Quick Facts
Biography
Stephen John Tkowski (born October 3, 1989), better known by his ring name TK O'Ryan, is an American professional wrestler currently signed by Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion as part of The Kingdom.
Professional wrestling career
Training
O'Ryan began his training with "H2O" Ryan Waters and Nick Steel at The Lock-Up Wrestling School of Professional Wrestling in Fall River, MA in June 2014. Other early matches were wrestled for Northeast Wrestling in CT (his home promotion in which he debuted April 18, 2015 in a match against Frankie Arion), Xtreme Wrestling Alliance in West Warwick, RI and Pioneer Valley Pro Wrestling in Hadley, MA.
Ring of Honor (2016–present)
TK made his Ring of Honor 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 (Adam Cole and The Young Bucks).
On December 2, 2016, The Kingdom became the first-ever ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions by defeating Kushida, Lio Rush & 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.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Glue Factory (Bow and arrow hold)
- Mustang Ride (Pumphandle piledriver)
- Triple-team finishing moves (with The Kingdom)
- Rock Star Supernova (Triple powerbomb)
- Resolution (Mustang Ride followed by a high-angle senton bomb followed by a frog splash)
- Nicknames
- "Sassy Wild Horse"
- "The Best Around"
- Entrance themes
- "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito
Championships and accomplishments
- Northeast Wrestling
- NEW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NEW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Vinny Marseglia
- Pioneer Valley Pro Wrestling
- Pioneer Valley Pro Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hammer Tunis
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time, 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 Championahip (1 time) – with Brad Hollister
- Xtreme Wrestling Alliance
- XWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)