Ryder then joined Theodore Long's team for a match to determine the General Manager of Raw and SmackDown at WrestleMania XXVIII. On the September 26 airing of SmackDown, Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder lost the titles to The Colóns (Carlito and Primo Colón) in their first televised title defense. [84] While Ryder was out injured, Eve sparked a heel turn for her character when she revealed that she had never liked Ryder and had disingenuously used him for fame and publicity. ", "WWE NXT results - June 10, 2015: Samoa Joe makes his debut, Zack Ryder & Mojo Rawley join forces", "WrestleMania 32: Will Intercontinental Championship seven-man ladder match steal the show in Texas", "4/3 WrestleMania 32 PPV Results - CALDWELL'S Complete Live Report on Main PPV -", "WrestleMania 32 Quick Results – Updated with match results throughout the PPV", "WWE Raw Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights from April 4", "WWE Smackdown Results – 4/7/16 (Roman Reigns sizes up AJ Styles, Intercontinental Title rematch, tag main event)", "4/4 WWE Raw Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Report on post-WM32", "Raw results, May 2, 2016: Reigns goes berserk on Styles after six-man main event", "7/4 WWE Raw Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live TV Report", "7/7 WWE Smackdown – Parks's Complete, Real-Time Report", "7/24 WWE Battleground Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Report", "8/21 WWE Summerslam Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live Report", "WWE star Zack Ryder suffers knee injury during SmackDown", "The Hype Bros reunite to battle the Colons in Kickoff showdown", "SmackDown LIVE results, June 27, 2017: Ellsworth pays dividends for Carmella in chaotic Money in the Bank Match", "The Bludgeon Brothers def. The Miz", "WWE NXT: New rookies pay as Season 2 opens", "WWE NXT: Surprise! Frankie Kazarian • [35], Ryder made his return to ECW on May 5, 2009 in a backstage segment with General Manager Tiffany. In January 2014, the Professional Wrestling Torch Newsletter released a ranking of WWE's roster; Ryder was ranked as a lower-tier babyface and the third lowest babyface on the roster.

[151] The show's theme song "Just Take Care, Spike Your Hair (The Broski of the Week Song)" was written specifically about Ryder by The Luke & Duane Show. Returning for the May 7th episode of Main Event, Ryder defeated his previous tag partner Curt Hawkins.

Adam Page • At WrestleMania, Ryder lost the match after being turned on by Eve. , A post shared by Brian Myers (@myers_wrestling) on Jun 26, 2020 at 6:26pm PDT. Penelope Ford • Brandon Cutler • Trent • Here is what Zack Ryder had stated on his and Hawkin's podcast after their release: Curt Hawkins is a highly entertaining Superstar and it will be interesting to see where he lands after his non-compete clause with WWE gets over. Jenn Decker, Arn Anderson Trainer • Ryder would pull off the upset and won his first championship since the US Title.

The show was "ended" by Dolph Ziggler, who attacked Ryder with his Money in the Bank briefcase, setting up a dream sequence featuring cameos from people who had previously appeared on the show while Ryder climbed a staircase to "heaven".

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. Punk being squeezed out", "Caldwell's WWE Raw results 5/5: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw – PPV fall-out, U.S. [43], Ryder on his new character after he stopped teaming with Hawkins. He was previously signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring name Zack Ryder.

True Long Island Story in February 2011[59] to promote his character. Zack Ryder's WWE career is in an uncertain place.

[87] After wrestling sporadically, Ryder failed to gain revenge on Kane for Kane's attacks on him earlier in 2012 when Kane easily defeated Ryder in the pre-show match of Over the Limit. Favourite Athlete:         Kobe Bryant

Ryder was ranked by Pro Wrestling Torch writer Benjamin Tucker as No. [79] As Cena's friend, Ryder also became a target of Kane, who was feuding with Cena at the time and attacked Ryder on several occasions. Have a look on the following information and rarely known facts about Ryder.

Nobody would suspect a superstar about to be released to win the Royal Rumble. I'll gladly accept it and hang it up in my office! Dustin Rhodes • Cody • After continuing to win matches they re-earned a match against Team Tremendous and won the titles for the second time on January 25, 2006.

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For the remainder of the year and well into 2011, Ryder mostly became used on the non-branded Superstars show, occasionally teaming with Primo. Ryder would have his first match since being taken out by Kane, in a losing effort to former on-screen friend Daniel Bryan (in the same arena the two made The TLC Trio, in a losing effort. Cardona is an avid collector of Pop! [48] Ryder had a return win over Bourne on May 27's Superstars. True Long Island Story ended on January 11, 2013, which was the show's 100th episode.

Tay Conti • [83] On the February 13 episode of Raw, a wheelchair-bound Ryder saw Eve kiss Cena, after Cena saved her from a kidnapping by Kane. Jerry Lynn (Road Agent, Trainer) • Rick Knox, Alex Marvez •

Also, he competed in the main event, where he was a part of “Team USA”, consisting of himself, Kane, Show, Apollo Crews, Jack Swagger and more.


