Jason Jordan Nathan Everhart ( September 28 , 1988 ) is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE ' s NXT Wrestling roster under the ring name Jason Jordan . He is the current WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion in hist first reign and also a one - time NXT Tag Team Champion with Chad Gable . Early life . In high school , Jason Jordan was a three sport athlete playing football , wrestling , and baseball . He was drafted straight out of high school for professional baseball , but passed up the offer to go to college and wrestle . He attended Indiana University and amateur wrestled in the toughest wresting conference in the country : the Big Ten . Jason became a three - time national qualifier for NCAA at the Division I level . While wrestling at the Indiana University , Jordan was ranked top 15 in the nation for three years in a row and was ranked as high as 2nd in the nation at heavyweight . Jason Jordan was a unique and impressive athlete weighing 225 pounds while competing at the 285 pound weight class . He used speed and agility to overcome his bigger opposition . His senior year , Jason was undefeated in the regular season going 35 - 0 . Professional wrestling career . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2011 - present ) . FCW ( 2011 - 2012 ) . Everhart signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in late 2011 and was sent to the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling as Jason Jordan . He trained and wrestled there until the brand ' s name changed during the following year . An early match he had was a non - televised one on September 30 ( between the September 22 and October 13 tapings ) where he was Abraham Washington ' s tag partner and they were defeated by Calvin Raines and Big E Langston . November 13 was his first televised match , where he teamed with Colin Cassady and Mike Dalton in a losing effort against the Ascension . NXT ( 2012 - 2016 ) . His first match on the TV program ( prior to FCW changing its name ) was a June 17 loss to Jinder Mahal . After a couple ( in Jacksonville and Tampa ) non - televised house - shows in July , his first televised match in 2013 was an October 10 loss to Aiden English . His first match in 2014 was January 9 when he and Marcus Louis lost to The Wyatt Family . During the course of 2015 , Jordan and Chad Gable pursued the WWE NXT Tag Team Championship but were unsuccessful in their title matches against the champion team Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson . On June 8 , Jordan and Gable won the NXT Tag Team titles from Wilder and Dawson at . Main Roster ( 2016 - present ) . During the month of November , Jordan joined the main roster as part of the WWE Smackdown draft . He had his first Smackdown match teaming with Chad Gable , Dean Ambrose and Kane to defeat AJ Styles , Bray Wyatt , Luke Harper and Randy Orton ) . On November 20 , Jordan wrestled as part of Team Smackdown in the 20 - man elimination tag team match at Survivor Series . On November 22 , he and Chad Gable won a Tag Team Turmoil match to qualify for tag team championship contendership . They were eliminated from contention on November 29 by Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton . On the December 27 edition of Smackdown , Jordan and Gable won a Four Corners Elimination tag team match to capture the SmackDown Tag Team Championship . Personal life . Everhart attended Indiana University where he received his bachelor ' s degree in biology with minors in chemistry , social science and medicine . He put attending dental school on hold to pursue his dreams in professional wrestling .