Ryback (wrestler)
Ryback in 2014
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| Birth name | Ryan Allen Reeves |
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| Born |
November 10, 1981 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Website | feedmemore |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
The Big Guy Ryan Reeves Ryback Skip Sheffield |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Billed weight | 297 lb (135 kg) |
| Billed from |
College Station, Texas Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Trained by |
Al Snow Bill DeMott Jody Hamilton Ohio Valley Wrestling |
| Debut | 2004 |
Ryback Allen Reeves (born Ryan Allen Reeves on November 10, 1981) is an American professional wrestler who performs as The Big Guy or Ryback. He was previously signed to WWE and now wrestles on the international independent circuit. Reeves was in the process of changing his legal name to "Ryback Allen Reeves" as of September 2016.
One of the eight finalists on Tough Enough 4, Reeves later signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and wrestled in its developmental territories Deep South Wrestling (DSW), Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). He participated in the first season of NXT in early 2010 under the ring name Skip Sheffield, and joined the WWE main roster later that year as part of The Nexus before being sidelined due to injury. Following his return as Ryback, Reeves headlined several pay-per-view events for WWE – sometimes competing for the WWE Championship – and became a one-time Intercontinental Champion before his acrimonious departure from the company in 2016.
Reeves was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He started watching professional wrestling at the age of eight, and he was allowed to ring the bell at a live World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) event, and was the guest bell ringer at the age of 12. Wanting to become a professional wrestler, Reeves began lifting weights at 12 years old, and he was nicknamed "Silverback" as a teenager after a childhood friend joked that he resembled a gorilla, and later adopted it as a part of his ring name.
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