Review Fix Exclusive: Inside the Future of Capitol Wrestling

September 24, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Review Fix chats with Capitol Wrestling co-founder Matthew Ryan, who discusses the indie wrestling brand, their successes, their stars and their future.

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Review Fix: What have you accomplished in 2018 as a brand?

Matthew Ryan: Growth. Whether it be 1.3 million views on Twitch, the strengthening of our roster and our front office staff, or working with great partners like Two Roads Brewing and WApanda, we’ve been able to work within some amazing opportunities and make the most out of them.

Being able to showcase our roster of talented wrestlers, managers, announcers, and production has been our biggest thing. 

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2019?

Ryan: Our goal for 2019 is onward and upward. Being able to utilize our new home of White Eagle Hall to the fullest extent and present the best live event experience in pro wrestling, and the best possible television show. We want to continue our level of innovation and creativity as a visual brand and present our performers as the stars they are. 

Review Fix: Who has been your in-ring MVP?

Ryan: That is the toughest question, because so many people who wrestle in our ring have been insanely valuable to our brand. Right now its a bit of a horse race between Sonny Kiss and Matt Macintosh, Macintosh has truly become one of the front line faces of our brand and has become a leader for this company. 

Review Fix: Who has been your most improved performer?

Ryan: Beau Crockett. Match after match he continues to improve and develop his own identity. Being one of the few southerners on our roster, he has found a way to take hints of it and not be a stereotype. He’s forming into a young Arn Anderson, and I love watching him develop.

Review Fix: Who has been your sleeper star?

Ryan: Mike Law. From show one until show 11, he’s been a linchpin to our success. Tough as nails, larger than life, a guy who lives for what we are as a company.

Review Fix: Who do you think are your stars of the future?

Ryan: Dejuan O’Neal frightens me with his talent and potential, same thing with Bobby Orlando and Steve Pena. All very different, all learning their craft and forming an identity, and all guys who know that they can get to the top of the business.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Ryan: Run our final shows of 2018, build the brand further, gain new fans, establish ourselves as a leader in pro wrestling and as a digital content provider, and have a good time.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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