JTG Jayson Anthony Paul ( December 10 , 1984 ) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name JTG . He is best known for his time with WWE , as one half of the tag team Cryme Tyme with Shad Gaspard . Professional wrestling career . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2006 – 2007 ) . Paul began his career in 2006 , working in the WWE developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) under the ring name " The Neighborhoodie " . While there , he was placed into a tag team with Shad Gaspard , calling themselves " The Gang - Stars " . They held the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on two occasions . In 2006 the team was promoted from OVW to the Raw brand under the name " Cryme Tyme " , with Paul changing his name to JTG . On September 4 , 2006 , a series of vignettes star airing on " Raw " , hyping the debut of Cryme Tyme . On the October 16 , 2006 edition of " Raw " , Cryme Tyme debuted and defeated two members of the then named World Tag Team Champions , the Spirit Squad ( Mikey and Johnny ) , in a non - title match . In November 2006 , at Cyber Sunday , Cryme Tyme defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch , Charlie Haas , Viscera , and The Highlanders in a Texas Tornado match ( as voted by the fans ) . As part of their gimmick , Cryme Tyme regularly stole items belonging to other wrestlers and on - air personalities , and sold them to fans . They were also selling false entry numbers at the Royal Rumble . A few months later at the New Year ' s Revolution pay - per - view , Cryme Tyme won a Tag Team Turmoil Match against The Highlanders , The World ' s Greatest Tag Team , Cade and Murdoch , and " Hacksaw " Jim Duggan and Super Crazy , earning them a shot at the World Tag Team Championships . They then competed mainly on " Heat " for the next few months , although they made a backstage appearance at WrestleMania 23 . They also took part in the tag team battle royal on April 2 . After Mr . McMahon ' s " death " , Cryme Tyme plugged some merchandise and auctions on WWE ' s official website in memory of him . On June 29 , 2007 , on an episode of " SmackDown " , Deuce ' n Domino ( with Cherry ) defeated Cryme Tyme in an inter - brand match tag team match . While Deuce , Domino and Cherry celebrated their victory , Cryme Tyme appeared on the titantron and , in storyline , stole their car , taking it to Brisco Brothers Auto to sell it for parts chanting their signature catch phrase , " " Money money , yeah , yeah " " . On July 21 , 2007 , Cryme Tyme defeated the James Boys to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship for the second time . On August 13 , 2007 Cryme Tyme returned to their hometown of New York City on an episode of " Raw " from Madison Square Garden , losing to then - World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in a non - title match by disqualification when Shad used a chair on Murdoch . On the August 20 , 2007 edition of " Raw " , Cryme Tyme stole Murdoch ' s hat and sold to a fan , and the following week , stole Cade ' s and gave it away to a fan . In the middle of this feud , on September 2 , 2007 , both Paul and Gaspard were released from World Wrestling Entertainment . Independent circuit ( 2007 – 2008 ) . Paul , along with Gaspard wrestled at the Jersey All Pro Wrestling 10th Anniversary Show on October 27 , 2007 . Wrestling as " Crime Time " , they defeated the " Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz " . Paul appeared in Derby City Wrestling ( DCW ) at their end of year show . He was then involved in a feud with " The Mobile Homers " in DCW . Return to World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2008 – 2014 ) . Teaming and feuding with Shad ( 2008 – 2010 ) . Cryme Tyme returned to WWE on the March 31 , 2008 edition of " Raw " , where they defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in their first televised match in nearly six months . Cryme Tyme began working with John Cena on the June 30 edition of " Raw " when they helped him interfere during JBL ' s match . The following week , they again appeared together in a backstage segment when they vandalised JBL ' s limo . After a house show match , Cena announced they had created a faction called CTC , " Cryme Tyme Cenation " . Separately , Cryme Tyme started a feud with the World Tag Team Champions Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes , stealing their championship belts for a time , then losing a title match to them at Unforgiven . JTG entered early into the Royal Rumble match