Let me start by saying I'm very happy Bleacher Report contacted me about coming on board and now be a contracted columnist for them. I'm looking forward to working with the company in the long-term and help the WWE section walk on new ground.

As with everyone, started as a die hard wrestling fan. It was at the age of 3 that I became hooked on watching wrestling. I grew up in the Maryland/DC area. My grandfather worked on the business/promoting side with smaller regional promotions & shows. This allowed me to meet a lot of great wrestlers in the early 90's as we drove them from airport to hotel to venue. Fantastic experience for a little kid to grow up around and it was in this time I knew I would spend my life working with pro-wrestling.

The biggest peak behind the biggest curtain came from getting some time on the road with WWE's production team which opened a lot of networking doors.

Eventually became very active online with commentary & news. Doing work with Wrestlezone and creating a show called Chair Shot Reality. This led to a national radio show that I do weekly in Pittsburgh, PA.

My online commentary status was used as a cross promotion with PWO, now Prime Wrestling, which arguably has the 4th largest weekly television wrestling audience in the United States. Tons of talent who have gone on to FCW/WWE, TNA and are currently huge names on the Independent circuit. I eventually moved in to both a permanent behind the scenes role with the company as the Commissioner which has been an incredible learning experience!

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