Wrestler Profile

Nick Gage

Nick Gage is deathmatch wrestling's undisputed king — the MDK gang's pizza-cutter-wielding folk hero whose GCW World Championship reigns and light-tube wars built American deathmatch wrestling's modern renaissance. His street credibility is literal: prison time for bank robbery preceded wrestling redemption.

His 2021 match against Chris Jericho on AEW Dynamite — pizza cutter and all — brought ultraviolence to cable television and Gage to mainstream infamy. Big Gulp gestures and MDK all day chants follow him through every building on the independent circuit.

Beloved with an intensity polite wrestling never inspires, Gage is his community's champion in every sense. WrestleRanks voters rank the king on loyalty: his people vote in glass-scarred blocs.

Promotions

Nick Gage is associated with Independent (2026).

PWI rankings history

Nick Gage has been ranked in the PWI 500 9 times, first at No. 313 in 2002 and most recently at No. 175 in 2023. The highest placement is No. 61, reached in 2021.

Placements by year: 2002 (No. 313), 2006 (No. 405), 2009 (No. 217), 2010 (No. 284), 2018 (No. 388), 2020 (No. 67), 2021 (No. 61), 2022 (No. 112), 2023 (No. 175).

Compiled from the annual rankings published by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. See the 2023 edition.

Nick Gage in the WrestleRanks rankings

Nick Gage is tracked as a hard-hitting competitor on WrestleRanks. WrestleRanks standings are decided one week at a time, from fan voting and editor input. Read more about how our rankings work, or see the live, interactive profile with weekly rank history and voting on the Nick Gage ranking page.

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