How did
you come to be a backyard wrestler://
Well,
I’ve been a wrestling fan forever, and after watching WWF, WCW, and ECW for
while, I said, “I can do this shit better than a lot of these goobers.” Then
about five years ago I got into Puro, Lucha (and more recently North American
Indies) and said, “I ain’t as good as these guys, but I can try to be.” So
between my hate for the majority of mainstream North American wrestling and my
love for foreign and independent wrestling, I decided to become a wrestler
myself. As for VCW, the concept kinda started in 1999 with myself and “The
Outstanding Athlete” Andrew Poole wrestling on my trampoline. Then I heard the
Man-Beast liked wrestling, then he started inexplicably kicking my ass in the
hallways, then we finally made something official out of it, and VCW was born.
Why
://
It’s fun,
man.
Do you
plan to go pro ://
Here’s
the thing: it would be kinda fun to “live the dream” and what have you, but the
truth is, my conditioning sucks, and I’m not really that big on the whole
training scene.
Tell me
something about your appearance ://
Summer: Loud T-shirt (often Hawaiian), baggy shorts, kneepads, and
Masato Tanaka/Mitsuharu Misawa/Stan Hansen elbow-thingy on right arm. Winter:
Long-sleeved navy blue shirt, black athletic shorts, grey bubble vest, and the
aforementioned pads on underneather clothing. As for my personal appearance,
I’m 6’0”, 222 lbs., gorgeous blond hair, and DECEPTIVELY STOCKY~!
Your
style of wrestling :// I sort of have two distinct styles. The first one is a
mat-wrestling based one, with a lot of strikes and submissions, and a bit of
flying thrown in (kind of Ikuto Hidaka-like, though he flies better and more
often than me). My second style I usually utilise against smaller guys like
Chris Mason & Bromine: it’s pretty much a “fuck psychology, let’s do a
bunch of wack, head-dropping highspots” mentality. I like ‘em both.
Are there
any wrestlers in the league you don't like :// Work: MAKABE, Lenny D., Bromine,
other heels. Shoot: I’m pretty cool with everyone.
Toughest
opponent ://
The
Man-Beast. Sumbitch broke my neck with a Tiger Driver ’91 in Summer 2000, thus
ruining the “Summer of George” I was planning on having. Then in spring 2001,
he gave me an unprotected powerbomb on the floor of the St. George’s Grade 12
Lounge and broke my back, thus keeping me off the Provincial Badminton Team.
PROVINCIAL FUCKING BADMINTON, MAN!!
Best
Partner ://
I believe I wrestled one match with MAKABE as my partner, so I guess him. I’ve never done a lot of consistent tag team stuff, though, so it’s
not really that relevant a question for me right now. What? I was Tag Team Champions
with the Hillbilly? Whatever.
Most
spectacular match ://
Well, my most spectacular would probably be vs. Chris Mason on 7/2/01 or
9/15/01. My BEST match would be vs. MAKABE on 7/31/01 or any of numerous
matches against the Man-Beast.
Have you
won any titles ://
Probably gonna sound like a jerk, but I’ve pretty much done it all here. As of
11/18/01 (the date of this interview), I
am a 3-time Triple Crown Champion, a 1-time Canadian Champion, a 1-time
Tag Team Champion, and a 1-Time Hardcore Champion. Now I just have to lose some
weight and win the Junior Heavyweight Title. Also of note: in 2000, I was the
sole holder of the long-forgotten VCW Softcore Title.
Is there
anyone in the fed you haven't rivalled with and want to :// Maybe the two newer
guys: S2K & Crimson Thunder Dragon. I’ve pretty much worked programs with
everyone else.
Any Last
Comments? ://
Hmm, last
comments, eh? I dunno, maybe I’ll just say some general stuff about VCW. We
like to think of ourselves as one of the better backyard feds out there. We’ve
seen footage of a lot of other feds, and from what we’ve seen, it’s basically
all silly spots with little to no wrestling in between. We are one of the very
few feds who can actually construct solid WRESTLING matches, and we pride
ourselves on that. So, from a professional standpoint, we like to think that we
suck the least.
