Missouri Wrestling Revival

If wrestlers in the Midwest actually used a resume to be able to get booked into a match or on a card, there would be very few that could duplicate the accomplishments of Matt Murphy.

Matt Murphy can proudly state that he is the first student of Harley Race’s World League Wrestling Academy, a stamp of approval from the former 8-time NWA Worlds Champion. He would go on to wrestle around the country against some of the biggest stars in the sport including CM Punk, Bobby Eaton, Mark Jindrak, Chris Hero, Naomichi Marufuji, Kenta, and Takeshi Morishima.

His knowledge and respect for the sport would be honored by Race himself when Murphy was named as the lead instructor for the Academy from 2000 to 2002.

He is one of the few men in the todays sport in the Midwest who have had a chance to wrestle in Japan, a feat that he would be able accomplish on three occasions for Pro Wrestling Noah. Murphy has worked with WWE and appeared on WWE programming twice.

He has been listed in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Top 500 on two occasions and was named one of the top thirty prospects in professional wrestling by Wrestle America magazine in 2002.

On December 2002, Murphy was in a car accident that derailed his wrestling career. He was the producer and announcer for the World League Wrestling T.V. show from 2007 to 2008

2008, Murphy released “The Professional Wrestler in the World of Sports-Entertainment.” . In 2011, Murphy’s autobiography “The Somebody Obsession: A Nobody’s Desperate Journey to Stardom” reached #1 in the wrestling category on the Amazon Kindle bestseller list.

Metro Pro Commissioner Matt Murphy reminds Domino Rivera that Domino is still the Metro Pro Administrative Assistant

In 2011, Murphy would return to the ring, this time as Metro Pro Wrestling’s of 2011 as the commissioner. In August 2011, Murphy attacked fan favorite Michael Strider and announced his return to the ring, igniting a feud with Strider.

In November 2011, he defeated “The Golden Boy” Greg Anthony to win the Traditional Championship Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Title in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, then lost it back to Anthony during their rematch two weeks later.

Matt Murphy’s love and talent for the sport has allowed him to be a top wrestler, a best selling author, a producer and announcer, and a commissioner. In the past he has been kind enough to let MWR feature his book The Professional Wrestler in the World of Sports Entertainment” by Matt Murphy on this very site. Each link of that book and more of Matt Murphy can be found here, and if you are a wrestler or a just a fan is a must read.

With all that talent that Murphy can assist a promotion, I am excited to say that he is now taking bookings for the months of February-April. You can e-mail him at: mjhmurphy@gmail.com

Let us take a look at one of my very favorite matches from “ALL THAT” Matt Murphy. In this match up he takes on Ace Steel in a IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title match took place June 14, 2002 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

I highly encourage you to pick up his book on Amazon, click here to purchase this great read.