Hey welcome everyone to another McInterview. I have to honestly say this is one of my favorite interviews done, just for the fact that Kevin was so honest and didn't hold back on anything or anyone. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did, and make sure to check out Kevin Matthews website, linked at the bottom of the interview.
1. How did you get into wrestling? What was your training like?
Originally I broke into the wrestling buiness in early 1997 when I accidently
bumped into pro wrestler then "The Warmachine" now all the fans might
know his as the human bloodbath LowLife Louie Ramos. Louie brought me
into the infamous "Arena Puertorico" A.K.A Pedros Gym in Bedstuy brooklyn.
It was a run down church that I used to go to and play around in the ring
having total bullshit matches and was almost bonified backyard wrestling
in a ring. I was 15years old and basically used that as a learning experience,
By nomeans did I think I was "fully trained" hell I wasnt even partically
trained so in November 1999 after leaving wrestling alone for a year or
so I joined WWF Hall Of Famer Johnny Rodz school at the age of 16yrs old
located in downtown Brooklyn, New York. To be completely honost I came
into that school as a total mark thinking I had a clue as to what I was
doing and I had to learn the hard way that I didn't know SHIT!! I give
alot of credit to guys like Star Lightning, Fabian Street & Prince Nana
for teaching me the proper way. I also have to thank guys like Boogalou,
Damian Dragon, Eric Adamz, Joey B and Johnny Rodz for there Guidence &
helping me while I was there. Guys you see today like Stryker & Tim Arson
joined the school shorty after me.
2. Who were your favorite wrestlers growing up? Least favorite?
Growing up I always took a liking to Bret Hart straight from his Hart
Foundation days and as time went on I took to guys like Brian Pillman,
Chris Benoit, Marc Mero (Johnny B Badd), and Stevie Richards. My Least
Favorites are probably guys who I just see as boring in the ring and have
to change the channel guys like Lex Luger, Cobra, Craig Pitman, Man Mountian
Rock, Mideon and all others that just arent entertaining would have to
be my least favorites.
3. What do you think about message board haters?
I have mixed reactions on them firstly most of the stuff they say is really
halarious but alot of it is also personal twards alot of people and alot
of what is said should'nt have been said and is just said to hurt people
and thats bullshit. I have only done 3 USApro shows in 2years time and
for someone to have done so little for 1 company I get mentioned an AWEFUL
lot on there message board. Most recently I have just learned that I have
had sex with Becky Bayless & Kristy Kiss, I must have been trashed that
night because I don't even remember that happening .. but you know if
its on the Message board IT MUST BE TRUE we all know they would NEVER
LIE.
4. What are you favorite promotions to work for and why? Least favorite
and why?
My favorite company to work for is Definatly CHAOTIC WRESTLING based in
MA. They are BY FAR the most organized promotion and professionally run,
You know what the hell is going on a week or 2 BEFORE the show. they never
do last minute changes unless someone no shows and they always have backups.
They NEVER do LAST minute bookings 10minutes before a match that is just
rediculas to be already to wrestle and your up in 2 matches and you dont
even know who your wrestling yet. My LEAST favorite company was a jerkoff
in North Carolina that DANNY got us all booked on .. Go figure lol. Anyways
Me,Danny,Justin Cage, Jimmy Hustler, Tara Charisma (her FIRST show), Valentina
and El Shoes all took a 10hr trip to NC in Jimmys Van. We were promised
X amount of money each, Travel & Hotel ect... half of us got nothing and
the other half got $10 each and NO GAS or TOLLS, we were stiffed total
about $350. He did however pay for Hotel which was a awefully stupid move,
how are you going to stiff us then put the room in YOUR name LOL BAD MOVE,
anyhow we ransacked the place and stole everything so it all evened out.
That was back in January 2002 the night after I was invovled in that USAPRO
9 Man clusterfuck.
5. Who are your favorite wrestlers to work with and why? Least favorite?
My Favorite to work with is DEFINATLY hands down "Hurricane" John Walters.
I have wrestled him 3x so far and all 3 of our matches have been really
good each one better then the last. Our last 2 expecially at TWF & SWF
have been extremely good. Wenzel was also fun to work with both times
we wrestled eachother, He does what he does best and thats destroy people
and I do what I do best which is take a beating so we clicked well together
at WXW & SSCW. I also like working with SPANK down in NC for SCW & Jeff
Rocker in APW in Rhode Island. My least favorite to work and he knows
I am gonna say this too would be Danny Demanto, Now Im not saying I suck
or Danny Sucks Im saying me & him DO NOT click together in the ring. We
have BAD match after BAD match I do not know why promoters would even
attempt to book that. What I hate more then wrestling him is TEAMING with
him.. Attention Promoters me and danny ARE NOT a tag team.
