Conor O'Brian

Conor O'Brian
Conor O'Brian
Ring name(s) Conor O'Brian[1]
Payne[2]
Rough House O'Reilly[3]
Ryan O'Reilly[2]
Billed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[4]
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[5]
Billed weight 245 lb (111 kg)[4]
255 lb (116 kg)[5]
Born February 6, 1980 (1980-02-06) (age 31)[2]
Grand Rapids, Michigan,[2] United States
Billed from Grand Rapids, Michigan[4]
Boston, Massachusetts[3]
Detroit, Michigan[5]
Trained by Rusty Brooks[1]
Soulman Alex G[2]
Norman Smiley[2]
Bill Demott[2]
Tom Prichard[2]
Steve Keirn[2]
Jody Hamilton[2]
Debut 2001[2]
Website Ryan O'Reilly's Homepage

Ryan Parmeter[1] (born February 6, 1980)[2] is an American professional wrestler. He is signed by WWE and competes in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) as Conor O'Brian. He was part of the fourth season of NXT, and got 3rd place on the show's fifth season, NXT Redemption.[4][6]

After spending four years wrestling on the independent circuit as Ryan Payne O'Reilly, Parmeter signed a WWE contract in 2005, and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), a developmental territory, where he wrestled as Rough House O'Reilly.[1][3] He won the DSW Heavyweight Championship twice, before briefly appearing in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). He also appeared in several dark matches prior to Raw and SmackDown, and at several ECW house shows. In October 2007, both Parmeter and his girlfriend, Krissy Vaine, requested to be released from their WWE contracts for personal reasons.[7][8]

Following his release, Parmeter took time off from wrestling, before debuting for NWA Charlotte in February 2009. In July 2010, he was re-signed by WWE, and returned to FCW where he began wrestling as Conor O'Brian. In November 2010, he was announced as a participant in the fourth season of NXT.

Contents

Career

Early career (2001–2005)

Parmeter initially trained at the School of Hard Knocks in southern Florida under Rusty Brooks, and made his professional wrestling debut in 2001.[1][2] He went on to compete in Brooks' promotion, Four Star Championship Wrestling (FSCW) as Ryan Payne O'Reilly, and formed a tag team with Jeff "J-Dawg" Brooks, known as the "Irish Thug Connection". Together, the Irish Thug Connection won the FSCW Tag Team Championship.[9] He also won the FSCW Heavyweight Championship,[1] and spent mid-2004 feuding with Norman Smiley over it.[10][11] O'Reilly also competed for Florida's Coastal Championship Wrestling (CCW) promotion, and won the CCW Heavyweight Championship.[1] He appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling during the promotion's early shows.[7]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2005–2008)

After four years on the independent circuit, O'Reilly signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005.[1] He was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), a WWE developmental territory as Rough House O'Reilly, and made his DSW debut at the inaugural DSW show on September 1, in a loss to Jack Bull. Over the next several months, he faced wrestlers including "Big Time" Nick Mitchell, Mike Mizanin, Shawn Schultz, Derrick Neikirk,[12] Eric Perez and Freakin Deacon. In December, he appeared in a dark match prior to the SmackDown! tapings.

In early 2006, O'Reilly took a leave of absence. Upon his return, he and Danny Germundo entered a tournament for the DSW Tag Team Championship but were eliminated by Team Elite (Mike Knox and Neikirk) on May 11.[12] On June 22, O'Reilly defeated Neikirk to win the DSW Heavyweight Championship.[12] He successfully defended the championship against Knox, Neikirk,[12] and Montel Vontavious Porter.[13] On September 7, O'Reilly lost the championship to Bradley Jay. During mid-2006, O'Reilly made several appearances at ECW house shows, teaming with Neikirk to faceThe FBI (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke).[12] O'Reilly was scheduled to become part of the regular ECW roster in September, but violated the WWE Wellness Program, and was suspended for 30 days.[1]

When he returned, he became the personal assistant of DSW General Manager Krissy Vaine.[1] In December, O'Reilly appeared on an episode of ECW on Sci Fi as one of Paul Heyman's personal enforcers alongside Doug Basham.[1] In March 2007, O'Reilly won the DSW Heavyweight Championship for the second time.[7] He lost the championship back to Bradley Jay a week later. O'Reilly and Eric Perez were originally scheduled to face The Samoans (Afa, Jr. and Sonny Siaki) in the main event of DSW's final event, but he and Perez were replaced by The Major Brothers.[14] During mid-2007, O'Reilly would appear in dark matches prior to Raw and SmackDown against Sylvan Grenier, Chuck Palumbo, Super Crazy, Cody Rhodes and D'Lo Brown.[1][15] He briefly appeared in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), another WWE developmental territory, where both Lacey Von Erich and Maryse acted as his valets.[1]

