Ridge Holland

In November 2016, Holland attended a tryout for WWE. In May 2018, it was announced that Holland had signed with WWE. On the August 29, 2018 edition of *NXT*, Holland made his televised debut, losing to Keith Lee. On November 21, 2019, he made his television debut for the *NXT UK* brand, defeating Oliver Carter. On January 30, 2020, on *NXT UK*, he defeated Tyson T-Bone.

On August 5, 2020, Holland made his official *NXT* television debut, competing in a triple threat match against Damian Priest and Oney Lorcan for an opportunity at the NXT North American Championship, which Priest would win after pinning Lorcan. NXT General Manager William Regal later announced that Dexter Lumis had pulled out of the ladder match at NXT TakeOver: XXX due to an ankle injury, and since Holland was not pinned or submitted in his qualifying match as a result of Lorcan being pinned, he was given the chance to face Johnny Gargano on the August 19 episode of *NXT*, with the winner being added to the ladder match; he lost due to interference from Gargano's manager and wife Candice LeRae. At NXT TakeOver: 31 on October 4, 2020, after the main event pitting Kyle O'Reilly against Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship, Holland appeared at ringside carrying O'Reilly's unconscious Undisputed Era teammate Adam Cole over his shoulders, having apparently attacked Cole; he then dropped Cole over the barricade in front of Bálor and O'Reilly before leaving. On the October 7 episode of *NXT*, Holland brawled with Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch after defeating Burch in a match. As he caught Lorcan leaping over the top rope to deliver a cross-body, Holland's legs gave out from under him, and he had to be stretchered out of the arena, reportedly suffering an ankle dislocation and fracture in his left leg and a knee patellar dislocation and patellar tendon rupture in his right leg.

After a nine month absence due to injury, Holland returned on the July 27, 2021 episode of *NXT*, assisting Oney Lorcan and Pete Dunne in defeating Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher and subsequently beat both men down post-match, teasing an alliance between the three.

On the October 4 episode of *Raw*, Holland was drafted to the *SmackDown* brand as part of the 2021 WWE Draft. On the November 5 episode of *SmackDown*, during a backstage interview, Holland referred to Sheamus as his idol. On the November 19 episode of *SmackDown*, Holland helped Sheamus defeat Cesaro, Ricochet, and Jinder Mahal in a four-way match, starting an alliance between the two. Holland made his in-ring debut the following week on *SmackDown*, where he lost to Cesaro. At WWE Day 1, Holland would team with Sheamus to defeat Cesaro and Ricochet, however, during the match, Holland would suffer a broken nose and would be removed mid-match. At the Royal Rumble, Holland participated in the namesake match, entering at number five, but was eliminated by AJ Styles. On night two of WrestleMania 38, he teamed with Sheamus to defeat The New Day, with Butch in their corner. At Clash at the Castle on September 3, Holland managed Sheamus against Gunther in an Intercontinental Championship match; though Sheamus was unsuccessful, he received a standing ovation from the Cardiff crowd, effectively turning Holland and the Brawling Brutes face in the process. On the September 16 episode of *SmackDown*, Butch and Holland won a fatal four-way tag team match to become the number one contenders for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship. The following week, they faced the champions The Usos for the titles in a losing effort after interference from Imperium. Holland and Butch also appeared on the October 4 episode of *NXT* to challenge Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) for the NXT Tag Team Championship, but lost due to Imperium's interference. Four days later at Extreme Rules, the Brawling Brutes defeated Imperium in a six-man tag team Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook match. On November 5 at Crown Jewel, Holland and Butch once again failed to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship from the Usos. Three weeks later at Survivor Series WarGames on November 26, The Brawling Brutes alongside Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens lost to The Bloodline in a WarGames match.

On the December 19, 2023 episode of *NXT*, Holland challenged NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov to a title match, which Dragunov accepted. During the match, Holland dropped Dragunov on his head, which caused him to seemingly injure his neck and be stretchered off.