[34] On April 15, 2009 Ryder was drafted back to the ECW brand as part of the 2009 supplemental draft, separating the team. 3 Results", "Head WWE trainer Bill DeMott attacked on Twitter by former trainee Kevin Matthews", "Independent Wrestler Tells Gross Bill DeMott Story Involving Zack Ryder And Female Wrestler (Video)", "Independent Wrestler Tells Bizarre Story of What Bill DeMott Once Made Zack Ryder & Luke Gallows Do During Training", "An Indy Wrestler Reveals A Bizarre Story On Bill DeMott In WWE Developmental - Video Inside", "VIDEO: Indy Wrestler Details A Bizarre Bill DeMott Incident", "WWE News: Latest On Bill DeMott Controversies, Another Gross Story Surfaces", "Independent Wrestler Tells Story About Bizarre Thing Bill DeMott Made Wrestlers Do", "Bill DeMott Has Taken to Twitter to Respond to Allegations", "Chairman falling deeper and deeper into the abyss", "History Of The WWE Tag Team Championship – Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder", "Out of the shadows, into the golden light", "Hawkins and Ryder: WWE's youngest Tag Team Champions", "8/8 WWE SMACKDOWN: Parks's Ongoing "Real-Time" Coverage of the CW Show", "Friday Night Smackdown Tapings – Columbus (Last show on CW)", "ECW: Hart Trilogy keeps Finlay guessing", "CALDWELL'S ECW TV REPORT 9/15: Complete Report on new No.

[88] He won the 20-man battle royal on the special "Great American Bash" July 3 episode of SmackDown to become the acting SmackDown (or "ZackDown", as he called it) GM the next week. The show is a collection of short comments from Ryder, containing comedic allusions to wrestling and pop culture; it also features cameos from his various WWE colleagues.The show also featured The Miz, Primo, John Cena, Standford, Big O, his father and more WWE wrestlers. Miro •

In October, the duo won the Untouchables DSW Tag Team Championship and held them until the end of November, losing them to Urban Assault. Wardlow • [143] In his final pay-per-view appearance, Ryder and Hawkins lost to the Viking Raiders at Elimination Chamber on March 8, 2020. 1", "WWE News: Zack Ryder mainstream interview – origins of YouTube show, WWE's reaction, having nothing to lose, more", "Interview with WWE's "Long Island Iced Z" Zack Ryder", "CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 6/13: Complete "virtual time" coverage of live three-hour "All-Stars" Raw hosted by Stone Cold Steve Austin", "CALDWELL'S WWE CAPITOL PUNISHMENT PPV RESULTS 6/19: Complete "virtual time" coverage of live PPV – Cena vs.

[55] On the July 27 episode of NXT, Ryder lost against Percy Watson, making him the first mentor of season 2 to lose to a rookie in a singles match. Mel • We strongly appreciate your precious suggestions, ideas and comments. 1 contender matches, WWE Network announcement", "Zack Ryder def.

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[52] Months later, in August, he was given a WWE Championship match against Sheamus that lasted 11 seconds, which was the second-shortest WWE Championship match in WWE history, in an attempt by Sheamus to circumvent the company's 30 day championship defence policy.

Our family is now complete. [116][117][118] He lost the title to The Miz the following night on Raw. The next night on Raw, Ryder and Hawkins made their first successful title defense, defeating The Revival in a rematch. 0 minutes Both men were signed by WWE the following year, making their main roster debuts in 2007. Nyla Rose • [95], Ryder's former tag partner Curt Hawkins in a 2014 interview[96], In 2013, Ryder most commonly appeared on Superstars and lost all his singles matches on Raw and SmackDown.
True Island Story, which at first WWE heads were upset Matthew made it without their permission and using WWE talent and logo.

But 2012 was a nightmare..." Seemingly all the glory of his YouTube hit fizzled... After WrestleMania, he was rarely seen on WWE TV".

In the year 2007 he joined WWE professionally and became a worldly known superstar. [110] Ryder, being accompanied by the cast of Entourage, answered Cena's United States Championship open challenge on the May 25 episode of Raw in his hometown and in the final WWE event held in the Nassau Coliseum, but failed to win after a countered 450 Splash. At The Great American Bash on July 20 Curt Hawkins (the former Bryan Major) and Ryder won the WWE Tag Team Championship from John Morrison and The Miz in a fatal four-way match which also featured Jesse and Festus and Finlay and Hornswoggle after Hawkins pinned Jesse. Zack Ryder: Billed height: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) Billed weight: 224 lb (102 kg) Billed from: Long Island, New York: Trained by: Mikey Whipwreck: Debut: 2004 : Matthew Brett Cardona (born May 14, 1985) is an American professional wrestler.

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Have a good day, stay blessed. They debuted in a losing effort against John Morrison and Eli Cottonwood; O'Neil was the first rookie eliminated from the second season, on June 29.