NWA/M1W Welcomes International Star Chris Hero to “WRESTLING 101”

M1W WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL STAR CHRIS HERO TO “WRESTLING 101”

ANAHEIM, CA—Since October of 2009, NWA Pro/Mach One Wrestling’s “Wrestling 101” has established itself as one of the top wrestling schools in the nation, bringing accomplished industry veterans such Paul London, Brian “Spanky” Kendrick, Frankie “KAZ” Kazarian, Colt “Boom Boom” Cabana, and legend Terry Taylor to share their experience and expertise with its students. Following in that tradition, “Wrestling 101” proudly welcomes ROH, PWG, and Pro Wrestling NOAH superstar Chris Hero for a special one-day training seminar.

The seminar will allow “Wrestling 101” students and other professionals the opportunity to learn what tools are necessary to succeed on an international level, as well as the independent scene and on television from one of the businesses finest young talents.

The Chris Hero Wrestling Seminar will be held Sunday, February 28th, at the “Wrestling 101” Training Facility, located at the American Sports Center in Anaheim CA, home to the team 2008 gold medal winning USA Men’s National and silver medal winning Women’s National volleyball teams, and home venue of the weekly M1W “Friday Fight Night” wrestling cards.

The seminar will go from 11AM to 2PM. The cost of the seminar is $60. For information on how to sign up for this rare opportunity, email “Wrestling 101” by email at
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NWA Pro/Mach One Professional Wrestling is a forward thinking sports and entertainment brand founded in 2008, and is an affiliate of the National Wrestling Alliance. Visit www.m1wrestling.com and www.nwawrestling.com for news and updates.

Former NWA Heritage Champion on the Move

TJ Perkins who has previously wrestled as PUMA in such notable wrestling promotions as New Japan Pro Wrestling and Total Non-Stop Action is rumored to be on the move. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla let the cat out of the proverbial bag. Although no formal announcement has been made, the PWG Website is indicating that this will be TJ Perkins last match as a native of Southern California. The speculation is that Perkins will be moving to Florida in hopes of being noticed by; the WWE through its developmental promotion Florida Championship Wrestling, TNA, and or, Ring of Honor through its affiliate Full Impact Pro. TJ has wrestled all over the World. This doesn’t necessarily mean the end of Perkins relationship with the NWA. Aside from Championship Wrestling from Florida and its associates, there is always NWA Anarchy in Georgia and its associates. Needless to say that Perkins could still work the NWA Arena shows and the NWA Showcase.

An Interview with "Magnum" Joey Ryan

Joey Ryan. The name is synonymous with Southern California Independent Wrestling. Ryan who has wrestled in every single prominent wrestling promotion in SoCal has earned the reputation of being the Technical Wizard of Professional Wrestling. Whether he’s winning championships on the independents, dispatching his opponents in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla or completing his Pro-America Campaign across the globe for the NWA, Joey Ryan is solidifying his mark in professional wrestling and creating a legacy that begs the question… who wants a mustache ride?

JAY CAL: Joey as you may or may not know, I’ve followed your career for long time. I remember when you first debuted for Ultimate Pro Wrestling back at the Galaxy in Santa Ana. Could you tell the readers a little about your roots into professional wrestling?

JOEY RYAN: Here we go. This question. Always this question. Every single interview I’ve ever done has started with this question. What’s with it? Perhaps people can read the other 800 interviews I’ve done and know the answer to this question already. If I have to sit here and be creative with my answers, the least you journalists can do is be creative with your questions.

I started training at Jesse Hernandez’s school in San Bernardino, CA under Jesse, Bobby Bradley, Mikey Henderson, Frankie Kazarian and a whole list of others who helped out there. I really got a great foundation to build off of. After I started competing in matches, I decided to get a different kind of training to become more well rounded, and thus I traveled to UPW in the Huntington Beach, CA and moving to El Segundo, CA during my time there. UPW is where I met Brian Kendrick who took over as trainer there. UPW was at a down time then as they had just lost their developmental deal and attendance for classes was down and so often times it would be just Brian, Lil Nate, Sylvester Terkay and me there. During this time is where I felt I grew the most as a wrestler because I got a lot of one on one training from a guy who was trained by Shawn Michaels and got further training from guys like William Regal while he was in Memphis. This was about 2002 and I was already a very active wrestler in SoCal. Then in 2004, and I realize this is no longer “roots” but I decided to train again, also to become more well rounded, this time at the Inoki Dojo in Santa Monica, CA under Bryan Danielson.

