Grayson Gage (RLS CAS)

Kenneth Jones (born 24th November 1993 in Norwich, Norfolk) is an English professional wrestler currently in his second spell with UNION Wrestling, where he performs under the name Grayson Gage.
He is known for a number of appearances in small, UK-based promotions including Fife Wrestling Kingdom, where he was a two-time Prince Champion under his real name, and the larger-scale PRIZE Wrestling League as the Gage character.
== Career: ==
=== Early Career (2010-2016) ===
Jones began his career at Best of British Wrestling in mid-2010, wrestling under his real name. He would often take part in the more hardcore matches the promotion would put on, usually mid-show to recharge the audience. Jones felt that this became something of a stigma, and sought in 2012 to change the prevailing opinion of him from hardcore one-shot to more of an all-rounder.
It was for Fife Wrestling Kingdom and British Outlaw Wrestling that Jones achieved this, holding the Prince Championship in the former and going undefeated for a year from 2013-2014 in the latter. During this period he was renowned for putting on excellent, standard rules matches with the likes of British Samurai, Ted Nixby and Javid, more hardcore matches with names such as his trainer Ed West, Bane and both styles of match with long-time rival Tommy Risk (known later as Tyrone Riske in UNION Wrestling).
Jones challenged twice for the FWK King Championship in 2015, against West and Davey Mac, before winning the Jacks Championships (FWK tag team equivalent) with Risk in 2016. They would hold the titles for three months before The Fahey Bros would take them on both Jones' and Risk's last appearance before signing with PWU/UNION Wrestling.
=== PWU/UNION Wrestling (2016-2018) ===
Jones would debut immediately after signing for the then PWU-branded promotion in October 2016, under the name Grayson Gage, reigniting his indy-feud with the fellow newbie Tyrone Riske. The duos lauded hardcore style matches for the promotion, especially their encounter at Hardcore Brawl 2016, would lead to the creation of the Brawl Championship. 
The tourney to decide the first ever Brawl Champion saw both Gage and Riske progress to the final, and Riske won the belt in a fierce Ladder Match at PWU Capitol Punishment 2017. Gage would take some time off following this due to a knee issue, but return shortly before PWU Money In The Bank 2017 to once again challenge Riske. He would defeat Riske at the event, and win his first championship in the process.
Despite defending the title as a face against the likes of Sinyster at European Invasion 2017, and British Samurai in a respectful yet bloody encounter on Union Unleashed, Gage would turn heel on BritSam and once again retain at The UNION Wrestling Classic 2017 in a Table Match. This would prove to be Gage's undoing, as he would underestimate perennial underachiever Matsuda at Open Challenge 2017 and lose the title.
Gage would take a short Leave Of Absence following this to participate in the Japan MIGHTY! Wrestling Fight For MIGHT! Tournament: 5. Gage allowed his contract to run out in 2018, with Squared Circle Insider speculating that he had hoped to be more of a major name with the promotion considering his work rate and popularity.1
===PRIZE Wrestling League (2018-2019) ===
Grayson Gage was a participant in the PRIZE June 2018 Special, facing off against Piranha in a Grudge Match after weeks of social media sniping between the two. Despite momentum and the crowd being behind the face, the heel Gage won the match after several attempts to remove the mask of his opponent allowed him to take advantage of his hesitance and reverse a dived attack from him into the Pressure Gage. 
The planned rematch, according to SCI, was planned for the second special in Hamburg, however a legal challenge from UNION Wrestling over the Grayson Gage gimmick seemingly scuppered these plans.2 Gage would win the challenge, and perform for PRIZE under the gimmick even after WCE took over the promotion. He'd last mid-2019 with the promotion before leaving to "have more control over his matches" on what was left of the UK-based alternative wrestling indy circuit.
=== Indy circuit (2019-2023) ===
Gage appeared at the 2019 and 2020 'Indy Wrestling Lives' shows across the UK, helping plan matches and feuding mainly with British Samurai until the COVID-19 pandemic halted them. He, along with BritSam, was the first to confirm he'd be going back to the shows once UK restrictions eased. 
=== UNION Wrestling return (2023-present) ===
Gage signed for UNION Wrestling again in 2023, eventually settling into a team with former rival Tyrone Riske as Born 4 The Brawl (a nod to their time in the defunct Brawl Championship division). They'd challenge unsuccessfully for the UNION Tag Team Championships at Hardcore Brawl 2023, against INVICTA's Zander Adder & Bane, before losing again in a more traditional rematch at London Calling 2024.
== In-Wrestling ==
=== Signatures ===
Engager (Corkscrew Neckbreaker)
Diving Cannonball Senton
Running Senton Splash (2010-2014)
=== Finishers ===
Pressure Gage (Flatliner)
Dragonrana (2010-2018)
=== Nicknames ===
"Engaging" (Japan MIGHTY! Wrestling)
The Brawl King
== Accomplishments ==
1x FWK Prince Championship
1x FWK Jacks Championship (with Tommy Risk)
1x UNION Wrestling Brawl Championship
== Trivia ==
* Jones had to be talked into the idea of headlining what is essentially the "hardcore" division of UNION Wrestling. Being the face, at one point, of the secondary show of the promotion was apparently a "good incentive".
* Jones is a huge video game fan, featuring an RPG Maker-style character rendition of himself on much of his merchandise. Even the name of his last gimmick, Grayson Gage, is based on "gg", "good game" in gamer-speak.3 
* He's known to be unlucky when jumping from ladders, injuring his knee twice now in his short time with UW. This was a big part of booking him to lose the Brawl Championship, with his short LOA in Japan allowing him to continue wrestling without having to worsen his knee in hardcore matches.
== Behind-the-Scenes/Notes ==
# "Letting his contract run down", in reality, was just him being one of my favourites, and one that I would be loath to be without even in a new setting.
# I originally intended his exit from UW, unlike Rafe Daniels, to be amicable. But I regretted using his Gage gimmick for PRIZE without considering using his real name under the "Engaging" gimmick he has in my Fire Pro universe... so this gives a logical reason to fall back on that.
# That love of gaming, in truth, is my own.
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