Alpha Academy

Chad Gable and Otis were first paired together in December 2020, following Otis' split from Tucker and the dissolution of Heavy Machinery. The team made their debut on December 11, 2020 in a loss to the team of Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura on *SmackDown*.

Alpha Academy became WWE Raw Tag Team Champions on January 10, 2022, by defeating RK-Bro on *Raw*. On March 8, RK-Bro defeated Alpha Academy to regain the titles in a three-team match that also featured the team of Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens. On night two of WrestleMania 38 on April 3, Alpha Academy failed to regain the titles from RK-Bro in a triple-threat match also involving the Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford).

On the March 13, 2023 episode of *Raw*, Gable found Otis backstage taking part in a photo shoot with Maximum Male Models (the team of ma.çé and mån.sôör, managed by Maxxine Dupri). Otis then decided to leave with Maximum Male Models instead of Gable. This would start a series of segments between Dupri and Gable where they both wanted Otis to be on their respective teams. Dupri officially sided with the Alpha Academy on the May 15 episode of *Raw* when she cheered on Otis and Gable eliminating ma.çé and mån.sôör in an Intercontinental Championship number one contenders' battle royal match.

In the weeks that followed, Alpha Academy began to slowly turn face with their crowd reactions growing louder and louder. After weeks of training, Dupri made her in-ring debut on the July 3 episode of *Raw* in a mixed six-person tag team match with Gable and Otis against The Viking Raiders (Erik, Ivar and Valhalla). On the July 10 episode of *Raw*, Alpha Academy held a graduation ceremony for Dupri. At the end of the ceremony, Gable presented Dupri with her own Alpha Academy letterman's jacket. As Dupri was about to put on the jacket, The Viking Raiders appeared on the ramp to distract the team. Valhalla then attacked Dupri from behind and stole her jacket. On the following episode of *Raw*, Gable and Otis fought Erik and Ivar in a "Viking Rules" match. Despite dominating the match, Gable and Otis lost but Dupri managed to take back her jacket. On the July 31 episode of *Raw*, Dupri defeated Valhalla in her debut singles match. As the team was celebrating backstage, Imperium's Gunther took offense to Dupri's match win and mocked the team. Ludwig Kaiser then challenged Gable to last five minutes in the ring with Gunther, which Gable accepted. Despite Gable beating the clock, Gunther demanded the match to continue and defeated Gable. On the August 7 episode of *Raw*, Gable defeated Tommaso Ciampa, Matt Riddle, and Ricochet in a fatal four-way match to be the number one contender to Gunther's Intercontinental Championship. Later that night, Otis lost to Kaiser after an interference from Imperium. Two weeks later on *Raw*, Gable challenged Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship and won by countout. However, as championships do not change hands by countout or disqualification, Gunther remained champion.

The group expanded with Akira Tozawa joining the stable and being assigned as a "junior member" in a digital exclusive before the October 23 episode of *Raw*. In a bid to prove himself to the stable, Tozawa challenged Bronson Reed to a match, but lost. The following day, Tozawa appeared on night one of NXT Halloween Havoc and stole Noam Dar's NXT Heritage Cup. Tozawa would return the cup to Dar on night two before managing to spook Dar into a match for the cup on the following week's *NXT*, but lost the match 2-1 under British Round Rules. On the November 6 episode of *Raw*, Dupri participated in a battle royal for a Women's World Championship match at Survivor Series, but was eliminated by Nia Jax.