Morgan Webster's Wrestling Friends

This week the Sultan of Style sits down with Justin 'The Hammer' Sysum. Justin has one of the most unique stories of any wrestler who's been on the podcast. Trained as a British Hammer Thrower with dreams of going to the Olympics. He's had WWE try outs, been Adam Rose's bunny, played Hawkeye for the official Marvel stage show all while battling a rehabilitating disease. We talk about all this, plus his very opinionated views on the use of steroids in competitive and non competitive sports.

This week Flash is joined by 'Smash Mouth' Chris Ridgeway. Here they talk about Chris's journey into wrestling and how it was breaking into the business in the North of England. They Chat about his Style of wrestling and his background with mix martial arts. His unique look and where his love of body art comes from. And they touch upon Mental Health something that Chris himself has dealt with and continues to deal with himself. It's an honest and positive with one of the UK brightest up and coming stars.

This week the ModFather is joined by Liverpool's No.1 Zack Gibson. On top of being a human heat machine in the ring, outside the ring Gibson is one of the head coaches of the Fighting Spirit training academy. They talk in depth about that, aswell as Gibson's crazy journeys around Europe and I mean crazy. Then finally they get into Gibson's fued with Kenny Williams that led to Zack capturing the ICW Zero-G championship and of course we touch upon his time on ITV's World of Sport. Gibson's stories are as mental as his level of heat and if you've seen him wrestle you know that's some claim.

This week the Modther is joined by the hottest tag team in the country right now, #CCK! Just one year since his first appearance Chris Brookes returns to your earbuds but this time he’s joined by that lovely Wolf Kid Lykos. Here we get into the Origins of Lykos, where he started and how old he was when he discovered wrestling. We then talk about his journey into pro wrestling and evolution into the one man wolf pack. Finally chatting about how #CCK was formed and how in just a few months they went from being Attack pro Wrestling’s best kept secret to the reigning the British Wrestling Tag Scene. SICK FUCKING PODCAST YOU IDIOTS!

This Week The Modfather is joined by WWEUK Star 'The Righteous' Joseph Conners. Here Flash Chats to Conners about his start into the business and his long time friendship and tag team with Paul Malen as part of The Predators. They Talk about the split from the team and Joe's rebirth as The Righteous one. They also discuss the Vicious Assault Joe suffered which resulted in him losing a third of his left year. And finally they talk about his involvement with WWEUK and whats next.

This week Flash is joined by British born but New Zealand raised women wrestler Bea Priestley. Here they talk about how she discovered wrestling on TV completely by fluke and then became completely obsessed with wrestling instantly. They discuss the wrestling scene in New Zealand and how she found wrestling training. They then get into her extraordinary medical history and how she had to endure and overcome brain surgery. Finally Bea then tells us all about how she traveled over 10,000 miles to England to pursue her dream and began building the name we know today. Its an origin story like no other, don't miss this.

This week Flash sits down with the Pikey Prince WWE UK Star Tyson T-bone. Here Flash dives right into his past and talks about how close he actually is to the gypsy character he portrays. They discuss his training and the time he spent in America at "Killer" Kowalski's school. T-bone chats in great detail about life on the road doing the ring jobs and working on the infamous British holiday camps. and of course they talk about the WWE UK Championship tournament and T-bones upcoming tour with NXT at Download. Don't sleep on this one its bloody great.

This weeks guest is none other than Irish born wrestler Mad Man Manson. If you're new to the British wrestling scene you might not know much of this Mad Man but after this podcast you definitely will. Him and Flash cover his unconventional introduction to wrestling, how he got involved in comedy wrestling and how the wrestling channel helped him branch out to the UK and opened doors for him. The rest I'll let him tell cause it really is 10 years worth of Mad stories covering the length and breath of Europe. Enjoy

This Week Flash is joined by the first ever WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate. They talk about Tyler's love of wrestling and how he got obsessed with the business at a young age. They discuss his start into the grappling world, his rise through the UK scene, being discovered by the WWE and then of course they chat in depth about his incredible matches against Pete Dunne at the WWE UK Tournament and at WWE NXT Takeover Chicago. This is a real honest and humble conversation with the historical First ever WWE UK Champion that you won't get from any other interviewer.

This week the Undisputed King of the Mods sits down with Manchester's own and World of Sport star Sam Bailey. Here they talk about his start into the world of wrestling, how he almost gave up on wrestling completely to pursue a budding squash career and of course we chat about Futureshcok, GPW, Preston City Wrestling and finally how it felt to wrestle in front of 4 million people on ITV's WOS reboot. Sam is genuinely one of the nicest guys I've met in wrestling and from this podcast its easy to see why. Please check out and donate over at www.forevermanchester.com to help support Manchester through this tough time.

Flash Morgan Webster is back and hes back with a bang. This week Flash is joined by the first woman of Progress Wrestling (by her own admission) Jinny. Here Flash really peels back the curtain as he find out about the woman behind the woman. Here they talk about Jinny's childhood, how she fell in love with wrestling, religion and of course her route to becoming one of the most prominent figures in Progress Wrestling today. Its full of energy and its a sneak peak into who the real Jinny really is.