JAY CAL: When you started your career, you kept a very clean cut whole-some look. You never took any short-cuts, you always worked hard for the fans appreciation. What inspired the sleazy “Magnum” look you’ve adopted in the past years? And does it bother you that you’ve lost some of your older fan-base?

JOEY RYAN: Money inspired it. And I make lots more now than I did then. I’m also a lot more famous now than I was then. You wouldn’t believe the places that I get recognized. I also like to reinvent myself from time to time to keep everyone on their toes. You have to do that when you’re in the spotlight all the time like I am. As far as my fan-base goes, I don’t see much of a drop from “clean cut” as you put it to “Magnum.” Sure maybe a few casual fans aren’t down with “Magnum” but the die hards are with me. As a whole I think “Magnum” has far eclipsed what “clean cut” got as far as fans go.

JAY CAL: Of your career accomplishments, I know you are proud of your appearances in the World Wrestling Entertainment. How was it that you were asked to compete for the WWE? And who helped you get their?

JOEY RYAN: I’ve had six total matches for WWE and seven appearances. Bonus points to those who know the non-wrestling appearance. Any how, my initial WWE outing is all thanks to Rick Bassman. Say what you will about the guy, but he made a dream come true for me and I will always be grateful to him for that. I should also give thanks to Nova who booked me in my first WWE match because, in his words, not mine, he “knew I could work” and got the ball rolling because Ricky Steamboat was the agent, liked me, and got me my next WWE booking and so on.

JAY CAL: I could only guess that national recognition must be a great feeling, as per your appearances in the WWE. But let’s talk a little about your appearances for Wrestling Society X. You teamed with Disco Machine as That 70’s Team, how did this team come to fruition and why did the union end with WSX?

JOEY RYAN: This was the brainchild of Kevin Klienrock, so I think it’s more than fitting that it’s a WSX exclusive. Actually you should give him a lot of credit because he put just about the only two guys that weren’t either going to flip around a lot or beat the snot out of people together and created the most entertaining duo on that show. Why do I say it’s the most entertaining duo? Because I defy you to find a casual wrestling fan that watched WSX and doesn’t remember “the 70’s guys.” That show was moving a million miles a minute, and at times could be hard to follow, but we stood out and made an impact. Sure we did it with schtick, but that’s because we knew it would be hard to keep up with everyone’s athleticism, so in essence, we worked smarter, not harder.

JAY CAL: In your early years, you formed a union with Scott Lost as the X-Foundation and won tag team titles all over So Cal. You still team with Lost today in the PWG Super-Stable, the Dynasty. You received much acclaim in the short-lived WSX as That 70’s Team. And you formed a dynamic tag team with Karl Anderson as the Real American Heroes, holding the NWA World Tag Titles for 7 months. Do you consider yourself a tag team specialist or is it just coincidental of all the tag team glory you’ve received?

JOEY RYAN: I’ve been fortunate to have the best partners in the world. Each one works well with me in the environments we’re placed in. You see, Scott is great at the all out, who gives a crap, leave it all in the ring style that PWG is accustom to. Far better at it than I am. When I’m competing side by side with him, it brings me to that level. Disco Machine is great because he knows what his strengths are and isn’t afraid of how he looks in the process. He brings in me the ability to be more carefree with what others may think. Karl Anderson is probably the most like me in that we have an old school attitude complete with not taking crap from anyone, free to speak our minds and are beyond not afraid of the consequences of our actions. I don’t know if I’d call myself a tag team specialist, but I certainly have a talent in adapting to my surroundings. It’s a gift, and a curse.

