Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder

Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
Ryder (left) and Hawkins at WrestleMania Axxess in 2009.
Tag team
Members	Curt Hawkins (Brian Major(s)/Myers) Zack Ryder (Brett Major(s)/Matthews)
Name(s)	Brian Myers and Brett Matthews Major Brothers Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder Edge Heads La Familia
Heights	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) each
Combined weight	450 lb (200 kg) Zack Ryder: 214 lb (97 kg) Curt Hawkins: 236 lb (107 kg)
Billed from	Long Island, New York
Debut	2004
Disbanded	April 15, 2009
Years active	2004–2009, 2011
Promotions	NYWC JAPW DSW OVW WWE
Trainer	Mikey Whipwreck Deep South Wrestling

Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder were an American professional wrestling tag team who appeared on the independent circuit and WWE under a variety of evolving names.

While in New York Wrestling Connection, the two wrestled as Brian Myers and Brett Matthews, both as a tag team and as singles wrestlers. During their time in WWE, they would become almost exclusively tag team wrestlers. From May 1, 2007 to December 16, 2007 the team was known as the Major Brothers, until they were repackaged and renamed to Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder as fans and associates of Edge on December 21, 2007, on an episode of SmackDown.

The two debuted as a team in New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC) during 2004 with Matthew Cardona using the name Brett Matthews and Bryan Myers using his real name. By 2005 they were a regular tag team and after briefly tagging with other people for a two night tournament they reformed to defeat the NYWC Tag Team Champions Dickie Rodz and Mason Raige by disqualification. At the next event on June 4 they won a rematch decisively to become Tag Team Champions. Later that month they were attacked by The Dead Presidents (Lo Lincoln and Boog Washington). Though they initially defended their titles against them in July, on August 27. On September 23 they were entered into a three way match with the champions but Team Tremendous (Dan Barry and Ken Scampi) ended up with the belts. After continuing to win matches they re-earned a match against the champions and won the titles for the second time on January 25, 2006. They held the titles until they faced The B.S. Xpress (Tony Burma & Mike Spinelli), who defeated them for the gold on March 26.

Matthews and Myers moved to Deep South Wrestling (DSW) in Georgia tweaking their ring names to Brett and Brian Majors, appearing collectively as The Majors Brothers. They lost their debut match on June 1 to Montel Vontavious Porter and Eric Pérez. They picked up their first wins on June 15 against Francisco Ciatso and Cru Jones but lost a Four Way title contendership match in July to Urban Assault (Peréz and Sonny Siaki. They continued to feud with Ciatso who changed partners frequently but never defeated The Majors Brothers. After a six match winning streak they were given a match against The Untouchables (Dice Domino and Deuce Shade) who were reigning as DSW Tag Team Champions. On 12 October, The Majors Brothers became the new champions after the match was restarted following a double pin situation.