Menzies spent the majority of his rugby league career with various clubs in the
Rugby Football League Championship, making one appearance in the
Super League for
Hull Kingston Rovers in 2008. He began pursuing a career in professional wrestling in 2016 and signed with WWE in 2018.
Menzies was trained to be a
professional wrestler by British wrestling legend
Marty Jones,[10] before making a name for himself in Yorkshire for promotions like 3 Count Wrestling,
New Generation Wrestling and Tidal Championship Wrestling.[11][10] On 11 December 2017, Menzies made an appearance for Defiant Wrestling in a losing effort against
Jurn Simmons.[11]
In November 2016, Menzies attended a WWE tryout in Scotland.[6][10] In May 2018, it was announced that he had signed with WWE.[10] He debuted at an
NXTlive event on 28 July, defeating Mars Wang.[13] On 29 August episode of NXT, he made his televised debut in a losing effort to
Keith Lee.[14] On 21 November 2019, he made his television debut for the
NXT UKbrand under the
ring nameRidge Holland, defeating
Oliver Carter.[15]
On 7 August 2020 episode of NXT, Holland made his first appearance for the brand since 2018, taking part in a
triple threat match against
Oney Lorcan and
Damian Priest in which the winner would go on to
NXT TakeOver XXX to compete in a ladder match for the vacant
NXT North American Championship, which Priest won.[16]Dexter Lumis was soon pulled out of the ladder match at NXT TakeOver XXX due to an ankle injury,[17] and since Holland was not pinned or submitted in his qualifying match as a result of Lorcan being pinned, he was given the chance to face
Johnny Gargano on the 19 August episode of NXT with the winner being added to the ladder match; he lost due to interference from Gargano's wife
Candice LeRae.[18]
At
NXT TakeOver 31 on 4 October, after the main event of
Kyle O'Reilly against
Finn Bálor for the
NXT Championship, he appeared at ringside carrying O'Reilly's unconscious
Undisputed Era teammate
Adam Cole over his shoulders, having apparently attacked Cole; he dropped Cole over the barricade in front of Bálor and O'Reilly before leaving, establishing himself as a
heel.[19] On 7 October episode of NXT, Holland brawled with Oney Lorcan and
Danny Burch after defeating Burch in a match; as he caught Lorcan leaping over the top rope to deliver a cross-body, Holland's legs gave out from under him, and he had to be stretchered out of the arena,[20] reportedly suffering an ankle dislocation and fracture in his left leg and a knee patellar dislocation and patellar tendon rupture in his right leg.[21][22]
After a nine-month absence due to injury, Holland returned on 27 July 2021 episode of NXT, assisting Oney Lorcan and
Pete Dunne in defeating
Tommaso Ciampa and
Timothy Thatcher and subsequently beat both men down post match, teasing an alliance between the three.[23] On 7 September episode of NXT, Holland and Dunne attacked Lorcan and Danny Burch, ending their alliance.[24] On 12 October episode of NXT 2.0, Holland wrestled his final match on NXT, where he and Dunne lost to Kyle O'Reilly and
Von Wagner.[25]
As part of
2021 Draft, Holland was drafted to the
SmackDown brand.[26][27] On 5 November 2021 episode of SmackDown, during a backstage interview, Holland referred to
Sheamus as his idol.[28] On 19 November episode of SmackDown, Holland helped Sheamus defeat
Cesaro,
Ricochet, and
Jinder Mahal in a
four-way match, starting an alliance between the two.[29] Holland made his main roster in-ring debut the following week on SmackDown, where he lost to Cesaro, as well as a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the
Universal Championship later that night.[30] A rematch between Holland and Cesaro was set for 17 December episode of SmackDown,[31] which Holland won.[32] On 1 January 2022 at
Day 1, Holland and Sheamus defeated Cesaro and Ricochet.[33] During the match, Holland suffered a broken nose and was removed mid-match.[34] On 11 March episode of SmackDown, Holland and Sheamus introduced Dunne, who was subsequently renamed "Butch", as part of their stable.[35] On the same show, a match between the team of Sheamus and Holland and
The New Day (
Big E and
Kofi Kingston) saw Holland delivering an
overhead belly-to-belly suplex to Big E at ringside, resulting in Big E accidentally landing on the top of his head; he was placed onto a stretcher and taken to a hospital.[36][37] On Night 2 of
WrestleMania 38 on 3 April, Holland and Sheamus defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and
Xavier Woods) in a quick match.[38]
Holland returned to the NXT brand, where he challenged
Ilja Dragunov for the
NXT Championship. During the match, an angle was created when Dragunov was stretchered off after Holland suplexed him, emulating his incident with
Big E.[44] This led to a storyline where, on March 26 2024 episode of NXT, Holland announced he would be going on an indefinite hiatus from in-ring competition.[45][46] On April 6, Holland appeared at the pre-show of
NXT Stand & Deliver to attack
Joe Gacy with a steel chair as Gacy was making his entrance for his match against
Shawn Spears, turning heel again.[47]
On the May 7 episode of NXT,
Chase University's
Thea Hail thanked Holland for comforting her at Spring Breakin'. Later that night,
Duke Hudson lost to
Lexis King after Holland attempted to assist Hudson but inadvertently costed him the match.[48] On the following week, Holland challenged
The Good Brothers (
Luke Gallows and
Karl Anderson) to a tag team match when The Good Brothers mocked Holland for leaving the main roster to NXT.
Andre Chase offered
Riley Osborne to be Holland's tag team partner to Osborne's dissatisfaction. The Good Brothers won the match after another mishap from Holland.[49] On the May 21 episode of NXT,
Fallon Henley defeated Hail to qualify for a spot at the six-woman ladder match to crown the inaugural
NXT Women's North American Championship at
NXT Battleground. Backstage, Osborne got into an argument with Holland for costing Hail the match, to which Chase proposed that both men settle their differences in the ring[50] where Holland defeated Osborne. After the match, Osborne still did not approve of Chase U working with Holland, with Hudson agreeing with Osborne.[51] On the June 4 episode of NXT, Osborne and Hudson refused to walk out with Holland for Hail's match against Nyx. Halfway through the match, Osborne and Hudson showed up to ringside to Hail's surprise, to which Nyx used as an advantage to defeat Hail.[52] On the June 18 episode of NXT, Holland was accepted as a member of Chase U. Holland entered into the 25-man battle royal for a NXT Championship match at
NXT Heatwave but he was eliminated. Later that night, Holland assisted Chase and Hudson to defeat The Good Brothers in a tag team match by giving Hudson a leverage from outside the ring as Hudson pinned Anderson.[53]