Ryan Katz (born October 14, 1976) is an American retired professional wrestler, promoter and manager currently signed with the

WWE World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and vario ...

as a producer. Katz is best known in

Xtreme Pro Wrestling Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion owned by Rob Zicari. Zicari originally ran the promotion out of Los Angeles from 1999 to 2003. He appeared on shows as the on-camera owner under the name Ro ...

under the ring name G. Q. Money as the manager of Kaos of The Enterprise.

Professional wrestling career

Training and independent circuit (1999–2013)

Katz was outcast by his family when he decided to start his own wrestling fight club in nearby Denver. His self-promotion and outlandish ideas landed him in a position of power in the XPW fight circuit where he donned the persona of "G. Q. Money", a fast talking agent to the stars who, because of his mouth, got caught up in many dangerous situations including being tossed off a car, tossed on guardrails, and tossed off a 30-foot tower. Katz worked as the ring announcer and host for the short-lived

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under the name Fabian Kaelin, a reference to the concept of

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. Katz performed in a

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suit for the

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video game ''

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'', performing activities used to portray

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and

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. He also previously did motion capture work for '' WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007'', and provided a voice in ''

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''.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003)

In 2003, Katz was briefly a part of a stable headed by

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where he portrayed one of the followers under the name of Minion.

WWE (2012, 2015–present)

Katz appeared on ''

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'' on the August 27, 2012 episode under the name Stylez Monroe in the "anger management class" segment involving Kane

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Daniel Bryan. In May 2015, Katz became a Creative Producer at the WWE Performance Center for the NXT brand and appeared as The Lemon, a member of

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's Exotic Express, and as the presenter on

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' Titantron. Katz was released by WWE on January 5, 2022 but was rehired on September 1.

Other media

In 2001, he was a contestant on a short-lived revival of

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, and has also appeared on the game show

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. In 2004, he was a contestant on the TBS reality show ''

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'', where because of the show, he was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Katz currently runs The Fit Pit Pro Wrestling School in

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, where he teaches a new crop of students the art of professional wrestling and sports entertainment. He also runs RakaMedia, a DVD production firm. Katz still records songs as a hip-hop MC, and recently opened up for hip-hop legend Kurtis Blow at a show in Denver, CO.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Money, G. Q. People from Buffalo Grove, Illinois 1976 births Living people American male professional wrestlers American male television writers Professional wrestling announcers Sportspeople from Los Angeles Professional wrestlers from California Professional wrestling writers