at the 2009 Royal Rumble pay - per - view in January , after cheating to get a spot instead of Shad . JTG lasted nearly 12 minutes before he was eliminated by The Undertaker . On the January 26 episode of " Raw " , JTG and Shad attempted to win the World Tag Team Championship from John Morrison and The Miz , but were unsuccessful . On April 15 , 2009 , Cryme Tyme were drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft . They earned a Unified Tag Team Championship match against Jeri - Show ( Chris Jericho and The Big Show ) for SummerSlam after defeating The Hart Dynasty on the July 31 edition of " SmackDown " . On the August 6 edition of " SmackDown " , JTG pinned Chris Jericho in a major upset . But at SummerSlam they lost the match after an illegal partner , The Big Show , hit JTG in the face and Chris Jericho pinned him . At WrestleMania XXVI , Cryme Tyme competed in the dark match Battle Royal but neither won the match . On the April 2 , 2010 edition of " SmackDown " , Cryme Tyme was quickly defeated and lost a match to John Morrison and R - Truth . The loss of the match prompted Shad to attack JTG , breaking up the team . Their feud culminated with a Strap Match at Extreme Rules that JTG won . After JTG won against Caylen Croft , Shad immediately attacked him unsuccessfully . Shad won a rematch on the May 6 edition of " WWE Superstars " , and Cryme Tyme came to an end . Shad ' s final WWE appearance was on the May 14 , 2010 edition of " SmackDown " and was sent to Florida Championship Wrestling , where he participated in a few matches . Shad was released from his WWE contract in November 2010 . Lower - card status ( 2010 – 2014 ) . JTG was announced to be one of the Pros for NXT Redemption , mentoring Jacob Novak . On the May 3 , 2011 episode of " NXT " , he started his feud with William Regal when Regal called him a " Muppet " while Novak was calling out Regal out to a match , turning him heel . Two weeks later , Novak was eliminated , being the first to no longer be part of the show . In the 2011 WWE Draft , JTG was drafted to the Raw brand in the Supplemental Draft via WWE . com on April 26 , 2011 . On the May 24 edition of NXT , JTG had a feud with Vladimir Kozlov ' s rookie Conor O ' Brian after he was pinned by O ' Brian in a singles match . Afterwards JTG attacked O ' Brian until Kozlov made a save and attacked JTG . He wrestled on the May 26 edition of " Superstars " as a face where he took on Curt Hawkins in a losing effort . He officially cemented his status as a heel on the June 7 edition of " NXT Redemption " when he attacked Yoshi Tatsu on JTG ' s in ring segment " Straight Outta Brooklyn " . As he was going backstage , Matt Striker came out and announced JTG will face Yoshi Tastu . He went on to lose the match . On the July 19 and August 2 editions of " NXT Redemption " , Kozlov started a feud with JTG beating him two times in a row with Kozlov also dressed like JTG in the second match . The feud ended when Kozlov was released on August 5 , 2011 . JTG scored his first win in months on the August 5 edition of " SmackDown " teaming with David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty to defeat The Usos and Trent Barreta . JTG gained a girlfriend and manager in Tamina in November 2011 , leading to a feud with the Usos , whom Tamina had formerly managed ; JTG continually found himself losing to the Usos . Alicia Fox then approached JTG in May 2012 and offered to give JTG a makeover , which JTG accepted . On the May 9 episode of " NXT Redemption " , JTG debuted a new look and defeated Yoshi Tatsu , which was his first and only win in 2012 , as JTG soon reverted to losing matches against Percy Watson , Ted DiBiase , Brodus Clay , Ryback , and The Great Khali . On the dark match of TLC : Tables , Ladders and Chairs he obtained his first win in months , defeating David Otunga . JTG debuted his new attire and became a face for the night when he competed against Wade Barrett in a gauntlet match on Main Event , which he lost . He continued to losing matches to Kofi Kingston , Zack Ryder , and The Great Khali in 2013 . He won a match against Michael McGillicutty at WrestleMania Axxess in April 2013 . He was released from WWE on June 12 , 2014 . Independent Wrestling ( 2014 – present ) . It was announced on June 19 , 2014 that JTG and Shad were looking for booking interests labeled now as the slightly altered " Crime Time " . Personal life . Paul graduated from John Dewey High School . In October 2012 , Paul announced on Twitter that he has a daughter named Madison .