(1978-04-22) April 22, 1978 (age 46)[1] Linden, Guyana
Alma mater
University at Buffalo
Spouse(s)
Jenn Stephens
(m. 2004)
Children
2
Website
rycklon.com
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Big Ryck[2] Big Ryck Hytz[1] Big Rycklon Big Zeke Ezekiel[1] Ezekiel Jackson[1] Ricky Atlas[1] Rycklon Rycklon Stephens[1]
Billed height
6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[3]
Billed weight
309 lb (140 kg)[3]
Billed from
Harlem, New York Guyana, South America South Central, Los Angeles, California
Trained by
Homicide[1] Tom Prichard[1] Steve Keirn[1] Rick Bassman[4]
Debut
January 21, 2007
Rycklon Edward Stephens (born April 22, 1978)[1] is a Guyanese-American professional wrestler, professional wrestling coach, personal trainer, preacher, bodybuilder and actor. He is best known for his tenure in WWE from 2007 to 2014, under the ring name Ezekiel Jackson, where he was the final ECW Champion under WWE's ECW brand, as well as a former WWE Intercontinental Champion.[3][5][6][4]
Stephens made his professional wrestling debut for the California-based promotion Ultimate Pro Wrestling in 2007 under the ring name Big Ryck Hytz. He was then signed by WWE in 2007 and sent to their then-developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, under the new ring name Rycklon, which was later changed to Ezekiel Jackson after his main-roster debut in 2008. During his time in WWE, Jackson was the final man to win the ECW Championship, his only professional wrestling world championship, making him the third African American to hold the championship, the sixth black world champion (after The Rock, Booker T, Bobby Lashley, Ron Simmons, and Mark Henry), and the only South American-born world champion in WWE history. He later joined The Corre but was kicked out, thus starting a feud with the stable's leader Wade Barrett and he would go on to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship once.
Jackson would leave WWE in 2014 and briefly wrestle for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) later that year. He also competed in one season of Lucha Underground from 2014 to 2015 as Big Ryck. He wrestled his last match in Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) in October 2015 and is now working as a personal trainer. He is the owner of the Redwood City, California-based professional wrestling promotion and school Bryckhouse Pro Wrestling.
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known for his tenure in WWE from 2007 to 2014, under the ring name EzekielJackson, where he was the final ECW Champion under WWE's ECW brand, as well...
Slater and Justin Gabriel, both of whom were also Nexus members, while EzekielJackson rounded out the group. After Wade Barrett was kicked out of The Nexus...
Orton defeated Christian to retain the World Heavyweight Championship, EzekielJackson defeated Wade Barrett to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship...
was subsequently retired following the final episode of WWE ECW with EzekielJackson as the final titleholder, who also had the shortest reign with the...
with former Nexus members Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel as well as EzekielJackson. After they disbanded, he would go on to become a five-time Intercontinental...
Moments later EzekielJackson appeared to help him, but instead attacked Big Show. The next week, Barrett, Slater, Gabriel and Jackson informed that they...
Stratus. In an eight-man tag team match, The Corre (Wade Barrett, EzekielJackson, Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater) were originally scheduled to wrestle...
subsequently retiring the ECW Championship. The final champion was EzekielJackson. The WWE Universal Championship is the third world championship to...
days, Douglas' fourth reign is the longest in the title's history. EzekielJackson's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title as it was...
was dissolved, he began a singles career as The Brian Kendrick, with EzekielJackson as his enforcer. He would leave WWE in 2009. The next year, Kendrick...
December episode of Raw, teaming with Christian and Kane to defeat EzekielJackson, Vladimir Kozlov and William Regal. On 2 April episode of SmackDown...
to WWE's third brand, ECW, where he teamed with William Regal and EzekielJackson. After the ECW brand was dissolved, he was assigned to Raw and started...
from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2011. "EzekielJackson's first reign". WWE. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved...
however, when the brand closed in 2010, the title was retired after EzekielJackson became the last champion on the final episode of the ECW on Syfy series...
accompanied by EzekielJackson and Vladimir Kozlov. However, before the match began, ECW General Manager Tiffany announced that Jackson and Kozlov were...
returned to WWE, managing the Brooklyn Brawler in a squash loss to EzekielJackson. As of 2011, Lauer was working with the WWE in backstage roles at television...
defeating Santino Marella. He captured back-to-back wins against EzekielJackson on the February 20 episode of Raw and the February 21 episode of Super...
Moses Jacob Ezekiel, also known as Moses "Ritter von" Ezekiel (October 28, 1844 – March 27, 1917), was an American sculptor who lived and worked in Rome...
Gaspard from Raw as their first (14th overall) supplemental selection. EzekielJackson was ECW's first supplemental pick. Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The...
defeat them in two six-man tag matches while partnering once with EzekielJackson and once with Trent Barreta. The Usos began performing the Siva Tau...
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