Mojo Rawley – Wikipedia

Dean Muhtadi United States
Muhtadi ALS Mojo Rawley in December 2016.
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Birth Name	Dean Jonathan Muhtadi
birth	July 17, 1986 (36 years old) Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Ringname (n)	Mojo Rawley
height	190 cm
Combat weight	127 kg
Announced	Alexandria, Virginia
Trained by	Matt Bloom
debut	2012

Dean Jonathan Muhtadi (Born July 17, 1986 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States), better known under his ring name Mojo Rawley , is an American wrestler and former American football player on the position of the defensive Lineman. He was last under contract with WWE. His greatest success so far was the victory in the André-the-Giant-Memorial-Battle-Royal at WrestleMania 33 am 2. April 2017.

Beginnings / college [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Muhtad initially played for four years in the American football team of T. C. Williams High School and occupied various positions on the field. In doing so, he also practiced the role as a later, with a 76 yards long punt against the West Springfield High School broke the record of his school.

In 2004 and 2005 Muhtadi played for Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. After he had Pfeiffer gland fever, he missed his entire first season and was set up on the positions of the defensive line for the second year. He then moved to the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, where he received a scholarship and a position as a starter in their American football team Maryland Terrapins. In 2008 he scored the third sacks for the terrapins and became the second player of his team in the previous 15 years, who held all positions of the defensive line in one game.

NFL [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

On May 4, 2009, after the NFL Draft 2009, Muhtati was under contracted by the Green Bay Packers, a team of the National Football League team, after he was one of the three best among the 25 participants in a training camp had awarded. ^[first] In a game of the season preparation on September 3, 2009 against Tennessee Titans, he forced a ball loss of the opposing team, which led to a touchdown of his own. ^[2] The following day, however, he was not appointed to his team’s squad for the upcoming NFL season.

On January 20, 2010, he signed a contract with the Arizona Cardinals instead. ^[3] During a training camp in the season preparation, Muhtati suffered an injury and was therefore relied on the Injured Reserve List for the following season. ^{[4] [5]}

NXT [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Muhtati needed a 18 -month break to recover from various injuries. As a result, he refused to return to the NFL and instead signed a contract with the Wrestling Promotion WWE in 2012. He was used at the development league NXT Wrestling and received the ring name Mojo Rawley . He completed his first match on August 30, 2012 at a Houseshow from NXT when he was allowed to defeat Dante Dash. ^[6] On May 2, 2013, he made his debut as a participant in a Battle Royal in the TV shows. ^[7]

In July 2014, Muhtadi played a Tag team tournament with Bull Dempsey as a partner, whose winner is new challengers on the NXT Tag Team Championship became. However, they were already opposing in the first round The Vaudevillains , consisting of Aiden English and Simon Gotch, from the tournament. ^[8] He then denied a feud against Dempsey, which he in a match at the NXT Gross event NXT TakeOver: Fatal-4-Way was lost on September 11, 2014. ^[9]

From May 2015 he formed the day team with Zack Ryder The Hype Bros . ^[ten] In August and September 2015 they took an as Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic designated tournament for day teams. They defeated Alexander Wolfe and Kona Reeves in the first round, but were eliminated in the quarter -finals through Chad Gable and Jason Jordan. ^[11]

Afterwards, however, his partner Ryder was mostly used again in the main grate, with which Muhtadi had to complete his matches alone or with alternative partners (including Alex Riley and Hugo Knox). ^{[twelfth] [13]}

Maintroster [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

On July 19, 2016, Muhtati was appointed to Smackdown Live in 57th place in the WWE Draft, who was held again since 2011 and thus rose to the main grate. He made his debut on July 24, 2016 at the major event Battleground , when he Ryder, who was after a match for him WWE United States Championship Against title bearer Rusev had been attacked by this, came to the aid. ^[14] He played his first match two days later at Smackdown Live. ^[15] Then he and Ryder formed the Tag team again with Ryder The Hype Bros . ^[ten]

From the end of August 2016, the two received the chance of participating in a tournament in the course of the return Rostersplits Newly introduced WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship . In the first round they could The Vaudevillains Defeated, however, were eliminated in the semi -finals by Heath Slater and Rhyno. At Backlash On September 11, 2016, they received another chance of the final, but were again subject to the team this time The Usos (Jey Use Jimmy use). ^{[16] [17]} In the Survivor Series On November 20, 2016 they took in Team SmackDown Live Participate in a survivor series-day team match in which they were eliminated by Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows. ^[18]

After victory in a Battle Royal on December 13, 2016 at Smackdown Live, the team should have a chance of the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship receive. However, this did not happen because Zack Ryder had suffered a tear in this match the patellar tendon and therefore had to pause for several months. ^[19] For this reason, Muhtadi again increased single matches in the following period. Among other things, he took the big event Royal Rumble Participate in the match of the same name, from which he was in second place through Braun Strowman. ^[20]

At WrestleMania 33 On April 2, 2017, he took the fourth André-the-Giant-Memorial-Battle-Royal part. In doing so, he was able to eliminate Bo Dallas, Dolph Ziggler, Killian Dain and-with the help of the American football player Rob Gronkowski, who was sitting in the first series of spectators and stormed in the ring-and secure the victory and victory what his biggest until then Success represents. ^[21] After that, it was only used for smaller matches, mostly away from the TV shows, despite the recent gimmick revisions, Rawley is hardly used for larger matches.

On December 31, 2019, he won the WWE 24/7 Championship from R-Truth, but he lost it back to him the same night. On January 13, 2020, he won the WWE 24/7 Championship from R-Truth again. The reign lasted 4 days and lost the title at a WWE live event against Truth, but he won it back on the same night. On January 18, 2020, he lost the title again against Truth, but was able to win him again. On January 19, 2020, he lost the title again against Truth, but was able to win him again. On January 27, 2020, he lost the title after he was pinned by R-Truth when cheeseburger was pinned. However, he was able to get the title back quickly. On February 10, 2020, he then lost the title to Riddick Moss. On April 4, 2020, he won the title of R-Truth. However, he lost the title to Rob Gronkowski a day later. On April 15, 2021, he was released by the WWE. ^[22]