Hi Chris thanks for joining us.

No problem at all guys

Q - Lets start at the beginning, what made you decide to come along to the PBW Academy and begin wrestling training?

I’ve always loved and watched wrestling for as long as I can remember It’s something I’ve always wanted to
do, growing up my mum and dad used to take me to local wrestling shows when
they came to my home town of East Kilbride.it was at these shows where I
finally decided to become a pro wrestler and make it a personal goal of mine to
perform in my home town. I met a few of the PBW wrestlers, Wolfgang, Liam
Thomson, PBW owner Ross Watson (Kid Fite) and at the time Drew Galloway
(McIntyre)who at a meet and greet before a show informed me about the Academy
and advised me to join, I’ve never looked back since.

Q - How did you find training and what did the first few months consist of?

The first couple of months were very
daunting as I have never done anything that involved physical exercise before
and to be honest my level of fitness wasn’t the best so that made it harder for
me in the beginning, but with the help of Ross (Kid Fite) I soon settled in and
became a part of the PBW Academy family.
The first few months consisted of learning the basics and perfecting the
art of British/Chain wrestling and the majority or the basic wrestling moves.

Q - You must have progressed at training at a very impressive
speed as roughly 10 months after beginning your training you made your debut
for PBW on July 18th 2008 in Girvan teaming with Jamie Feerick to take on Alex
Jett & Jay Hazzard, what do you remember about that day

I properly shouldn’t mention this
but I remember taking the day of school so I could be there for the full day so
that I could enjoy the whole experience from the start to finish which was even
more of a learning opportunity for me to learn more of the business at such a
young age. The match in itself gave me a
mixture of emotions as it was my first time in front of a live crowd so I was
really nervous but a few of the wrestlers on the night manage to keep my nerves
at bay. It also goes to show that if you want something bad enough and put your
all into it then anything is possible because the fact that after 10 months I
was performing in front of my first live audience is proof of that and that’s
why I would highly recommend the PBW academy if you are serious about becoming
a wrestler.

Q – Throughout 2008-2009 you continued to train every week
at the PBW Academy and make semi regular appearance for PBW at many of our
venues. It was during this time that you were not only able to learn from
Academy head trainer Kid Fite but also saw the benefit from many guest seminars
being taken at the Academy. What seminars did you enjoy the most and why?

I was lucky enough to take part in a
variety of seminars, the two that stand out the most in my head are the Johnny
Saint and the Zack Sabre Jr/Fergal Devitt seminars. The fact that Johnny Saint
has being in this business for so long and still a great performer speaks for
itself and to be given the opportunity to learn from a guy with his knowledge
of wrestling was a one of experience. Fergal and Zack are personally two guys
that a look up to in this business and to have both them in the same seminar
was one of the best learning experiences.
I feel that these two seminars alone greatly improved my knowledge and
ability in wrestling.

Q – Summer 2010 had you begin a run of form that saw you
rewarded with the biggest challenge in your career to date when you were
selected to participate in King Of Cruisers 2010 at the Magnum Centre in
Irvine. The match is an annual highlight on the PBW calendar and that years was
no different with 5 of Britain’s best confirmed for the match(El Ligero, Mark
Haskins, Marty Scurll, CJ Banks & Zack Sabre Jr) What were your thoughts
going into the match and the days that followed the match ?

Going into the match I knew I had to
seriously up my game to keep up with these guys who are easily 5 of the best In
the UK. I was so nervous going into the match it was unbelievable,add to that
the fact I was 17 and the only Scottish guy in the match made me worse for some
reason but I feel I coped well and showed PBW what I’ve got to offer. The match
filled me with so much confidence and stepped my game up majorly going into the
shows that followed. I’d say it was down to that match that match gave me the
confidence to be the performer I am today.

Q – PBW’s first show of 2011 saw you and fellow PBW Academy
standout Davey Blaze being booked as a tag team. In an instant the two of you
became one of the most popular tag teams in Scotland as you were also being
booked together as a team in other companies such as BCW where the two of you
had a run with the tag team titles. Summer 2011 actually saw you and Davey
Blaze have the chance to compete against American wrestling legend Kevin Nash
at a BCW show in Kilmarnock. That must have been an amazing experience?

Yeah, the whole experience was
amazing. Kevin was one of the nicest guys I’ve met. In the days leading up to the match I can
remember sitting texting Blaze and Stevie Xavier talking about how amazing it
would be, then finding and sending videos of Kevin Nash power bombing guys
through the ring to each other joking about who it would be going through our
ring. When the big day came the match was amazing and I loved every minute of
it. Kevin Nash was helpful throughout it and gave me feedback after the match
on how to improve my performance so I was really happy with it J and the fact I was in the
match with my 3 best mates made it easier to keep my nerves at bay.

