Nicholas William Wilson (born September 22, 1980), better known by his ring name Nick Gage, is an American professional wrestler wrestling for various promotions on the independent circuit.

In addition to these accomplishments, he has held the World Tag Team, Iron Man, Ultraviolent Underground, and Death Match championships during his CZW career.

[3] Gage's late brother, Chris Wilson, was also a professional wrestler; he performed in CZW under the ring name Justice Pain.

[4] The brothers even joined a stable known as “The H8 Club” with fellow CZW talent Matt Tremont, Nate Hatred, and Wifebeater.

After his release, he became an infamous name in the deathmatch indie scene and gained a cult following known as the Murder-Death-Kill Gang (often shortened to MDK).

His infamy as a "folk hero" of both independent American wrestling and of the deathmatch scene led him to be the subject of a 2021 episode of the docuseries Dark Side of the Ring.

[9] He wanted to be a professional wrestler at a very young age, and later recalled watching NWA as a kid and calling WWF "corny".

[9] Christopher would become known by the ring name Justice Pain,[10] though he retired in 2007 and died by suicide in 2020 when he jumped off the Walt Whitman Bridge.

Gage would also find great success in his run for the CZW Ironman Title, which he had several brutal matches with the likes of LOBO, The Wifebeater, Nick Mondo & Mad Man Pondo.

Gage would ultimately lose the match, as a result of being driven through several Panes of Glass, as well as a table, by Necro and his use of the Death Valley Driver.

On July 29, 2006, Nick Gage won Tournament of Death 5 defeating Brain Damage, JC Bailey, and Drake Younger in the final round.

He attacked LuFisto after she won the Iron Man title, had incidents with Zandig and Justice Pain, and insulted the fans on many occasions, most notably on commentary.

At Night of Infamy 5, problems between Gage, Lobo, and Zandig continued, leading to a Cage of Death match between the three, which called for the loser of the bout to hang up the boots and retire.

Gage's third reign as the Heavyweight Champion would last seven months, as he successfully defended his title against the likes of Drake Younger, Danny Havoc, Devon Moore, Ruckus & Eddie Kingston.

The H8 Club would go on to face Notorious Inc. at Down With The Sickness, as well as BLKOUT at Cage of Death X. Gage and Hatred would then move on to a bloody feud with Billy Gram's Cult Fiction, Brain Damage & Deranged, which, ultimately, culminated at CZW Tournament of Death 8, when Nick Gage defeated Deranged in a No Ropes Barbed Wire Fire Match.

Gage would have to be airlifted to hospital after taking a bump onto a light tube, which resulted in a laceration severing an artery in his arm.

[citation needed] Following his injury at TOD, and his attack on Thumbtack Jack at Best of the Best, Gage, along with Nate Hatred, would feud with The Best All Around in their hunt to regain the CZW Tag Team Titles.

In response to the attacks, Hyde would replace himself in the upcoming Tournament of Death: Rewind, and in his place would be Nick Gage, who would take on the former owner of CZW, John Zandig.

Gage, as a member of the stable CZW Japan[20] originally created around 2000, competed at BJW 15th Anniversary Show, teaming with Jun Kasai and D. J.

Nick Gage would lose in the opening round against Thumbtack Jack in a Deep Six Death Match, which consisted of Chains, Fish Hooks, and a No Ropes Barbed Wire stipulation.

However, Nick Gage would lose in the finals to Danny Havoc, in a 4-Way 200 Light Tubes Death Match also involving Freakshow and Corey Shaddix.

July 28, 2018, Nick made his debut in Nova Pro Wrestling, losing a street fight to Tim Donst.

The fight saw chair shots, a suplex through a closet door and a pack of light tubes over Gage's head ending the match.

On June 3, 2017, Nick Gage won the Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) Tournament of Survival 2, defeating Matt Tremont in the finals in the start of what would be a trilogy of matches between the two.

On April 5, 2019, Nick Gage defeated Shinjiro Otani at GCW's Joey Janela's Spring Break 3 Part 1.

[23] Due to his work as GCW World Champion, Gage was named by Sports Illustrated as the 10th ranked Wrestler of the Year in 2019.

[26] On the July 21, 2021, episode of AEW Dynamite, Gage made an appearance when MJF announced him as Chris Jericho's second "labour" for Fight For The Fallen in a No Disqualifications Match.

[7][32][33] During the robbery, Wilson, known for wearing a bandana to the ring, unmasked, handed a note to a female employee at the bank demanding money, and got approximately $3,000.