Colin Cassady

Early life

Morrissey was born on August 16, 1986, in the Glendale, Queens neighborhood of New York City. He is of Italian and Irish heritage and attended Archbishop Molloy High School and served as a peer tutor, a homeless shelter volunteer, and a National Honor Society member. He played basketball in his senior year and was featured in the Catholic High School Athletic Association Senior Classic All-Star game.

After graduating high school, Morrissey received a scholarship to attend New York University, he entered the pre-medical track before shifting to studying economics. While attending NYU, he played as a center for the NYU Violets from the 2005–06 to the 2008–09 seasons. He co-captained the team for his final season.

After graduating from NYU, Morrissey founded a ticket brokerage specializing in events held at Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium.

Early career (2010–2011)

Morrissey trained as a professional wrestler at Johnny Rodz's professional wrestling school in Brooklyn, New York City. He debuted in Rodz's World of Unpredictable Wrestling (WUW) promotion in 2010 under the ring name Big Bill Young with the gimmick of a cowboy. He went on to wrestle a number of matches for the promotion before signing with WWE in mid-2011.

Florida Championship Wrestling (2011–2012)

In June 2011, Morrissey signed with Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), which was WWE's developmental territory at the time. Morrissey made first televised FCW appearance in July 2011, portraying the dean of the University of Florida. Morrissey wrestled his first televised match under the ring name of Colin Cassady on the September 4, 2011 episode of FCW TV in a disqualification loss to Richie Steamboat. Cassady found no immediate success, losing matches for the rest of 2011 and in early 2012. Cassady scored his first win on the March 11, 2012 episode of FCW TV, defeating Kenneth Cameron. Cassady's final FCW TV match was on July 7, 2012 in a win against Aiden English.

Teaming with Enzo Amore (2012–2017)

WWE rebranded its developmental territory, FCW, into NXT in August 2012. Cassady debuted on NXT television on June 5, 2013 with a loss to Mason Ryan. Cassady then formed a tag team with Enzo Amore, who had also previously lost to Ryan, and they labelled themselves "the realest guys in the room". In real life, Cassady first met Amore at the age of 15, when they played basketball together at West Fourth Street Courts in Manhattan, New York. Ryan defeated Amore and Cassady in consecutive singles matches, but lost to them in a handicap match. Ryan ultimately had the last laugh when he caused Amore and Cassady to be attacked by Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay and Tensai). Amore and Cassady then feuded with Sylvester Lefort and his stable of Alexander Rusev and Scott Dawson. On the September 25 episode of NXT, Amore and Cassady participated in a gauntlet match for a future title shot at the NXT Tag Team Championship; they started the match and defeated Tyler Breeze and CJ Parker, then beat Rusev and Dawson, before falling to their final opponents, The Ascension (Conor O'Brian and Rick Victor). Amore suffered a legit broken leg in November 2013, which led Cassady to try his hand at singles competition, feuding with Aiden English. Amore returned on the June 26, 2014 episode of NXT, saving Cassady from an attack from Sylvester Lefort and Marcus Louis.

In early August, Amore and Cassady participated in a NXT Tag Team Championship No. 1 contenders tournament, and they defeated Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger in the first round, but were eliminated by The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) in the second round. Lefort and Louis then renewed their rivalry with Amore and Cassady by attacking them and shaving Amore's beard and, as a result, Amore challenged Lefort to a match with the loser's hair as forfeit at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way on September 11, where Amore won the match, but Lefort ran away, leaving his partner, Louis, to lose his hair at the hands of Amore and Cassady.

Amore and Cassady proceeded to form an alliance with the debuting Carmella after the duo had accidentally cost Carmella her hairdressing job as per the storyline, causing her to demand to get a job as a wrestler. Carmella had her televised in-ring debut on the October 16 episode of NXT. In March 2015, Amore and Cassady began a rivalry with then NXT Tag Team Champions Blake and Murphy, with the champions insulting Amore and Cassady while attempting to woo Carmella. Amore and Cassady defeated The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) in a number one contender's match for a title opportunity against Blake and Murphy. Amore and Cassady received their title match at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, but they lost after Alexa Bliss interfered. At NXT TakeOver: London, Amore and Cassady challenged Dash and Dawson for the NXT Tag Team Championship in a losing effort. They were granted another title opportunity against Dash and Dawson in March 2016 at Roadblock, which Amore and Cassady lost.