6. What do you have to say about your critics or critics, myself in included,
in general, who comment on wrestling, review wrestling, without actually
being a wrestler?
Well Suprisingly lately I have been getting some positive feedback which
is a little bit of a suprise but is also a little bit deserving. I feel
I have improved a great deal since I started and feel like Im just getting
better each match. I feel as critics you guys should say what you honostly
feel and no matter how you feel about the person you should give honost
reviews and stop with this playing favorites BS.
7. How does it feel when a promotion says you're the man to carry our
gold, such as winning the prestigious SSCW TV Championship?
Prestigious?? must be talking about another fed.. lol... Umm It feels
good because SSCW gave me the ball when noone else really would. I mean
Carmine would be the first to tell you his company was the first place
Ive ever sent my tape to, as bad as it was I sent my tape there.. It was
probably used to tape a rerun of seinfield or RAW but hey I was trying.
So 3yrs after I sent my horrible demo to him for him to give me one of
his straps was pretty cool, I got to go over on a real good worker in
Damian Adams and had a decent match too.
8. What would be your dream match?
Vs Bret Hart, Vs John Walters in WWE, Vs Stevie Richards,
9. What is your favorite moment about being a wrestler? Worst?
All the friends Ive made, all the fans i've met, all the places ive traveled
and living a dream that i always wanted to do this makes it all worth
it. My worst moment was meeting so many scumbags, so many backstabbers,
so many shit talkers and so many dirty girls.
10. What do you think has been your best match?
Vs Hurricane John Walters @ SWF May 16th 2003 then Vs Hurricane John Walters
@ TWF January 25th 2003
Danny Demanto
Danny has been a good friend for the most part, when he keeps his mouth
in check hes a real good friend and has helped me out alot. He is getting
alot better as a wrestler and is proving alot of people wrong as time
goes on.
Mia Angel The truth always comes out and this is were it officially begins ladies and gentlemen what I'm about to tell you is a complete shoot and I feel everyone will definatly enjoy this one as it is for the record books. Few months back some girl IMS me from a chat room named MIA ANGEL now she tells me how she trains at a school in PA and how shes training to be a wrestler ect... Im like ok cool whatever. So shes chatting wrestling with me and asks for my number to call me to tell me about feds and tell her about feds and just small wrestling chit chat. Ok cool I'll talk wrestling. So she calls and calls and keeps calling so I reliezed that she wanted a piece of 2 cocky which isnt cool because I DO NOT SCREW with rats (well not anymore (read next word ASS. and see what I mean) ) So I put her onto Danny and danny within 1 day has this filthy girl thinking there "bf /gf' which is pretty halarious. She used to have phone sex with him little did she know she was on speaker in front of 10-14 people everytime... that was some funny shit havent laughed that loud in a longgg time. Anyways danny gets sick of her and gives her a shit can (they never met face to face) then IRONICALLY she meets a friend of mine in a chat room whom lives 2 blocks away from me and 1 day later there "bf / gf" so she makes a date to travel from PA or NJ or the CAVE whereever this beast is from. She comes down and we all meet up at a pool hall by my house. Its now me,danny,mia angel,my friend/her "bf" and a few of my other friends... she is all over danny like white on rice and I decide to make a wager to danny telling him (knowing he already had 2 wrestling matches earlier on and STILL had his singlet on) I will bet him 5 McDonalds McChickens if he can get a blow job from her right there in the bathroom of the poolhall. Mission accomplished danny got her got her to go down town. It get better the next night she did the same thing in danny car both times with her "bf" a few feet away. Now if he really did like her and we werent ALL in on it then it would be totally screwed up but its pretty funny how from the start we were playing her like a fucking fiddle. MIA ANGEL WELCOME TO THE WRESTLING BUISNESS YOU FUCKING RAT!!!
