Marty Lurie

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C. Edward Vander Pyle
Statistics
Ring name(s)
Billed height 6 ft 2 in
Billed weight 300 lb
Born December 10, 1972
Buffalo, New York
Resides Los Angeles, California
Trained by Adam Pearce

Marty Lurie (born December 10, 1972 in Buffalo, New York), is in his 5th year as an American professional wrestling manager and commentator better known by his stage name C. Edward Vander Pyle or Mr. Vander Pyle. In addition to his ring persona, he is the General Manager of the NWA Pro group located in Southern California.

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[edit] Career

Pre-Wrestling
Before entering the wrestling business Marty Lurie spent considerable time in the music business as a producer and road manager for Chicago, Illinois based independent acts such as Chris Prchal and Mugs Alley. He toured throughout the Midwest with Certain Distant Suns in various roles. In addition to music, he was involved in several independent film projects. It was at this time he met professional wrestler Adam Pearce.

Early Career
Shortly after Marty moved to Los Angeles, California Adam Pearce requested that he create a ring name to become his new wrestling manager. Pearce had become disappointed with the direction professional wrestling had taken and took a long hiatus from performing. After watching several tapes of his favorite wrestlers and realizing that most of the great old school heels had managers by their side, Adam decided that was what he was missing. Marty accepted the offer and C. Edward Vander Pyle was born.

Mr. Vander Pyle debuted along side Adam Pearce at a small show in a San Diego ocean front bar that had a total of 4 paid fans in attendance. The debut was an interruption of a match followed by a self-interview in which Adam introduced Vander Pyle to the world. In their debut match, Mr. Vander Pyle managed Adam Pearce and Primetime Peterson against Al Katrazz and Jason Allgood in a main event for Lemon Grove, CA based WCWA. The next show saw Mr. Vander Pyle capture the WCWA Heavyweight Title from Al Katrazz due to a 24/7 stipulation in which the champion could be pinned by anyone at anytime. 18.4 seconds after capturing the title, Vander Pyle lost it to Jason Allgood marking it one of professional wrestling’s shortest title reigns.

PWG and XLUM
Vander Pyle went on to bigger success in the early days of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as a featured player along side Pearce as well as Hardkore Inc. members Aaron Aguilera and Al Katrazz and Pearce’s longtime friend from Chicago, “Classic” Colt Cabana. As a fan, Marty had been in attendance for Colt Cabana’s debut match in Wisconsin in 1999.

In addition to their PWG exploits Pearce and Vander Pyle began to cause havoc in Newhall, CA’s APW-LA and Tijuana, Mexico’s Promociones XLUM. Lucha Libre does not have managers and Vander Pyle’s presence, along with his carrying of a U.S. Flag and broken Spanish on the mic, added to the immense heat his group generated. During a sold out show in el Auditorio de Tijuana over 5,500 fans rained garbage on the Vander Pyle led American group The San Diego Horsemen nearly causing a full blown riot.

2004 – 2005
Early 2004 saw a brief split between Pearce and Vander Pyle. Marty’s mother had contracted lung cancer and he took time off from wrestling to be with her. When he returned, to the shock of Southern California fans, it was not by Adam’s side but rather in the corner of Pearce’s rival Babi Slymm. Vander Pyle and Slymm were eventually joined by Frankie Kazarian, Scott Lost and Marty’s friend and fellow Northern Illinois University graduate Brad Bradley as the short lived First Family.

Vander Pyle and Slymm moved on to Bart Kapitzke’s Alternative Wrestling Show in City of Industry, CA. Slymm defeated Pearce to capture the first ever AWS Championship in an AWS Idol match in which Slymm and Pearce sang to the crowd before fighting. Hosted by Jason Allgood the judges were Al Katrazz, Nikki T and Vander Pyle, AWS Idol remains one of the highlights of the four year old promotion. Vander Pyle went on to lead Slymm in successful defenses against Joey Ryan, American Dragon, B-Boy, Scorpio Sky, Scott Lost and more before turning on Babi Slymm with the returning Adam Pearce (under a hood as Masked Spymaster #2). Pearce took the title from Slymm before losing it to the Human Tornado who then lost it to the Vander Pyle led Al Katrazz. Vander Pyle holds the distinction of managing 3 of the 4 men who have held the belt when the won the title.

In addition to being part of the main feuds in the ring at AWS, backstage Marty was instrumental in associating AWS with David Marquez’s NWA Pro group. This allowed for a new talent exchange that helped AWS showcase wrestlers from throughout the globe who were in town to train at NWA Pro and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s LA Inoki Dojo.

More Recently
Vander Pyle had the distinction of being the first American manager to appear on New Japan Pro Wrestling TV in nearly 20 years as he appeared at their Toukon 7 special taped in Los Angeles. Off screen Marty was a part of the production team for both the NJPW "Toukon Fighting Spirit"TV show and the pilot taping of MTV’s "Wrestling Society X". He is currently in the role of Talent Coordinator for WSX's first season. In the ring Vander Pyle has been a part of UPW’s biggest show to date as he managed Adam Pearce against Diamond Dallas Page at Overload in Las Vegas. When UPW returned to smaller shows in 2006, Vander Pyle began to manage Joey Ryan in a series of matches in which they tested the top UPW students. Vander Pyle also became one of very few modern managers to work both coasts as he worked the inaugural Liberty States Wrestling shows in Lodi, New Jersey and Lowell, Massachusetts.

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[edit] Side Notes

  • Marty is the brother of comedian Andy Lurie
  • Took his trademark insult "Onionhead" from Morris Day in the movie Purple Rain
  • An avid fan of the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bears, Buffalo Sabres and Chicago Bulls
  • Nicknamed "Uncle Marty" due to his large extended family
  • Does color commentary for AWS DVD releases
  • The C in C. Edward Vander Pyle is for Charles in honor of Marty's great-grandfather Charles Noteboom, a wrestler in the 1930's and 1940's.
  • Vander Pyle is one of the most misspelled names in wrestling. Marty is frequently credited as Vanderpile, Vander Pile, Vandarpyl, Vanderpyle and other combinations of these errors.

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