Mason Ryan
| Mason Ryan | |
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Ryan as the FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion in October 2010
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| Birth name | Barri Mason Ryan Griffiths |
| Born |
13 January 1982 Tremadog, Wales |
| Residence | Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Barri Griffiths Celtic Warrior Mason Ryan Mason Williams Smackdown Warrior |
| Billed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Billed weight | 291 lb (132 kg) |
| Billed from | Cardiff, Wales |
| Trained by |
Orig Williams Brian Dixon Florida Championship Wrestling |
| Debut | 2007 |
Barri Mason Ryan Griffiths (born 13 January 1982) is a Welsh professional wrestler and former Gladiators competitor, also known by his Gladiators name Goliath and his middle name Mason Ryan. He is best known for his time with WWE. After a short stint on the main roster, he was sent back to the now-renamed developmental territory WWE NXT prior to his release in April 2014.
Griffiths studied construction management at Cardiff University, before working as a trainee carpenter and in his family's funeral home. He also played as a centre-back for Porthmadog FC, but a knee injury curtailed his career. He appeared as "Goliath" on Gladiators in 2009. Mason Ryan began training to be a professional wrestler in 2006, and competed around Europe for the next three years. In 2009, he signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and debuted as Mason Ryan in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental territory, in January 2010. In July, he won the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship and held the championship until February 2011. He made his main roster debut in January 2011, where he aligned himself with The New Nexus.
Griffiths was born in Tremadog, the son of Carys and Malcolm Griffiths. He has a sister named Catrin. He 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. He worked as a trainee carpenter and in his family's funeral home prior to becoming a wrestler. Griffiths played football as a centre-back for Porthmadog FC, but had to curtail his career due to a knee injury.
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