Professional wrestling career Ezekiel Jackson

1 professional wrestling career

1.1 world wrestling entertainment/wwe

1.1.1 florida championship wrestling (2007–2008)
1.1.2 brian kendrick s bodyguard (2008–2009)
1.1.3 ruthless roundtable , ecw champion (2009–2010)
1.1.4 corre , intercontinental champion (2010–2011)
1.1.5 final feuds , departure (2012–2014)


1.2 total nonstop action wrestling (2014)
1.3 lucha underground (2014–2015)
1.4 independent circuit (2015–present)

professional wrestling career
world wrestling entertainment/wwe
florida championship wrestling (2007–2008)

stephens in fcw

stephens signed developmental contract world wrestling entertainment in march 2007 , debuted in florida championship wrestling (fcw) in late june. in debut match on june 27, teamed keith walker defeat kofi kingston , eric pérez. continued compete in promotion in both tag team , singles matches. on february 8, 2008 competed in match tag partner bryan kelly in losing effort against steve lewington , heath miller in mini-tournament face wwe tag team champions john morrison , miz. on may 6, 2008, stephens wrestled final match in fcw before being called wwe s main roster.

the brian kendrick s bodyguard (2008–2009)

after being trained in fcw, stephens debuted on july 18, 2008 episode of smackdown under name ezekiel, brian kendrick s bodyguard. on august 8, 2008 edition of smackdown, ring name tweaked ezekiel jackson, , revealed being kendrick s advisor . began interfering in kendrick s matches against jeff hardy, finlay, , wwe champion triple h. on october 17 episode of smackdown, jackson made official in-ring debut defeating super crazy, after replacing supposedly sick kendrick. in late 2008, jackson began teaming kendrick , both began feuding tag team champions colóns (carlito , primo), although kendrick , jackson failed win championship. suffered first defeat on february 13, 2009 episode of smackdown, when lost singles match r-truth. jackson made final appearance on smackdown brand in losing effort against jeff hardy on april 3, 2009 episode.

the ruthless roundtable , ecw champion (2009–2010)

on april 15, 2009, jackson drafted ecw brand part of 2009 supplemental draft, therefore breaking team of himself , kendrick. jackson returned fcw further training, however, without making immediate appearance brand. made ecw debut defeating jack meridol on july 9, 2009 episode. jackson began angle vladimir kozlov in which, week after week, after 1 of them had squashed local competitor, other come out , hit finishing move on fallen opponent in game of one-upmanship. on august 18 episode of ecw, jackson formed alliance kozlov , william regal after betraying ecw champion, christian, during tag team match side them, , attacking christian @ regal s request. kozlov , jackson aided regal in feud christian on ecw championship, regal unable capture title.

on november 24 episode of ecw, jackson attacked both regal , kozlov after kozlov accused jackson of costing regal match. following week, jackson once again betrayed kozlov , regal walking out on kozlov during tag team match against christian , shelton benjamin. jackson, however, realigned himself regal, when aided regal in defeating kozlov on episode of ecw. on january 12, 2010 episode of ecw, jackson won ecw homecoming battle royal earn match ecw championship. faced christian ecw championship @ royal rumble pay-per-view unsuccessful. on final episode of ecw on february 16, jackson defeated christian win ecw championship in extreme rules match. upon winning title, wwe credited jackson final ecw champion.

the corre , intercontinental champion (2010–2011)


jackson @ 2010 tribute troops show

on february 19 episode of smackdown, video package aired, promoting jackson s return brand. made return on march 5 episode of smackdown without regal, instead joined raw, , defeated jimmy wang yang. on april 10, 2010 @ house show in glasgow, scotland, jackson suffered tear in right quadriceps muscle during match against kane, , expected inactive approximately 6 months. during injury, jackson drafted raw brand part of 2010 wwe supplemental draft.

jackson made return ring on september 13, 2010, defeating zack ryder in dark match prior raw tapings. returned television on october 18 episode of raw, revealed member of team raw bragging rights pay-per-view. @ bragging rights, jackson 1 of final 2 remaining members of team raw, lost team smackdown. on november 22 episode of raw, jackson qualified 2010 edition of king of ring tournament defeating alex riley, replaced jackson s original opponent miz. faced drew mcintyre in quarter-finals, match ended in double countout, neither advanced.

