| Malcolm Jones | |
|---|---|
 Jones in September 2018 | |
| Birth name | Malcolm Jones |
| Born | April 20th, 1993 (age 25) Harlem, New York City, USA |
| Resides | Harlem, New York City, USA |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Malcolm Jones |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 232 lbs (105 kg) |
| Billed from | Harlem, New York |
| Trained by | Mr DEDEDE |
| Debut | November 3rd, 2017 |
Malcolm Jones (born April 20, 1993) is an American professional wrestler and former Division 1 collegiate athlete currently signed to Elite Answers Wrestling where he primarily performs on the Showdown brand and is a former EAW Unified Tag Team Champion.
Early Life
Malcolm Hakeem Jones was born on April 20, 1993 in Harlem, New York. Even from an early age, he was always considered a standout athlete. In high school, he quickly made a name for himself as a varsity tri-athlete in basketball, football, and wrestling. Before even considering higher education, Jones had received several offers from numerous Division 1 schools in all three sports; he ultimately decided on basketball after being awarded a full scholarship to the University of Connecticut.
Shortly after starting college, he would find himself in some legal trouble due to old habits dying hard, thus losing his eligibility for enrollment and his scholarship. After ruining his D1 career, Jones worked hard to keep his high-risk lifestyle behind him and did everything he could to avoid having to revert back to surviving on the streets. He eventually turned back to his roots in wrestling as his latest and most successful venture.
Professional Wrestling Career
Early Career
Immediately after losing his scholarship from UConn, Jones found himself at a crossroads, seeking an outlet for his frustrations and a means to put himself back in the spotlight. He eventually turned back to wrestling and started off doing independent shows in New York and Connecticut. Catching the attention of the EAW Chairman, Jones was signed by Mr. DEDEDE to Elite Answers Wrestling in 2017 where most of his training took place.
Jones, at the EAW performance center in 2017.
Elite Answers Wrestling (2017)
Debut; NEO; The Gawd Complex (2017)
After spending a few months in NEO, Jones and fellow Elitist Astrea Jordan were taken under the wing of Mr. DEDEDE forming The Gawd Complex.
REVOLT! Pro Combat (2018)
Debut & The Blicky Boyz
Upon signing with REVOLT! Pro Combat in January, Jones and his partner Chris Elite made their intentions clear by taking the roster by storm, and inserting themselves directly onto the main event scene. The duo, known as the Blicky Boyz, constantly referred to themselves as the only two capable of “[carrying] the company” to great heights, in terms of both singles and tag-team competition. Competing alone, Jones collected victories against fellow REVOLT! stars such as Hurricane Hawk, Carter Harris, and Maximum Grier all within his first month. By February, Jones found himself preparing to compete against former mentor Mr. DEDEDE in the main event at REVOLT!’s REVOLT 1 event for the World Tag Team Titles. The feud is recognized for an intense series of back and forth insults from Chris Elite and Jones directed at Y2Impact and Mr. DEDEDE, also known as The Liquid Sword. The match at REVOLT 1 has been recognized as one of the most exciting and polarizing matches of the year.
Pursuit for Light Heavyweight Championship
In March, after losing to The Liquid Sword, Jones redirected his focus and issued a challenge to REVOLT! Light Heavyweight Champion, Hurricane Hawk. Jones earned victories against multiple competitors for most of the spring until his dreams of a championship were put to a halt after Reginald Dampshaw cost Jones an opportunity to compete in a title matches against Hawk by interfering in Jones' contender’s match. In the middle of the spring, REVOLT! Pro Wrestling was sold to Elite Answers Wrestling.
Return to Elite Answers Wrestling (2018)
Feud with Chris Elite
On April 2nd, 2018, REVOLT! was purchased by EAW, leading Jones back to the company where he started off his illustrious professional wrestling career. Jones almost immediately found himself on the main event scene at EAW and made a name for himself on the company’s Voltage brand. He was set to face former tag team partner and close friend Chris Elite for the EAW World Heavyweight Championship at the main event of Pain for Pride 2018. During the course of the summer, unknowingly to Elite, Jones was the mastermind behind a number of attacks against Elite's entourage, including Big Mike. Jones had successfully convinced Chris Elite that he was unaware of the reason behind these assaults and comforts Elite by pretending to search for the person responsible. Jones sets up an elaborate ruse by pretending he caught the perpetrator behind Big Mike’s attack, however out of nowhere he and the Joneset all blindside Chris Elite with a vicious assault, revealing that Jones was behind the attacks all along. At Pain for Pride, Jones was defeated by Elite and failed to capture the World Heavyweight Championship.
Tag Team Championships as Drillmatic
At the 2018 EAW Draft Show on June 30, Jordan and Jones appeared in a backstage segment together where Jones expressed his disappointment with his loss to Chris Elite at Pain for Pride. Astreaea told Jones that she "would be there to make sure he got what was his" the next time he and Elite met, prompting further questioning by a confused Jones. Eventually, she proposed that the two become a duo onscreen, saying "wherever you go, I go" before he hinted at a "major comeback" for himself with Jordan by his side. On the July 14th episode of Showdown, Jordan and Jones, officially announced as Drillmatic, faced Cameron Ella Ava and Mr. DEDEDE for the EAW Unified Tag Team Championships, where they were crowned victorious after Jordan pinned DEDEDE. After winning the titles, Drillmatic sent out an open challenge to any team in EAW to face them in a Unified Tag Team Championship match at Midsummer Massacre, which was answered by the Dragon Slayers, who they later defeated. On the September 1st episode of Showdown, Drillmatic defeated the team of Heart Break Boy and Ahren Fournier, asserting their dominance as tag champions. Over the weeks following Manifest Destiny on Empire, Jordan and Stephanie Matsuda would begin to have tension and passive aggressively interact in backstage segments. This would lead to Matsuda teaming up with Chris Elite to face Drillmatic at Territorial Invasion where Drillmatic successfully retained their titles.
Feud with Heart Break Boy
Other media
Jones made his video game debut in EAW 2K19 as a playable character on the Showdown roster.
Personal Life
Jones (right) pictured with girlfriend and tag-team partner Astraea Jordan.
Jones played basketball and football in high school in addition to amateur wrestling. He was offered a basketball scholarship by the University of Connecticut, which he accepted. He'd remain there until running into trouble with the law, losing both his scholarship and eligibility to attend.
Jones has been romantically linked to fellow wrestler and tag team partner, Astraea Jordan since 2017.
Jones is a baptist.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Buck 50 (Tornado facebuster)
- Cocaina Clutch (Coquina clutch)
- L-Train (Canadian destroyer)
- 5-Star Swag Splash (Split-legged frog splash)
- Signature moves
- C-Note (Spear)
- The Re-Up (Diving leg drop)
- Cuban Link (Cobra clutch)
- Uptown Ride (Sky High)
- Water Whip (Irish whip to the turnbuckle followed by a running knee)
- Standing shooting star press
- Belly-to-back suplex
- Pele kick
- Dropkick
- Running swinging neckbreaker
- Enzuigiri
- Frankensteiner
- Diving knee drop
- Tornado DDT
- Nicknames
- "The Rose that Grew from the Concrete Jungle"
- Entrance themes
- "Pray For 'Em" by Meek Mill (EAW; REVOLT!; 2017-present)
- "357" by Cam'ron (REVOLT!; used as a member of the Blicky Boyz)
- "Glory Bridge" by Chief Keef feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (July 14th, 2018-present)
Championships and accomplishments
Elite Answers Wrestling
- EAW Unified Tag Team Championship (1 time) -- with Astraea Jordan