Steven Lewington Steven Paul Lewington ( February 25 , 1983 ) is an English former professional wrestler . He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment where he competed as DJ Gabriel . Professional wrestling career . All Star Promotions and Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2003 – 2005 ) . After graduating from Senior School Sixth Form , Lewington attended Farnborough College of Technology where he earned a Higher National Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering . After developing an interest in professional wrestling , however , Lewington applied and was accepted to attend an Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) tryout in America between February 23 and 28 , 2003 . Lewington ' s official training began 8 months later in the beginners ' class at the Old Davis arena . Lewington would return to England in late 2004 where he would work with All Star Wrestling . Throughout early 2005 , Lewington would train and appear with ASW as well as becoming the subject of an episode of UKTV People ' s " Secret Life of the Gym " . World Wrestling Entertainment . While WWE was touring England in 2005 , Lewington would make three appearances on its main programming , once as a jobber — a wrestler who consistently loses to make his opponents look stronger — on Carlito ' s Cabana interview segment , once as a jobber to Kurt Angle after Angle disrespected England ( the show was in UK ) and once as part of the WWE security squad that helped keep the warring Raw and SmackDown ! wrestlers apart . Other British wrestlers including Robbie Brookside and Thunder were a part of the security team . After his appearances in WWE programming in 2005 , Lewington stayed in the United Kingdom to compete for the All Star Wrestling ( ASW ) promotion , under the ring name Steve Sonic . On January 17 , 2006 in Croydon , Sonic faced Drew McDonald in a ladder match for the ASW British Heavyweight Championship , and won . Sonic would remain champion for several months before relinquishing the title to return to WWE ' s developmental promotion in July 2006 . Developmental territories ( 2006 – 2008 ) . During April 2006 , WWE would once again tour England allowing Lewington to make another appearance on " Raw " on April 24 , this losing to Umaga . His performance in this match would earn Lewington a developmental deal . After receiving his contract , Lewington was sent to OVW and formed a tag team called " Terminal Velocity " with Chet the Jett . After Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) opened , however , Terminal Velocity was moved down to the new territory . After a brief run in FCW , Terminal Velocity was called back up to OVW and won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship for the first time , giving Lewington the first tag team championship of his career . On September 26 , 2007 , Lewington and Chet lost the championship to The James Boys ( KC James and Kassidy James ) . After their title loss , both members of Terminal Velocity were moved back down to FCW . After their return to FCW , however , Terminal Velocity split up when Chet renamed himself Mariouz Jablonski and developed an in - ring persona based on his Polish ancestry . Lewington later began teaming with Heath Miller and both advanced to the finals of a tournament to crown the inaugural FCW Florida Tag Team Champions , but they were defeated by The Puerto Rican Nightmares ( Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez ) . Lewington and Miller defeated Brandon Groom and Greg Jackson and The Thoroughbreds ( Johnny Curtis and Kevin Kiley ) en route to the finals . On March 4 , 2008 he changed his name to " Jack Gabriel " . ECW ( 2008 – 2009 ) . On the November 18 , 2008 edition of " ECW " , Lewington made his debut as a face ( fan favorite character ) under the ring name " DJ Gabriel " , with a dancing persona , and was managed by Alicia Fox . He defeated local wrestler Sal Rinauro in his debut match for the brand . Over the next weeks , he defeated several jobbers , before defeating Paul Burchill on the last episode of " ECW " in 2008 . On the January 13 , 2009 episode of " ECW " , Gabriel and Fox defeated The Burchills , Paul and Katie Lea , in a mixed tag team match . On the February 24 episode of " ECW " Lewington suffered his first loss since coming to the brand against Mark Henry . Several weeks later Gabriel lost to Tyson Kidd in a singles match , which was his last televised match on the brand . On April 15 , 2009 , Fox returned to the SmackDown brand as a part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft , leaving Gabriel on his own . Return to Florida Championship Wrestling ( 2009 – 2010 ) . After Fox returned to SmackDown , Lewington was sent back to FCW and developed a new character of a " true British man " , while his ring name was tweaked to simply Gabriel . After losing a match and , in storyline , being suspended from FCW , Lewington then began wrestling under a mask as Mr . FCW . Lewington would eventually " win " back his place on the FCW roster , and would alternate between his Gabriel and Mr . FCW characters before being released from his contract in January 2010 .