Ryan Nemeth (born November 4, 1984) is an American

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, writer, actor, and comedian. As a wrestler, he is signed to

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(TNA), where he performs under his real name, and is one-half of the

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with his brother

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. Prior to joining TNA, he performed for

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(AEW) and its sister promotion

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(ROH), and

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, performing on its then-

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(FCW) and current

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NXT under the

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Briley Pierce.

Professional wrestling career

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2010–2011)

Nemeth won the promotion's first ever Breakout competition and received a one-year paid scholarship with

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(OVW). In 2010, Nemeth made his professional debut for OVW under his real name. On January 8, 2011, Nemeth and Christopher Silvio defeated The Elite (Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver) to win the

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. On February 2, 2011, after Nemeth was attacked by Fighting Spirit (Silvio and Raphael Constantine),

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vacated the titles. On the same night, Nemeth and Paredyse defeated Fighting Spirit in a tag team elimination match to win the vacated Tag Team Championship. On March 5, 2011, Nemeth and Paredyse lost the Tag Team Championship to Silvio and Constantine.

WWE (2011–2013)

Florida Championship Wrestling (2011–2012)

Nemeth signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to its

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Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). He made his debut on June 26, 2011 as Briley Pierce, facing Big E Langston in a losing effort. On the October 30, 2011, episode of ''FCW Television'' Pierce was defeated by Brad Maddox after being pinned with the

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. On November 3, 2011, Pierce and

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defeated C.J. Parker and Donnie Marlow to win the

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s. On February 2, 2012, Pierce and Maddox were forced to vacate the titles due to Pierce suffering a leg injury. Bo Rotundo and Husky Harris defeated Maddox and Eli Cottonwood for the vacant titles that night.

NXT (2012–2013)

Before WWE, NXT merged with FCW as NXT Wrestling. Nemeth, as Briley Pierce, debuted on the June 20, 2012, episode of '' NXT'' taped at

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as an interviewer. Pierce made his in-ring debut on the May 8 episode of ''NXT'' against Sakamoto, but both men were attacked by Conor O'Brian; this led to both men challenging O'Brian to a handicap match during the next episode, which O'Brian won. On May 17, 2013, Pierce was released; his last match was a battle royal on the May 29 episode of ''NXT'' (which was taped before his release) to determine the #1 contender for the

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where he and Sakamoto were the first men eliminated from the match by

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Independent circuit (2013–present)

Nemeth had his first match after his WWE release on May 25, 2013, at Florida Underground Wrestling Throwdown 3, defeating

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. On June 23, 2016 Nemeth won the

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, defeating Bunny the Cat by forfeit. He would lose the title on the same day to

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. In 2020, Nemeth was cast in the ultimately-abandoned 4th season of the

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dramedy '' GLOW'' as a character named Tony Maroni.

All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2021–2023)

Nemeth made his

debut on the January 27, 2021 episode of ''

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'' in a losing effort against Hangman Page. On the February 9 episode of ''AEW Dark'', Nemeth earned his first victory in AEW when he defeated

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establishing himself as a

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. The following night on ''Dynamite'', Nemeth was defeated by

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. On the February 23 episode of ''AEW Dark'', Nemeth defeated

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and aligned himself with Peter Avalon and Cezar Bononi. Nemeth made his

debut on the May 18, 2023 episode of ''

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'', teaming with Avalon in a losing effort against the Iron Savages (Boulder and Bronson). On February 14, 2025, Nemeth filed a lawsuit against AEW, AEW president

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and former AEW wrestler

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for assault, breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and intentional interference with prospective advantage.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2024–present)

In 2024, Nemeth began making appearances in

(TNA) as a

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, which was around the same time his brother

signed with the company. Along with TNA, Ryan also appeared alongside Nic in TNA's partner promotion

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(NJPW). On March 14, 2025, at

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, Nic and Ryan locked themselves in the steel cage with Matt Hardy, proceeding to beat him down and cut his head open while preventing Nic and Hardy's teammates from stopping them. The Nemeths would then go on to win the titles from the Hardys a month later at

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Personal life

Nemeth has two brothers. His older brother

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is also a professional wrestler, who previously performed for

under the ring name Dolph Ziggler. His other brother Donald, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping, and robbery for his role in a botched robbery attempt that led to the murder of a former Marine in January 2016.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) *

( 1 time) – with

(

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) – with Christopher Silvio (1) and Paredyse (1) *

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**Ranked No. 491 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2021 *

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( 1 time, current) – with

References

External links

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