Kyle Edward Greenwood (born March 1, 1987) is a Canadian

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currently signed to

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(AEW) where he performs under the

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Kyle O'Reilly. He is also known for his time in

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(ROH) from 2009 to 2017, and

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where he performed on the

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from 2017 to 2021, both of which he used the same ring name. He is a record three-time

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, and was a founding member of

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. He also worked for

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(NJPW) and competed for several

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promotions, most notably

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(PWG). In ROH, he is a one-time

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and three-time

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alongside

Bobby Fish Robert Anthony Fish (born October 27, 1976) is an American professional wrestler currently appearing on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand and was a member of The Undisputed Era ...

as reDRagon, while in PWG, he is a one-time

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and the winner of the promotion's 2013 Battle of Los Angeles. After his WWE contract expired, Greenwood signed with AEW in December 2021.

Professional wrestling career

Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling (2005–2017)

O'Reilly appeared at NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW)'s television tapings on December 23, 2005, where he and Tony Tisoy lost to Wrathchild and Killswitch. In January 2006, O'Reilly was in the

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of ECCW's tenth anniversary show, teaming with Fast Freddy Funk and Kurt Sterling to defeat Michelle Starr, Johnny Canuck and Vance Nevada. O'Reilly graduated from ECCW's House of Pain Wrestling School on May 29, 2006. At the graduation show, O'Reilly pinned his trainer

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. He continued to appear in ECCW throughout the remainder of 2006 and early 2007. In March 2007, O'Reilly began a

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with Sid Sylum, losing to him in a "European Rounds" match on March 2, before he teamed with Veronika Vice to defeat Sylum and Nikki Matthews in a

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the following night. On March 30, O'Reilly defeated Sylum in an "I Quit" match to end the feud. In June 2007, O'Reilly entered the

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and

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in the final and was victorious. On July 21, O'Reilly defeated Ice to win the

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. He lost the championship back to Ice just six days later. The following month, on August 18, O'Reilly once again defeated Ice to win the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship for the second time, but lost it back to Ice again the same day. In a rematch on August 24, the match ended in a double pin, causing the championship to be vacated. As a result, O'Reilly and Ice competed in a best of five series to determine the new champion. O'Reilly defeated Ice in the first match of the series on November 16, but Ice won the second to tie the series at one all. O'Reilly won the third match, but Ice won the fourth, a street fight. In the rubber match on December 28, O'Reilly defeated Ice in a

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to win the championship for the third time. In 2008, O'Reilly attempted to win the Pacific Cup for the second year in a row, but was unsuccessful. He defeated Halo and Azeem en route to the final, a

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against

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and

El Phantasmo Riley Vigier (born October 24, 1986), otherwise known as El Phantasmo (ELP), is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is currently performing in the Junior Heavyweight division as part of Bu ...

, but was the first man eliminated. In April 2009, O'Reilly and 19 other wrestlers took part in ECCW's ''Wrestling With Hunger'' marathon show, where he wrestled almost 40 matches in 72 hours to raise money for a local food bank. On March 19, 2010, O'Reilly competed in a

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for the

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against champion Billy Suede and Sylum. In April, O'Reilly defeated Rick Sterling at ''Title vs. Title''. He entered the Pacific Cup tournament again on June 6, defeating Azeem and Suede en route to the final where he lost to Artemis Spencer. At ''To Hell and Back'' on June 25, O'Reilly wrestled twice in one night, defeating Ice before losing to Sylum in a match for the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship. The following night, O'Reilly teamed with El Phantasmo to face Pop Culture in a

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, which Pop Culture won, two falls to one. On July 10, O'Reilly lost to Tony Baroni. O'Reilly returned to ECCW to compete in the Pacific Cup tournaments in 2011 and 2014. O'Reilly returned to ECCW on January 14, 2017, for Ballroom Brawl 7 where he defeated

for the

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. He vacated the title 49 days later to ensure ECCW would have a fighting champion as he figured out his future.

