Ryan Meghan
From Iwe
Joey Ryan | ||
Joey Ryan at Lucha Va Voom | ||
Birth name | Ryan Meghan | |
Ring name(s) | Chase Walker Forsaken El Gallinero (I) Joey Blalock Joey Hollywood Joey Ryan | |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
Billed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | |
Born | November 7, 1979 (age 33) Los Angeles, California | |
Resides | Los Angeles, California | |
Billed from | Hollywood, California | |
Trained by | Bobby Bradley (EWF) Tom Howard (UPW) Brian Woods (UPW) Brown Danielson (Inoki Dojo) | |
Debut | September 1, 2000 |
Joseph "Joey" Ryan Meehan (born November 7, 1979) is an American professional wrestler from Southern California best known by his ringname Joey Ryan. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is also known for his time on the independent circuit, working for promotions such as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), which he founded with five other wrestlers and where he held the PWG World and PWG World Tag Team Championships, NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, for which he was the head booker of from January 2011 to August 2011, Lucha Va Voom and Wrestling Retribution Project, where he worked as "Chase Walker". He also worked for the short-lived MTV promotion Wrestling Society X and in Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2009-2010. He has also worked for IWE as local talent. In 2007-2008, he was a trainer at Ultimate Pro Wrestling's training school and is currently the head trainer at Mach One Wrestling's training school in Anaheim, California. He worked as an assistant trainer for the television series Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling. In 2012, he was featured as a trainer on RuPaul's Drag Race episode two. Also in 2012, Meehan made the top 30 finalist of 22,000 in the Major League Baseball Fan Cave contest. In 2012, he was signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He is a former NWA World Tag Team Champion with Karl Anderson.
Professional wrestling career
Training and early years (2000–2006)
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2003–2012)
International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE (2005, 2011)
National Wrestling Alliance (2006–2012)
Wrestling Society X on MTV (2006–2007)
Ring of Honor (2009–2010)
Other promotions (2008–2012)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2012–present)
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Double underhook facebuster – 2008–present; parodied from Triple K
- End Scene (Kimura with bodyscissors) – 2010–present
- Mustache Ride / Duff Drop (Super swinging neckbreaker)
- 'Nuff Said (Crossface chickenwing) – 2005–2006
- That '70s Kick (Independent circuit) / Super '70s Superkick (WSX) (Superkick)
- With Scott Lost
- Double team finishing moves
- Extinction Agenda ([[Backbreaker hold (Ryan) / Diving elbow drop (Lost) combination)
- Ryan throws an opponent off the top turnbuckle to Lost, who performs a mid-air cutter
- Double team signature moves
- Reverse thrown inverted Death Valley driver by Lost into a sitout facebuster by Ryan
- Double superkick
- Double team finishing moves
- Nicknames
- "The Technical Wizard"
- "Magnum"
- "The Hollywood Submission Machine"
- "Trending"
Championships and accomplishments
- Alternative Wrestling Show
- AWS Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Scott Lost
- California Wrestling Alliance
- CWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Lost
- Pacific Coast Wrestling
- PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- PCW MAXimum Championship (1 time)
- PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Lost
- Pro Wrestling Bushido
- Warriors Way Tournament (2011)
- Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
- PWG World Championship (1 time)
- PWG World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Scott Lost
- Battle of Los Angeles (2010)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #171 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010
- SoCalUncensored.com
- Southern California Tag Team of the Year (2002) with Scott Lost
- Southern California Match of the Year (2004) vs. Super Dragon, October 23, 2004
- Southern California Wrestler of the Year (2006)
- West Coast Wrestling Company
- WCWC West Coast Championship (1 time)
- World Class Wrestling Alliance
- WCWA California Championship (1 time)
- WCWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Lost
- World Power Wrestling
- WPW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- WPW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
- WPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Lost