School Teacher Moonlights as Wrestler

**PureHatred** · 07-01-2005, 09:04 PM

This could go in a couple different forums, but I really hate most everyone in the other "non-wrestling" forums so:

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Originally Posted by ESPN.COM

NEW YORK -- A high school social studies teacher took 11 sick days so he could perform as a professional wrestler with moves he called the "lungblower" and the "over drive," investigators said.

According to investigators, Kaye told school officials he was taking the sick days in December and February to care for an ill sister, and he sometimes provided doctor's notes. They said they later discovered that his wrestling Web site listed him as being on tour for World Wrestling Entertainment on those days.

Kaye had his mother call in sick for him Dec. 16, according to a report issued this week by the New York City School District's Commissioner of Investigation.

When he returned to school after winter break, the report said, he informed the assistant principal that he had gone to California to care for his sick sister.

But the teacher's Web site revealed he had another life as a wrestler named Matt Striker.

"I recently realized that dream on Dec. 16 when I touched down in Tokyo to start my inaugural tour for the Zero One Company. I cannot express in words what this tour has meant to me as a person and as a professional wrestler," the Web site said.

Again in February, Kaye used a doctor's note as an excuse for a no-show at school, but his Web site entries for those dates showed photos of his appearance at a Pro Wrestling World Smackdown in Philadelphia.

"He is known for his charisma, his ability to adjust and his innovative manuvers like: The Over Drive [a modified swinging neckbreaker] as well as the Lungblower and other unusual submission and impact moves," the site says.

Kaye, who taught social studies at Benjamin Cardozo High School, stepped down in April after investigators tried to interview him about his second career.

"I would have been better off beating a kid, because those teachers always seem to keep their jobs," he told the Daily News.

**PureHatred** · 07-01-2005, 09:06 PM

They should've known something was up when he was hitting kids in the face with chairs if they forgot their homework.

**Corkscrewed** · 07-01-2005, 09:15 PM

Doh... I should know who this guy is, but who is he again? "Matt Stryker" sounds familiar, but I can't place him with another alias.

**PureHatred** · 07-01-2005, 09:28 PM

He was a Velocity/Heat regular a few years back, but mainly made his name in the indys working with and against guys like Jimmy Rave, Chad Collyer, Colt Cabana, etc..also had a pretty decent run in ROH.

He's also quite the monster in EWR.

**KayfabeMan** · 07-01-2005, 10:00 PM

That's a different Matt Stryker.

The one pictured above, who I affectionately refer to as 'Unibrow', is Matt STRYKER - with a Y. He does fit the above billing by PureHatred though. He also worked for NWA Wildside, HWA, HCW and a bunch of other promotions. VERY good wrestler and mat technician.

The other guy is Matt STRIKER - with an I. He has worked for MLW, USA Pro, and a slew of other indies [including 3PW]. He's totally different, and dare I say, not as good as STRYKER. Both have worked on the same show before though, thus further confusion.

07-01-2005, 09:06 PM	#2
PureHatred Instant Credibility Posts: 2,979	They should've known something was up when he was hitting kids in the face with chairs if they forgot their homework.

07-01-2005, 09:15 PM	#3
Corkscrewed Posts: 18,357	Doh... I should know who this guy is, but who is he again? "Matt Stryker" sounds familiar, but I can't place him with another alias.

07-01-2005, 09:28 PM	#4
PureHatred Instant Credibility Posts: 2,979	He was a Velocity/Heat regular a few years back, but mainly made his name in the indys working with and against guys like Jimmy Rave, Chad Collyer, Colt Cabana, etc..also had a pretty decent run in ROH. He's also quite the monster in EWR.

07-01-2005, 10:00 PM	#5
KayfabeMan TPWW's Glass Ceiling Posts: 5,793	That's a different Matt Stryker. The one pictured above, who I affectionately refer to as 'Unibrow', is Matt STRYKER - with a Y. He does fit the above billing by PureHatred though. He also worked for NWA Wildside, HWA, HCW and a bunch of other promotions. VERY good wrestler and mat technician. The other guy is Matt STRIKER - with an I. He has worked for MLW, USA Pro, and a slew of other indies [including 3PW]. He's totally different, and dare I say, not as good as STRYKER. Both have worked on the same show before though, thus further confusion.