Brian Woermann

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Brian Woermann
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Ring name(s) Matt Stryker
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Billed weight 215 lb (98 kg)
Born June 21, 1979
Cincinnati, Ohio
Trained by Les Thatcher
Debut November 7, 1998
This article is about the independent wrestler who performs as Matt Stryker. For the WWE wrestler who performs as Matt Striker, see Matthew Kaye.

Brian Woermann (born June 21, 1979 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Matt Stryker. His most recognizable characteristic is his trademark unibrow.

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[edit] Career

Brian Woermann attended Milford High School, where he played basketball and dove. After graduating, Woermann obtained a job selling cars and attended college in his spare time.

In 1998 Woermann began training under Les Thatcher, proprietor of the Main Event Pro Wrestling Camp in Evendale, Ohio, much to the chagrin of his mother. He trained under Thatcher for five months, suffering a knee injury in the course of his training. On November 7, 1998, Woermann wrestled his first match, facing "Bad Boy" Bobby Kane. He then chose the ring name Matt Stryker and began working for Thatcher's Heartland Wrestling Association. In 2001, Stryker appeared on WWF Raw posing as a police officer who informed The Undertaker that his wife Sara had been in a car accident.

[edit] Heartland Wrestling Association

Stryker was initially a heel, and defeated Pepper Parks for the vacant HWA Cruiserweight Championship on March 16, 2001. He lost the title to Parks on June 26, but regained the title on August 9 at the 2001 Brian Pillman Memorial Show. Stryker's second reign lasted until September 2, 2001, when he lost to Jamie Knoble.

Stryker turned face in May 2002 after his tag team partner, Dean Baldwin, burned his eye with a cigar. Stryker immediately sought revenge, which led to Baldwin suing him for $55 million and imposing a restraining order on him for assault, stalking and defamation of character. After feuding with Baldwin throughout June 2002, Stryker set his sights on the HWA Heavyweight Championship.

Stryker defeated Cody Hawk for the HWA Heavyweight Championship on July 17, 2002 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He held the title until November 9, when he lost to Chet Jablonski in Batavia, Ohio. Stryker dominated the HWA Heavyweight Championship division from that point, winning the title twice more in 2003. He took the title a fourth time in 2005, defeating Shawn Osborne on March 25.

Cody Hawk and Stryker reconciled in 2004 and formed a tag team known as the HWA Icons. The Icons defeated TJ Dalton and JT Stahr for the HWA Tag Team Championships on April 2, 2004, dropping the titles to Benjamin Kimera and Shawn Osbourne on June 15. They took the titles a second time that year, defeated Foreign Intelligence on October 26. Hawk and Stryker were stripped of the titles later that year.

[edit] Ring of Honor

In 2003, Stryker began to wrestle for Ring of Honor. He made his debut at Revenge on The Prophecy in a losing effort against fellow HWA wrestler Chad Collyer. The two competed in a rematch at Expect the Unexpected, with Collyer once again getting the better of Stryker. His next match was a scheduled three-way match with Colt Cabana and Tom Carter. Samoa Joe, who won the ROH Championship at the previous show, interjected himself in the match after his bout against Hotstuff Hernandez. Joe said if any of the three competitors could defeat him, he would give them the ROH Championship. Despite his best efforts, Stryker once again lost in his third match for the company. This would be the end of his losing streak, as he defeated Michael Shane, BJ Whitmer, Donovan Morgan and Chad Collyer in a five-way match.

Things appeared to be looking up for Stryker in ROH, as he won his next two matches, but he once again lost to Chad Collyer at Wrestle Rave 2003. The two had a rematch scheduled for Death before Dishonor, but Collyer missed the show due to working in Japan. Stryker instead defeated his replacement, Jimmy Rave. He also scored a major upset at the following show when he defeated former ECW World Champion Justin Credible.

