After watching the show, he decided to train. When WWF came to Anaheim, a man gave them tickets to an independent show. However, he didn't watch wrestling until the 1990s, because his school friends were fans. His favourite wrestlers were Hulk Hogan, Ricky Steamboat and the British Bulldogs. Meehan is the youngest of three brothers and he remembers watching WrestleMania 2, when Jake Roberts used his snake. Professional wrestling career Training and early years (2000–2006) 3.1 Class action lawsuit against Lucha Underground.2 Professional wrestling style and persona.He has denied the accusations and filed lawsuits against some of his accusers and Impact Wrestling. ĭuring the Speaking Out movement in June 2020, Meehan was accused by several women of sexual misconduct and he was subsequently released from Impact Wrestling. He was known for using his penis as part of his moves, most notably, the YouPorn-Plex.
In NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, Ryan served as head booker, and he was the promoter of Bar Wrestling. Ryan also wrestled for the TV series Lucha Underground, Impact Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming NWA World Tag Team Champion with Karl Anderson in the latter. He later appeared on the independent circuit, wrestling for promotions such as Ring of Honor, Wrestling Society X, Major League Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling (where he held the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship 43 times).
Joseph Ryan Meehan (born November 7, 1979), is an American professional wrestler and promoter.ĭuring his early years as a professional wrestler, he founded the Southern California promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) with five other wrestlers, where he held the PWG World and PWG World Tag Team Championships.