PROGRESS Wrestling star Man Like Dereiss recently joined PWMania.com for an exclusive in-depth interview. During the discussion, Dereiss opened up about British Wrestling, PROGRESS Wrestling’s rebuild, his future, and more. You can read the entire interview by clicking here.
You can watch the complete interview below:
Here are some highlights:
On British Wrestling:
“I feel like it’s definitely on the way up. There was obviously the big boom period in like the late 2010s and then we had like, a lot of people went on to big international companies. So I feel like at the start of 2021, all the rest of us came out of the pandemic and Speaking Out and we got back to basics again, even though we had a good foundation to build on.
“So I feel like we’ve been working relentlessly to bring the same feel back to British wrestling, people like me, Dan Maloney, Leon Slater, Omari, Young Guns, Sunshine Machine, Millie McKenzie, I’ll be here naming names all day.”
On PROGRESS Wrestling:
“It’s been great to be part of the PROGRESS rebuild. It reminds me of when Wenger left Arsenal. We are getting the parts all back together to make something big. I really, really start to feel like things are falling into place now and we’re ready to get this as far as possible. I feel like we’ve got the ingredients. Now we just need to cook up a storm.”
Where he sees himself going forward:
“I’d like to be ready for any scenario that is put in front of me. I like to think of myself as a versatile wrestler. I’ve wrestled wrestle in tag and singles divisions, I’ve wrestled at big indie shows, on the camps and in front of the hardcore and the families. So I’d like to be versatile and do it all.”
Dereiss also commented on how 2024 has kicked off for him, making his mark in North America, Yoichi, and much more. You can check out the complete interview at this link.