JAY CAL: The Real American heroes gained a ton of notoriety during the Copa De Lucha, by destroying Los Luchas which led to your long standing feud. Did you know at that time, that this feud would later become the talk of the Alliance and later grant you entry into the World Tag Team Gauntlet?

JOEY RYAN: Machine Gun and I just followed our hearts and did what we thought was right. Nobody fights for this country on the home front anymore. We were in Las Vegas, Nevada which is a city in America, in theory with proud Americans living in it and WE were getting booed by waving an American flag while the team waving the Mexican flag was being cheered. Unbelievable. Where’s the justice? I’ll tell you where it is, we took matters into our own hands and brought justice to Las Vegas. As far as The NWA World Tag Team Titles are concerned, we are the best tag team in the world, so it was only a matter of time.

JAY CAL: Speaking of your tag team partner, I spoke to Karl Anderson a few months ago about what it meant to his career to become a World Tag Team Champion. Anderson is now on his way to New Japan. What did winning the NWA World Tag Team titles mean to your career and what is your next career move now that your partner is leaving the continent?

JOEY RYAN: I’ve had a lot of success in professional wrestling and a lot of people knew of me before winning those belts, but being one half of The NWA World Tag Team Champions was the first time that I was being compared to greats like Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard and that brought a whole new fame and notoriety to me. It also gave me a lot of opportunities to travel the country and the globe. None more important than the trip to Australia last November which I was apart of because of those belts. I do however wish the Alliance could have done more with us during our reign. I feel like there are a lot of teams out there across the country worthy of Title shots, but the NWA is still in a rebuilding process and there isn’t a lot of money to go around and Machine Gun and I don’t come cheap. You get what you pay for and if you want the best, you gotta pay for it.

I’m not too worried about myself right now with Machine Gun taking off in Japan and neither should you. We should just watch his career blossom. I’m sure I’ll be alright. After all, I am still one of half of the PWG World Tag Team Champions, not to mention still on the active roster for NWA Pro, so I’m sure Vanderpyle, Pearce and I will find a way to get by with Machine Gun overseas.

JAY CAL: My follow up is does this end the Anti-Mexican and Anti-Australian campaigns or are you going to find a partner to replace Anderson?

JOEY RYAN: Machine Gun can never be replaced.

JAY CAL: What is next for the “Sleazy Movement,” what do you want to do next?

JOEY RYAN: Like I said, I’m still one half of the PWG World Tag Team Champions, so I guess I’ll have to go on defending that. PWG is pretty famous and well known too.

JAY CAL: Joey, I again want to thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Is there anything else you’d like to say to the fans?

JOEY RYAN: Buy my merch. It’s on my myspace page which can be found at myspace.com/joeyeatworld.

Joey Ryan’s DVD

Disc One
Joey Ryan vs. Jimmy Rave vs. Jimmy Jacobs (CZW 2/7/04)
Joey Ryan vs. Samoa Joe (PWG 10/9/04)
Joey Ryan vs. Super Dragon in a 60 Minute Iron Man Match (PWG 10/23/04)

Disc Two
Joey Ryan vs. Jamie Noble (PWG 9/3/05)
Joey Ryan vs. Arik Cannon (IWA-MS 9/24/05)
Joey Ryan vs. Chris Hero (PWG 10/1/05)
Joey Ryan vs. El Generico (PWG 10/14/05)
Joey Ryan vs. Jack Evans vs. Super Dragon vs. El Generico (WAR 12/18/05)
Joey Ryan vs. Human Tornado (PWG 1/7/06)

Disc Three
Joey Ryan vs. Chris Sabin (PWG 3/18/06)
Joey Ryan vs. Roderick Strong (BOASJ 5/19/06)
Joey Ryan vs. El Generico (JPC 6/16/06)
Joey Ryan vs. B-Boy in a Steel Cage Match (PWG 7/16/06)
Joey Ryan & Karl Anderson vs. Los Luchas (NWA 9/16/06)
Joey Ryan vs. Quicksilver (PWG 11/18/06)

Disc Four (Bonus Matches)
Joey Ryan vs. Frankie Kazarian (EPIC 7/14/02)
Joey Ryan vs. Mike Quackenbush (RevPro 9/28/02)
Joey Ryan vs. Davey Richards (SBW 10/15/05)
Joey Ryan vs. Sylvan (WWE 10/30/05)
Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae vs. Human Tornado & Carla Jade (EWF 2/12/06)
Joey Ryan vs. Black Tiger IV (WAE 9/23/06)
Joey Ryan vs. Petey Williams (GZW 10/13/06)

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NWA Wolrd Jr. Heavyweight Champion: Mike Quackenbush

I have a piece of advice for Quackenbush… fear this man.

