Rycklon Stephens Rycklon Stephens ( April 22 , 1978 ) is a retired Guyanese bodybuilder and professional wrestler . He is best known for his time in WWE working under the ring name Ezekiel Jackson . Stephens is a one - time world champion , having won the ECW Championship in February 2010 , and is recognized by WWE as the final ECW Champion . He is also a one - time Intercontinental Champion . He is currently working for Lucha Underground under the ring name Big Ryck . Early life . Stephens is a graduate from the University at Buffalo . World Wrestling Entertainment . Florida Championship Wrestling ( 2007 – 2008 ) . Stephens signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in March 2007 and debuted in Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) in late June . In his debut match on June 27 , he teamed with Keith Walker to defeat Kofi Kingston and Eric Pérez . He continued to compete in the promotion in both tag team and singles matches . On February 8 , 2008 he competed in a match with tag partner Bryan Kelly against Steve Lewington and Heath Miller in a mini - tournament to face WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz ; they lost the match . On May 6 , 2008 , Stephens wrestled his final match in FCW before being called up to WWE ' s main roster . The Brian Kendrick ' s bodyguard ( 2008 – 2009 ) . After being trained in FCW , Stephens debuted on the July 18 , 2008 episode of " SmackDown " , as The Brian Kendrick ' s bodyguard under the name Ezekiel . On the August 8 , 2008 edition of " SmackDown " , his ring name was tweaked to Ezekiel Jackson , and he was revealed as being Kendrick ' s " advisor " . He then began interfering in Kendrick ' s matches against Jeff Hardy , Finlay , and WWE Champion Triple H . On the October 17 episode of " SmackDown " , Jackson made his official in - ring debut by quickly defeating Super Crazy , after replacing a supposedly sick Kendrick . In late 2008 , Jackson began teaming with Kendrick and both began feuding with the WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns ( Carlito and Primo ) , although Kendrick and Jackson failed to win the championship . He suffered his first defeat on the February 13 , 2009 episode of " SmackDown " , when he lost a singles match to R - Truth . Jackson made his final appearance on the SmackDown brand in a losing effort against Jeff Hardy on the April 3 , 2009 episode . The Ruthless Roundtable and final ECW Champion ( 2009 – 2010 ) . On April 15 , 2009 , Jackson was drafted to the ECW brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft , therefore breaking up the team of himself and Kendrick . Jackson returned to FCW for further training , however , without making an immediate appearance for the brand . He made his ECW debut defeating Jack Meridol on the July 9 , 2009 episode . Jackson then began an angle with Vladimir Kozlov in which , week after week , after one of them had squashed a local competitor , the other would come out and hit their finishing move on the fallen opponent in a game of one - upmanship . On the August 18 episode of " ECW " , Jackson formed an alliance with Kozlov and William Regal after betraying the ECW Champion , Christian , during a tag team match to side with them , and attacking Christian at Regal ' s request . Kozlov and Jackson aided Regal in his feud with Christian over the ECW Championship , but Regal was unable to capture the title . On the November 24 episode of " ECW " , Jackson attacked both Regal and Kozlov after Kozlov accused Jackson of costing Regal a match . The following week , Jackson once again betrayed Kozlov and Regal by walking out on Kozlov during a tag team match against Christian and Shelton Benjamin . Jackson , however , realigned himself with Regal , when he was aided by Regal in defeating Kozlov on an episode of " ECW " . On the January 12 , 2010 episode of " ECW " , Jackson won the ECW Homecoming battle royal to earn a match for the ECW Championship . He faced Christian for the ECW championship at the Royal Rumble pay - per - view , but was unsuccessful . On the final episode of " ECW " on February 16 , Jackson defeated Christian to win the ECW Championship in an Extreme Rules match . He is credited by WWE as the final ECW Champion . The Corre and Intercontinental Champion ( 2010 – 2011 ) . On the February 19 episode of " SmackDown " , a video package aired , promoting Jackson ' s return to the brand . He made his return on the March 5 episode of " SmackDown " without Regal , who instead joined " Raw " , and defeated Jimmy Wang Yang . On April 10 , 2010 at a house show in Glasgow , Scotland , Jackson suffered a tear in his right quadriceps muscle during a match against Kane , and was expected to be inactive for approximately six months . During his injury , Jackson was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2010 WWE Supplemental Draft . Jackson made his return to the ring on September 13 , 2010 , defeating Zack Ryder in a dark match prior to the " Raw " tapings . He returned to television on the October 18 episode of " Raw " , where he was revealed as a member of Team Raw for the Bragging Rights pay - per - view . At Bragging Rights , Jackson was one of the final two remaining members of Team Raw , but they lost to Team SmackDown . On the November 22 episode of " Raw " , Jackson qualified for the 2010 edition of the King of the Ring tournament by defeating Alex Riley , who replaced Jackson ' s original opponent The Miz . He faced Drew McIntyre in the quarter - finals , but the match ended in a double countout , so neither advanced . In December 2010 , Jackson was traded back to the SmackDown brand . On the January 11 , 2011 , taping of the January 14 edition of " SmackDown " , Jackson joined Wade Barrett , Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater in assaulting The Big Show , appearing to form an alliance with the three . The following week the group was named The Corre . On the May 6 episode of " SmackDown " , Jackson defeated Big Show in a singles match , but refused to celebrate with the other members of The Corre afterward . Backstage , the other members of The Corre attacked him in retaliation , turning Jackson face . Jackson went on to face Barrett for the Intercontinental Championship at Over the Limit , and won by disqualification , which meant that Barrett retained the championship . Jackson continued to feud with the other members of The Corre , winning against Barrett by disqualification and countout respectively . On June 19 , at the Capitol Punishment pay - per - view , Jackson defeated Barrett to win the Intercontinental Championship . Jackson retained the championship in a rematch against Barrett on the following episode of " SmackDown " and also successfully defended it against Ted DiBiase on the July 15 episode . On August 12 episode of " SmackDown " , Jackson lost the Intercontinental Championship to Cody Rhodes . He went on to feud with both Rhodes and DiBiase . On the August 19 episode of " SmackDown " , he lost a rematch for the championship to Rhodes . Jackson was part of a ten - man battle royal for the Intercontinental Championship and was eliminated by Rhodes . Singles competition and hiatus ( 2012 – present ) . On January 29 , 2012 at the Royal Rumble pay - per - view , Jackson entered the Royal Rumble match as the thirteenth entrant , but was eliminated by the returning The Great Khali . Jackson started a losing streak losing to the likes of Jinder Mahal , Drew McIntyre , and David Otunga . Jackson finally ended his losing streak by teaming with The Great Khali to defeat Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks on the May 16 episode of " NXT " . Around mid – 2012 , Jackson suffered an upper - body injury and was sidelined for many months . After almost a year of inactivity due to his injury , Jackson returned at a live event for Wrestlemania Axxess on April 4 , 2013 by teaming up with Yoshi Tatsu to defeat Hunico and Camacho . On January 4 , 2014 , Jackson announced another surgery . On April 7 , 2014 Jackson reported that he had parted ways from WWE . Independent circuit ( 2014 – 2015 ) . On May 17 Stephens appeared at Big Time Wrestling ' s WrestleFest as a last minute replacement for Scott Hall . On June 14 at House Of Hardcore 6 , Jackson took part in Chris Masters ' s Masterlock Challenge . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2014 – present ) . Stephens will make his TNA debut on the July 24th episode of Impact Wrestling , attacking Tommy Dreamer , Bully Ray and Devon and aligning with Dixie Carter ' s Team Dixie . Personal life . Jackson is a graduate from the University at Buffalo .