Independent circuit (2008–2009)

O'Reilly made his

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(FIP) debut at the ''In Full Force'' show on May 30, 2008, where he lost to Damien Wayne. He appeared again for FIP the following night at ''Southern Justice 2008'' wrestling Johnny DeBall. The match ended in a

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when

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attacked both competitors. He returned to FIP in November 2009, appearing at the '' Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup, Night 1'' where he teamed with Tony Kozina in a Tag Team Rumble which was won by Bumz R' Us. On January 16, 2010, O'Reilly appeared at the Evolve promotion's inaugural show, where he defeated

. At ''Evolve 2: Hero vs. Hidaka'', O'Reilly defeated

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, who a replacement for an injured TJP. O'Reilly suffered his first loss in the promotion at ''Evolve 3: Rise or Fall'', when he lost to TJP. He lost his second match to

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at ''Evolve 5: Danielson vs. Sawa'', giving him a record of two wins and two losses. O'Reilly appeared at

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(DGUSA)'s Open the Freedom Gate pay-per-view taping on November 28, 2009, on the pre-show, where he defeated

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. At the

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pay-per-view, O'Reilly won a six-way match on the pre-show, before he accompanied Davey Richards to the ring for his match. On September 26, 2010, O'Reilly participated in six pack challenge, which was won by

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at a DGUSA in

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. On August 28, 2010, O'Reilly competed in Chikara's

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tournament, but lost to Adam Cole in the quarter-finals. On May 26, 2017, at WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup - Canadian Qualifying Round O'Reilly defeated

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in the first round of the Canada Leg. O'Reilly was defeated by Mike Bailey in the Semi-Finals. O'Reilly competed in the

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Super Strong Style 16 Tournament in May 2019.

Ring of Honor (2009–2017)

O'Reilly made his

(ROH) debut in 2009. On November 13, 2009, Tony Kozina defeated O'Reilly. On the December 21, 2009 episode of ''

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'', taped on November 5, O'Reilly lost to

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. At the February 5, 2010 tapings on ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'', O'Reilly defeated Tony Kozina. On April 23, 2010, in

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, O'Reilly defeated Sampson. On September 10, 2010, O'Reilly was defeated by

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. Three days later, ROH announced they had signed O'Reilly to a contract with the company. O'Reilly then began to ally himself with fellow ROH newcomer Adam Cole, with the pair forming a tag team. At the October 2 ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' tapings they defeated the team of Grizzly Redwood and Mike Sydal. They lost to

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and

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on October 15, and the All Night Express of

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and

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at a show on October 16. They defeated the

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(Lance and Harlem) on the November 8 episode of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling''. On November 12, O'Reilly participated in the

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edition of the Survival of the Fittest tournament, but was eliminated by Kevin Steen in the first round. The following night in

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, O'Reilly and Cole defeated the Bravado Brothers. O'Reilly made his ROH pay-per-view debut on December 18 at

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, where he and Cole were defeated by the

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(Rhett Titus and Kenny King). On April 1 and 2 at Chapter One and Two of

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, O'Reilly and Cole faced

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(Jay and Mark) and

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(Chris Hero and

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) in two losing efforts, despite putting on strong performances. On July 8, O'Reilly and Cole defeated the Bravado Brothers to earn a future shot at the

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. On July 25, ROH announced that O'Reilly had re-signed with the promotion. At the August 13 tapings of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'', the tag team of O'Reilly and Cole was named Future Shock. ROH World Tag Team Champion O'Reilly

At the January 7, 2012, tapings of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'', Future Shock disbanded and O'Reilly formed a new tag team named Team Ambition with Davey Richards, opposite Adam Cole and Eddie Edwards. Outside of ROH, the team also came to include Tony Kozina. On March 4 at the 10th Anniversary Show, Team Ambition was defeated in a main event tag team match by Cole and Edwards. On March 31 at

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, O'Reilly faced Cole and defeated him using an underhanded tactic. On June 24 at Best in the World 2012: Hostage Crisis, O'Reilly was defeated by Cole in a "Hybrid Rules" match. Afterward, O'Reilly slapped Cole as he tried to make peace with his former partner and later announced that he was now going after Richards, cementing his heel turn. On December 16 at Final Battle 2012: Doomsday, O'Reilly and Bobby Fish (known as reDRagon) faced the reformed

