Sylvester Matthew Terkay[2] (born December 4, 1970) is an American retired professional wrestler, actor,[3] and mixed martial artist best known for his run in WWE.

[4] He finished second in the 1992 NCAA Division I Heavyweight tournament, losing to future Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle by points, 3-2.

[4] After training under Rick Bassman's Ultimate Pro Wrestling school in California, Terkay was signed to a WWE developmental contract, but later released.

After more training with WWE's Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) developmental territory, Terkay was brought up to the main roster of SmackDown!

At IGF's Genome14, Terkay faced Keith Hanson in a match which ended after an angry Antonio Inoki legitimately came to ringside and shouted at both of them to stop.

He made his debut by knocking out his opponent Mauricio da Silva in 13 seconds as part of the annual K-1 New Year's Eve spectacular, K-1 Dynamite.

Also in 2004, however, Terkay defeated K-1 veteran Kristof Midoux, former trainer of Georges St-Pierre and Choi Mu-Bae, submitting him with a wrestling neck crank.

[9] In December 2005, Terkay made his kickboxing debut against Remy Bonjasky in K-1 Premium 2005, losing the match in a controversial unanimous decision.

The normally polite Japanese audience booed heavily at this outcome, feeling Terkay was the true winner, and K-1 chairman Sadaharu Tanikawa agreed their opinion in the post-event press conference.

[10] Terkay had his second and last kickboxing fight at K-1 Las Vegas, facing fellow superheavyweight Choi Hong-man, who came similarly from losing to Remy Bonjasky.