Ryan Tran

Ryan Tran
Birth name Ryan Tran[1]
Residence Oakland, California, United States[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Ryan Tran
  • Bao Nguyen[1]
  • Bonzai[1]
  • Bruce Nguyen[1]
  • Bonzai Bruce[1]
  • Bonzai Bruce Bukkake[1]
  • Bruce Bukakake[1]
  • Vietnam Phenom[2]
Billed height 5'7 (169 cm)[1]
Trained by Harley Race
Debut 2002[1]

Ryan Tran is a Vietnamese American professional wrestling referee and former professional wrestler.[3][2] Tran is currently signed with WWE, beginning his career as a referee in 2010 in NXT, the developmental branch for WWE talent and upcoming stars. In February 2012 he was began appearing in the WWE flagship show, Raw.[2]

Biography

Tran was born in Malaysia, and spent his childhood years in Hayward, California, idolizing WWE legend and Hall of Famer, Ricky Steamboat.[2] Tran initially trained under Harley Race with the goals of becoming a superstar himself.[2] Tran once appeared on ECW against Tyson Kidd for his debut match and lost the match.[4][5][6] Tran says that his favorite calls were the Triple Threat tag team match between Cody Rhodes and Goldust, The Shield’s Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins and The Usos for the WWE Tag Team Championship at Hell in a Cell 2013.[2]

Tran is an avid sports fan and enjoys professional American Football, particularly the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco Giants.[2] He also enjoys collecting McFarlane Sports Figures.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=7231
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wwe-referee-bios/page-7
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/WWE_RefBrian
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6NufP05rPw
  5. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=35219
  6. ↑ http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/ecw-wwe/_090210/
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