Valentina The Phrase that Pays.. Ding Dong The bitch is gone... LIFE GOES ON.... Not many people know the complete truth behind me and LIZ.. all they knows is we were together some just say we slept together others called me her bitch ect.. January 2002 me and LIZ start hooking up.. late february we start "going out" and let me tell you it was hell I dont know how I stayed in that I always told myself that If a girl was ever like that I would never put up with her shit but I just ate my words with that one. April LIZ goes on tour to Eygpt and 4 days into the 3week tour she hooks up with the Jersey Devil a no name PA wrestler. She admited a while after the tour that she slept with him atleast 3 times... whos to say its not more who knows. She comes back and "doesnt want a bf no more".. ok kewl whatever then she starts making the trips to NJ every weekend.. put 1 and 1 together and you can pretty much guess who she was seeing. She breaks up with him and for whatever reason I took her back like the idiot waterboy I was, I mean looking back of course I shouldnt have done it but when ur in those positions you dont think. She was such a bitter aweful person that was literally impossible to get along with EVERYTHING with her was war and ALL she did was fight fight and fight. She MADE ME a hateful person that workers despised. Im glad she did that to me though because It just made me such a better person today and Im glad she cheated on me because that was the reason nothing was ever the same and were not together, if she never did that i still might be that same miserable person.
Frank Goodman Hes been running for something like 9 or 10yrs so hes obviously doing something right. I've done 3 shows for him and each time I was used in total BS matches so I cant say anything for myself as far as USAPRO goes.
Jac Sabboth Allowed me to wrestle in the prestigious Elks Lodge building that so many greats have been in... nowadays guys like Josh Deely wrestle regularly in so Im not sure how prestigious it is anymore.
Carmine Sabia Had enough confidence in me to give me a ball to run with and I thank him for that.
Ricky O Dont personally know him good enough to judge him, As long as I have my spot in JCW im cool : )
Chaotic Wrestling THE wrestling company, My favorite Place to work for. Totally Organized, Total Pleasure wrestling there.
Ms. Sinful This girl has NERVE I mean seriously Its one thing to trash talk people when you KNOW what your talking bout but its another thing to trash talk people when you have NO IDEA wtf your talking about.
Josh Deely The Hunchback FREAKAZOID... Josh thinks I hate him in actuality I really dont I like josh hes a good kid hes just a little misguided he never had anyone to guide him he always set his own path and doesnt really have a clue wtf to do he has no guidance he has noone telling him the wrongs and rights.
Trekkie Not a Star trek fan sorry.
John Walters very underrated, very talented
Vince McMahon As long as WWE is around and doesnt go belly up Vince McMahon is a living Genuis
Vince Russo HAD good Ideas
Internet critics Slowly but surely there becoming my buddies, As long as I get better and they acknowledge it then were straight.
Message board haters Tone down on the lies & personal issues and keep up with the funny stuff.
Lex Luger Boring wrestler and lately the center of alot of contraversey.
Tony Lazaro My Internet buddy from my KYDD ENIGMA Days lol rememba those tony.. who thought I would be here writing a msg about Tony LAZARO ... the kid got good quick and I really wanted to work him badly, hes retired now but Im sure hell pull a terry funk.
Tara Charisma You can do it put ur ba..... Never mind ... tara is my lil buddy from my ring crew days she has definatly come along way in a very short(no pun intended) amount of time and as long as she keeps her head straight and pay no mind to message boards and shit talkers then shell be fine.
Harry Slash Harry is a true friend, I go to him for alot of guidance and I learn alot each and every time I talk to him. He is one of the handful of people in the buisness that they always back up there word.
Damian Dragon Dragon helped me while I was in gleasons and I finally got the opportunity to wrestle him feb 2002 in JCW in a 3 way with Lo Rida, and I got the fall on Damian so It was kinda student upsetting Teacher thing. I would love to work damian now as he and I both improved alot. Damian should be where alot of these guys are right now but for some reason isnt. He definatly deserves more then he has gotten.
Frankie Hawke Vs Danny DeManto .. Can u say UNTRAINED GERMAN?
Damian Adams only had the chance to wrestle him once but would definatly love to do it again.
Declaration of Independents Now that DOI got just a LITTLE 2 Cocky I think its ALOTTTT BETTER.
Kevin Matthews KM now is a shade of what KM will be before the end of the year. Stay Tuned
11. What are your career goals? To Work for WWE, work for ECWA, Wrestle in Canada.. and a few others..
12. Open floor. What do you have to say to anyone reading this? Thanks for taking time to check this outa and visit my site out WWW.KevinMatthews.NET
The MiC: Thank you Kevin Matthews for doing this interview, and HTMLing it for me on your website!