Mace (wrestler)

He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Mason Madden as one-half of the tag team MxM Collection alongside Mansoor.

Prior to beginning his professional wrestling career, Williams played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

[11] On February 20, 2015, Williams was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars, to a two-year contract, with the intention of being a backup to starter Jeremy Parnell.

[16] On August 1, 2016, WWE officially announced the signing of Williams, who started training at the Performance Center the same day.

[17][18] He made his in-ring debut for the company at a NXT live event in Orlando, Florida, on September 30, 2016, competing in a battle royal.

Now as a wrestler, he was revealed as a member of the villainous stable Retribution, under the ring name Mace, with a mask, new outfit, and sporting a noticeably lighter and more defined physique.

[24] On the July 1 episode of SmackDown, Knight, now known as Max Dupri, announced Mace and Mansoor, under the tweaked names ma.çé and mån.sôör, as his new tag team, Maximum Male Models.

[26][27] After weeks of spending time with Otis of the Alpha Academy, Maxxine left Maximum Male Models to join Alpha Academy on the May 15 episode of Raw when she cheered on Otis and Chad Gable eliminating ma.çé and mån.sôör in the Intercontinental Championship number one contenders' battle royal match.

[31][32] Madden made a surprise appearance at Deadlock Pro-Wrestling (DPW) 2nd Anniversary taping on December 10, 2023, alongside Mansoor as part of the tag team MxM.

[36] On July 10, it was reported that MxM Collection had signed a deal with ROH and its sister promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

[37] MxM Collection made their ROH in-ring debut at Death Before Dishonor: Zero Hour on July 26 defeating Spanish Announce Project (Angélico and Serpentico).

[42] His younger sister Jaylen, a former basketball player at Penn State,[43] signed with the WWE from August 19, 2021, until April 29, 2022.

[44][45] Williams has been a fan of professional wrestling growing up,[1] citing Eddie Guerrero and The Great Muta as some of his favorite wrestlers.

[47] Williams has appeared in various streams on the tabletop role-playing YouTube channel The Third Wheel, most notably in the role of The Batsu Sama, the scariest person in the world.

[49][50] He joined the main series of the channel "Thrilling Intent", as a steely alchemist named Harlock, with a bionic arm and a love for traps, as well as another series on the channel, No Smarts But Hearts, where he plays the prestigious Clover Von Krone, a warm-natured, but incredibly strong member with the elite Adventurer Knights.