All Star Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling (2003–2005) After graduating from Senior School Sixth Form at the Forest School Winnersh, Lewington attended Farnborough College of Technology where he earned a
Higher National Diploma in
Aeronautical Engineering. After developing an interest in
professional wrestling, however, Lewington applied and was accepted to attend an
Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) tryout in
America between 23 and 28 February 2003. Lewington's official training began 8 months later in the beginners' class at the Old Davis arena. Lewington would return to England in late 2004 where he would work with
All Star Wrestling. Throughout early 2005, Lewington would train and appear with ASW as well as becoming the subject of an episode of
UKTV People's
Secret Life of the Gym.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2005–2010) While WWE was touring England in 2005, Lewington would make three appearances on its main programming, once as a
jobber on
Carlito's Cabana interview segment, again as a jobber to
Kurt Angle after Angle disrespected England and once as part of the WWE security squad that helped keep the warring
Raw and
SmackDown! wrestlers apart. Other British wrestlers including
Robbie Brookside and Thunder were a part of the security team. After his appearances in WWE programming in 2005, Lewington stayed in the United Kingdom to compete for the
All Star Wrestling (ASW) promotion, under the
ring name Steve Sonic. His performance in this match would earn Lewington a developmental deal. After
Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) opened, however, Terminal Velocity was moved down to the new territory. After a brief run in FCW, Terminal Velocity was called back up to OVW and won the
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship for the first time, giving Lewington the first tag team championship of his career. On 26 September 2007, Lewington and Chet lost the championship to The James Boys (
KC James and
Kassidy James). After their title loss, both members of Terminal Velocity were moved back down to FCW. After their return to FCW, however, Terminal Velocity split up when Chet renamed himself Mariouz Jablonski and developed an
in-ring persona based on his
Polish ancestry. Lewington later began teaming with
Heath Miller and both advanced to the finals of a tournament to crown the inaugural
FCW Florida Tag Team Champions, but they were defeated by The Puerto Rican Nightmares (
Eddie Colón and
Eric Pérez). Lewington and Miller defeated Brandon Groom and Greg Jackson and The Thoroughbreds (
Johnny Curtis and
Kevin Kiley) en route to the finals. On 4 March 2008 he changed his name to "Jack Gabriel".
ECW (2008–2009) On 18 November 2008, Lewington made his debut as a
face in
ECW, under the ring name "DJ Gabriel", with a dancing persona, and was managed by
Alicia Fox. He defeated local wrestler
Sal Rinauro in his debut match for the brand. Over the next weeks, he defeated several jobbers, before defeating
Paul Burchill on the last episode of
ECW in 2008. On 13 January 2009 episode of
ECW, Gabriel and Fox defeated The Burchills, Paul and
Katie Lea, in a mixed tag team match. On 24 February, Lewington suffered his
ECW first loss since coming to the brand against
Mark Henry. Several weeks later Gabriel lost to
Tyson Kidd in a singles match, which was his last televised match on the brand. On 15 April 2009, Fox returned to the SmackDown brand as a part of the
2009 Supplemental Draft, leaving Gabriel on his own.
Departure (2009–2010) After Fox returned to SmackDown, Lewington was sent back to FCW and developed a new character of a "true British man", while his ring name was tweaked to simply Gabriel. After losing a match and,
in storyline, being suspended from FCW, Lewington then began wrestling under a
mask as Mr. FCW. Lewington would eventually "win" back his place on the FCW roster, and would alternate between his Gabriel and Mr. FCW characters before being released from his contract in January 2010.
Independent circuit (2010) After leaving WWE, Lewington continued the DJ Gabriel gimmick working for American Combat Wrestling in Florida from March to April 2010. He retired afterwards. ==Championships and accomplishments==