Ryan Oshun (September 4, 1985) is an American professional wrestler.
Early life
Ryan was born in Mt. Holly, NJ and raised in Riverside, NJ throughout the duration of his childhood. After graduating from the Burlington County Institute of Technology for Culinary Arts. While in high school Ryan played football for another school (his didn't have a team) in Riverside, NJ, which was the sending district for the vocational school he attended. With numerous letters to attend college and play football, Ryan took a different path and joined the United States Air Force (USAF) in 2003. After initial training at Lackland AFB, TX Ryan was stationed at McConnell AFB in Wichita, KS. It was in Wichita that Ryan began playing semi-pro football after being cut in the last round of tryouts for the professional arena football team The Wichita Wild. After a few weeks with the Kansas Cougars semi-pro team Ryan gained a starting position on the offensive line, playing strong tackle and occasionally center. Ryan was forced to cut his semi-pro career short due to a deployment to Southeast Asia in 2009.
After his third deployment, which was in 2009, Ryan was accepted to move to San Antonio, TX (Lackland AFB) and become a Military Training Instructor (MTI / Drill Instructor) for the USAF. It was in San Antonio, while stationed at Lackland AFB, that Ryan began training for a professional wrestling career in 2012. He is still currently an active duty member of the USAF and currently stationed at Hurlburt Field, FL.
Professional wrestling career
In July 2012 Ryan began training under Hernandez with River City Wrestling. In August of the same year Ryan had his debut match against Joey Spector. In March 2013 Ryan worked as an extra with the WWE in which he assisted Triple H and Stephanie McMahon-Levesque as a police officer to arrest Daniel Bryan. After two years of wrestling with RCW, Ryan moved to Gulf Breeze, FL and began working with numerous promotions on the gulf coast.
On April 18, 2015 Ryan won his first singles title, the New Heights Wrestling Heavyweight Championship, after defeating Michael Facen in Panama City, Florida. He picked up his second singles championship on May 1, 2015 defeating Bu Ku Dao, Stevie Armstrong, and Ricky Rocket in a fatal four-way in Elberta, AL.
Most Prominent: River City Wrestling, New Heights Wrestling, Elite Championship Wrestling, Uproar Pro Wrestling and Combat Sport Pro.
Personal life
Ryan is married with two children and is also an active duty member of the United States Air Force. He is also a representative for BSN Supplements.
In wrestling
- Nicknames
- "Ravishing"
- "The Rainmaker"
- Finishing and signature moves
- Big Boot
- Side Slam
- Full Nelson Slam
Championships and accomplishments
- Combat Sport Pro
- CSP Championship
- NWA Elite Tag Team Championship - w/ Frankie Thomas x2
- NHW Heavyweight Championship
- RCW Tag Team Championship - w/ Rob Love
External links
- Profile at Cagematch.net
- Profile at Elite Championship Wrestling
- Instagram and Twitter: @RyanOshun