Best in the World Night 2 Detailed Results". PWPonderings.com. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  36. 1 2 "411's ROH TV Report (1.18.14) posted by Bob Colling on 01.22.2014".
  37. ↑ Metzger, Mike (May 25, 2014). "METZGER'S ROH TV RESULTS 5/25: Maintenance show post-NYC includes Kevin Steen main event, TV Title match, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  38. ↑ "Managers".
  39. 1 2 3 4 "Entrance themes".
  40. ↑ "AAW Heavyweight Championship history".
  41. ↑ "AAW Heritage Championship history".
  42. ↑ "Tournament wins".
  43. ↑ "ACW Heavyweight Championship history".
  44. ↑ "NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Championship history".
  45. ↑ "MAW Junior Heavyweight Championship history".
  46. ↑ "MAW Tag Team Championship history".
  47. ↑ "NWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship history".
  48. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2014". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  49. ↑ "XICW Tag Team Championship history".

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