Konnor

Ryan Parmeter (born February 6, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, currently appearing for Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling, where he performs under the ring name Kon.

He is best known for his work in WWE, where he wrestled under the ring name Konnor.

He was part of the fourth season of NXT, and earned fourth place on the show's fifth season, NXT Redemption.

Parmeter initially trained at the School of Hard Knocks in southern Florida under Rusty Brooks, and made his professional wrestling debut in 2001.

He went on to compete in Brooks' promotion, Four Star Championship Wrestling (FSCW) as Ryan Payne O'Reilly, and formed a tag team with Jeff "J-Dawg" Brooks, known as the "Irish Thug Connection".

Together, the Irish Thug Connection won the FSCW Tag Team Championship.

He also won the FSCW Heavyweight Championship, and spent mid-2004 feuding with Norman Smiley over it.

O'Reilly also competed for Florida's Coastal Championship Wrestling (CCW) promotion, and won the CCW Heavyweight Championship.

He appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling during the promotion's early shows.

After spending four years wrestling on the independent circuit as Ryan Payne O'Reilly, Parmeter signed a WWE contract in 2005, and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), a developmental territory, where he wrestled as Rough House O'Reilly.

He won the DSW Heavyweight Championship twice, before briefly appearing in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

He also appeared in several dark matches prior to Raw and SmackDown, and at several ECW house shows.

After four years on the independent circuit, O'Reilly signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005.

He was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), a WWE developmental territory as Roughhouse O'Reilly, and made his DSW debut at the inaugural DSW show on September 1, in a loss to Jack Bull.

Over the next several months, he faced wrestlers including "Big Time" Nick Mitchell, Mike Mizanin, Shawn Schultz, Derrick Neikirk, Eric Pérez and Freakin Deacon.

In December, he appeared in a dark match prior to the SmackDown tapings.

In early 2006, O'Reilly took a leave of absence.

Upon his return, he and Danny Germundo entered a tournament for the DSW Tag Team Championship but were eliminated by Team Elite (Mike Knox and Neikirk) on May 11.

On June 22, O'Reilly defeated Neikirk to win the DSW Heavyweight Championship.

He successfully defended the championship against Knox, Neikirk, and Montel Vontavious Porter.

On September 7, O'Reilly lost the championship to Bradley Jay.

During mid-2006, O'Reilly made several appearances at ECW house shows, teaming with Neikirk to face The FBI (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke).

O'Reilly was scheduled to become part of the regular ECW roster in September, but violated the WWE Wellness Program, and was suspended for 30 days.

When he returned, he became the personal assistant of DSW General Manager Krissy Vaine.

In December, O'Reilly appeared on an episode of ECW as one of Paul Heyman's personal enforcers alongside Doug Basham.

In October 2007, both Parmeter and his girlfriend, Krissy Vaine, requested to be released from their WWE contracts for personal reasons.

In March 2007, O'Reilly won the DSW Heavyweight Championship for the second time.

He lost the championship to Bradley Jay a week later.

O'Reilly and Eric Perez were originally scheduled to face The Samoans (Afa Anoa'i Jr. and Sonny Siaki) in the main event of DSW's final event, but he and Perez were replaced by The Major Brothers.

During mid-2007, O'Reilly would appear in dark matches prior to Raw and SmackDown against Sylvan Grenier, Chuck Palumbo, Super Crazy, Cody Rhodes and D'Lo Brown.

He briefly appeared in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), another WWE developmental territory, where both Lacey Von Erich and Maryse acted as his valets.

In October 2007, both Parmeter and his girlfriend Krissy Vaine requested and were granted their release from WWE.

They cited health problems suffered by members of both of their families as the reason.

In October 2007, Parmeter stated that he was taking time off from wrestling.

Following his release, Parmeter took time off from wrestling, before debuting for NWA Charlotte in February 2009.

He returned to wrestling in February 2009, working for NWA Charlotte.

He wrestled against Truitt Fields for the territory's Heavyweight Championship, but was unable to win the title.

After the loss, O'Reilly formed an alliance with Mikael Judas and Phill Shatter called III, which lasted until the territory's closure.

In July 2010, he was re-signed by WWE, and returned to FCW where he began wrestling as Conor O'Brian.

In November 2010, he was announced as a participant in the fourth season of NXT.