Stephen John Tkowski (born October 3, 1989), better known by his ring name T. K. O'Ryan, is an American retired

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. He is best known for his time in

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(ROH), where he was a three-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion as part of The Kingdom.

Professional wrestling career

Training; early career (2014–2016)

O'Ryan began his training with "H₂O" Ryan Waters and Nick Steel at the Lock-Up Wrestling School of Professional Wrestling in

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in June 2014. He debuted in

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on April 18, 2015 in a match against Frankie Arion. Other early matches were wrestled for Xtreme Wrestling Alliance in

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and Pioneer Valley Pro Wrestling in

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Ring of Honor (2016–2019)

O'Ryan made his

debut on October 1, 2016, in Lowell, MA as a part of The Kingdom (with Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia). They defeated The Bullet Club (

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and

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). On December 2, 2016, The Kingdom became the first-ever ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions by defeating Kushida, Lio Rush, and Jay White. O'Ryan was injured on March 10, 2017, during the ROH 15th Anniversary Show when he jumped too far on an Asai Moonsault and broke his leg on a guard rail. The following day, Silas Young replaced O'Ryan in a match, where The Kingdom lost the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship to Bully Ray and The Briscoes. On May 9, 2018, at ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds Tour, The Kingdom would regain the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship by defeating SoCal Uncensored. On September 27, 2019, on Death Before Dishonor XVII, O'Ryan and Marseglia were attacked backstage. On ROH Television, O'Ryan announced The Kingdom was now disbanded after Marseglia's attack on Taven. He then announced he would be stepping away from the ring for time to take care of a leg injury and several concussions suffered throughout the year. O'Ryan wrestled his final match in December 2019.

Championships and accomplishments

*Canadian Wrestling's Elite **Elite 8 Tournament (2019) *

** NEW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **NEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Vinny Marseglia *Pioneer Valley Pro Wrestling **Pioneer Valley Pro Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hammer Tunis *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 148 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019 *

** ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship ( 3 times, inaugural) – with Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia ** ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament (2016) – with Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia *Top Rope Promotions ** TRP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brad Hollister *Xtreme Wrestling Alliance **XWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:ORyan, T. K. Living people 1989 births American male professional wrestlers People from Bourne, Massachusetts Sportspeople from Barnstable County, Massachusetts Professional wrestlers from Massachusetts ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century American professional wrestlers