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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Joey Ryan''' 
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Joey_Ryan_LVV.jpg/220px-Joey_Ryan_LVV.jpg Joey Ryan at Lucha Va Voom
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Birth name'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Ryan Meghan
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Ring name(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Chase Walker Forsaken El Gallinero (I) Joey Blalock Joey Hollywood '''Joey Ryan'''
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Billed height'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Billed weight'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 210 lb (95 kg)
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Born'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | November 7, 1979 (age 33) [[Los Angeles, California]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Resides'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[Los Angeles, California]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Billed from'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[Hollywood, California[5]]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Trained by'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Bobby Bradley (EWF) Tom Howard (UPW) [[Brian Woods]] (UPW) [[Kody Brown|Brown Danielson]] ([[Inoki Dojo]])
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Debut'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | September 1, 2000
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'''Joseph "Joey" Ryan Meehan''' (born November 7, 1979) is an [[United States of America|American]] professional wrestler from [[Southern California]] best known by his ringname '''Joey Ryan'''. He is currently signed to [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA). He is also known for his time on the [[Independent Circuit|independent circuit]], working for promotions such as [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]] (PWG), which he founded with five other wrestlers and where he held the [[PWG World Championship|PWG World]] and [[PWG World Tag Team Championship|PWG World Tag Team Championship]]s, [[NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood]], for which he was the head booker of from January 2011 to August 2011, Lucha Va Voom and [[Wrestling Retribution Project]], where he worked as "Chase Walker". He also worked for the short-lived [[MTV (TV Channel|MTV]] promotion [[Wrestling Society X]] and in [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) in 2009-2010. He has also worked for [[IWE]] as local talent. In 2007-2008, he was a trainer at Ultimate Pro Wrestling's training school and is currently the head trainer at [[Mach One Wrestling]]'s training school in [[Anaheim, California]]. He worked as an assistant trainer for the television series [[Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling]]. In 2012, he was featured as a trainer on [[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4)|RuPaul's Drag Race]] episode two. Also in 2012, Meehan made the top 30 finalist of 22,000 in the [[Major League Baseball]] Fan Cave contest. In 2012, he was signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He is a former [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Champion]] with [[Chad Anderson|Karl Anderson]].

==Professional wrestling career==

===Training and early years (2000–2006)===

===Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2003–2012)===

===International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE (2005, 2011)===

===National Wrestling Alliance (2006–2012)===

===Wrestling Society X on MTV (2006–2007)===

===Ring of Honor (2009–2010)===

===Other promotions (2008–2012)===

===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2012–present)===

==In wrestling==
[[File:Joey Ryan Legalize Sleaze.jpg|thumb|Ryan wearing his Legalize Sleaze t-shirt]]
*'''Finishing moves'''
**[[Facebuster#Double underhook facebuster|Double underhook facebuster]] – 2008–present; parodied from [[Triple K]]
**''End Scene'' ([[Armlock#Kimura (Gyaku ude-garami)|Kimura]] with [[Body Scissors|bodyscissors]]) – 2010–present
**''Mustache Ride'' / ''Duff Drop'' ([[Neckbreaker#Elevated neckbreaker|Super]] [[Neckbreaker#Swinging neckbreaker|swinging neckbreaker]])
**'''Nuff Said'' ([[Crossface Chickenwing|Crossface chickenwing]]) – 2005–2006
**''That '70s Kick'' ([[Independent Circuit|Independent circuit]]) / ''Super '70s Superkick'' ([[Wrestling Society X|WSX]]) ([[Superkick]])

*'''Signature moves'''
**[[Dropkick]]
**[[Pin#Prawn hold|Folding]] [[Powerbomb|powerbomb]]
**[[Professional wrestling attacks#Lariat|Lariat]]
**Multiple [[Suplex|suplex]] variations
***[[Suplex#German suplex|German]]
***[[Suplex#Northern Lights suplex|Northern Lights]]
***[[Suplex#Pumphandle suplex|Pumphandle]]
**[[Professional wrestling attacks#Spear|Spear]]
**[[Powerslam#Ura-nage|Ura-nage]]

*'''With [[Nick Epperson|Scott Lost]]'''
**'''Double team finishing moves'''
***''Extinction Agenda'' ([[Backbreaker hold (Ryan) / Diving elbow drop (Lost) combination)
***[[Rocket Launcher|Ryan throws an opponent off the top turnbuckle]] to Lost, who performs a mid-air [[Cutter|cutter]]
**'''Double team signature moves'''
***[[Inverted Death Valley Driver|Reverse thrown inverted Death Valley driver]] by Lost into a [[Facebuster#Sitout facebuster|sitout facebuster]] by Ryan
***[[Double Superkick|Double superkick]]

*'''Nicknames'''
**"The Technical Wizard"
**"Magnum"
**'''"The Hollywood Submission Machine"'''
**'''"Trending"'''

*'''Entrance themes'''
**'''"[[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Albums#TNA Black EP|Come On]]"''' by Dale Oliver ([[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]])

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''Alternative Wrestling Show'''
**AWS Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with [[Nick Epperson|Scott Lost]]

*'''California Wrestling Alliance'''
**CWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Lost

*'''[[Empire Wrestling Federation]]'''
**[[EWF Heavyweight Championship]] ([[EWF Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])

*'''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''
**[[NWA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of NWA World Tag Team Champions|1 time]]) – with [[Chad Anderson|Karl Anderson]]

*'''Pacific Coast Wrestling'''
**PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**PCW MAXimum Championship (1 time)
**PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Lost

*'''Pro Wrestling Bushido'''
**Warriors Way Tournament (2011)

*'''[[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]]'''
**[[PWG World Championship]] ([[List of PWG World Champions|1 time]])
**[[PWG World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of PWG World Tag Team Champions|3 times]]) – with Scott Lost
**[[Battle of Los Angeles (professional wrestling)|Battle of Los Angeles]] ([[Battle of Los Angeles#2010 Battle of Los Angeles|2010]])

*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
**PWI ranked him #'''171''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2010

*'''SoCalUncensored.com'''
**Southern California Tag Team of the Year (2002) with Scott Lost
**Southern California Match of the Year (2004) vs. Super Dragon, October 23, 2004
**Southern California Wrestler of the Year (2006)

*'''West Coast Wrestling Company'''
**WCWC West Coast Championship (1 time)

*'''World Class Wrestling Alliance'''
**WCWA California Championship (1 time)
**WCWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Lost

*'''World Power Wrestling'''
**WPW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
**WPW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
**WPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Lost

==References==

==External links==

Ryan Meghan - Revision history

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