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(Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) in a losing effort. At the following iPPV, 11th Anniversary Show on March 2, 2013, O'Reilly and Fish defeated the Briscoe Brothers for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. The same month, they successfully defended the championship against Alabama Attitude (Corey Hollis and Mike Posey), before retaining it at

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in June in a three-way match against the C & C Wrestle Factory (

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and

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) and S.C.U.M. (

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and Rhett Titus). They lost the title to the

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(

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and

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) on July 27, but regained the title from the American Wolves on August 17. Over the next several months reDRagon successfully defended the championship against teams including the C & C Wrestle Factory, the Forever Hooligans, and

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and

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. They retained the championship against Outlaw, Inc. (

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and

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) at

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in December and Adrenaline Rush (

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and TaDarius Thomas) at the 12th Anniversary Show in February 2014. On March 8, 2014, reDRagon lost the title to

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. ReDRagon regained the tag team championship from The Young Bucks on May 17, at the ROH and

(NJPW) co-promoted pay-per-view

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. They successfully defended the championship against The Briscoe Brothers on June 7 and against

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and

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at ROH's first live

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on June 22. On November 23, reDRagon defeated ACH and

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(Daniels and Kazarian), and The Briscoes to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship and win the

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. They followed up their victory with successful title defenses against the Time Splitters (

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) at

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, The Young Bucks in March 2015 at ROH's 13th Anniversary Show, and The Kingdom ( Michael Bennett and

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) at

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. O'Reilly and Fish lost the tag team title to The Addiction at the ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' tapings on April 4. On September 18, 2015, at

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, O'Reilly received a shot at the ROH World Championship, but was defeated when Adam Cole turned on him. On August 19, 2016, at Death Before Dishonor XIV, O'Reilly made his return and surprisingly interrupting Cole's victory celebration as the two-time ROH World Champion by attacking him, thus reigniting their feud. On December 2 at

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, O'Reilly defeated Cole to win the ROH World Championship for the first time. On December 31, O'Reilly's ROH contract expired. He was said to be reviewing his future options and working for ROH on a per date agreement until he made a decision. On January 4, 2017, O'Reilly lost the ROH World Championship back to Cole at NJPW's

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. On January 11, 2017, O'Reilly was removed from the ROH roster page and pulled from all upcoming ROH events, indicating his contract with Ring of Honor had expired, ending his 8-year tenure with the company.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2011–2017)

On October 22, 2011, O'Reilly debuted in

alongside regular tag team partner Adam Cole as Future Shock. They unsuccessfully challenged

(Matt and Nick Jackson) for the

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. At ''Fear'' on December 10, Future Shock were defeated by the RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma). On April 21, 2012, Future Shock entered the annual Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (DDT4), where they made it to the semifinals, before losing to the eventual tournament winners,

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(

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and

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). On July 21 at PWG's ninth anniversary event, Future Shock unsuccessfully challenged the Super Smash Bros. for the PWG World Tag Team Championship in a three-way

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, which also included The Young Bucks. On January 12, 2013, Future Shock entered the 2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament. After defeating the DojoBros (Eddie Edwards and

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) in their first round match, the team was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by

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and Kevin Steen. On August 30, O'Reilly entered the 2013 Battle of Los Angeles, defeating Trent? in his first round match. The following day, O'Reilly first defeated

in the second round, then

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in the semifinals and finally

in the finals to win the 2013 Battle of Los Angeles and become the number one contender to the PWG World Championship, held by his former Future Shock partner Adam Cole. O'Reilly received his title shot on October 19, but was defeated by Cole, following interference from Kevin Steen and The Young Bucks. O'Reilly received a rematch for the PWG World Championship in a "Knockout or Submission Only" match on May 23, 2014, and defeated Cole to become the new champion. In August, O'Reilly made it to the semifinals of the

