As a young kid, Colby Lopez, was very interested in the sport professional wrestling; idolizing people like Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon, The Ultimate Warrior, & many more.
As Colby became a teenager, he eventually started wrestling small town events. After two years of wrestling in small town events, he was approached by Robert Feinstein who offered him a three year contact to join ROH (Ring Of Honor) under the wrestling name: Tyler Black.
Tyler Black made his Ring Of Honor debut at the paper view event called Man Up. Tyler attacked Jay Boken (who was the ROH World Heavyweight Champion) by hitting him with steel chairs, kendo sticks, ladders, basically anything that Tyler can get his hands on. The angle was so controversial that ROH decided to remove the footage from the paper view that was being taped at the event. However, the footage was heavily requested by ROH fans, so it was shown on the ROH Video Wire.