| Ryan "Smiley" Katz | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | GQ Money Fabian Kaelin Rak Rixelplix Devilish Lee Handsome Smiley |
| Billed from | Hollywood, CA by way of Aspen, CO |
| Debut | 1999 |
Ryan Katz is a professional wrestling personality who wrestles/performs under the name GQ Money. He became famous as part of the Xtreme Pro Wrestling promotion where he was the manager of Joey Munoz alias Kaos of The Enterprise. [1] Although that was where he got his notoriety, he actually started his career outisde of Denver, CO as the co-founder of the CWO, Central Wrestling Organization, and co-founder of Slam City Pro Wrestling School.
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Katz was outcast by his family when he decided to start his own wrestling fight club in nearby Denver. His self-promotion and outlandish ideas landed him in a position of power in the XPW fight circuit where he donned the persona of GQ Money, a fast talking agent to the stars who, because of his mouth, got caught up in many dangerous situations including being tossed off a car, tossed on guardrails, and tossed off a 30-foot tower. [2]
Katz worked as the ring announcer and host for the short-lived Wrestling Society X under the name "Fabian Kaelin", a reference to the concept of kayfabe. [3]
Katz was briefly a part of a stable headed by Christopher Daniels in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he portrayed one of the followers under the name of Minion.
Katz performed in a motion-capture suit for the World Wrestling Entertainment video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011, performing activities used to portray Rey Mysterio and Theodore Long. He also previously did motion capture work for WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007, and provided a voice in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006.[1]
In 2001, he was a contestant on a short-lived revival of Card Sharks, and has also appeared on the game show 20Q.
In 2004, he was a contestant on the TBS reality show He's a Lady where because of the show he was a guest on The Oprah Show.
Katz currently runs The Fit Pit Pro Wrestling School in Chatsworth, CA (http://www.Makemeaprowrestler.com) where he tries to teach a new crop of students the art of professional wrestling and sports entertainment. He also runs RakaMedia, a DVD production firm. Katz still records songs as a hip-hop MC, and recently opened up for hip-hop legend Kurtis Blow at a show in Denver, CO.