Alex Riley

Kevin Robert Kiley Jr. (born April 28, 1981) is an American professional wrestler and commentator best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Alex Riley.

He was a participant in the second season of NXT.

In 2007, Kiley signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was assigned to their developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

On October 30, 2007, he debuted in a losing effort to Shawn Osbourne under his real name Kevin Kiley, and later faced off with wrestlers like Sebastian Slater and Jack Gabriel.

In September 2008, he changed his ring name to Carson Oakley.

As Oakley, he began teaming with Scotty Goldman, and the pairing unsuccessfully challenged TJ Wilson and DH Smith for the Florida Tag Team Championship in November.

In early December, he underwent another name change, calling himself Alex Riley and developing the gimmick of a university jock, complete with a letterman's jacket as a part of his attire.

He gained Beverly Mullins as a manager, and to fit with his jock gimmick, Mullins adopted the gimmick of a prom queen.

In 2009, he joined FCW General Manager Abraham Washington's cabinet, being called Washington's "top draft pick", and as a result, was named the number one contender to Tyler Reks' FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship in July.

In August, he lost in a triple threat match including Reks and Johnny Curtis.

In mid-2009, he competed in several dark matches prior to Raw and SmackDown, wrestling against Jamie Noble, Montel Vontavious Porter and Jimmy Wang Yang, and also appeared at house shows.

On the August 30 episode of FCW, Riley dropped Mullins as his manager, calling her "dead weight".

On March 18, 2010, Riley defeated Justin Gabriel and Wade Barrett in a triple threat match to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship.

After his title win he called out Barrett and paid him for his services as a hired help.

At the July 22 FCW tapings, Riley lost the title to Mason Ryan in a triple threat match, also involving Johnny Curtis.

At the television tapings on September 22, Riley faced Ryan in a rematch, but lost by submission.

On June 1, 2010, The Miz announced that he would mentor Riley for the second season of NXT.

He made his NXT debut on the June 8 episode, but did not compete in a match.

He made his in-ring debut on the following edition of NXT, defeating Kaval.

Kaval returned the favor two weeks later, by pinning Riley in a six-man tag team match.

Later that night, Riley was ranked fourth in the first poll.

In the second poll on the July 27 episode of NXT, Riley moved up to third place, behind Michael McGillicutty and Kaval.

On August 9 the rookies appeared in a six-man tag team match on Raw, in which Riley teamed with Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty to defeat Lucky Cannon, Kaval and Percy Watson.

The following night however, Riley's team lost a rematch, and he slipped to fifth place in the poll, narrowly avoiding elimination.

Riley was eliminated from NXT in the season finale on August 31, ending up in third place overall.

After Kaval was announced as the winner, Riley and the other eliminated rookies attacked him.

He appeared on the September 6 episode of Raw, when he tried to help his mentor The Miz, who had been placed in the LeBell Lock submission hold by Daniel Bryan, but ended up being placed in the hold himself.

He appeared again the following week, replacing The Miz in a submission match against Bryan, but lost.

On the September 20 episode of Raw The Miz announced that he had signed Riley to a "personal services contract", allowing Riley to accompany The Miz to ringside and continue to appear on Raw.

As The Miz's protégé, Riley interfered in his matches, including at the Bragging Rights pay-per-view, where Riley unsuccessfully attempted to help The Miz's team win.

The Miz also used Riley as a replacement for himself in matches, which led to Riley facing and losing to John Cena on November 15 and Ezekiel Jackson in a King of the Ring qualifying match on November 22 as a result.

The following week, Riley interfered in the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Championship between Jerry Lawler and The Miz, who had won the championship the week prior.

Riley stopped Lawler from winning twice, before Lawler put him through a table.

He helped The Miz to retain the championship again at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in a Tables match, during which he was put through a table by Randy Orton.

On the February 28 episode of Raw, John Cena challenged Riley to a match which, if Cena won, Riley would no longer be The Miz's apprentice.

The Miz accepted the match on Riley's behalf, and later that night, Cena and Riley faced off in a steel cage match.

Riley lost the match despite interference from The Miz.

The angle was used to write Riley off television as he was scheduled to be sent back to Florida Championship Wrestling to be repackaged.

Despite this, Riley appeared on the March 14 episode of Raw, interfering in The Miz's match against The Great Khali.

The following week, Riley announced that The Miz had re-hired him, this time as The Miz's VP of Corporate Communications.