Pro wrestler Nicholas W. Wilson used to enter the ring to the Metallica song "For Whom the Bell Tolls."

On Friday morning, the bell tolled for him, to the tune of five years in state prison. Wilson, who wrestled under the name "Nick Gage," was sentenced in state Superior Court in Camden by Judge Samuel D. Natal. Wilson must serve 85 percent of his sentence—four years, three months and one day—before he's eligible for parole.

Wilson robbed the PNC Bank branch on Haddon Avenue three days before Christmas 2010. He pleaded guilty March 15 to one second-degree count of bank robbery. His plea was part of an agreement with the state in exchange for a lesser sentence.

Before he turned himself in to Collingswood police around noon on New Year's Eve, the 30-year-old Wilson was a big draw for Combat Zone Wrestling, a Philadelphia-based independent wrestling operation known for its blood-soaked, ultraviolent matches. Wilson was CZW's first heavyweight champion, and he was inducted into the CZW Hall of Fame in 2009. Wilson, who grew up in National Park, Gloucester County, entered the courtroom Friday shackled at the ankles and wrists, and wearing a red jail jumpsuit. He nodded and smiled at his longtime girlfriend, Sondra Culbertson, who sat in the courtroom gallery.

When the judge asked the bearded wrestler if he wanted to say anything before being sentenced, Wilson replied flatly, "No."

The judge gave Wilson credit for 119 days served in the Camden County Jail, where Wilson had been held since his arrest.

Wilson was ordered to pay $3,090 in restitution to PNC Bank to cover the amount he stole during the robbery. Natal also ordered Wilson to pay $150 to the female teller to whom he handed his robbery note. That amount added up to a week's pay for the teller, who left work, apparently due to the stress from the robbery. In a January at the Camden County Jail, Wilson said he'd been battling an addiction to Oxycontin and other prescription painkillers for at least 10 years.