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Ezekiel Jackson

Ezekiel Jackson

Rycklon Edward Stephens (born April 22, 1978) is a Guyanese-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE from 2007 to 2014 where he performed under the ring nameEzekiel Jackson, where he was the final ECW Champion under WWE's ECWbrand, as well as a former WWE Intercontinental Champion.

Stephens made his professional wrestling debut for the California-based promotion Ultimate Pro Wrestling in 2007 under the ring name Big Ryck Hytz. He was then signed by WWE in 2007 and sent to their then-developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, under the new ring name Rycklon, which was later changed to Ezekiel Jackson after his main-roster debut in 2008. During his time in WWE, Jackson was the final man to win the ECW Championship, his only professional wrestling world championship, making him the third African American to hold the ECW championship, the sixth blackworld champion (after The Rock, Booker T, Bobby Lashley, Ron Simmons, and Mark Henry), and the first South American -born champion in WWE history. He later joined The Corre but was kicked out, thus starting a feud with the stable's leader Wade Barrett and he would go on to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship once.

Jackson would leave WWE in 2014 and briefly wrestle for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) later that year. He also competed in one season of Lucha Underground from 2014 to 2015 as Big Ryck. He retired from fulltime wrestling in 2015 and is the owner of the Redwood City, California-based professional wrestling promotion and school Bryckhouse Pro Wrestling.