
The Human Highlight Reel, Billy Reil
Controversy is a situation where we as humans are attracted to, no matter what. Controversy in wrestling is like no other, as it creates various opinions among everyone. One person who has been around a ton of wrestling controversy since the mid 90's is Billy Reil.
Billy Reil started his career in his mid-teens wrestling around his home in Philadelphia. Eventually, Billy would connect with Dennis Corraluzo of the NWA. From there, an indy star was born.
Billy Reil throughout his 10 year career has seen many ups and downs. 26 independent championships. Being covered by local news media for stopping a bank robbery. The longest ever reigning JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship. D-Sex. Knightlife. Philadelphia, NJ, & NY. Billy has accomplished alot at the age of 26, but at the same time there was an equally accomplished dark side.
Dana Dameson. Kristy Kiss. Wrestling Ring Rats. Being beat up. Getting attacked in Kentucky. And most recently, getting arrested and spending several months in jail. However, we all learn from our past, and Billy is looking forward to his future as he has self-admittedly "found god."
Before Billy moves into the future and tries to recapture glory, Billy wanted to talk about his past. The DOI recently sat with Billy Reil for two hours. When it was all said and done, we realized that there would probably be many future installments with Billy Reil down the line. However as Billy looks to write more chapters in his promising career, you must get & understand chapter 1, and that is what this shoot interview is. This is one of the most "Reilest" shoots we've done, and here are some of the topics discussed:
- Breaking into the business
- His friendships early on in wrestling
- Making connections
- Dennis Corraluzo
- The JR Ryder Incident / Broken Beer Glass
- Gino Moore
- NWA NJ
- Rats in wrestling
- The internet's role in wrestling
- D-Sex
- The Backseat Boys (Trent Acid & Kashmere)
- Drug Use in Wrestling and what it does & who it's affecting
- Nick Berk
- Philadelphia Indy Scene
- Frank Goodman & USA Pro Wrestling
- Knightlife
- Dana Dameson (Goes into detail)
- Punching out the Blue Meanie
- Heroism Acts
- Favorite Matches
- Low Ki and what it was like working him then
- The current crop of indy guys
- Jimmy Hustler & ABC
- CM Punk "Phil Brooks"
- ROH
- The indy scene today vs several years ago
- JAPW and the Bayonne Days
- Kristy Kiss (TONS OF DETAILS)
- Fat Chicks
- Going to jail
- Jersey indy scene
- His students
- Rededicating himself to wrestling
- His drug use
- Relationship with Becky Bayless
- Homicide & Da Hit Squad
- Winning championships
& WAY MUCH MORE!
This interview also features several cameos, including Nick Berk talking about an infamous indy girl!
This is one hell of a shoot interview and for anyone looking to hear stories from yesterday's indy scene and today's indy scene, this is the shoot for you. For anyone who knows Billy Reil, Billy can talk up a storm and Billy filled up 2 hours of tape in no-time. This shoot was so good that we're already calling this a Part I before a Part II is filmed!
Price: $9.95