in december 2010, jackson traded smackdown brand. on january 11, 2011, taping of january 14 edition of smackdown, jackson joined wade barrett, justin gabriel , heath slater in assaulting big show, appearing form alliance three. following week group named corre. on may 6 episode of smackdown, jackson defeated big show in singles match, refused celebrate other members of corre afterward. backstage, other members of corre attacked him in retaliation, turning jackson face. jackson went on face barrett intercontinental championship @ on limit, , won disqualification, meant barrett retained championship. jackson continued feud other members of corre, winning against barrett disqualification , countout respectively.

on june 19, @ capitol punishment pay-per-view, jackson defeated barrett win intercontinental championship. jackson retained championship in rematch against barrett on following episode of smackdown , defended against ted dibiase on july 15 episode. on august 12 episode of smackdown, jackson lost intercontinental championship cody rhodes. went on feud both rhodes , dibiase. on august 19 episode of smackdown, lost rematch championship rhodes. jackson part of ten-man battle royal intercontinental championship , eliminated rhodes.

final feuds , departure (2012–2014)

on january 29, 2012 @ royal rumble pay-per-view, jackson entered royal rumble match thirteenth entrant, eliminated returning great khali. jackson started losing streak losing likes of jinder mahal, drew mcintyre, , david otunga. jackson ended losing streak teaming great khali defeat curt hawkins , tyler reks on may 16 episode of nxt.

around mid–2012, jackson suffered upper body injury , sidelined many months. after year of inactivity due injury, jackson returned @ live event wrestlemania axxess on april 4, 2013 teaming yoshi tatsu defeat hunico , camacho. on january 4, 2014, jackson announced surgery. on april 6, 2014, jackson reported had parted ways wwe.

total nonstop action wrestling (2014)

he made debut, along gene snitsky, in tna on june 25 taping of impact wrestling (which aired on july 24) using ringname rycklon heel; attacking tommy dreamer, bully ray , devon, , aligning himself dixie carter. marked first time final champion of original , new ecw in ring @ same time (rhino , rycklon) rycklon , snitsky fired dixie carter on august 7 edition of impact wrestling. earlier on show had competed in eight-man hardcore war between team ec3 (ec3, rhino, rycklon , snitsky) against team bully (bully ray, devon, tommy dreamer , al snow) in losing effort.

lucha underground (2014–2015)

in september 2014, stephens worked @ lucha underground under ring name big ryck, forming heel trio named crenshaw crew cisco, bael , cortez castro. ryck feuded johnny mundo , prince puma. feud concluded in three-way ladder match, won mundo. on october 5, 2014 taping, ryck participated in aztec warfare battle royal crown first lucha underground champion eliminated. on january 21, 2015, cisco, castro , bael attacked ryck , burned eye cigar, turning face in process. ryck returned action on february 25, 2015, distracting crew in match against sexy star, mascarita sagrada, , pimpinela escarlata. on march 4, 2015, ryck defeated star earn match against crew. ryck defeated crew in one-on-three handicap match. on february 8, 2015, ryck, along killshot , mack participated in tournament lucha underground trios championship, defeated in finals eventual winners angélico, son of havoc , ivelisse. after loss, ryck left mack , killshot , hired delavar daivari, attacking texano on may 20, 2015, turning heel in process. @ ultima lucha, daivari ran out , distracted ryck firing him, hinting @ face turn. however, nothing came of due stephens departing lucha underground in 2015 due traveling conflicts. revealed big ryck 1 of 5 missing people on april 20 episode of lucha underground. in 4 issue mini series explaining had happened after ultima lucha , before season two, revealed ryck killed disciples of death.

independent circuit (2015–present)

on october 17, 2015, stephens, big ryck, made debut german westside xtreme wrestling (wxw) promotion, unsuccessfully challenging karsten beck wxw unified world wrestling championship.