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, but was forced to withdraw from the match after suffering a storyline injury at the hands of Roderick Strong. On December 12, O'Reilly successfully defended the PWG World Championship against the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles winner Ricochet, only to lose it to Strong in an impromptu Guerrilla Warfare match immediately afterward. On March 4, 2016, O’Reilly defeated

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and the next night reDRagon lost to

failing to the tag titles. on July 29, O’Reilly received a PWG World Title match against

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but lost. on September 2, reDRagon and

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lost a six-man tag to Mount Rushmore 2.0 (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). on September 3, O’Reilly defeated Matthew Riddle in the 1st round of a tournament but lost in the quarter-finals to

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. on December 16, reDRagon defeated Death By Elbow (Chris Hero and JT Dunn). on April 21, 2017, O'Reilly lost to

. then on May 19, reDRagon lost to The Chosen Bros (Jeff Cobb and Matthew Riddle).

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2014–2017)

Through ROH's relationship with NJPW, reDRagon made an appearance for the Japanese promotion on August 10, unsuccessfully challenging Time Splitters (

and

) for the

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. reDRagon returned to NJPW on October 25 to take part in the 2014 Super Jr. Tag Tournament. On November 3, reDRagon defeated The Young Bucks in the finals to win the tournament. Five days later at

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, reDRagon defeated Time Splitters in a rematch to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. They made their first successful title defense on January 4, 2015, at

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, in a four-way match against Forever Hooligans, Time Splitters and The Young Bucks. On February 11 at

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, reDRagon lost the title to The Young Bucks in a three-way match, also involving Time Splitters. reDRagon returned to NJPW on May 3 at

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, where they unsuccessfully challenged for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a three-way match with

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(

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and Rocky Romero) and The Young Bucks. Later that month, O'Reilly entered the 2015 Best of the Super Juniors. Finishing with a record of six wins and one loss, he won his block and advanced to the finals of the tournament. On June 7, O'Reilly was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Kushida. Following the tournament, reDRagon received a rematch for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, also involving Roppongi Vice, but were again defeated by The Young Bucks on July 5 at

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. On August 16, reDRagon defeated The Young Bucks to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the second time. They lost the title back to The Young Bucks in a four-way match that also included

and

on January 4, 2016, at

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. On October 10 at

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, O'Reilly received his first singles title shot in NJPW, when he unsuccessfully challenged

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for the

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. At

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, O'Reilly lost the ROH World Championship to Adam Cole.

WWE (2017–2021)

The Undisputed Era (2017–2020)

O'Reilly made his debut for

at the July 12, 2017, television tapings of ''

'', which aired on August 2, losing to

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. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, O'Reilly along with

attacked

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after they won the

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against

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. They then attacked newly crowned NXT Champion

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later that night, being joined by the debuting

, turning heel in the process. The following month, the trio of O'Reilly, Cole, and Fish was officially dubbed

. On the September 20 episode of ''NXT'', O'Reilly and Fish defeated

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and

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due to interference by Adam Cole. On the October 4 episode, after

's match with Drew McIntyre, The Undisputed Era walked out and patted Strong on the back. On the October 25 episode, The Undisputed Era gave Roderick Strong an Undisputed Era armband, with Cole telling Strong that he is "not a loser" and offering him a position in their group. On the November 1 episode, The Undisputed Era attacked both SAnitY and The Authors of Pain during their match and it was announced that The Undisputed Era would be involved in the WarGames match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames. On the November 8 episode of ''NXT'', O'Reilly and Fish interrupted Roderick Strong vs. Adam Cole, leading to a massive brawl among the WarGames teams. At TakeOver: WarGames, The Undisputed Era defeated SAnitY and the team of Roderick Strong and The Authors Of Pain to win the first War Games match that was held in over 17 years. On the December 20 episode of ''NXT'', O'Reilly and Fish defeated SAnitY to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. At NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, The Undisputed Era defeated The Authors of Pain to retain the titles. At NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, The Undisputed Era defeated

and

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and The Authors of Pain to retain the titles and win the

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after Strong turned on his partner and joined Undisputed Era. At NXT TakeOver: Chicago II, O'Reilly and Strong defeated

