Nemeth won the promotion's first ever Breakout competition and received a one-year paid scholarship withOhio Valley Wrestling (OVW).[4] In 2010, Nemeth made his professional debut for OVW under his real name.[1] On January 8, 2011, Nemeth and Christopher Silvio defeated The Elite (Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver) to win theOVW Southern Tag Team Championship inLouisville, Kentucky.
On February 2, 2011, after Nemeth was attacked by Fighting Spirit (Silvio and Raphael Constantine),Jim Cornette vacated the titles. On the same night, Nemeth and Paredyse defeated Fighting Spirit in a tag team elimination match to win the vacated Tag Team Championship. On March 5, 2011, Nemeth and Paredyse lost the Tag Team Championship to Silvio and Constantine.
Nemeth signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to itsdevelopmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).[1] He made his debut on June 26, 2011 as Briley Pierce, facingBig E Langston in a losing effort. On the October 30, 2011, episode ofFCW Television Pierce was defeated by Brad Maddox after being pinned with theOklahoma roll. On November 3, 2011, Pierce andBrad Maddox defeatedC.J. Parker andDonnie Marlow to win theFCW Florida Tag Team Championships. On February 2, 2012, Pierce and Maddox were forced to vacate the titles due to Pierce suffering a leg injury.Bo Rotundo andHusky Harris defeated Maddox and Eli Cottonwood for the vacant titles that night.[5]
Before WWE, NXT merged with FCW as NXT Wrestling. Nemeth, as Briley Pierce, debuted on the June 20, 2012, episode ofNXT taped atFull Sail University as an interviewer.[6]
Pierce made his in-ring debut on the May 8 episode ofNXT againstSakamoto, but both men were attacked byConor O'Brian;[7] this led to both men challenging O'Brian to a handicap match during the next episode, which O'Brian won.[8] On May 17, 2013, Pierce was released; his last match was a battle royal on the May 29 episode ofNXT (which wastaped before his release) to determine the #1 contender for theNXT Championship where he and Sakamoto were the first men eliminated from the match byMason Ryan.[9]
Nemeth made hisAll Elite Wrestling debut on the January 27, 2021 episode ofAEW Dynamite in a losing effort againstHangman Page.[16] On the February 9 episode ofAEW Dark, Nemeth earned his first victory in AEW when he defeatedMarko Stunt establishing himself as aheel. The following night onDynamite, Nemeth was defeated byPac.[17][18] On the February 23 episode ofAEW Dark, Nemeth defeatedAaron Solo and aligned himself withPeter Avalon andCezar Bononi.[19]
On February 14, 2025, Nemeth filed a lawsuit against AEW, AEW presidentTony Khan and former AEW wrestlerCM Punk for assault, breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and intentional interference with prospective advantage.[20]
In 2024, Nemeth began making appearances inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as aface, which was around the same time his brotherNic Nemeth signed with the company. Along with TNA, Ryan also appeared alongside Nic in TNA's partner promotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
On March 14, 2025, atSacrifice, Nic and Ryan locked themselves in the steel cage with Matt Hardy, proceeding to beat him down and cut his head open while preventing Nic and Hardy's teammates from stopping them.[21][22] The Nemeths would then go on to win the titles from the Hardys a month later atRebellion.[23]
