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| Riley's opponent in this NXT TV taping was CJ Parker. |
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| Riley's tweet after the match. |
Monday, February 16, 2015
The Return of Riley
I just heard the great news. Alex Riley is wrestling again! The former-WWE-Superstar-turned-WWE-commentator is back in the ring. So Riley fans, rejoice! Read more about it here. You can also read Riley's comments on his comeback here. So does this mean we'll be seeing him more often in the ring? No word on that yet, but I know that his fans can't wait for it to happen.
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Well, firstly, according to Cagematch, he's had an incredible 524(!) matches since 2007. He had about a 10 month hiatus between July 2013 and May 2014. He's had 11 matches since, 6 in 2015. He's lost 62% of his contests, overall. He's 1/6 this year. The win was versus CJ Parker on 2/12.
ReplyDeleteHis biggest rival is Michael McGillicuddy aka Curtis Axel. He faced him 45 times, winning 55%. For some wrestlers that a whole career right there!
Of those he's faced in double-digits, he's been most successful against Curt Hawkins aka Brian Myers, 12-6.
He's been generally trashed by lots of guys. Double-digit rivals to whom he's lost at least 90% of the time include R-Truth, Randy Orton, John Morrison, Tyson Kidd, Ezekiel Jackson, Ryback, Santino Marella, Evan Bourne, Kofi Kingston, Mason Ryan, Sheamus, Chris Masters, Cody Rhodes, and Mike Henry.
I think the most interesting matches may be those he won against competition that usually beat him. That includes: Dolph Ziggler, Jindar Mahal, John Morrison, Tyson Kidd, Ezekiel Jackson, and Ryback.
Finally, he competed with the following men as tag partners with greater success than in singles matches:
ReplyDelete1 Mason Ryan 15 7 46.7 8 53.3 0 0.0
2 Miz 13 3 23.1 10 76.9 0 0.0
3 Primo 10 9 90.0 1 10.0 0 0.0
4 Drew McIntyre 8 5 62.5 2 25.0 1 12.5
5 Santino Marella 7 5 71.4 2 28.6 0 0.0
6 Johnny Curtis 6 3 50.0 3 50.0 0 0.0
7 Michael McGillicutty 6 4 66.7 2 33.3 0 0.0
He's been paired with 70 different partners. Again, in itself virtually a career!
ReplyDeleteHe's faced a total of 194 different opponents, including two women.
ReplyDeleteMany of his competorss were also tag partners, at one time or another.
What an amazing career.
Match types:
ReplyDeleteDisplaying items 1 to 11 of total 11 items that match the search parameters.
# Item Matches Wins % W Losses % L Draws % D
1 1 vs. 1 363 125 34.4 234 64.5 4 1.1
2 2 vs. 2 76 40 52.6 36 47.4 0 0.0
3 Special 34 3 8.8 31 91.2 0 0.0
4 3 vs. 3 19 11 57.9 8 42.1 0 0.0
5 1 vs. 1 vs. 1 11 3 27.3 8 72.7 0 0.0
6 4 vs. 4 11 6 54.5 4 36.4 1 9.1
7 2 vs. 1 3 1 33.3 2 66.7 0 0.0
8 2 vs. 2 vs. 2 3 2 66.7 1 33.3 0 0.0
9 1 vs. 1 vs. 1 vs. 1 2 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0
10 1 vs. 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
11 3 vs. 2 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0
Riley's father, Kevin Kiley, was a sportscaster for ESPN and current sports radio talk show host in Cleveland, Ohio. His mother Lauren, is a former Miss Virginia.[4] He has a younger brother named Kristopher. Riley attended Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, VA, where he played both football and basketball.[2] He then went to Boston College, where he majored in communications.[2] He played for the Boston College Eagles football team, initially as a quarterback, before becoming a linebacker during the 2001 season. Riley once had a job, selling medical equipment as a stopgap.[65] Riley is Catholic, and has a tattoo of a Celtic cross on his back.[66]
ReplyDeleteGood news! Off to search for the recent-match videos.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear that Alex is back in the ring. I always thought he was a good wrestler. Hope he's a heel.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad he's back too! I found out about him kinda late and actually wasn't that impressed when I first saw him. But he grew on me and I realized what a hot piece of ass he really was and got inspired to write about what a great jobber he was:
ReplyDeletehttp://mascularmen.blogspot.com/2014/10/alex-riley-all-american-jobber.html