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My Take
JTG, real name Jayson Paul, earned a lasting place in a lot of fans' memories, and I think that's worth more than a stacked title history. Coming out of Harlem, he and the late Shad Gaspard turned Cryme Tyme into one of WWE's most charismatic tag acts, and that street-smart swagger still gets quoted. The developmental grind in Ohio Valley, where he won the tag titles twice, shows the foundation under the flash. To me he's a reminder that wrestling is theater as much as competition, and the performers who win the crowd's affection often outlast the ones who just win belts.
Overview
Jayson Anthony Paul (born December 10, 1984) is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE under the ring name JTG. Paul began his professional wrestling career in 2006 with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), being assigned to their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he was a two-time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion (with Shad Gaspard, as part of Cryme Tyme).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- JTG
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイソン・ポール
- Reading
- じぇいそん・ぽーる
- Born
- December 10, 1984 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rat
- Origin
- New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional wrestler / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- John Dewey High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.