Joey Ryan

Joey Ryan is the ring name of Joseph Ryan Meehan, an American actor, writer, producer, promoter and former professional wrestler born on November 7, 1979. In his early years as a wrestler he founded the Southern California promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla with five other wrestlers and held both the PWG World Championship and the PWG World Tag Team Championship. He then worked the independent circuit for promotions including Ring of Honor, Wrestling Society X, Major League Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he held the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship 43 times. He also wrestled on the television series Lucha Underground, for Impact Wrestling and for the National Wrestling Alliance, where he became NWA World Tag Team Champion with Karl Anderson. In NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood he served as head booker, and he promoted the show Bar Wrestling.