In October 2007, both Parmeter and his girlfriend Krissy Vaine requested and were granted their release from WWE.[1] They cited health problems suffered by members of both of their families as the reason.[1][7]

Time off and independent circuit (2007–2009)

In October 2007, Parmeter stated that he was taking time off from wrestling.[16] He returned to wrestling in February 2009, working for NWA Charlotte.[1] He wrestled against Truitt Fields for the territory's Heavyweight Championship, but was unable to win the title. After the loss, O'Reilly formed an alliance with Mikael Judas and Phill Shatter called III, which lasted until the territory's closure.

Return to World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE

Florida Championship Wrestling (2010–present)

Parmeter was re-signed by the WWE on July 14, 2010, and was reassigned to the FCW developmental territory.[17] At the September 24 tapings of the FCW television show, he began working under the ring name Conor O'Brian. O'Brian is a Member of The Ascension with Ricardo Rodriguez, Tito Colon, Kenneth Cameron, and Raquel Diaz.

NXT (2010–2011)

On November 30, 2010, during the season finale of season three of NXT, it was announced that Parmeter, under the name Conor O'Brian, would be appearing on season four, with Alberto Del Rio as his mentor.[6][18] He made his in-ring debut on NXT the following week, teaming with Del Rio to defeat rookie Derrick Bateman and Bateman's mentor Daniel Bryan.[19] O'Brian won his first challenge on the January 4, 2011 episode of NXT, when he won the 'Battle of the Mic Challenge' to earn four immunity points.[20] Two weeks later, on January 18, O'Brian was the second contestant eliminated from NXT. Earlier that night, O'Brian competed in a match against Ricardo Rodriguez in a losing effort.[21]

In March 2011, O'Brian was selected as one of the six former NXT contestants to return to the show in its fifth season, NXT Redemption. During this season, O'Brian was mentored by Vladimir Kozlov.[22] He was later eliminated from competition on the June 28, 2011 edition of NXT, and would later be joined, and eventually replaced, by a returning Derrick Bateman and Daniel Bryan.

Personal life

Parmeter began dating Kristin Eubanks in 2006.[7] In an interview in October 2007, Parmeter announced the two were engaged.[16]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • Coastal Championship Wrestling
    • CCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
    • CCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sean Allen[2]
  • Four Star Championship Wrestling
    • FSCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
    • FSCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jeff "J-Dawg" Brooks[2]
  • Georgia Championship Wrestling
    • GCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[2]
  • Kings of Pro Wrestling
    • KPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[2]
  • Maximum Pro Wrestling
    • MPW Television Championship (1 time)[2]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Conor O'Brian". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/c/conor-obrian.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Rough House O'Reilly". Deep South Wrestling. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20070403051945/http://www.dswrestling.com/oreilly.html. 
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  8. ^ Mooneyham, Mike (2007-10-21). "O'Reilly, Vaine turn down offer to join WWE big show". Post and Courier. http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/oct/21/oreilly_vaine_turn_down_offer_join_wwe_b19759/. 
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  10. ^ Evans, Russ (2004-05-23). "Rocky Horror Wrestling, Headlocks aplenty!". Broward-Palm Beach New Times. http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2004-05-20/calendar/fish-photo-op/. 
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  13. ^ "2006 Show Reports: July 13, 2006". GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com. July 2006. http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com/showreports/2006/100.html. 
  14. ^ Goodman, Larry (2007-05-05). "Final Deep South Wrestling TV Report (Siaki – Afa Jr vs. Major Brothers)". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1178355941.shtml. 
  15. ^ Clevett, Jason (2008-06-05). "SLAM! Wrestling: D-Lo Brown signs with WWE". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2008/06/05/5783841.html. 
  16. ^ a b Martin, Adam (2007-10-25). "Recap – Bryan Alvarez, Bill DeMott & Ryan O'Reilly on Wrestling Weekly". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1193355434.shtml. Retrieved 2010-12-19. 
  17. ^ Martin, Adam (2010-07-21). "WWE rehires talent who quit the company". WrestleView. http://wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1279725510. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  18. ^ Caldwell, James (2010-11-30). "WWE News: NXT Season 4 cast – full list of Pros & Rookies for the new season of NXT, plus noticeable absences". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_45683.shtml. Retrieved 2010-12-01. 
  19. ^ Bishop, Matt (2010-12-08). "WWE NXT: Season 4 begins with new pros, less Cole". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/12/08/16468256.html. Retrieved 2010-12-19. 
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