This week Morgan Webster is joined by the lovely Alex Windsor. They Chat about how she discovered wrestling through a childhood friend. Her start into wrestling and training under Norwich Legends WAW. We discuss how Sweet Saraya's unorthodox approach really helped her stand out as a female wrestle. Then we really get into her decision to leave Norwich and WAW in pursuit of a bigger name on the British Independent scene. This and Much much more from a women who is set to do great things in the next 12 month, mark my words.

This week the king of the Mods sits down with his first American as he’s joined by Jigsaw. They talk about his start alongside Eddie Kingston in New York City, how they wasted almost 3 years there training under a bad trainer before they discovered Mike Quackenbush and the Wrestle factory. We chat about Jigsaw’s late friend Larry Sweeny, what impact Sweeny had on his career and what special relationship they shared. They then get into Jigsaws controversial unmasking at Ring of Honor and how that always spelt the end for Jigsaw’s career. And finally, they get into his run for TNA. This is a jam-packed episode, with someone who has done it all in independent wrestling and has so much more left to give.

This week Morgan Webster sits down with the lovely Toni Storm as they chat about moving to Austrailia, her start into wrestling. Moving to the UK to train under Dean Allmark and the world renowned All Star Wrestling. They discuss Toni's tours with Stardom and what it was like to main event and become one of the Stardom champions and then finally they talk about her try outs with the WWE and whats next for Toni Storm.

This week Flash sits down with the King of British Wrestling RJ Singh. Here we talk about RJ falling in love with wrestling through WCW and how the likes of Warrior and Hogan caught his imagination. They talk about his early career as Ross Jordan and the FWA under the training of Alex Shane and Mark Sloan. We explore his early career and how he evolved into the ‘Bombay Dream’ RJ Singh and his multiman feuds with El Ligero. Flash and RJ then talk in depth about his start in Progress and the heart-breaking reason why he missed chapter 1. And finally talk about the build-up and reasons behind his retirement match at progress with Stixx. This really is a roller-coaster of emotions and everything you’d want from a podcast episode.

This week Flash is joined by Axel Dieter Jr and Walter collectively known as Ring Kampf. Here we have a full retrospective of their careers, from their time in smaller European promotions and the rise of their careers and the European scene itself. Axel talks about his father Axel Dieter Sr and how he was introduced to wrestling while Walter talks about training in Japan. They've both become big stars in Germany's WXW and now they're on their way to taking over Britain.

This week the Modfather is joined by ICW and World of Sports Viper. This weeks episode we get an inside look at how this shy Scottish girl has conquered the land of Insane and made it to national TV. They chat about her start into wrestling and how it was breaking onto a very male dominated Scottish scene. Flash and Viper discuss gender and image stereotypes surrounding what a people believe a women’s wrestler should look like and the struggle Viper has had in regards to this. They also talk in depth about her many Stardom tours, being on the road in Japan and even being part of the World of Sport revival episode. This woman is larger than life not just in the ring but out as well.

This weeks Wrestling Friends comes to you Live from Cardiff, South Wales (the Weekend of Attack Pro Wrestling's Kris Travis Tag Team Invitational). Here we had 3 very different guests; First up we have Bronco Brendan White who talks to Flash about his own battle with cancer and what meeting Kris Travis meant to him. Secondly we have the Voice of Attack pro Wrestling, Mr Jim Lee. Here Flash and Jim talk about Jim’s journey into wrestling the origin of Attack pro, how he became the hype man for the weird and wonderful world of Attack. And lastly we’re joined by the weirdest guest to date, Fat cat Lloyd Katt. We talk in depth about his journey into bowling and how he became a wrestler to save his beloved Bowling Alley ‘Bowl A Rama’. This week is an array of emotions and a roller-coaster you won’t want to miss.

This week Morgan Webster is joined by the South Pacific Power Couple Dahlia Black and TK Cooper. They talk about their start into wrestling in New Zealand within a scene that is still in its infancy. How a fluke discovery of Progress Wrestling Chapter 13 on youtube started the ball rolling on the pair coming to England to train. We talk about their run on the British holiday camps and how while training under Daryl Allen, Jimmy Havoc and James Davies they created the most obnoxious couples wrestling has ever seen. These are two of the brightest young stars on the British scene today with a story as interesting as their in ring characters.

This week Flash is joined by current reigning ICW Tag Team Champion The Wild Boar. These two have been best friends since they were 15 years old. Here we get a complete anthology of Wild Boar’s career. From making rings in the backyard, to starting training at NWAUK/Celtic Wrestling, the rise of Attack pro Wrestling, his branch out into England through Triple X and IPW and how his feud with Mike Bird at Pro Wrestling Chaos led him and bird getting their break and eventual title reign at ICW. We tough on so much during this one but also feel like Boar has a lot more in the tank.