Trick Williams

Matrick Mondre Belton (born May 26, 1994) is an American professional wrestler and former football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Trick Williams and is a former one-time NXT North American Champion.

Football career

Belton played college football for the Hampton Pirates in 2013 before transferring to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks from 2014 to 2016. He caught 11 passes for 121 yards during his college career, all of which came in 2015. He went undrafted in 2017 and spent time as an assistant coach and student-teacher intern at Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina in the fall of 2017. He then played in the The Spring League in 2018 and attended the Philadelphia Eagles rookie minicamp on a tryout basis in May 2018.

Professional wrestling career

On February 24, 2021, Belton signed a developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to the WWE Performance Center and subsequently the NXT brand. Later that year, he made his first appearance on the September 14 episode of NXT under the ring name Trick Williams as the bodyguard of Carmelo Hayes and they formed the Trick Melo Gang. Williams made his in-ring debut on the October 5 episode of NXT, teaming with Hayes in a fatal four-way elimination tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship, where they lost to MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee).

Throughout 2022 and 2023, Williams accompanied Hayes in most matches. On the August 1, 2023, episode of NXT, Williams told Hayes that they needed to part ways so he could achieve his own accomplishments, amicably breaking up the Trick Melo Gang. On the September 26 episode of NXT, Williams became the number one contender to the NXT North American Championship by defeating Axiom, Dragon Lee and Tyler Bate in a fatal four-way match and went on to defeat "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio for the title at NXT No Mercy. Two days later, Williams made his debut appearance on Raw as the new NXT North American Champion. However, on the October 3 episode of NXT, Williams lost the title back to Mysterio after interference from Mysterio's Judgment Day stablemates Finn Bálor, Damian Priest, and Rhea Ripley, as well as their associate JD McDonagh, ending 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 match against Chad Gable. On the October 17 episode of NXT, Williams was slotted into the triple threat match between Hayes, Dijak and Baron Corbin to make it a fatal four-way match for a NXT Championship opportunity against Ilja Dragunov at NXT Halloween Havoc. This announcement caused a rift between Williams and Hayes. Before the match started, Williams was found attacked backstage and had to be taken to a hospital. Hayes went on to defeat Dijak and Corbin for the title opportunity. At NXT Halloween Havoc Night 2, Williams returned during the NXT Championship match and cost Hayes the title, who then stared Hayes down after the match. On the November 14 episode of NXT, Williams defeated Joe Coffey to qualify for the Iron Suvivor Challenge at NXT Deadline with Hayes in his corner.

Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 213 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2023
• WWE
  • NXT North American Championship (1 time)