Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have completely transformed Wrexham since their arrival in 2021.
The Red Dragons spent over a decade stuck in the National League before Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took over.
The Hollywood duo purchased the club for Wrexham’s Supporters Trust in February 2021 and have since enjoyed a fruitful four years in charge.
After play-off heartbreak in their first full season as owners, the Welsh outfit won promotion from the National League in 2022/23, ending their 15-year banishment from the EFL.
Phil Parkinson, who replaced Dean Keates as manager in 2022, then won a second consecutive promotion in the following campaign.
Wrexham are now plying their trade in League One for the first time since it was rebranded but Reynolds and McElhenney have Premier League ambitions for the Red Dragons.
Top-flight English football is certainly possible for the Welsh team down the line, but Wrexham is not the only club Rob and Ryan are aiming to transform.
Wrexham co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney change club name
McElhenney and Reynolds invested in Club Necaxa back in April of 2024 and more recently bought into another side.
The Wrexham owners purchased La Equidad along with a consortium of big names, including Kate Upton and MLB pitcher Justin Verlander, in January 2025 for a fee of £24.5m.
Now, it has been confirmed this week that the Colombian outfit has changed its name.
The official name of the side purchased by Rob and Ryan was Club Deportivo La Equidad Seguros SA. However, they have now dropped ‘Seguros’ from that.
Al Tylis, new chairman of the team’s board said, as per Wales Online: “Our goal is to strengthen every aspect of the club, investing long-term and building on the solid foundation that already exists.”
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Why Wrexham fans won’t fear changes to their team
As Rob and Ryan’s backgrounds mean they are all about branding and pushing things to new audiences, neutrals may believe that Wrexham could become more Americanised under the duo.
However, that will never happen, or shouldn’t at least, given what the pair promised when attempting to buy the club.
A mission statement presented by the actors in their pitch to purchase Wrexham was as follows.
1. To protect the heritage that has made Wrexham AFC and the Racecourse Ground such a special place to watch football for the last 156 years.
2. To reinforce the values, traditions and legacy of this community. We understand and respect the intense loyalty and love for this club and how it’s woven into the fabric of the town and its supporters.
3. To use our resources to grow the exposure of the club. Of course, this would be in concert with protecting the heart and spirit of a community-led historical icon. But why can’t the third oldest club in the world have a global appeal?
4. To reward the faith of the supporters who have stood by Wrexham AFC through its history by putting everything we have towards what all fans want most for their club, and that is to… WIN, WIN, WIN. Everything we do will be informed by these four principles and never one without the other. We want to be part of Wrexham’s story, not drag the club into ours.
In turn, any potential changes to the name or club badge would go against their promise, which Rob and Ryan obviously would never do.