1. Bryan Alvarez was born on June 12,1975 and is an American independent professional wrestler, martial artist, satellite radio host, podcaster, and journalist.
42 Facts About Bryan Alvarez
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In wrestling, Bryan Alvarez is a one-time ICW-ICWA Texarkana Television Champion.
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Bryan Alvarez is a third-degree black belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu under Pedro Sauer and Pedro Sauer black belt Justin Angelos.
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Bryan Alvarez is currently the head instructor of the adult Gracie Jiu-Jitsu program at Evergreen Karate and Jiu-Jitsu in Bothell, Washington.
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Years later, Bryan Alvarez began working as a referee for local independent shows, which eventually led to him returning to wrestling, when he replaced another wrestler who did not show up for an event.
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Bryan Alvarez's career has mostly been spent wrestling for various independent promotions in the Pacific Northwest.
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Bryan Alvarez appeared in the first match of the short-lived Portland Wrestling television revival in 2003, losing to The Grappler.
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Bryan Alvarez was accompanied by a blonde valet, Miss Rent-to-Own, who was named after one of the TV show's sponsors.
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Bryan Alvarez stated that anyone who donated at least $25 would get a special DVD.
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On March 17,2007, Bryan Alvarez battled Larry Sweeney to a no-contest for Sweeney's ICW-ICWA Texarkana Television Championship.
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Bryan Alvarez executed a German suplex, but both men's shoulders were pinned, and the ref could not conclusively determine a winner.
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Bryan Alvarez agreed to a challenge made on Figure Four Daily once Sweeney agreed to "pay $7,500" to Bryan Alvarez.
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Bryan Alvarez had announced that a rematch with Larry Sweeney, set to take place on June 13,2007, in Portage, Indiana, had been canceled.
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Bryan Alvarez stated that the rematch would take place sometime in 2007.
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DCW wrestler Ted "The Trailer" McNaler then came to the announcers' table, complaining that Bryan Alvarez disparaged McNaler's physique and intelligence.
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Bryan Alvarez then proceeded to challenge Alvarez to a match, insisting that he had an athletic physique.
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Bryan Alvarez has said that he was not told of McNaler's challenge until it was taped, and that initially, there were no plans to have a match with McNaler; his comments on the matter were limited to mentions on his podcast and newsletter.
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On October 21, Bryan Alvarez confirmed that he would be wrestling two more matches in 2007.
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On November 15,2007, Bryan Alvarez faced Ted "The Trailer" McNaler in the New Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky, for the Derby City Wrestling promotion.
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Bryan Alvarez lost it back to Sweeney on April 25,2008, in a four-way match at IWC's Super Indy VII in Pittsburgh, which included Delirious and Ruckus.
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Bryan Alvarez returned to wrestling on November 7,2009, after taking a year off following a back injury.
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Bryan Alvarez defeated Mike Santiago at the Tulalip Championship Wrestling event in Marysville, Washington, at the Pacific Rim.
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Bryan Alvarez stated that he would be performing on most of the group's future events.
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Bryan Alvarez returned after four years on August 16,2014, for a match with Buddy Wayne at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.
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Bryan Alvarez defeated Wayne with a senton bomb after sixteen minutes.
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On July 14,2018, Bryan Alvarez returned to the ring to team with Filthy Tom Lawlor under their new team name, The Chop and Roll Express, against The Rock and Roll Express at a Black Label Pro show.
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The Rock and Rolls won when Bryan Alvarez was pinned with a sunset flip.
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Bryan Alvarez complained that he was the illegal man and had been pinned by the illegal man on the other team.
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Bryan Alvarez had attempted to get Disco Inferno to be his partner, but Disco did not return any of the calls Bryan Alvarez made to him during Wrestling Observer Live.
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Disco showed up at the end of the match, made a comeback on the Beach Bums, but then turned on Bryan Alvarez and hit him with the chartbuster.
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Bryan Alvarez still managed to hit Mikey G with a superkick to win the match.
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Bryan Alvarez hosted his own 900-number wrestling hotline through Figure Four Weekly in the mid-1990s, then shut it down and moved to Meltzer's 900-number Wrestling Observer Hotline.
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Originally Meltzer hired Bryan Alvarez to take calls for him, but in 1999 recruited him as a co-host after getting an offer to do a show for eYada, the first-ever live streaming Internet radio station, based out of New York City.
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In June 2005, Bryan Alvarez launched Figure Four Online, a subscription website run primarily by himself and his brother-in-law Tony Leder.
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Bryan Alvarez hosts Wrestling Observer Live, a talk show where he interviews guests related to professional wrestling or MMA, and Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer.
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Bryan Alvarez hosted After Dark, a weekend podcast covering various non-wrestling fringe topics including science and technology, UFOs, cryptozoology and the paranormal.
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Bryan Alvarez lent his voice to the Audible version of the update.
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Bryan Alvarez is a former columnist for British wrestling and MMA magazine Fighting Spirit, as well as a former online correspondent for The Fight Network and the internet radio show Wrestling Weekly.
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Bryan Alvarez wrote a monthly professional wrestling column for Penthouse Magazine.
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Bryan Alvarez gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter named Paisley, on February 28,2016.
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Bryan Alvarez gave birth to a second daughter, Hanalei, on September 19,2019.
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Bryan Alvarez is the cousin of retired Olympic gymnast Guillermo Bryan Alvarez.