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Human Tornado has a style that is built for TV. As the clip shows, Tornado has made a name for himself on the former MTV themed wrestling show WSX and on the silver-screen as El Snowflake in Nacho Libre. Not to mention he’s gain a lot of indy credibility wrestling in CZW and PWG.

He would make a perfect contender to Quackenbush’s belt.

An Interview with the Machine Gun.

It is well documented the success of the National Wrestling Alliance has been on an up-turn as of late. Carrying on the legacy of yesterdays legends, are the names of the future. Karl Anderson, the Machine Gun is one of the many that are carrying on the history and tradition of the oldest wrestling alliance in the World. In this interview we discuss the NWA British Common Wealth Championship, his involvement in the NWA 57th Anniversary Show, the tag team the “Real American Heroes” and what will be coming next from this super star.

JAY CAL: The man you beat for the NWA British Common Wealth Championship was Fergal Devitt, who is now, a very successful Junior Heavyweight currently wrestling in Japan with NJPW. The man who defeated you for that title, Alex Koslov is now wrestling in championship bouts in Mexico in CMLL. And as it is well known you are one of the top tier wrestlers in the National Wrestling Alliance. Can you share your feelings about the British Common Wealth Championship and its impact on your career?

MACHINE GUN: Honestly man, and I don’t mean any disrespect to the current British Commonwealth Champion, Paul Tracey who is a good friend of mine, but I think that belt was lucky to even be worn by the guys that wore it. I don’t mean that in a cocky way at all, I just mean that the belt happened to be on Fergal Devitt when he decided to come to the New Japan Dojo in Santa Monica. I happen to be there when Fergal signed his contract, and so the belt was put on me. Alex Koslov happened to also be attending the dojo at that time and was able to win the belt from me. The belt didn’t do anything for my career because it was only defended in front of about 20 people every Sunday! And that is a shoot. It is a BEAUTIFUL belt, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not like that thing elevated me in anyway. And talk about Fergal and Alex. Those guys are two of my best friends in the World. They worked hard as hell to receive the success that they are having. From training at the dojo everyday and being broke as shit and being told lies that we were all going to go to Japan. It was a long, tough road and those two guys are doing awesome and THEY ARE RICH now!!!! So good for them

JAY CAL: In terms of high profile matches, one of your first was at the NWA 57th Anniversary Show. You wrestled Scott Murray. This match was said to be the match that got you discovered by NWA Pro officials. How did you feel about that match and did you think wrestling at this show, would later afford you the opportunities you’ve received since?
MACHINE GUN: Yea, you’re right. This was probably the most important match of my career up to this point. I was hooked up on this show by the promoter of the short-lived NWA Indy named Rob Williams. I thought for sure that this would be a great opportunity…. Until I got to the show! Which was the BIGGEST CLUSTER-FUCK of a show I had EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!!!! 15 matches on the card in front of about 50-75 people. I looked around at a lot of the other guys on the show, and thought to myself “Get me the fuck out of here!”
I happened to have a good match. Dave Marquez happened to be in the crowd and Mr. Marquez worked his magic on me and talked me into moving out to Los Angeles. That was 2 years ago. And the first year that I moved to LA I would say I thought that I made the worst decision of my life. But after sticking it out and making a lot of friends, this past year has been the MOST beneficial of my entire career for sure. So I guess if you put it into perspective, then absolutely that match that I had at the Anniversary show was a big turning point in my life.

