Tristan Angels

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2022–2025) Cranton began his professional wrestling career in 2022. He competed on the European independent wrestling scene under the ring name Nathan Angel.

WWE (2025–present) In 2025, Cranton signed with WWE as part of a new recruitment class and reported to the WWE Performance Center. Angels made his first on-screen appearance for WWE developmental brand Evolve on the April 1, 2026 episode when he was in the VIP Lounge with Romeo Moreno, where they both heckled Dorian Van Dux during a match. Days later, he appeared on WWE-related programming Lucha Libre AAA on Fox on April 4, 2026, in which he competed in a six-man tag team main event match as part of Team UK with Charlie Dempsey and Nathan Frazer where they were unsuccessful against Team Europe (Axiom, Elio Lefleur and Dorian Van Dux). He competed in his first singles match on the April 8 episode of Evolve, where he successfully picked up a victory over Romeo Moreno. On the April 28, 2026 episode of NXT, Angels made his televised debut, confronting Myles Borne following his match before being joined by Kam Hendrix.