Joseph Meechan

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Joseph Meehan


Statistics
Ring name(s)	Joey Ryan Joey "Magnum" Ryan
Billed height	5 ft 9 in
Billed weight	210 lb
Born	November 7, 1979
Resides	Los Angeles, California
Billed from	Los Angeles, California
Trained by	Brian Kendrick
Debut	September 1, 2000

Joseph Meehan (born November 7, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional wrestler from Southern California best known as "The Technical Wizard" Joey Ryan. He is currently performing for Pro Wrestling Guerilla. He has also taped several matches for the MTV promotion Wrestling Society X. He will also be debuting in New Wave Pro Wrestling on March 3, 2007 in San Diego, California.

1 Pro Wrestling Guerilla
2 Finishing and signature moves
3 Trivia
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 External links

[edit] Pro Wrestling Guerilla

Joey Ryan is one of the six owners of SoCal promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, collectively known as the "PWG Six". He began in PWG as part of the X-Foundation with Funky Billy Kim and "The Professional" Scott Lost. They teamed together at PWG's first show, losing to the team of Adam Pearce, Hardcore Kidd, and Al Katrazz. Joey Ryan then took part in the Badass Mother 3000 tournament to determine the first PWG Champion. Ryan made it to the finals, but lost to Frankie Kazarian. Joey Ryan then teamed with Scott Lost in the Tango & Cash Invitational tournament for the PWG Tag Team Championship. They made it to the semi-finals, but lost to Super Dragon and American Dragon. Ryan and Lost won the titles at the next show, but lost them in their first defense against Quicksilver and Chris Bosh. Ryan continued teaming with the X-Foundation, and regained the tag team titles with Scott Lost on June 19, 2004 at Rocktoberfest. Problems began within the X-Foundation, leading to a ladder match between Joey Ryan and Scott Lost for the titles. Scott Lost won the match and chose Chris Bosh as his new partner. At Use Your Illusion 4, Ryan lost a 60 Minute Iron Man match to Super Dragon.

Ryan then had a brief absence from PWG. When he returned, he began teaming with Scott Lost and Chris Bosh, which lead many to question his actions. He would then set out to prove that he is the best technical wrestler. He challenged and defeated many wrestlers who are known to have great technical skills, such as Rocky Romero, Alex Shelley, Chris Hero, and Claudio Castagnoli. Though he won the matches, Ryan had to cheat and use help from Lost or Bosh to win, since he would usually be outwrestled each match. It was around this time that Ryan changed his appearance to resemble Tom Selleck from Magnum, P.I., which included a big moustache. He even changed his finisher name from the Duff Drop to the Moustache Ride. At Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent), Joey Ryan beat Kevin Steen for the PWG Championship after Super Dragon gave Steen two Psycho Drivers. He made his first defense at CZW's Cage of Death 7 against El Generico. Ryan began defeating a number of wrestlers using some under handed tactic or a sheer stroke of luck on his behalf. Some of the wrestlers he has defeated include Chris Kanyon, Human Tornado, Chris Bosh, A.J. Styles, Kevin Steen, Emil Sitoci, Jonny Storm, Chris Sabin, Super Dragon, Necro Butcher, Franky Kazarian, Davey Richards, and B-Boy. Ryan became the longest reigning champion, and made the title a World title in the process by defending it in Europe.

He went on to form a stable known as The Dynasty, consisting of himself, Scorpio Sky, Scott Lost, and Chris Bosh. The four screwed the then PWG Tag Team Champs Super Dragon and Davey Richards, ending their dominant reign as tag champs. Joey would proceed to give Super Dragon a Mustache Ride through two tables, putting Dragon on the shelf. After holding the PWG title for a little over a year, winning usually due to cheating and interference, Ryan lost the title to Human Tornado on January 13, 2007.

[edit] Finishing and signature moves

Mustache Ride / Duff Drop (Middle Rope Swinging Neckbreaker)
Nuff Said / So-Cal Choke (Crossface Chickenwing)
Super 70's Superkick (Superkick)
Northern Lights suplex
T-Bone suplex

[edit] Trivia

Ryan became the longest reigning PWG World Champion in history on May 29, 2006, passing Frankie Kazarian's mark of 176 days (August 30, 2003 through February 22, 2004).
His Duff Drop finisher was named after Hilary Duff, of whom Joey Ryan is a big fan.
Ryan's entrance music in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is an altered version of the Magnum, P.I. theme song.