Chad Lail
Chad Lail is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Jaxson Ryker. After serving in the Iraq War, Lail started his professional wrestling career in 2001, working as Phil Shatter on several independent promotions. He would be signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2010, where he changed his ring name to Gunner and was presented as a member of the villainous group Immortal. During his time in the group, he won the TNA Television Championship once. After leaving the group, he would work as a tag team and singles wrestler, most notably as tag team partner and rival of James Storm, winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship with him. Lail left TNA in 2015 and two years later in 2017, he signed a contract with WWE. He was assigned to the farm territory NXT, where he changed his name to Jaxson Ryker. In 2018, he joined Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake as The Forgotten Sons. In April 2020, the stable began working on SmackDown but his two stablemates were released. Ryker kept working with WWE until November 2021, when he was released.
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- 2021 · WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 as Jaxson Ryker (Appearance)
- 2021 · WWE Fastlane 2021 as Jaxson Ryker (Ringside)
- 2020 · WWE Money in the Bank 2020 as Jaxson Ryker (Ringside)
- 2018 · Game Night as Bulgarian Goon
- 2016 · Navy Seals vs. Zombies as Carl
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: Global Impact: USA vs The World 2015 as Gunner
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: TNA Classic 2015 as Gunner
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 3 as Gunner
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 4 as Gunner
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 3 as Gunner
- 2015 · TNA LockDown 2015 as Gunner
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2015 as Gunner
- 2015 · TNA One Night Only: Turning Point 2015 as Gunner
- 2014 · TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2014 as Gunner
- 2014 · TNA No Surrender 2014 as Gunner
- 2014 · TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling 2 as Gunner (Team Young)
- 2014 · TNA Hardcore Justice 2014 as Gunner
- 2014 · TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2 as Gunner
- 2014 · TNA Sacrifice 2014 as Gunner
- 2014 · TNA Lockdown 2014 as Gunner
- 2014 · TNA Genesis 2014 as Gunner
- 2013 · TNA Turning Point 2013 as Gunner (Ringside)
- 2013 · TNA Bound for Glory 2013 as Gunner
- 2013 · TNA Hardcore Justice 2013 as Gunner
- 2013 · TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2 as Gunner
- 2013 · TNA Slammiversary XI as Gunner
- 2013 · TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild as Gunner
- 2013 · TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2013 as Gunner
- 2012 · TNA Hardcore Justice 2012 as Gunner
- 2012 · TNA Lockdown 2012 as Gunner
- 2012 · TNA Against All Odds 2012 as Gunner
- 2012 · TNA Genesis 2012 as Gunner
- 2011 · TNA No Surrender 2011 as Gunner
- 2011 · TNA Hardcore Justice 2011 as Gunner
- 2011 · TNA Destination X 2011 as Gunner (Run-in)
- 2011 · TNA Against All Odds 2011 as Gunner
- 2001 · WWE Tough Enough as Self
- 1999 · WWE SmackDown as Jaxson Ryker
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Jaxson Ryker
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Jaxson Rykder
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Jaxon Ryker