42 Facts About Zack Ryder

Zack Ryder is known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Zack Ryder from 2005 to 2020.

Zack Ryder has since won various championships including the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, Impact Digital Media Championship, and GCW World Championship.

Zack Ryder debuted with New York Wrestling Connection in 2004, using the name Brett Matthews.

Zack Ryder began regularly teaming with Brian Myers and the duo of Myers and Matthews went on to defeat the NYWC Tag Team Champions Dickie Rodz and Mason Raige by disqualification, for which titles do not change hands.

Zack Ryder made his return to ECW on May 5,2009, in a backstage segment with General Manager Tiffany.

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Zack Ryder participated in an untelevised 26-man battle royal at WrestleMania XXVI, being the last person eliminated by the winner Yoshi Tatsu.

The next week, Zack Ryder had a title shot in a fatal four-way match for the United States Championship, but lost.

Zack Ryder won a 2010 Slammy Award for Most Annoying Catchphrase in December.

Web show's popularity led to Zack Ryder having a rise in status, making more appearances on television.

On June 6 Zack Ryder had his first match on Raw in 2011, losing to Kofi Kingston.

Shortly after, Zack Ryder left his position as assistant to the SmackDown General Manager due to his championship commitments.

Zack Ryder was eventually ranked by Pro Wrestling Torch writer Benjamin Tucker as No 1 in the "Top 10 Crashing Stars of 2012".

Tucker noted that Zack Ryder was a jobber despite getting himself over in 2011.

Zack Ryder's injuries mounted after he was chokeslammed through the Raw stage and Tombstoned at the Royal Rumble.

Zack Ryder then joined Theodore Long's team for a match to determine the General Manager of Raw and SmackDown at WrestleMania XXVIII.

Zack Ryder entered the 2013 Royal Rumble match and was eliminated with no eliminations after two minutes.

In January 2014, the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter released a ranking of WWE's roster; Zack Ryder was ranked as a lower-tier babyface and the third lowest babyface on the roster.

Zack Ryder returned on January 25,2015, at the Royal Rumble in the Rumble match at No 9 and was quickly eliminated by Bray Wyatt.

Zack Ryder participated in the 2nd annual Andre the Giant Memorial battle royal at WrestleMania 31 which was won by Big Show.

In June 2015, Zack Ryder began appearing in WWE's developmental system NXT, where he formed a tag team with NXT's returning Mojo Rawley.

Zack Ryder was unsuccessful, although he was among the last few competitors in the match.

Meanwhile, on the main roster, Zack Ryder continued wrestling on Superstars and Main Event from June 2015 to March 2016.

Zack Ryder suffered singles losses to Bo Dallas, Rusev and The Miz, but managed to trade singles wins and losses with Adam Rose, Heath Slater, Stardust and Tyler Breeze.

At WrestleMania 32, Zack Ryder substituted Neville in the ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship and won.

Zack Ryder lost the title to The Miz the following night on Raw.

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Three days later on SmackDown, Zack Ryder received a rematch, where Maryse helped Miz to retain.

Pro Wrestling Torch writer James Caldwell, after Zack Ryder quickly lost his Intercontinental Championship to The Miz after winning it at WrestleMania 32.

Zack Ryder returned on the June 13,2017 episode of SmackDown, reuniting with Rawley.

At WrestleMania 34, Zack Ryder participated in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, where he was eliminated by Mojo Rawley.

The following night on Raw, Zack Ryder was defeated by Bobby Lashley in what would be his final WWE match.

Zack Ryder made his debut on the July 29,2020 episode of Dynamite, saving Cody from an attack by Alex Reynolds and John Silver of The Dark Order.

Zack Ryder made his surprise debut on January 16,2021, at Hard To Kill, where he defeated Ace Austin by disqualification.

The web series was a collection of short comments from Zack Ryder, containing comedic allusions to wrestling and pop culture; it featured cameos from his friends, family, as well as fellow WWE colleagues.

In July 2011, Zack Ryder defended his Internet Championship at a house show in Australia, against Primo.

Zack Ryder soon replaced the toy belt with a $1,500 custom-made belt.

When Zack Ryder woke up, he thought that the Zack Ryder Revolution was all a dream until being told by his family and friends that it all happened.

Zack Ryder later said that he regretted allowing WWE to move his show to their YouTube channel and that WWE had removed content from his videos.

In July 2011, Zack Ryder was featured in Sports Illustrated's list of the 100 most influential Twitter users in sports.

Zack Ryder made his in-game debut at WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009 and appeared in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011, WWE '12, WWE '13, WWE 2K14, WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, and WWE 2K20.

In 2018, Zack Ryder started a podcast with Curt Hawkins about wrestling figures called The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast.

Zack Ryder began dating Canadian professional wrestler Chelsea Green in January 2017, and they were engaged on April 4,2019.

Zack Ryder has periodically donned Ghostbusters themed ring gear during matches, and discussed his love of the franchise in the 2016 documentary Ghostheads.