Ryback
Reeves as Ryback in February 2013
Ryan Reeves ( born November 18, 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada ) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently under contract with WWE and takes place there under the ring name Ryback.
- 2.1 Title
- 2.2 Awards
Career
Beginning
Reeves participated in the 2004 to the fourth season of WWE Tough Enough and was one of eight finalists that season but did not win. Nevertheless, World Wrestling Entertainment offered him a development contract, and he began training at Deep South Wrestling in 2005, where he played his first match in September, in their comeback show, and appeared to February 2006.
From March 2006, Reeves went to Ohio Valley Wrestling, another WWE developmental league on. There he was to be seen until January 2007, before he was fired. In 2008, Reeves returned with a new gimmick under the name Ryback to OVW, who was not a development league in the WWE now. There he again won the OVW Heavyweight Championship.
A short time later he was arrested again by the WWE under contract and debuted in Florida Championship Wrestling in December 2008. From October 2009, Reeves performed under the name Skip Sheffield on in a cowboy gimmick.
Nexus and comeback as Ryback
In February 2010, he was confirmed as a participant in the first season of WWE NXT. After initially Montel Vontavious Porter was called " Pro" provided by him, this was replaced by William Regal in the short term. Reeves was in the relay eliminated first. On 7 June 2010, he debuted with the other participants in the first NXT Season on RAW and intervened in the main event of the show. From then on he was a member of this new group, the Nexus. Two months later, he broke off at an event including the ankle and fell nearly 15 months through injury.
On 3 April 2012, he returned to SmackDown as Ryback back into WWE TV. In the first few months he won, especially in squash matches, thereby winning streak was set up and led in time minor feuds with, for example, Jinder Mahal. Since October 2012 Reeves fehdet against the WWE Champion CM Punk, after his feud opponent John Cena injured. When PPV Hell in a Cell October 28 ended in the same match against CM Punk winning streak Reeves '. Currently, he forms a tag team with Curtis Axel under the name Rybaxel.
Achievements
Title
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
Awards
- PWI Feud of the Year in 2010 as a member of Nexus vs. John Cena
- PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year 2010 as a member of the Nexus
- WWE 01x Slammy Award winner in the category "Newcomer of the Year " (2012)
- 01x Slammy Award winner in the category " Crowd Chant of the Year " (2012)
- 01x Slammy Award winner in the category "# Trending Now of the Year " (2012)