Height:63"
Weight:236 lbs.
From:Washington, D.C.
When he arrived on the second season of WWE NXT, Alex Riley looked like a castmember from “Friday Night Lights,” or worse, “Johnny Be Good.” With his varsity jacket and cocksure attitude, you just had the sense that this guy was as skilled at delivering an atomic wedgie as an atomic drop.The son of a former Miss Virginia and an ESPN sportscaster, "A-Ry" described himself as “The Rare Breed” while competing as a WWE Superstar. It’s more than boastful moniker. Riley has bachelor’s degrees in both economics and communications from Boston College, where he also played football, which makes him the most dangerous kind of athlete: a jock with brains.After competing on WWE NXT, Riley joined The Miz on Raw, first as his apprentice, then later as his “Vice President of Corporate Communications.” In his new role, Riley worked as a one-man pep rally for The Awesome One, cheering on The Miz during his entrances and toting around his Money in the Bank briefcase. More importantly, Riley excelled at interfering in matches on behalf of The Miz — until WWE Over the Limit, where he failed to help The Miz defeat John Cena. As a result, Miz fired Riley on the following night on Raw, punctuating the end to their relationship with a slap to the face. Riley responded in kind but not kindly, delivering a hellacious beatdown to his former mentor and launching a rivalry that would spill into WWE Capitol Punishment 2011, where Riley beat The Miz to notch his first pay-per-view victory.Riley competed in the ring with former World Champions Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and many other top Superstars.However it is his communications degree from Boston College that has served him best in WWE. Riley, now known as "The Analyst" rather than"A-Ry" occasionally joins the NXT announce team as a color commentator but most importantly, is a member of the panel for pay-per-view and Raw pre and post-shows on WWE Network.After years of inactivity from the ring, Riley stood up to NXT Champion Kevin Owens and his reign of terror, quitting hisjob as NXT commentator in order to once again step foot inside the squared circle. In his first match back, Riley picked up a decisive victory over CJ Parker while Owens proclaimed his intent to end the career of The Analyst once and for all. On the March 18 edition of NXT, Riley and Owens finally met face to face, only for Riley to be defeated by the NXT Champion. After the bout, Owens began to assault Riley, only for Finn Balor to make the save before more damage could be gone.Riley then competed in the second annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the WrestleMania 31 Kickoff Show, only to be eliminated by Damien Mizdow.
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