1. Arda Ocal is a Canadian television personality, broadcaster, announcer, and writer.
36 Facts About Arda Ocal
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Arda Ocal previously worked in WWE under the stage name Kyle Edwards, as well as the host of Aftermath TV on Sportsnet 360 and The MSG Hockey Show on MSG Network, as well as various current sports coverage on ESPN and TRT World.
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Arda Ocal was born in North York, an administrative district of Toronto, Ontario to Turkish parents.
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Arda Ocal holds a degree in Mathematics and Business Administration from the University of Waterloo.
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Arda Ocal even went on to play in high school and got offers to play in college, but decided to focus on broadcasting.
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Arda Ocal formerly served as a member of the board of directors at a well known charity in Brampton as well as the Brampton Symphony Orchestra, and was involved with independent wrestling group Maximum Wrestling, where he was a ring announcer, play by play commentator and promoter.
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Arda Ocal previously served as editor-in-chief of Think Impact.
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Arda Ocal was a broadcaster with The Score Fighting Series, a Canadian MMA weekly televised program, as well as serving as cage announcer and backstage interviewer for MMA fights across Canada televised on theScore.
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Arda Ocal provided MMA fight picks on the Score's mobile application ScoreMobile.
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Arda Ocal has interviewed a variety of notable international superstars and aired segments of these interviews on his show.
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Arda Ocal was a national morning show co-host and reporter from November 2013 to August 2014, first based in Ottawa, then Vancouver.
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Arda Ocal's approach was "Weathertainment", often infusing humor into his reports.
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From 2007 to 2008, Arda Ocal served as male host for the daily talk show daytime on Rogers TV, which aired in the Toronto area.
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In 2012, Arda Ocal was the creator, host, and producer of "Athlete Tweet Watch", a weekly three-minute video series on YES Network.
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Arda Ocal previously worked on broadcasts for the Toronto Marlies AHL hockey team, the affiliate for the Toronto Maple Leafs NHL franchise.
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Arda Ocal provides commentary on boxing, soccer and table tennis events.
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In November 2016, Arda Ocal began hosting The MSG Hockey Show, with co-hosts Anson Carter and Will Reeve.
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Arda Ocal appears on New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils NHL and New York Knicks NBA game broadcasts.
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Arda Ocal was the play by play voice of the NHL Gaming World Championships, airing on NBC Sports in the United States, SportsNet in Canada and Viasat in Europe.
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On December 31,2018, Arda Ocal served as host for "Ninja New Years", a 12-hour stream at Times Square in New York City hosted by Fortnite streamer Ninja.
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Arda Ocal currently serves as a co-host of Classic Tetris Monthly, a monthly tournament created by Vandweller in which competitors play against each other in a best of five matches of NES Tetris.
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In October 2016, Arda Ocal began working with ESPN on their esports coverage at the League of Legends World championship semi-finals and finals, as well as BlizzCon 2016.
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Arda Ocal hosted video segments and conducted interviews with players, coaches and luminaries.
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Arda Ocal began in high school as the heel for a rival school in NRW, and then in 1999 as a live commentator at local wrestling events at flea markets.
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In January 2008, Arda Ocal promoted the first ever wrestling events in the Canadian Arctic city of Iqaluit, Nunavut.
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Between 2010 and 2012, Arda Ocal worked for Dragon Gate USA, performed ring announcing duties and commentary with Lenny Leonard or solo.
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In 2012 and 2013, Arda Ocal served as Master of Ceremonies for the George Tragos and Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame induction banquet in Waterloo, Iowa.
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From 2012 to 2013, Arda Ocal served as ring announcer and commentator for Smash Wrestling based in Toronto.
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Arda Ocal worked under the ring name Kyle Edwards and hosted WWE Bottom Line, as well as WWE Experience for the European market.
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Arda Ocal provided exclusive 1-on-1 interviews with the UK, Indian, and South American versions of RAW as well as WWE.
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Arda Ocal then went to debut as a host on the WWE Network Raw Pre-Show on April 27,2015.
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In May 2015, Arda Ocal began hosting a weekly segment on the WWE Network and on social media entitled "This Week in WWE History" with Corey Graves.
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Arda Ocal has sat on the board of directors for the Brampton Symphony Orchestra, as well as tutored and worked with the Brampton Neighbourhood Resource Centre.
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From January 2008 to May 2014, Arda Ocal organized, promoted and served as ring announcer for non-profit trips to Iqaluit, Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic.
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Arda Ocal spoke to children in elementary, middle and high schools, youth centres as well as juvenile detention centres.
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Arda Ocal is married to Jennifer and they have a daughter, Ayla.