Mason Ryan

Barri Griffiths also known as Goliath and by his ring name Mason Ryan was born on 13 January 1982 and is a Welsh professional wrestler. Griffiths began training to be a professional wrestler in 2006 and was signed to WWE by the middle of 2009, where he still wrestles on the Raw brand. He is also a former member of The New Nexus. Having joint The New Nexus, Mason had attacked Randy Orton and prevented him from earning a WWE Championship match.

However, Mason Ryan was part of Team Orton at the 25th Anniversary of Survivor Series in 2011. He was eliminated by Cody Rhodes. Previously Ryan had fought United States Champion Dolph Ziggler in a non-title match on three occasions, and emerged victorious twice proving his capabilities. He had also joint hands with Air Boom, Sheamus, CM Punk and John Cena in a 12-man Tag match defeating the team of Alberto Del Rio, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and David Otunga.

Mason Ryan trained at a professional wrestling school in Birkenhead and prior to appearing on Gladiators, he had competed in almost 100 matches in countries like Egypt and Venezuela. He has worked as a trainee carpenter and also helped in his family’s funeral home business prior to becoming a professional wrestler. He also played football as a centre-back for Welsh Premier League side Porthmadog, but he had to give up the sport due to a knee injury.  He then appeared in the second series of the reality series Gladiators in 2009, under the name “Goliath”.

Ryan Mason later debuted in the WWE developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in January 2010 and won almost against all his competitors and went on to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship for the first time. However, on 3 February 2011, Ryan lost the Championship to Bo Rotund.