Ridge Holland

What do you do if you’re deemed too dangerous and too reckless for the rough-and-tumble world of professional rugby? If you’re Ridge Holland, you move from the pitch to the ring and start busting skulls there instead.

That, in short, is how Holland wound up a WWE Superstar, although his fistic foray began well before he entered U.K.’s pro rugby ranks. Holland first developed a taste for fighting as a trouble making youth in Yorkshire, and his appetite for destruction has only grown since then.

Unfortunately for his opponents, Holland had the physical tools to back up his mean streak. Built as strong as Sheffield steel and outfitted with hands the size of bowling balls, the barrel-chested Brit delighted in walloping foes with headbutts, cranium strikes so powerful they’d give the bombproof vault walls inside the Bank of England a run for their money. If that wasn't menacing enough, he carried a truncheon wherever he went and was more than willing to use it.

In 2022, Holland aligned with Pete Dunne and Sheamus to form the bruising Bawling Brutes, as they ran roughshod over SmackDown, delivering banger after banger. In later 2023, Holland ditched Dunne, heading to NXT to rejuvenate himself, most recently with Chase University. 

However, it all turned out to be a ruse as despite winning the NXT Tag Team Titles with Andre Chase, Holland destroyed his newfound mentor and crushed him to the point where Mr. Chase was forced to close Chase U for good.