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and

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to retain the titles. On the June 19 tapings for the second annual United Kingdom Championship Tournament, O'Reilly and Strong lost the titles to Moustache Mountain (

and

), but won them back two days later. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4, O'Reilly and Strong defeated Moustache Mountain to retain the titles. After the match, The War Raiders (

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and

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) attacked Strong and O’Reilly. On the November 14 episode of ''NXT'', O'Reilly defeated Hanson, meaning Undisputed Era would have an advantage in numbers in the WarGames match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames. At the event, The Undisputed Era lost to

, and War Raiders (

and

). At NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, O'Reilly and Strong lost the titles to The War Raiders. At NXT TakeOver: XXV, O'Reilly and Fish faced

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(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), The Forgotten Sons (

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and Steve Cutler), and

and

in a fatal four-way ladder match for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship, but the match was won by The Street Profits. Fish and O'Reilly later challenged The Street Profits for the titles at NXT TakeOver: Toronto on August 10, but again failed to become the champions. Six days later on the August 16 tapings of ''NXT'', however, O'Reilly and Fish finally defeated The Street Profits for the NXT Tag Team Championship. O'Reilly and Fish would go on to hold the NXT Tag Team Titles for several months until they lost them to the BroserWeights (

and

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) at NXT Takeover: Portland on February 16, 2020. Following this, O'Reilly stopped appearing with Undisputed Era on television and only appeared in pre-taped segments as he refrained to compete during the

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due to his diabetes disease. He made his in-ring return on the August 5 episode of ''NXT'' where he and Fish unsuccessfully challenged

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and

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for the NXT Tag Team Championship.

Championship pursuits (2020–2021)

On the September 16 episode of ''NXT'', O'Reilly saved

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from a beatdown at the hands of

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, thus turning

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in the process. The following week on ''NXT'', O'Reilly defeated

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, and

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in the first-ever Gauntlet Eliminator match to challenge for his first singles title in the promotion, becoming number one contender for the

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against

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. At the event, O'Reilly was unsuccessful in winning the title. After the event, O'Reilly and the rest of The Undisputed Era would begin to feud with The Kings of NXT ( Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne,

, and

). NXT General Manager

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would announce that Undisputed Era would face The Kings of NXT in a WarGames match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames. At the event, Undisputed Era would defeat The Kings of NXT. On the December 16 episode of ''NXT'', O'Reilly defeated Dunne to become the number one contender to the NXT Championship at NXT: New Year's Evil. On January 6, 2021, at NXT New Year's Evil, he was unsuccessful once again. At NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day, The Undisputed Era aided Finn Bálor to fend off Pete Dunne, Danny Burch, and Oney Lorcan. They then posed in the ring, however, Cole attacked Bálor. When O'Reilly protested against Cole attacking Bálor, Cole then hit the superkick to O'Reilly, thus signalling the end of The Undisputed Era. On the following episode of ''NXT'', Cole once again attacked O'Reilly during the six-man tag team match. Cole then hit O'Reilly with a brainbuster on the steel steps, causing O'Reilly to get stretchered out of ringside. The kayfabe injury led to fans speculating that O'Reilly had suffered a

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. A lot of fans and wrestlers showed their support and concern for O'Reilly via social media. It was later revealed that day that O'Reilly never suffered a seizure. O'Reilly returned on the March 11 episode and attacked Cole during the NXT Championship match between Cole and Bálor. On the March 24 episode of ''NXT'', O'Reilly and Cole would sign a contract to make their

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at NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver official. At the event, O'Reilly would defeat Cole. Soon after, O'Reilly began to pursue the NXT Championship again, therefore beginning a feud with the reigning champion

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. On the June 1 episode of ''NXT'', O'Reilly faced

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and Pete Dunne in a

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for an NXT Championship opportunity at NXT TakeOver: In Your House which ended in a no contest after Cole returned and laid out all three men. Later that night, it was announced that Kross would defend his title in a

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against O'Reilly, Cole, Gargano, and Dunne. At the event, Kross retained the title. After failing to win the championship, O'Reilly resumed his feud with Cole and a rematch between the two was made for