On the Raw after WrestleMania 32, Amore and Cassady made their main roster debuts and confronted The Dudley Boyz. On the April 14 episode of SmackDown, Amore and Cassady defeated The Ascension in their main roster debut match, advancing in the WWE Tag Team Championship No. 1 contenders tournament. In the finals, Amore and Cassady faced The Vaudevillains at Payback, with the match ending in a no contest after Amore suffered a legitimate concussion during the match. In May 2016, Cassady's ring name was changed to Big Cass. On the June 6 episode of Raw, during the match between Enzo and Cass and The Vaudevillains, Cass witnessed English attempting to injure Amore in a similar manner of what Gotch did to him at Payback. This led to Cass attacking The Vaudevillains, including executing an East River Crossing on Gotch. At Money in the Bank, Enzo and Cass competed in a fatal four-way tag team match also involving The New Day, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and The Vaudevillains for the WWE Tag Team Championship, which they lost. On the July 4 episode of Raw, Enzo and Cass helped John Cena from an attack by The Club, involving themselves in the feud between Cena and The Club. At Battleground, Enzo and Cass teamed with Cena to defeat The Club in a six-man tag team match.

On July 19 at the 2016 WWE draft, Enzo and Cass were drafted to Raw. Following Battleground, Enzo and Cass feuded with Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens, which culminated at SummerSlam, where Jericho and Owens defeated Enzo and Cass. On the August 22 episode of Raw, Cass qualified for the fatal four-way match for the WWE Universal Championship by defeating United States Champion Rusev by countout. The next week on Raw, he competed against Kevin Owens, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, being eliminated by Owens, marking the first time he was pinned on the main roster. Enzo and Cass then started a feud with The Shining Stars, losing to them in tag team and singles matches.

On the November 7 episode of Raw, Enzo and Cass joined Team Raw for the 10–on–10 Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match at Survivor Series, which Team Raw won. Afterwards, Enzo and Cass started a rivalry with Rusev. On the December 5th episode of Raw, Enzo was lured into a trap by Lana and Rusev. Big Cass lost to Rusev via countout on the Roadblock: End of the Line preshow. Cass lost a handicap match against Rusev and Jinder Mahal before teaming up with Enzo to defeat the duo twice, ending the feud.

Cass entered the 2017 Royal Rumble match at #1, but was unsuccessful in winning it as he was eliminated by Braun Strowman, who entered the match at #7. At Fastlane, Enzo & Cass challenged Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful. Enzo and Cass faced Gallows & Anderson, Sheamus and Cesaro and the returning Hardy Boyz at WrestleMania 33 in a Fatal-4 Way Ladder Match for the Raw Tag Team Championships, with the Hardy Boyz emerging victorious. The following night on Raw, they failed to become #1 contenders for the titles by losing against Sheamus and Cesaro. On the May 8 episode of Raw, they failed to become #1 contenders again, being the first eliminated in a tag team turmoil.

Singles competition and injury (2017)

On the Raw after Extreme Rules, Cass was mysteriously attacked in the same way Enzo was within the past two weeks. Cass later accused Big Show for being his attacker, but Show denied this. On the June 19 episode of Raw, it was revealed by Corey Graves that Cass was behind the attacks on Enzo and that he faked his own attack in order to lure away suspicion that it was him. Cass admitted to this, expressing his frustration during his time teaming with Enzo, and then attacked him with a Big Boot, turning heel and disbanding the team as a result. At Great Balls of Fire, Cass defeated Amore. On the July 10 episode of Raw, Cass began a feud with Big Show, with the two brawling. On July 31 episode of Raw, Cass defeated Big Show by disqualification when Amore attacked Cass during the match. At SummerSlam, Cass defeated Big Show with Amore being suspended above the ring in a shark cage. During the August 21st episode of Raw, he was in a Brooklyn Street Fight against Enzo where he suffered a knee injury. The referee had to call off the match, due to the fact that Cass suffered a legitimate leg injury. It was revealed by doctors that Cass suffered a torn ACL. Big Cass surgery was successful and is expected to be out of action for at least nine months.

Personal life

Morrissey is dating fellow professional wrestler Leah Van Dale, better known by the ring name Carmella.

Regarding his political views, Morrisey is a Republican and a strong supporter of President Donald Trump.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments