Mason Ryan is best known for his time with WWE, where he performed under the ring name Mason Ryan from 2009 to 2014.
24 Facts About Mason Ryan
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Mason Ryan began training to be a professional wrestler in 2006, and competed around Europe for the next three years.
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Mason Ryan made his main roster debut in 2011 and joined The New Nexus.
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Mason Ryan attended Ysgol y Gorlan primary school in Tremadog and Ysgol Eifionydd secondary school in Porthmadog, before studying construction management at Cardiff University for 18 months.
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Mason Ryan worked as a trainee carpenter and in his family's funeral home prior to becoming a wrestler.
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Mason Ryan trained at a professional wrestling school in Birkenhead.
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Mason Ryan represented the UK in a 'Battle of the Nations' tag team match between the UK and Austria, teaming with Drew McDonald and Sheamus O'Shaunessy in a losing effort to Chris Raaber, Michael Kovac, and Robert Ray Kreuzer at the European Wrestling Association's Night of Gladiators show in June 2007.
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Under the name Mason Ryan, he competed against wrestlers including Johnny Curtis, Tyler Reks, Johnny Prime, and Hunico in his first matches.
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In November 2010, Mason Ryan toured Europe with the SmackDown brand, defeating Chavo Guerrero in Belfast on 4 November and again in Liverpool on 6 November.
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On 3 February 2011, Mason Ryan lost the Florida Heavyweight Championship to Bo Rotundo, ending a six-and-a-half month reign.
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Griffiths, as Mason Ryan, made his WWE television debut on 17 January 2011 episode of Raw by interfering in a match between CM Punk and John Cena.
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Mason Ryan began feuding with Ziggler, with the pair trading wins via disqualification.
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Mason Ryan appeared only sporadically on television throughout 2012, and he then rejoined the rebranded developmental system NXT.
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Mason Ryan returned to the ring and debuted on the rebooted WWE NXT show and began his singles winning streak on 30 January 2013, by defeating Sakamoto.
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Mason Ryan then entered into a feud against Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady; although he easily defeated them in singles matches, he lost to them in a handicap match.
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Mason Ryan was then rarely used on WWE television until he had his final televised match on 24 April 2014 episode of NXT, in a losing effort to number one contender for the NXT Championship.
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On 30 April 2014, it was reported that Mason Ryan had been released by WWE.
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On 5 June 2015, Mason Ryan was defeated by then-Full Impact Pro Heavyweight Champion, Rich Swann.
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On 11 October 2014, Mason Ryan won the UPWA Heavyweight Championship in Shallotte, North Carolina.
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On 16 February 2015, Mason Ryan took part in a dark match before the TNA One Night Only's Gut check event defeating Shaun Ricker.
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Mason Ryan's last wrestling appearance to date, was in the United Kingdom for Pro Wrestling Pride on 1 November 2015, he was on the losing team in an 8-man tag team match.
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On 20 February 2015, Griffiths, working under the ring name Mason Ryan Williams, made his debut for the Japanese Inoki Genome Federation promotion, losing to Shogun Okamoto.
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In January 2016, Mason Ryan announced on his Twitter account that he is working at Cirque du Soleil, as the chief archer of Ka.
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Mason Ryan began filming the first show approximately a month later and had to grow a beard especially for the role.