JAY CAL: The next super-card I want to talk about is the highly successful The Copa De Lucha, which was a huge hit for the NWA Pro. In what was seemingly your National debut as a tag team with Joey Ryan saw you defeat some of the best tag teams of the NWA; what did winning the Cup, mean to you?
MACHINE GUN: Actually, to be completely factual we DID NOT win the cup…. The dirty Mexicans beat us for the cup in Las Vegas! But we stole the cup back from them at later TV tapings.

JAY CAL: Oh yeah, I must have been a little confused on that. Speaking of The Real American Heroes, you and the Magnum were formed earlier this year. Joey, aside from competing regularly from Pro Wrestling Guerrilla was teaming with Disco Machine on MTV’s take on Wrestling, WSX. As that 70’s Team, Joey Ryan adopted his sleazy look. What were the events that lead up to your meeting Joey Ryan and later teaming together for the NWA?
MACHINE GUN: I had met Joey a couple of times and even wrestled him at the Dojo out in Santa Monica. And to be honest that match we had was one of the funniest matches I have ever been involved in. And Actually I have to give Dave Marquez credit for putting Joey and I together. After our first match teaming together I think we both realized that we had a lot of chemistry and that our styles of wrestling are very similar. Marquez put us together and we just ran with it.

JAY CAL: Aside from your tag team success, you won the NWA Midwest Heartland States Heavyweight Champion. At the same time you defeated the Human Tornado to with the NWA Pro/Empire Wrestling Federation’s American Heavyweight Championship. This was in the midst of the NWA re-crowning a New Worlds Champion. Your pleas to be invited to participate in this tournament fell on deaf ears while you were a double champion. How did you feel about not getting a tournament spot?
MACHINE GUN: Politics, just strictly, ridiculous politics. Look at some of those guys in that tournament and tell me that I didn’t deserve a spot?! [It’s] unbelievable. But either way, I am one half of the NWA World Tag Team Champions. So, now at least my pay days are sweeter than some of the losers in that tournament!!!!

JAY CAL: It seemed that you got somebody’s attention. Because it wasn’t long after the tag team titles were declared vacant that Joey and yourself, along with the Kidman/Waltman tandem, and Sicodelico Jr. and Incognito were allowed to share an opportunity to be the next Worlds Tag Team Championships. You and Joey were able to over-come the gauntlet and win the tag team titles. Could you explain what impact that made on your professional and personally?
MACHINE GUN: It was sweet man. You know, I grew up in Ashville, North Carolina … the home of the NWA. I grew up watching NWA on TBS my whole life. I watched Arn and Tully. My idol was Ric Flair. And to be a co-holder of the same belts that those guys won? Man that is sweet. No matter what all the haters have to say, I am a champion, and they are not!

JAY CAL: So your successes in the NWA have afforded you other opportunities in the wrestling realm. You debuted for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla earlier this year and recently joined the Ring of Honor Ranks. What are your ambitions in the wrestling world? Where would you like to be next?
MACHINE GUN: I just want to keep moving up. Every year for me has been better. Every year I move up. I have made A LOT of plane flights this year. A lot of wrestlers would KILL to be flown somewhere, put in a hotel and then get paid to wrestle! I am very fortunate to be in the spot that I am in, in the NWA. I am fortunate to have gotten into Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. I am very fortunate to have gotten the opportunity to work for Ring of Honor in Las Vegas and San Francisco. I just want to keep moving up and keep doing everything that I can to get as far as I can in this business.

JAY CAL: Is there anything else you’d like to share with the readers of this interview?
MACHINE GUN: SUPPORT INDY WRESTLING. SUPPORT WRESTLING IN GENERAL. GO TO LOCAL WRESTLING SHOWS and cheer for your favorites and boooo the wrestlers that you don’t like! I blew my knee out in front of 15 people wrestling for free 4 years ago! Wrestlers go in the ring night in and night out and put it all out there for the fans! Just show some support and keep the “You fucked up” chants to yourself, or meet us outside and get fucked up yourself! Thanks for the interview!!!!

JAY CAL: Karl, I have to thank you for the interview. 2007 has been a tremendous year for you and I hope that your 2008 will be a even better year. Thank you for your time and thank you for what you do in the ring.

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