Around this time, ROH began hyping the “Field of Honor” tournament. Eight wrestlers would be divided into two blocks (Block A and Block B), and would wrestle each member of their block. The wrestler with the most wins would wrestle the winner of the other block in the tournament finals. At Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies, Matt Stryker wrestled BJ Whitmer, with the winner gaining entry into the tournament. The two wrestled to the fifteen minute time limit, and both gained entry. Stryker would go on to defeat John Walters, Chris Sabin and Xavier to win Block A. Whitmer had tied with Colt Cabana and Dan Maff with two wins and one loss apiece. The three wrestled in a three-way tiebreaker match at The Conclusion. Whitmer won the match and would face Stryker at Final Battle 2003. The show prior, the two competed against each other in a gauntlet match. Stryker was the third entry and defeated CM Punk and Colt Cabana before facing Whitmer in the final match. During the match, Stryker was knocked out on the floor and was being check on by the referee. Whitmer surprised everyone when he threw Stryker back in the ring and hit the Wrist-clutch Exploder on him, winning the match. After coming to, Stryker got into an argument backstage with Whitmer continuing the match despite the fact he was knocked out. Whitmer responded by staying that that was pro wrestling, and if he didn’t like it he should quit. At Final Battle 2003, Matt Stryker defeated BJ Whitmer to win the “Field of Honor” in a match that lasted twenty-nine minutes.

At the Second Anniversary Show, Stryker competed in a one night tournament to crown the first Pure Wrestling Champion. He defeated Josh Daniels in his first round match, but lost to AJ Styles in his second match. After failing to capture the Pure Wrestling Championship, he set his eyes on the ROH World Championship. At At Our Best he defeated John Walters to become the number one contender for Joe’s title. Stryker lost to a very angry Joe (Homicide had thrown a fireball in his face the previous night, leaving him burned) at Reborn: Stage Two.

At Round Robin Challenge III, Stryker lost to Alex Shelley in the first match of their best-of-three series. The second match, scheduled for World Title Classic, did not take place as originally planed. Shelley, along with his new heel faction Generation Next, told Stryker that since he’s already beaten him in a match, there was no longer a need to continue the series. Instead, he told Stryker that Generation Next was going to take his spot, and that he only had two options about it: step down or get beaten down. When Stryker refused to step down, he was attacked by Generation Next and left a bloody mess after Shelley punched him in the head with a steel chain wrapped around his fist. John Walters and Jimmy Rave, who Generation Next had attacked at the previous show, ran to help Stryker who had to be carried to the back. After disposing of Jack Evans, Walters and Rave faced the rest of Generation Next in a three-on-two handicap match. Stryker returned to help Walters and Rave, but they were unable to defeat Generation Next.

Stryker competed in the inaugural Survival of the Fittest, losing in his qualifying match against Samoa Joe. During the match, Stryker was inexplicably heckled by the Philadelphia crowd. At Reborn: Completion, Stryker once again competed in a one night tournament to crown a new ROH Pure Champion (A.J. Styles had to vacate the title when he was pulled from all ROH shows by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling after the Rob Feinstein controversy). He competed in a four-corner survival match against Alex Shelley, CM Punk and Austin Aries. Before the match, he was once again attacked by Generation Next, and once again punched in the head by a chain wielding Alex Shelley (who would go on to win the match). Later that evening, Generation Next got into a brawl with CM Punk and the legendary Ricky Steamboat. Steamboat would assemble a team a pure wrestlers (dubbed Team Steamboat) to combat Generation Next. At Death before Dishonor 2: Part One, Matt Stryker teamed up with John Walters and Jimmy Jacobs to defeat Generation Next in a six-man tag match. They were not so lucky the following night when Stryker and Walters were defeated in a tag match.

Stryker would miss the month of August, before returning at Glory by Honor 3 in a match that would major implications on his ROH career. He would square off against Jay Lethal in a match with major stipulations: if Lethal lost he would no longer be booked by ROH, if Stryker lost he would no longer be flown to the East coast shows. After losing to Lethal, Stryker got on the microphone and lashed out at the New Jersey fans. He said he was going to go back to the mid-west were the fans still respect good wrestlers.

As of December 2006, Matt Stryker has yet to return to wrestling on the East cost Ring of Honor shows. He still appears on shows in the mid-west.

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Finishing and signature moves

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[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • Cleveland All Pro Wrestling
  • CAPW Junior Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
  • Mad-Pro Wrestling
  • MPW Heavyweight Champion (1 time) (first)
  • Premiere Wrestling Federation
  • PWF Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Josh Daniels
  • ROH Field of Honor Winner (2003)

[edit] Trivia

  • In addition to his wrestling career, Stryker designs and manufactures wrestling ring attire.

[edit] References

[edit] External link

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