Malachi Jeffers
2004-04-29 | Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Malachi Jeffers (born April 29, 2004) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, performing under the ring name Je'Von Evans on the NXT brand. He was previously known under the ring name Jay Malachi on the independent circuit. Jeffers began training in 2018 under independent wrestler Labron Kozone in North Carolina and debuted on January 26, 2018. Under the ring name Jay Malachi, he achieved his biggest success on the independent circuit in Deadlock Pro-Wrestling where he was a one-time DPW Worlds Champion. When he signed with WWE, he vacated the title on November 2, 2023. In November 2023, it was reported that Jeffers had signed with WWE where he would report to the NXT brand. He made his debut under the ring name Je'Von Evans on the February 16, 2024 episode of NXT Level Up losing to Brooks Jensen. At NXT Stand & Deliver, a video package aired hyping up Evans' NXT debut. On the April 9 episode of NXT, Evans made his television debut picking up a win against SCRYPTS. The following week on NXT, he fought then-NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov in a losing effort but was endorsed by Dragunov after as the two shook hands. Evans soon developed an on-screen friendship with Trick Williams, who had just defeated Dragunov to become the new NXT Champion, after Williams came to his defence against Noam Dar and Oro Mensah of The Meta-Four. Evans and Williams teamed up on the May 28 episode of NXT against Mark Coffey and Wolfgang of Gallus in a winning effort. On the June 18 episode of NXT, Evans won a 25-man battle royal to earn an NXT Championship match against Williams at NXT Heatwave. However, Evans was defeated by Ethan Page later in the night after Page challenged Evans to a match claiming that he was never eliminated from the battle royal after being attacked by Mensah.