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, where O'Reilly was defeated by Cole. He would continue to feud with Cole until he defeated him at

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, ending the feud. After his feud with Cole ended, O'Reilly would form an uneasy partnership with newcomer Von Wagner, who helped him fend off an attack from Pete Dunne and

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. On the October 12 episode of ''NXT 2.0'', O'Reilly and Wagner teamed up to defeat Dunne and Holland. Soon after they declared their intentions for the NXT Tag Team Championship and on the November 30 episode, defeated

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and

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to become the number one contenders. At

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, O'Reilly and Wagner faced the reigning champions

in a losing effort and after the match, Wagner attempted to attack O'Reilly but O'Reilly would counter his attack. On the following episode of ''NXT 2.0'', O'Reilly faced Wagner in a steel cage match but would be defeated and after the match would have his head smashed repeatedly with the steel cage door by Wagner. This would be O'Reilly's final appearance in NXT as his WWE contract expired on December 10 and he chose not to renew it.

All Elite Wrestling (2021–present)

On December 22, 2021, O'Reilly made his debut for

(AEW) at the special Holiday Bash episode of ''

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'', attacking

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during his match with

, allowing Cole to win, thus establishing himself as a

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, and after the match, O'Reilly reunited with Cole and

.They then formed the Undisputed Elite with the Young Bucks. On the February 23, 2022 episode of ''Dynamite'', reDRagon (O'Reilly and Fish) would win a 10-team battle royal to become a place in the Triple Threat match for the AEW Tag Team Championship at ''

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'' after O’Reilly eliminated Matt Jackson. ReDRagon would lose the match. On May 23, 2022, O'Reilly made public that he had signed a five year deal with AEW. In May 2022, O'Reilly competed in the

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until he was eliminated by Samoa Joe in a semifinal match which took place on ''Dynamite'' on May 25. On the June 8th episode of Dynamite, O'Reilly won a

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to face

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, in the show's main event to advance to AEW×NJPW: Forbidden Door for a chance to win the

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AEW World Heavyweight Championship, however he lost to Moxley. On the August 3rd episode of AEW Dynamite Adam Cole and ReDragon turned on the Young Bucks.

Personal life

Greenwood has type 1

diabetes Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ap ...

. He cites

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, and

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as his role models. Growing up, Greenwood participated in several sports, including

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ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

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kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...

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, and

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, and briefly played

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in Europe. He remains part of a rugby club and holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. While training to become a professional wrestler, he worked as a cook at a local restaurant. Greenwood once lived with

and

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. On January 17, 2022, Greenwood and his wife had a daughter, Janie Elizabeth Greenwood, named after his late mother.

Other media

O'Reilly made his

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debut as a playable character in ''

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'' ''

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'' and

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Championships and accomplishments

** Men's Casino Battle Royale (

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) *High Risk Wrestling **HRW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

(

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) – with Bobby Fish ** Super Jr. Tag Tournament (

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) – with Bobby Fish * NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling / Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling **

(1 time) **

( 3 times) **

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( 1 time) **

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(

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) *''

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'' ** Tag Team of the Year (2019) – with Bobby Fish **PWI ranked him No. 32 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2016 *Pro Wrestling Prestige **PWP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

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( 1 time) **

( 3 times) – with Bobby Fish ** ROH World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Lottery Tournament (2011) – with

** Tag Wars Tournament (2014) – with Bobby Fish *''SoCal Uncensored'' **Match of the Year (2012) with

vs.

(

and

) and

on July 21 *St. Louis Anarchy **Medallion Tournament (2012) *

( 3 times) – with Bobby Fish, Adam Cole and

(1)¹, Roderick Strong (1), Bobby Fish (1) **

(

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) – with Adam Cole **

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(4 times) ***Tag Team of the Year (

) – with Roderick Strong ***Tag Team of the Year (2019) – with Bobby Fish ***Tag Team of the Year (2020) – with

(Bobby Fish, Adam Cole and Roderick Strong) ***Match of the Year (2020) ** Bumpy Award (1 time) *** Rivalry of the Half-Year (2021) - vs Adam Cole

References

External links

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