Q – By the end of 2011 you had cracked the Scottish scene and
were wrestling on the biggest shows being produced across the country. With
things going very well for you in Scotland many within the industry predicted
that a UK wide breakout was on the cards during 2012 but sadly apart from a few
shows for the Newcastle based promotion CRW and Preston’s PCW you didn’t seem
to be gaining the exposure further afield than Scotland that fellow students,
Noam Dar, Andy Wild and your partner Davey Blaze were starting to get. Was
there any reason for this that you are aware of?

Yeah, I was hoping for a UK breakout
myself but unfortunately it didn’t happen for a couple of reasons some
professional and some personal, I’ve never spoke about this to anyone in
wrestling apart from Ross but growing up I used to suffered from really bad
anxiety which meant I used to take pretty serious panic attacks when I got
nervous and the thought of going to another country and not being in the same
league as the guys down there made it virtually impossible to go down. I always
had it growing up, I wouldn’t go to some school trips or social events because
of my attacks but over the years I’ve worked on it and managed to cure myself
with the help of Ross Watson and Davey Blaze who helped me a lot throughout the
holiday camp seasons. Now I’m cured I know what I have to do to breakout in
other countries and catch up with the guys I broke on the scene with, the most
important thing being my look which I am fully aware needs worked on and I’m
slowly making progress on this.

Q – One thing that did happen in 2012 for you though was
winning more tag team gold when Blaze and yourself beat Lionheart and
Falcon(replacing Wolfgang) to win the PBW Tag team titles. What did it mean to
you that you and Blaze were now the main team in PBW and were now going to be
on every show, something that not many wrestlers have the luxury of due to the
high volume of talent and Academy students working harder than ever to be a
part of the shows?

It feels amazing to be on every show
and even better to do it holding such credited titles, Blaze and myself are
best mates which I think helps us be such a strong team, both of us push each
other to bring out the best in the other person. The credit goes to PBW for
giving us the chance to perform as a team and giving us great opponents, being
on every show is great It allows us to do what we love and show why we’re one
of the teams to watch out for in the UK, we both know that there is loads of
talent waiting for us to slip and take away what we have but that just gives us
more determination to shine and be the best we can be.

Q – 2013 has being going very well for you so far, Blaze and
yourself and enjoying a fantastic run as PBW Tag Team champions having already
beaten top English team Project Ego this year. Over at BCW you are producing
some fine displays in singles competition. ICW is a company we want to ask you
about, for some time now you have been very creative with your Christopher
character which is very different to the Chris Rampage character we see on the
other shows. Tell us a bit about the Christopher character and who came up with
the idea?

Haha I was wondering when this was
going to get brought up, the Christopher character is one of ICW owner Mark
Dallas’s visions. It’s really different from the character Chris Rampage in the
sense that Christopher is an arrogant, cocky, big headed, wannabe celebrity
that calls himself ‘THE TEEN SENSATION’ and bites of more than he can chew in
most occasions he’s a guy people love to hate and I love playing that character
cause it lets me be a bit me creative with how I work etc. But PBW fans don’t
need to worry there’s no way Christopher will appear at a PBW event anytime
soon J

Q – As we mentioned above 2013 has started very well for
yourself and we are sure things will continue to go well for you as the year
goes on. At this stage what are your goals for the rest of the year?

Yeah 2013 has started of amazingly
for myself I couldn’t ask for better, I’ve got a few goals but my main goal personally is that I need to sort my body, I’m not
afraid to admit that my appearance holds me back, so once I sort that out, who
knows what I’m capable of? Another is I
want to continue being one of the best tag teams in Scotland with Blaze, watch
this space ;)

Q – It should also be mentioned that you have been acting as
assistant trainer at the PBW Academy (Barrhead) now for just under a year, how
has that experience been for you and are there any students we should be
looking out for in the coming months?

The experience has been great it’s
had its ups and downs (more ups than downs though) but I love it I look forward
to my Sundays off work to go to training. There’s so much talent in the school
it’s unreal and to say I’ve helped get these guys to a level where they can
compete on shows is pretty cool. PBW fans should keep an eye out for guys such
as Kenny Williams, JD Bravo, Saqib Ali, Switch and Dave Krycek to name just a few.

Q – Is there any truth to the rumour you may be heading up a
third PBW Academy to be opened later in the year

PBW management and myself are still
in early talks about this so I can neither say yes or no right now, but who
knows what the future holds ;)

Q – Thanks for doing this interview Chris, is there anything
would you would to say to the PBW fans before you go?

No problem it was fun J.This might be a bit
cheesy but I want to say thanks. The support you guys show myself, PBW and
pretty much all of Scottish wrestling is amazing, you guys have been behind me
since I was a 15 year old wee guy jumping about the ring and 5 years later you
guys still get behind me so thanks J hope to see some of you at the next show, remember ‘only
shooting stars break the mould’

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