Few wrestlers have ever stood as close to greatness as Alex Riley did without quite touching it.

For a time he lived in the thick of the biggest storyline in wrestling, brushing shoulders with John Cena at his most unstoppable and sharing airtime with The Rock during one of the most feverish WrestleMania builds WWE ever put together. John Cena reveals he has been wearing this same piece of WWE ring gear for 24 years and it's not his shorts

Then, almost as quickly, the momentum that made his early career so compelling began to drift away.

Years later, Hollywood came calling instead, offering the kind of second act that few fans expected from the man who once played the loudmouthed apprentice to The Miz .

Riley arrived in WWE with the athletic pedigree the company loves to develop.

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