"Gunner (wrestler)" redirects here. For other uses, see Gunner.
Jaxson Ryker
Ryker in 2015
Birth name
Chad Lail
Born
(1982-06-06) June 6, 1982 (age 42)[1] Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.[1]
Spouse(s)
Jayme Jameson
(m. 2012, divorced)
Stacy Lail
(m. 2015)
Children
1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Chad Lail[2] Gunner[3] Jaxson Ryker Phil Shatter[1] Phill Shatter[4]
Billed height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[5]
Billed weight
244 lb (111 kg)[5]
Billed from
Atlanta, Georgia[4] Hickory, North Carolina[5]
Trained by
Abel Adams[1]
Debut
August 2001[1]
Retired
August 27, 2023[1]
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Marine Corps
Years of service
2002–2006
Rank
Sergeant
Battles/wars
Iraq War
Chad Lail (born June 6, 1982) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Gunner and in WWE under the ring name Jaxson Ryker.
Lail started his professional wrestling career in 2001, working as Phil Shatter on several independent promotions. He was 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 ring name to Jaxson Ryker. In 2018, he formed The Forgotten Sons, alongside Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler. From April to June 2020, the stable made appearances on SmackDown. Ryker would continue working with WWE until November 2021, when he was released. Lail retired in August 2023.
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^"Gunner Makes Debut at NXT Live Event (Pics) - 411MANIA". 411mania.com.
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Wrestling under the ring name Gunner and in WWE under the ring name JaxsonRyker. Lail started his professional wrestling career in 2001, working as Phil...
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Team Championship once. After several years, he formed a stable with JaxsonRyker and Steve Cutler called The Forgotten Sons. In 2020, the stable began...
Carrillo had made an appearance on the September 19 edition of NXT against JaxsonRyker in a losing effort. On the December 5 edition of NXT, Carrillo would...
defeated Elias. The following night on Raw, Shane, along with Elias and JaxsonRyker, continued to taunt Strowman, who came out and defeated Elias in a rematch...
began a winning streak, defeating the likes of Angel Garza, Elias, and JaxsonRyker. On the April 5 episode of Raw, Priest and Bad Bunny challenged John...
of NXT, losing to CJ Parker. In February 2018, he began teaming with JaxsonRyker and Wesley Blake as The Forgotten Sons. The trio made their first televised...
of Raw, Hardy would team with a returning Carlito to defeat Elias and JaxsonRyker to end his feud with Elias. At Elimination Chamber, Hardy unsuccessfully...
of NXT, saving Breeze from a post-match attack by The Forgotten Sons (JaxsonRyker, Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake). Breezango began a feud with The Forgotten...
for a WWE Championship shot at Hell in a Cell, AJ Styles and Omos vs. JaxsonRyker and Elias for the Raw Tag Titles, Reginald vs. Shayna Baszler, Randy...
disqualification after Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch, and The Forgotten Sons (JaxsonRyker, Steve Cutler, and Wesley Blake) got involved. A four-way tag team ladder...
Damian Priest, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods vs. The Miz, Elias, and JaxsonRyker". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021...
Damian Priest, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods vs. The Miz, Elias, and JaxsonRyker". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 15, 2022. Powell, Jason (August...
Hit Row, John Morrison, Tegan Nox, Shane Thorne, Drake Maverick, and JaxsonRyker were also released. Not long after, Jeff Hardy would be released on December...
for a WWE Championship shot at Hell in a Cell, AJ Styles and Omos vs. JaxsonRyker and Elias for the Raw Tag Titles, Reginald vs. Shayna Baszler, Randy...
Ryker, made their return where they accompanied King Corbin to the ring. They were subsequently renamed "The Knights of the Lone Wolf." JaxsonRyker SmackDown...
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Desire in TNA, and who competed on season 13 of The Biggest Loser), JaxsonRyker and Ken Anderson (known as Mr. Kennedy in WWE) (both of whom later returned...
Global Information
United States
United States Marine Corps
Sergeant