| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ryan Katz (1976-10-14)October 14, 1976 (age 49) Buffalo Grove, Illinois, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Devilish Lee Handsome G. Q. Money Fabian Kaelin The Lemon Minion Rak Rixelplix Ryan Katz Stylez Monroe |
| Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
| Billed weight | 147 lb (67 kg) |
| Billed from | "Hollywood, California, by way ofAspen, Colorado" |
| Trained by | Dan Magnus Bobby Black |
| Debut | 1999 |
| Retired | May 18, 2013 |
Ryan Katz (born October 14, 1976) is an American retired professional wrestler, promoter and manager signed toWWE as a producer. Katz is best known inXtreme Pro Wrestling under the ring nameG. Q. Money as the manager of Kaos of The Enterprise.[1]
Katz was outcast by his family when he decided to start his own wrestling fight club in nearby Denver.[citation needed] His self-promotion and outlandish ideas landed him in a position of power inXtreme Pro Wrestling, where he donned the persona of "G. Q. 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-livedWrestling Society X under the nameFabian Kaelin, a reference to the concept ofkayfabe.[3]
Katz performed in amotion-capture suit for theWorld Wrestling Entertainment video gameWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011, performing activities used to portrayRey Mysterio andTheodore Long. He also previously did motion capture work forWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007, and provided a voice inWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006.[4]
In 2003, Katz was briefly a part of a stable headed byChristopher Daniels inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling where he portrayed one of the followers under the name ofMinion.
Katz appeared onWWE Raw on the August 27, 2012 episode under the nameStylez Monroe in the "anger management class" segment involvingKaneandDaniel Bryan. In May 2015, Katz became a Creative Producer at the WWE Performance Center for the NXT brand and appeared asThe Lemon, a member ofAdam Rose's Exotic Express, and as the presenter onThe Vaudevillains' Titantron. Katz was released by WWE on January 5, 2022, but was rehired on September 1.[5][6]
In 2001, he was a contestant on a short-lived revival ofCard Sharks, and has also appeared on the game show20Q.
In 2004, he was a contestant on the TBS reality showHe's a Lady, where because of the show, he was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Katz currently runs The Fit Pit Pro Wrestling School inChatsworth, California,[7] where he teaches 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.
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