TRICK WILLIAMS

Matrick Belton is a 29-year-old professional wrestler and football player from Columbia, South Carolina. Belton is currently signed with WWE and performs on NXT under the ring name, Trick Williams. He is the current NXT Champion in his first reign.

Before signing with WWE, Matrick Belton played football at the university level, competing for Hampton University and the University of South Carolina. He attended the NFL camp of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018 but was not signed by the team.

Matrick Belton Signs with WWE

Belton trained at the Combat Zone Wrestling Academy in New Jersey. He signed with WWE in February 2021 and made his in-ring debut alongside Carmelo Hayes in a four way elimination match for the NXT Tag Team Titles. Hayes and Williams were not successful. On the November 2nd episode of NXT, Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes defeated Dexter Lumis and Tommaso Ciampa.

Williams made his singles debut on the December 21st episode of NXT 2.0 losing to Dexter Lumis. From February to September 2022, he wrestled in both singles and tag matches with Carmelo Hayes. Williams also racked up wins against Ikemen Jiro, Guru Raaj, Javier Bernal, Wes Lee, Dante Chen and Myles Born.

At the NXT’s Worlds Collide 2022 pay-per-view event, Trick Williams accompanied his tag team partner/friend Carmelo Hayes to ringside for his match against Ricochet. Hayes was defending his NXT North American Championship. Hayes managed to retain the title thanks to Williams interfering multiple times during the match. Two days later, Ricochet got his revenge against Trick Williams and beat him on the September 6th episode of NXT 2.0.

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Trick Williams Wins NXT North American Title

At the NXT No Mercy pay-per-view event on September 30th 2023, Trick Williams defeated Dominik Mysterio to become the NXT North American champion. On the October 3rd episode of NXT, Williams lost the title back to Mysterio after interference from Mysterio’s Judgment Day stablemates. This ended his reign at three days and marking it the shortest reign in the title’s history. Williams made his Main Event debut on the October 16 taping in a losing effort against Chad Gable.

On the October 17th episode of NXT, Williams, Carmelo Hayes, Dijak and Baron Corbin fought in a fatal f our-way match for a NXT Championship opportunity against Dragunov at NXT: Halloween Havoc. This caused a rift between Williams and Hayes. Before the match started, Williams was found attacked backstage and transported to hospital. Hayes then defeated Dijak and Corbin for the title opportunity.

At Night 2 of Halloween Havoc on October 31, Williams returned and cost Hayes his NXT Championship match. On the November 14th episode of NXT, he defeated Joe Coffey to qualify for the Iron Survivor Challenge at NXT Deadline. At the event on December 9, Williams won the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Championship match against Dragunov at NXT: New Year’s Evil on January 2, 2024. That day, it was announced that Dragunov was not medically cleared to wrestle. Instead, Hayes put Williams in a match against Grayson Waller with his Iron Survivor Challenge title match on the line, which he won after interference from Kevin Owens.

Williams’ SmackDown Debut

Trick Williams and Hayes defeated Edris Enofé and Malik Blade in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Williams made his SmackDown debut on January 26, saving Hayes from a beatdown by A-Town Down Under. On the January 30th episode of NXT, Williams and Hayes defeated Latino World Order’s Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro to advance to the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

On February 4th, at NXT’s Vengeance Day, Trick Williams and Hayes lost to Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker in the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Later that night, Williams failed to win the NXT Championship from Dragunov. After the match, Hayes attacked Williams with a steel chair, ending their partnership. On the following episode of NXT, Hayes revealed that he was the one who attacked Williams back in October 2023.

At NXT: Roadblock on March 5, Williams’ entrance music was used by Tony D’Angelo to distract Hayes during their match to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Championship at NXT Stand & Deliver. After D’Angelo defeated Hayes, Williams made his return and attacked Hayes. The following week on NXT, Williams challenged Hayes to a match at Stand & Deliver, which was made official a few days later.

At NXT’s Stand & Deliver on April 6th, Williams defeated Hayes. On the following episode of NXT, Williams called out Dragunov to challenge him for the NXT Championship. Dragunov agreed to a title match at Spring Breakin’ on the condition that Williams leave NXT if he loses.. Williams accepted. In a Stand & Deliver rematch on the April 16 episode of NXT, Williams defeated Hayes in a steel cage match despite interference from Hayes’ security team, ending their feud.

On April 23rd at Spring Breakin’, Trick Williams defeated Dragunov to capture the NXT Championship for the first time in his career.

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STATS

Birth name: Matrick Belton
Born: May 26, 1994, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Height: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight: 215 lb (97 kg)
Ring name(s): Trick Williams
Current Roster: WWE NXT

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Career Championships & Accomplishments

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- NXT North American Championship (1 time)
- NXT Championship (1 time, current)