Alleged sexual predator Joey Ryan is seeking to make his way back into the wrestling business he’s been exiled from, but Prestige Wrestling promoter William Quintana has a response.
Joseph Ryan Meehan, known in the professional wrestling world as Joey Ryan, is advertised for an upcoming appearance at Portland Wrestling on Saturday, August 23rd. The poster that reads “Exiled from the sport he loves in 2020…JOEY RYAN is BORN AGAIN!” shows the 45 year old advertised for an event in Vancouver, Washington.
Ryan’s professional wrestling career came to a halt in 2020 when multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct during the #SpeakingOut movement. He was immediately blacklisted from the world of professional wrestling.
Prestige Wrestling promoter William Quintana responded to the attempt at bringing Ryan back into the world of professional wrestling. “If you’re on our shows and you willingly share this locker room, help set up at this show or are involved with this show you are getting pulled from all future bookings. So goddamn tired of this stuff. Gatekeep harder.”
Prestige Wrestling then announced a new event taking place on the same date titled “FJR”. The tweet reads, “A night of safe space pro-wrestling action, for the scene, by the scene that helped cultivate modern day Portland wrestling.” The event will take place in Portland, Oregon with the venue to be announced this week.
Tickets for the event are donation based, which means pay as much as you can. 100% of the profits after expenses will be donated to charity.
So far, tickets have been purchased for $5-$250. If you wish to donate, you buy a tickets on the Eventbrite page and Prestige Wrestling will try to give them away to locals.
The event will feature matches and collaborative efforts with West Coast Pro and POW! Pro Wrestling. West Coast will be sending talent, while POW who is running the same night in Eugene, Oregon will be running a raffle with the profits donated to charity. “This show is gonna be special!”
Prestige Wrestling will also hold an event the following evening at Morrison Market Stage 722. The event titled Shark Ethic will feature Judas Icarus, Kevin Blackwood, Nicole Matthews, Midnight Heat, Carter BlaQ, Titus Alexander, Miracle Generation, Cody Chhun, Matt Brannigan, Jordan Cruz, Haley Dylan, Liiza Hall, DREXL, and more!
UPDATE: Portland Wrestling stated that Joey Ryan will no longer be appearing on August 23.
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