Eddie Ryan

Vincent Rubio (born 5 November 1985), better known by the ring name Eddie Ryan, is a British professional wrestler currently active in the United Kingdom.

Rubio, originally from Plymouth, England, started his in ring career in 2008 at the 4 Front Wrestling (4FW) training school.

His first match was in January of the following year for 4FW under the ring name Eddie Reyes, being given the gimmick of a Spanish wrestler.

Before representing England overseas in Japan and the United States, Rubio changed his ring name to Eddie Ryan, with an English gimmick.

He graduated from Plymouth University with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration in 2008.

Afterward, he moved to Swindon to train to become a professional wrestler.

Rubio started his professional wrestling career in 2008 by training at the 4 Front Wrestling (4FW) Training School.

He had his first professional match in January of the following year at 4FW New Year’s Wrestlution under the name of Eddie Reyes, with the gimmick of a Spanish wrestler.

Rubio competed in a five-way ladder match Money in the bank, featuring Mark Sloan, Wade Fitzgerald, Mark Haskins and won by Dave Sharp.

Rubio wrestled predominantly for 4FW during his first year, but made his debut for Pro Evolution Wrestling (Pro EVW) in July with a loss to Jack Dynamo.

He gained his first championship match by the end of the year in a battle royale at the 4FW Halloween Spectacular 2009, but lost the match for the 4FW Heavyweight Championship again to Jack Dynamo a full year after his debut in January 2010.

Rubio continued with his work in 4FW and Pro EVW, but also branched out into new territories in 2010, with matches in Welsh Wrestling and XWA.

He made his first appearance outside of the UK, wrestling for the Nordic Championship Wrestling Cruiser weight Championship in Hamburg, Germany.

Rubio had his final match as "The Spanish Sensation" Eddie Reyes in June 2011 at 4FW Steel Cage Warfare, in a loss to Joel Redman.

So he could represent England, Rubio changed his gimmick to being English, and his ring-name to Eddie Ryan.

Rubio competed in six matches in the United States, including a losing effort for the vacant Power League Wrestling Heavyweight Championship.

Rubio also competed in the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, where he won a tag team match for Pro Wrestling Zero1.

In February 2012, Rubio returned to England from Japan, and won his first professional championship in a ten-man ladder match.

He defended the championship against the likes of Sha Samuels, Benham Ali and Dave Mastiff before losing the championship to Samuels in March 2013; holding the championship for over a year.

During this time, he also returned to his home town of Plymouth for the Plymouth Wrestling Alliance (PWA).

Before the end of 2013, Ryan won the 4FW Championship back in a 2-on-1 Handicap match.

Ryan start tagging with Jason Larusso, creating the tag team "The Lionhearts".

Throughout 2013, the team received four tag team championship matches, for the Pro EVW, Alternate Wrestling World, Pro Wrestling Pride (PWP) and Michinoko Pro Wrestling tag team championships, however they lost all of them.

In late 2014, they won the 4FW Tag Team Championship by defeating The Hunter Brothers.

Whilst holding the 4FW Heavyweight Championship, Ryan become the number one contender for the PWA Heavyweight Championship, and on 5 March 2014 Ryan won the PWA Heavyweight Championship from Chris Marvel on the company's 5th anniversary show.

He defended the championship multiple times, defeating John Harding, Danny Walsh, and Robbie E.

Ryan Held the championship for an entire year, before losing at the 6th anniversary show, to Danny Walsh.

Focusing on both tag team and singles wrestling, The Lionhearts won their second tag team championship, this time the Pro Wrestling Pride Tag Team Championship, besting old nemesis Danny Walsh, and brother Mark Walsh.

They became double champions after winning a four-team gauntlet match to regain the 4FW Tag Team Championship.

The team lost the Pride Tag Team Championship two months after winning them back to Mark Walsh, and his new partner, Tyler Hawke.

Ryan started 2016 by competing in a tournament to crown the first 4FW South East Champion, where he lost to JD Knight in the final.

In February, he lost the 4FW Tag Championship with partner Jason Larusso, effectively ending the team.

Ryan then focused primarily on singles competition and received wins against Chris Dickinson, Kelly Sixx and Joshua Knott, before winning the 3rd Annual PWP Prizefighters Tournament, defeating Lomaxx in the final and gaining a PWP Heavyweight Championship opportunity.

He was unsuccessful at PWP Pride & Glory 2016, but he won the championship at the next show, PWP One of a kind, besting Steve Griffiths in Taunton, England.

As champion, Ryan successfully defended the championship against Hardcore Holly at PWP Heroes and Legends 3, as well as wins over Chris Andrews, Danny Jones and Chuck Cyrus.

He lost the championship in an elimination six-pack challenge to Bram, due to interference from the "House of Bones" tag team, Gideon and Lomaxx.

In 2018, Rubio first appeared on national television channel FreeSports for 5 Star Wrestling, and later as a part of the NXT UK brand of World Wrestling Entertainment.

Ryan is an nineteen time heavyweight champion, and held seven tag team championships with his partner Jason Larusso, as a part of The Lionhearts, Charlie Sterling as a part of "Crazy Teacups", & Joel Redman.

Rubio grew up in Plymouth, England.

As a teenager, Rubio played football until his final year of university and watched professional wrestling.