Simon Gotch

Quick Facts

Full Name	Simon Gotch
Occupation	Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Oct 18, 1982(1982-10-18)
Age	42
Birthplace	Hoboken
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Libra

Simon Gotch Biography

Simon Gotch is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on October 18, 1982 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Wrestler who is best known for his time in the WWE developmental territory NXT as a member of The Vaudevillians tag team. He and his partner, Alex English, won the NXT Tag Team championship for the first time on August 22, 2015 at the NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn event.

His first tag team championship match came in August 2014 against Kalisto and Sin Cara, which he and his partner lost.

Seth Lesser (born October 18, 1982) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Simon Gotch. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a member of Contra Unit. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he held the NXT Tag Team Championship as one-half of The Vaudevillains along with Aiden English and also worked for the main roster for over a year. He portrays one of MLW’s main heels, part of the Contra Unit stable along with Jacob Fatu, Josef Samael and Ikuro Kwon.

From 2002 until 2013 he worked under the ring name Ryan Drago, invoking the image of early 20th century professional wrestlers or strongmen. In 2013 he joined WWE, retaining the “classic wrestler” image, but being renamed “Simon Gotch” (after Frank Gotch and Karl Gotch), together with Aiden English they often appeared in silent movie segments. After leaving WWE he began to use the name Simon Grimm, but was legally able to use the name Simon Gotch in April 2018.

He was born as John Smith in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he was also raised.

Simon Gotch Net Worth

Simon Gotch is one of the richest Wrestler from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Simon Gotch 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began competing in the independent professional wrestling circuits in 2002. He competed for various promotions, including All Pro Wrestling and Full Impact Pro.

On the November 11, 2015 episode of NXT, he lost the tag team championship to the team of Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder. Throughout his time in NXT, he has become known for his finishing move, The Gentleman’s Clutch suplex.

Seth Lesser was born on October 18, 1982 in Hoboken, New Jersey. He is Jewish.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Simon Gotch height 6 ft 1 in Simon weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Simon Gotch Dating?

According to our records, Simon Gotch is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Simon Gotch’s is not dating anyone.

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On the April 7, 2016, episode of SmackDown, the Vaudevillains made their main roster debut as heels, defeating The Lucha Dragons. On the April 11 episode of Raw, the Vaudevillains were announced as one of the teams to participate in the number one contenders tournament for the WWE Tag Team Championship, where they defeated Goldust and Fandango in the first round later that week on SmackDown and The Usos on the April 18 episode of Raw in the semi-finals. At Payback, the Vaudevillains faced Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady in the finals of the tournament. The match resulted in a no-contest due to a legit concussion suffered by Amore, and the Vaudevillains were declared number one contenders. While the Vaudevillains lost to The New Day at Extreme Rules, they competed in a fatal 4-way tag team match, also involving Enzo Amore and Big Cass and Gallows and Anderson, for the titles at Money in the Bank in a losing effort.

Facts & Trivia

Simon Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Simon Gotch celebrates birthday on October 18 of every year.

After his release from WWE, Lesser returned to the independent circuit, adopting the ring name “Simon Grimm”. On July 23, 2017, Grimm would win his first singles title when he defeated both Daisuke Sekimoto and Doug Williams for the vacant XWA Frontier Sports Championship in Colchester, England. Less than a week later, Lesser would wrestle for Pro Wrestling Pride defeating Doug Williams and Ultimo Tiger. In September, Grimm teamed with Dasher Hatfield and Mark Angelosetti in Chikara’s 2017 King of Trios tournament, where they made it to the quarterfinals, before losing to Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate.

Where is Simon Gotch now?

Contra Unit (2019–2021) Gotch returned to MLW Fusion on March 2, 2019, forming the heel faction Contra Unit with the debuting Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael.

How old is Simon Gotch?

39 years (October 18, 1982)

Is MLW still in business?

On June 9, 2020, MLW reached a new media rights deal to stream their programming on DAZN. CEO Court Bauer also announced during the same month that reruns of MLW Underground TV would air on Bein Sports throughout the summer. In August 2020, MLW announced that Fusion TV tapings will resume in October of that year.

Does Enzo Amore still wrestling?

Former WWE wrestler Enzo Amore is in phenomenal shape four years after being released by the company. The 35-year-old star has continued to wrestle under the name nZo since his exit in 2018 and he’s set to reunite with tag team partner Big Cass – now known as IMPACT Wrestling’s W.

Who is ikuro Kwon?

MemberTenure
Ikuro Kwon| August 3, 2018 – present
Mads Krügger| November 18, 2020 – present
Sentai Death Squad| July 10, 2021 – present